Recent content by dapaterson

Someone should point out to Trump that Canada with 1/10 the US population has half the number of medals.

Twin Otter with a cupola. Checkmate.

Because LockMart?

Nobody tell Vance that there's a Status Of Forces Agreement!

We're talking BC, not Argentina.

Can you live in French? Grocery stores? Drug stores? Health care?

As opposed the the great supports for Francophone families in Halifax and Esquimalt?

Any electoral system has churn. The question is always whether the juice is worth the squeeze.

There's a potential cyclone of answers to that philosophical question.

Francophone representation in the Reg F RCN s about half of that of the Canadian population. Base Comeau would likely materially improve those numbers.

If they build a base in New Brunswick they'll have folks who don't speak English or French. #Miramichi

My preference would be for half the Senate seats to be in play each election, to provide longer tenure. Short tenure politicians are less able to accomplish things as they spend their time learning their job.

A decent bicameral system, on the other hand, could have both local reps (the house) and regional reps by PR (the Senate).

Or they're relocating Area 51.

Article suggests that there are about 10,000 passengers daily through the airport (3.5M over the preceding 11 months). Plus cargo. And closed with about 30 minutes notice.