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Postess with the Mostest posted:You specified bi men in your post instead of bi people? I figured that was the reason Bi women tend to be told they're "just experimenting" or "going through a phase" whereas Bi men are either kept in the closet or just told that they're actually gay.
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After Postmedia falls get ready for a shitload of The Rebel clones to take up the slack. There's always going to be a big heap of money dedicated to keeping lovely right-wing ideas in constant circulation.
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The strategist podcast ends right after I start listening to it. Damnit. Also the few recent Canada land podcasts I've listened to are loving garbage. Any other good Canadian political podcast recommendations?
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Helsing posted:Given that immigration is likely to be a major plank of the Liberal's economic strategy moving forward (and is something of a sacred cow for the entire Canadian establishment) I thought the following article was worth considering. Obviously this doesn't touch on the potential cultural benefits (and of course problems) associated with immigration and the increased diversity it should bring, but this is worth considering: Interesting article. Coming from an economist and the land of "gently caress off, we're full" my first impulse was to file it in the same bin as 98% of the Fraser Institute's output. Gotta watch that cynicism, it's not doing a thing for my intellectual growth. Definitely doesn't fit my preconceptions that the country operating contractor-run concentration camps on Naauru and PNG where vulnerable (brown) people are held indefinitely while being abused and denied access to medical care and education should have such a high immigration rate. It might help explain though why the anti-immigration movement in Australia has so much traction and horrible politicians keep using it to help surf them to power. (Tony Abbott - a smarter Donald Trump with a better body and a fondness for budgie smugglers (Speedos)). This seems to come back to that Ur-sacred cow, the question of the limits of growth and how so much of this economy is now based on WalMart selling cheap crap manufactured by semi-slave labour to people who can't afford to buy anything built well enough that it won't end up in the landfill before year's end. Like most people though I don't have the imagination necessary to visualize a steady-state system that would allow me to keep my toys and humanity to exterminate deadly childhood diseases. This system has too many inter-dependencies that tie back to something destructive to humans, the environment, and anything else that isn't the 1%. It would be interesting to compare this to Japan where their xenophobia and closed borders have resulted in a shrinking population in a developed economy. The only things I've heard from there lately has been advances in developing robots that will wipe old person arses, since there won't be enough young people left in 20 years for this vital function. Square Peg posted:A few pages back, but, yeah, the first result in an image search was literally americannews.com! First result? Seriously? Either I fail at GIS, or Google wanted to mess with my head by showing me pictures of Iranians dangling from mobile cranes. Strange Fruit indeed. I have no comment on dick lust either. I own one and have successfully demonstrated its use in reproduction, but that's about the limit of my expertise.
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Three Hole Punk posted:Bi women tend to be told they're "just experimenting" or "going through a phase" whereas Bi men are either kept in the closet or just told that they're actually gay. That's what heteros think of bi women. Lesbians just want nothing to do with you and don't want you at pride unless accompanied by your lesbian partner (don't even show up if you're single.)
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Risky Bisquick posted:
Did I read that wrong or did they literally just get a gap loan from Mogo?
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Seat Safety Switch posted:Did I read that wrong or did they literally just get a gap loan from Mogo? no, they probably had a major adbuy deal I don't really understand Mogo at all, but they sure do advertise alot across postmedia and the globe
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peter banana posted:That's what heteros think of bi women. Lesbians just want nothing to do with you and don't want you at pride unless accompanied by your lesbian partner (don't even show up if you're single.) Also that part, yes.
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Helsing posted:Given that immigration is likely to be a major plank of the Liberal's economic strategy moving forward (and is something of a sacred cow for the entire Canadian establishment) I thought the following article was worth considering. Obviously this doesn't touch on the potential cultural benefits (and of course problems) associated with immigration and the increased diversity it should bring, but this is worth considering: You didn't say it explicitly and I'm also dumb, but just to be clear: you're talking about population growth via immigration right? Because from what I've read Canada is heading towards 0.5% popuilation growth with the majority of that being from migratory increases. The historian in me wants to point out that sweeping generalizations from different continents might not be very helpful here. Instead from our own country's history the period from 1901-1911 and 1951-1961 were moments of tremendous population increase that coincided with tremendous economic growth. But that's not really helpful either since the first population surge was thanks to attracting immigrants via land grants in the Prairies, and the second was after the Second World War where Canada seemingly had plentiful industrial jobs. quote:Based on the medium-growth scenario, migratory increase could account for more than 80% of Canada's population growth beginning in 2031. Without a sustained level of immigration, Canada's population growth could be close to zero within 20 years. Seems like if we just hold steady with our current immigration policy we'll stall out soon enough anyway. Whether or not that actually happens due to changing attitudes about immigration and external factors like climate change -- it's hard to say.
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Andrew Coyne wrote a zinger of an article on Justin Trudeau and electoral reform. http://www.nationalpost.com/m/wp/fu...lectoral-reform
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I already wrote JT a little letter about this:quote:During the last election, my decision to vote for the Liberal Candidate in my riding was based mostly on the fact that it was a close race between the Liberal candidate and the Conservative candidate.
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i posted this october 2015 just gonna repost thisRBC posted:yeah theres no way they'll go through with electoral reform after winning a majority through fptp
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In general expecting any sort of substantial electoral reform from either the libs or the tories was a pipe dream; they know full well that they've only had two majority governments each that got a majority of the popular vote (and they were landslides with parliamentary representation well beyond what the results were), more or less. Even the NDP is probably iffy for getting anything of the sort. Why be a Cincinnatus when you can keep being a mediocrity instead? Agnosticnixie fucked around with this message at 05:47 on Oct 21, 2016 |
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Landsknecht posted:no, they probably had a major adbuy deal Mogo is a predatory lending business that preys on the financially and technically illiterate. If you can't get a loan from Moneymart or another physical location, you go to Mogo. Their edge is having horrible customer service after they trick people with the shiny veneer of a modern app, just try to cancel a loan or your account after you pay it off, you'll end up in an insane asylum. It makes perfect sense they would advertise in a newspaper, the target demographic is old and stupid
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Helsing posted:So, admittedly that takes us pretty far away from the topic of contemporary immigration, but there is an underlying point here to consider. Increasingly the supply of labour isn't some kind of automatic good for society unless you make a series of (usually unspoken) assumptions. As is often the case, merely giving business what it says it needs is a dubious economic strategy. Just because businesses claim they need more cheap and skilled labour doesn't mean this is actually the optimal path for growth. I skimmed that whole giant thing and it didn't mention immigration at all, let alone skilled/economic immigration. Do I even need to point out why population growth isn't a good proxy? Especially when your sample size is only 35 countries? Modern businesses in some high-growth sectors have really specialized labour needs in highly technical niches. Canada's labour market is way smaller than the US's and there are some niche fields where we straight-up don't have a way to develop those skills. But we're still competing with the US for investment and to get products to market. So if a firm in Vancouver needs someone with expertise in an obscure subfield of fluvial geomorphology and they find a candidate in Seattle, it would be helpful if they could hire that candidate without waiting 6+ months for a visa approval that might not even come. Maybe Canada's not on the "optimal path for growth" (which, BTW, since when do you care about maximizing GDP growth?) but that's why we're talking about real-world politics and not Civ 6. Edit: the current gov'ts immigration program is definitely not about importing cheap labour either. Guy DeBorgore fucked around with this message at 15:06 on Oct 21, 2016 |
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If you morons want less immigration you better get on board with 3+ kids per family.  "but my lifestyle, think of the cottage vacations I wont be able to afford"RBC posted:i posted this october 2015 just gonna repost this 
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http://ipolitics.ca/2016/10/21/im-still-innocent-and-i-want-the-truth-michael-sona/quote:His destination was Maplehurst, one of the super-prisons built in the era of former Ontario premier Mike Harris, with a capacity of 1,500 prisoners. Sona had no idea of what to expect when he reached the maximum-security institution. He had never been to jail in his life — but had seen all the movies. Oh the irony of supporting the right agenda and being sent to a prison built by 'your people' quote:On Sona’s first day in general, three other inmates came calling. They thought Sona had come from PC and were angry about his placement in their unit. quote:“I learned how to eat huge quantities of Mr. Noodles without going into salt arrest,” he said. “Really bad food. Multiple animals made up that mystery meat posing as baloney. I was pretty sure if I threw it on the floor, it was going to run away.” quote:Sona’s cellmate — a big man who worked out every day — was serving time for domestic assault. He was “by and large” a decent guy, he said. But in prison, acts of violence come out of nowhere and nothing — a lesson Sona learned the day his cellmate decided he wanted to shave his head. It's too bad no one else was charged. Though on the bright side Market drive has the McDonalds, Harveys, Tims, Wendy's, and Swiss Chalet when they get out bahaha
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Speaking of people who deserve a beating in jail, Wynne's approval rating dropped to 14%. That's incredible. Christy Clark is at 34%. George W Bush was 25% in Oct 2008, Nixon was 24% at his lowest. Mike Harris resigned when his approval rating hit the floor at 33% and Stephen Harper's floor was about 30%. I'm among the half of Ontarians that think somebody else will be leading the Liberals in the next election which is really too bad. https://www.thestar.com/news/queenspark/2016/10/21/49-per-cent-believe-wynne-wont-lead-liberals-into-2018-vote-forum-poll.html
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ahaha Michael Sonaquote:http://www.canlii.org/en/on/oncj/doc/2014/2014oncj365/2014oncj365.html?searchUrlHash=AAAAAQAEc29uYQAAAAAB&resultIndex=3
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Risky Bisquick posted:On Sona’s first day in general, three other inmates came calling. They thought Sona had come from PC and were angry about his placement in their unit. And that man he was forced to fight? none other than Albert Einstein. And now you know the rest of the story.
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Wait am I readingthat right Michael Sona spent time in maximum security? That's loving harsh man, I thought a white collar like him would be in a shoe in for minimum.
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Chrystia Freeland has officially taken our ball and gone home because Wallonia feels more strongly about their dairy subsidy than we do, or something.
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flakeloaf posted:Chrystia Freeland has officially taken our ball and gone home because Wallonia feels more strongly about their dairy subsidy than we do, or something. wow Canada’s trade minister Chrystia Freeland walks out of EU trade talks on verge of tears
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https://twitter.com/CBCFletch/status/789220181973331968
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First reaction: Christ Second reaction: That's terrible reporting.
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CanPol Megathread: He's just wearing it! On top of his little head! Wow! What a good boy!
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I did not know http://breakyourownnews.com/ was a thing
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Postess with the Mostest posted:Christy Clark is at 34%  Who the hell is that 34%?
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Trapick posted:
People at home at one in the afternoon to answer their land lines.
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Trapick posted:
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flakeloaf posted:Chrystia Freeland has officially taken our ball and gone home because Wallonia feels more strongly about their dairy subsidy than we do, or something. oh no, Wallonia has upset the Very Serious People
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Trapick posted:
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In other news, one of Vancouver's darling company's is ablooblooing that temporary foreign workers rules will make them move their headquarters. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/lululemon-temporary-foreign-worker-pressure-on-growth-1.3814436 quote:Lululemon is warning that it may be forced to move its headquarters out of Canada because the federal government's temporary foreign worker program is limiting its ability to stretch its wings.
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Helsing posted:So, admittedly that takes us pretty far away from the topic of contemporary immigration, but there is an underlying point here to consider. Increasingly the supply of labour isn't some kind of automatic good for society unless you make a series of (usually unspoken) assumptions. As is often the case, merely giving business what it says it needs is a dubious economic strategy. Just because businesses claim they need more cheap and skilled labour doesn't mean this is actually the optimal path for growth. This was a good post and I went back and reread this last paragraph after reading the Lululemon threats today and had a good sensible chuckle.
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Postess with the Mostest posted:wow O Canada, powerful diplomatic presence on the global stage~
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Canada 2016: bested by wallonia
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Square Peg posted:I did not know http://breakyourownnews.com/ was a thing Someone is still buying those avs too. Theres at least a dozen people with it now. I dont feel like a unique snowflake anymore.  CLAM DOWN posted:In other news, one of Vancouver's darling company's is ablooblooing that temporary foreign workers rules will make them move their headquarters. See, its cases like this that make me realize that I would be the worst politician ever because  would be my immediate and only response to this.
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