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Good one Deb. HiggyFan's was good too. Bouche is mouth in French. So, Le Grande Bouche = The Big Mouth.

My apologies if I sounded terse. TBH, I just couldn't understand why you weren't on Google looking for that stuff about 5 posts ago.

Do your own research..... The Time article you posted does everything but say it out loud. But it does link to another article that whispers it: Why measles cases are climbing Not enough kids are getting vaccinated. Why fewer kids are getting vaccinated Growing vaccine-refusal is one reason. https://time.com/6311276/antivax-movement-adapt-essay/

You just have to get out there and meet more people. We need a bigger sample size.

We were talking about a death of a child in Ontario Canada. 'Covid anti-vaxxers' in Canada have started to have their kids miss other vaccinations. We can discuss semantics if you wish but whatever words you wish to use an unvaccinated 5 year old has died from a disease no Canadian kid has died from in about 35 years. What point are you trying to make here?

??? Have you really not heard about the recent trend of (some) parents choosing not to have their kids vaccinated for the things we were all vaccinated against?

There are so many posts from so many people that point out problems. Many of them also propose that a conservative government would fix everything despite not being able to explain how they will do so. Please forgive me for lumping you in with both groups. It would seem that you are only in the former group, the one that points out problems. I've also noticed that quite often the roles of the provincial and federal governments are described in a blurry way depending on what point is trying to be made. I can't remember if you are in the group that does that.

Jesus Ricky. Is the oxygen thinner when your up so high on that horse? I think I've probably given you lots to debate on over these pages but this is kinda weak.

Nice deflection. I've read so many of your posts. Can you really be surprised if I took the line 'anyone surprised this is happening more now considering how our healthcare is falling apart? Sad to see' the way I did? Speaking of surprises, I'm not surprised that after you point out that you never mentioned the liberals you mention the liberals.

Lot's of dates in that article. Interesting that so many pre-date our current government. I just took another glance at the Conservatives' plan to solve the shortage of doctors in Canada and to improve health care in general. As usual, many sentences begin with 'The Conservative Party believes...' and are followed by no sentences that fully explain how that will be achieved. Sad to see.

Yes. My comment was based on the fact that there have been so many posts describing how the Cons are using tactics from the Republican campaign playbook and I found the 'everytime we vote out Liberals, we turn Canada into the US?' comment a little odd.

No. Please pay attention.

I'm not going to comment on the guy's musicality but it sounds like he's been involved with this kind of stuff for years. Environment and ecology rap[edit] Brinkman was commissioned by the WILD Foundation to produce The Rap Guide to Wilderness in 2014. The album was critically acclaimed and features songs about biodiversity, extinction, conservation, habitat loss and trophic cascade.[47][48][49][50][51] In 2015 Brinkman's play Rap Guide to Climate Chaos premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe,[52][53][54] followed by performances at the COP21 United Nations Climate Change Conference.[55] "Climate Chaos" went on to play-off-Broadway for six months in 2016, and featured Michael E. Mann, Gavin Schmidt, Naomi Oreskes and Bill Nye as talkback speakers.[56][57] Bill Nye also features on the album version of "Climate Chaos", rapping the chorus of the track "What's Beef", which remixes a Notorious B.I.G. song to discuss climate change denial.[58] Rap Guide to Climate Chaos summarizes the science, politics, and economics of climate change and advocates for a global carbon tax as part of the solution.[59] In 2016, after the election of Donald Trump, Brinkman worked with Gary Yohe at Wesleyan University, a senior contributor to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and co-recipient along with Al Gore of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize, to produce a new song and video titled "Erosion", summarizing data from the National Climate Assessment on the U.S.-based physical impacts of climate change.[60][61] Instead of focusing on his mom's job, how about his dads? Dirk Brinkman, Sr., who is notable for having founded the world's only private company responsible for planting more than one billion trees. Brinkman spent his early summers in remote tree planting camps, and began planting trees himself at the age of 15.[5] He worked for his parents' business, Brinkman & Associates Reforestation, for twelve seasons in British Columbia and Alberta, personally planting more than one million trees. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baba_Brinkman

One of the best ever is gone. Nobel laureate Alice Munro, the Canadian literary giant who became one of the world’s most esteemed contemporary authors and one of history’s most honored short story writers, has died at age 92. https://apnews.com/article/alice-munro-dies-f2311484b33c450ab16331aef6548631

That's it? Sorry Ricky, but it sounds like Peewee Herman saying 'I know you are but what am I?'.

Underdogs entering series, Canucks now slight favourites to advance past Oilers FanDuel didn't give the Canucks much of a shot to beat the Oilers entering their second round series. Vancouver was +235 to win the series prior to its Game 1 win, but up two games to one, the Canucks are now slight favourites to advance to the Western Conference Final. https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/video/underdogs-entering-series-canucks-now-slight-favourites-to-advan~2920854

Energy Poilievre has promised to cancel Ottawa’s carbon price on consumer goods and build more pipelines. He says Canada would rely on technology to tackle its greenhouse-gas emissions, but hasn’t provided further detail. - but details are exactly what we've been asking for. Government budgets He promised to enact a “Pay-As-You-Go Law” that would cap federal spending at its budgeted amount and force it to find savings when something new is added. Poilievre says emergencies such as natural disasters and pandemics would be exempt from his rule, but new spending projects would require officials to look at existing budgets and to find what can be cut or changed to curb spending. - vague again and just a little scary in regards to what might be cut. Freedom of expression Poilievre said a government led by him would promote free speech on university campuses by withholding federal funding to institutions that don’t commit to doing so. He also promises to appoint a former judge as a “free speech guardian” to probe any alleged violations. - vague and extremely scary. Do we have problem with free speech on campuses now? Maybe just too much woke talk for PP's liking. Bank of Canada Poilievre pledged to adopt a bill first introduced by former Conservative leader Andrew Scheer, who helped with his campaign, that would subject the central bank to the federal auditor general. - might be good might be bad. I'll withhold comment for now. He also received intense criticism for a promise to fire Tiff Macklem as the Bank of Canada governor over the country’s high rate of inflation. - We must have a scapegoat! Poilievre also promised to ban the central bank’s proposed digital currency, although early in the campaign he also pledged that a Poilievre government would make it easier for Canadians to use cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin. - Huh? Housing Poilievre said he’d force cities such as Toronto and Vancouver to increase new home building by 15 per cent, under threat of losing federal funding, in an effort to bring down housing prices. He also promised a slate of other measures, including paying an extra $10,000 to municipalities for every new home that is built, and converting federal properties into affordable housing. - How will he 'force' those cities? Where will they get the money for this? 10 grand per new home won't help them much. Immigration He promised to incentivize provincial governments to ensure licensing bodies rule on newcomers’ applications within 60 days. Poilievre also said he would provide more study loans to those immigrating to Canada who need extra training to meet licensing requirements. -vague again. Describe the incentives. Assisting immigrant professionals to get Canadian certification is something I can agree with.

I got way more than that. And it was the post I was commenting on. All I've been questioning is taking a few select words from a quote and running with them. Remember the post that initially started this? Why not quote the whole thing and then pick it apart? (and I have to admit, all the addendums at the end of posts is something I've noticed before and have always questioned. I'd ask the same questions of anyone else and have.)

This I know. Do you still feel your initial post was more than just a chirp? Could any politician have said the same, or a very similar, thing? Are 'points' made quoting a few words from a quote without context really a good way to win people over to your point of view? BTW - Why must (almost) every one of your posts end with yet another chirp or yet another a review of some poll? Do you not feel your initial argument was valid enough to stand on its' own?

As per somebody named always_reading on Reddit: Since this quote is being over-used in Conservative attack ads, I feel it is important for Canadians to view the quote in context. From there, people can make a more informed decision about what it means. The interview lasts less than 5 minutes and focuses entirely on the budget. The quote comes at the very end when the interviewer asked Mr. Trudeau how committed he would be to a balanced budget, would it worry him to go into deficit in the current economic climate. Justin Trudeau answered: "The commitment needs to be a commitment to grow the economy, and the budget will balance itself. This way [the way the Conservatives were doing it], they're artificially fixing a target of a balanced budget in an election year and they're going through all kinds of twists and bends to get it just right, and the timing just right in the announcement. And that's irresponsible. What you need to do is create an economy that works for Canadians, works for middle class Canadians, allows young people to find a job, allows seniors to feel secure in their retirement." An expected retort will be 'Well, what has happened since that 2015 quote?' Well, lots. Here and all over the world.

Electing PP at this point would be the equivalent of hiring Mike Millbury. (That was fun to type - It's so easy to make posts like this. All offense and no defense. Reminds me of the Leafs though.)

Yes, so we have heard. What we are waiting to hear is HOW any of these things will be done.

That was not an answer to the question that was asked.

Surovikin remains 'retired'. Russian President Vladimir Putin has replaced his defense minister Sergei Shoigu with a civilian, Andrey Belousov, citing the country’s rising military spending and the need for “innovation.” Shoigu had been “relieved” of his post of Minister of Defense by presidential decree and been appointed Secretary of Russia’s Security Council, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said on Sunday night local time. Shoigu would also become Putin’s deputy in Russia’s Military-Industrial Commission, Peskov said, while Nikolai Patrushev, the previous Secretary of the Security Council, would “transfer to another job.” https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/12/europe/sergei-shoigu-putin-replaces-defense-minister-intl-latam/index.html