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- pango2
Yo Ben
Asking you cuz I don't know any French Canadian...
What you think of gov(ford) cutting french language service?
Or don't care?- Not sure I'm the Ben you wanted to answer.ben_
- the dude was a hash dealer in high school. just think back to the guys dealing hash in your school. should give you a good picture of who this guy is.Gnash
- @Ben_ are you French Canadian?pango
- the guys dealing hash in my high school were awesome! Always hooked it up. Just cause DF sold hash, he doesn't represent all hash dealersspot13
- [support your local dealer]spot13
- lol :)Gnash
- @pango, nope.ben_
- Not the Ben I was referring to then... :|pango
- ben_0
/\ My name is Ben, I live in Ontario so I'll bite.
I think it's a shame we have him in office in the first place, but it makes sense given the political climate in NA and given that the Liberals really did nothing to help their cause over the past few years.
There's not a ton of French-speaking (only) Canadians in Ontario but it seems odd to alienate them in the way he's doing. I don't know if I disagree with cutting the university build entirely, but overall it seems short-sighted and little more than posturing against the Federal gov to look good in the eyes of the people who voted for him - or maybe it's because he's THAT scared of actually having to learn to speak French, which he promised to do when he took office.
But this is what you get when an uneducated buffoon takes office, and I don't mean uneducated in scholastic terms (though that's also true) - he's just a non-curious, simple-minded Ontario boy who's playing to his base of the same.
- DF didn't have to do anything to win, the Liberals decided that their utopian (socialist) vision for society was more important than the peoplespot13
- Anyone running as the PC leader would have won and it's a growing problem that the leader selection process for the parties (NDP and Liberal too) is so flawedspot13
- You'll note I said as much about the Liberals. Still, df largely wins with dimwits more concerned with cheap beer than much else.ben_
- zarkonite4
There are over 550,000 native french speakers in Ontario. They pay taxes, and they have the right to continue their education in their own language. French and English are the official languages of this country, so it's not like an immigrant minority asking us to adapt to them. This is our citizens demanding that their right to education be upheld.
It's totally unacceptable to me that a province, which is required by the constitution to manage education, would deprive tax payers of the higher education they actually pay for already. This goes to show what kind of a low life Doug Ford is, he doesn't care about our institutions that ultimately bind us together. He doesn't see that this would be a source of strength, having two major cities in this country with proper universities that are fully french would be a major achievement for Canada. You would actually start to see young people from France come in for a degree and maybe stay and enrich our country more...
anyways, I'd gladly kick that fat fuck in the face if I had the chance.
- Ontario is not a bilingual province and either is Quebec.spot13
- What's your point? Education is still a right. He talks about balancing the budget, when in fact they actually pay enough taxes to have their own uni.zarkonite
- My point is that if you want bilingual schools, vote in a government that would make Ontario bilingual.spot13
- Otherwise there is always New Brunswick - the only French and English province - where the public education system is available in both official languagesspot13
- There are english public schools in Quebec from K to PhD. The point of having rights is to protect minorities, your scenario of a bilingual government willzarkonite
- never happen. The math can't work. As a matter of fact, they did have a french speaker and she quit cuz they told her to shut up.zarkonite
- You're right, Ontario is not likely to become a bilingual province seeing how 96% of Ontario residents don't speak Frenchspot13
- hehe I was just thinking you're right in that the next government could sweep up these votes by promising what the conservatives won't do =)zarkonite
- Democracy! Lolspot13
- pango8
- “I’m not your buddy, guy.”prophetone
- Didn't know she's Canadianpango
- hahaGnash
- slave to the rhythm!uan
- lolDRIFTMONKEY
- “I’m not your guy, buddy.”jagara
- rootlock0
I live in Calgary and Golden BC. Every country sucks. You have to go to work..pay your taxes...Justin loves to hobnob. That said I'm proud to be Canadian. why:
Racism doesn't really exist here. Not alot of segregation here. Everyone gets Canadian washed.
It's fucking cold. No igloos...but putting on winter weight and being fat and wearing cool jackets is nice.
Health care. I usually only go to get some cialis and ativan to fly.
We do say sorry a bunch. I once opened a door for someone and said sorry.
Only issue is not alot of cool places to live. Vancouver island and Montreal is it.
I love Hawaii, Greek Islands and Croatia...very similar people to Canadians.
- Ya... Maybe not your neighbourhood. But racism is still in Canada. Not as bad as south of the border tho. They do have higher population.pango
- Canada is ok.robotron3k
- "Racism doesn't really exist here" hahahahahahahahahaha...
ahahahahaha
ahahahahahanb - you forgot to mention the Saddledome issue...caterpus
- lol...not a lot of segregation here. did you portal in from a time machine?hotroddy
- fanfoobi-1
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- _niko0
What's happening with our golden boy?
anyone following the snc lavalin "scandal" lol.seems to me that if it was Trump it would be the equivalent of farting in public without excusing himself.
Only in Canada.
- Jagmeet & Peterson want to run against him no?robotron3k
- Prime Minister Peterson? Jesus lol_niko
- Haven't been following the news, but I expect a scapegoat will take the fall.i_monk
- had high hopes for this dude...but it sure looks bad for him right now. I think he really fucked this up...exador1
- Surely he has some fierce outfit in his closet that he will wear to distract from the issue...robotron3k
- It's bad, but made way worse for him because of the hypocrisyGnash
- all the preachy intersectionality and dire yipping on male toxicity elevates this fuck-up to the next levelGnash
- He lost my vote why he bailed on electoral reform a few months into his mandate.i_monk
- This is the most exciting things in Canadian politic in a while.pango
- Now he is interested in electoral reform again. Lolpango
- ^ i know, lolGnash
- https://www.thebeave…Gnash
- Well he’s no more or less competent or corrupt than every other leader ever, but he’s got better hair so he still gets my vote . I guess._niko
- erm...'our'? Not mine.see_thru
- So far it seems like it was highly inappropriate but not illegal.pango
- The interference is illegal. although It's not a 'criminal' offence, it is an 'administrative' offence.Gnash
- Has she actually named him? If not he's going to throw a PMO staffer under the bus for it.i_monk
- Ya she didpango
- The one who might go under the bus already resigned. Lolpango
- eryx3
As some of you might know I stopped working in advertising and moved out to Alberta to work in the oil patch. There is a real following for this guy out here. He talks like everyone here and acts like everyone here. If you ever wondered what it would be like to make a career change this guy could be your co-worker.
- Funny guy, bit of a Fubar ripoff. And there there's super punchers: https://www.youtube.…
;)zarkonite - Total rip off of Fubar, just subscribed to the your guy. Pure gold!eryx
- I was expecting adventuring cats.elahon
- getting fat stacks to sit on your ass?shellie
- Really, though.
The Def Leppard font?Continuity - Also, I note he skipped the 'Acadian attempting to speak English' accent (wise), and the Cape Bretoner accent (marginally more comprehensible than Newfie).Continuity
- Alberta is our Texas, and Quebec is our hillbilly Ozark/Appalachia.BustySaintClaire
- i'm strangely attracted.shellie
- Funny guy, bit of a Fubar ripoff. And there there's super punchers: https://www.youtube.…
- PonyBoy2
- like take it easy eh, hoserprophetone
- Canada is in the wrong on this one, and should take back the garbage (which was sent labeled as recycled plastics), but yeah this Duterte is no class act.T-Dawg
- A Canada-Philippine war would be a nice distraction from all the other shit.i_monk
- Their standing military is like 9 times the size of ours though.i_monk
- But USA will protect us :D Right?
Right guys? :DBennn - fuck no... and clean up your fucking garbage already :)PonyBoy
- it's settled. we're paying upGnash
- Krassy3
“Canada’s like a loft apartment over a really great party.”
- Gnash0
an oldie but still makes me laugh
- i_monk4
We dodged a fucking bullet last night and ended up with the best possible outcome under FPTP: a minority government with NDP balancing things.
- Amen.
It's interesting in the 2019 world to see who's spouting conservative nonsense on social media instead of holding back...ideaist - 100%ben_
- and Bernier losing his seat.ben_
- I wonder if the Cons will start agitating for PR, given they got more votes but fewer seats.i_monk
- I have young family and friends who are spouting (conservative) rhetoric all over the place and it's kind of fucked up.ideaist
- NDP, Cons or the Bloc all have the balance of power. He'll deal with each according to his needs of the moment.zarkonite
- lol @ bernier...Salarrue
- A communist is never happy with opposing views.Hayoth
- Blackface /SNC Lavalin / Firing his best two females ministers / An Idiot Abroad!! Sorry - he’s a fool ....really hoped for changeStatic_Line
- Apparently Cdn QBN crew is all located in the east lolStatic_Line
- Or they're abroad. And this Canadian aboard voted NDP. Best possible outcome, as i_monk said.Continuity
- Anything but the ConsBennn
- Only Con voters gave a shit about Lavalin, and possibly only to convince themselves the problem didn't begin under Harper's watch.i_monk
- NDP are 4th place peripheral. 1 seat in Quebec, a critical region. Libs have 35. If Trudeau needs any support, it will be from exchange with the Bloc, 32 seats.BustySaintClaire
- Libs and NDP have more common ground in policy and urban demographics, and the NDP won't push for one province getting special treatment.i_monk
- *raises hand. west coast here.
i also thinks minority liberal is the best out come. Trudeau's an idiot, and does need to be put in check.pango - At least he's a well-meaning idiot and not malicious as the Cons have become.i_monk
- agreepango
- Amen.
- MarleyMarl-4
Blackface hasn't done shit for Canada over the past 4 years. What makes you think he's going to do anything now?
Scheer was the best option for the country both socially and fiscally. He is a lot closer to the middle than past PC leaders. Just because he's conservative every likens him to Trump which couldn't be further from the truth.
- NYC? Really?ideaist
- I feel we're looking more and more like a 2 party system. Black. White.ideaist
- The middle is gone; politically, economically, etc.ideaist
- A Canadian can live in NYC last time I checked.MarleyMarl
- Canadians love USA, they very confident here cause they always have free stuff to fall back on if they can't make it here...robotron3k
- Scheer has zero experience... just a puppet of the petrol industry as Trudeau.Salarrue
- Never heard a single person liken Scheer to Trump. People do liken him to Stephen Harper though. You must be hearing this from Americans or something.T-Dawg
- and even then, he's harper light_niko
- I'm gay, tell me again how Scheer would be better for me than Trudeau.i_monk
- oh yeah Scheer... fuck the climate change y'all. No thanks, he's the worst option.Bennn
- Too early to judge Scheer, only 40 & his 1st election as leader. His party had a new leader in 2004 (also Lib minority) who 2 yrs later became PM for a decade.BustySaintClaire
- It's not too early to judge Scheer, his parliamentary record is 15 years long.i_monk
- Best option socially? Come again...
and best option fiscally? Prove that one out historically, what conservative ever set us up well for the long haul?ben_ - I didn’t vote for Trudeau or Scheer and I’m happy with a minority gov, JT is in check and on notice.ben_
- Harper and Mulroney, the last two Con PMs, have the worst post-war economic record. Scheer is Harper's man and would have joined him on that list.i_monk
- /\ exactly.ben_
- dude spoke at a rally with Faith fucking Goldy. He's courting people with the same racist agenda. Fuck him. Fuck everyone like him.exador1
- utopian0
Trump responds to Trudeau blackface scandal: 'I was more surprised when I saw the number of times'
- Gnash0
The accent is golden. That Karen, eh?
