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I mean we had some candidates resign over social media behaviour this election
but it was stuff like saying a fencepost at Auschwitz looked phallic (and then justifying it by saying they weren't aware it was a photo of Auschwitz because they hadn't been aware what Auschwitz was), or making youtube videos of themselves sexually harassing telephone customer service agents
Don't forget peeing in a mug (though that's surveillance footage and not a Youtube) and VirJiny Provost, who's 18 years old and posted in a Youtube that if she went to a desert island she'd bring her cell phone, a penis and a ton of chips.
Also she was born Virginie but changed her name's spelling to VirJiny, capital J, "to make it more like Ron's sister from Harry Potter".
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Honestly, no one cared when Mhairi did it either. It was generally accepted that it made her seem more human and increased her popularity a lot. There was no scandal.
If they change to preferential voting I wonder how it will affect the ability of the cons to be elected in the future
It'll probably tank it, which is half the point. Ideally the non crazy members of their caucus would just split off into another party to get elected while the reformers wither and die.
Our conservatives dealt with it by forging an undissolvable (yet eternally strained) coalition with the major farming party. Neither of them like each other very much, but alone each party would be completely unelectable, so they seem to be in it for the long haul.
Our conservatives dealt with it by forging an undissolvable (yet eternally strained) coalition with the major farming party. Neither of them like each other very much, but alone each party would be completely unelectable, so they seem to be in it for the long haul.
It'll be really interesting to see what happens in Canada.
A lot of Liberal voters who would gladly put the former Tories (Progressive Conservative under Joe Clark as their last leader) as their second choice in the election seem a lot less likely to do that with the Conservative party in its current incarnation, since it is, essentially, the Reform/CRAP party (my favourite unintentionally accurate acronym), which never saw any real success east of the Prairies.
Either they split back into two Conservative parties and risk some vote splitting with the more extreme right-wing party to get back some of their old supporters in Ontario and the East (or at the very least show up as the 'second' choice on a lot more ballots, if we go that way), or they see vote splitting as the far greater threat and keep their uneasy right-wing coalition together.
Our conservatives dealt with it by forging an undissolvable (yet eternally strained) coalition with the major farming party. Neither of them like each other very much, but alone each party would be completely unelectable, so they seem to be in it for the long haul.
It'll be really interesting to see what happens in Canada.
A lot of Liberal voters who would gladly put the former Tories (Progressive Conservative under Joe Clark as their last leader) as their second choice in the election seem a lot less likely to do that with the Conservative party in its current incarnation, since it is, essentially, the Reform/CRAP party (my favourite unintentionally accurate acronym), which never saw any real success east of the Prairies.
Either they split back into two Conservative parties and risk some vote splitting with the more extreme right-wing party to get back some of their old supporters in Ontario and the East (or at the very least show up as the 'second' choice on a lot more ballots, if we go that way), or they see vote splitting as the far greater threat and keep their uneasy right-wing coalition together.
Whatever lets more NDP into office, I say.
In a way I hope all of this is now moot, if Trudeau keeps his promise that this was the last First past the post election.
I'm overwhelmed by how weird these appointments seem, and by what it means that they seem weird
like the fact that the minister for science is a Nobel Prize winning actual scientist is insane and unheard of, but I'm pretty sure it should actually be the norm
First I've seen someone called an Inuit in a long long time. Usually I see people call them Eskimos, which I'm almost certain is a slur. Though I am curious what the difference between Inuit and Canadian Aboriginal is.
Also that looks like a fantastic cabinet.
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Inuit is one of the First Nations of Canada.
Together with the Yupik Nation of northern Alaska, they were collectively known as Eskimo for a long time.
As a term it doesn't have derogatory origins, but has fallen out of favor because of a history of use as a slur.
The difference between Inuit and Canadian Aboriginal is that the former is a small part of the latter and should only be used to refer to people actually from the Inuit Nation. There are hundreds of First Nations, members of any of which can be referred to as Aboriginal.
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even Aboriginal is starting to fall out of use, hence the renaming of the Minister of Aboriginal Affairs to Minister of Indigenous and Northern Affairs
the most commonly preferred terms to use are indigenous/indigenous peoples, or First Nations
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also our new Minister of National Defense got incredibly high praise from the head of the Coalition Task Force in Afghanistan for his apparently unheard of intelligence gathering skills, which consisted largely of working with local populations and building trust.
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Regional Command (South)
Kandahar Airfield, Kandahar, Afghanistan
16, September, 2006
Chief Constable J.H. Graham
LETTER OF APPRECIATION—DETECTIVE CONSTABLE NUMBER 1967-HARJIT SAJJAN
1. I have had the pleasure of having Constable and Major Harjit Sajjan work for me for the past nine months on OPERATION ARCHER/ATHENA, Canada’s contribution to the global war on terror in Afghanistan. I must say that Major Sajjan is one of the most remarkable people I have worked with, and his contribution to the success of the mission and the safety of Canadian soldiers was nothing short of remarkable.
2. Maj Sajjan was specially selected for the demanding and challenging task of acting as the Liaison Officer to the Afghan national Police on behalf of the Combined Task Force (CTF) Aegis HQ because of the civilian skillset he brought to the table as an undercover narcotics officer. His job further changed into being a special intelligence officer working direct to Commander CTF Aegis because of his ability to understand and exploit criminal networks. He consistently provided the most timely and accurate intelligence available, and he personally fused broad sources of information into an extremely coherent picture upon which most of the formations major operations were based. Not only did he display a rare high level of intellect and experience in his analysis, he also demonstrated remarkable personal courage in his collection efforts, often working in the face of the enemy to collect data and confirm his suspicions, and placing himself almost daily in situations of grave personal risk. His products were cogent and demonstrated a profound understanding of the Taliban (TV) and tribal networks which were critical to making formation and unit operations successful. He was the best single Canadian intelligence asset in theater, and his hard work, personal bravery and dogged determination undoubtedly saved a multitude of Coalition lives. Through his courage and dedication, Major Sajjan has singlehandedly changed the face of intelligence gathering and analysis in Afghanistan.
3. He tirelessly and selflessly devoted himself to piecing together the ground truth on tribal and Taliban networks in the Kandahar area, and his analysis was so compelling that it drove a number of large scale theatre-resourced efforts, including OPERATION MEDUSA, a large scale conventional combat operation that resulted in the defeat of the largest TB cell yet identified in Afghanistan, with over 1500 Taliban killed or captured. I rate him as one of the best intelligence officers I have ever worked with—fearless, smart, and personable, and I would not hesitate to have him on my staff at any time in the future. I have advised my chain of command that the Canadian Forces must capture his skillset, and seek his advice on how to change our entire tactical intelligence training and architecture to best meet the needs of future deployed units fighting in extremely complex human battlespace.
4. I cannot thank you enough for allowing Constable Sajjan to deploy with us on OPERATION ARCHER, and he has been an outstanding representative of the Vancouver City Police. I would ask that you pass my personal thanks on to Constable Sajjan, and to those who supported him and his family while he was over here with us. I pray that he stays safe now that he returns to the challenges and dangers of his “everyday job,” and ask that if I can ever be of assistance to either Constable Saja, or your Department, that you do not hesitate to ask.
Sincerely,
David Fraser
Bridgadier General
Commander, CTF Aegis
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It's constantly evolving. The most important thing is to be cool with referring to people the way they want to be referred to.
A friend of mine doesn't like any of the umbrella terms, she prefers to be referred to as a member of the Squamish Nation.
that knife being a symbol of a Sikh's duty to defend the vulnerable from oppression
"A Sikh must also have the courage to defend the rights of all who are wrongfully oppressed or persecuted irrespective of their colour, caste, or creed." - Guru Gobind Singh
I mean, I'm an atheist but I have absolutely no problem with the idea of my Minister of National Defense being a man of faith, especially if he believes strongly in stuff like that.
Honestly, no one cared when Mhairi did it either. It was generally accepted that it made her seem more human and increased her popularity a lot. There was no scandal.
That's... not something we need to be proud of, is it? I guess it's intended to be a joke, which I did get a chuckle out of, but it's not like a serious thing that "Hey guys! We have a redheaded member in the Cabinet!"
"Huzzah!"
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That's... not something we need to be proud of, is it? I guess it's intended to be a joke, which I did get a chuckle out of, but it's not like a serious thing that "Hey guys! We have a redheaded member in the Cabinet!"
"Huzzah!"
it's 100% a joke because the person who made that list is a ginger
I went as Justin Trudeau for Halloween. Curled my hair, grew a little douchebag goatee, gave out candy and leaflets. It went down really well, I'm just disappointed it'll never work that well again.
Damn, I usually shake my head at the ol' "this country's going to the dogs, I'm moving to Canada" tantrums, but damned if you guys aren't making a compelling case for actually moving to Canada.
Damn, I usually shake my head at the ol' "this country's going to the dogs, I'm moving to Canada" tantrums, but damned if you guys aren't making a compelling case for actually moving to Canada.
Good luck. Last I checked, you either need prior citizenship, to marry a citizen (to start the process), or be in an in-demand STEM job.
Or an ISIS refugee terrorist hellbent on the destroying the very fabric of Canadian society. According to many gnashing Conservatives I know, that'll make you a shoe-in.
Edit: This fills me with feel good feelings. Hopefully it plays out into a net-positive for our country.
Damn, I usually shake my head at the ol' "this country's going to the dogs, I'm moving to Canada" tantrums, but damned if you guys aren't making a compelling case for actually moving to Canada.
Good luck. Last I checked, you either need prior citizenship, to marry a citizen (to start the process), or be in an in-demand STEM job.
Or be one of the 25,000 Syrian refugees that our new PM has promised his government will bring here by the end of the year
Damn, I usually shake my head at the ol' "this country's going to the dogs, I'm moving to Canada" tantrums, but damned if you guys aren't making a compelling case for actually moving to Canada.
Good luck. Last I checked, you either need prior citizenship, to marry a citizen (to start the process), or be in an in-demand STEM job.
Or be one of the 25,000 Syrian refugees that our new PM has promised his government will bring here by the end of the year
Damn, I usually shake my head at the ol' "this country's going to the dogs, I'm moving to Canada" tantrums, but damned if you guys aren't making a compelling case for actually moving to Canada.
Good luck. Last I checked, you either need prior citizenship, to marry a citizen (to start the process), or be in an in-demand STEM job.
Hmm...
Any of you Canadian forumers interested in a green card marriage?
That shows the different classes for immigration and who is eligible/in demand. I wouldn't be surprised to see a few changes to the site over the next couple of months as the new government's immigration policy is implemented.
Damn, I usually shake my head at the ol' "this country's going to the dogs, I'm moving to Canada" tantrums, but damned if you guys aren't making a compelling case for actually moving to Canada.
Good luck. Last I checked, you either need prior citizenship, to marry a citizen (to start the process), or be in an in-demand STEM job.
Hmm...
Any of you Canadian forumers interested in a green card marriage?
Damn, I usually shake my head at the ol' "this country's going to the dogs, I'm moving to Canada" tantrums, but damned if you guys aren't making a compelling case for actually moving to Canada.
Good luck. Last I checked, you either need prior citizenship, to marry a citizen (to start the process), or be in an in-demand STEM job.
Hmm...
Any of you Canadian forumers interested in a green card marriage?
what are you bringing to the table?
I'm good with computers and am decently handy around the house. I can be a "Player 2" for games. Also I have a car. That's useful, right?
Damn, I usually shake my head at the ol' "this country's going to the dogs, I'm moving to Canada" tantrums, but damned if you guys aren't making a compelling case for actually moving to Canada.
Good luck. Last I checked, you either need prior citizenship, to marry a citizen (to start the process), or be in an in-demand STEM job.
Hmm...
Any of you Canadian forumers interested in a green card marriage?
what are you bringing to the table?
I'm good with computers and am decently handy around the house. I can be a "Player 2" for games. Also I have a car. That's useful, right?
But how are you against moose?
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That list of canadian cabinet facts is pretty cool
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The Conservatives have named Rona Ambrose as interim leader, which is the first woman in charge of that party interim or otherwise since what, Kim Campbell?
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but it was stuff like saying a fencepost at Auschwitz looked phallic (and then justifying it by saying they weren't aware it was a photo of Auschwitz because they hadn't been aware what Auschwitz was), or making youtube videos of themselves sexually harassing telephone customer service agents
Also she was born Virginie but changed her name's spelling to VirJiny, capital J, "to make it more like Ron's sister from Harry Potter".
That seems
That would rot pretty quickly
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If they change to preferential voting I wonder how it will affect the ability of the cons to be elected in the future
I am however shit at it
It'll probably tank it, which is half the point. Ideally the non crazy members of their caucus would just split off into another party to get elected while the reformers wither and die.
It'll be really interesting to see what happens in Canada.
A lot of Liberal voters who would gladly put the former Tories (Progressive Conservative under Joe Clark as their last leader) as their second choice in the election seem a lot less likely to do that with the Conservative party in its current incarnation, since it is, essentially, the Reform/CRAP party (my favourite unintentionally accurate acronym), which never saw any real success east of the Prairies.
Either they split back into two Conservative parties and risk some vote splitting with the more extreme right-wing party to get back some of their old supporters in Ontario and the East (or at the very least show up as the 'second' choice on a lot more ballots, if we go that way), or they see vote splitting as the far greater threat and keep their uneasy right-wing coalition together.
Whatever lets more NDP into office, I say.
In a way I hope all of this is now moot, if Trudeau keeps his promise that this was the last First past the post election.
I'm overwhelmed by how weird these appointments seem, and by what it means that they seem weird
like the fact that the minister for science is a Nobel Prize winning actual scientist is insane and unheard of, but I'm pretty sure it should actually be the norm
what do you guys think?
Need some stuff designed or printed? I can help with that.
Also that looks like a fantastic cabinet.
Together with the Yupik Nation of northern Alaska, they were collectively known as Eskimo for a long time.
As a term it doesn't have derogatory origins, but has fallen out of favor because of a history of use as a slur.
The difference between Inuit and Canadian Aboriginal is that the former is a small part of the latter and should only be used to refer to people actually from the Inuit Nation. There are hundreds of First Nations, members of any of which can be referred to as Aboriginal.
Need some stuff designed or printed? I can help with that.
the most commonly preferred terms to use are indigenous/indigenous peoples, or First Nations
A friend of mine doesn't like any of the umbrella terms, she prefers to be referred to as a member of the Squamish Nation.
Need some stuff designed or printed? I can help with that.
that knife being a symbol of a Sikh's duty to defend the vulnerable from oppression
"A Sikh must also have the courage to defend the rights of all who are wrongfully oppressed or persecuted irrespective of their colour, caste, or creed." - Guru Gobind Singh
I mean, I'm an atheist but I have absolutely no problem with the idea of my Minister of National Defense being a man of faith, especially if he believes strongly in stuff like that.
That's... not something we need to be proud of, is it? I guess it's intended to be a joke, which I did get a chuckle out of, but it's not like a serious thing that "Hey guys! We have a redheaded member in the Cabinet!"
"Huzzah!"
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it's 100% a joke because the person who made that list is a ginger
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Good luck. Last I checked, you either need prior citizenship, to marry a citizen (to start the process), or be in an in-demand STEM job.
Edit: This fills me with feel good feelings. Hopefully it plays out into a net-positive for our country.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/behind-the-scenes-with-justin-trudeau-on-his-1st-day-as-pm-1.3304860
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Or be one of the 25,000 Syrian refugees that our new PM has promised his government will bring here by the end of the year
Or that.
Hmm...
Any of you Canadian forumers interested in a green card marriage?
That shows the different classes for immigration and who is eligible/in demand. I wouldn't be surprised to see a few changes to the site over the next couple of months as the new government's immigration policy is implemented.
what are you bringing to the table?
I'm good with computers and am decently handy around the house. I can be a "Player 2" for games. Also I have a car. That's useful, right?
But how are you against moose?
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