WildPath

If you think you are coming here to poke the bear or own the libs, I'm pretty confident you are doing the opposite. You spout off beliefs that are not backed up, reject legitimate posts backed up by good sources and then move the goal posts when you are corrected by posters. I would love to have a true conservative posting on this board that is able to sufficiently back up their beliefs to provide good dialogue, but you can't seem to do that. Your method of "dialogue" is simply serving the show there really isn't any case for a conservative vote. I will stick by my conspiratorial hypothesis that you are an agent of Trudeau sent to engender sympathy for the Liberals from bad faith attacks.

If you want to see if your position is valid, check our spending compared to other countries and check how we've done with inflation compared to those countries.

I'm not pointing out that we didn't and don't have inflation, but pointing out that it was experienced elsewhere in places that spent less than we have. That should have been obvious based on the quote you were responding to. If it was due to Trudeau's spending as you say, then other places wouldn't have had inflation or inflation would be directly correlated to a country's spending which it is not.

If it is solely to do with Trudeau's spending, why have we done much better against inflation than other countries around the world that spent less than us?

And provincial funding hasn't kept up with inflation and other increased needs that come to school. Because of this, programs need to be cut and support staff, teachers and admin are stretched even further.

This has been the party's position in education - make cuts, don't provide leadership and give the responsibility of managing (and criticism) to the local school divisions. Parents have been told that school divisions will provide all supports required without giving them the funding to do so. When they can't manage, it must be their fault. I don't have the same connection to the healthcare system that I do the education system, but I do see some parallels. From an outsider's perspective, it seems the intention of healthcare system cuts is to make way for privatization. For education, I think it is just trying to shift responsibility for failures elsewhere. Unfortunately, most members of the public don't really see when the educational system is failing, so it is easier to escape political fallout.

There's actually quite a few economists that have pointed to increased profits as the main driver of inflation. It is called a profit-price spiral. Prices have raised because of anticipated supply line issues and have continued to raise as markup has increased. Profits, Not Wages, Have Driven Canadian Inflation - Centre for Future Work Second link is an interesting podcast (US) related to the discussion of the real driver. What has been driving inflation? Economists' thinking may have changed : Planet Money : NPR

No. He'll go all in on Bitcoin! Oh, wait.

Love the thread. I go through times where I am a voracious reader, but I almost always have a book on the go, even during my busy times. I tend to read lighter fiction when I need something to calm down after a long day. Grisham, Crichton, stuff like that. Some of the books I most frequently recommend most to others: Finding The Mother Tree (Suzanne Simard) - Fantastic research about how plants communicate and share resources with one another. Confessions of an Economic Hitman (John Perkins) - International relations. How developing and underdeveloped countries have been exploited by for corporate capitalism. A Short History of Progress (Ronald Wright) - Insightful book about how progress can be a sham. I found the illustrated version especially interesting. A few that I could think of right away.... Assuming you caught his session at SAGE a few years back about wetlands? I really liked it.

He set it up from the very beginning by casting doubt on who would be picked. He gets to have it both ways - he can avoid participating, while still claiming there is a big issue that is not being dealt with. I really don't see how those who will vote for him don't see through his bluster and B.S. It is like he's playing the bad guy in a low budget after school special sometimes.

Not only is she making a disgusting comparison, she's also dismissing the value of high academic standards.

They had to eventually and the NDP were allowed to hold back 5. Apparently some of the bills weren't ready - Manitoba government accused of treating new bills as 'blank sheet of paper' after 2 of 19 released | CBC News One of the bills was bill 64 - The Education Modernization Act. It was one of the ones withheld by the NDP, then vigorously defended by the PCs, before being scrapped and eventually having many of the PC MLAs admitting it was bad legislation (likely because it was wildly unpopular). Manitoba government launches website to clear 'misconceptions' around Bill 64 | CTV News

The least transparent government I can recall. The 19 "mystery bills" was a grossly undemocratic act and that alone, without everything else they've done, should be enough for them to lose the election by a landslide. Manitoba government's tabling of 19 'mystery' bills called 'unprecedented, undemocratic' | CBC News

Has anyone seen the ads from the PCs about how electing Wab Kinew will raise the PST to 10%? I saw the ad and thought it was such a bold claim that there had to be some truth to it somewhere. I cannot find it now, but it was an ad being run by the party on social media. I can't find anything that Wab or the NDP said that could have even been taken out of context to assume the PST would be raised to 10%. Is it pure fearmongering, or am I missing something? (20) The NDP always promise that they won't... - PC Party of Manitoba | Facebook

Putin, like Stalin, is known for being paranoid and surrounding himself with people who tell him only what he wants to hear. I think a large reason their military doesn't pull their weight is because it is hard to make strategic plans when the country is led by a madman that only hears embellished good news rather than bad news from his underlings. Stalin made the same errors. Executing, demoting or otherwise disabling anyone who attempting to tell him anything he didn't want to hear. I also wouldn't be surprised to know that Putin feels the need to micromanage every military move. They've been dreadful. I don't think it was Ukraine and maybe a false flag, but I'd be careful with that if I were Putin. He's gaining lots of enemies in the country and these repeated attacks in Russian territory may convince his foes that there is a lot of (violent) support to end him within the country. If it was a false flag, perhaps it is being setup for assassination attempts on Zalenskiy, though I'm sure that has been tried already.

I worded that poorly. I meant the accusations by Obby that he was shoved and shaken by the exchange. I was willing to wait until there was further evidence, but this video is conclusive that there was no shove of any kind. Calling it assault for being pulled back in for another word is laughable. My take is that Obby fabricated a violent encounter from a heated exchange to play to the racism that exist in his party's supporters and to dog whistle about the past accusations on Wab. Obby should be above that and should be smart enough the assume there would be proof to catch his fib.

The thing with Obby is bizarre. Did he not suspect that it might have been caught on video? I'm actually surprised this is the only video with all the cell phones in the audience as well. Perhaps it was just an attempt to remind the public that Wab is a violent bad boy, even if the accusations were eventually proven to be B.S.?

The Economics of Sports Stadiums: Does public financing of sports stadiums create local economic growth, or just help billionaires improve their profit margin? – Berkeley Economic Review I've read this even more conclusively and at greater depth from another source, but I cannot seem to remember where.

I am fairly suspicious of making conclusions that it will solve the panacea of symptoms associated with long Covid, especially if it is based on one experience. From what I know about psilocybin, it may have tremendous potential for rewiring the brain for cognitive and mental health issues, but I'm unfamiliar with it having significant effects on heart, gastrointestinal and other health benefits. That being said, having the potential to address cognitive issues alone would be significant for alleviating long Covid.

I found this article interesting about how both the PCs and Liberals use the PBO report to justify their positions on carbon pricing - What the Liberals and Conservatives get right — and wrong — about the carbon tax | CBC News You'll hear a lot from Conservatives about how much it is affecting Canadians, but they are obviously, intentionally, not including the costs of doing nothing. I'm curious if PP will choose to completely ignore climate change or if he will go against economists' like previous CPC platforms and propose something "more efficient and effective."

Serious question: Do you see the arguments being made helping the CPC in any way? The only scenario I could see is a ploy by the Liberals to engender sympathy and support.

I'm currently teaching middle years statistics. If they would interpret the poll in a similar manner they would get a failing grade. I've taught statistics as far down as elementary school and I'd be disappointed if they couldn't understand how the headline and interpretation aren't in line with the poll question and results.

Going away from the point a bit, but sparked something related to trying to put some polish on residential schools. This from former PC MP Dorothy Dobbie (also former President of Wpg Chamber of Commerce and Order of Canada receipient): Basically, residential schools weren't so bad because other children had it rough too. I cannot understand how people on the right hold these views. I believe she was also an ardent supporter of Pallister and Lagimodiere when they towed out the "good intentions" B.S. Reconciliation must begin with mutual understanding - What's Up Winnipeg (whatsupwinnipeg.ca)

Wow. Now I know why you refuse to share your sources of "facts" when being called out. Assuming/hoping you thought nobody would check what the poll was actually asking and just take the headline as facts?

He has won three elections in a row and is the 10th longest serving PM we've ever had (and counting). That's a pretty solid length of time being right.