General Canadian Politics eh.

[otaku1]

Sunny ways
Great hair
So sexy

Stop teasing me you cocktease

 

[member 1013]

I thought it was a baby boomer. But I'm pretty sure we're the same age. Not like old man @Lars from the greatest generation.

Do you really think I’m old Bruv?!?

 

[BeardOfKnowledge]

Do you really think I’m old Bruv?!?

Pretty sure Thor is hella old, bruv.

 

[member 1013]

Pretty sure Thor is hella old, bruv.

If I were there the world would be a very different place

 

[Freeloading Rusty]

Canadians travelling to or through U.S. should pay close attention to their withering rights

The most recent incursion by U.S. border officials comes in the form of amendments made earlier this year to the set of laws that facilitate cross-border movement, known as the Canada-United States Preclearance Agreement.

Travellers on their way from Canada into the United States should be aware that these changes, ostensibly enacted to increase the efficiency of travel and trade across the boundary, give U.S. officials dangerously extended power in Customs preclearance areas on Canadian ground.


U.S. officials can now carry sidearms in these preclearance zones, conduct strip searches, record and keep passenger information, and detain Canadian citizens.

Even if a Canadian official is "unwilling" to conduct a search or has deemed a detainment unnecessary, a U.S. official can override that call. In other words, Canadian law enforcement can now be countermanded within Canada by Americans.


This new authority also allows U.S. border guards to deny Canadians their right of withdrawal. Before the amendment to the law was enacted, if a person felt at all uncomfortable in the course of preclearance questioning she could simply leave, retracting her intention to cross the border with no penalty.

Now, as a result of amendments, the guard is entitled to detain her if he finds "reasonable grounds" to do so. And the request to leave in itself could be construed as reasonable grounds.

As Michael Greene, a Canadian immigration lawyer, puts it: "they wouldn't be able to walk out. They can be held and forced to answer questions" — even if the questions are discriminatory.



Each new provision in the Preclearance Agreement comes with a similarly vague, deeply troubling caveat. For example, the new subsection 39(2) says, "A border services officer or other public officer is not permitted, in a preclearance area or preclearance perimeter, to exercise any powers of questioning or interrogation, examination, search, seizure, forfeiture, detention or arrest except to the extent that such powers are conferred on the officer by the laws of the United States."

In other words, authoritarian behaviour is prohibited — except as the U.S. deems necessary.

 

[BeardOfKnowledge]

Canadians travelling to or through U.S. should pay close attention to their withering rights

Interesting but worth noting that's an opinion piece.

 

[jason73]

Canada's federal budget deficit will be billions of dollars deeper than it was supposed to be this year and next, according to the Finance Department.

The figures released this morning show that the Liberals' projected deficit of $19.8 billion for the 12-month period that ends in March is now slated to hit $26.6 billion.

And next year's deficit is expected to be $28.1 billion, before accounting for promises the Liberals will unveil in their 2020 budget.

The Liberals' election platform projected four years of deficits of more than $20 billion, including almost $27.4 billion in the upcoming fiscal year that begins in April 2020.

 

[BeardOfKnowledge]

Canada's federal budget deficit will be billions of dollars deeper than it was supposed to be this year and next, according to the Finance Department.

The figures released this morning show that the Liberals' projected deficit of $19.8 billion for the 12-month period that ends in March is now slated to hit $26.6 billion.

And next year's deficit is expected to be $28.1 billion, before accounting for promises the Liberals will unveil in their 2020 budget.

The Liberals' election platform projected four years of deficits of more than $20 billion, including almost $27.4 billion in the upcoming fiscal year that begins in April 2020.

They've got a billion kicking around to confiscate some guns though, right?

 

[jason73]

 

[member 1013]

This probably makes you happy as you kick back and smoke a large marijuana cigarette

 

[jason73]

This probably makes you happy as you kick back and smoke a large marijuana cigarette

i did laugh at jerry diaz pissing and moaning after unifor backed trudeau and ran a smear campaign against the CPC . now the economy is not so hot .shit who could have seen that coming. he shot himself in the foot

 

[member 1013]

i did laugh at jerry diaz pissing and moaning after unifor backed trudeau and ran a smear campaign against the CPC . now the economy is not so hot .shit who could have seen that coming. he shot himself in the foot

@JonJonesBeard loves Jerry Dias he told me

 

[jason73]

sucks that anyone is losing a job. i feel bad for the actual workers but jerry diaz is a huge piece of shit and right now he is reaping what he helped sow

 

[member 1013]

sucks that anyone is losing a job. i feel bad for the actual workers but jerry diaz is a huge piece of shit and right now he is reaping what he helped sow

I am Jerry Dias IRL

 

[jason73]

I am Jerry Dias IRL

 

[BeardOfKnowledge]

sucks that anyone is losing a job. i feel bad for the actual workers but jerry diaz is a huge piece of shit and right now he is reaping what he helped sow

It's worth noting that most auto sector jobs aren't union. The media just portrays it that way. Oh, wait. Its because the auto union is also the media union.

 

[member 1013]

It's worth noting that most auto sector jobs aren't union. The media just portrays it that way. Oh, wait. Its because the auto union is also the media union.

I am the media union irl

 

[BeardOfKnowledge]

I notice that you haven't posted unemployment stats for this month @MC Gusto

Am I correct in assuming that this means B.C.'s unemployment rate went up last month?

 

[Freeloading Rusty]

I notice that you haven't posted unemployment stats for this month @MC Gusto

Am I correct in assuming that this means B.C.'s unemployment rate went up last month?

BC is still leading the provinces in employment rates.

In a statement, B.C.'s Minister of Jobs, Trade and Technology Bruce Ralston said the newly released employment numbers showed "a resilient economy in British Columbia, despite uncertainty around the globe."

Ralston's statement highlighted the fact that the province's unemployment rate remained Canada's lowest, while also citing GDP and wage growth as positive indicators.

"Our province's economy set the standard across Canada last year," the minister said.

 

[member 1013]

I notice that you haven't posted unemployment stats for this month @MC Gusto

Am I correct in assuming that this means B.C.'s unemployment rate went up last month?

BC is still leading the provinces in employment rates.

View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nMQw29nfzpg

 

[BeardOfKnowledge]

BC is still leading the provinces in employment rates.

But it has gone up, hasn't it?

 

[member 1013]

But it has gone up, hasn't it?

 

[Freeloading Rusty]

But it has gone up, hasn't it?

I’m not sure what point you’re trying to make?

 

[BeardOfKnowledge]

I’m not sure what point you’re trying to make?

K.

 

[Freeloading Rusty]

B.C. economy tops in Canada: Economic Forest Council

B.C. led all provinces by having the lowest unemployment rate for two years – one of the longest periods in more than a decade.