RBC posted:

The keg has very good gravy

ductonius posted:

Let me make this a more accurate depiction of a homeownership story.


Owning a house for any length of time guarantees all of these things will happen during the course of you owning it. A house is a machine. Roofs, hot water heaters, furnaces, siding etc are wear items. They are absolutely expected to need replacement.

Buying a house and not calculating that into the price is like buying a car and going "What! I have to replace the oil and tires?"

Furnaceface posted:

If it comes from a can it is not gravy.

Also apparently a train carrying a load of coal derailed in BC and there is worry of water contamination so people within 60km are being told to not drink water or something.

PT6A posted:

The gently caress is "poutine sauce"? We call it "gravy," thanks.

Hexigrammus posted:

Cool, and the sturgeon were just making a comeback in that system. I wonder how hosed a long lived species like them is going to be as they bioaccumulate the chemicals used to wash the coal. With an election coming up Im sure Christy will be right on the case with five conditions for rail transport of coal.

piss__donald posted:

infernal machines posted:

This is fun to watch, it's basically the perfect framing for the next election where the Canadian electorate gets to choose between two messages:

- You are going to be materially worse off than your parents, your quality of life will be lower, things are hard and they're going to stay that way, because our economy has not kept pace with the effects of globalization and technological change.

- Those drat <insert convenient scapegoat here> took your jobs, they're freeloading and abusing the system, and if we run them out/disadvantage them your life will be better!

Guess which one is going to sell better to all these economically anxious working class Canadians?

The Conservatives are already building a narrative around the latter, and the Liberals are clearly not interested in addressing the former.

cowofwar posted:

I think the government needs to focus on legislating against man-buns and focusing on ensuring that every Canadian can enjoy a meal at the Keg.

P.d0t posted:

Call me crazy, but I think a party like the NDP could make hay by saying they're going to modernize the economy and the social safety net. But NDP

Powershift posted:

This is why we need coal pipelines.

quote:

'Why can't it be a profit centre?': O'Leary would consider selling senate seats

Kevin O’Leary is continuing to float unconventional ideas as he mulls a bid for the Conservative leadership -- including allowing people to buy senate seats.

“I don’t know why we can’t have a hundred thousand or a couple of hundred thousand committed each year per senator,” the businessman and celebrity investor said in an interview with Evan Solomon, host of CTV’s Question Period.

“Instead of it being a cost centre to Canada, why can’t it be a profit centre?”

O’Leary added that senators would “still have to be accredited” but he would “love the fact that, if you’re going to be a senator you commit financially to it, because it’s a role of honour.”

Senators are currently paid a base salary of $145,400. After an expense scandal involving both Conservative and Liberal appointees, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau removed Liberal senators from his caucus and has since made appointments based on shortlists provided by an advisory board.

O’Leary also told Question Period that he has no plans to run for a seat in Parliament should he enter the leadership race, even though there are vacant seats in Ontario and Alberta.

He said his time would be better spent travelling the country to sell the party’s ideas.

“We’ve got to expand the brand of the Conservative Party,” he added. “You don’t do that sitting in Ottawa.”

The “Shark Tank” host also expressed dissatisfaction with campaign financing rules that don’t allow him to spend millions of dollars on his own campaign. Union and corporate donations are also banned.

“I feel bad for the candidates that run around and collected $1,500 at a time,” he said. “I’m going to have to do the same thing, but I think it’s unfair. Why not let me spend my own money … as long as it’s transparent?”

O’Leary added that he thinks Prime Minister Trudeau is in “trouble right now” over cash-for-access fundraising dinners because he “wasn’t transparent.” He said that the Conservatives’ Senate “trouble” was because of their lack of transparency.

“We wouldn’t have trouble with campaign financing if everything was transparent,” he said. “Transparency … that’s how you run a country.”

brucio posted:

http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/why-can-t-it-be-a-profit-centre-o-leary-would-consider-selling-senate-seats-1.3240864

lmao

Senator Conrad Black Arranges Meeting With PM CEO O'Leary and King Trump

quote:

As there is corruption in all matters of Government I believe for the future of Canada we must have a Vote of No Confidence in Justin Trudeau and the Liberal Government the country is going bankrupt , the refugee situation is in chaos and to top it all of Trudeau and his Liberals want know terrorists to keep thier citizenship knowing they had plans to kill our fellow Canadians (that's treason )..this is more a plea to help the taxpayers who are sick of thier fraudulent election promises in which Trudeau and his Liberal were so elected .

quote:

As Trudeau Liberals court millennials, will baby boomers feel sidelined? https://t.co/X9UDCUo6da

JohnnyCanuck posted:

https://twitter.com/CBCOttawa/status/820669420863418368

brucio posted:

http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/why-can-t-it-be-a-profit-centre-o-leary-would-consider-selling-senate-seats-1.3240864

lmao


Senator Conrad Black Arranges Meeting With PM CEO O'Leary and King Trump

https://www.thebeaverton.com/2017/01/nation-pats-back-pretty-racist/ posted:

Nation pats itself on the back for only being pretty racist

CANADA – In the lead-up to the inauguration of an openly xenophobic US president, Canada is taking a moment to quietly congratulate itself on only being very racist.

“Obviously, we’re not as bad as the United States,” said every single person in the country at some point, holding themselves to the most dismal possible standard. “So we’ve got that going for us.”

The nation of 35 million is quick to point out that it never had slavery, except for that bit at the beginning where it kind of did, but has collectively agreed doesn’t count.

“Toronto is the most diverse city in the world,” said Malcolm Faber, who has never visited any of the actually diverse parts of the city, partly because of how underserviced they are by transit. “I know people who come from England, Scotland, France, Germany, you name it.”

It is also a point of pride for many Canadians that our police usually only stalk and harass people of colour, instead of outright murdering them, except for some of the time, because hey, nobody’s perfect.

“The U.S. interned Japanese people during the war, whereas we only interned them, stole their property, and then sold it to pay for the construction of labour camps,” said Hamilton’s Lindsay Herbert. “See, way better.”

While most of us realize how messed up it is that Borden, a man who gave border officials cash incentives to stop black people from entering the country, is on the $100 bill, you also have to admit how cool it is that they smell like maple syrup.

The Trump election is the best excuse Canada has had since the Iraq war to not think about the kind of racist poo poo it pulls on indigenous people all the time.

OSI bean dip posted:

https://www.change.org/p/governor-general-david-johnston-a-vote-of-non-confidence-in-justin-trudeau-and-his-liberals


Trudeau is committing treason because he lets "terrorists" keep "thier" citizenship knowing that they'll kill Canadians.

brucio posted:

http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/why-can-t-it-be-a-profit-centre-o-leary-would-consider-selling-senate-seats-1.3240864

lmao

Senator Conrad Black Arranges Meeting With PM CEO O'Leary and King Trump

Furnaceface posted:

This is just going to make her double down on LNG and you know it.

The Butcher posted:

The Beaverton (which is surprisingly legit good and funny for the most part) provides a timely followup to my "it's kinda nice poo poo isn't quite so bad here as it is there" post a few days ago.

cowofwar posted:

I think the government needs to focus on legislating against man-buns and focusing on ensuring that every Canadian can enjoy a meal at the Keg.

OSI bean dip posted:

https://www.change.org/p/governor-general-david-johnston-a-vote-of-non-confidence-in-justin-trudeau-and-his-liberals

quote:

Trudeau is committing treason because he lets "terrorists" keep "thier" citizenship knowing that they'll kill Canadians.

Pinterest Mom posted:

lol
https://twitter.com/allisonjones_cp/status/820785929975660544

Subjunctive posted:

By dramatically improving the food at The Keg?

Millions of Crows posted:

Please confirm for me that Michael Chong is the only conservative politician in Canada and perhaps all of North America that isn't a racist corporate whore and irredeemable rear end in a top hat, and whose proposed policies aren't the same neo-liberal, trickle down dog poo poo the party has been committed to since Mulrooney. He is an actual Progressive Conservative, right?
Also Leitch and O'Leary are aspiring Harper/Trumps, correct? Leitch most vocally.

Mad Hamish posted:

Can anyone explain to me why OHIP does not cover basic dental services? I'm not even wondering about cosmetic poo poo like veneers or something, just something like checkups, fillings, root canals and extractions. Why is it that a basic health issue like this is not covered?