Mark H.

McD's cheese burgers paired with a 1919 - you heard it here first

No mix for me. My current Rye is 40 Creek Niagara - it's a really good Rye on the rocks.

Still ruining your CR with coke? 🤪

So...pretty safe to say at this point: The Jets gave the Knights about as much competition as any other team has.

Ok, let's talk about the price of food: Wheat is the back bone of the world's food supply. The two largest wheat producers in the world are at war with each other. There are climate issues: farmers in Kansas are abandoning their wheat crop, due to drought. Saskatchewan and Alberta are currently crying for moisture. Manitoba has had areas with drought in recent years. Currently, meat prices have come down but grain prices haven't. Margins for meat producers are slim to non-existent to negative. Drought and ground water depletion in California is impacting fruit and vegetable prices. All of this plays into the things you mentioned - it's the backbone of the economy.

Yes, they do and they are correct. I did say 8 out of 10 questions are of the irrelevent variety, by the way, which I think is quite accurate

Roast beef. I try to watch a couple of times every week. Yes, there is some dancing around the questions, but there are also answers such as: We have the best debt to GDP ratio in the G7 We are helping Canadians with various rebates etc. etc. etc. Both sides are playing the politics game. The one MP who asks good questions and makes good points on a regular basis - would be Daniel Blaikie of the NDP

That would be because 8 out of 10 questions are Captain Obvious talking points. When will you cancel the carbon tax? When will you get out of the way so Conservatives can take over? Why don't you cancel the carbon tax? Why is the Prime Minister hiding?

And also those they associate with. Feel free to use it whenever you find it necessary. 😄

I definitely do not care for the daily circus in question period - it's pathetic.

Why ilk such a problematic word?

I am by no means giving the government a free pass But based on what I'm hearing from the leader of the opposition and his ilk on the floor of the commons - I see no reason to give them an opportunity All they are essentially doing is baiting the Liberals and trying to guilt Trudeau into calling an election

St. Peter's Church - it was built when St. Peter's Reserve was still located there

Any of Alf Silver's books - especially A Place Out of Time.

Yes, religious wars are and have been a huge issue. No, not everything about our current society is bad - there is a lot of good.

Absolutely. The Bible is not the word of God - the Bible contains the word of God. Once one realizes and accepts this truth - then and only then can value be found in the text. See, it's not the parts that may be errant or are hard to decipher that give me pause, but rather those that are easily understood and hard to live up to.

Religious beliefs are a topic that is often raised on these boards, mostly with a negative slant Given what goes on in many circles, that's understandable but also unfair As a person of faith, I have just a few things to air out 1. The Bible is unlike many other texts, but at the same time it's similar to many other texts 2. If you're looking at it as an ancient, irrelevant text - you are going to find that point of view 3. If you're looking for sex, violence and patriarchy - you are going to find them 4. But if you're looking for applicable life lessons - you will find them 5. If you're looking for peace and love - you will find them I think we're capable of having a respectful discourse on this topic. And, who knows, some learning just might happen.

https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/inflation-aftermath-wars-and-pandemics

Ukraine & Russia produce 1/4 of the world"s wheat. That is an ENORMOUS impact on the global economy. Yes, you can find wars that had less impact, absolutely

Incorrect. It's both. Wars cause inflation - always have, always will.

The salaries for this past school year were negotiated based on COLA, because most school divisions didn't give any other improved working conditions, they had to give more $$. Some now don't have the funding to pay that cost of living adjustment, which we all know is through the roof.

Some schools have removed Little House on the Prairie from their libraries - I disagree with that.

@WildPath I did not. I usually attend/present for Social Studies at SAGE. @Mark F yes I am very familiar with Hearne and a whole pile of other fur trade history. His journals were transcribed by David Thompson.

I don't have time to read until July rolls around - tired eyes by the time marking, planning and other screen time is done for the day Some books that I have read myself or with students, that particularly stood out: Night by Elie Wiesel The Snow Goose by Paul Gallico The Pearl by John Steinbeck Towards a Prairie Atonement by Trevor Herriott Under the Ribs of Death by John Marilyn The Giver by Lois Lowry Who Has Seen the Wind by W.O. Mitchell Any historic books by Gordon Goldsborough. Tons of other classics that you will already know about.

You couldn't pay me enough - to be the speaker right now.