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Apparently, I expected too much from the resident rabble-rouser who would rather engage in petulant retorts, moving goalposts, repeated logical fallacies, and the same tired baseless assumptions*.
So, here's a chart showing the most up-to-date federal budget management: https://www.canada.ca/en/department-finance/services/publications/annual-financial-report/2022/report.html
One fiscal year of excessive spending relative to revenues (it's almost as if there was some major unprecedented global socioeconomic crisis* during that time, AKA a time of need) - and then a significant recovery for the 2021-22 fiscal year and a deficit on par with the 2009-10 fiscal year relative to the nation's GDP.
And the projection for 2023 looks to be relatively positive: https://www2.deloitte.com/ca/en/pages/future-of-canada-center/articles/federal-budget.html
QuoteAccording to the government’s new economic projections, lower GDP growth will reduce revenues by an average of $5.7 billion a year over the next five years compared to its projections in the Fall Economic Statement. This deterioration has left the federal government in a deficit of $35.3 billion for 2023.
I'd say you're welcome but gratitude and humility seem as non-existent for you as the effort to engage in worthwhile discussion in this thread.
* I'm not a LPC supporter (Daniel Blaikie is my MP and I voted for him in the last two federal elections)
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5 minutes ago, GCn20 said:
How very convenient you cut the chart off at 2014.
I provided the data to refute yet another one of your inaccurate claims from yesterday:
On 2023-05-24 at 1:38 PM, GCn20 said:Balanced budgets are difficult but not impossible. Budgeting for them and not making them by a small amount was the norm right up to 2015. Certainly there are planned deficits...but nothing even remotely compares to what we are seeing right now.
Those two charts I presented - if you bothered to pay attention - demonstrates how often federal governments run deficit irrespective of the party in charge.
If you feel so inclined to talk about LPC spending since 2015 as it relates to the federal deficit discussion, fill your boots. Do your own work.
7 minutes ago, GCn20 said:Tell me why lefty is part of the problem when the term righty is not?
Where has anyone labeled you that? You're the self-proclaimed "centrist voter," anyway.
Try some effort for a change. Instead of peddling conspiracy theories and other nonsensical talking points.
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39 minutes ago, HardCoreBlue said:
The game we did win was a Beut. If only we could have kept that pace for three more games.
Game 3 and 4 were impressive and competitive, too. Shame neither ended up a win for the home team, though.
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The term knuckle-dragger isn't exclusive to those on the right side of the political spectrum.
On the other hand, and it's been demonstrated consistently in this thread, the terms lefty and libtard are being used, albeit erroneously, by at least two bad actors when their obviously biased commentary isn't endorsed by others. What's to be gained by derailing a thread and be unwilling to participate in informed, objective, rational, evidence-based discourse as it relates to the political climate in our country?
There are those in this country currently holding political office who seem eager to emulate the same regressive, misinformed, sociopathic culture war nonsense that has deteriorated the political landscape of our southern neighbour - and the sad reality is there are Canadians who support and agree with those views.
It's the Paradox of Tolerance once again.
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/blue-jays-season-tickets-changes-1.6853575
QuoteAfter an April email was sent out to season ticket holders on the next phase of the $300-million renovation of Rogers Centre, some longtime Jays fans were dismayed to realize their coveted seats in the lower bowl will no longer exist, and that they face a steep price increase if they want to continue to be season ticket holders and select new seats.
Some fans relayed to media outlets that they were told new seats would cost 10 times as much as their current spots. One family noted in the Toronto Star that they'd paid about $15,000 for two tickets, but would likely now have to spend more than $137,000 for two new seats.
The changes to the ballpark include three new "premium clubs" that will open in the 2024 season, according to a news release. The clubs promise an "extraordinary and elevated sports experience."
The Home Plate Club, for instance, not only offers seats directly behind home plate, but membership "includes dedicated staff to attend your every need, optimum ease of arrival and departure from a designated Home Plate Club location, first access to a private dining space, a private bar with members-only service and the intimate champagne room."
Just the 2024 premium club membership deposit (for "priority access") costs $1,000. The clubs will be located beneath "a completely reimagined lower bowl," where some devotees in the 100-level sections have been watching games in the same seats for years.
On social media, jokes swirled about the Blue Jays "renovicting" their fans; others called Jays baseball an "elitist sport."
"The Jays are catching up to what other teams have been doing; a segregated live sporting experience with 'VIP' access-only amenities for the wealthiest fans. They won't have to go anywhere near commoners anymore," one person wrote on Twitter in April.
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/desantis-2024-presidential-race-1.6852786
QuoteRon DeSantis entered the contest for the Republican presidential nomination on Wednesday, setting up several combative months on the campaign trail with former president Donald Trump.
Desantis, 44, filed his declaration of candidacy with the Federal Election Commission ahead of a more unusual launch event planned for later in the day — with billionaire Elon Musk on Twitter.
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2 hours ago, GCn20 said:
Balanced budgets are difficult but not impossible. Budgeting for them and not making them by a small amount was the norm right up to 2015. Certainly there are planned deficits...but nothing even remotely compares to what we are seeing right now.
Well, that's just patently false.
https://www.fraserinstitute.org/blogs/federal-deficits-in-canada-another-view
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1 hour ago, GCn20 said:
Tell me who is responsible to mitigate these problems? Free pass to Trudeau....it's the world's fault. Such a stupid refrain all the time.
These never-ending bad faith arguments are awfully tiresome and benefit no one.
Rationally, a single politician isn't responsible for all the problems a nation or its populace faces, either in terms of the quantity or the intensity. All levels of gov't presently in power are responsible; they should all be held accountable and reasonable criticism should be levied at our political representatives regardless of party. (To say nothing about profit-driven corporate interests that influence gov'ts and continue to get away with gouging us over necessities like food, housing, and energy. That's another discussion, though.)
Objectively, Canada doesn't exist in a vacuum; global issues affect this country the same as any other. The complex nature of geopolitics and socioeconomics on the world stage as it relates to our country's position both presently and historically means nobody gets a free pass. Those factors have influenced our nation since its very inception over a century and a half ago, so giving one individual currently holding political office a free pass is neither reasonable nor accurate.
You're the last person who should be deriding others about stupid refrains, BTW. You admitted a while ago you only troll this thread for "entertainment."
Do better.
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/wildfires-climate-change-carbon-88-1.6852178
QuoteAs fires blaze in Alberta, Saskatchewan and B.C., new research has drawn a direct and measurable link between carbon emissions traced back to the world's major fossil fuel producers and the increase in extreme wildfires across western Canada and the United States.
The peer-reviewed study, published last week in the journal Environmental Research Letters, found that 37 per cent of the total burned forest area in Western Canada and the United States between 1986-2021 can be traced back to 88 major fossil fuel producers and cement manufacturers.
"What we found is that the emissions from these companies have dramatically increased wildfire activity," said Carly Phillips, co-author on the study and a researcher at the Science Hub for Climate Litigation at the Union of Concerned Scientists.
The findings build on previous studies that have quantified the contribution of those same 88 companies to the increase in global temperatures, and others that have shown how a climate-driven "vapour pressure deficit" (VPD) — a measure of the atmosphere's drying power — has contributed to the increased area of forest burned in Western Canada and the U.S.Jatan Buch, a research scientist at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University, said in an email the research provides "strong evidence" of the impact of emissions traced back to specific fossil fuel companies.
Buch, who was not involved in the study, added that while research shows VPD is a leading driver in how far a wildfire spreads, other factors are also at play, including the precipitation and snowpack conditions early in the season, and the practices of prescribed burning and fire suppression.
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3 minutes ago, Wideleft said:
While Conservative Provincial governments are hiding record transfers from the Feds in order to cut taxes for their wealthy donors instead of improving or implementing their own social safety nets to help those poor people you mention.
Conservatives have always been about punching down. I don't know how you don't see it.
Wilful ignorance is my best guess.
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TIL food insecurity, housing costs, and suicide rates on reserves are because of Justin Trudeau.
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12 hours ago, Mark F said:
ucp supporter says he will hunt NDP people.
https://twitter.com/LukaszukAB/status/1661001912811163653?s=20
"Signed,
Alberta Land Owners"
What a deranged tweet. On par with some of the recent commentary in this thread - yet again.
10 hours ago, SpeedFlex27 said:Funny how we seem to be one of the last countries to take precautions to at least try to reduce political interference. Even freaking Australia has done more than us.
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1 hour ago, Mark H. said:I definitely do not care for the daily circus in question period - it's pathetic.
It's embarrassing to watch.
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/johnston-pubblic-inquiry-report-1.6851735
QuoteDavid Johnston has recommended against calling a public inquiry into foreign interference in Canadian politics.
His decision comes after all opposition parties have called for an inquiry and after the government itself said it would support one — if Johnston recommended it.
"When I began this process, I thought I would come to the same conclusion — that I would recommend a public inquiry," Johnston said in a news conference Tuesday.
"While it would have been an easy choice, it would not be the correct one."
Johnston, appointed by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as a special rapporteur on foreign interference in March in response to the furor over Chinese government interference, has spent the last two months reviewing documents and interviewing policymakers.
Johnston also defended his impartiality in response to attacks from Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre citing Johnston's relationship with the Trudeau family and the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation.
While he isn't recommending a public inquiry, Johnston said in his report he did find "serious shortcomings in the way intelligence is communicated and processed from security agencies through to government."
Johnston said he'll continue his work as special rapporteur through to October by holding hearings to find ways to fix those shortcomings. He said he will produce a second report later this year.
"The public process should focus on strengthening Canada's capacity to detect, deter and counter foreign interference in our elections and the threat such interference represents to our democracy," Johnston said in his report tabled Tuesday.
Johnston's five conclusions:
- That foreign governments are attempting to influence political candidates and voters, and that more needs to be done combat these attempts
- That much of the media reporting on foreign interference raised legitimate questions but did not have full context and as a result was misconstrued by journalists
- That there are "serious" shortcomings in how security agencies relay information to the government and there's no evidence the prime minister or his minister knowingly failed to act on intelligence, advice and recommendations
- That a process other than a public inquiry is required to examine foreign interference, including public hearings on the issues the report has identified
- That the conclusions in his report should go to NSIRA and NSICOP for review, and that those bodies should report publicly if they reach different conclusions.
Johnston said that, while the threat of foreign interference is real and Ottawa should address it, he found much of the media reporting on the issue was "misconstrued" and devoid of context after he reviewed the relevant intelligence.
Johnston was particularly critical of the person or people behind the national security leaks.
"Any responsible intelligence professional knows how destructive and dangerous leaks can be," Johnston said. "It is a matter of urgency that all efforts be made to identify and hold the leaker(s) responsible. Malice cannot be ruled out."
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1 hour ago, Tracker said:
There is a very arguable belief that the record profits that the big corporations have racked up by hiking their prices with COVID as an excuse was the main driver of the inflation of the past three years.
https://centreforfuturework.ca/2023/01/20/profits-not-wages-have-driven-canadian-inflation/
The cause is obvious when you look at the data. It's corporate
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2 hours ago, Wilbur said:
Gonna start James Clavell's 'Shogun' series here shortly. Read them a long time ago, but don't remember all that much.
His Asian Saga is some phenomenal reading. I haven't read Whirlwind but the rest are all amazing books (Shogun and Gaijin are two favourites).
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https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/kyle-dubas-not-returning-as-maple-leafs-general-manager/
QuoteThe Toronto Maple Leafs have "parted ways" with Kyle Dubas and he will not return as general manager, the team announced on Friday.
Dubas’ exit, following the team’s second-round exit from the Stanley Cup Playoffs, ends his five-year run as general manager of the Maple Leafs – a stretch that had lots of regular-season success but consistent playoff woes.
"I would like to thank Kyle for his unwavering dedication over these last nine seasons with the organization, including his last five as general manager," Maple Leafs president Brendan Shanahan said in a release. "Kyle fostered a great culture within our dressing room and staff, and consistently pushed to make our team better season over season. We wish Kyle and his family the best moving forward and thank him for his valuable contributions.”
He signed a five-year deal back in 2018 after he was promoted to general manager in place of Lou Lamoriello. Dubas was hired to be Toronto’s assistant GM back in 2014 by president Brendan Shanahan at the age of 28 after a three-year run as GM of his hometown Soo Greyhounds of the OHL. His contract was set to expire on June 30.
Dubas, 37, moves on from the Maple Leafs. He said Monday during a post-season press conference he was not interested in going to another team, but also wasn't sure if he'd be back, citing the stress of the job on his family.
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20 minutes ago, Wanna-B-Fanboy said:
the figures they are pointing out are pretty accurate... if you took out a mortgage in 2020, it was like (average) 2.03% 2.43% - the mortgage rate projected in 2025 (after the 5 yr term is up) will be roughly 4.5 or higher.
That is a serious increase in your mortgage payments... so if you are paying around 1500$ a month now for your mortgage- you will be looking at 2500 to 3000$ payments per month.
Even so, how would any of that be the fault of the prime minister?
That shoddy narrative makes about as much sense as the Justinflation garbage he was spewing last year.
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I can't imagine the mental gymnastics it must take to try and lecture others (strangers on a sports forum) about different viewpoints while presenting absolutely no evidence to substantiate them, whining about echo chambers, a lack of good faith arguments*, and moral high ground, after making the admission that you're simply participating in this thread to rile up others with incessant trolling.
The cognitive dissonance is bordering on complete detachment from reality. To say nothing of the feigned victimhood and lack of self-awareness.
* hilarious coming from someone who deliberately makes bad faith arguments ad nauseam
Perhaps there's some veracity to this:
It's a tell of something deeper with online behaviour like that.