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Adult hockey is cheap as hell my wife is a goalie and pays I think 500 a season. Her equipment last time was a bit pricey but doesn't need to be swapped out that often. It wouldn't suprise me if childrens hockey was tens if not hundreds of times more expensive though because aside from maybe soccer, parents who are willing to put their kids in sports are either rich as gently caress or crazy people living vicariously through their kids and willing to dish out as much money/abuse as it takes to make sure their kids are the best.
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Sassafras fucked around with this message at 09:10 on Feb 13, 2015 |
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Well on the bright side there are lot of benefits to the oil industry imploding: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/repo...rticle22752705/ -Low oil prices will help canadian economy -Weak loonie will encourage exports -lower interest rates will help economy grow even more -energy sector implosions will encourage more manufacturing company development (which sort of overlooks how canada never made the manufacturing capex during feast years to compete in the international marketplace)
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mods please namechange me to "craft beer marxist"
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# ? Feb 6, 2015 02:40 |
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Yes the commodity slump will rebalance the economy by shrinking the commodity sector, very astute observation from the 3 people it took to write that Globe article. If years of 1.5% interest rates and record low corporate taxes didn't convince Canadian companies to invest their cash then maybe a recession will! Oh and somehow Ontario's manufacturing sector will come back solely because of a dropping dollar. I mean I hope so but I would not bet any money on that outcome.
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eXXon posted:Yes the commodity slump will rebalance the economy by shrinking the commodity sector, very astute observation from the 3 people it took to write that Globe article. also: etalian fucked around with this message at 03:01 on Feb 6, 2015 |
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eXXon posted:Yes the commodity slump will rebalance the economy by shrinking the commodity sector, very astute observation from the 3 people it took to write that Globe article. Am I wrong in thinking that it will slightly benefit Ontario and Quebec at the expense of completely loving Alberta?
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that's even worse news!
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Whiskey Sours posted:Am I wrong in thinking that it will slightly benefit Ontario and Quebec at the expense of completely loving Alberta? It'll help, a bit. A lot of manufacturing that shut down won't be starting up again. Once the shop's been closed and the equipment liquidated, that's that. Anything that was still running at a reduced capacity should be picking up steam and operations that were shuttered but not cleaned out might be fired up again but you'd better believe that the people working the floor at these re-opened facilities will most likely be making poo poo wages.
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Someone on reddit posted this. It's a pretty typical thing to get in your mail every month in Vancouver Note North and West Vancouver are maybe the only high end areas left that are still not-completely-Chinese. HookShot posted:Chilliwack is where rural starts thank you very much More like Surrey. This is what comes up on Google when I search for Abbotsford
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more like abbots can't afford Vancouver
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etalian posted:more like abbots can't afford Vancouver
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Cultural Imperial posted:My therapist tells me that I need to be a more positive, uplifting person. Here's an uplifting, positive post: triplexpac posted:Another somewhat unrelated anecdote, but this made me laugh Minor hockey costs are loving retarded in high density centres. To be fair it's a similar cost to try to become a top-tier competitive figure skater or pretty much any other sport. Hockey's just a focus because so many do it. House league hockey is much much cheaper and is what 80%+ of players play. Non-competitive skates and other equipment is a lot less as well. Jr skates are more like $100 and a stick can be got for as cheap as $20. To be honest the $300 skates and sticks are just a trap for the people who think you can buy your way into the nhl. A skilled kid with a woody (wooden stick) will show up his peers most of the time anyways. Composites only help at the margin with potentially higher shot speed; for the vast majority of play they don't matter at all. The difference between a $300 skate and a $100 skate for a 10 year old is that the kid with the heavier cheaper skate will develop more strength. It doesn't loving matter. Cultural Imperial posted:Lol 200$ hockey sticks. What the gently caress is it made of? Pre crash crude oil? Carbon fibre constructed with the kind of crystal structure that means you need to buy another $200 stick every couple months. Whiskey Sours posted:Am I wrong in thinking that it will slightly benefit Ontario and Quebec at the expense of completely loving Alberta? A weak dollar floats the boats of all exporters. The energy industry specifically is being sheltered from the worst of the oil price drop by the strong US dollar. Oil prices are generally a usd reference so the usd revenue is now more valuable vs the CAD costs.
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Kalenn Istarion posted:Carbon fibre constructed with the kind of crystal structure that means you need to buy another $200 stick every couple months. A trap for idiots who are too good for wood
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JawKnee posted:A trap for idiots who are too good for wood I always feel better with a woody in my hands
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JawKnee posted:A trap for idiots who are too good for wood Assuming the carbon fibredoes break down like Kalenn said. But they are sooooo light (I play with a carbon-fibre glass composite but also have as back up an old Christian Brett Hull wooden stick and a stiff as gently caress aluminum shaft and a Mats Sundin plug which shows you how often I break sticks)
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Canada surprises with 35,400 new jobs in JanuaryCBC posted:Canada added 35,400 jobs in January, far surpassing the slight gain that economists had been expecting.
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That last line should be the first.
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http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-02-06/payrolls-in-u-s-increase-more-than-forecast-along-with-wagesquote:
quote:Sustained job growth will probably help assure Federal Reserve policy makers that the expansion is well-rooted and can withstand an increase in interest rates later this year. quote:Inflation “is anticipated to decline further in the near term,” the Federal Open Market Committee said in a Jan. 28 statement. Meanwhile, “labor market conditions have improved further, with strong job gains and a lower unemployment rate.” The Fed wants to raise interest rates. This could be bad for the BoC because it will be more difficult to spur foreign investment with t-bills and various other us bonds going up in value, thus, Poloz's hands will be tied in terms of cutting the overnight rate again. namaste friends fucked around with this message at 16:26 on Feb 6, 2015 |
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If a job is created but it's a 1 year contract, is that classified as a full-time job?
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Cultural Imperial posted:http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-02-06/payrolls-in-u-s-increase-more-than-forecast-along-with-wages
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Cultural Imperial posted:http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-02-06/payrolls-in-u-s-increase-more-than-forecast-along-with-wages Raising rates this year will likely give the Krugmanomacon a sad. For good reason.
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How many of those 100k extra people in Ontario are jobless tar sands workers returning home?
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Lead out in cuffs posted:How many of those 100k extra people in Ontario are jobless tar sands workers returning home? Alberta population grew by 84k and their labour force by 68k. Next month's numbers should be interesting.
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Lead out in cuffs posted:How many of those 100k extra people in Ontario are jobless tar sands workers returning home? We'll probably find out in the next LFS.
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http://imgur.com/Q21X8U1 loving lol. gently caress prince George
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Cultural Imperial posted:http://imgur.com/Q21X8U1 Hey now is the time to move to Prince George if Vancouver is getting you down. (And you have managed to forgot why you left Prince George in the first place.)
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All this talk about jobs got me thinking... Growing up I watched my dad work a full time job. He would get paid overtime when he worked over the normal 40 hours. He never had to worry about work when he was off site beyond the usual concerns about what's in store for you the following morning. Weekends were quiet. There was a rigid separation between off site and on site. Later he switched jobs and no longer got paid OT for extra time worked. Instead any extra hours he worked one day could be reclaimed another day as a holiday or shortened work day. Then I grew up. I noticed the vast majority of my friends never got paid overtime. They'd often come home as late as 8pm and sometimes midnight. Even when they left home at the normal 8 hour mark they'd end up having to answer emails and respond to work related requests from home via BlackBerry. Sometimes during officially booked vacation time and statutory holidays they'd come into the office to work or answer calls and work from home without additional compensation. I personally work 8-4:30 every day and have enjoyed worry free afternoons, weekends, statutory holidays and vacations. I've only ever been responsible for my work during designated business hours. Has my personal experience and my father's experience always been the norm or are we both special cases? The idea of 12 hour days with unpaid overtime seem ridiculous to me. The way some managers rationalize it is that your totally yearly salary accounts for extra hours worked. I've done the math. It's bullshit. Proper OT pay would give you 15-20k more money at least. What's going on here? Why is everyone suddenly "on call" with their employer 24/7?. Kraftwerk fucked around with this message at 18:57 on Feb 6, 2015 |
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Because now most employees are salaried and workplaces can fully expect you to work overtime and be loving grateful for it. Salon did an article a couple of years ago about this, it's pretty good: http://www.salon.com/2012/03/14/bring_back_the_40_hour_work_week/
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http://business.financialpost.com/2...y-of-reckoning/quote:The economist realtors love to hate: David Madani stands by 2011 prediction of Canadian housing ‘day of reckoning’
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Monaghan posted:Because now most employees are salaried and workplaces can fully expect you to work overtime and be loving grateful for it. Is it actually a thing where if you're salaried you can legally be dicked out of overtime, or is it lovely employers being lovely? I have a salaried position, but we get compensated for overtime with your choice of OT pay or banked vacation time, take your pick. At my workplace if you stay even five minutes over, you're expected to notify our scheduling people to make sure it's all on the books.
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Coxswain Balls posted:Is it actually a thing where if you're salaried you can legally be dicked out of overtime, or is it lovely employers being lovely? I have a salaried position, but we get compensated for overtime with your choice of OT pay or banked vacation time, take your pick. At my workplace if you stay even five minutes over, you're expected to notify our scheduling people to make sure it's all on the books. You sound unionized.
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Yeah, a lot of industries just sort of don't do the whole "labour rights" thing. There's tons of jobs where they keep you as a contractor on short contracts, monthly sometimes. Complain? Not work tons of unpaid overtime? Sorry we don't have the budget to renew your contract this time. Also now you're black-listed in the industry because you aren't a "team player" and you rock the boat with your entitled socialist labour rights bullshit which our agile start-up can't be bogged down in, sorry you weren't agile enough to disrupt the obsolete work/pay establishment.
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Coxswain Balls posted:Is it actually a thing where if you're salaried you can legally be dicked out of overtime, or is it lovely employers being lovely? I have a salaried position, but we get compensated for overtime with your choice of OT pay or banked vacation time, take your pick. At my workplace if you stay even five minutes over, you're expected to notify our scheduling people to make sure it's all on the books. Not legally (unless you're a "manager"), at least in BC. http://www.labour.gov.bc.ca/esb/facshts/hours_of_work_and_overtime.htm People really don't have to work 12-hour days without claiming overtime. Somehow they do anyway. E: Well, also what Baronjutter said about renewing contracts, being temporary, etc.
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Pieces posted:poached this from elsewhere... but I think its relevant I am extremely tempted to post this on Facebook to a guy who is sharing youtube videos from a realtor friend telling people to buy in Calgary right now
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Lead out in cuffs posted:Not legally (unless you're a "manager"), at least in BC.
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Saltin posted:You sound unionized. Nope. I'm in a Costco-type situation where my employer seems to understand that having a healthy working environment, work/life balance and not treating your workers like poo poo leads to productive employees. Not that I don't realize things could change at a moment's notice with a switch in management, mind you.
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Coxswain Balls posted:Nope. I'm in a Costco-type situation where my employer seems to understand that having a healthy working environment, work/life balance and not treating your workers like poo poo leads to productive employees. Not that I don't realize things could change at a moment's notice with a switch in management, mind you. My company differs by department. The closer you get to the more businessy elements of the company the worse your hours and conditions are. If you're operations or engineering related you tend to have steady hours and work life balance. I wouldn't want to be a business analyst for the death of me. In fact I'd never want "analyst" in my title.
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misguided rage posted:Unfortunately a ton of white collar positions are exempt from the Act: http://www.labour.gov.bc.ca/esb/igm/esr-part-7/esr-s31.htm US has the same trick by allowing jobs to follow in the except category which means no overtime pay or other protection.
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