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Kraftwerk posted:I wonder if joining the NDP and trying to reform it from within is a viable strategy? I heard party insiders have a way of keeping the dissent down and ensuring the status quo remains. I dunno but I took Helsing's advice and joined.
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mik posted:A lot of the forthcoming/past international agreements on climate change are going to be ultimately negotiated through foreign affairs so I would imagine he's going to have just as much influence on Canadian climate policy as being in the actual Environment Ministry. thanks, I was trying to wrap my head around the appointment (I like Dion and am glad he is in cabinet but was expecting environment like most goons apparently) but this makes a lot of sense, I imagine he'll be working a lot with McKenna to align domestic policy with international commitments. Also Catherine McKenna is the sister of Patrick McKenna right? I didn't imagine that? I could've sworn it was mentioned in a past thread but googling reveals no info one way or the other
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Nov 5, 2015 16:11
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flakeloaf posted:You look like a garbage dick to me, Kraftwerk Pretty much. It's a way for clinics to make an extra few bucks offering a service that should theoretically be "public", all while rationing it to those who are willing to and can spend a bit more. Because obviously the proper response to long wait times should be "gently caress the poor".
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Nov 5, 2015 16:23
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Ron Paul Atreides posted:Also Catherine McKenna is the sister of Patrick McKenna right? I didn't imagine that? I could've sworn it was mentioned in a past thread but googling reveals no info one way or the other Patrick McKenna is from Hamilton, and his mom is named Pat. That can't be a coincidence.
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Nov 5, 2015 16:33
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Morroque posted:My solution: have Canada be the queen. Canada is Queen. Nah, the obvious solution is Queen Marg Delahunty.  Seems much more relevant and useful than the current Queen.
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So Kent Hehr wrote a column in the Calgary Herald this morning: http://calgaryherald.com/opinion/columnists/hehr-a-champion-for-calgary-takes-his-place-in-cabinet In what seems like an insane twist of fate, the comments are (so far) readable, but the Twitter responses to him included such gems as: "Shouldn't you be a good representative for all of Alberta?" "Shouldn't you represent all Canadians equally since you're in cabinet?" "You should ignore your riding to focus more on your ministerial portfolio." What's wrong with the retards in this country? Do they even have an idea how our political system works?
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Nov 5, 2015 16:37
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BGrifter posted:Nah, the obvious solution is Queen Marg Delahunty. I understand the institution getting flak but tbh Elizabeth had a pretty reasonable track record for a figurehead monarch.  Her family has been poo poo at times (and her son is kinda bonkers) but she's never really struck me as disgracing the role she plays as the unifying figure of Commonwealth nations shared history. There are lots of dumb things that get done for the sake of tradition, don't see why the monarchy is singled out in particular, it's not like she's been constantly getting away with illegal corgi fights because of her status.
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quote:It’s also besties no more. New Foreign Affairs Minister Stéphane Dion says while Israel is a friend, Canada can help more by returning to its honest broker role and improving its relations with other Middle East nations than continuing the policies of the former Conservative government. “The main difference is that we will stop making it a partisan issue,” Dion said. Our Elizabeth Thompson has that story. Great, now push the Israeli's for an actual peace deal with the Palestinians. quote:NDP Leader Tom Mulcair faced his caucus yesterday for the first time since their thumping and afterwards said the party deserves credit for getting the Conservatives out of government. "I think the NDP formed the only real opposition Mr. Harper ever had to face and that's one of the reasons we were able to defeat him.” Right. Is Tom aware of the small shindig that went down at Rideau Hall earlier in the day? There is no silver lining here, you lost Mulcair. The pettiness of moving the goalposts to support that claim puts you alongside of the departing CPC party and I am not a fan of that. Admit defeat and be humble, take lessons and move forward. vyelkin posted:Harjit Sajjan, our new Minister of Defence, everybody: I like him
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Nov 5, 2015 16:43
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You shitlords are wayy wayyyyyyy behind the ball today. I saved a copy in case it disappears. TPP TEXT http://www.mfat.govt.nz/Treaties-and-International-Law/01-Treaties-for-which-NZ-is-Depositary/0-Trans-Pacific-Partnership-Text.php http://www.mfat.govt.nz/downloads/trade-agreement/transpacific/TPP-text/TPP_All-Chapters.zip
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BGrifter posted:Nah, the obvious solution is Queen Marg Delahunty. Alternate: Scott Thompson in drag as QEII. Ron Paul Atreides posted:I understand the institution getting flak but tbh Elizabeth had a pretty reasonable track record for a figurehead monarch.
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Nov 5, 2015 16:49
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jm20 posted:Great, now push the Israeli's for an actual peace deal with the Palestinians. This is a good first step, and god forgive me for saying this, but Dion might make a decent Minister of Foreign Affairs if he keeps this up.
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Entropic posted:Alternate: Scott Thompson in drag as QEII. I think we have a chain of succession in place! Edit: Ron Paul Atreides posted:I understand the institution getting flak but tbh Elizabeth had a pretty reasonable track record for a figurehead monarch. I don't have anything in particular against the current queen, she's been as inoffensive as you could hope. It just irks me funding vacations for rich douchebags while in the same breath cutting valuable social spending. It's not an issue that would move my vote. I'm definitely game for replacing the Queen with a fictional character of some sort though, seems much more cost effective. BGrifter fucked around with this message at 17:10 on Nov 5, 2015 |
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PT6A posted:This is a good first step, and god forgive me for saying this, but Dion might make a decent Minister of Foreign Affairs if he keeps this up. Dion is a good policy guy. He lacked the in leadership role but he's definitely not a bad choice for a cabinet position. BGrifter posted:I don't have anything in particular against the current queen, she's been as inoffensive as you could hope. It just irks me funding vacations for rich douchebags while in the same breath cutting valuable social spending. It's not an issue that would move my vote. I'm definitely game for replacing the Queen with a fictional character of some sort though, seems much more cost effective. Fair enough Ron Paul Atreides fucked around with this message at 17:17 on Nov 5, 2015 |
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https://www.facebook.com/josie.marie.1654/videos/10153548065905804/ Jody Wilson Raybould's father, Bill Wilson, debating with Justin Trudeau's father (you may have heard of him) in the 80s. Tells him that his daughter wants to be a lawyer and eventually prime minister 
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jm20 posted:You shitlords are wayy wayyyyyyy behind the ball today. I saved a copy in case it disappears. I was too busy reading it.
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imo the queen should be promptly guillotined on the public square and her trillions in assets be given back to the populace . nothing is more repugnant than totalitarianism and monarchy. she symbolizes submission, subservience and authoritarianism among other vile things
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Counterpoint: the Queen is nice, we shouldn't kill her. Wait until she dies, and then Charles can go the way of the first King of England who shared his name for all I care. I don't really care, though, it's not like the royals are harming me by existing.
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Nov 5, 2015 17:47
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Kafka Esq. posted:I was too busy reading it. Signatories have a 5 year timeline to quote:freedom of association and the effective recognition of the right to collective Good luck getting Vietnam, Peru, Mexico, and Malaysia on board. Mexico already uses child labour for agriculture under NAFTA.
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Nov 5, 2015 17:49
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PT6A posted:Counterpoint: the Queen is nice, we shouldn't kill her. Wait until she dies, and then Charles can go the way of the first King of England who shared his name for all I care. Dying of a stroke in Germany?
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TPP's words on expropriation actually sound reasonable to me, but IANAL so who knows.quote:Article 9.7: Expropriation and Compensation16 "Tantamount to expropriation" was the big NAFTA clause that allowed ISDS mechanisms to gently caress over Canada and Mexico so maybe the TPP will actually be an upgrade on that.
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flakeloaf posted:Dying of a stroke in Germany? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_I_of_England Yes, I know kings' regnal names aren't generally the same as their names by birth, but otherwise the joke doesn't work.
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By most accounts the royals spend the majority of their time on philanthropy and charity work and their assets are shrinking in a world where they're less relevant than ever. I'm not sure I really understand the hostility. The Queen is a neat lady that's been in her position for an unprecedented length of time during which her influence has been mostly positive.
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I'd wager she's significantly more popular than the institution she represents. She also got some pretty good boosts from her mother and husband, both of whom were hilarious.PT6A posted:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_I_of_England Oh I heard you okay, mine doesn't work if you take it the other way. Besides, if we did it your way then we'd need a Canadian Cromwell and the list of candidates for that role worries me.
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Slightly Toasted posted:By most accounts the royals spend the majority of their time on philanthropy and charity work and their assets are shrinking in a world where they're less relevant than ever. I'm not sure I really understand the hostility. The Queen is a neat lady that's been in her position for an unprecedented length of time during which her influence has been mostly positive. They didnt exactly come into all that money with luck and good work ethic...
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jm20 posted:Signatories have a 5 year timeline to Canada uses child labour for agriculture. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/withrow-farm-deaths-alberta-children-protection-legislation-1.3274904 quote:Alberta is the only province with no safety standards for farm workers — and no child labour standards. Listen in detail: http://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/the-current-for-october-16-2015-1.3274058/a-call-for-legislation-to-protect-children-on-farms-1.3274064 But they're our kids, on our farm *3 unsupervised girls die crushed under a truckload of grain in a workplace with no safety standards* It was a tragic, unpreventable accident pubic void nullo fucked around with this message at 18:03 on Nov 5, 2015 |
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I'm down to get rid of the royalty but only because I don't want Charles' face on Canadian money.
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Slightly Toasted posted:By most accounts the royals spend the majority of their time on philanthropy and charity work and their assets are shrinking in a world where they're less relevant than ever. I'm not sure I really understand the hostility. The Queen is a neat lady that's been in her position for an unprecedented length of time during which her influence has been mostly positive. she also has really cute dogs and is one of the few almost Nonagenerians grandmothers who can fix her own car.
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flakeloaf posted:I'd wager she's significantly more popular than the institution she represents. She also got some pretty good boosts from her mother and husband, both of whom were hilarious. wait were? Phillip is still alive though? Unless that's changed very recently 
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vyelkin posted:I'm down to get rid of the royalty but only because I don't want Charles' face on Canadian money. This is honestly my main concern with the continuation of the monarchy. King William would probably be okay, but Charles is goofy looking and very stupid.
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jm20 posted:Signatories have a 5 year timeline to It won't be a problem. They'll sign it and then promptly ignore it.
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Her dogs are assholes who snap at people and aren't housetrained.Ron Paul Atreides posted:wait were? Phillip is still alive? Yeah but they don't let him talk anymore.
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Ron Paul Atreides posted:wait were? Phillip is still alive though? Unless that's changed very recently He is still alive. I also learned from "An Idiot Abroad" that he is worshipped as a deity by some tribe in the South Pacific!
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flakeloaf posted:Her dogs are assholes who snap at people and aren't housetrained. in her declining years, unable to keep up with the incessant inbreeding of her pack (taking a cue from their owner's pedigree), the queen slowly allows Buckingham Palace to be overrun by feral corgis who now terrorize the staff, guards and tourists who dare stray too close to the trees and bushes they've peed on.
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pubic void nullo posted:Canada uses child labour for agriculture. To be fair they are part of a family business, it's not like Alberta farmers actively recruit workers from primary school. In Mexico's case there is a very large migrant population that is paid daily rates for picking agriculture, which is then sold in Canadian markets under NAFTA. The way Canadian agriculture competes with that is to import Mexican workers under TFW to pick our agriculture which is pretty 
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So, yeah, we're bringing back the Long Form Census
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Jordan7hm posted:
Seriously. It's a really bad tic. I had to stop listening because it was happening every 10 seconds. I get that the new ministers want to show that they're going to be different but I kind of wish they had waited to be briefed a tiny bit before rushing to the microphones.
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Man, all the Sikh cabinet ministers seem so chill, and actually pretty good at what little they've done so far. I can't believe there's people still pissing and moaning about "the death of merit" when every cabinet minister appears to be eminently qualified for their respective positions.
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As an NCM you get used to the idea of an inverse-praise system, where the idiocy of the things your boss complains about is proportionate to your excellence.
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PT6A posted:Man, all the Sikh cabinet ministers seem so chill, and actually pretty good at what little they've done so far. Yeah, I just lost on my longest friends over this. But, I cannot in good concious be friends with a misogynistic racist so, yeha. (Like actually full on level. )
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PT6A posted:Man, all the Sikh cabinet ministers seem so chill, and actually pretty good at what little they've done so far. That's because regressive poo poo heads assume the most qualified candidates are defacto Male (also usually white) so the idea that women and minorities could be eminently qualified for a position is not something they can reconcile. But really, it's Trudeau who is being sexist/racist by acknowledging race gender and disabilities at all
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