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I agree. You could announce Bighill and Jefferson and get a ton of their fans out, or you could announce mystery guests get people talking about it, curiousity up, and not exclude any fan from maybe seeing their favorite player. Then you get the diehard fans who think the mystery might be tied to a surprise signing and want to check out who it might be. Maybe they haven't really nailed down who it will be? Bombers told them they will get two players there for the event and that's all they know right now.

I am not at all worried about losing anyone except Stan and Yoshi, and I have a feeling the next few days will sort that all out. Everyone else is replaceable.

Yep...totally agree.

Except that is not at all what he said. He specifically mentioned this season. Nice try though....those goal posts move quick with you. McEvoy specifically stated that he promised Rourke during the season that he would renegotiate his contract FOR THIS COMING SEASON and that he felt he could offer a competitive salary and playing reps to him. Unless you feel that 81k is competitive salary then your little morning brainstorm is all for nothing.

I am sorry I quoted the article. I thought he could comprehend what he reads and would slink away into the night on this topic. Instead he is calling McEvoy a liar, and reaching by playing verbal gymnastics to alter what McEvoy was very clearly stating. Honestly, I don't know of a single person who reads that article and still doesn't believe that the Lions are going to give Rourke a big raise if he stays.

I wish Rourke well in the NFL, but I wish the interest would have come one year later so that TBurg could finally admit he was wrong. Reaching does not even begin to cover this level of forum Waterloo. He is like Napoleon making his last stand and choosing the hill he wishes to die on.

I am thinking that the wolves are at Putin's door and he is doing his best to keep them away. I feel that Putin is murdering people that are probably out to get him. However, what he is failing to realize is that killing the wolves at your door only tends to attract more wolves. If the Wagner group is not being paid they will simply leave. Mercs are mercs...there was never any loyalty.

Putin is going to be villified in the pages of history, and his own people will view him as a colossal failure over time. His ambition to secure his legacy has completely backfired. He will get what is coming to him, it will just take some time. He could have went down as one of Russia's greatest leaders had he not lost his marbles. Unfortunate.

From what is being said in Regina, many of their top FAs have also informed the Riders they intend to test FA. Riderfans sees this as not an issue, they will re-sign, but I have not seen a ton of players say they are going to test FA because they want to stay. Riders can get players, but they will have to do it the hard way by massively overpaying.

I will believe Neil McEvoy thank you very much. It is very clear what he said. You are down to a McEvoy is lying to the media, for some unknown reason, defence of your position now. There is zero point arguing this anymore. The proof has been quoted above and no one is interested in a game of silly bugger anymore. We, who knew better, will take our victory lap now and you SHOULD just exit the conversation gracefully.

Unfortunately, the next paragraph from the one quoted above says that he will pay him more if he stays. You are doubling down on a concept that has been undeniably disproven by the words and actions of Neil McEvoy. Not sure if it is ego, or just blissful ignorance on your part but the article thoroughly and beyond a shadow of a doubt completely debunks your entire argument. It is not up for debate, McEvoy states he will renegotiate his contract to get him a more competitive salary for this year if he returns. I can't imagine how you can possibly argue against the words of the BC GM. I suspected you would turn up and try to weasel out of what should have been an AHA moment for you, that is unfortunate. First you said his deal couldn't be redone, now you are saying it can be redone but with no increase in pay for this year...lmao...all the while you obviously did not read the article linked just the one paragraph quoted above....just like you didn't take the time to look up option year and what options players and teams have in the CBA...just chose to quote one provision from the CBA that only applies if the team chooses not to renegotiate but pick up the option.

If I were him I would start with " I guess I was wrong and do not understand how option years work. Sorry for wasting everyone's time arguing something I clearly did not know enough about"

Soooo....Neil McEvoy says if Rourke returns that they will redo his contract for this coming season. Just throwing it out there to end debate once and for all. A quote right from the horses mouth. https://theprovince.com/sports/football/cfl/bc-lions/b-c-lions-nathan-rourke-decision-expected-early-in-new-year What about Kevin Glenn?

Problem is you were WRONG. https://theconversation.com/what-the-canadian-election-results-would-have-looked-like-with-electoral-reform-125848

The UCP are way too out to the right for my liking. I wish the far right would stay with PPC and the far left would stay as a faction in the NDP. My hope for an improved Canada is that the Libs and Cons return closer to centre. Both parties. The recent hard turns to left and right we are seeing in the US and Canada is gross.

I have not seen a single fact on this forum to provide me any evidence that my opinion is incorrect. If we must discuss facts, then it works both ways. I see no merit in the vast majority of what they have been doing over the past several years. I have not heard a single argument that compels me to endorse the carbon tax as an answer to climate change, I have not seen a shred of evidence that the Liberals should be with holding health care dollars from the provinces, I have not heard any good reason as to why 37 billion dollars in stolen tax payer money is unrecoverable, I have not seen any tangible results in opening up resource sectors in this country, I do not understand why we import over 50% of our oil from overseas, I do not believe that the Liberals are being genuine in their support for EVs when they are not even transitioning their own federal fleet to them and I am quite frankly disgusted by a prime minister playing politics with health care money. So many reasons I have, and not one of you has provided even an iota or shred of evidence to make me believe otherwise. Maybe I am being deluded, I don't know, but it's possible. What I do know is that nothing on here leads me to believe otherwise, and certainly the gang piling that goes on here just causes anyone with questions about our current government to just dig in their heels and be more skeptical.

It actually is a fact, if Trudeau's electoral reforms had been in place the last two elections the Conservatives would have won government. What numerous claims did I make without evidence? I stated my opinion on Trudeau. It is an opinion that I do not need to defend because it is mine. I stated he with held health care funding. He did. That is factual...and he has even admitted to doing so. I also stated that the feds do not have the mandate under the constitution to impose their health care management on the provinces. Also a fact. There is nothing trolling about that. You just don't like it.

You can call me petulant if you like. Disagreeing with your political views is not the definition of petulance, no matter how much you would like it to be so. I know a turd when I smell a turd, and I am not alone is noticing that this federal government is beginning to reek. You can hate that opinion, you can call it petulant if you desire, but the fact of the matter is that Trudeau would not even be prime minister the last few years if he kept his own electoral reform promises. You are a Liberal, right on for you....I hope they are doing something to make your life better. They have done nothing for me but make it worse, that's not anecdotal, that's just straight up fact. Therefore, when you say I got nothing....you are almost right...because that's how much I feel Trudeau wants me to have before he is done. You will never change my mind on that because I watch the dollars evaporate every day, I see my indigenous people struggling now more than they ever have. Like anything else, politics has a lot to do with perspective and from my perspective, what I am experiencing and what my family and friends on the reserve are experiencing is broken promises and despair. Liberals usually, and in the past, have gotten strong support from the native community. They shouldn't count on that next election. Trudeau is a meme to them now and not a flattering one...right up there with Ernest Monias and Aunty jokes.

Manitoba is pissing and moaning because Trudeau is with holding funds. Just like every other province and territory is pissing and moaning about it. The First Ministers meeting last week saw 100% condemnation by every premier to the feds funding shenanigans.

No it wasn't. Although he was their MLA for about 50 years...and EXTREMELY popular there. The Lake Manitoba communities have been overwhelmingly conservative for the past 60-70 years though. That ain't changing anytime soon. Justin Trudeau substantiates my claims nicely without any help needed. It is not the federal governments mandate to put strings on funding under our constitution. Period.

You want to talk about deflection and turds? Your inserted quote from Trudeau is about the biggest deflection and turd I have ever read. Provinces control health care in their Provinces. It is NOT federal jurisdiction, nor should it be and it most definitely is not the Fed governments job to withhold health care funding any time for any reason. Just another reason why Trudeau needs to go. The man is the worst prime minister of all time. I don't know why you would think Trudeau grossly overstepping his mandate would be something to crow about.

Yep, American politics is an absolute cesspool no matter the stripe. Just gross.

Tom is an extremely intelligent and well spoken guy. He was also Minister of Conservation for a while. Yes, he was a do nothing MLA, but mostly because he was part of a do nothing government. At least in the rural...and that is why the rural is blue as blue can get. I'd say about the same as the federal Liberals doing the same. Unfortunately, those odds aren't very good for those hoping for investment in public services of any sort. Memo to ALL politicians...treaties matter. Not a single government has done a damn thing for me, or my people. Some just talk better than others before delivering nothing. However, these Alberta/Sask first ideas are pretty dumb. I get why they are frustrated because the Liberals have destroyed their economies, but they really need to come up with something better than that.

Might have had a chance in the old Gimli riding but Gimli-Interlake would take a miracle for the NDP to win. Harry Enns old riding, and it doesn't get any more entrenched PC than that, along with Ashern, Eriksdale, Arborg, and Interlake Menno country. If every single voter in Gimli voted NDP it might be less of a blow out, but that ain't going to happen as the town of Gimli historically has been pretty 50/50. The old Gimli riding had a large stretch of NDP country that has now been absorbed into Selkirk. The old Interlake riding was NDP dominated when the reserves were part of the riding. Neither is the case anymore. Interlake farm country and the Lake Manitoba communities are PC....strong PC....and that is the majority of that constituency now. Tom Nevakshonoff is one of my best friends, he told me that when the new election maps came out he knew retaining his seat was next to impossible.

I hope they charge him and get rid of this guy once and for all. Next do Joe Biden.