The general WHAT IN THE WORLD is going on in Canada?

UKMikey
Are we supposed to call her out for trying to pin the whole thing on Islam or on Trudeau's supposedly lax immigration policy? Because it sounds like her dad was doing a great job of that. She seems to be guilty of misreporting an eyewitness report for which she was rightfully censured.

Only one person here appears to be reading any kind of agenda into her original tweet, however. I don't think her left-wing bosses were telling her what to say, quite the opposite in fact.

The same cannot be said for the people who ran with the story. Who was around to call them out? Not the newspaper from whom some of them drew a paycheck.
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I called her out because someone previously thought it was important to call out people making comments on news articles on "right wing" news sites, ignoring the fact that it was someone associated with a left wing media giant that made the first connection to Islam and this incident. Not sure why you have such a big issue with it but to each his own I guess.
 
For the love... smh. Even if they did, what the hell has that got to do with us nearly 300 years later?! For some reason, i dont think he was joking at all. On the bright side, i am not surprised anymore, the level of incompetency and ridiculous idiosy 45 has shown has me expecting far, far stupider things from him.
 
Is Trump on GTP?

We took a break from talking about him in the America thread and he does something to provide a legitimate reason to discuss him here. Attention for stupid antics is still attention.
 
TenEightyOne
Trump accuses Canada of having burnt down the White House despite them not having existed at the time.
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Er, while Canada didn't in its current state, it most certainly did as Upper Canada. Still a British colony at the time, but it was part of what would eventually become the actual country.

It's an admittedly silly thing to bring up with regards to modern trade, though.
 
The 6th June of 2018, a man did something really bad. That bad that a local news wrote about it, attached two photos of the suspect along with a detailed description, and the police number to call if we have information about what is called "the event".
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The suspect stole... three DVD. Welcome in Canada :D

source (french)
 
In other Canadian news it appears Doug Ford is the new premier of Ontario (Which is Rob Ford's brother for those non-Canadian's that can still remember him).
 
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It's happened. Koopa has happened.

At least this makes me far, far less attached to staying in this province.
 
Turbotwin01
In other Canadian news it appears Doug Ford is the new premier of Ontario (Which is Rob Ford's brother for those non-Canadian's that can still remember him).
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What an amazing fall from grace for the Ontario Liberals. From 15 straight years of mostly majority rule filled with brutal fiscal mismanagment and scandal to not even having official party status because they failed to meet the minimum seat requirements. Well deserved IMO, but surprising nonetheless. I do hope the Liberals end up regretting their decision in 2003 not to elect to grant the NDP official party status after they failed to meet the minimum seat threshold. Official party status means they may not have the right to speak during debates or ask questions during official question periods. It also means no handouts for caucus offices or bonuses for house leader, party whip etc. You basically become invisible in many ways and have to start over. To put it into perspective, they've had control of Ontario for much of the last 30 years but will have the same official status in Queen's Park (where the Legislature is) as the Green Party which just won it's first ever seat.
 
SlipZtrEm
Er, while Canada didn't in its current state, it most certainly did as Upper Canada. Still a British colony at the time, but it was part of what would eventually become the actual country.

It's an admittedly silly thing to bring up with regards to modern trade, though.
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As soon as I heard about it, I went, 'Upper Canada, Trump, Upper Canada.' :)
And Lower Canada, and other parts of Kanata. Though - one really can't take card-table comments seriously. Trump's a gambler.
Life goes on . . . and we have other irons in our own provincial fires far more important then a news-byte that will be forgotten next week in a media war that began in 1987 and has now reached a national crisis in the United States.

With communication tools being at an all-time high there is no need for a 'middle voice' (the Press) to relay what the leader of a nation says. They can speak to the people directly, instantly.
In this sense the White House Press pool is now a redundancy.
They are fighting for their bread and butter. Anything is 'news'. Like we care.
Obviously protocol gets shot, and the leader of any nation brave (or foolish) enough to open their mouths and chat with their citizens from dusk to dawn is going to utter some nonsense now and then.
Absolute silence would be consistency.
 
POTUS just landed a moment ago in Canuckland.

We've got him now. Let's see what he spouts after we throw some Timmies at him.
He's going to be so pissed if someone tells him we invented the Hawaiian pizza.
 
photonrider
POTUS just landed a moment ago in Canuckland.

We've got him now. Let's see what he spouts after we throw some Timmies at him.
He's going to be so pissed if someone tells him we invented the Hawaiian pizza.
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Let's hope it dark roast and not that bitter swill they call regular coffee. I wonder if he like's anchovie's on his pie.
 
photonrider
With communication tools being at an all-time high there is no need for a 'middle voice' (the Press) to relay what the leader of a nation says. They can speak to the people directly, instantly.
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It's a little scary if you genuinely believe the only purpose of the press is as a middle-man to deliver comments from politicians to the people.

That's especially relevant today. Ford won on a charm offensive, promising everything to anyone who'd listen via easily-digestible soundbites. He won without a costed platform. He touts himself as a business man, but the only experience he has is running the family business into the ground. He also touts himself as a man of the people, despite being a multimillionaire living in one of the most expensive suburbs near Toronto. His attendance and vote participation was abysmal when he was councillor.
 
Johnnypenso
What an amazing fall from grace for the Ontario Liberals. From 15 straight years of mostly majority rule filled with brutal fiscal mismanagment and scandal to not even having official party status because they failed to meet the minimum seat requirements. Well deserved IMO, but surprising nonetheless. I do hope the Liberals end up regretting their decision in 2003 not to elect to grant the NDP official party status after they failed to meet the minimum seat threshold. Official party status means they may not have the right to speak during debates or ask questions during official question periods. It also means no handouts for caucus offices or bonuses for house leader, party whip etc. You basically become invisible in many ways and have to start over. To put it into perspective, they've had control of Ontario for much of the last 30 years but will have the same official status in Queen's Park (where the Legislature is) as the Green Party which just won it's first ever seat.
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Yes - but since I've lived in Canada there have been many of these "amazing falls from grace". The collapse of the federal liberals under Turner, the (rise & then) collapse of the federal PCs under Mulroney, the rehabilitation of the liberals under Chretian, the rise of the NDP under Jack Layton, the resurgence of the liberals under JT. And similar wild swings in provincial politics in Ontario & other provinces. In spite of the unfairness of the "first past the post" system in Canadian elections, the actual results seem quite sensibly to reflect the shifting mood of the population at large & (especially) leads to the "rascals being unceremoniously kicked out" periodically. The US could use a bit more of this (although they do have a much more elaborate system of "check & balances" in partial compensation).

Unfortunately, I fear Doug Ford will prove to be a terrible premier, as he doesn't have the intellect or character (much like Trump) to be a successful leader. What I find amusing is that looking at the Ontario map as a whole, the vast majority of territory - all of northern Ontario basically - is NDP orange ... like the US looks overwhelmingly Republican because of the huge area of "fly-over country" that is coloured red on political maps.

Anyway ... good to see that johnnyp's backyard remains solidly NDP. :P
 
SlipZtrEm
It's a little scary if you genuinely believe the only purpose of the press is as a middle-man to deliver comments from politicians to the people.
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That was not what was posted:

photonrider
With communication tools being at an all-time high there is no need for a 'middle voice' (the Press) to relay what the leader of a nation says. They can speak to the people directly, instantly.
In this sense the White House Press pool is now a redundancy.
They are fighting for their bread and butter. Anything is 'news'.
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In addition it is not just the Press that brings us the news now.
It was Johhnypenso (and GTP) that informed me about Bourdain, as an example.

Obviously, you believe in the freedom of the Press. So. Do. I.

They are looking for work, though.
 
TenEightyOne
Trump accuses Canada of having burnt down the White House despite them not having existed at the time.
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Trudeau should have wound him up about it. "Yeah, yeah we did. And we'd do it again given the chance. Your American tastes in interior decoration are horrific."

photonrider
With communication tools being at an all-time high there is no need for a 'middle voice' (the Press) to relay what the leader of a nation says. They can speak to the people directly, instantly.
In this sense the White House Press pool is now a redundancy.
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The Press Pool are there to ask questions that the White House would rather not answer.
Journalists are there to tell stories that politicians (and businessmen, celebrities, cartels, whoever) wouldn't necessarily want to share.

If all we got was the party line we'd all be less informed. Like it or not, journalists are part of a good democratic political system because they help the public hold politicians accountable.
 
TenEightyOne
That song is absolute and total Regina, incredible how in a few bars they just pulled it open for everyone to see.
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I have been to Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario and Quebec (lived in Quebec for over a year actually) but never Saskatchewan. In all seriousness, I wouldn't mind visiting Regina even if their fair city's name rhymes with......:lol:
 
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DDastardly00
I have been to Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario and Quebec (lived in Quebec for over a year actually) but never Saskatchewan. In all seriousness, I wouldn't mind visiting Regina even if their fair city's name rhymes with......:lol:
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Well, in that case you might want to visit Big Beaver, SK also & then Climax, SK ... but don't forget to stop in at Dildo, Newfoundland first.
 
TenEightyOne
Wrong. Who on earth do you think they should pay money to? Norway? The US?

A country's own military spending is their NATO spending, they don't have to give money to anybody else.
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NATO payments aren't based on a dollar amount but a % of GDP. Latest stats indicate Canada is paying less than 1% and the US close to 4% of GDP. Better go back to the drawing board.
 
Im really surprised by Turkey I really thought they would be 2% plus on their military spending especially in the region they are in.
 
winet
NATO payments aren't based on a dollar amount but a % of GDP. Latest stats indicate Canada is paying less than 1% and the US close to 4% of GDP. Better go back to the drawing board.
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And the requirement to be part of NATO is what? Remember that the US spends 4% on defense by choice. Nobody has a gun to their head, not with a standing army of that size.

The 2% of GDP is a guideline, one with no penalties for failing to meet. While there's a push for the other 23 countries to meet it, realistically it's not actually about money spent. If a country can have an appropriate level of military readiness and capability under 2% of GDP, then more power to them.

Rather than quibbling over whose is bigger than whose, I'd rather see more work go into optimising combined capabilities and strategies. I'm pretty sure the military capability within NATO right now is more that sufficient to go up against the entire rest of the world, if used correctly and with well rehearsed and planned cooperation.
 

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