Recent content by Navy_Pete

Maybe arbitrary is a better word, vice random, as terms of GDP not being a fixed level and doesn't relate to any kind of capability required, but that's something left up to the countries to figure out. Not that anyone in the GoC or CAF cares, but my preference would be for Canada to focus on...

I don't know if we'll hit 2%, but there is a ludicrous amount of things that were greenlit this year 6-9 months ago that is still rolling in this FY, so it's less 'March madness' and more time lag, with a lot more coming, when the O&M pursestrings were somewhat restored and large backlog of...

Not really, there are some things we saw as soon as they were implemented (like canceling the consumer carbon tax and the drop in gas prices when it kicked in 4 or 5 weeks later), and other things like the new trade agreements negotiated in the last year that start later this year or early next...

Sure, but there are things within the GoC control, and then there are things like global oil prices massively spiking because the US decided to attack Iran with Israel, because they heard Israel was going to attack Iran and Iran would retaliate, including shutting down the Strait of Hormuz where...

Was that the same guy that tried to order generic ketchup? That was my favourite example of minor mutiny; during storing ship, people saw what they were passing up, and was getting more pissed off as the boxes of it went up the line, until someone had enough, and started passing it back down...

Sorry, what private communications do you see them accessing? They seem to have looked at the data dump that's on the internet, and compared it to other open source, publically available information using some tools to trace things like emails used for account creation and social media. They...

Time is never really on the governing parties side, but I think all things considered MC is doing very well and gaining a lot of approval across the board, so may just keep getting worse for PP. Especially for the old PCs that are disillusioned with the Reformer and social conservative sway on...

That's a very different question, and generally the actual system of government for a constitutional 'Monarchy' works reasonably well when the Monarch has no authority. I do not personally want another head of state above Parliament (in real terms) or adjacent to it, just adds a lot of mess.

I don't think he has a chance to win in the long term; his political history is too petty, shortsighted and shallow and he's too aligned with fairly polarizing positions to ever wash off the stink. Maybe a minority government, if the LPC just implodes but would be as a result of the other guy...

Which is weird when off the top of my head there are multiple examples recently of the FBI investigating fight betting patterns with some fights just getting canceled due to suspicions, and the bets are a fraction of the value of the ones they are talking about.

If you can't see the issue with personnel profitting hugely in a rigged crypto gambling site from inside knowledge about impending strikes. while also giving clear indication into the public sphere that something is actually going to happen (vice just a bluff) I'm not sure what else to say. Do...

In a related note, the Polymarket 'prediction market trading' (which seems like a veneer for actual gambling) saw a $529M trade on the timing of the Iran bombing, with similar trades happening around Venezuala and other US attacks. Seems a hell of a lot like insider trading, with indivudual...

That didn't work well last time, and they at least had a plan and a candidate. They may end up with someone even more hardline now vice more compliant, as they've really done absolutely nothing here other than drop some bombs. Hard power without soft power is just stupid.

Who does he think exactly pays the tariffs? I'm sure American manufacturers that use things like Canadian aluminium and steel are really happy they are going to pay a surcharge on materials they need to make stuff, decreasing their competiveness even further.

Interesting to actually read through some background on him; he did things like found the 'Hi Dad' foundation to support men's mental health, had a private members bill around extending compassionate leave for Canadians caring for dying family members, and also successfully got bereavement leave...