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Evergreen anonymous liberal quotesquote:One federal official said that Mr. Dion was simply flustered about semantics when he denied the launch of talks: “Preliminary discussions are a precursor to negotiations and those discussions have only just begun.”
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How many of you slobbering patriotic Canadians have heard about Charles urban planning hobby? Or his reverence for alt med
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Sep 26, 2016 17:08
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StealthArcher posted:I'm certain he's trying some ~~*massive pwnge*~~ by suggesting our system (a not tricameral, not the US system) would somehow result in the pretty loving powerless and neutered position of Governor General having a *gasp* person we don't like in it. Look at this fuckin' guy
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Sep 26, 2016 17:08
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THC posted:I cannot tell the difference between the real world and tumblr. Lookit this fake rear end quote.
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Sep 26, 2016 17:11
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Pinterest Mom posted:Evergreen anonymous liberal quotes "A proof is a proof." ocrumsprug posted:I quite appreciated the allusion to some horrifying vision of a future President O'Leary, when the actual future is an actual King Charles. I was about to say 'George' but as regnal names go, for his reputation, Charles would be a perfect match.
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Sep 26, 2016 17:17
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StealthArcher posted:I'm certain he's trying some ~~*massive pwnge*~~ by suggesting our system (a not tricameral, not the US system) would somehow result in the pretty loving powerless and neutered position of Governor General having a *gasp* person we don't like in it. If you think having an elected head of state would not result in an eventual occupant of that office attempting to exercise actual power and claiming a democratic mandate to do so, you're a fool. But be sure to keep up the substance-free bleating about how bad the monarchy is. Just proves how little some Canadians know about Canada.
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Sep 26, 2016 17:31
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Look between Harper and Charles I'd take Charles and his divine rule.
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Sep 26, 2016 17:32
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Speaking of monarchs, I hope people are excited for the debate later tonight when the Americans will choose our new ruler for us.
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Sep 26, 2016 18:04
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Helsing posted:Speaking of monarchs, I hope people are excited for the debate later tonight when the Americans will choose our new ruler for us. I'm excited. I'm the most excited. My excitement is YOOGE AND LUXURIOUS god help us all if the spray-tan fascist gets in
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Sep 26, 2016 18:13
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tagesschau posted:If you think having an elected head of state would not result in an eventual occupant of that office attempting to exercise actual power and claiming a democratic mandate to do so, you're a fool. Just get rid of the monarchy altogether and have the Prime Minister be head of state and head of government since functionally that's what it is anyway because governors-general haven't rejected our PMs' requests since the King-Byng affair so we just waste a ton of money on having a monarchy and maintaining a governor-general and hosting royal visits. The monarchy is a vestigial organ that we pay actual real world taxpayer money to maintain and also I don't want Charles' face on every coin and $20 bill. Don't get rid of the monarchy and replace it with an elected president. Don't get rid of the monarchy and still have appointed governors-general hanging around serving at the pleasure of the PM. Just get rid of the monarchy because it is a useless waste of money.
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Sep 26, 2016 18:30
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Helsing posted:Speaking of monarchs, I hope people are excited for the debate later tonight when the Americans will choose our new ruler for us. I live in the US these days so I'm super excited to find out who the new God-Emperor of Earth is going to be.
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Sep 26, 2016 18:31
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Helsing posted:Speaking of monarchs, I hope people are excited for the debate later tonight when the Americans will choose our new ruler for us. It'd be fair to say that I'm jacked to the loving tits but I'm trying not to get too excited, I think she'll pull out last minute. https://twitter.com/NateSilver538/status/780451000725495810
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Sep 26, 2016 18:43
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tagesschau posted:If you think having an elected head of state would not result in an eventual occupant of that office attempting to exercise actual power and claiming a democratic mandate to do so, you're a fool. lol if you think the Governor General would stop any of this from happening.
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Sep 26, 2016 18:54
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Helsing posted:Speaking of monarchs, I hope people are excited for the debate later tonight when the Americans will choose our new ruler for us. Here's the link to the Bloomberg stream, which will apparently have a live fact checking overlay during the debate. I know Canadians love facts. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DEZA8uTxeY&feature=youtu.be
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Sep 26, 2016 19:02
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Ikantski posted:It'd be fair to say that I'm jacked to the loving tits but I'm trying not to get too excited, I think she'll pull out last minute. I too am psyched for the end of NATO and NAFTA  a fleshy snood posted:Here's the link to the Bloomberg stream, which will apparently have a live fact checking overlay during the debate. I know Canadians love facts. gently caress that, I want a livefeed of Paul Krugman's heart rate monitor.
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Sep 26, 2016 19:07
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vyelkin posted:Just get rid of the monarchy altogether and have the Prime Minister be head of state and head of government since functionally that's what it is anyway because governors-general haven't rejected our PMs' requests since the King-Byng affair so we just waste a ton of money on having a monarchy and maintaining a governor-general and hosting royal visits. The monarchy is a vestigial organ that we pay actual real world taxpayer money to maintain and also I don't want Charles' face on every coin and $20 bill. Good thing the new bills last longer than the old ones. (Don't they?) Call your MP and tell them you want the government to print some extra $20s and keep them in reserve. DariusLikewise posted:lol if you think the Governor General would stop any of this from happening. Wait, what? An elected GG/president is more likely to cause it to happen. What happens if we have a minority government, someone ideologically opposed to that government gets elected president, dismisses the government and installs his preferred party leader as PM, or just outright dissolves the House early if it looks like his side will win? What if the president refuses to grant assent to bills he doesn't like? The current system has been really good at not loving things up too badly.
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Sep 26, 2016 19:08
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tagesschau posted:Good thing the new bills last longer than the old ones. (Don't they?) Call your MP and tell them you want the government to print some extra $20s and keep them in reserve. If we're imaging that the political will exists to abolish the monarchy then I'm not sure why we're assuming that we couldn't change the powers of the governor general as well. And while Canada's done a reasonably good job of avoiding sectarian conflicts in a diverse and complicated country, a lot of the success of our "system" probably has more to do with geographical, political and demographic factors that we don't really control. Being a wealthy white-majority country in North America is sort of like playing on easy mode. Put the Canadian constitutional arrangements in Africa or South America or Asia and we'd probably have had a coup or revolution by now.
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Sep 26, 2016 19:14
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vyelkin posted:Just get rid of the monarchy altogether and have the Prime Minister be head of state and head of government since functionally that's what it is anyway because governors-general haven't rejected our PMs' requests since the King-Byng affair so we just waste a ton of money on having a monarchy and maintaining a governor-general and hosting royal visits. The monarchy is a vestigial organ that we pay actual real world taxpayer money to maintain and also I don't want Charles' face on every coin and $20 bill. 
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Sep 26, 2016 20:00
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Of all the monarchist arguments, the notion that Governors General only behave because of the Queen is the one I understand least. Just keep the GG, appointed by the PM (maybe w a 2/3 of parliament consensus requirement) and have them serve the same function as they do now.
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Sep 26, 2016 20:48
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 We don't know how to operate in a competitive environment http://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/shomi-shut-down-1.3779675 posted:Video streaming service Shomi announced Monday it will shut down at the end of November, two years after it launched.
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Sep 26, 2016 22:42
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 of course it failed
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Sep 26, 2016 23:02
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 I like it. They have a bunch of things that Netflix doesn't.
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Sep 26, 2016 23:14
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Not surprising in the least. I can only dream that some of that content will become available on Canadian Netflix now but I'm sure it won't
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Sep 26, 2016 23:15
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Yes, it's like a lava lamp.
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quote:Monsef case highlights absurdity of citizenship law, lawyers say gently caress the Liberals
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Sep 26, 2016 23:18
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Whoah now just give them time to sort out the issues, sheesh you loving leftists just want trudeau to wave a magic wand and fix everything instantly, it's not that simple and I for one am cautiously optimistic
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Sep 26, 2016 23:23
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It's almost like C-24 is a horrible piece of legislation that should've been repealed the second the Libs took power. gently caress knows they've had time, who was it that reported that from a legislative standpoint, this government is the most indolent one we've seen in a long time?
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Sep 26, 2016 23:28
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flakeloaf posted:It's almost like C-24 is a horrible piece of legislation that should've been repealed the second the Libs took power. gently caress knows they've had time, who was it that reported that from a legislative standpoint, this government is the most indolent one we've seen in a long time? That was me, 9 pieces of legislation passed in their first year apparently, lowest for two decades (including multiple minority governments).
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Sep 26, 2016 23:39
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vyelkin posted:That was me, 9 pieces of legislation passed in their first year apparently, lowest for two decades (including multiple minority governments). All I can think of is Obama's first year all over again.
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Sep 26, 2016 23:43
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When nothing got done in the past we could at least point to parties squabbling as a reason.
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Sep 26, 2016 23:45
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vyelkin posted:That was me, 9 pieces of legislation passed in their first year apparently, lowest for two decades (including multiple minority governments). For comparison, after the 2011 election the Harper government passed as many bills in it's first 23 days as the Liberals have passed in 9 months.
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Sep 26, 2016 23:47
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Brannock posted:All I can think of is Obama's first year all over again. I'm really looking forward to this happening again if Hillary wins.There's really a ton of progressive poo poo she's just waiting to do guys.
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Sep 26, 2016 23:48
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As if you'd complain about the number of bills. The budget was enormous and provided huge cash to any refugees, first Nations and other medium or low income parents.
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Sep 26, 2016 23:55
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There's no question the Liberals are spending a lot more money than Harper, and a lot of it is money that a bleeding heart like myself is glad to see spent, but there are also a bunch of prominent, big ticket issues that they promised to deal with and still haven't done anything about after a year in office.
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Sep 27, 2016 00:04
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Netflix doesn't have it because of Shomi.
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Sep 27, 2016 00:06
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Helsing posted:There's no question the Liberals are spending a lot more money than Harper, and a lot of it is money that a bleeding heart like myself is glad to see spent, but there are also a bunch of prominent. That certainly is the perception they're going for. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/pbo-forecasts-slide-in-value-of-payments-under-child-benefit-program/article31659685/ quote:In a report released Thursday, the parliamentary budget officer said the benefit doesn’t automatically adjust for inflation, which means the number of families who qualify will decline in the long run.
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Sep 27, 2016 00:26
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Helsing posted:For comparison, after the 2011 election the Harper government passed as many bills in it's first 23 days as the Liberals have passed in 9 months. Not to give the Liberals an excuse, but the cons were already in power for several years at that point. It's a bad comparison. A better comparison is to the first Chretien government, which passed 34 bills in the same period.
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Sep 27, 2016 00:37
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Ikantski posted:That certainly is the perception they're going for. I'm not saying they aren't cutting spending in some areas --just look at their continuation of Harper's cuts to health transfer payments -- but not all of the deficit is going to "middle class" tax cuts..
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Sep 27, 2016 01:26
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Helsing posted:I'm not saying they aren't cutting spending in some areas --just look at their continuation of Harper's cuts to health transfer payments -- but not all of the deficit is going to "middle class" tax cuts.. Is it a cut to health transfer payments or are they slowing the growth of the payments? There's a difference between "I was going to give you 10 but now I'm only giving you 9" and "I was going to raise your payments from 10 to 12 but now I'm only raising them to 11". When people hear "cuts" they think of the former.
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Sep 27, 2016 01:36
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I'm so happy that I can be deported from this country even though I was born here. It's too bad a bunch of you dipshits see it as okay to harass others to the point where we have an echo chamber full of people who cannot see that the Liberals are going to drag their feet on this issue. It was better when we had actual dipshit Conservative opinions in here rather than endless pages of PT6A fellatio.
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