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Subjunctive: Sep 12, 2006; ✨sparkle and shine✨

Risky Bisquick posted:

Increasing income tax and removing small business handouts nets a surplus

But my economic engine!

# ? Oct 16, 2016 23:24

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# ? May 31, 2024 10:11

Jordan7hm: Feb 17, 2011; Lipstick Apathy

If we're giving out handouts wouldn't it be better to give them to big businesses? Seems like they could provide more bang for the buck.

# ? Oct 16, 2016 23:30

Subjunctive: Sep 12, 2006; ✨sparkle and shine✨

You don't have to give handouts to big businesses, they construct them for themselves.

# ? Oct 16, 2016 23:34

Lain Iwakura: Aug 5, 2004; The body exists only to verify one's own existence.; Taco Defender

Subjunctive posted:

You don't have to give handouts to big businesses, they construct them for themselves.

Corporate communism is the way things should go.

# ? Oct 16, 2016 23:37

Subjunctive: Sep 12, 2006; ✨sparkle and shine✨

OSI bean dip posted:

Corporate communism is the way things should go.

As long as I still get my carried interest.

# ? Oct 16, 2016 23:38

Dreylad: Jun 19, 2001

Subjunctive posted:

Even as a member of the capitalist class whose job could literally not exist in a socialist nirvana, I'm pretty excited about them! Can I keep my car though?

don't worry you'll either get rolled into the gulags or into the Party intelligentsia

# ? Oct 16, 2016 23:45

infernal machines: Oct 11, 2012; we monitor many frequencies. we listen always. came a voice, out of the babel of tongues, speaking to us. it played us a mighty dub.

You may not be first against the wall, but we'll be sure to reserve a spot.

# ? Oct 16, 2016 23:53

Subjunctive: Sep 12, 2006; ✨sparkle and shine✨

infernal machines posted:

You may not be first against the wall, but we'll be sure to reserve a spot.

That's cool, I just want to belong.

# ? Oct 17, 2016 00:31

Postess with the Mostest: Apr 4, 2007; Arabian nights
'neath Arabian moons
A fool off his guard
could fall and fall hard
out there on the dunes

infernal machines posted:

You may not be first against the wall, but we'll be sure to reserve a spot.

You will not use our copyrights or trademarks (including Facebook, the Facebook and F Logos, FB, Face, Poke, Book and Wall)

# ? Oct 17, 2016 01:20

infernal machines: Oct 11, 2012; we monitor many frequencies. we listen always. came a voice, out of the babel of tongues, speaking to us. it played us a mighty dub.

The revolution will not be live tweeted due to a copyright claim from Facebook Inc.

# ? Oct 17, 2016 01:29

flakeloaf: Feb 26, 2003; Still better than android clock

This revolution has not been made available in your country.

# ? Oct 17, 2016 05:11

Delsaber: Oct 1, 2013; This may or may not be correct.

The revolution is now available exclusively on Crave.

# ? Oct 17, 2016 10:08

McGavin: Sep 18, 2012

Emboldened by growing anti-immigration sentiment in the United States and Europe, a B.C. man has registered a political party devoted to “Canada’s traditional identity” in advance of the provincial election.

McGavin fucked around with this message at 13:27 on Oct 17, 2016

# ? Oct 17, 2016 13:20

flakeloaf: Feb 26, 2003; Still better than android clock

No way they don't call themselves "Chinese Aren't People" indoors.

# ? Oct 17, 2016 13:43

Lain Iwakura: Aug 5, 2004; The body exists only to verify one's own existence.; Taco Defender

McGavin posted:

Emboldened by growing anti-immigration sentiment in the United States and Europe, a B.C. man has registered a political party devoted to “Canada’s traditional identity” in advance of the provincial election.

Oh look at this.

https://puttingcanadafirst.ca/site/

I'm the putting a dogwhistle racist website on my LinkedIn.

# ? Oct 17, 2016 14:19

RBC: Nov 23, 2007; IM STILL SPENDING MONEY FROM 1888

OSI bean dip posted:

Oh look at this.

https://puttingcanadafirst.ca/site/

I'm the putting a dogwhistle racist website on my LinkedIn.

because its 2016

# ? Oct 17, 2016 14:23

Lain Iwakura: Aug 5, 2004; The body exists only to verify one's own existence.; Taco Defender

His Twitter is neat too.

https://twitter.com/bradsaltzberg

# ? Oct 17, 2016 14:26

Risky Bisquick: Jan 18, 2008; PLEASE LET ME WRITE YOUR VICTIM IMPACT STATEMENT SO I CAN FURTHER DEMONSTRATE THE CALAMITY THAT IS OUR JUSTICE SYSTEM.; Buglord

OSI bean dip posted:

Oh look at this.

https://puttingcanadafirst.ca/site/

I'm the putting a dogwhistle racist website on my LinkedIn.

Their facebook image macros makes the rounds through my right leaning friends.

# ? Oct 17, 2016 14:43

cowofwar: Jul 30, 2002; by Athanatos

Literally all problems in Canada could be solved by raising income tax rates by a couple points.

# ? Oct 17, 2016 14:56

namaste friends: Sep 18, 2004; by Smythe

cowofwar posted:

Literally all problems in Canada could be solved by raising ~~income tax~~ gst rates by a couple points.

# ? Oct 17, 2016 15:04

Postess with the Mostest: Apr 4, 2007; Arabian nights
'neath Arabian moons
A fool off his guard
could fall and fall hard
out there on the dunes

namaste faggots posted:

GST

GST should just be renamed to the debt tax, the amount it produces is so similar to our debt interest. Whatever our debt interest is, adjust GST to cover that * 1.03 the next year.

# ? Oct 17, 2016 15:14

DariusLikewise: Oct 4, 2008; You wore that on Halloween?

Baronjutter posted:

I think the current government is going to be really excited about my ideas!

Pallister is going to have you detained under C-51 for being a dirty commie unionist.

Subjunctive posted:

Even as a member of the capitalist class whose job could literally not exist in a socialist nirvana, I'm pretty excited about them! Can I keep my car though?

Under the PC(progressive communist) system everyone will be driving state provided electric cars.

# ? Oct 17, 2016 15:34

Lain Iwakura: Aug 5, 2004; The body exists only to verify one's own existence.; Taco Defender

DariusLikewise posted:

Under the PC(progressive communist) system everyone will be driving state provided electric cars.

Self-driving electric cars you must mean.

# ? Oct 17, 2016 15:45

Baronjutter: Dec 31, 2007; "Tiny Trains"

Wait, don't we already have the Heritage Party? Or is that not racist and extreme enough?

# ? Oct 17, 2016 16:05

Jordan7hm: Feb 17, 2011; Lipstick Apathy

I dunno what he posts online but the CH leader ran in my riding, and at our debate, other than random anti abortion stuff, he was pretty good at keeping whatever issues he might have with "others" to himself.

# ? Oct 17, 2016 16:12

Dreylad: Jun 19, 2001

Baronjutter posted:

Wait, don't we already have the Heritage Party? Or is that not racist and extreme enough?

splitters

# ? Oct 17, 2016 16:14

Arivia: Mar 17, 2011

McGavin posted:

Emboldened by growing anti-immigration sentiment in the United States and Europe, a B.C. man has registered a political party devoted to “Canada’s traditional identity” in advance of the provincial election.

So does the party have a Haida name and have a single issue platform of taking care of Turtle Island?

# ? Oct 17, 2016 17:09

CLAM DOWN: Feb 13, 2007

McGavin posted:

Emboldened by growing anti-immigration sentiment in the United States and Europe, a B.C. man has registered a political party devoted to “Canada’s traditional identity” in advance of the provincial election.

Somehow with these idiots it's always "no more political correctness" actually meaning "I should be able to be a racist fuckwad publicly"

# ? Oct 17, 2016 17:15

Weird BIAS: Jul 5, 2007; so... guess that's it, huh? just... don't say i didn't warn you.

Hmm a Dalhousie Grad. Interesting.

# ? Oct 17, 2016 17:18

Baronjutter: Dec 31, 2007; "Tiny Trains"

When people complain about "forced political correctness making it so we can't even talk to each other at work!!!" they'll make up some STDH example like "I was trying to be real sensitive to the gender neutral person at work and call'd em xir like they asked to, but then I got fired because I found out as of that day xir was declared politically incorrect and xem was the new term! I just can't keep up with all these ever changing terms!" but in reality it's "I told the new receptionist she had really nice breasts for an oriental and my boss told me not to say that and it was really embarrassing to be told that"

# ? Oct 17, 2016 17:24

peter banana: Sep 2, 2008; Feminism is a socialist, anti-family, political movement that encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism and become lesbians.

Arivia posted:

So does the party have a Haida name and have a single issue platform of taking care of Turtle Island?

Every loving time I hear something about like this, I want someone who speaks an indigenous language to show up at the meeting and refuse to speak English or French.

# ? Oct 17, 2016 17:33

CLAM DOWN: Feb 13, 2007

Baronjutter posted:

When people complain about "forced political correctness making it so we can't even talk to each other at work!!!" they'll make up some STDH example like "I was trying to be real sensitive to the gender neutral person at work and call'd em xir like they asked to, but then I got fired because I found out as of that day xir was declared politically incorrect and xem was the new term! I just can't keep up with all these ever changing terms!" but in reality it's "I told the new receptionist she had really nice breasts for an oriental and my boss told me not to say that and it was really embarrassing to be told that"

The other one that those fuckholes whine about is "I'm not allowed to say Merry Christmas anymore out of fear I'll get Muslim bombed or something"

# ? Oct 17, 2016 17:38

peter banana: Sep 2, 2008; Feminism is a socialist, anti-family, political movement that encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism and become lesbians.

I had to give a modicum of thought to what comes out of my mouth in mixed company instead of just spouting off and not giving a gently caress how comfortable others are in my presence. POLITICAL CORRECTNESS GONE MAD. :qq:

For example: this poo poo:

http://twitter.com/balkissoon/status/783287562664148993

# ? Oct 17, 2016 17:44

Lobok: Jul 13, 2006; Say Watt?

peter banana posted:

I had to give a modicum of thought to what comes out of my mouth in mixed company instead of just spouting off and not giving a gently caress how comfortable others are in my presence. POLITICAL CORRECTNESS GONE MAD.

"As a straight white man I used to be able to say or do nearly anything because we held all the power. Now those dang gays, ethnics, and women have gained footholds in society and I feel weaker and less secure in my supremacy."

# ? Oct 17, 2016 17:54

Reince Penis: Nov 15, 2007; by R. Guyovich

Weird BIAS posted:

Hmm a Dalhousie Grad. Interesting.

I know right? Immediately I was like, "Oh, I get it he's some WASPy rich kid all up"

# ? Oct 17, 2016 18:09

Tsyni: Sep 1, 2004; Lipstick Apathy

peter banana posted:

I had to give a modicum of thought to what comes out of my mouth in mixed company instead of just spouting off and not giving a gently caress how comfortable others are in my presence. POLITICAL CORRECTNESS GONE MAD.

For example: this poo poo:

http://twitter.com/balkissoon/status/783287562664148993

Lmfao, this is...amazing.

# ? Oct 17, 2016 18:22

DariusLikewise: Oct 4, 2008; You wore that on Halloween?

The Trudeau government is bad at filling jobs

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-appointments-judges-senators-1.3806035

quote:

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his cabinet have accumulated a backlog of more than 300 appointments that are due to be filled, a CBC News investigation has found.

Almost 20 per cent of governor in council (GIC) appointments, which include roles with Crown corporations, port authorities, agencies and tribunals, are currently vacant or occupied by a Conservative appointee whose term is past its expiry date.

Overall, 170 GIC positions are listed as vacant. Another 116 are past their appointment's expiry date but the incumbent has been allowed to remain in the role until he or she is either replaced or renewed.

Currently, 61 federally appointed judge positions are vacant, including one seat on the Supreme Court of Canada.

In the Senate, 20 per cent of the 105 seats are empty. The government has pledged to fill the 21 spots "by the end of the year." Three more senators are due to retire in January.

Taking a toll

In some cases, incumbents have been temporarily renewed only a day or two before their appointments were set to expire because the government had not yet launched the process to find a replacement.

For example, Graham Fraser's appointment as commissioner of official languages, which was set to expire Sunday, was extended Thursday for two months. The government has yet to issue a job posting to find his successor.

The backlog has taken a toll on the operations of some boards and government bodies.

The CRTC hasn't been able to hold a planned hearing on French music since November because it doesn't have the necessary three French-speaking commissioners.

The parole board, where 21 per cent of positions are currently vacant, says it's being stretched, with its remaining part-time board members putting in additional hours to ensure the work is done.

Alberta judges warned a Senate committee in late September that the 61 vacant judge positions could affect court proceedings, saying the province's justice system is so backlogged they are now setting trial dates for 2018. Last week, an Edmonton judge stayed a murder charge against Lance Matthew Regan, citing delays in bringing the case to trial caused in part by the backlog in Alberta's justice system.

'Overwhelmed'

Liberal government insiders privately point to the Prime Minister's Office and the Privy Council Office as the source of the problem, saying "the centre" has been "overwhelmed."

The government is confident the problem will be resolved soon. It says the backlog was caused in part by the decision to overhaul the appointments process and bring in a more open, balanced, merit-based system. The new system is now up and running and vacancies are being filled, officials say.

"Before it was just people being picked based on partisan connections or who was friends with who," said Liberal MP Mark Holland, parliamentary secretary to the minister of democratic institutions.

"Now, we have Canadians from all walks of life stepping forward and saying they want to serve � many with absolutely extraordinary backgrounds � and it takes time to go through those."

There are 25 job postings on the government's GIC website, some of them for multiple positions. While some are full-time positions with six-figure salaries, others are part-time jobs that come with per diem payments.

Opposition critics say the appointments backlog is symptomatic of a bigger problem with Trudeau's government.

"There seems to be a paralysis within this government about making decisions � and it appears to extend to decisions respecting appointments," said Michael Cooper, Conservative deputy justice critic.

"This really goes to the effective functioning of boards, agencies, commissions and Crowns, so it's very serious."

NDP justice critic Murray Rankin, a former administrative law professor, is troubled by the vacancies.

"This is a real crisis in administrative justice in Canada," he said, adding the Trudeau government has had a year to make appointments. "A lot of these agencies do important work."

Stephen Harper's government went on an appointment spree in the weeks leading up to the last election, not only filling most of the positions that were vacant but making 49 "future appointments" of individuals whose terms weren't due to be renewed until well after the election.

Privy Council officials say when Trudeau took office, there were very few "critical" appointments that had to be made right away.

The Liberal government decided to reform the system and make part-time appointments subject to the same kind of formal selection process used in the past for full-time appointments.

"Until the new approach has been implemented, appointments or re-appointments will only be made to positions essential to government business or to those that deliver important services to Canadians," Trudeau said in a press release on Feb. 25 to announce the new selection process.

A search of orders in council adopted by the Trudeau government revealed that the terms of 98 appointees were renewed for only a year while the government drafted its new appointments policy. The government made another 30 stopgap appointments of less than a year to deal with appointments that were about to expire.

'A remarkable response'

The first job posting drafted under the new process was published at the end of April � nearly six months after the government was sworn in � and an online portal has been set up to allow candidates to apply for open positions.

By the end of September, there were approximately 2,700 applications for just over 50 job competitions.

"It has been a remarkable response," Holland said. "The Canadians that are stepping forward to fill these positions and are looking to serve has been absolutely remarkable."

Liberal insiders say the time it took to set up the new system coupled with the sheer volume of applications have contributed to the backlog. They say the new system only got up and running in earnest toward the end of the summer.

While the number of appointments that fall under each minister's responsibility varies, some ministers, such as Finance Minister Bill Morneau and Trudeau himself, have very few appointments that are vacant or past their expiry date.

Transport Minister Marc Garneau, whose portfolio has the greatest number of GIC appointments, has the most vacant or past their expiry date, with 72.

Canadian Heritage Minister M�lanie Joly has 28 vacant positions to fill while Indigenous Affairs Minister Carolyn Bennett has 22, including the treaty commissioners in both Manitoba and Saskatchewan.

Marc Roy, spokesman for Garneau, points out that some of the 72 positions on the GIC website that fall under Garneau's responsibility are selected by provincial or municipal governments, not the federal government.

He said the minister's office is working closely with the Prime Minister's Office and Privy Council Office "to manage vacancies in a speedy and efficient manner, triaged according to the most pressing needs."

As for the judicial appointments, the government would only say they will be filled "soon."

# ? Oct 17, 2016 18:23

Seat Safety Switch: May 27, 2008; MY RELIGION IS THE SMALL BLOCK V8 AND COMMANDMENTS ONE THROUGH TEN ARE NEVER LIFT.; Pillbug

They created the jobs, they didn't say they were going to give them to anyone.

# ? Oct 17, 2016 18:23

Juul-Whip: Mar 10, 2008

# ? Oct 17, 2016 18:32

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# ? May 31, 2024 10:11

Furnaceface: Oct 21, 2004

DariusLikewise posted:

The Trudeau government is bad at filling jobs

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-appointments-judges-senators-1.3806035

Naybe they arent being filled because no one wants to apply for a job when they wont get paid. :v:

# ? Oct 17, 2016 18:36

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