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Could just keep some of the C7A2s for drill if cost is a concern.

Should have happened 10 years ago. OAS is welfare, it doesn’t make sense to pay welfare to someone making more money than the average Canadian. Just bankrupting the future for the greed of the past. Yes, we need to reframe the discussion. OAS sounds a lot better than welfare, we need to...

That 10m is likely on the low side, probably based off the long gun registry and all imported after it went into effect. Before the long gun registry there was a estimated 15-20m firearms in Canada. A ton of firearms were never registered in that program so I believe that to be more accurate.

Last I heard of Cukier she was getting in a lot of trouble at Ryerson for bullying. I believe it cost her being president of the university.

You are assuming there will still be rifle drill going forward. I could see them possibly going the route the Americans and some other nations have gone with having specific drill rifles (M1 Garands, Lee Enfields, etc.) for specific units/teams and everyone else just not doing it.

You can do it, it is just a fight you have to have. Even if you buy a non-unionized yard it can very easily and quickly become unionized. Unions aren’t all bad and in many cases they are necessary, especially in larger companies. Otherwise the little guy can get crushed by accident. Many in...

You act as though Israel is in control. Israel will do what America says if America tells them what to do because their country is 100% dependent on it. If America told them we will stop selling arms to you and give you the South Africa treatment if you carry on, then they wouldn’t act. And if...

At the end of the day we have common law requiring fair payment for property made illegal, the government literally had to take out a massive loan to pay off slave owners. The government doesn’t get to pick and choose nor do they get to declare what they will or will not pay for. They don’t...

I am of the opinion that landlords should not be able to dictate if you can have pets or not (just like any other legally acquired property). The only exemption to me would be if it was the same property and they have allergies. That being said the renter should be liable for the damages that...

My apartment in Halifax in 2014-2015 was 860$ a month for a two bedroom apartment. Last I looked same old apartment was going for 2400$.

To your first point, if that 1 million Canadians were so untrustworthy and violent, no one would be saying anything because they would have dealt with it violently (think of when someone starts causing issues for the mob). Second point, they said off the back AR-15 uppers would not be paid...

I like ‘democracy is two wolves and a lamb deciding on what is for dinner’

Considering they already declared they aren’t paying for a bunch of property declared prohibited, that isn’t going to fly. They have been acting in bad faith since this started I think that will be very clear to the courts.

Yes however the needs of rural citizens are very different from urban citizens. Just giving urban citizens a 100% carte blanche in decisions will lead to much more serious issues. You can’t have the majority making every decision especially when it runs counter to the minority. We had a whole...

The Swiss have 3 main ethnic groups and 3 official languages which they keep all them happy with their system. They do quarterly referendums, people know in advance what the things they can vote on are so they can research if they so choose. On top of that you can have a referendum on any law...

40% like FPTP 60% can’t make up their minds on a alternative system (20% want this, 30% want that, 5% want nothing, etc.) Democratically FPTP wins in this country. Bare minimum it should be decided by referendum, let the voters actively choose which system they want.

France did a jump in 2015 in Mali. They also did the largest jump since WWII in 1953 Vietnam. There is a reason those skills don’t get done much in the real world though, because they have exceptionally high risk for generally very little reward. Look at the Russian attempts to secure airfields...

FPTP, Proportional repersentation, etc. it really doesn’t matter which system it is. They all bring some sort of major con to it and ultimately whoever/whatever person/party is elected by whatever system doesn’t have to do anything they said they would. Real reform involves direct democracy...

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cddq7j48p35o Huge fiscal cost to all this already. Likely 1Billion in US assets destroyed

Got another ‘nice’ email today for the ‘final reminder’ to register for the ‘buyback’. Can’t wait to see what the numbers are at the end of the month.