Chaos in Canada
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Neither the cbc or the National Post have even mentioned it.
So either it is irrelevant, or they can't be bothered to work weekends, or they are incompetent, or all three.
So either it is irrelevant, or they can't be bothered to work weekends, or they are incompetent, or all three.
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The pundits think that it is a non-starter and not worth mentioning. But of course we all know who the "pundits" are.
CBC is doing something they have never done before. They are advertising their channels on other networks' channels.
This could be one of two things and possibly both.
1. They are trying to get a larger viewership so when the Conservatives slash their budget they can say they are cutting x number of Canadians from TV they like to watch.
2. They are using this method to channel taxpayer money to other networks (under the order of LPC) as a back way of getting other networks' (CTV, Global, City TV) support for LPC.
Yes, I know my tinfoil hat is on too tight...
CBC is doing something they have never done before. They are advertising their channels on other networks' channels.
This could be one of two things and possibly both.
1. They are trying to get a larger viewership so when the Conservatives slash their budget they can say they are cutting x number of Canadians from TV they like to watch.
2. They are using this method to channel taxpayer money to other networks (under the order of LPC) as a back way of getting other networks' (CTV, Global, City TV) support for LPC.
Yes, I know my tinfoil hat is on too tight...
Because they stand on the wall and say "nothing's gonna hurt you tonight, not on my watch".
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Definitely 2.
LPC is Trudy?
LPC is Trudy?

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LPC = LIEberal Party of Canada
I think 2. is plausible. CBC knows they are on the way out. By spending a HUGE amount (I have never seen so many CBC ads on other channels) of money under the guise of advertising to other networks it is actually transferring subsidy money to those networks. Insidious way of paying them off without paying them off.
I think 2. is plausible. CBC knows they are on the way out. By spending a HUGE amount (I have never seen so many CBC ads on other channels) of money under the guise of advertising to other networks it is actually transferring subsidy money to those networks. Insidious way of paying them off without paying them off.
Because they stand on the wall and say "nothing's gonna hurt you tonight, not on my watch".
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Amazon Canada says it is closing all seven of its warehouses in Quebec over the next two months.
The online retailer says 1,700 permanent employees in the province will be laid off, as will 250 temporary workers.
The decision comes amid strained labour relations with unionized employees at the multinational’s warehouse in Laval, Que., a Montreal suburb.
Amazon had opposed the workers’ accreditation with the Confederation of National Trade Unions in May, but the retail giant lost its challenge at the province’s labour tribunal in October.
The company says its decision to close its Quebec warehouses “was not made lightly,” adding that the closures aren’t in response to the unionization drive.
Yeah, right.
However, it is noteworthy that Amazon considers it cheaper to shut 7 warehouses than deal with and pay unionized workers.
https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/am ... ses-quebec
The online retailer says 1,700 permanent employees in the province will be laid off, as will 250 temporary workers.
The decision comes amid strained labour relations with unionized employees at the multinational’s warehouse in Laval, Que., a Montreal suburb.
Amazon had opposed the workers’ accreditation with the Confederation of National Trade Unions in May, but the retail giant lost its challenge at the province’s labour tribunal in October.
The company says its decision to close its Quebec warehouses “was not made lightly,” adding that the closures aren’t in response to the unionization drive.
Yeah, right.
However, it is noteworthy that Amazon considers it cheaper to shut 7 warehouses than deal with and pay unionized workers.
https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/am ... ses-quebec
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I think it is more because of French language laws in Quebec. They can’t even sell you an English QWERTY keyboard in Quebec. All their internal company communication must be in French. The language police can come in and seize all computers and documents without a warrant.
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Yes, the article says that unionization is the final straw, and not the only cause.
Personally, I'm using Amazon less and less, approximately only 1/4 of three years ago.
Their sellers are less reliable, it's much harder to predict arrival dates/times, the delivery is mostly awful via third-parties, they have shut down proper customer service, stocks are very variable, and the margin between them and brick-and-mortar retailers is less.
Personally, I'm using Amazon less and less, approximately only 1/4 of three years ago.
Their sellers are less reliable, it's much harder to predict arrival dates/times, the delivery is mostly awful via third-parties, they have shut down proper customer service, stocks are very variable, and the margin between them and brick-and-mortar retailers is less.
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I think you are talking horse radishes again!
Been in data comm since we formed the bits individually with a Morse key.
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I use it less than years ago, but remember that was COVID and going out to stores wasn’t easy.Fox3WheresMyBanana wrote: ↑Wed Jan 22, 2025 8:58 pmYes, the article says that unionization is the final straw, and not the only cause.
Personally, I'm using Amazon less and less, approximately only 1/4 of three years ago.
Their sellers are less reliable, it's much harder to predict arrival dates/times, the delivery is mostly awful via third-parties, they have shut down proper customer service, stocks are very variable, and the margin between them and brick-and-mortar retailers is less.
Also I don’t need as much stuff now.
However living within the bounds of a large metropolitan area delivery is fast and easy. Sometimes I order in the morning it arrives around 2100h.
90% arrives next day, rarely 2-3 days late. Returns are easy, just drop it off at the post office or Purolator or UPS. Refund issued as soon as it gets scanned by the shipper.
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That's what makes it so convenient, I don't have to spend time (or money) driving, it just turns up. Lots of people living within 100 miles, so I assume Amazon has a lot of stuff in a warehouse, probably in Central Valley. If it's 2 or more days for delivery then I assume it's less popular and they don't maintain a local stock and the delay is because it's coming from elsewhere.Dushan wrote: ↑Thu Jan 23, 2025 1:52 amHowever living within the bounds of a large metropolitan area delivery is fast and easy. Sometimes I order in the morning it arrives around 2100h.
90% arrives next day, rarely 2-3 days late. Returns are easy, just drop it off at the post office or Purolator or UPS. Refund issued as soon as it gets scanned by the shipper.
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Anything saying it will be delivered longer than 3 days comes from China.
I have giant Amazon distribution centers within 100km in all four compass directions.
I have giant Amazon distribution centers within 100km in all four compass directions.
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This interview was sent via email from an investment forum. It doesn't really relate to investments, but to the fentanyl crisis and deeper underlying concerns regarding China and Canada's involvement. I think you might find it very interesting.
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Trudeau folds completely, and will implement the border plan Trump just gave him.
The media try to pretend otherwise: "We stayed strong"
Trudy is of course trying to pretend it was his plan all along, although strangely he seemed to know nothing about it this morning.
The media try to pretend otherwise: "We stayed strong"

Trudy is of course trying to pretend it was his plan all along, although strangely he seemed to know nothing about it this morning.
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He had to go ask Butts and Telford and the Laurentain elites what he is allowed to say. Maybe even phone Schwab to get an answer.
The only thing he is allowed to decide by himself is which pair of socks to wear in the morning.
So all he had to do is reinforce the border 3 mints ago and none of this would be happening? Better still all he had to do in the last 9 years was not let the gangs settle in Canada and operate out of here feeding the world with drugs. Protecting the US/Can border is one thing but what about plane loads of questionable “refugees” and “asylum” seekers arriving every day.
The only thing he is allowed to decide by himself is which pair of socks to wear in the morning.
So all he had to do is reinforce the border 3 mints ago and none of this would be happening? Better still all he had to do in the last 9 years was not let the gangs settle in Canada and operate out of here feeding the world with drugs. Protecting the US/Can border is one thing but what about plane loads of questionable “refugees” and “asylum” seekers arriving every day.
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I believe any such 'questions' are now classed as Disinformation and Islamophobia, and thus criminal offences.
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That may explain black helicopters above and SUVs in front.
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Deny everything, Baldrick!
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While I haven't been paying much attention to it all, the other interpretation I've seen of it all is that both Canada and Mexico agreed to do what they've been doing and Trump backed down because he wasn't expecting them to stand up to him. I think that's definitely the case with Mexico, some years ago Biden asked nicely if Mexico would deploy troops to the border and they did so, and it appears that Trump was demanding less than Biden asked for so they sent 5,000 of home again.Fox3WheresMyBanana wrote: ↑Tue Feb 04, 2025 12:24 amTrudeau folds completely, and will implement the border plan Trump just gave him.
The media try to pretend otherwise: "We stayed strong"
Trudy is of course trying to pretend it was his plan all along, although strangely he seemed to know nothing about it this morning.
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I agree this is the other interpretation, and the one the Canadian media is portraying.
I would seriously challenge the idea that he wasn't expecting them to 'stand up to him', as you put it.
The proof will be in the changes in border crossings and drug flow over the next month, coupled with what happens in 30 days (since the tariffs have only been suspended).
Trudy has been doing nothing effective about drugs or the border for 9 years, quite deliberately I think. If this changes, then I think it has to interpreted as a Trump win.
The Mexicans obviously have the problem of the power of the drug gangs, with which I do sympathize. Reducing drug flow will cost them in lives, I suspect.
Of course, a two-pronged approach was required, otherwise the drug gangs would just switch production to the country that wasn't pressured.
I would seriously challenge the idea that he wasn't expecting them to 'stand up to him', as you put it.
The proof will be in the changes in border crossings and drug flow over the next month, coupled with what happens in 30 days (since the tariffs have only been suspended).
Trudy has been doing nothing effective about drugs or the border for 9 years, quite deliberately I think. If this changes, then I think it has to interpreted as a Trump win.
The Mexicans obviously have the problem of the power of the drug gangs, with which I do sympathize. Reducing drug flow will cost them in lives, I suspect.
Of course, a two-pronged approach was required, otherwise the drug gangs would just switch production to the country that wasn't pressured.
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Skippy was never going to do any of what he's been told to do now. He had 9 years to secure the border, instead he opened it up, and I am not talking just about the physical border to US. How about "refugees" and "asylum" seekers that fly in by the planeloads every day? They are the ones we should be most worried about as there are a number of bad actors among them.llondel wrote: ↑Tue Feb 04, 2025 5:29 pmWhile I haven't been paying much attention to it all, the other interpretation I've seen of it all is that both Canada and Mexico agreed to do what they've been doing and Trump backed down* because he wasn't expecting them to stand up to him. I think that's definitely the case with Mexico, some years ago Biden asked nicely if Mexico would deploy troops to the border and they did so, and it appears that Trump was demanding less than Biden asked for so they sent 5,000 of home again.Fox3WheresMyBanana wrote: ↑Tue Feb 04, 2025 12:24 amTrudeau folds completely, and will implement the border plan Trump just gave him.
The media try to pretend otherwise: "We stayed strong"
Trudy is of course trying to pretend it was his plan all along, although strangely he seemed to know nothing about it this morning.
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Because they stand on the wall and say "nothing's gonna hurt you tonight, not on my watch".