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    Pipelines, energy and natural resources

    Hence the mental gymnastics around land acknowledgements asserting the same piece of land as the ancestral territory of three different nations that took it from each other in sequence.
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    Loadsa "independents" on the Ballot Discussion (split from PP by-election)

    Which is a whole different kettle of fish. Is that an issue with FPTP and vote efficiency or of limited regional parties? I can convince myself of either/both.
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    Loadsa "independents" on the Ballot Discussion (split from PP by-election)

    Who needs facts when you have confident feelings right
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    Loadsa "independents" on the Ballot Discussion (split from PP by-election)

    This was addressed prior to the thread split Here
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    The Great Gun Control Debate- 2.0

    Any recomendations for alternatives to Boyds to re-stock a Venezuelan contract FN Mauser thats already been sporterized? Picked it up cheap, reciever and barrel are great, good shooter, but stock has a couple of repaired cracks and the barrel looks like it was floated at home with a dull chisel
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    Liberal Minority Government 2025 - ???

    Just a guess- but I'd say the difference in shipping method fundamentally changes the risk profile. Battery in open air on a flatbed- if something goes wrong you're looking at a highway side fire on piece of equipment- hit the shoulder, let 'r burn, hauling company submits an insurance claim...
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    Cost of housing in Canada

    Yup, a lot of mechanics still to be determined/ publicized. Like I said will be interesting to track, see if they can successfully take some lessons learned from the BC scandal and thread the needle to deliver a functional affordable community without it becoming "the projects" Given the...
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    Cost of housing in Canada

    A project to keep an eye on https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/waterloo-habitat-affordable-housing-project-city-owned-lands-1.7571752 https://www.waterloo.ca/Modules/News/index.aspx?feedId=0d868655-ba17-4efa-988b-1951530c7aec&newsId=ba220267-2261-4e54-83ef-48b49d0e9dbe
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    Liberal Minority Government 2025 - ???

    In broadstrokes, using Benchmark price on the provincial aggregate (there's definite regional variation we're currently sitting at 77% percent of peak (April 2022) roughly in line with March of 2021, on a slight but slowing down trend. In my area, it's currently 88% of peak, largely...
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    Foreign Workers: Political/Labour effects (split from 2024 UK rioting thread)

    Whether OSAP loan or LOC, in both situations he's coming out with 30k +/- 10% in debt. There is a greater delta to be found in other choices he can make than there is in that 4k cost of borrowing, and the support of family with the means of being non-OSAP qualifying far outweighs that. My...
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    Foreign Workers: Political/Labour effects (split from 2024 UK rioting thread)

    I feel his pain. Youngest child by a decent stretch = parents only dependant at time of application + parents owning a farm = nothing for IKN As it was made clear to us all that we were paying our own way (with other "in kind" type supports) that was a kick in the teeth, but I had a feeling it...
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    All Things AB Separatism (split fm Liberal Minority Government 2025 - ???)

    Devils advocate- how much of that result can be explained by Smith's continuous game of footsie with the separatist movement and the degree to which separatism has found support in the UCP? Why vote for the brash fringe underdog if you think the ruling party is tacking in that direction?
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    Foreign Workers: Political/Labour effects (split from 2024 UK rioting thread)

    Re the bold- are you talking about non-OSAP loans that are as "generous" as OSAP with respect to interest/payment deferral, or just general lending available to students? I know Meridian currently has a Student LOC available at Prime + 1.50- I assume with parent co-signor like the bank loans...
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    The Great Gun Control Debate- 2.0

    And Jim has an innate understanding of what constitutes reasonable and proportional force does he? To go with his innate ability to handle himself underfire when/if things go south without endangering bystanders of course
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    The Great Gun Control Debate- 2.0

    I agree with the bottom line wholeheartedly, but given the top line I think we disagree on what "trouble finds me" means. In my opinion an intruder in the/ in close proximity to them home should be enough to let you remove from storage and load without having violating the firearms act. You...
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    The Great Gun Control Debate- 2.0

    They shouldn't. But that doesn't mean the answer is angry Jim who has never heard the term of "use of force training" poking around in the dark while hopped up on adrenaline. Most PAL holder's aren't LEO's or CAF members. Hell the story Halifax brought in was literally a man firing into the sky...
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    The Great Gun Control Debate- 2.0

    We certainly don't have it correct IMO, but I wouldn't go so far as agreeing that we should have the right to use our firearms to defend our property. PAL holders shouldn't be heading out into the night in defense of "stuff", precipitating conflict situations that they're not trained to handle...
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    Canada to Spend $5.0Bil on AEW Aircraft

    They use the AEW&C acronym, but reading the article I only see a hint of lipservice towards being a (barely) viable substitute to a traditional AWACS type aircraft. I'm likely completely wrong, but the "vibe" I got was that the niche this is intended to fill is the same relative to ground...
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    Pipelines, energy and natural resources

    Who said there's an appearance of wrong doing? People with a partisan interest in their being one. On FB's "his company" remark. BAM has a market cap of 90 billion dollars. Billion with a B. There's public record of Carney having 6.8 million worth of stock options. That's less than one...
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    Pipelines, energy and natural resources

    What do you mean by "his" company? Are you implying that absent his voluntary election for an unprecedentedly detailed public disclosure (beyond what is called for by the ethics commissioner) that a reasonable person might think he has a controlling interest in BAM?
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