the watcher

Ya, thats a scary threat. Straight up wrench in the gears of fighting this pandemic. 

The variant B117 is really starting to ramp up in terms of cases, looking West is seems like is was a good idea for the MB Gov to not loosen restrictions, more vaccines coming into Canada next week and next month so we need to get those into the arms as soon as possible cause this variant is close to getting out of control

it's ******* scary, no matter how you slice it, and you absolutely do not want any part of it. Stay home unless you absolutely HAVE to be out and avoid contact with as many people as possible. In AB, where we're a giant tire fire, I am really wishing for another "lock down" (meh) until June, when a lot more people are vaccinated. Things could get really really bad over the next two months if they don't do something...

We are gonna have more than a few ups and downs before this is over, but the rise of the variants (sounds like a Sci-Fi movie title) has me very worried.

Yes, Harper dealt with the Wheat Board the same way he dealt with most everything else...
But the writing was on the well, no matter who pulled the plug.  How is an entity going to continue helping the small farmer when said entity is not adapting to major shifts in the market?
More people eating gluten free = less wheat
Demand for canola = less wheat
Growing corn and soy with increasing success on the prairies = less wheat
A demand for high quality oats = less wheat
The CWB was beyond pros and cons - it was rapidly becoming irrelevant. 
 

I hate being a cranky old man but when I read that  I just want to go on a old man rant about people having no common sense. I KNOW people that have spent their life using crutches because of polio. It's not that long ago. Vaccines saved everyone from that. F##k people are stupid !

The UK started building facilities last April after the pandemic arrived. They developed and produced their own vacine since then. They have now vaccinated about %46 of their population. And this was done in a toxic political environment. Our Federal  government should be ashamed of itself. They attempted a poorly arranged joint deal with a Chinese government that has few ethics and was already angry at us. What  a surprise it fell through. They then sat on their thumbs for months.  Kudos to our provincial government for putting money into a Alberta/ Manitoba made vacine even though it won't be available till maybe October. Those guys were beating on the Feds door for a long time and couldn't get action. 

Not really. I know lots of smallish farmers that wanted it gone. Lots wanted it kept. Often the split was aged based. Young farmers are pretty savy about marketing their crops. It really didn't make sense that a couple of their crops couldn't be marketed like the rest. Canola, corn , soybeans, and special crops have shrunk the wheat acreage anyways. The wheat board was a good way to battle the big grain companies but it had also morphed into a gigantic bureaucracy.  I was producing non wheat board products at the time so had no dog in the race. I could see both sides of it. But I did find it odd that you could grow wheat in Ontario and market it however you wanted. But not here. You could market your canola however and where ever you wanted. But not your wheat.

Not enough of this happening anywhere, at any level. A lot of noise opposing it, though.

I hate being a cranky old man but when I read that  I just want to go on a old man rant about people having no common sense. I KNOW people that have spent their life using crutches because of polio. It's not that long ago. Vaccines saved everyone from that. F##k people are stupid !

Not really. I know lots of smallish farmers that wanted it gone. Lots wanted it kept. Often the split was aged based. Young farmers are pretty savy about marketing their crops. It really didn't make sense that a couple of their crops couldn't be marketed like the rest. Canola, corn , soybeans, and special crops have shrunk the wheat acreage anyways. The wheat board was a good way to battle the big grain companies but it had also morphed into a gigantic bureaucracy.  I was producing non wheat board products at the time so had no dog in the race. I could see both sides of it. But I did find it odd that you could grow wheat in Ontario and market it however you wanted. But not here. You could market your canola however and where ever you wanted. But not your wheat.

The US has lost all semblance of a functioning state,

I hate being a cranky old man but when I read that  I just want to go on a old man rant about people having no common sense. I KNOW people that have spent their life using crutches because of polio. It's not that long ago. Vaccines saved everyone from that. F##k people are stupid !

I hate being a cranky old man but when I read that  I just want to go on a old man rant about people having no common sense. I KNOW people that have spent their life using crutches because of polio. It's not that long ago. Vaccines saved everyone from that. F##k people are stupid !

I hate being a cranky old man but when I read that  I just want to go on a old man rant about people having no common sense. I KNOW people that have spent their life using crutches because of polio. It's not that long ago. Vaccines saved everyone from that. F##k people are stupid !

I hate being a cranky old man but when I read that  I just want to go on a old man rant about people having no common sense. I KNOW people that have spent their life using crutches because of polio. It's not that long ago. Vaccines saved everyone from that. F##k people are stupid !

Once they shrugged their shoulders at children being murdered, the debate was over. 
They want everything outlawed but their guns. It's a sick, sick culture. 

If you are referring to the Quebec National Research Council plant I believe the deal is to produce the Moderna vaccine long after they have said we will all be vaccinated. I wonder why they didn’t make use of the empty NRC buildings in downtown Winnipeg... Oh yeah, Winnipeg isn’t in Quebec...
 
 

The UK started building facilities last April after the pandemic arrived. They developed and produced their own vacine since then. They have now vaccinated about %46 of their population. And this was done in a toxic political environment. Our Federal  government should be ashamed of itself. They attempted a poorly arranged joint deal with a Chinese government that has few ethics and was already angry at us. What  a surprise it fell through. They then sat on their thumbs for months.  Kudos to our provincial government for putting money into a Alberta/ Manitoba made vacine even though it won't be available till maybe October. Those guys were beating on the Feds door for a long time and couldn't get action. 

Calgary also has a facility built that is being fitted to manufacture vaccines. Should be up and running later this year. 

This too bad. I don't mind the screwing over England over Brexit but not us!
Yep, even a year later. How is there not a shovel in the ground for a vaccine making facility?

I always thought Gary Doer was a good example of fiscally responsible and socially left.  There was a good reason Harper sent him off to be the US  ambassador . I think he scared the hell out of him. If the Federal Libs  had got a hold  of  him  he would have been tough to defeat.

My theory on UBI is it is an absolute must.  Robotics ( or whatever term you choose ) is ending jobs worldwide. The answer to that has always been " but it opens high tech jobs ".  Those jobs will dwindle as well as our technology  begins to both repair and develop itself. And thats here. It is one of the main reasons that the very, very rich are increasing their wealth. At a unprecedented rate. It no longer trickles down and the tap is getting shut off. Alot of our current social unrest both left and right can be attributed to this. Fair and equitable taxation for Corps, rich and Joe shmoe and UBI can solve or perhaps halt some of the ugliness we are seeing.  Or we continue on as we are and tailspin to oblivion.