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42 minutes ago, The Arrogant Worms said:

Liberals and New Democrats reach a deal on pharmacare

Deal sets out pharmacare framework and will cover contraception, diabetes treatment

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/liberals-ndp-pharmacare-deal-1.7123952

I think this signals that it is very unlikely that we see an election soon.  

 

I'd even wager that we won't see one this year.

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1 minute ago, the destroyer of worlds said:

I think this signals that it is very unlikely that we see an election soon.  

 

I'd even wager that we won't see one this year.

 

I can think of one or two posters ITT who will be very disappointed to hear that....

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47 minutes ago, Ricky Ravioli said:

So you are incapable of providing facts that someone is providing misleading stuff without resorting to childish insults? That's the stuff toddlers do. I would hope you are better than that

 

nope Ricky you know better than that. Its people that e.g., continue to spread vaccine disinformation. How many times should someone "post a fact" with someone like that?

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59 minutes ago, The Arrogant Worms said:

Liberals and New Democrats reach a deal on pharmacare

Deal sets out pharmacare framework and will cover contraception, diabetes treatment

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/liberals-ndp-pharmacare-deal-1.7123952

 

Hey look at that, more than one party can work together to benefit millions of Canadians. 

 

Broken-ass country gets itself pharamcare. 

 

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14 minutes ago, RupertKBD said:

 

I can think of one or two posters ITT who will be very disappointed to hear that....

 

This deal was the straw.  Singh could make a case to voters either way.  JT's only play was to make a deal.  With polling as it is, tanking the cooperation deal would have been political suicide for JT like we haven't seen since Kim Campbell.

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1 hour ago, King Heffy said:

That works with some, but if they're assessed as a high likelihood to reoffend then yeah, I want that 10 million spent.

works with 99.86% to 99.93% according to the math, and we agree the 0.07% should not be given parole, but I think by and large the system has that covered, as you can see, 0.07% recidivism rates... putting this in hockey terms: if the five guys are guilty from the WJC 2018 team: what are the odds any one of them re-offends? Zero. Why jail them for a decade each? Revenge is the only reason I can think of and I don't think that is a valid reason really. 

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29 minutes ago, Warhippy said:

None of those companies are in canada.  they are not beholden to our laws regarding the resale of or distribution of cookies, data or the like.

 

This would be like the conservatives saying they asked facebook twitter instagram and google to not share or sell our data but the tailored ads in our feed prove otherwise

 

 

I'll happily trade them. I want a gun registry, they get a porn registry. 

 

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2 minutes ago, Bob Long said:

 

Hey look at that, more than one party can work together to benefit millions of Canadians. 

 

Broken-ass country gets itself pharamcare. 

 

PP better get some solutions for housing or JT and the NDP will pass some solutions before any election happens.  Oops, already started doing that.

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22 minutes ago, the destroyer of worlds said:

I think this signals that it is very unlikely that we see an election soon.  

 

I'd even wager that we won't see one this year.

 

There absolutely won't be one until there has to be. Both the NDP and Lib's want this to be implemented and have people start benefitting first. That way, PP is taking away something very real from them.

 

 

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Just now, the destroyer of worlds said:

PP better get some solutions for housing or JT and the NDP will pass some solutions before any election happens.  Oops, already started doing that.

 

they have, some very good ones. I was thrilled to see Sim, Eby and Hair Boy come together for 2 billion for co-op style housing. I've been yammering about that solution for years. 

 

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2 minutes ago, Optimist Prime said:

works with 99.86% to 99.93% according to the math, and we agree the 0.07% should not be given parole, but I think by and large the system has that covered, as you can see, 0.07% recidivism rates... putting this in hockey terms: if the five guys are guilty from the WJC 2018 team: what are the odds any one of them re-offends? Zero. Why jail them for a decade each? Revenge is the only reason I can think of and I don't think that is a valid reason really. 

https://www.timescolonist.com/local-news/murderer-gets-day-parole-on-island-despite-officialsrsquo-objections-6564262

 

 

This is the kind of thing I want eliminated.  If the officials admit there's a high likelihood of repeat offences, there should be a mechanism in place to prevent that.

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Just now, the destroyer of worlds said:

Teenage boys wanking shooting loads doesn't do the damage that they could do shooting lead.

 

With ya on the gun registry.

 

yep. Guns are clearly more harmful. No one died catching a load from Porn Hub. 

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38 minutes ago, 4petesake said:

Do you have any stats  for the number of offences for each sex offender and shouldn’t that be part of the equation when citing low numbers of recidivism? 

nothing on hand, but what I did find was that in Canada, since 1980 0.07% of people convicted of a sexually related crime have been arrested for another sexually related crime. It didn't specify what slices of that demographic committed more or worse crimes than other slices...the number is extremely low. Like EXTREMELY low. less than 1 tenth of one percent. 

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11 minutes ago, Bob Long said:

 

Hey look at that, more than one party can work together to benefit millions of Canadians. 

 

Broken-ass country gets itself pharamcare. 

 

 

Pretty impressive, considering the pandemic health mandates "destroyed the economy"....

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Whats really great about the pharmacare announcement is it really shows the power of positive engagement and belief in the country. We're just deciding to do it, nothing was in the way whatsoever other than political posturing.

 

This is why Poilievere's "broken" message is so damaging to the Canadian psyche. He wants you to think nothing is possible. 

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10 minutes ago, the destroyer of worlds said:

Teenage boys wanking shooting loads doesn't do the damage that they could do shooting lead.

 

With ya on the gun registry.

 

Well....not yet....

 

But what about down the road, when we have to pay for their guide dogs and everything written in Braille? :classic_dry:

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6 minutes ago, Bob Long said:

Whats really great about the pharmacare announcement is it really shows the power of positive engagement and belief in the country. We're just deciding to do it, nothing was in the way whatsoever other than political posturing.

 

This is why Poilievere's "broken" message is so damaging to the Canadian psyche. He wants you to think nothing is possible. 

 

To those who make the "broken" claim, the problems should be easily identifiable.  When something is broken, solutions also become readily identifialble.

 

So, for every "broken" claim, provide the solutions.  Otherwise, your bitching means nothing.

 

Thus far, PP is nothing but a whiny bitch.  A whiny bitch that needs to put up or shut up.

 

But for his fans, his bitching is all the substance they need.  

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3 minutes ago, Gurn said:

.... unless he's the dear leader, then wonders, he will perform.

 

yes of course. Only one man can solve our problems. You'd think we could do better than a guy who's only experience outside of being a lifer MP is a robocall company. 

 

But if thats the qualifications needed to "fix" Canada, well damn, thats amazing. It means we don't have any serious problems. 

 

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2 minutes ago, Bob Long said:

 

yes of course. Only one man can solve our problems. You'd think we could do better than a guy who's only experience outside of being a lifer MP is a robocall company. 

 

But if thats the qualifications needed to "fix" Canada, well damn, thats amazing. It means we don't have any serious problems. 

 

And year after year, quality of life indexes comparing every country corroborate that.  We have it very good here.

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6 minutes ago, Bob Long said:

 

hey what the heck are you still doing here? 

 

 

 

 

 

I kid. Glad you didn't get the boot. 

 

Got a wrist slap from Sharpie. I kind of expected to be gone, but as I said at the time, I was comfortable with my decision.

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3 minutes ago, Wiggums said:

 

https://policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/december-2023/canadians-unhappy/

 

"Canadians sharply more dissatisfied with direction of country at end of 2023"

 

biggest drop by far is among conservatives who answered the polls in the link you showed. 

 

Yes there was a drop in Q423 among Libs and NDP, but I suspect things like todays pharma deal will bump that up significantly.

 

Maybe PP needs to stop telling the CPC base that they live in a hell hole?

 

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