Canadian Politics Redux

Meltdown99

DarthMaeglin said:

Meltdown99 said:

Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s handling of the pandemic draws praise from friends and foes

https://globalnews.ca/news/6748692/doug-ford-coronavirus-pandemic/?utm_source=GlobalToronto&utm_medium=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR0UfltprVYsV2UJnAvhthdMNDB7s5fBhA--39UJfC8j_voety9k7_umtqg


Andrew Sheer has shown tremendous leadership...a good portion of that stimulus package was the federal conservatives' ideas.

It pains Trudeau to have to spend money on Canadians.  

We do not need a public enquiry...we need a prime minister who is ready for the job and who will not get on his/her knees to China.

I’m guessing once the dust settles most democracies will be running analysis on how this was dealt with.

I’m not sure I agree Scheer’s shown strong leadership, I’d say it’s more a matter of good judgment. He’s stayed out of the government’s way except for their overreach last week. Despite analysis in the wake of SARS it’s felt (and feels) to me like the federal government has been making it up as they go.

Ford, on the other hand has done fairly well for the province once they started acting, and thankfully Andrea Horwath has backed away from her usual rhetoric for the time being.

Ford has done a better job than Trudeau... mtrudeau will never be ready.

Maybe you should research what sheer and the conservatives did for Canadians by greeting a much better relief package and by stopping the liberal dicks from having the power to tax and spend...

lmfao at Trudeau supports. 

Meltdown99

Sheers being divisive..lol

yeah he should have just rolled over.

Meltdown99

what a joke a joke Trudeau...they did not set aside a single dime in a rainy day fund... lol.  His supporters believe his lies

mikesbri

going to be interesting to hear Morneau tomorrow morning discussing the details. 

Meltdown99

You’d think they keep the parks and public spaces open.  I mean all the fatties who need their fast food will have no where to exercise...

RunIntoTheRain

Meltdown99 said:

You’d think they keep the parks and public spaces open.  I mean all the fatties who need their fast food will have no where to exercise...

Good grief what a shitty comment. 

DarthMaeglin

Meltdown99 said:

You’d think they keep the parks and public spaces open.  I mean all the fatties who need their fast food will have no where to exercise...

My understanding is locally (Toronto) people had been irresponsible in letting children play freely in the playgrounds by parents, which led to the city closing the playgrounds and dog parks (another prime place for transmission of the virus). Over the weekend people were tearing down the caution tape and signs on the playgrounds and dog parks, which has led to padlocks and public admonitions from officials. As far as I’m aware the so-called green spaces in the parks remain open for people to walk in and otherwise exercise.

That said, I know this situation is getting to everyone to different degrees, but man, there’s no need to be downright nasty. There’s better ways to make your point (took me a bit to learn that lesson myself, I’ll admit).

Again I’ll say I hope you and everyone else are keeping safe and healthy in this difficult circumstance.

Meltdown99

RunIntoTheRain said:

Meltdown99 said:

You’d think they keep the parks and public spaces open.  I mean all the fatties who need their fast food will have no where to exercise...

Good grief what a shitty comment. 

Oh good grief.  It’s true what I said.  Public spaces being open gives people a place to go and get some fresh air and relieve some anxiety.  Keeping fast food joints open just how dumb society is...

Meltdown99

DarthMaeglin said:

Meltdown99 said:

You’d think they keep the parks and public spaces open.  I mean all the fatties who need their fast food will have no where to exercise...

My understanding is locally (Toronto) people had been irresponsible in letting children play freely in the playgrounds by parents, which led to the city closing the playgrounds and dog parks (another prime place for transmission of the virus). Over the weekend people were tearing down the caution tape and signs on the playgrounds and dog parks, which has led to padlocks and public admonitions from officials. As far as I’m aware the so-called green spaces in the parks remain open for people to walk in and otherwise exercise.

That said, I know this situation is getting to everyone to different degrees, but man, there’s no need to be downright nasty. There’s better ways to make your point (took me a bit to learn that lesson myself, I’ll admit).

Again I’ll say I hope you and everyone else are keeping safe and healthy in this difficult circumstance.

Pretty hard to take Trudeau or fatty Ford serious when pretty much everything is considered essential, especially fast food...like I said it keep the fatties like ford happy.

Meltdown99

I will give Ford credit.  He went and picked up donated mask on Sunday and brought them to the central warehouse...

where our pm.  Mostly hiding under his bed.  

Gove Prince Charles credit.  Symptom free 2 negative test and given the all clear and was only isolated 7 days...

HughFreakingDillon

Meltdown99 said:

RunIntoTheRain said:

Meltdown99 said:

You’d think they keep the parks and public spaces open.  I mean all the fatties who need their fast food will have no where to exercise...

Good grief what a shitty comment. 

Oh good grief.  It’s true what I said.  Public spaces being open gives people a place to go and get some fresh air and relieve some anxiety.  Keeping fast food joints open just how dumb society is...

facts don't matter when you are blinded by partisan hate. 

DarthMaeglin

So I’ll have to risk a trip to the post office for pot. Canada Post isn’t delivering items requiring signatures or (in this case) proof of age. I suppose it makes sense, except for the admonitions to not leave the house, not sure what the options might be (I could hold my driver’s license up to a window maybe). We all just have to adapt in the end.

My birthday’s in a few days and I’ve accepted my brother’s family won’t be over for dinner, so I’ll have to delay the best present, time with my adorable nieces, lol. We’d be over the provincial limit for gatherings, unfortunately.

Meltdown99

DarthMaeglin said:

So I’ll have to risk a trip to the post office for pot. Canada Post isn’t delivering items requiring signatures or (in this case) proof of age. I suppose it makes sense, except for the admonitions to not leave the house, not sure what the options might be (I could hold my driver’s license up to a window maybe). We all just have to adapt in the end.

My birthday’s in a few days and I’ve accepted my brother’s family won’t be over for dinner, so I’ll have to delay the best present, time with my adorable nieces, lol. We’d be over the provincial limit for gatherings, unfortunately.

Hahaha...


I use Weedmaps...I have 4 go to dealers, only 1 has temporarily closed,  and 1 other delivers to your mailbox where they retrieve the cash.  The other 2 things are still the same.  Also I’m 50 minutes from a reservation that has maybe 10 or so weed shops...plus real cheap gas.

I work at a cannabis facility...no way I’m buying government weed...I know too much...lol

bacck to politics nothing says leadership like raising taxes and giving themselves a pay raise in the medical of a health and even economic crisis politicians are the lowest form of life...most have been swimming at the shallow end of gene pool.

My life has been normal.  I got a job that I go to everyday...essential service?  Somehow cannabis is an essential service 11/2 year after legalization.  I do not feel at the least bit at risk.  There is no social distancing inside the facility...anyone who had worked inside a manufacturing facility knows social distancing is almost impossible.  Which should show you how dumb fatty Ford and and mr not ready PM really are.  Somehow fatty Ford feels fast food is essential but getting reading glasses not so much...what a clusterfuck.

whether these idiot politicians keep shit closed through summer...trust me...I will be out at the beach with my dog, I will be out enjoying summer...no fucking way is some idiot politician going to tell me to stay in my house...but you can go to work, because we need someone paying taxes so we can continue paying teachers and government workers indefinitely...fuck them.

Ford pretty much said today that government workers would continue to be paid, he says “it’s not their fault”...it’s not the fault of the workers at GM Oshawa or Windsor Assembly that massive job losses have occurred...we should pay them as well...


Hope you get you Cannabis without much delay.

DarthMaeglin

Meltdown99 said:

DarthMaeglin said:

So I’ll have to risk a trip to the post office for pot. Canada Post isn’t delivering items requiring signatures or (in this case) proof of age. I suppose it makes sense, except for the admonitions to not leave the house, not sure what the options might be (I could hold my driver’s license up to a window maybe). We all just have to adapt in the end.

My birthday’s in a few days and I’ve accepted my brother’s family won’t be over for dinner, so I’ll have to delay the best present, time with my adorable nieces, lol. We’d be over the provincial limit for gatherings, unfortunately.

Hahaha...


I use Weedmaps...I have 4 go to dealers, only 1 has temporarily closed,  and 1 other delivers to your mailbox where they retrieve the cash.  The other 2 things are still the same.  Also I’m 50 minutes from a reservation that has maybe 10 or so weed shops...plus real cheap gas.

I work at a cannabis facility...no way I’m buying government weed...I know too much...lol

bacck to politics nothing says leadership like raising taxes and giving themselves a pay raise in the medical of a health and even economic crisis politicians are the lowest form of life...most have been swimming at the shallow end of gene pool.

My life has been normal.  I got a job that I go to everyday...essential service?  Somehow cannabis is an essential service 11/2 year after legalization.  I do not feel at the least bit at risk.  There is no social distancing inside the facility...anyone who had worked inside a manufacturing facility knows social distancing is almost impossible.  Which should show you how dumb fatty Ford and and mr not ready PM really are.  Somehow fatty Ford feels fast food is essential but getting reading glasses not so much...what a clusterfuck.

whether these idiot politicians keep shit closed through summer...trust me...I will be out at the beach with my dog, I will be out enjoying summer...no fucking way is some idiot politician going to tell me to stay in my house...but you can go to work, because we need someone paying taxes so we can continue paying teachers and government workers indefinitely...fuck them.

Ford pretty much said today that government workers would continue to be paid, he says “it’s not their fault”...it’s not the fault of the workers at GM Oshawa or Windsor Assembly that massive job losses have occurred...we should pay them as well...


Hope you get you Cannabis without much delay.

I agree that the MP raises kicking in are tone deaf at best, I’m not sure how they could cancel them though, since they’re legislated annual raises going back to 2005. Trudeau’s answer at yesterday’s presser was a joke.

Raising the carbon tax right now is equally reprehensible given so many people feeling the economic effects of this crisis. Shoppers will see price increases in virtually everything, not to mention some of the issues we were hearing about from farmers prior to the current crisis. Adding costs to the food chain right now is flat out stupid to me, and that’s without even considering how current events are lessening many peoples’ carbon footprints (I have to admit mine has increased. I rarely borrow a car and happily take public transit. Right now I only drive places, though I am working to minimize trips out).

DarthMaeglin

One thing I forgot to add to my above post is that it is good to hear that several MPs are donating their raises to charities helping with this crisis. Now if only all MPs (including the PM) would get on board with this, but I’m not optimistic.

Edit:  Just saw it reported that Trudeau and Scheer are both among those donating their raises. Not a lot of credit (they didn’t cancel the raises), but I want to give it when it’s due.

Meltdown99

They should have did the right thing and cancelled those raises.  Who the fuck raises taxes in the middle of a health and economic crisis...what piece shit liberals are.

i am no Ford fan...but he is doing a great job.  He is making Trudeau look foolish.  

Trudeau will never be ready...

dignin

Meltdown99 said:

They should have did the right thing and cancelled those raises.  Who the fuck raises taxes in the middle of a health and economic crisis...what piece shit liberals are.

i am no Ford fan...but he is doing a great job.  He is making Trudeau look foolish.  

Trudeau will never be ready...

I really enjoy your uplifting, positive and informative posts.

PJ_Soul

Cool - the $400+ GST rebate just showed up  automatically in my bank account. I'd forgotten about that - nice little surprise!

Meltdown99

What’s the GST rebate?  Is this part of the relief package?

PJ_Soul

Meltdown99 said:

What’s the GST rebate?  Is this part of the relief package?

Yes. It's a one time credit that pretty much everyone over 19 will get as far as I can tell, based on the 2018 tax filing (so those who haven't yet filed for 2018 won't receive it). Mine dumped into my bank account because I have direct deposit set up for my tax returns. If you don't have that set up, I believe you'll get a cheque. Google for details.

Edit: But FWIW, I seem to recall this was actually a campaign promise from Trudeau, and it's now being rolled out because of COVID-19. I think it's being included in the aid package because the situation determined the timing of it. But I'm not positive.