Mark H.

Yes, wage freezes have already been legislated. Next round 0%, 0%, 0.75%, & 1% As for taking away benefits, some of our most important benefits as teachers were negotiated when the Filmon Tories were in power No one will settle an agreement where they lose existing benefits, strikes and interest arbitration will happen first

This is where the cuts will happen. When you have salaries set to increase by 2%, with funding only increasing by 1%, something has to give. After the precedence set by the Supreme Court when the BC government stripped clauses from negotiated collective agreements, the Manitoba government will be very hesitant to touch existing collective agreements in this province. Considering most of the expenses in public sector are salaries (where else would they be?), expect further cuts to employees and staffing.

Concur. Balanced budgets and cuts sound great - until they land on your doorstep. In our case, it was cut backs at Manitoba Housing affecting the cabinet work we do for them.

There are lies, damn lies and statistics

Well, if you extend that further it becomes rather awkward. Hypothetically speaking, if a QB or a receiver gets rocked, resulting in an interception, maybe that shouldn't count against the QB's TD to interception ratio.

All of which could easily land him an NFL job. Depth at the tight end position and perhaps an extra body for jumbo packages.

Indeed. 5 Grey Cups for the boatmen seems bloody unlikely - but true

With a name like Hoover - that's not necessarily a good thing

The CIS just doesn't know how to train CFL players anymore - gotta lower them standards back down.

Eggs, broiler chickens, turkeys, and milk are all under the supply management system. They all turn a profit regardless of feed prices, it's not just true of dairy. Example: an efficient egg producer can currently produce eggs for $0.64 per dozen. He will receive $1.90 - $2.50 per dozen for his eggs under the Canadian supply management system. A U.S. producer will receive less than a dollar per dozen for his eggs. When corn prices rise, he will make pennies on the dozen or even lose money. There is really no comparison to be made between hogs and dairy. Hogs were sold through a single desk but they were never supply managed. Small hog farmers were phased out partly because of the single desk, but also because they were producing poor quality hogs. Today's consumer demands lean meat. If you're going to raise hogs in the barnyard, they will be fat, it's their protection against the elements. If you feed them food scraps and garbage, they will put on even more fat. The modern hog industry has reached the point where some producers are able to raise hogs without antibiotics, due to stringent hygiene and biosecurity standards. As for the CWB - they did a great job marketing hard spring wheat, got good prices for farmers, and helped the small farmers stay competitive. However, in the ever diversifying agricultural landscape of the prairies, they remained stagnant. Farmers were growing winter wheat, malting barley, soybeans, and corn, just to name a few of the newer crops. The CWB continued to market only hard spring wheat. Had they been more diversified and consequently more relevant, it would have been much harder to remove them.

CWB posts have been moved to the Canadian Politics thread.

Plenty of immigrants who came weren't much better off than the African slaves - coffin ships anyone? Many Irish immigrants came as indentured servants. While that's a far cry from being a slave for life, it's still a pretty crappy hand to get dealt. The gap between people who came as slaves and people who came as immigrants is not that far apart in many cases.

Yep. Clinton was impeached but not removed in 1998, because the Republicans didn't have enough seats to carry two-thirds of the vote.

Merely drawing parallels

In the mid 19th century context, escaped slaves were considered criminals by the US government. Agreeing with the rhetoric of that post and implying that refugees are criminals is an insult to refugees who come here and earn an honest living. Do you really believe 2 - 3 million criminals will be moving into Canada and Mexico? That the people who came to Manitoba this past week seeking asylum are criminals?

Oh sure. They all snuck in, all committed crimes, and now they're all seeking asylum in Canada. And yes, it was illegal to be an escaped slave; they came to Canada as refugees. History repeating itself...

May as well make it retroactive. Send refugee bills to Obama and Bush as well. This is like the Underground Railroad all over again.

It's a symbolic gesture of support - why are you guys bothered by it?

Actually, they were having trouble hiring butchers even with better wages. That's why places like Burns & Jack Forgan went out of business. Higher wages = higher food prices. We've become addicted to food that's cheaper than it should be, especially meat.

I know you were just giving an example - but who's picking their tomatoes now? No one - many are rotting in the fields. The truth is, Hispanics take jobs that no one else wants. They do the same thing right here in Manitoba - for Peak of the Market.

Some of you will just scroll past - but true fans are not ashamed of this team! Can we get 11 likes?!!

Gold Jerry, gold

Advisor #1: gone https://beta.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/michael-flynn-resigns-national-security-trump-russia/article34008437/?ref=http://www.theglobeandmail.com&click=sf_globe&service=mobile

Unless the team one province over really needs, for example, your shut down left tackle. IMO that kind of strategy can backfire in a big way.

I know a teacher at that school - spent a week with him in Ottawa. He feels the whole thing got blown out of proportion by rebel media. This is a highschool with 2000 + students, they have behaviour problems to deal with every day.