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[Canada] is also staying home and washing their hands
Is there a specific set of meals that a real traditional Shack will serve or is it just general French Canadian cuisine with a heavy focus on delicious food that'll kill you sooner than later?
That's just it. When people ask me what is the identity of Canadian cuisine (let alone French-Canadian), the only thing that pops up in my head are BeaverTails and poutine. Kraft Dinner maybe? But that's easily lumped in as "American" fare.
Atlantic Canada maybe has a bigger identity due to seafood, but almost anything else I can think of that I would classify as remotely Canadian would include some kind of maple or sugar.
My friend says it's pea soup + sausages + eggs + mashed potatoes + tortiere + baked beans, all covered in maple syrup, and dessert is pancakes + sugar pie/pudding au chomeur, but every sucrerie does things a little bit different.
You also go to see how the maple syrup is made, ride a carriage around the grounds, dance, play spoons, and of course do a tire-a-neige.
My favourite story of bungled French was when I was on exchange in Quebec (Katimavik), and the local grocery had this really cute cashier who was really good at dying her hair in lots of vibrant colours.
One day, I worked up my courage and said, “J’aime ton cheval”
She looked me weird, and for a brief second I realized my mistake.
“je m'excuse, j’aime tes cheveux”
And then I paid for y stuff and fled the store....
There should at minimum be a requirement for baseline support percentages, unique donors, registered voters, or some bar to be passed for this policy to trigger
Otherwise you could just draft up a troll party and make it so all topics are partisan by having public stances on them, which I mean, I guess Bernier is doing here anyhow
How do they even decide what to pursue? Is there a non-partisan board or something?
I hope any scientific paper, charity org, etc. that does jump through those hoops during the campaign also add an aside to tell Bernier to fuck all the way off, considering they’re gonna be considered officially partisan anyway.
Ironically, a large part of Maxime Bernier’s electorate.
The guy has an electorate?
Children's rights are human rights.
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valhalla13013 Dark Shield Perceives the GodsRegistered Userregular
I was reading rhis thread and it occurred to me that Canada must have a northern limit, right? Like... surely people don't live all the way up in the middle northern coast of Canada?
And then I thought, surely Canada has a northernmost road, right?
If someone wanted to take that, then head north, what would stop them?
How many mountain men are somehow eking out a living in the frozen north?
I was reading rhis thread and it occurred to me that Canada must have a northern limit, right? Like... surely people don't live all the way up in the middle northern coast of Canada?
And then I thought, surely Canada has a northernmost road, right?
If someone wanted to take that, then head north, what would stop them?
How many mountain men are somehow eking out a living in the frozen north?
Some people claim our northernmost northeriness ends at the North Pole, but some people dispute this. People like the not-Canadian members of the UN. But they're not Canadians, so they don't count in this thread.
We definitely own Magnetic North, though.
Children's rights are human rights.
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UnbrokenEvaHIGH ON THE WIREBUT I WON'T TRIP ITRegistered Userregular
Oh and the idea of “roads” gets pretty theoretical at best up there. Past a certain point communities are largely only accessible by plane, and snowmobiles are the vehicle of choice within the communities
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UnbrokenEvaHIGH ON THE WIREBUT I WON'T TRIP ITRegistered Userregular
Or to look at your question a different way, your far northern survivors absolutely are there, there’s a lot of them, and they’ve been doing it a lot longer than Canada has been a country
BroloBroseidonLord of the BroceanRegistered Userregular
edited August 2019
two things happened:
the liberal party managed to hold on to power in Ontario for 15 consecutive years, and people forgot just how shitty the conservatives were
liberal premiere kathleen wynne, by the end of her tenure, was deeply unpopular, partly because she inherited a long list of complaints about scandals that happened under liberal leadership, and also because she is a gay woman
meanwhile ontario convervative party leader patrick brown, who lacked all charisma but at least was a known evil, got accused of sexual assault and resigned slightly before the election (he would go on to run for and win a last-minute election bid to become mayor of Brampton, despite not having any connection with the city)
doug ford announced he was going to run for conservative party leader and immediately won despite not having any published policy agenda
and then by the time the election happened, ontario's vote split:
40% went to the conservatives
33% went to the NDP
19% went to the liberals
04% went to the greens
thanks to FPTP, doug ford ended up with a super majority, and immediately started passing nonsensical legislation that has gutted public infrastructure, healthcare, education, transit, social security and legal representation, and also cratering his own approval rating as soon as he passed his first budget
in short, we managed to use a whole bunch of circumstances to fuck ourselves over in the worst way possible
Canadian voting usually is less about voting someone in than voting someone out as well
Ford barely had a public set of policies he was campaigning on, and he didn't need it, because all anyone cared about was voting Wynne out, and now whoops guess no one can afford university or to get your Autistic kids care
It is pretty impressive that he managed to tank his approval ratings in under a year to be below Wynne's own for her final year, though
I feel like there's a bit of a legacy there from Rob Ford's tenure as mayor. Like, the same people who thought it was funny and great to have Rob Ford put Toronto on the global map thanks to his drug videos and scandals thought "Wouldn't it be great if Doug Ford did the same? For a whole province?"
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One piece of advice, reserve way in advance
Like early February
The good ones fill up fast and the bigger, more commercial and touristy it is, the worse it is.
Great advice.
*looks online for reserving a meal for 3*
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It was exceptionally good.
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Atlantic Canada maybe has a bigger identity due to seafood, but almost anything else I can think of that I would classify as remotely Canadian would include some kind of maple or sugar.
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You also go to see how the maple syrup is made, ride a carriage around the grounds, dance, play spoons, and of course do a tire-a-neige.
Yeah the taffy on snow is the main attraction, really.
And maple taffy rules, it's one of the best parts of winter, easily
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(Pouding au chômeur would imply it’s made of unemployed people)
Anyway, the poor taste delicious
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I'm simultaneously too innocent for this world.
*cough* boba *cough*
One day, I worked up my courage and said, “J’aime ton cheval”
She looked me weird, and for a brief second I realized my mistake.
“je m'excuse, j’aime tes cheveux”
And then I paid for y stuff and fled the store....
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Dear Satan.....
This is insane
There should at minimum be a requirement for baseline support percentages, unique donors, registered voters, or some bar to be passed for this policy to trigger
Otherwise you could just draft up a troll party and make it so all topics are partisan by having public stances on them, which I mean, I guess Bernier is doing here anyhow
How do they even decide what to pursue? Is there a non-partisan board or something?
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Why? There's no mention of this on Environmental Defense's website, and I haven't found anything (yet) about this on Elections Canada's website.
Who wants to separate from Canada?
Ironically, a large part of Maxime Bernier’s electorate.
The guy has an electorate?
And then I thought, surely Canada has a northernmost road, right?
If someone wanted to take that, then head north, what would stop them?
How many mountain men are somehow eking out a living in the frozen north?
Like, if someone wants to go live in the tundra or deep in the boreal forest they could do it
But like, they'd probably die
Some people claim our northernmost northeriness ends at the North Pole, but some people dispute this. People like the not-Canadian members of the UN. But they're not Canadians, so they don't count in this thread.
We definitely own Magnetic North, though.
By the way, for a fun exercise, look at the monthly average highs, and the historical highs. Then look at this year's high temperatures.
that doesn't sound fun at all
Racist Québécois love him.
doug ford could you please stop existing
what the fuck ontario
The dude should be political poison for a fucking neighborhood watch let alone a province
Need some stuff designed or printed? I can help with that.
the liberal party managed to hold on to power in Ontario for 15 consecutive years, and people forgot just how shitty the conservatives were
liberal premiere kathleen wynne, by the end of her tenure, was deeply unpopular, partly because she inherited a long list of complaints about scandals that happened under liberal leadership, and also because she is a gay woman
meanwhile ontario convervative party leader patrick brown, who lacked all charisma but at least was a known evil, got accused of sexual assault and resigned slightly before the election (he would go on to run for and win a last-minute election bid to become mayor of Brampton, despite not having any connection with the city)
doug ford announced he was going to run for conservative party leader and immediately won despite not having any published policy agenda
and then by the time the election happened, ontario's vote split:
40% went to the conservatives
33% went to the NDP
19% went to the liberals
04% went to the greens
thanks to FPTP, doug ford ended up with a super majority, and immediately started passing nonsensical legislation that has gutted public infrastructure, healthcare, education, transit, social security and legal representation, and also cratering his own approval rating as soon as he passed his first budget
in short, we managed to use a whole bunch of circumstances to fuck ourselves over in the worst way possible
Ford barely had a public set of policies he was campaigning on, and he didn't need it, because all anyone cared about was voting Wynne out, and now whoops guess no one can afford university or to get your Autistic kids care
It is pretty impressive that he managed to tank his approval ratings in under a year to be below Wynne's own for her final year, though
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