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



    Give Peas A Chance…
  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739
    Trudeau doesn’t think about monetary policy…his words

    i doubt he’s capable of thought…

    Hes a selfish, ignorant narcissist.


    maybe the debt he created is Harpers fault…
    Give Peas A Chance…
  • erebus
    erebus Posts: 610
    ^^^^^^
    Soooooo….we can assume who you are not voting for. … but who are you supporting and why?
    or just the typical Canadian thing of voting against who you don’t like?
    1996: Toronto
    2003: St. Paul
    2005: Thunder Bay
    2008: West Palm Beach, Tampa
    2009: Chicago I, Chicago II
    2010: Boston
    2011: Toronto I, Toronto II, Winnipeg
    2012: Missoula
    2013: London, Pittsburgh, Buffalo
    2014: St. Paul, Milwaukee
    2016: Quebec City, Ottawa, Toronto I, Toronto II
    2022: Hamilton, Toronto 
    2023: St. Paul I, St. Paul II
    2024: Vancouver I, Vancouver II
  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739
    Now Mr. Blackface says O’Tool will bring in private health care…Trudeau is an idiot.  Montreal and Quebec are ground zero for private health care…he’s so desperate to hang onto power.

    There is also this little added detail about the provinces run health care…all the feds need to do is increase health transfers.  Too bad Trudeau and his sidekick Singh didn’t bother to learn federal responsibilities vs provincial.  


    Give Peas A Chance…
  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739

    Give Peas A Chance…
  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739

    Liberal candidate who flipped 14 B.C. properties in a decade declines to reveal profit, won't commit to ending practice if elected



    Another solid liberal candidate.  Just outstanding.  The best.  They only attract the best…


    Give Peas A Chance…
  • DarthMaeglin
    DarthMaeglin Toronto Posts: 2,956
    Parksy said:
    Alright.. at the risk of sounding super weird here.. how do we know he had a banana stuffed in his pants? :) 
    I believe it was supported by the reporting at the time, one of the shots or angles might show the bulge. Funny thing for me is while I’ll continue to crap on Trudeau for the later incidences of blackface, this one I pretty much give him a pass on. He was a kid in high school in the early 90s, though I do still question the adults in the room at the time (though they likely didn’t want to say no to Pierre’s kid, lol).
    "The world is full of idiots and I am but one of them."

    10-30-1991 Toronto, Toronto 1 & 2 2016, Toronto 2022
  • DarthMaeglin
    DarthMaeglin Toronto Posts: 2,956
    Sorry to backtrack and pick nits for a minute, but regarding MAID legislation, Trudeau did what he was required to and unfortunately his government produced a flawed bill that needs a rewrite (I’m honestly not sure about the current status). Whoever formed government in 2015 had a deadline from the Supreme Court to introduce legislation to regulate the practice, if I’m remembering correctly, lol.

    It was reading like he chose to tackle the issue in his first mandate, but there was no choice for his government, lol.
    "The world is full of idiots and I am but one of them."

    10-30-1991 Toronto, Toronto 1 & 2 2016, Toronto 2022
  • DarthMaeglin
    DarthMaeglin Toronto Posts: 2,956
    Meltdown99 said:



    The problem with graphs like this is that most people support much of the spending Trudeau did as a result of this pesky pandemic. Now, if you could somehow account for the pandemic spending (or just deal with his pre-pandemic budgets) Trudeau still doesn’t look all that good, especially in light of his campaign claims, lol.
    "The world is full of idiots and I am but one of them."

    10-30-1991 Toronto, Toronto 1 & 2 2016, Toronto 2022
  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739


    Like our Taliban brothers…lmfao
    Give Peas A Chance…
  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739
    Murder rate down 8% under Harper, up 20% under Trudeau…numbers don’t tell the whole story…bill Blair, public safety minister, cop extraordinaire…

    more of that liberal logic.


    Give Peas A Chance…
  • Zod
    Zod Posts: 10,889
    Meltdown99 said:




    I've got a few different feelings on that.

    1)  Every 1st world country had a similar problem during covid.  All of them had to start support programs for businesses and also pay people to stay at home.   It's not like Canada (via Trudeau) was isolated during the massive covid spending.   Everyone is/was doing it.

    2) It felt necessary early in Covid.   It got pretty scary there for a while.  Then after a while and we got through that initial period it felt like a lot people decided to ride the CERB (and whatever replaced it).  I feel like the guidelines and payouts should of tightened up (more than they did) as the pandemic progressed.  We're now in a situation of still paying out a fair bit, but lots of employers looking for people.   I think spending a lot was something all 1st world countries did, but I think Trudeau could of spend less as the pandemic kept going.

    3) I'm pretty nervous at how all of this will shape out.  I've been pretty concerned about the health care system. It's continually been getting worse for decades, and Covid gaslit the situation.   Our next big problem is going to the Boomers aging out.    In 10 to 20 years when the majority of them are in their 70s/80's their medical needs are going to skyrocket.  If we can't keep the system going right now, I'm really scared what that looks like.  I already thought we'd be in trouble before covid, now with all this money spent, how do they expect to deal with an aging population?


    That's it really.  I don't entirely hold Trudeau accountable for the massive spending, because it was pretty common during the pandemic.  He could of tightened it up more as the pandemic marched on.   The massive spending might not have big consequences if interest rates stay low, but if inflation persists, and they have to be moved up.   Those debt payments could have a big impact on our budget.

  • erebus
    erebus Posts: 610
    edited September 2021
    Throwing rocks at candidates…… stay classy protesters!
    people have a right to be angry but this is too far.
    welcome to the devolution of Canada, I thought we were better than this …. I am continually proven wrong *sigh*
    Post edited by erebus on
    1996: Toronto
    2003: St. Paul
    2005: Thunder Bay
    2008: West Palm Beach, Tampa
    2009: Chicago I, Chicago II
    2010: Boston
    2011: Toronto I, Toronto II, Winnipeg
    2012: Missoula
    2013: London, Pittsburgh, Buffalo
    2014: St. Paul, Milwaukee
    2016: Quebec City, Ottawa, Toronto I, Toronto II
    2022: Hamilton, Toronto 
    2023: St. Paul I, St. Paul II
    2024: Vancouver I, Vancouver II
  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,449
    erebus said:
    Throwing rocks at candidates…… stay classy protesters!
    people have a right to be angry but this is too far.
    welcome to the devolution of Canada, I thought we were better than this …. I am continually proven wrong *sigh*
    honestly, I was always kind of proud how we didn't tend to sink to the political depths that americans sometimes do....now I just see they were ahead of the curve. we caught up. 
    Hugh Freaking Dillon is currently out of the office, returning sometime in the fall




  • Zod
    Zod Posts: 10,889
    I do feel like every country has it's percentage of crazies.  I feel like here in Canada our percentage is lower than other countries, especially the US?

    I think one of the hard parts of the 21st century is how much exposure vocal minorities get.  Sometimes a very small percentage of the population has the ability to make something appear more significant than it is.
  • erebus
    erebus Posts: 610
    This, coupled with people are too lazy to educate themselves on issues anymore and go to the quickest sound bite/meme/tweet that fulfills their narrative 
    1996: Toronto
    2003: St. Paul
    2005: Thunder Bay
    2008: West Palm Beach, Tampa
    2009: Chicago I, Chicago II
    2010: Boston
    2011: Toronto I, Toronto II, Winnipeg
    2012: Missoula
    2013: London, Pittsburgh, Buffalo
    2014: St. Paul, Milwaukee
    2016: Quebec City, Ottawa, Toronto I, Toronto II
    2022: Hamilton, Toronto 
    2023: St. Paul I, St. Paul II
    2024: Vancouver I, Vancouver II
  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,449
    Zod said:
    I do feel like every country has it's percentage of crazies.  I feel like here in Canada our percentage is lower than other countries, especially the US?

    I think one of the hard parts of the 21st century is how much exposure vocal minorities get.  Sometimes a very small percentage of the population has the ability to make something appear more significant than it is.
    agreed
    Hugh Freaking Dillon is currently out of the office, returning sometime in the fall




  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739
    edited September 2021
    Trudeau…”Erin O’Toole is using coded language.”  Lmfao.  Trudeau is so fucking stupid.  He should sue his past educators for malpractice…

    Trudeau wishing people happy Labor Day…that’s quite the oxymoron.
    Post edited by Meltdown99 on
    Give Peas A Chance…
  • DarthMaeglin
    DarthMaeglin Toronto Posts: 2,956
    Meltdown99 said:
    Trudeau…”Erin O’Toole is using coded language.  Lmfao.  Trudeau is so fucking stupid.  He should sue his past educators for malpractice…
    It’s statements like that that expose Trudeau as a liar who seeks only to divide and conquer. His giving two thumbs up to the protesters the other night can’t be seen as anything but a middle finger to them.

    Most disgusting is his constant implying that one must fear the Conservative at the door, bearing the gift of covid. And Erin O’Toole is trying to personally kill your children.

     I don’t condone it but I certainly understand the desire to throw pebbles at the drama king. The main reason to stop is to deny Trudeau any chance for sympathy. And having let statues be illegally torn down and describing church arsons as “understandable”, pebbles being tossed is an almost inevitable outcome. But they found and arrested a guy who tore down a Pride flag in Hamilton a couple weeks ago.
    "The world is full of idiots and I am but one of them."

    10-30-1991 Toronto, Toronto 1 & 2 2016, Toronto 2022
  • erebus
    erebus Posts: 610
    Or maybe have your say with your vote?
    1996: Toronto
    2003: St. Paul
    2005: Thunder Bay
    2008: West Palm Beach, Tampa
    2009: Chicago I, Chicago II
    2010: Boston
    2011: Toronto I, Toronto II, Winnipeg
    2012: Missoula
    2013: London, Pittsburgh, Buffalo
    2014: St. Paul, Milwaukee
    2016: Quebec City, Ottawa, Toronto I, Toronto II
    2022: Hamilton, Toronto 
    2023: St. Paul I, St. Paul II
    2024: Vancouver I, Vancouver II

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