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http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/whistler-tourism-soars-but-crackdown-on-foreign-labour-hurts-business-1.3191910quote:
HMMMMMMM if only there were some market-based remedy for such an imbalance countdown till our venerated and hallowed small business owners start demanding the exemption of labour laws to reduce costs and cut the red tape
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# ? Aug 15, 2015 17:57 |
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Cultural Imperial posted:http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/whistler-tourism-soars-but-crackdown-on-foreign-labour-hurts-business-1.3191910 Bbbbbut I can't make money slinging lovely pizza unless the government repeals this bullshit prohibition on slavery -A concerned CFIB member
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Cultural Imperial posted:http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/whistler-tourism-soars-but-crackdown-on-foreign-labour-hurts-business-1.3191910 heroic small business owners just prefer easily prefer exploitable foreign labor. hmm overworked staff due to lots of customers and costly turnover, I guess the solution is to cry for foreign labor. etalian fucked around with this message at 18:11 on Aug 15, 2015 |
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Seat Safety Switch posted:Yeah, I was about to say, I'm not sure Canadian business can actually spend less on capital reinvestment at this point. Yeah a weak local currency only helps if you have goods and services other countries want similar to the German export focused economy.
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# ? Aug 15, 2015 18:11 |
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MrChips posted:Bbbbbut I can't make money slinging lovely pizza unless the government repeals this bullshit prohibition on slavery That's what they get for not importing true pizza making know-how from Boston.
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# ? Aug 15, 2015 19:20 |
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MrChips posted:Bbbbbut I can't make money slinging lovely pizza unless the government repeals this bullshit prohibition on slavery The real problem with pizza prices is our insane dairy protectionism. Crush the dairy cartel and enjoy delicious, cheap pizza once more!
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# ? Aug 15, 2015 19:48 |
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PT6A posted:The real problem with pizza prices is our insane dairy protectionism. Crush the dairy cartel and enjoy delicious, cheap pizza once more!
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# ? Aug 15, 2015 20:00 |
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Yea, I don't really feel like anyone would have anything to gain from charging reasonable prices for dairy after everyone in the country has been paying so much for so long. Why bother lowering prices if you don't have to? Not that I've done much research into the dairy thing specifically, but thinking that low prices get passed onto consumers in Canada is pretty much nonsense to me.
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# ? Aug 15, 2015 20:02 |
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PT6A posted:The real problem with pizza prices is our insane dairy protectionism. Crush the dairy cartel and enjoy delicious, cheap pizza once more! They get around that but having "Pizza making kits" with cheap rear end cheese in them.
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# ? Aug 15, 2015 20:03 |
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MrChips posted:Bbbbbut I can't make money slinging lovely pizza unless the government repeals this bullshit prohibition on slavery remember how energy companies brought in piles of foreign workers during the boom instead of hiring locals?
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# ? Aug 15, 2015 20:47 |
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According to food rating websites Avalanche Pizza is mediocre pizza that costs too much, and the service is unhelpful and ignorant. I suspect that has a lot more to do with them closing up shop as opposed to a shortage of foreign workers.
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# ? Aug 15, 2015 22:19 |
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T8R posted:According to food rating websites Avalanche Pizza is mediocre pizza that costs too much, and the service is unhelpful and ignorant. I suspect that has a lot more to do with them closing up shop as opposed to a shortage of foreign workers. A bad leader blames a list of other factors for his failures.
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# ? Aug 15, 2015 23:27 |
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Bip Roberts posted:That's what they get for not importing true pizza making know-how from Boston. It's funny how you can pretty much rely on there being a Boston Pizza in every Canadian (or at least, British Columbian) town, no matter how podunk.
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# ? Aug 16, 2015 00:29 |
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cowofwar posted:You actually think lower dairy costs would be passed on to the consumer? Not uniformly and not instantly, but the discrepancies caused by supply management are so huge that it would quickly make sense as a way for certain stores to differentiate themselves, etc. A fun experiment is to compare the cheese departments at Costco on either side of the border. Without exaggeration, we're talking a 200%, often as high as 400% price per weight differential on identical products.
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# ? Aug 16, 2015 00:32 |
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Vancouver gets in on the Soylent fad: http://www.vancouversun.com/Soylent+wins+converts+Vancouver+concept+taste/11291467/story.html
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# ? Aug 16, 2015 01:02 |
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T8R posted:According to food rating websites Avalanche Pizza is mediocre pizza that costs too much, and the service is unhelpful and ignorant. I suspect that has a lot more to do with them closing up shop as opposed to a shortage of foreign workers. It's decent pizza, or at least it used to be, but it's incredibly expensive. Service in Whistler is uniformly pretty poor though.
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# ? Aug 16, 2015 01:56 |
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etalian posted:Vancouver gets in on the Soylent fad: That gave me an idea; let's make Soylent Green out of Vancouverites!
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# ? Aug 16, 2015 02:45 |
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MrChips posted:That gave me an idea; let's make Soylent Green out of Vancouverites! Vancouverites arent people
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# ? Aug 16, 2015 02:56 |
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MrChips posted:That gave me an idea; let's make Soylent Green out of Vancouverites! I think using foreign meat might have some tariff implications.
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etalian posted:Vancouver gets in on the Soylent fad: hrmmm vancouverites slamming back a cadmium & lead filled meal replacement? I'm cool with this.
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# ? Aug 16, 2015 05:08 |
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I remember when lower oil prices were passed on to the people, too.
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# ? Aug 16, 2015 05:12 |
Avalanche Pizza in Whistler is loving terrible. But, that said, literally every single place you go to right now has help wanted signs in the window. All the foreigners that come and spend the winter leave in the summer to go exploring, so they're not there to work, and when you combine that with the super busy summer season, well... Maybe, just maybe, if companies paid more for workers they'd find people willing to take the jobs!
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http://business.financialpost.com/news/economy/this-chart-shows-that-canada-has-bigger-problems-than-just-oil-citi-strategistquote:This chart shows that Canada has bigger problems than just oil: Citi strategist quote:“CADMXN, the relationship between the Canadian dollar and Mexican dollar, is dead flat the last three years,” Englander explained. “So the Canadian dollar depreciation hasn’t gained them any competitive advantage, so they’re, you know, getting clocked, both oil and non-oil.” quote:“I think Mexico’s just a cheaper place to produce, and you have enough human capital and engineering skills to produce almost everything you can produce in Canada and do it a lot cheaper,” Englander added. Eagerly awaiting the manifestation of a Canadian Mythology where we must reclaim our place in the world by building a Transamerican Coprosperity Reich. Time to stockpile Rafales ( ) and invade Mexico for the glory of our motherland.
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# ? Aug 16, 2015 05:32 |
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Don't worry about all this doom and gloom guys there's plenty of options for cyclically unemployed low-skill oil & gas sector workers to re-train into a new industry http://thetyee.ca/News/2015/08/15/Layoffs-Community-College-Adult-Ed-Faculty/ The Tyee posted:"Another fall semester, another potential round of layoffs for faculty in Vancouver Community College's adult education programs. welp
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# ? Aug 16, 2015 05:48 |
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Holy loving poo poo I had no idea they cancelled this. gently caress this loving province
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# ? Aug 16, 2015 05:51 |
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That's really frustrating. Wow. gently caress.
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# ? Aug 16, 2015 05:59 |
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Cultural Imperial posted:Holy loving poo poo I had no idea they cancelled this. gently caress this loving province It's been publicly "out-there" for ~2 years, confirmed last year, with cuts effective this school year. That goes for ALL adult ed and grade 12 level classes (save *maybe* some level of funding for math and english at Langara and probably Kwantlen + the universities, according to someone I spoke with today), from VCC to the VSB. Side note: I got to watch Christopher "literally a traffic cop" Richardson fumble as chairperson barely two minutes after being picked for the role at a school board meeting filled with adult ed teachers with a bone to pick
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# ? Aug 16, 2015 06:01 |
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People aren't going to need it anymore because Premier Clark tamed the teachers union and ended their strike action that was keeping are kids out of school
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THC posted:People aren't going to need it anymore because Premier Clark tamed the teachers union and ended their strike action that was keeping are kids out of school Given the fact you're funded unless you've graduated; keeping out the ones that aren't going directly into post-secondary upon high-school graduation, with a clear shot at graduating post-secondary with a bankable education might be for the best.
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# ? Aug 16, 2015 06:10 |
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Cultural Imperial posted:Holy loving poo poo I had no idea they cancelled this. gently caress this loving province Meanwhile the province has ultra-low corporate tax rates and even gave corporations 10 year exemptions from all corporate tax: http://themainlander.com/2011/02/02/vancouver-has-lowest-corporate-taxes-in-the-world/
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# ? Aug 16, 2015 08:54 |
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Cool BC goons please move away from that lovely province so I dont feel bad hoping that it falls into the ocean California style. e: That means you too CI.
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# ? Aug 16, 2015 16:33 |
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Furnaceface posted:Cool BC goons please move away from that lovely province so I dont feel bad hoping that it falls into the ocean California style. B-b-b-but my lifestyle....! I've heard about a half a dozen people unironically cite "lifestyle" as one of the main reasons they love Vancouver over the last month, and it only gets more and more loving obnoxious.
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# ? Aug 16, 2015 16:45 |
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Vancouver Island has like the only good climate in the whole country, I'm not going anywhere till the whole thing's underwater.
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# ? Aug 16, 2015 16:51 |
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ChairMaster posted:Vancouver Island has like the only good climate in the whole country, I'm not going anywhere till the whole thing's underwater. This. Also housing costs are no problem if you're an ENTREPRENEUR LIVING IN A VAN http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news...lick=sf_globefb
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# ? Aug 17, 2015 06:15 |
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quote:Nathanael Lauster, a sociologist at UBC, studies people’s housing choices and says housing ideals are contributing to the city’s reputation as unaffordable. I'm seriously getting loving sick of PhDs in the social sciences. By every single loving historical indicator involving the Vancouver housing market, prices are exorbitantly high. This isn't a loving problem with perception. 400k for a loving 1br apartment isn't a good deal you loving shithead. It's time to drag out all these dumb fucks and crucify them every meter on the Georgia viaduct.
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# ? Aug 17, 2015 06:31 |
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# ? Aug 17, 2015 06:33 |
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"ATM attendant"
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# ? Aug 17, 2015 06:43 |
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[Vancouver Canada] I am being offered a rent to buy situation on a brand new condo. quote:Quick back story I'm 20 years old and want to move out from my place to be with my girlfriend. lol
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Cultural Imperial posted:I'm seriously getting loving sick of PhDs in the social sciences. By every single loving historical indicator involving the Vancouver housing market, prices are exorbitantly high. This isn't a loving problem with perception. 400k for a loving 1br apartment isn't a good deal you loving shithead. It sounds less like academic research and more "justifying my poor life choices"
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Baronjutter posted:Also housing costs are no problem if you're an ENTREPRENEUR LIVING IN A VAN I didn't read the whole thing, but I can't believe this article is actually framing it that living in a van is an okay way to live.
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