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    Pierre Polievre's final rally speech - "There's nothing wrong with this country that can't be fixed by what's right with this country".

    The guy does have a way with words, and you can see why people get excited listening to him.
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    Almost all new jobs created during the pandemic were in the public sector, report finds.

    https://www.thestar.com/business/2022/09/07/private-sector-job-growth-almost-stagnant-while-new-public-sector-hiring-largely-drove-canadas-labour-recovery-new-report-finds.html That's a problem. Public sector jobs may be important but the dont' produce economic growth. They don't usually create...
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    Charlebois: Study concludes Canadians are drinking too much. But we may not care

    https://ottawacitizen.com/opinion/charlebois-study-concludes-canadians-are-drinking-too-much-but-we-may-not-care Yeah - funny how that works...
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    Black Lives Matter executive accused of 'syphoning' $10M from BLM donors, suit says

    https://www.cbsnews.com/sacramento/news/black-lives-matter-executive-accused-of-syphoning-10m-from-blm-donors-suit-says/?intcid=CNM-00-10abd1h Always remember, at the heart of every charity, social justice group, or advocacy group is a profit motive. Turns out poverty and repression is big bucks.
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    Analysis: Why does Pierre Poilievre appeal to young Canadians?

    https://nationalpost.com/news/why-does-pierre-poilievre-appeal-to-young-canadians-its-all-about-economics-2 Well. it's less than a week to go before the big day when the new CPC leader is chosen. Chances are that it'll be PP (tho not guaranteed, this IS Canadian politics). Gonna be interesting...
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    Canada developing path to permanent residency for undocumented workers

    Very interesting. I've never really thought about it from a canadian context before. The US talks about it all the time but every 'undocumented' worker i've ever met was a Auzzie and frankly they're not doing any harm so i never really gave it thought :LOL: But, setting aside the American style...
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    World Economic Forum official says Canada has bigger issues to discuss than conspiracy theories

    Well.... that's what a clandestine org bent on world domination WOULD say....
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    Canadians are angry because of “climate change” says Trudeau

    https://tnc.news/2022/09/01/trudeau-anger-climate-change/ Well he's almost right. We're sick of his misguided climate change policy and how he's transformed our economy into a dumpster fire. Sooooo... yeah, gonna give him points for that.
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    Toronto Star: Canada’s economy is already starting to shrink — and that could mean a recession is looming, economists say

    Link: https://archive.ph/6Tuku The problem we're going to run into is that interest rates are the only real tool the bank has to control inflation. And the idea there is to force people to spend less and for businesses to spend less. That increases supply and reduces prices in theory...
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    B.C. is Canada’s favourite province, but not because of the people, poll finds

    https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/b-c-is-canadas-favourite-province-but-not-because-of-the-people-poll-finds People's reaction: In bc - "True, we'd have the best communities in the world if you got rid of the people." In alberta - "you're all just jealous!!!" the rest of the praries "well...
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    Canada’s second-quarter GDP growth lags expectations; contraction seen in July

    https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/canadas-q2-gdp-growth-lags-expectations-contraction-seen-july-2022-08-31/ Now - the interesting thing is many of the media outlets are ONLY reporting the increase and NOT reporting that it's substantially below expectations or that it appears to have gone...
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    Bank of Canada takes to Twitter to set record straight on 'printing money' claim

    https://www.cp24.com/news/bank-of-canada-takes-to-twitter-to-set-record-straight-on-printing-money-claim-1.6049509 TLDR - "Well... TECHNICALLY it wasn't actually CASH.. so.." This kind of weasel language is why nobody trusts them. Sure - they didn't ACTUALLY 'print' cash. But as they admit...
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    Trudeau set to shuffle cabinet Wednesday as House of Commons return nears: sources ( more election evidence?)

    https://globalnews.ca/news/9094896/justin-trudeau-canada-cabinet-shuffle-august-2022/ What the actual eff?!? - First all the flying around at photo ops and reading to kids, then the election style funding announcements for lgtb etc, and now a freaking CABINET SHUFFLE?!? - it hasn't even been a...
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    Canada set for ‘unprecedented’ home price drop by early 2023: TD Bank

    https://globalnews.ca/news/9092242/canada-home-price-drop-2023-td-bank/ "A report by TD Bank suggests the average price of a home in Canada could fall 20 to 25 per cent from its peak seen earlier this year to the first quarter of 2023" Young home buyers getting excited intensifies... "The...
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    Less than 12 days until the new Conservative Leader is announced.

    Well we are now under 2 weeks for the leadership race conclusion. It's been pretty static as far as the polls can tell, without a lot of movement and with Pierre clearly in the lead. No word yet on how many ballots have been returned but based on past years and by the number of memberships sold...
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    Justin Trudeau's hands-off approach to inflation is becoming untenable

    https://financialpost.com/news/economy/trudeau-hands-off-inflation-untenable A fight or an election or something. I honestly don't know what he's thinking. He's doing a number of things that don't make much sense. He's posturing for an election but that's the last thing he should be looking for...
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    8-month-old baby dies in B.C. community where no ambulance was available

    https://bc.ctvnews.ca/8-month-old-baby-dies-in-b-c-community-where-no-ambulance-was-available-1.6046004 I mean - this isn't some remote wilderness area or something. This is pretty close to some major population centers. And this is not the first death where lack of medical care and ambulences...
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    GOLDSTEIN: Canada’s divider-in-chief is Trudeau, not Poilievre

    https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/goldstein-canadas-divider-in-chief-is-trudeau-not-poilievre 61 percent say he's been divisive and created a national unity issue. "At least Trudeau has united Canadians in one way — most Canadians think he’s divisive."
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    Canada invests $100 million into 'historic' action plan for LGBTQ2S+ communities

    https://www.thestar.com/politics/2022/08/28/canada-invests-100-million-into-historic-action-plan-for-lgbtq2s-communities.html Fug. So i guess maybe we are going to an election this fall or spring. That's really not a '3 years till the election' kind of announcement. They might well be...
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    Canadians must cut meat consumption by half to reach climate goals: report

    https://tnc.news/2022/08/25/meat-climate-goals/ And that's how the world ended kids. Seriously - we can't eat meat, they want us to grow fewer crops.... sooo bugs it is i guess.