Recent content by captloadie

We put so much emphasis on the names "Conservative" and "Liberal" tying all past iterations of the parties to their current positions. I believe that if Mark Carney were wearing a blue tie, and leading the current government, making all the same decisions, most of the anti-liberal posters would...

It is interesting that no one has asked why they don't expropriate the current rail corridors from the railway companies and make them more efficient, rather than expropriating private lands. I know, this would cause more harm than good to the economy, but you'd think someone would at least do...

Living in the area, I have heard all the negative comments about this, and it is pure NIMBYism and self interest driving the arguments. These same individuals would argue against new hydro lines, pipelines, or highways. The biggest argument being made is how it may impact property values, and...

Why is there this constant attempt to link everything Carney is doing as Brookfield pulling the strings in the background? After a quick search, there are no former MPs sitting on Brookfield boards, with the exception of the PM. There are eight current MPs who have financial links to Brookfield...

It would appear while the story is real, the image is was ai generated.

I get the hostility towards China, as they go beyond trying to just control former Chinese citizens living abroad, and putting down dissent/criticism. India is a more interesting case. Why are we really mad at them? Because they assassinated what they deemed a threat on Cdn soil and got caught...

Hey, I'm not saying I believe that one guy did something wrong, so ban everything. I'm saying that for hot button issues, it doesn't help when one side provides more ammo to the opponents argument. And as long as the pro-gun side relies on the drunk driver, what about knives, or its illegal guns...

I'm not sure if this was posted somewhere else in the forums, but I think it is actions like those that resulted in this court martial here provide fuel for the anti-gun fire. They will point to the fact that even trained legal gun owners don't follow the rules, and therefore why should anyone...

I did a pretty deep dive using copilot on this, trying to find if there would be any legal arguments that had a chance of success. While there are potential arguments that would be successful in gaining appropriate compensation for any prohibited weapons, without an amendment to the OIC no legal...

We are always shitting on Irving as a company (and maybe they deserve that) and the level of work their shipyard employees put out. But if you look at it from the workers point of view, maybe the reasons make things more understandable. East coast workers, like many other areas of Canada, don't...

There is a large difference though between arrested and charged/convicted. Given the interdepartmental frictions that exist, and ICE/CBP to assumptions as Federal agents they don't always need to notify local law enforcement they are operating in their backyard, they are probably quite often...

Legally per the various CA, they can't do it that way. They must decide which activities are no longer going to be done, or which sections reduced in size, and then delete boxes, not people. IE, you have a policy section of 20 personnel working on 5 different files, and you need to eliminate 10...

From a practical standpoint, and given the capacity of a rail line to Churchill, how much more economical and efficient from a time perspective would it be to go that route, rather than to other east coast ports?

I am not Pro-Trump in any manner. And I believe that he has done more bad than good. But I think we need to be honest about the fact that these statements are inaccurate. His education included: High School: New York Military Academy (NYMA). Undergraduate Studies: Fordham University...

My kids have gone through the Catholic school board system in two provinces. When they started in Alberta, (2012ish) the school board accepted all faiths at the grade school level. Parents had to acknowledge that the curriculum was faith based (which really only meant that they talked about God...