zer0blivion
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Someone with photoshop skills should put Harper and Trudeau in this gif.
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Canadian General Election (OT) - #elxn42: October 19, 2015
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FUCK MISSED THE SPEECH
Justin himself didn't talk much about it aside from promising improved public services towards Canadians.
However, the local candidates in Ottawa campaigned on honouring the collective bargaining process and improve relations with public servants.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Who said anything about kids getting cheap weed?
Legalization puts a big roadblock for the underaged.
And I'm from BC, we know our product, Justin knows this too, since he's also from BC.
In what world do kids not drink?
Kids will drink piss water because they want to get wasted fast and cheap. I'm sure there will be the Budweiser or Coca Cola of pot that will make its business up in volume rather than quality.
See BC and Ontario. Initiatives designed to fail.
crimzonflame
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I'm going to assume you're on the west coast?
No I live in Toronto, but we got people that commute from places like Barrie to our office.
Morrigan Stark
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Damn.
killer rin
Member
All the Premiers appear to be in a very good mood today
Its always good news when multiple governments are excited and opportunistic about a new government... contract that to the past few years of snide remarks and complaints
In what world do kids not drink?
Kids will drink piss water because they want to get wasted fast and cheap. I'm sure there will be the Budweiser or Coca Cola of pot that will make its business up in volume rather than quality.
Apples and oranges. I'm not even going to waste time on this, because there is an absolute overwhelming amount of data on this topic that proves otherwise. You and Harper were part of the minority (lol) that didn't receive the memo years back.
killer rin
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To be fair, referendums almost never pass in Canada... and those referendums in particular were sabotaged from the get go with ridiculous requirements and in the case of Ontario, no advertising.
Because deep down inside I know I don't wand these conservative candidates around me to get elected
I'm still waiting for you to explain why it's a terrible voting system.
lol well Conservatives are the #2 choice of a lot of people too...
Video of Trudeau hanging out at the subway this morning.
https://www.facebook.com/GlobalNews/videos/909043272476772/
Can you imagine Harper doing this after a victory?
I'm an NDP supporter, but I really like Trudeau and I'm happy to have him as PM. He's off to a great start with small, positive moves like this.
Someone with photoshop skills should put Harper and Trudeau in this gif.
I wish SunhiLegend and ElTorro were Canadian.
massivekettle
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I've spent part of the day getting further acquainted with my future PM. Strangely, I am warming up to him. His enthusiasm is infectious, I have to say. I may disagree with parts of his social/economic platform (mostly about the means rather than the ends), but this new era in Canadian politics has me interested, despite my party not winning/getting trounced. Really curious to see how he is going to pull off his pre-election promises.
They don't have to deal with that greedy, penny pinching asshole Harper and they don't have to deal with Mulcair's constitutional drama. Trudeau is the best possible outcome for them.All the Premiers appear to be in a very good mood today
What is 24? Jack Bauer?
firehawk12
Subete no aware
I want legal cocaine so I don't know how I am in the same boat as Harper. I just think it makes sense for the prices to go down, unless the growers decide to be an oligopoly and keep prices high like Bell and Rogers with cell phone plans.
The Liberals better do something about this. I know they are chummy with business but I think they like free markets too and right now, that is not a free market.
24 is the free version of Toronto Sun
Much like how Metro is the free version of the Toronto Star
Mysterious
Banned
What is this speech? Who was there?
BigJonsson
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Just a short victory speech for his supporters. Nothing special happened except for when the ghost of Charles Tupper appeared out of thin air and claimed he was still the Prime Minister.
Repealing the bill that allowed the government to legislate sick days is a big one.
Simon Belmont
Banned
That again? Seems like every time there's a new PM were shushing Tupper's ghost
Hahahaha! I was hoping for another "WELCOME TO HELL!" type thing but this is even better.
edit:
http://www.torontosun.com/
There's basically nothing about the new Prime Minister on their front page. Just an editorial about Trudeau hidden way at the bottom.
Hahahaha! I was hoping for another "WELCOME TO HELL!" type thing but this is even better.
edit:
http://www.torontosun.com/
pls let this happen
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Hah.
Even when the Conservatives tried to open up competition by auctioning off spectrum last year, there were no new bidders. I think Americans would laugh at us wanting T-Mobile or Sprint to come to Canada, but that's how desperate we are when it comes to telecommunications here.
I'd prefer Rob Ford, tbh.
I think the Egyptian guy is still willing. If they let him in instead of impeding him like last time, Rogers, Bell, MTS, Shaw and friends will fall in line. I read an article awhile ago saying that in the short time that he was here, prices for the competition dropped noticeably.
Holy crap lol!
EDIT: Just shared on FB. I don't care if some of my military buddies aren't going to like it.. it's too good not to share around.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Isn't Metro a different company? I think the Star tried to make a free daily and it failed.
BigJonsson
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Kabuki Quantum Lover
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Hahahaha! I was hoping for another "WELCOME TO HELL!" type thing but this is even better.
edit:
http://www.torontosun.com/
There's basically nothing about the new Prime Minister on their front page. Just an editorial about Trudeau hidden way at the bottom.
This could result in maximum hilarity. We know how much the Fords benefited Mr. Harper.
You Are Viewtiful
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Doug Ford wanted to be Ontario premier but party establishment didn't let him: rural Ontario would not vote for Toronto millionaire drug dealer. Wonder if the federal establishment will let him run. They clearly have no problems with taking photo-ops with them at least.
Yes and no.
The star made their own daily then bought a significant share in the Canadian metro paper and merged theirs into it.
Metro still exists internationally as its own entity and they still own a portion of the paper that the Toronto star publishes.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
I ignored the Liberal platform because I believed the NDP would win, but would the Liberals actually allow more foreign competition in Canada? Because last time the major carriers played the "foreigners taking over our airwaves card" and blasted us with those shitty ads.
DON'T MAKE TELUS GUY CRY
Ah, that makes sense.
Perfect Blue
Banned
Question about Doug Ford running for Tory leadership - don't you need a seat in Parliament to be able to do that?
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/civil-servants-hopeful-1.3280102
Hahaha protect our economy. What a load of shit.
You Are Viewtiful
Member
Did anyone actually buy into those ads? If anything, I'd say they eroded some public support (not that that's saying much, their public support is probably at 0.5%).
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Probably not. I expect Verizon pulled out for other reasons, but I just assume that the Canadian telecom market is the least attractive business to invest in. Well, unless you can buy a part of Bell, Rogers, or Telus (or Videotron I suppose).
Good god. What a psycho.
Hahahaha! I was hoping for another "WELCOME TO HELL!" type thing but this is even better.
edit:
http://www.torontosun.com/
There's basically nothing about the new Prime Minister on their front page. Just an editorial about Trudeau hidden way at the bottom.
Let it happen and they will be buried for years to come.
Zombie James
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You'd think he would have looked at how Hudak's campaign annihilated itself after proclaiming the same thing and not do the exact same thing
No. You don't even technically need a seat in parliament to be PM. The leader of the party is not a position in parliament (although, as Sean C pointed out like a hundred pages ago, if the leader isn't in the house someone is appointed as the "leader in the house").
Jack Layton spent a year and a half outside parliament before he won his seat after winning the leadership. Gilles Duceppe hasn't had a seat since 2011 and is still the leader of the Bloc (though he wasn't for a while in the middle of that).
problem with hudak's campaign is he was saying he'd add more jobs than the amount of unemployed people (which is less than 600,000)
I don't know the details, but that's not exactly impossible. Unemployment figures don't generally include people who aren't actively looking for work (both people who are discouraged and stopped looking and people who wouldn't be looking anyways).
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