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The elections folks also aren't ensuring those that are voting are adequately informed.

In what world can the government possibly make more money selling to private retailers rather than direct to consumers. If the pricing is the same between the MLCC and private retailers, it's not possible. The MLCC isn't going to be selling to private retailers for more than they would direct to consumers, and if they are charging the retailers the same as consumers, then we're just paying more for the same product. Your math doesn't work.

You are correct, I did confuse you with the other poster. My apologies for that.

I will quote you here: " Private liquor sales will generate a crap load more tax dollar revenue than what the province will lose of retail revenues," The only way private liquor sales will generate a crap load more tax dollar revenue is if sales are a crap load more. If sales are higher, that basically implies higher consumption. So to answer your question, it looks like you are the one who is saying that that private liquor sales = higher liquor consumption.

Oh right, I forgot about my boot straps... thanks for the reminder...

Why is it that raising social programs (ie. helping people get out of poverty and into the work force) is seen as stifling economic growth? I haven't done the math, but in my eyes, more people working means a larger tax base along with more money in circulation (and not just restricted to a bunch of people who are hoarding their wealth), which by definition is economic growth... or am I missing something?

I heard the same add on the radio. It's pure fearmongering because "Selinger raised the PST"

How deranged do you have to be where calling someone a bike rider is intended as an insult or a bad thing in any way?

Further breaking that down, in 2010, 0.835% of the population worked in public service vs. 0.869% in 2022. I don't know what staffing levels should be, but this doesn't seem unreasonable to me.

What does that actually mean though? You say the public service has increased 31%, so what services are being delivered by that public service that can be cut?

I think there is a distinction to be made between spirituality and religion. Spirituality is your individual, inner understanding. Religion is shared and organized belief system. Organized religion involves people, which can turn into corruption and weaponization in some cases.

My in-laws live on Waller, and I absolutely agree, it's treacherous to drive down there.

This right here is the point... the owners need to do a better job of marketing their teams. The new owner in BC has the right attitude about it, and even called out Toronto's owners last year for not marketing their team. The problem isn't with the ratio or the rules, it's with some of the teams doing a really poor job of marketing.

Love how much you're leaning into this one...

I barbecue my bacon... makes it nice and crispy, just the way we like it.

Choosing to wear a mask in public, keep distance from people, or staying home does not equal living in fear. Choosing to wear a mask in public can mean any number of things, including choosing to help others out if you aren't feeling 100% but needing to be out to get groceries. Of course you're not going to see people who are staying home and "hiding", if you did, that would mean they didn't stay home.

Comparing COVID to Cancer doesn't make any sense... Cancer is not transmissible. As observed by JCon, the vaccine helps to reduce the effect of COVID... yes, you may still get it, but you are much less likely to end up in the hospital because of it. The biggest reason for all of the measures and mandates was to not have everyone get sick at the same time to reduce the possible load on the health care system. The fact that most people are vaccinated now helps to keep it that way, though the health care system is so broken that wait times are still awful. I don't know about everyone else, but everyone in my family has all of their boosters, and we will continue to get them as they become available, no different than the annual flu shot that I get to help reduce the effects of getting that.

Too bad it will likely never be commercially available. I would love to see a company come out with a product like this, but the shortsightedness of capitalist companies will never allow it.

Fair enough, I hadn't seen that.

I don't think that Gary Stern is the majority owner. I'm pretty sure that's directed at the estate of the guy that Gary had partnered with to buy the team, based on some other tweets that have been floating around.

Demski was on some of the promo material as well, so by Baumming's logic, he'll be back too.

He's not Canadian so it's a different contract isn't it?

I think that they believe that given the "choice", a good number of that 83% wouldn't have got the vax... The government "coerced" everyone into getting the vaccine by putting in restriction and limited our "freedoms" if we didn't get it.