Wideleft

If you can defend just 5 on my list as fit for office (I did not instigate the term "crazy" in this discussion, by the way) I will tell you why you are wrong. It's no secret that it is Conservative policy not to allow interviews with legacy media during campaigns, because even they know they can't defend the "crazy".

Ya no. Conservative talking point. The guy has dedicated his life advocating for human rights and environmental protection. He's also really intelligent. But he was also a climate activist that was involved with a stunt that involved scaling the CN tower to bring attention to climate change more than 20 years ago (when it really needed the attention). I can see why the right find him so scary. How 'bout you do your own work, chum?

People on the right keep saying this as I guess it helps them sleep at night, but there really is no truth to this in today's politics. Name me one non Conservative Senator as batshit crazy as Denise Batters. Name a "left wing crazy" for each of these right wing crazies: Garnett Genuis Michael Cooper Michelle Ferrari Pierre Poilievre Ted Falk Arnold Viersen Danielle Smith Mark Strahl Derek Sloan Cheryl Gallant Marilyn Gladu Tom Lukiwski Rebecca Schulz Doug Ford Shall I go on?

Whatever helps you sleep at night.

That's not what that poll says, but you already know that. 51% of respondents said either stay the course or there isn't a better alternative to Trudeau, despite change being their preference. Also from Abacus: Abacus Data Retweeted David Coletto @DavidColetto Negative impressions of Pierre Poilievre have hit a new high. Negatives are up 5 over the past 45 days. New @abacusdataca #cdnpoli poll:

One of my staff had to sell a vehicle so he could afford to keep working.

Laying off managers PRIOR to Health transformation was just so stupid. What could these people - who have been around so long and know staff and procedures contribute to the change process discussion?

We lost so much institutional knowledge due to people leaving for more money and retirement AND replacing them with managed vacancies that we couldn't even train people (not new hires, because that was forbidden) to fill those roles. It's going to take at least 10 years to recover even if staffing is restored. People don't realize the damage that public service cuts do.

Non-union got 0% cost of living for 6 years where I work (Health).

Not evil - just leads to more pollution, less workers' rights, less consumer protection, less safety, stupider people etc. etc.

And how much faster can you get a passport now? Just one example. I don't use every government service because I don't need to. Doesn't mean that there are plenty of others who don't benefit.

Because cutting the public service by 18% worked so well for Manitoba between 2016-2023? Because a 42% vacancy rate in Manitoba Health is so awesome? Because Kansas proved that small government and low taxation leads to disaster? It may not be evil, but it sure shows a lack of understanding in how governing a society actually works.

Conservatives: "We don't talk about privatization until after we're elected".

Perhaps you haven't introduced yourself to the new Conservative MP from Portage-Lisgar.

I'd like to change my pick......

The Titan began sea trials in 2018, before undertaking its inaugural journey in 2021. Last year, it made 10 dives although not all of these were to the Titanic wreck. Once detached from its launch and recovery platform, the sub's four electric thrusters help it reach speeds of around 3 knots (3mph; 4km/h). In one journey, the company can go through $1m (£800,000) worth of fuel, OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush told CBS News last year. .......... The sub itself is extremely narrow, measuring just 670 cm x 280 cm x 250 cm (22ft x 9.2ft x 8.3ft), and can carry a crew of just five people - a pilot and four passengers. While it is bigger than competitors, passengers are required to sit on the floor with limited room to move around. ........................ The Titan has around 96 hours of oxygen reserves onboard, but this will be affected by the breathing rate of the crew. Much of the interior, the company admits, consists of several pieces of "off-the-shelf technology" which it says "helped to streamline the construction, and makes it simple to operate and replace parts in the field". ...................... GPS tracking ceases to operate properly when submersibles dive to depths as deep as the Titan does. Instead, a special text messaging system allows the crew to receive instructions from the team on the surface vessel above. Onboard, the pilot steers based on these instructions with a modified video game controller. Mr Rush, speaking to CBS News last year, said piloting the sub "shouldn't take a lot of skill". .............. A full dive to the Titanic wreck, including the descent and ascent, reportedly takes eight hours. But when CBS correspondent David Pogue took a trip on the Titan in 2018, communications with the sub broke down and it was lost at sea for more than two hours before communications were restored. .............................. Before the sub begins its dive, a support team locks the crew inside by closing the hatch from the outside and sealing it shut with 17 bolts. OceanGate says it is an experimental vessel, and when CBS travelled onboard the correspondent had to sign a waiver accepting that it "has not been approved or certified by any regulatory body, and could result in physical injury, disability, emotional trauma or death". In a press release in 2019, the company explained why the Titan had not been classed by an independent body. "Bringing an outside entity up to speed on every innovation before it is put into real-world testing is anathema to rapid innovation," it said. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65960217

The sad thing is that he and Branden Leslie are much more alike than different.

I don't want to jinx him. I'll take Demski.

It's a safe conservative seat, but the Liberals gained 16% while the Cons lost 4%. Not a win, but progress.

Good comparison. I can totally see Augustine rushing for 200 yards in a game sandwiched between two 50 yard efforts.

Waiting for JCon's selection because I suck at this.

This guy nails it: James Christian Parsons @Dred_Tory If you consider the sweep of "conservatism" in North America over the last 15 years--from Rob Ford's crack- & booze-addled misrule, to Trump's circus, to rock-throwing neo-Confederate "**** Trudeau" mobs, to Peterson's benzo-fueled meltdowns, to Romana Didulo's freakshow... ...it's hard not to conclude that "conservatism"--once a dignified political orientation with articulate exponents--is simply a burlesque pageant of human failure populated exclusively by the emotionally broken, socially maladaptive, and intellectually pauperised.

Started Silo on the weekend. It's a pretty solid show, but I'm only 4 episodes in. Visually impressive, with a good cast. Rashida Jones was incredible in the pilot.

Throw OPEC in there as well.