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A Typical Goon posted:I hope Trudeau never wears a shirt again. Just for the hot takes This would be fantastic, but it could be a dangerous precedent to set. What if we get a non-bangable Prime Minister?
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It's really funny to me that budget and staffing levels for a particular government department is a hot topic here. Personally I bail on any conversation as soon as Main vs Supplemental Estimates comes up.Fluffy Chainsaw posted:LPC could have reversed any cuts it wanted in 2016 Budget. That wouldn't show up in the department's employment for FY 2016-17. Fluffy Chainsaw posted:Interestingly, the RPP also forecasts significant budget cuts over the next few years: The RPP doesn't forecast anything, it just shows the department's future spending based on current allocations. I think most departments' RPPs show spending dropping off in future years, as ad-hoc programs from previous budgets expire.
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Mad Hamish posted:This would be fantastic, but it could be a dangerous precedent to set. What if we get a non-bangable Prime Minister? What, you don't go for the poosay?
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Guy DeBorgore posted:It's really funny to me that budget and staffing levels for a particular government department is a hot topic here. Personally I bail on any conversation as soon as Main vs Supplemental Estimates comes up. Certainly it would have, had the LPC been so inclined. DFO's RPP for 2016-2017 reflects the reopening of Kitsilano. It will be interesting to see if there's an update following Supps A.
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I've been back in Alberta for the last 10 days visiting some family, and everyone's grumbling about the PPA (power purchase arrangement) lawsuits the governments been throwing down. It's classic 'die in a fire' politics where everything about it sucks. On one hand, gently caress energy companies and last minute lobbying. On the other hand, Jesus Christ Notley, was there not a single person in the NDP who read the fine print on some of these contracts? I know that it's a one sentence clause from a document from 15 years ago, but given that it's loving Alberta you probably have dozens of people on your staff who are supposed to be experts in energy law. Or is knowing about existing energy laws and provincial contracts something that you only worry about if you're a Conservative? gently caress. I'm totally sympathetic to the NDP's goals of bumping up the carbon taxes a bit, but suing companies for getting out of contracts by using a clause that you forgot was there is loving amateur hour. Summary for people who aren't Albertans/don't care about political minutae here: http://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/albertas-complex-power-purchase-arrangements-and-the-ndp-lawsuit-explained Dunno if you guys already talked about this a bit, I'm out of the loop.
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attackmole posted:Dunno if you guys already talked about this a bit, I'm out of the loop. No, that sounds like actual news regarding politics. Instead they spent time arguing back and forth about if a bus driver who gets spit on should or should not punch the one who spit. I like the "In its court filing, the government says cabinet ministers only learned about the more unprofitable provision in March of this year" part. Wouldn't want to know the complete ins and outs of legal agreements in your province until after you're elected and try to change things.
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Foote continues to have problems with her department; it seems that she still has a good enough relationship with officials that they're not throwing her directly under the bus ("top bureaucrats can't remember if they informed her" doesn't directly contradict her assertion that she was given the okay by officials), but I wager that's not far off. Also, for those keeping track (CI, Rust Martialis, Furnaceface, Jordan7hm, tagesschau, PT6A, OSI bean dip), officials testified before the House GOE committee two weeks ago that there wouldn't have been a problem with delaying the launch of Phoenix, so it looks like you've got some crow to eat. Unions criticize Foote’s performance throughout Phoenix fiasco, claim she’s ‘disingenuous’ on what she knew posted:
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Fluffy Chainsaw posted:Foote continues to have problems with her department; it seems that she still has a good enough relationship with officials that they're not throwing her directly under the bus ("top bureaucrats can't remember if they informed her" doesn't directly contradict her assertion that she was given the okay by officials), but I wager that's not far off. What. I have never spoken about Phoenix in here.
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OSI bean dip posted:I remember the last time someone went on about being an IT expert in this thread.
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Fluffy Chainsaw posted:The LPC reopened the Kitsilano coast guard station and provisioned it with new boats. If there's a will, there's a way. In this case, there's no will (Just like C-51, it seems). I'm not sure that's a fair comparison. Kitsilano costs under a million a year to operate. I could be out to lunch but I doubt they got a new cutter. The old one would have been winterized and left plugged in on the hard, Assets Disposal doesn't move fast enough for even her name and numbers to be painted out yet. I don't think they had more than a couple of Rigid Hull Inflatables down there. They would need to be replaced because they have a limited shelf life and CCG drives them like maniacs when they're working, but a new RHIB is only slightly more than a year's worth of PhD with benefits. Re-staffing would involve shuffling staff from Sea Island. Bit of a bitch and the overtime budget might take a hit, but from the stories I've heard about turnover keeping that base covered has always been a challenge.
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Hexigrammus posted:I'm not sure that's a fair comparison. Kitsilano costs under a million a year to operate. I could be out to lunch but I doubt they got a new cutter. The old one would have been winterized and left plugged in on the hard, Assets Disposal doesn't move fast enough for even her name and numbers to be painted out yet. I don't think they had more than a couple of Rigid Hull Inflatables down there. They would need to be replaced because they have a limited shelf life and CCG drives them like maniacs when they're working, but a new RHIB is only slightly more than a year's worth of PhD with benefits. Kitsilano's old Osprey was eliminated, and they got three new vessels. The station is actually opening today (though it started operations in May). W/r/t scientist cutbacks - given that the scientists are employed this year, and to be cut next year, any 2016 budget could have continued to fund the positions with no interruption in staffing. Fortunately, all these scientists are now free to speak their minds. https://twitter.com/davidakin/status/762701971354550272 Fluffy Chainsaw fucked around with this message at 18:39 on Aug 8, 2016 |
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The western advantage is crime and unemployment
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# ? Aug 8, 2016 18:39 |
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Now let's see St. Louis on that same scale
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What is the scale of that chart
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It's almost as if the crime rate is tied to economic conditions and people being poor causes them to do things they wouldn't normally do?
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i don't even know where the gently caress grand prairie is lol
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# ? Aug 8, 2016 19:18 |
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how is victoria ahead of surrey, chilliwack and kelowna?
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the talent deficit posted:how is victoria ahead of surrey, chilliwack and kelowna? Victoria has a tent city and a massive homeless population.
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Fried Watermelon posted:What is the scale of that chart # of crimes per crime
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Baronjutter posted:Victoria has a tent city and a massive homeless population. Not having had a winter for years makes it a pretty attractive place to set up your shopping cart full of garbage. That reminds me today's the deadline for clearing that place out, looking forward to the YouTubes.
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namaste faggots posted:i don't even know where the gently caress grand prairie is lol Northwest Alberta, it's the largest city of the Peace region which spans BC and Alberta and the whole thing is in major recession from the oil and gas downturn.
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namaste faggots posted:i don't even know where the gently caress grand prairie is lol The chart also lists Caledon, which is not a city by anyone's definition.
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The police in red deer constantly complain about being overworked and then set up seatbelt checkstops every loving day with 10 cars sitting there waiting to write seat belt tickets.
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Fluffy Chainsaw posted:Also, for those keeping track (CI, Rust Martialis, Furnaceface, Jordan7hm, tagesschau, PT6A, OSI bean dip), officials testified before the House GOE committee two weeks ago that there wouldn't have been a problem with delaying the launch of Phoenix, so it looks like you've got some crow to eat. "[N]o immediate consequence to holding off" is not the same thing as "there wouldn't have been a problem with delaying the launch" indefinitely, so nope.
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infernal machines posted:The chart also lists Caledon, which is not a city by anyone's definition. Also those numbers are wildly inflated thanks to Daedalus, The Mask and Wilhelmina's flagrant recidivism.
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Powershift posted:The police in red deer constantly complain about being overworked and then set up seatbelt checkstops every loving day with 10 cars sitting there waiting to write seat belt tickets. Why don't people in Red Deer wear their loving seatbelts?
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CLAM DOWN posted:Why don't people in Red Deer wear their loving seatbelts? "I just gotta be free"* *to exit my vehicle via the windshield
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CLAM DOWN posted:Why don't people in Red Deer wear their loving seatbelts? Living in Red Deer is, obviously, not correlated with making good decisions.
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CLAM DOWN posted:Why don't people in Red Deer wear their loving seatbelts? So they can be thrown free to safety, obviously.
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infernal machines posted:The chart also lists Caledon, which is not a city by anyone's definition. Nor is Nottawasaga. LMAO. The small town police bulletins in the local paper are always amazing. They're always three cats stuck up a tree and one meth lab bust, pretty consistently. Nothing in between. I like how the Mclean's article supports my position of doing whatever the opposite of annexing is to Alberta (kicking them out unilaterally) and trying to start over as a nation without them.
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# ? Aug 8, 2016 21:06 |
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Anyone here regularly read the other national politics threads in D&D? Do they all endlessly fixate on itemizing the long lists of places and consumption habits they hate or is that some kind of uniquely Canadian quirk?
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guys shut up lets make up stupid theories on what and how the canadaian population is going to democratically vote for my pet political movement
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Helsing posted:Anyone here regularly read the other national politics threads in D&D? Do they all endlessly fixate on itemizing the long lists of places and consumption habits they hate or is that some kind of uniquely Canadian quirk? Other countries have real poo poo to worry about like half of their country voting for a guy who keeps asking where the button to nuke china is, or a bunch of racists voting to kick out the entire country's hotel and restaurant staff.
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namaste faggots posted:guys shut up lets make up stupid theories on what and how the canadaian population is going to democratically vote for my pet political movement Yeah yeah, you've got me all figured out. But take away the edgy low-effort presentation and all your opinions are just the kind of banal small-c conservative poo poo that can be found in the comments section of the Sun or CBC. Your posts are what I imagine David Brooks would sound like if he was a 19 year old engineering student posting on 4chan.
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Powershift posted:Other countries have real poo poo to worry about like half of their country voting for a guy who keeps asking where the button to nuke china is, or a bunch of racists voting to kick out the entire country's hotel and restaurant staff. thats cool but what about your car? its fast?
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RBC posted:thats cool but what about your car? its fast? No, i sold the fast car and now all i have are slow cars. I just haven't pissed anybody off enough since to earn a new title. I guess i could try here. Uhhh, Alberta is good and British Columbia is bad. *ducks*
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Powershift posted:No, i sold the fast car and now all i have are slow cars. I just haven't pissed anybody off enough since to earn a new title. I guess i could try here. Uhhh, Alberta is good and British Columbia is bad. *ducks* You had a fast car? I seem to remember you had a Subaru that was mostly used to store things. Now you have a Lincoln that's so close to ironic hipsterdom it should move to Victoria and open a bed and breakfast in the trunk.
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Seat Safety Switch posted:You had a fast car? I seem to remember you had a Subaru that was mostly used to store things.
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Seat Safety Switch posted:You had a fast car? I seem to remember you had a Subaru that was mostly used to store things. In relation to the FRS which is what earned me the avatar, the 540 was fast. If i parked the Lincoln in Vancouver i could rent out the front seat and back seat as individual bedrooms.
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