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Baudin posted:I love the "turning pristine wilderness into mordor" line This is good satire, well done.
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Baudin posted:I love the "turning pristine wilderness into mordor" line I don't personally find this thing aesthetically pleasing, therefore it has no value.
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lol shut the gently caress up baudin
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Baudin posted:I love the "turning pristine wilderness into mordor" line Bogs and wetlands, while unappealing aesthetically, are goddamn vital to the ecosystem and water tables. It's all tied together and damaging any part of the ecosystem has serious ramifications. Planting a couple of firs on the road by the tailing pond doesn't undo the damage caused. It's not a zero-sum game.
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http://m.theglobeandmail.com/report...s1&click=sf_robquote:
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Today's gently caress you alberta is so real
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Kafka Esq. posted:This is good satire, well done. e: By the way what I posted is what a significant portion of the province truly believes re: oilsands development. Baudin fucked around with this message at 16:16 on Jan 30, 2015 |
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I have to say, CI, but you've created quite a thread. It's basically Canadian Economy. Slap a couple of macroeconomic explanations in an OP and a couple links to good posts in the Canadian finance/investments thread and you've got some high quality here.
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So no news article yet, but the CBC (radio) is reporting that Vancouver realitors are seeing a "bidding war" for properties in Vancouver. Why does the story seem straight out of Mac Marketing land?Kafka Esq. posted:I have to say, CI, but you've created quite a thread. It's basically Canadian Economy. Slap a couple of macroeconomic explanations in an OP and a couple links to good posts in the Canadian finance/investments thread and you've got some high quality here. It's far better than the coffee thread that is supposed to be about Canadian Politics. Lain Iwakura fucked around with this message at 16:39 on Jan 30, 2015 |
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I do suggest again that we amend the title to "Canadian Debt Bubble: Uncle Wong's Cabin", since it's become apparent that our issues run much deeper than just the housing market alone. Edit: Rime fucked around with this message at 16:37 on Jan 30, 2015 |
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Can anyone figure out whether hootsuite has any revenue? I've been googling for 5 minutes and there's absolutely zero proof these clowns are selling anything.
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# ? Jan 30, 2015 16:25 |
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https://twitter.com/rcarrick/status/561184175114711040
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https://twitter.com/BBGCanada/status/561178382852165632
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I was racing to post that "another rate cut is likely" news, but he beat me to it. Perfect time for a title change for this thread.
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http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/cibc-confirms-job-cuts-1.2937263quote:CIBC has decided to "selectively reduce a number of positions," the bank confirmed in an email to CBC News Thursday evening. How many of their new hires will be part-time I'll bet?
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The housing bubble has absorbed the banking sector! How apropos to change the name, then
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OSI bean dip posted:http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/cibc-confirms-job-cuts-1.2937263 How many will be unpaid interns and TFWs?
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# ? Jan 30, 2015 16:43 |
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MickeyFinn posted:I don't personally find this thing aesthetically pleasing, therefore it has no value. -- nature conservators, circa 1925
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# ? Jan 30, 2015 16:48 |
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The destruction of wetlands also makes 'hundred year floods' more frequent events in the prairies as there's nowhere for all that water to go except straight to the rivers.
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# ? Jan 30, 2015 16:55 |
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I don't get it, where's the good news in this? That the BoC might cut rates again? Is this guy shorting the Loonie?
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Kafka Esq. posted:I have to say, CI, but you've created quite a thread. It's basically Canadian Economy. Slap a couple of macroeconomic explanations in an OP and a couple links to good posts in the Canadian finance/investments thread and you've got some high quality here. Good god I hope you're not serious.
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Whiskey Sours posted:I don't get it, where's the good news in this? That the BoC might cut rates again? Is this guy shorting the Loonie? A rate cut increases the money supply which does bring down the loonie, amongst other things, but it also encourages banks to lend more to businesses in the hope that it will staunch the impending flood of lost jobs. It also make it cheaper for Americans to buy goods and services so southern Ontario's car manufacturing sector can survive, as well as Vancouver's movie industry and thriving innovative tech sector. On the downside, as, hal__2005 had said, we're probably just delaying the inevitable which is straight up mass corporate defaults because the global economy is so structurally flawed.
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Gas is under a dollar, the loonie is circling the drain, Russia is imploding and Suge Knight just killed a man. The 90's are back!
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None of this is going to do anything because it doesn't induce demand. The only thing that will salvage our society is labor organization and massive government spending on infrastructure.
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http://m.theglobeandmail.com/report...?service=mobilequote:
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Are they surveying only people in Vancouver/Toronto or something? Or are we really that stupid as a society now? You know what, I dont want that answered.
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Furnaceface posted:Are they surveying only people in Vancouver/Toronto or something? Or are we really that stupid as a society now? I wouldn't read too too much into it yet... that was almost certainly copy written by the Globe's realtor paymasters.
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quote:Many analysts had predicted that interest rates would rise this year, so the central bank’s unexpected decision to slash rates is widely expected to reignite the country’s cooling housing market. The housing market has been cooling??
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Bond yields sending ominous signal about Canada's economyquote:The inversion of the overnight rate and the five-year yield is a relatively rare phenomenon, and often bodes ill for the economy. The two previous periods in which this occurred were in the run-up to the Great Recession and in 2000-01 as the dot-com bubble was bursting. quote:On Tuesday morning, the yield on the five-year Government of Canada bond sank below the Bank of Canada’s overnight rate of 0.75 per cent, and remained five basis points below that level when the markets closed on Thursday. quote:The speed of the recent decline, however, is staggering. On Thursday afternoon, the yield on the Government of Canada 10-year bond traded at 1.37 per cent, which is where five-year bond yield was sitting just one month earlier. During this period, the five-year yield has been cut in half.
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triplexpac posted:The housing market has been cooling?? Had been everywhere but TO and Vancouver
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EvilJoven posted:Had been everywhere but TO and Vancouver Ahh fair enough. Living in Toronto has skewed my perception a lot.
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Rime posted:Gas is under a dollar, the loonie is circling the drain, Russia is imploding and Suge Knight just killed a man. The 90's are back! Where are my slap bracelets?
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Kafka Esq. posted:Where are my slap bracelets?
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Ceciltron posted:Weren't people making shivs out of them? Yes, at their butt-chugging rainbow parties. I'm hoping I can convince my parents in alberta to sell while low interest rates lull in the next round of greater fools though. Don't know that they can afford both their house and a preconstruction condo they thought was a good idea to buy. e: they didn't! Guest2553 fucked around with this message at 04:37 on Jan 15, 2017 |
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Lexicon posted:I wouldn't read too too much into it yet... that was almost certainly copy written by the Globe's realtor paymasters. You're usually not so , I hope this was a joke
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Kalenn Istarion posted:You're usually not so , I hope this was a joke Tell us about your house.
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Baudin posted:I love the "turning pristine wilderness into mordor" line
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THC posted:What was there used to turn carbon dioxide into oxygen. Now, well, You mean they're not making any more oxygen??? HMmm maybe I should buy some now and get in on the ground floor before I'm priced out of the market.
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Guest2553 posted:Yes, at their butt-chugging rainbow parties. I semi-jokingly threatened my parents with a competence hearing if they didn't sell their house first before purchasing the condo they are downsizing into over Christmas. So far so good, but with the economy making GBS threads itself at the moment I hope they can find a greater fool before too long.
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Brannock posted:Tell us about your house. I'm renting it, it is a good house with more bathrooms than people in my immediate family Relocation packages are the best
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triplexpac posted:You mean they're not making any more oxygen??? HMmm maybe I should buy some now and get in on the ground floor before I'm priced out of the market. Modern business practices clearly put the value on breathable air at or near zero, now is the time to buy!
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