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Lots of precision measuring equipment is now made in China. Personally I refuse to buy it, but the quality is on par with most American or Japanese made stuff. Last Chinese one I bought was a accident as it was supposed to be a made in America Starrett telescopic gauge set, instead it was made...

Just getting people to train on the basics is difficult. The amount of arguments I got into over the value of section attacks and recce for non-combat arms was crazy. We weren’t a very serious army, hopefully that is changing.

When I say not computer literate I mean they have next to no understanding on how to use a computer. They understand how to use tablets and smartphones thanks to the ‘simplified’ user interfaces run through apps but those same kids don’t know how to use a folder on a computer or make a computer...

It scares me someone with such poor judgement is a sgt. To me looks like a release is necessary, I know my civilian employer would rightfully have me terminated over such a stunt along with assaulting police officers.

No offence intended but the parents at this point (mainly millennials) are the most digitally literate generation we have. Most children and teens aren’t nearly as literate on computers (computer literacy is actually measured as going down because schools stopped teaching it and...

Just remember the only reason the Chinese sell us crap is because thats what we want to buy. They now have the machines and capabilities to make quality items too.

They didn’t need extermination camps, they just killed them on the spot or dragged them away to be worked to death. Their slave labour had a 10-20% death rate in 7 years. It was also fairly genocidal in nature, the Japanese believed they were superior and as such could remove the inferior...

Did Japan? Last I checked Japan still refuses to acknowledge the war crimes they committed and apologize for them (and their war crimes make the Nazis seem tame). Even if we get the Gripen and it doesn’t work out for us, we can always sell them off second hand to some middle/low power country...

It would provide a actual reason for people to get married. A fiscal incentive which would encourage having complete home, more stability for children, lowers the complications of dealing with common-law ‘divorces’, etc. 100% sure you cannot income split until your a senior. Maybe your thinking...

Don’t forget they also get to income split as seniors which is something younger married couples cannot do.

How are you being punished by not paying you welfare? A social safety net/benefits do basically reward poor planning in some cases. However society is better off with that net as the alternative is lots of dead/homeless seniors. The intent behind OAS originally was to help seniors who couldn’t...

There is a difference between refusing to work and being unable to. Yes there are welfare grifters, but there is legitimate users as well. Still OAS needs to be cut back, whether or not politicians have the balls to do that will remain to be seen. It is a political hand grenade (hence why it...

Lots of people don’t realize how dangerous a bunch of jobs are. Back when my grandfather was training in the 50s they said one out of every thirty going into being a lineman would die on the job. Thats reality. Automation and technology can potentially reduce risks but not eliminate them...

Someone has to do it at the end of the day. If people stopped doing the dangerous or long term hazardous jobs to your health then society would cease to exist. I know guys who worked in the coke ovens at Algoma, they also loved the work because even though it was a pretty hazardous to your...

You have never directly made contributions into OAS, just as there was never a promise you would receive it as it is welfare based on income levels and how long you have lived in country. It has also been directly increased by the Liberals over the last decade well beyond what the program...

They have already increased the contributions of the young substantially over the last decade. Every time I have gotten a pay raise it seems CPP, CPP 2 and EI increases eat away whatever increase has been made. The young are already paying more in taxes than the old ever did (GST never even...

Yes but I know tradesmen who didn’t drink, party, or get too stressed out from work and are now dead and buried well below the national average life expectancy. Just because some live a long life doesn’t mean the average blue collar worker doesn’t live a shorter one. Doctors for example live...

It’s important to ‘be prepared’ even if your not. Telling your potential opponent your redlines lets them know exactly what they can get away with.

Compensation packages are sometimes individually negotiated, sometimes collectively. Competency is sometimes rewarded, sometimes punished, but the myth that if you always work hard it works in your favour is a lie. Generally it has worked in my favour, particularly right now when I am...

Blue collar kills, it is the main reason why ‘women live longer than men’. The amount of people I have known in the trades who have died of cancer or are dying of it and some don’t live the ‘hard’ lifestyle speaks for itself. These aren’t even that old guys, 50s, 60s, early 70s.