firehawk12
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Just saying, if America doesn't need an official language...
(The fact that the Charter ignores aboriginal languages is silly too, if the whole point was to protect Canadian language and culture).
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Canadian General Election (OT) - #elxn42: October 19, 2015
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(The fact that the Charter ignores aboriginal languages is silly too, if the whole point was to protect Canadian language and culture).
You Are Viewtiful
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Yeah, that's what I said. Bloc has 4.9% of votes, which falls short of 5%, so they wouldn't get any top up seats.
However, I think there was another German rule that said if you win 3 local seats, you would get top up seats regardless if you got 5% or not. I might be remembering wrong though, or it might've been the Ontario version of MPP. We should make that 12 in the National version lol.
So much this. He was a flawed man but he did a lot of great things for Canada. People these days underestimate the impact trudeau had on Canada as a unified bilingual country.
Ah I see, I misunderstood what you were saying.
Hey now, he likes movies and tv shows like Breaking Bad, which you can find on streaming services such as Netflix.
firehawk12
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Harper saved the Canadian right wing. I mean, whether or not you disagree with his actual policies, that's what he will be remembered for.
killer rin
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He got rid of the economically inefficient Penny.
gutter_trash
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Well maybe. It depends on where the cutoff would be. If we had the New Zealand rules where you must have greater than 5% support to gain additional seats via PR they would have been held to these 10.
My original post was pretty stupid because in any system with ridings you could get this type of outcome if support was highly concentrated in those ridings. Of course in MMP you'd have all the other votes taken into account, so the Bloc support in this case would have been diluted by the other parties receiving additional seats. The point of my comment was not anti-Bloc, but that FPTP can yield weird looking outcomes.
Okay, he did that, that was cool. That's my #1 Harper thing. Also, plastic money. It's not exactly the constitution, but hey.
That melts though
I just realized that the Netflix logo is the old one. The Cons must have googled searched and found that image.
Getting rid of the penny was a really good move, I agree.
killer rin
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Well, you have to take your victories as you make them. I hate what Harper has done, but I can still pull out a couple things he did that were beneficial to Canada
firehawk12
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Some people hate the community mailboxes, but it's saved me so much time lately.
Although I do feel bad that I never see the Korean family that runs my local post office anymore. I went from visiting them like 4 times a month to nothing. lol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5p4NUJMPAjQ
Still remember Justin's eulogy at his father's funeral.
Don't think I've ever heard a better one.
Still remember Justin's eulogy at his father's funeral.
Don't think I've ever heard a better one.
You Are Viewtiful
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He dropped the GST by 2%, although I don't know if that counts as a "legacy".
killer rin
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You know, I haven't really thought of it until now, but it is kind of weird that we can pretty much look up anything about Trudeau at any point in his life and find it... It seems pretty much unprecedented when you compare it to any other politician in history, and its really only going to happen more and more going forward now that we have much more advanced technology and the internet
"Hello young people! I have been known, like you, to look at a television screen. Occasionally my wife and I even partake in "Net Flicks and Chill"."
Harper will be remembered mainly for "uniting the right". There's also his various trade deals, CETA and the TPP chief among them, and indeed this does seem to be a major part of what the want's his legacy to be. Also, the TFSA is pretty cool.
On the negative side he might be remembered for his abysmal environmental record, his style of politics, his rejection of science and statistics (let's call it data driven governance) and his muted emotions (especially in contrast to Trudeau).
On the negative side he might be remembered for his abysmal environmental record, his style of politics, his rejection of science and statistics (let's call it data driven governance) and his muted emotions (especially in contrast to Trudeau).
The Joe Clark reference is particularly moving. I believe they referenced that moment again during Joe Clark's interview last night on CBC.
Lol. Yuigoh can be used to accurately describe the election results last night.
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You blow em up with fireworks for Halloween.
Last year I found out apparently Vancouver's the only place that fireworks for Halloween are a thing.
Fireworks + small children running around unsupervised is not an ideal combination
There's no way that's true. We have 2 different official fireworks celebrations in Vernon every Halloween.
You Are Viewtiful
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Fireworks should be Victoria Day, Canada Day and New Years only. Someone in my neighbourhood tried to make fireworks for Labour Day a thing, and I was praying to Zues for an unfortunate lightning strike to happen all night.
Or best combination.
Nixon and Pierre were both right about Justin.
Justin would be a future Canadian Prime Minister and Pierre was right of Justin having the swift and grace of the President
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http://youtu.be/jlz0he9rtKw
Justin would be a future Canadian Prime Minister and Pierre was right of Justin having the swift and grace of the President
Gerald Ford
http://youtu.be/jlz0he9rtKw
GuessMyUserName
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Holy shit that Yu-Gi-Oh! pic... "my father's deck" oh my god how can anything be so perfectly fitting
Oh nice, back when I was growing up there I thought they were scaling them back for the main holidays, let alone Halloween. =)
I'm actually talking about smaller fireworks that people buy and set off personally. We don't do big fireworks for Halloween here like on Canada Day.
On the serious side, Nomura Investments and basically Japanese businesses, have stated a Liberal government, would be the most favourable for investing and business with Canada. They thought it would be a Liberal minority, but of course it was more than that.
The not serious side is, Japan being Japan. They will go gaga for Justin because he's good looking and young, not just netizens but the Japanese public and media. There's been manga and I think of anime of politicians from around the world, that Koizumi mahjong one comes to mind and it's quite huge. It even has ringing endorsements of actual Japanese politicians who were parodied in it too. I think even Harper was in that.
Japan and I think also some other Asian countries went gaga for that female Russian politician during the height of her 15 minutes when the Ukraine crisis due to her looks. Just google Russian politician anime or manga and she'll pop up.
It made some waves, but now with a head of state with that kind of appeal like Justin, well you get the idea. Also as you've probably already seen other countries like Germany, Mexico, India, France and even the US are already getting hyped or intrigued by Trudeaumania deux.
Only JapanGAF got my random jokes, but don't be surprised when you start seeing Justin fan art or other crazy things from Japan and you see イケメン alongside Justin.
I added the 超 for extra hilarity.
In tandem, it means super good-looking/handsome/exciting man, take your pick or combine them all!
gutter_trash
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http://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/p...r-jean-charest-ne-serait-pas-de-la-course.php
Jean Charest says he is not interested in seeking the leadership of the Conservative party
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I learned yesterday that Jason Kenney is a virgin. How can someone peddle Conservative family values if one never aspires to make a family?
Jean Charest says he is not interested in seeking the leadership of the Conservative party
unless if it's a coronation
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I learned yesterday that Jason Kenney is a virgin. How can someone peddle Conservative family values if one never aspires to make a family?
Whats your source for the Kenney thing?
gutter_trash
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Jean Lapierre on his daily segments on Paul Arcand's show on Montreal's 98.5 fm
I get the feeling this is a joke (from talk radio) and it went way over my head.
gutter_trash
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No man. It is for real.
Kenney is that 44 year old virgin
Perfect Blue
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I would think most Conservatives are virgins or at least only do it missionary with lights off
Yes. But as mentioned, that answer will vary depending on region.
All I can say is if you were skeptical about the previous government, you need to continue to be skeptical about this one. History is doing the Liberals no favors.
I don't think you need to call unless they don't go away soon.
I think my area must have added a city bylaw because there was a significant reduction of signs this time. The previous election was ridiculous with signs every 10 feet. After that election while waiting for a bus I picked up one of those wire frames hiding in the grass and thinking how much that would have screwed up a lawn mower. If that was happening on city property, I'm guessing the city put their foot down about the number of election signs.
CitizenVectron
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I thought Kenney was gay, but I looked it up and it's Baird that is believed to be gay. I think Kenney is an evangelical Christian and that is the reason for his virginity, that he is not married so he can't have sex. Or at least that is the claim.
Well with the rumours of Baird living it up in Israel and Palestine, I doubt that Kenney is a virgin. He's probably been with a stripper or something like the rest of the CPC cabinet.
Zombie James
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http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/bef...rcmp-got-3-warnings-reduced-patrols-1.3280632
Unbelievable. Thank fuck Harper is out.
Unbelievable. Thank fuck Harper is out.
gutter_trash
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http://www.journaldemontreal.com/2015/10/21/jason-kenney-47-ans-et-encore-puceau
hahaha now Journal de Montreal is reporting on Jason Kenney's virginity.
hahaha now Journal de Montreal is reporting on Jason Kenney's virginity.
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How were the Liberals ever as bad as the Harper government? Stumps post says it best:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=182198085&postcount=10588
The Martin and Chretien governments were great. The sponsorship scandal was fairly overblown by the end of it if thats what youre talking about.
Harper was a disaster.
Half of the new testament is written by a guy who was a self-proclaimed virgin who insisted that not marrying and remaining 'pure' is godlier than marriage. So.. that's how.
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