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Pixelante posted:I'm gradually warming up to the idea that there's a valid reason for starting every humanities-type conference/event/project with thanks for the Coast Salish People for use of their unceded territory but it still feels a bit heavy-handed. One of my courses has a thanks written into the syllabus. I'm sure they're deeply grateful for the thanks
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Pixelante posted:I'm gradually warming up to the idea that there's a valid reason for starting every humanities-type conference/event/project with thanks for the Coast Salish People for use of their unceded territory but it still feels a bit heavy-handed. One of my courses has a thanks written into the syllabus. I'm not warming up to the idea but I need you goons to steer me right.
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May 23, 2016 20:07
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It might be stockholm at this point. It's really unavoidable in social services here. And I'm never going to appreciate the 8am opening wolf dance with drums and flutes. 8am should never come with drums.
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May 23, 2016 20:09
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Elbowgate, a purely Ottawa Bubble Phenomenon Also, in a change, Policy Resolutions for the LPC convention are now up Personally, I'd like to see p-12 and p-5 make it
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May 23, 2016 21:34
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quote:• The broad majority of those surveyed (71%) said it had no impact on their view of Mr. Trudeau, 23% said it made them feel worse about him; 6% better. I'm glad they checked the correlation there but I'm surprised it was still so low. I figured those 23% would more or less be people who already hated the guy (i.e. people with the poor sense to have voted CPC last election even after all the previous-decade's bullshit), considering how few people who didn't already have a bone to pick seemed to care
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May 23, 2016 21:39
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quote:WHEREAS the Nova Scotia population is dwindling, and, as the Ivany Report indicates, one pathway to progress is through immigration; whereas there is a federal cap on the numbers permitted for immigration to Nova Scotia; hahahaha how do you loving retards come up with this loving nonsense
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May 23, 2016 21:48
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I feel like inflicting rural Nova Scotia/maritimes on immigrants violates international human rights law
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May 23, 2016 21:51
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quote:WHEREAS The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety of 2003, signed by Canada, enshrines a "precautionary approach" regarding the transboundary movement of GMOs; lol you dumb fucks (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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May 23, 2016 21:54
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BattleMaster posted:I feel like inflicting rural Nova Scotia/maritimes on immigrants violates international human rights law With hard work, I'm sure the refugees will be able to upgrade rural NS to at least as nice as the war-torn hell they escaped from.
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May 23, 2016 21:57
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Cultural Imperial posted:BE IT RESOLVED that the Liberal Party of Canada incite the Government of Canada to implement recommendations made in Private Member’s Bill C-287, an act to amend the Food and Drugs Act, thus making identification of genetically modified foods mandatory. Will identification of irradiated food also be mandatory?
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May 23, 2016 22:04
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http://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/man-charged-after-allegedly-impersonating-fort-mcmurray-wildfire-evacuee/quote:CLARESHOLM, Alta. — Police say a British Columbia man is facing charges for impersonating a Fort McMurray evacuee and allegedly taking advantage of people who were trying to help. of course he's from bc
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May 23, 2016 22:11
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Cultural Imperial posted:lol you dumb fucks For listening to Suzuki or requiring GM food to be labeled? Cause you can take that a few different ways.
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May 23, 2016 22:25
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Cultural Imperial posted:http://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/man-charged-after-allegedly-impersonating-fort-mcmurray-wildfire-evacuee/ Even better, he's from Vic
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May 23, 2016 22:27
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All of the above; Suzuki's growing body of research is probably naturalnews.com
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May 23, 2016 22:28
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I feel like I would be more supportive of labeling GM foods if the proponents of the movement weren't ignorant fuckers that know next to nothing about biology.
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May 23, 2016 22:44
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Everyone seems to poo poo on e-health initiatives, but then poo poo like this ends up happening in the provinces with no electronic records systems. Yes, you guessed right, it was a BC hospital that took 11 months to tell a woman her x-rays indicated that she had lung cancer. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/hospital-fail-to-warn-patient-of-potential-lung-cancer-1.3591629
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May 23, 2016 22:45
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hahaha i can't wait until bc tries to implement electronic health records
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dr heather lindsay is probably a loving idiot which is why this woman is going to die of lung cancer
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May 23, 2016 22:56
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Pixelante posted:I'm gradually warming up to the idea that there's a valid reason for starting every humanities-type conference/event/project with thanks for the Coast Salish People for use of their unceded territory but it still feels a bit heavy-handed. One of my courses has a thanks written into the syllabus. I think it's the sort of thing that is potentially good but can also easily fall off into pointless (or even counterproductive) symbolism. A sort of brief self-flagellation for the ruling class that excuses them from having to do anything else. Like, giving thanks for the land is standard in Australia and, well, they don't seem to have reined in either structural or attitudinal problems. At all.
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Cultural Imperial posted:http://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/man-charged-after-allegedly-impersonating-fort-mcmurray-wildfire-evacuee/ Pour vous: CBC posted:
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quote:Van Tol said he shouldn't have to modify his truck every time he crosses provincial lines. Lol at the implication that lifted trucks are mandatory outside of Quebec.
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CLAM DOWN posted:Even better, he's from Vic He's not welcome at our coffee meets. 
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Guys don't worry. Kevin O'Leary is coming to save us http://news.nationalpost.com/news/c...tart-in-earnest quote:John Ivison: Kevin O’Leary’s mission to bring ‘adult supervision’ to Ottawa is about to start in earnest Will John Ivison be able to hold on until Kevin O'Leary is chosen as the True Leader Of This Great Country? Or will he release all too soon?? Can't wait to find out!!
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May 24, 2016 02:23
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Ban lift kits across all provinces and territories. Problem solved! They really don't seem safe (to other drivers).
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quote:“In 36 months, three things will have occurred: No. 1, there will be no wage inflation in this country — zero. For the 14th year, working Canadians will not have had any appreciable increase in what they make,” he predicts. lmao yeah if only we ran the country like a business none of these would be problems at all, no siree.
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May 24, 2016 02:28
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Yellow Ant posted:Ban lift kits across all provinces and territories. Problem solved! I like the giant metal bars you can put on the front of your suburban commuter truck so that when you run down a pedestrian or cyclist while texting you gently caress the poo poo out of them and don't even scratch the paint on your hood. Those are cool and good.
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May 24, 2016 02:44
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Interns get paid? I thought they were the leading edge of the re-institution of slavery, as allowed by that most sacred of texts, the Old Testament/Torah. Do we still have to shave their heads, give them new clothes, and wait a month before raping them? Or am I thinking of grad students?
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Cultural Imperial posted:hahaha i can't wait until bc tries to implement electronic health records telus health has been mid implementation for like six years
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brucio posted:Guys don't worry. Kevin O'Leary is coming to save us You missed bolding the best part: (and why he'll never win) quote:“I’m not going to use any of the past policies the Conservatives had to craft any of mine. They’ve just lost — they’re losers. When you lose you have to stand back and say what didn’t work,” he said It's my humble impression that most Conservative party die hards like thier divisive policies just fine (i.e. they're real Canadians/ the silent majority) and probably won't enjoy being called losers.
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PK loving SUBBAN posted:
Well, that and also the fact you have to be a card-carrying member of the Conservative party to elect a party leader, and membership isn't cheap. I sincerely doubt he'll be anything more than a sideshow.
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O'LEARY! *click* Honestly, I think it's wrong to underestimate his appeal. He's going to appeal to a lot of economic conservatives who didn't like the party's other nonsense. If he's serious about this, I think the CPC should select him as leader. In many ways, he's the perfect "city conservative."
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PK loving SUBBAN posted:It's my humble impression that most Conservative party die hards like thier divisive policies just fine (i.e. they're real Canadians/ the silent majority) and probably won't enjoy being called losers. I think most Conservative party members don't give a poo poo about most of that stuff if they think there's any chance they'll win the election. As long as there's some lip service paid to the social conservative part of the base (promise to not raise immigration levels, don't force doctors to perform euthanasia), whoever says "STRONG ECONOMY" the most times will win the leadership race. Some of the smarter Conservatives will look at Harper's policies and realize that he was too socially conservative and a bunch of stuff he put through was thrown out by the Supreme Court. I wouldn't put money on O'Leary winning the leadership but he seems to be intentionally positioning himself as the Canadian Donald Trump and it's hard not to see some similarities between the Conservatives and the Republicans. The party leadership is a bit shaky since Harper lost and none of his proteges appear to be running. None of the candidates announced so far is particularly strong or well known (is MacKay going to run?). The loss in the last election I think has made a lot of Conservatives second guess how the party is run and they might be looking for someone outside of politics to try and get the party back on track. Or course the biggest difference is that the Republican primaries have been going on for almost a year and have gotten a pile of media attention that Trump has used very effectively. The Conservative leadership race will be a boring affair until a few weeks before the convention and then will be done in one night. There will be no time to score small victories and whittle off the rest of the field one at a time. Lars Blitzer posted:Well, that and also the fact you have to be a card-carrying member of the Conservative party to elect a party leader, and membership isn't cheap. I sincerely doubt he'll be anything more than a sideshow. I think membership is only $15... Wikipedia posted:Only party members will be allowed to vote.[21] The fee for a party membership was raised to $25 from $15, an increase that was reversed on April 23, 2016 after criticisms that the move was "elitist".
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The Butcher posted:I like the giant metal bars you can put on the front of your suburban commuter truck so that when you run down a pedestrian or cyclist while texting you gently caress the poo poo out of them and don't even scratch the paint on your hood. I don't understand how those are legal. I hope everywhere outside of alberta bans those loving pedestrian rams and lift kits and they can wallow in their western alienation.
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Baronjutter posted:I don't understand how those are legal. I hope everywhere outside of alberta bans those loving pedestrian rams and lift kits and they can wallow in their western alienation. I'm sorry Baronjutter, but there is actually a use for both of these things. Lift kits allow larger tires than the stock trucks will, giving greater ground clearance than found on a normal truck. I doubt very many of you have actually driven on resource roads in all weather. If the road has been maintained and it's dry, a car can get through most roads with no problem at all. But if its been raining for any length of time and there is any sort of semi-truck traffic ruts develop quickly and can become a serious issue even for a pickup truck. If you go look at a semi-tractor and look at the ground clearance on them you get an idea of what some of the ruts can be like. Larger tires and lift kits allow pickups to navigate the same roads without tearing out the undercarriage on the regular basis, or becoming high centered on a ridge in the middle of the road. The company I work for used to install a 3-4" lift and larger tires on every truck it ordered before it hit the field for this reason. They've stopped over the last couple years as a cost saving measure, but are quickly considering reviving the practice due to the sheer amount of maintenance being created by stock trucks. In my area we have about a dozen trucks and last spring and this spring combined we destroyed seven transfer cases and two transmissions along with a bunch of extra suspension maintenance. It looks like it'll be cheaper to start doing this lifts again rather than paying for new parts every month. As for the bull-bars, you're right. The main thing they're designed to do is to allow you to hit something and not damage your vehicle. Why people who work in resource areas install them is because a lot of the work is done on roads that make it much more likely that you'll hit a deer or other animal. Resource roads typically have a cleared area to either side when they're built, but this area typically grows back over several years and you're left with about 10 feet to either side of the road being clear and the rest being 5-15' brush, perfect for concealing deer. Companies typically won't install these items because they're quite expensive and they'll just play the odds that their employee's wont hit that many deer. Contractors and other service providers on the other hand typically own their own truck and don't want to take the 5-10k repair bill when they hit a deer. So they install a bull-bar and call it a day. So these items do have a use, but on the other hand, I understand where you're coming from. Too many people in cities with no actual need for these items install them and I can see how they're a real problem when you start interacting with pedestrians and so forth. Maybe you should have to demonstrate a need for them?
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Gorau posted:I'm sorry Baronjutter, but there is actually a use for both of these things. Lift kits allow larger tires than the stock trucks will, giving greater ground clearance than found on a normal truck. I doubt very many of you have actually driven on resource roads in all weather. If the road has been maintained and it's dry, a car can get through most roads with no problem at all. But if its been raining for any length of time and there is any sort of semi-truck traffic ruts develop quickly and can become a serious issue even for a pickup truck. If you go look at a semi-tractor and look at the ground clearance on them you get an idea of what some of the ruts can be like. Larger tires and lift kits allow pickups to navigate the same roads without tearing out the undercarriage on the regular basis, or becoming high centered on a ridge in the middle of the road. The company I work for used to install a 3-4" lift and larger tires on every truck it ordered before it hit the field for this reason. They've stopped over the last couple years as a cost saving measure, but are quickly considering reviving the practice due to the sheer amount of maintenance being created by stock trucks. In my area we have about a dozen trucks and last spring and this spring combined we destroyed seven transfer cases and two transmissions along with a bunch of extra suspension maintenance. It looks like it'll be cheaper to start doing this lifts again rather than paying for new parts every month. my condolences on the micro penis, friend (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Gorau posted:I'm sorry Baronjutter, but there is actually a use for both of these things. Lift kits allow larger tires than the stock trucks will, giving greater ground clearance than found on a normal truck. I doubt very many of you have actually driven on resource roads in all weather. If the road has been maintained and it's dry, a car can get through most roads with no problem at all. But if its been raining for any length of time and there is any sort of semi-truck traffic ruts develop quickly and can become a serious issue even for a pickup truck. If you go look at a semi-tractor and look at the ground clearance on them you get an idea of what some of the ruts can be like. Larger tires and lift kits allow pickups to navigate the same roads without tearing out the undercarriage on the regular basis, or becoming high centered on a ridge in the middle of the road. The company I work for used to install a 3-4" lift and larger tires on every truck it ordered before it hit the field for this reason. They've stopped over the last couple years as a cost saving measure, but are quickly considering reviving the practice due to the sheer amount of maintenance being created by stock trucks. In my area we have about a dozen trucks and last spring and this spring combined we destroyed seven transfer cases and two transmissions along with a bunch of extra suspension maintenance. It looks like it'll be cheaper to start doing this lifts again rather than paying for new parts every month. There is no reason to be driving a lifted truck with giant metal bars on it on public roads
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Booourns posted:There is no reason to be driving a lifted truck with giant metal bars on it on public roads the reason is you cant afford to own two trucks but you need a lifted truck with giant metal bars on it to go to work in the middle of nowhere
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Gorau posted:I doubt very many of you have actually driven on resource roads in all weather. If the road has been maintained and it's dry, a car can get through most roads with no problem at all. But if its been raining for any length of time and there is any sort of semi-truck traffic ruts develop quickly and can become a serious issue even for a pickup truck. If you go look at a semi-tractor and look at the ground clearance on them you get an idea of what some of the ruts can be like. Larger tires and lift kits allow pickups to navigate the same roads without tearing out the undercarriage on the regular basis, or becoming high centered on a ridge in the middle of the road. The company I work for used to install a 3-4" lift and larger tires on every truck it ordered before it hit the field for this reason. They've stopped over the last couple years as a cost saving measure, but are quickly considering reviving the practice due to the sheer amount of maintenance being created by stock trucks. In my area we have about a dozen trucks and last spring and this spring combined we destroyed seven transfer cases and two transmissions along with a bunch of extra suspension maintenance. It looks like it'll be cheaper to start doing this lifts again rather than paying for new parts every month. That's a bunch of words to try and excuse a pristine bro truck with ALBERTA RAMS vinyl, which has probably never experienced anything worse than a line for the Fort Mac Tim Hortons.
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jsoh posted:the reason is you cant afford to own two trucks but you need a lifted truck with giant metal bars on it to go to work in the middle of nowhere It's because "trucks are tough and make me look manly", everyone who owns one either grew up in fuckin Hanna or Okotoks or Cheadle and had nothing better to do than dream about driving some jacked F350 through the streets at night, or moved here from Newfoundland and needs to fit into the stereotype
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