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PT6A: Jan 5, 2006; Public school teachers are callous dictators who won't lift a finger to stop children from peeing in my plane

Cultural Imperial posted:

gently caress the bcndp until the end of time

# ? Jan 12, 2016 05:18

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# ? Jun 4, 2024 03:18

Juul-Whip: Mar 10, 2008

Rime posted:

An LNG scheme still going ahead, it seems, despite the product being worth about the same as soda pop right now. They just approved a new terminal up north.

Better vote them back in next election. Wouldn't want to reward the feckless political campaigning of the NDP. They just don't ~inspire~ me the way Christy does

# ? Jan 12, 2016 05:20

Juul-Whip: Mar 10, 2008

When she promises a million clean LNG jobs by 2020, it just feels me with a warm fuzzy feeling. It's like Obama's 2008 run but closer to home, you know? So inspiring

# ? Jan 12, 2016 05:23

CLAM DOWN: Feb 13, 2007

CI you cannot possibly pretend that the bc libs are really your preferred option, no loving way

# ? Jan 12, 2016 05:27

PT6A: Jan 5, 2006; Public school teachers are callous dictators who won't lift a finger to stop children from peeing in my plane

Good lord, according to Twitter there are people honestly suggesting that the shooting at a lovely Calgary nightclub by a couple of Somalian gangbangers (where the gang supression unit was already outside) was actually terrorism. The people in my city are simply too stupid to live. I hope they get laid off and then kill themselves, tbh.

# ? Jan 12, 2016 05:29

vyelkin: Jan 2, 2011

CLAM DOWN posted:

CI you cannot possibly pretend that the bc libs are really your preferred option, no loving way

CI lives in Jenny Kwan's riding so his preferred option is to not vote and then rage against the dying of the night.

# ? Jan 12, 2016 05:30

JawKnee: Mar 24, 2007; You'll take the ride to leave this town along that yellow line

PT6A posted:

The people in my city are simply too stupid to live.

reported for terrorism

# ? Jan 12, 2016 05:35

namaste friends: Sep 18, 2004; by Smythe

If one of you dumb SJW weedlords put a gun to my head an forced me to choose between BCNDP and BCLIB I would just let you blow my brains out

# ? Jan 12, 2016 05:40

the talent deficit: Dec 20, 2003; self-deprecation is a very british trait, and problems can arise when the british attempt to do so with a foreign culture

Cultural Imperial posted:

If one of you dumb SJW weedlords put a gun to my head an forced me to choose between BCNDP and BCLIB I would just let you blow my brains out

who else are you going to vote for? i think john cummins conservative revival fell apart again already. maybe the progressive democratic alliance or the socreds can make a comeback

# ? Jan 12, 2016 05:45

vyelkin: Jan 2, 2011

CI only votes for the Marijuana Party

# ? Jan 12, 2016 05:50

Stretch Marx: Apr 29, 2008; I'm ok with this.

vyelkin posted:

CI only votes for the Marijuana Party

Only Green party he respects.

# ? Jan 12, 2016 05:53

CLAM DOWN: Feb 13, 2007

the talent deficit posted:

who else are you going to vote for? i think john cummins conservative revival fell apart again already. maybe the progressive democratic alliance or the socreds can make a comeback

ugh gently caress John Cummins, just, gently caress him so loving much, gently caress that old bigoted gently caress

# ? Jan 12, 2016 05:56

namaste friends: Sep 18, 2004; by Smythe

speaking of high as gently caress, I just want ask hal 2005 where all your dry powder is now because the CAD is at like a 13 year low and oil is headed for 20 bucks

i guess steve-o's austerity worked eh

lmao at his opentext = google comparison

# ? Jan 12, 2016 05:57

Baronjutter: Dec 31, 2007; "Tiny Trains"

CLAM DOWN posted:

ugh gently caress John Cummins, just, gently caress him so loving much, gently caress that old bigoted gently caress

Vibrant Victoria was so pumped about Cummins, I think a few of the members were involved in his campaign.

# ? Jan 12, 2016 05:59

vyelkin: Jan 2, 2011

Cultural Imperial posted:

speaking of high as gently caress, I just want ask hal 2005 where all your dry powder is now because the CAD is at like a 13 year low and oil is headed for 20 bucks

i guess steve-o's austerity worked eh

lmao at his opentext = google comparison

no see saudi arabia flooded the market with oil because canada elected justin trudeau

# ? Jan 12, 2016 06:06

namaste friends: Sep 18, 2004; by Smythe

I love that vibrant victoria adamantly RECOMMENDS that investment CONDOS should be as SMALL as POSSIBLE.

# ? Jan 12, 2016 06:07

JawKnee: Mar 24, 2007; You'll take the ride to leave this town along that yellow line

well you wouldn't want to stick all your money in just one right

# ? Jan 12, 2016 06:08

namaste friends: Sep 18, 2004; by Smythe

i see the laws of SUPPLY and DEMAND are holding fast and true in vibrant victoria

# ? Jan 12, 2016 06:10

Postess with the Mostest: Apr 4, 2007; Arabian nights
'neath Arabian moons
A fool off his guard
could fall and fall hard
out there on the dunes

We fixed the bridge. It's just such a perfect analogy for Ontario right now, I love it. Building Ontario Up. 5 concrete barriers at a time until we get the bridge unheaved. Infrastructure!

# ? Jan 12, 2016 06:18

Rime: Nov 2, 2011; by Games Forum

Ikantski posted:

We fixed the bridge. It's just such a perfect analogy for Ontario right now, I love it. Building Ontario Up. 5 concrete barriers at a time until we get the bridge unheaved. Infrastructure!

That's so beautiful. A hundred million dollars in cutting-edge engineering breaks, and they fix it by dropping a pile of rocks that cost maybe $10k on one end. :allears:

# ? Jan 12, 2016 06:23

Juul-Whip: Mar 10, 2008

vyelkin posted:

no see saudi arabia flooded the market with oil because canada elected justin trudeau

�I mean no disrespect when I say this but here�s my offer: I�ll invest $1 million in Canadian energy companies if out of grace and for the absolute good of Canada the premier of Alberta resigns,� O�Leary said.

�I wouldn�t touch them now because she doesn�t know what she�s doing.�

�Please step down, please, do it for Canadians,� he begged.

O�Leary attributed layoffs and the plummeting dollar on the inexperience of Notley�s government and poor policy choices, specifically, hikes in corporate tax rate and uncertainty about royalties.

�The Alberta government is in free fall, there�s total chaos there,� he said.

�It�s like a horror movie, it�s an unbelievable series of events.�

# ? Jan 12, 2016 06:55

Arabian Jesus: Feb 15, 2008; We've got the American Jesus
Bolstering national faith

We've got the American Jesus
Overwhelming millions every day

CBC posted:

Kathleen Wynne can't guarantee correctional worker deal won't cost province more

The Canadian Press Posted: Jan 11, 2016 4:54 PM ET Last Updated: Jan 11, 2016 5:06 PM ET

Premier Kathleen Wynne can't guarantee that a new deal with correctional workers won't end up costing the province more money, despite repeated pledges to keep such contracts "net zero."

As the province works to eliminate a $7.5-billion deficit, the government has said new public-sector contracts would be cost neutral, meaning any salary increases are offset by savings elsewhere.

But a deal reached this weekend with 6,000 jail guards and probation officers, averting a strike just hours before they were set to walk out, does not settle wages. Outstanding monetary issues will go to arbitration.

Wynne said Monday that the terms already agreed to are "well within" net zero, but she conceded she can't say for sure that the entire deal will be net zero once the arbitrator rules.

"I can't guarantee that, no," she said. "The arbitrator will know the net zero deals that have been reached across government, so the arbitrator will be working within those parameters."

Get used to bridges collapsing in this Province

Arabian Jesus fucked around with this message at 07:35 on Jan 12, 2016

# ? Jan 12, 2016 07:31

DariusLikewise: Oct 4, 2008; You wore that on Halloween?

THC posted:

�I mean no disrespect when I say this but here�s my offer: I�ll invest $1 million in Canadian energy companies if out of grace and for the absolute good of Canada the premier of Alberta resigns,� O�Leary said.

�I wouldn�t touch them now because she doesn�t know what she�s doing.�

�Please step down, please, do it for Canadians,� he begged.

O�Leary attributed layoffs and the plummeting dollar on the inexperience of Notley�s government and poor policy choices, specifically, hikes in corporate tax rate and uncertainty about royalties.

�The Alberta government is in free fall, there�s total chaos there,� he said.

�It�s like a horror movie, it�s an unbelievable series of events.�

News: Kevin O'Leary still stupid assclown

# ? Jan 12, 2016 17:02

flakeloaf: Feb 26, 2003; Still better than android clock

THC posted:

�I mean no disrespect when I say this but here�s my offer: I�ll invest $1 million in Canadian energy companies if out of grace and for the absolute good of Canada the premier of Alberta resigns,� O�Leary said.

�I wouldn�t touch them now because she doesn�t know what she�s doing.�

�Please step down, please, do it for Canadians,� he begged.

O�Leary attributed layoffs and the plummeting dollar on the inexperience of Notley�s government and poor policy choices, specifically, hikes in corporate tax rate and uncertainty about royalties.

�The Alberta government is in free fall, there�s total chaos there,� he said.

�It�s like a horror movie, it�s an unbelievable series of events.�

Let's bribe a public official to step down, that always ends well.

Also, today I learned that the Premier of Alberta is the person who controls the global price of oil AND is responsible for making insane gambles that turn Canada into a petrostate.

# ? Jan 12, 2016 17:02

DariusLikewise: Oct 4, 2008; You wore that on Halloween?

http://www.vice.com/en_ca/read/lets-stop-pretending-the-guy-who-pepper-sprayed-syrian-refugees-doesnt-reflect-canada?utm_source=vicefbca

quote:

This past weekend, a group of Syrian refugees was pepper sprayed at a welcome event in Vancouver.

The gathering took place Friday night outside a local chapter of the Muslim Association of Canada. At about 10:30 PM, police say a man rode by on his bike and pepper sprayed a crowd of adults and children, causing them to cough and vomit and their eyes to burn. Around 15 people were treated by first responders for their symptoms.

The cops are investigating the incident as a hate crime.

Responses to the attack came swiftly from a number of sources, though they all bore a similar sentiment: "this isn't Canada."

Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson said it "was a disgusting display of hate�and Vancouver won't stand for it. #VanWelcomesRefugees and always will."

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tweeted, "This isn't who we are�and doesn't reflect the warm welcome Canadians have offered."

Both Immigration Minister John McCallum and Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan used the classic line about how this is an "isolated incident."

"Because of the positive reaction that they're getting from everywhere they go, a horrible but isolated incident like this can be quickly forgotten and they can get on with their life," Sajjan told reporters.

I can't help but feel these statements, the same ones trotted out every time something similar happens, are disingenuous.

Being pepper sprayed by a stranger upon moving to a new country isn't an experience most people would easily "forget," nor should any of us be trying to forget about it. In doing so, we're brushing an ugly societal problem under the rug, a problem that deserves to be exposed. How can we possibly argue that xenophobia is not part of the Canadian identity when, historically and at present, there's so much proof to the contrary?

We saw it in the immediate aftermath of the Paris attacks, when a Toronto woman wearing a hijab was beaten and robbed while picking up her kids from school and when a Peterborough mosque was set on fire.

There was also the niqab "debate," which looked set to decide the federal election for a depressing but not insignificant chunk of time.

Islamophobia here is in fact strong enough to warrant self-defence classes for Muslim women and an anti-Muslim incident tracker, started by the National Council of Canadian Muslims in 2013. Dozens of events were recorded last year.

Polls gauging Canadians' views on the Liberals' refugee plan, meanwhile, have been fairly split, with a recent one reporting 48 percent are in favour while 44 percent are opposed. In other words, almost half of Canadians do not want Syrian refugees to be resettled here�hardly a fringe minority. Another survey shows a majority of the population (63 percent) is concerned Syrians will become a burden on social services and the healthcare system.

And yet a quick scan of headlines relating to the pepper spray ambush ("Syrian refugees say pepper spray attack won't spoil first impressions" or "Pepper Spraying Of Syrian Refugees Won't Hurt Canada's Reputation: John McCallum"), reveals a frustrating desire to minimize this hate crime as a one-off and reassure the public, and the rest of the world, that all is warm and fuzzy here.

Even members of the Syrian community quoted in these articles appear to be appeasing Canadians.

"To be honest, Canadian people would not do this, the majority of them," said Tima Kurdi, the aunt of three-year-old Alan Kurdi who was found dead on a Turkish beach. "They are big supporters to the refugees."

You can't blame Kurdi for choosing her words carefully; the refugees who end up in Canada will rely in part on goodwill from citizens to help them adjust. Likewise, it's not fair to expect people in targeted groups to subject themselves to more hate by calling out this behaviour for what it is�a lovely reflection of a sizeable number of Canadians. But we should be able to expect some frank dialogue from our leaders.

After his city was dubbed the most racist in Canada by Maclean's magazine, Winnipeg Mayor Brian Bowman broke down and acknowledged, "We do have racism in Winnipeg... You can't run away from facts." The city has since hosted a national summit on the issue, with Bowman pledging his constituents have "a responsibility right now to turn this ship around and change the way we all relate." (For the record, Mayor Robertson's claim that Vancouver is an immigrant haven is debatable considering the anti-Chinese attitudes currently being perpetuated throughout the city.)

More recently, RCMP Commissioner Bob Paulson admitted to a group of First Nations chiefs that there are racists in his force and that weeding them out would be key to tackling the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) crisis.

For those directly impacted, concessions like these must be validating, at the very least. For the rest of us, they're difficult to hear, but it's hard to envision how we'll move past our shortcomings without first acknowledging them.

The harsh truth allows for discussions and a potential growth in awareness amongst those with anti-immigrant viewpoints. A false narrative about how Canadians are just so darn nice, on the other hand, serves no one.

# ? Jan 12, 2016 17:13

tagesschau: Sep 1, 2006; Guten Abend, meine Damen und Herren.

McGavin posted:

Make sure that your official job title is "Weedlord".

Cannabinol Imperial

# ? Jan 12, 2016 17:27

leftist heap: Feb 28, 2013; Fun Shoe

Baronjutter posted:

Oh man I just figured out the idiots behind the cable stayed bridge disaster are the same company building the new bridge in Victoria that's gone like 200% over budget and had to be repeatedly cut back and re-designed and had all its steel re-done because the lowest bidder in china hosed up twice. God drat what a boondoggle. The previous mayor and council weren't corrupt, just really really stupid and easily wowed into creating a "legacy project".

JSB replacement is one of the most hilarious public works boondoggles I've ever seen. All for a span that you could literally throw a rock across.

Imagine how hosed up the final product is going to be.

# ? Jan 12, 2016 17:46

Drunk Canuck: Jan 9, 2010; Robots ruin all the fun of a good adventure.

The Dollar just hit 69 Cents US

I wonder how long it will take the Shadow Cabinet to blame the Notley NDP and the Trudeau Libs

# ? Jan 12, 2016 17:58

flashy_mcflash: Feb 7, 2011

Drunk Canuck posted:

The Dollar just hit 69 Cents US

nice

# ? Jan 12, 2016 18:10

velvet milkman: Feb 13, 2012; by R. Guyovich

Drunk Canuck posted:

The Dollar just hit 69 Cents US

I wonder how long it will take the Shadow Cabinet to blame the Notley NDP and the Trudeau Libs

A friend of mine recently managed to grab a position job as a front-end developer in the US. I bet he's absolutely crushing his OSAP loan with that sweet, sweet USD.

# ? Jan 12, 2016 18:13

CLAM DOWN: Feb 13, 2007

Drunk Canuck posted:

The Dollar just hit 69 Cents US

Well gently caress :negative:

# ? Jan 12, 2016 18:16

BattleMaster: Aug 14, 2000

I hope that the oil prices are held low long enough to permanently destroy the tar sands industry and allow us to dig ourselves out of the petro-state rut aided by an exchange rate favourable to exports.

# ? Jan 12, 2016 18:18

namaste friends: Sep 18, 2004; by Smythe

We should reinvent Canada into the world's largest weed producer and exporter

# ? Jan 12, 2016 18:21

MA-Horus: Dec 3, 2006; I'm sorry, I can't hear you over the sound of how awesome I am.

gently caress me the CAD is at 1180 Korean won

I would have cleaned house 5 years ago

# ? Jan 12, 2016 18:39

sbaldrick: Jul 19, 2006; Driven by Hate

Ikantski posted:

We fixed the bridge. It's just such a perfect analogy for Ontario right now, I love it. Building Ontario Up. 5 concrete barriers at a time until we get the bridge unheaved. Infrastructure!

This bridge honestly looks just like the one Ottawa built in Barrhaven that took an extra 3 years because the idiot company didn't test the banks to see if they could support a bridge.

I wouldn't be surprised if it's the same company.

# ? Jan 12, 2016 18:47

CLAM DOWN: Feb 13, 2007

That bridge picture is Russia as gently caress though.

# ? Jan 12, 2016 18:47

Baronjutter: Dec 31, 2007; "Tiny Trains"

CLAM DOWN posted:

That bridge picture is Russia as gently caress though.

Massive corruption, most of the country a frozen wasteland, ,currency tied to oil, crumbling embarrassing infrastructure, entire fragile ego tied to "not being USA", delusions of global importance. Canada is getting pretty Russian.

# ? Jan 12, 2016 19:24

PT6A: Jan 5, 2006; Public school teachers are callous dictators who won't lift a finger to stop children from peeing in my plane

Baronjutter posted:

Massive corruption, most of the country a frozen wasteland, ,currency tied to oil, crumbling embarrassing infrastructure, entire fragile ego tied to "not being USA", delusions of global importance. Canada is getting pretty Russian.

To be fair, Russia is way more globally important than Canada.

# ? Jan 12, 2016 19:37

HookShot: Dec 26, 2005

Ikantski posted:

We fixed the bridge. It's just such a perfect analogy for Ontario right now, I love it. Building Ontario Up. 5 concrete barriers at a time until we get the bridge unheaved. Infrastructure!

This is my favourite picture on the entire internet.

Cultural Imperial posted:

If one of you dumb SJW weedlords put a gun to my head an forced me to choose between BCNDP and BCLIB I would just let you blow my brains out

My brother-in-law? (my sister-in-law's husband) is a huge Conservative supporter federally and doesn't have anything remotely resembling a socialist bone in his body and he would rather kill himself than vote NDP ended up voting green because he hated Clark's Libs and even he could see the BC Cons were total idiots.

We were laughing about it in a sad way, he's like "I never thought I'd get to the point where I would vote for a party that thinks wifi is giving me brain cancer thanks BC"

# ? Jan 12, 2016 19:38

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# ? Jun 4, 2024 03:18

vyelkin: Jan 2, 2011

HookShot posted:

This is my favourite picture on the entire internet.

My brother-in-law? (my sister-in-law's husband) is a huge Conservative supporter federally and doesn't have anything remotely resembling a socialist bone in his body and he would rather kill himself than vote NDP ended up voting green because he hated Clark's Libs and even he could see the BC Cons were total idiots.

We were laughing about it in a sad way, he's like "I never thought I'd get to the point where I would vote for a party that thinks wifi is giving me brain cancer thanks BC"

For the record your sister in law's husband is your brother, so

# ? Jan 12, 2016 19:43

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