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10 hours ago, pegman said:

That should read some were wrong. I was not in doubt. The Conservatives are a 2 province pony show and were never really in it. 

 

As a social democrate my party is the New Democrate Party (NDP). We lost nearly half our seats but gained an enormous clout in setting government policy. Trudeau either plays by our rules or has to cozy up to the single province separatist BLOC. The Liberals  and separatists are long-term sworn enemies so not much likelihood of that. 

 

As our price to keep Justin in power we will want a major new social program. By bringing in national pharmacare he can gain a full term in office as long as he governs well to the left. Most of Canada's best and most loved social programs were brought in under  similar circumstances. 

 

Trump  should beef up the border patrol at the northern border in Montana. There are about to be a mass of conservatives asylum seekers trying to head south. 

I'm hoping instead that they tackle a bigger issue - the bloody "first past the post" electoral system we inherited from the UK. That, by the way, is the answer to the questions below about how the party with less votes won. Trudeau promised electoral reform and then backed off, and now I guess we can see why. I suppose the Conservatives will now be in favour of it having been screwed by it (rather than benefiting from it as they have in the past). Hope so. Bottom line is that fundamentally undemocratic and easily manipulated voting systems that disenfranchise many people should be replaced.

Sure, I'd be okay with a pharma plan too, and have no problem with the NDP working with the Liberals. But let's get the most important thing done and ditch First Past the Post.

I suspect Trump would instead set up a welcome committee. These people tend to be Old White Men. It would be highly amusing though to watch them discover the joys of unfettered capitalism and realize that "you don't know what you got til it's gone." 

15 hours ago, CanuckThai said:

Another term with the drama teacher....

What does it tell you though about the quality of the Conservative candidates? With all the scandals, all the outside dirty Right-wing money from the USA, and the rightward shift politically worldwide they STILL couldn't win an election. Oh, and the #2 guy in the race formed his own even MORE right-wing party and couldn't get elected in his own riding.

Thank goodness for the basic decency of most Canadians, it's good to know some remains in this increasingly hostile world.

So did Scheer mention how he used to chastise those in government for having dual citizenship, and it was suddenly found out just this year that he's a dual citizen so now he claims he's "renounced" his US citizenship and it is in process? That's not hypocrisy, is it? Or does it take decades to renounce one's citizenship in the States? Did they mention how he claimed to be an insurance broker? But somehow there's no record of it and he's now backtracking on that with a BS story?

Sorry but unfortunately for Scheer, the buffoon Doug Ford got elected one year prior so Canadians have been given a BIG reminder of what happens when conservatives get into power. They've even forced him to go to ground, which I must give them credit for as it surely couldn't have been easy to get Dougie to keep his mouth shut and face out of the news for a couple of months. 

On 9/13/2019 at 8:41 AM, from the home of CC said:

worked for Trudeau..

Can you see into the future? Because, you know, they got voted in THEN they legalized marijuana.

On 9/13/2019 at 12:51 AM, Elves377 said:

Yeah ti's just an ikea chair. As I said, didn't cause any damage at two other rooms I lived in so never considered thsi would happen. 

You should also be able to get those plastic sheets you can put underneath the chairs at IKEA. These work great, allow you to roll unimpeded and protect the floor.

Boy, what a cynical lot you are. Why would it be so difficult to separate out a specific laptop year and brand from the thousands of other laptops they have to see every day going through the carry-on line or in checked baggage? I'll have you know that they've implemented full biometrics at immigration and there was no delay at....oh. Never mind.

15 minutes ago, Sydebolle said:

You can relax - it is optional as the legal grounds for all this are missing. 

If you want to share your biometric data, birth certificate and DNA-sample then go ahead. All others can carry on using airlines for what they are here for; to get from A to B! 

And if you're flying to Thailand, as you likely do being a TV poster, then you too are sharing your biometric data! Not optional.

Privacy is dead and buried, and those who have done their best to avoid giving their data away will only come under increased suspicion by those collecting it.

On 7/19/2019 at 4:43 PM, blazes said:

Trudeau has embarrassed Canadians in the last four years, notably by his absurd "Indian" dresswear in India.  He looked such a total nitwit it is strange the SJWs did not accuse him of "cultural appropriation" (another branch of "racism").

Worst of all he has nobody around him who could have told him that the arrest of the Huawei heiress was going to cost Canada very dear (ask Canadian hog farmers!).  His Cabinet walked blindly into a trap set by Trump to minimise the damage suffered by American farmers by his own trade war with the Chinese.

The Trudeauites could easily have got in touch with the airline she was on and told her to stay on board and simply carry on to Mexico City.  Problem solved, but little Trudeau wanted to please Uncle Donald.

So if I find you a photo of, say, Stephen Harper wearing Vietnamese costume, you'll be stunned and embarrassed? Doubt it because, well, who cares about either of them doing so?

As to the "Huawei trap", you may be right that it was a wily move by Uncle Donald. But I can't see your solution working out very well in any case. Furthermore, if your best friend and partner stabs you in the back out of nowhere, well, best to find that out sooner than later.  Tell me, do you think it ethical or right that Uncle Don screwed over Canada like that?

 

9 minutes ago, Baerboxer said:

 

Canada - land of the politically correct liberals where politicians are like the pigs in animal farm - more equal!

 

They spout about all these "rights and correctness" whilst at the same time have treated the real Canadians appalling, especially the women. 

 

Trudeau is a patronizing tosser who thinks he's above the law and can instruct the justice system to do as he wishes.

 

Fine country but most Canadians are being fooled and brainwashed.

Oh do tell! How is it that "real" Canadians are being treated appallingly, "especially the women". This ought to be good.

And would you kindly define "real Canadians"?

This is great! I hope that the Supreme Court finally follows their true conscience and Roberts' votes his actual beliefs rather than trying to save himself and the Conservative Majority Court from the perception (correct) that they're political and not impartial judges as per the Constitution.

Nothing would facilitate the downfall of the Right better and faster than the repeal of Obamacare and the inevitable replacement with NOTHING. And nothing would be better for the Left than the repeal of Obamacare and the inevitable demand for Universal Health Care as a replacement. Let this become the primary issue for the 2020 elections! C'mon Repubs, hit the gas and run on your "great" Obamacare replacement that you'll have to put in place in a desperate hurry without control of the House. Oh, and without having come up with ANYTHING resembling a plan despite trying to kill Obamacare for the last several years.

Remember that old adage, "be careful what you ask for...". Nothing will motivate a massive turnout of young voters than the repeal of Obamacare, and that's the death knell for the Right.

1 hour ago, the guest said:

It's dead, for now ! I don't believe China will lose face on this one. If this type of behavior carries-on in HK, then I believe China will have no choice but to bring in the army.

"No choice but to bring in the army." The words of tyrants and their lickspittle lackeys worldwide (including Thailand, of course). What a fine set of values you must have.