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  • DarthMaeglin
    DarthMaeglin Toronto Posts: 2,966
    Disappointed to see this, feels like a witch hunt is creeping north.  Sloan's story is plausible to me, and short of clear evidence to the contrary there's zero presumption of innocence.  I didn't like when Trudeau turfed people from his caucus for mere allegations, disappointed O'Toole is operating the same way.

    O'Toole says he wants to eject Derek Sloan from caucus after donation from white nationalist | CBC News
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  • dignin
    dignin Posts: 9,478
    DarthMaeglin said:
    Disappointed to see this, feels like a witch hunt is creeping north.  Sloan's story is plausible to me, and short of clear evidence to the contrary there's zero presumption of innocence.  I didn't like when Trudeau turfed people from his caucus for mere allegations, disappointed O'Toole is operating the same way.

    O'Toole says he wants to eject Derek Sloan from caucus after donation from white nationalist | CBC News
    This isn't the only shitty thing about Sloan. Should have been booted from the party awhile ago. Cons are never going to win with clowns like him in the party.
  • DarthMaeglin
    DarthMaeglin Toronto Posts: 2,966
    dignin said:
    DarthMaeglin said:
    Disappointed to see this, feels like a witch hunt is creeping north.  Sloan's story is plausible to me, and short of clear evidence to the contrary there's zero presumption of innocence.  I didn't like when Trudeau turfed people from his caucus for mere allegations, disappointed O'Toole is operating the same way.

    O'Toole says he wants to eject Derek Sloan from caucus after donation from white nationalist | CBC News
    This isn't the only shitty thing about Sloan. Should have been booted from the party awhile ago. Cons are never going to win with clowns like him in the party.
    I agree that Sloan has issues, but this doesn’t feel right to me. As the article points out it was a fairly small dollar value and the name was different from Fromm’s usually used name so I buy Sloan’s explanation of an honest mistake. If they want to get rid of him for his views then do that, not this guilt-by-tenuous-association.
    "The world is full of idiots and I am but one of them."

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  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739
    Why is Sloan still a member of the PC Party?

    Doug Ford kicked out a member of the Ontario PC Caucus pretty quick.  Why is O’Tool taking this long.  

    Sloan is a POS...

    agree with dignity.  You can not win with these types in your party.  He is not the only who should get the boot from the PC Party...
    Give Peas A Chance…
  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739
    The Governor General is resigning ... good riddance to that bullying bitch...
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  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739
    Perry Bellegarde would make a good Governor General...
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  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739
    Palette said people experience things different...what a stupid bitch.  
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  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,473
    https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/beyak-retirement-1.5886435
    By The Time They Figure Out What Went Wrong, We'll Be Sitting On A Beach, Earning Twenty Percent.




  • Zod
    Zod Posts: 10,892
    Why do we even have one?  It's a ceremonial position that doesn't do much?  Cut the fat?
  • Spunkie
    Spunkie i come from downtown. Posts: 7,095
    O,o,o! Pick me!!! I know this one from a Canadian law class...


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    Animals were hiding behind the Coral 
    Except for little Turtle
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  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739
    Zod said:
    Why do we even have one?  It's a ceremonial position that doesn't do much?  Cut the fat?
    Agreed.  It’s time Canada put its big boy pants and cut ties from the Queen...

    but if we are to have one, is it to much to ask the prime minister to properly vet candidates.


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  • Zod
    Zod Posts: 10,892
    tish said:
    O,o,o! Pick me!!! I know this one from a Canadian law class...



    I think that missed the point.  It's a ceremonial position.  It doesn't do anything.  The governor general is the queens representative and rubber stamps legislation, but we don't really need that at all.   They don't not pass the laws, you could easily skip that step and save a bunch of taxpayer money.

    Sort of like how our senate doesn't really do much but rubber stamp legislation.
  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739
    Barbados is even putting on their big boy pants and dumping the queen as head of state.  Why does Canada want be associated with the shitheads in the royal family...they are creepy and leech off society...
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  • Zod
    Zod Posts: 10,892
    Meltdown99 said:
    Barbados is even putting on their big boy pants and dumping the queen as head of state.  Why does Canada want be associated with the shitheads in the royal family...they are creepy and leech off society...

    It's probably in the convoluted way we became a country.   We were a Dominion until 1982 when we repatriated the constitution, created the charter of rights and freedoms, and became a country.  I think we kept all the old constitution documents (like the BNA act).. so basically when we chose to become a country we never really tided up our laws.

    Not like America that kicked out the British and started from scratch :)
  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739
    Zod said:
    Meltdown99 said:
    Barbados is even putting on their big boy pants and dumping the queen as head of state.  Why does Canada want be associated with the shitheads in the royal family...they are creepy and leech off society...

    It's probably in the convoluted way we became a country.   We were a Dominion until 1982 when we repatriated the constitution, created the charter of rights and freedoms, and became a country.  I think we kept all the old constitution documents (like the BNA act).. so basically when we chose to become a country we never really tided up our laws.

    Not like America that kicked out the British and started from scratch :)
    No shit. Your google skills are a+.


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  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739
    I live I live in Southern Ontario and our local 1st nations are Caldwell.  Just recently they purchased over 200 in Leamington Ontario bringing Essex county its first reserve ...

    I am so looking forward to visiting their reserve.

    This is the 1st new reserve in Canada 🇨🇦 in over 200 years.


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  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,473
    Meltdown99 said:
    Zod said:
    Meltdown99 said:
    Barbados is even putting on their big boy pants and dumping the queen as head of state.  Why does Canada want be associated with the shitheads in the royal family...they are creepy and leech off society...

    It's probably in the convoluted way we became a country.   We were a Dominion until 1982 when we repatriated the constitution, created the charter of rights and freedoms, and became a country.  I think we kept all the old constitution documents (like the BNA act).. so basically when we chose to become a country we never really tided up our laws.

    Not like America that kicked out the British and started from scratch :)
    No shit. Your google skills are a+.


    Still making friends around here I see. 
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  • Zod
    Zod Posts: 10,892
    Meltdown99 said:
    Zod said:
    Meltdown99 said:
    Barbados is even putting on their big boy pants and dumping the queen as head of state.  Why does Canada want be associated with the shitheads in the royal family...they are creepy and leech off society...

    It's probably in the convoluted way we became a country.   We were a Dominion until 1982 when we repatriated the constitution, created the charter of rights and freedoms, and became a country.  I think we kept all the old constitution documents (like the BNA act).. so basically when we chose to become a country we never really tided up our laws.

    Not like America that kicked out the British and started from scratch :)
    No shit. Your google skills are a+.


    Actually that was from inside my head... but I can't tell if I was so inaccurate you were just goading? :)
  • DarthMaeglin
    DarthMaeglin Toronto Posts: 2,966
    I'm guessing I'm one of the only ones bothered by the appearance of this group's attack ads against the Conservatives/Erin O'Toole.  The article points out how the ads are playing fast and easy with the truth, qualifying these ads as disinformation.  Wonder if Trudeau will call this "noise" as well?

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  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739

    Give Peas A Chance…

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