Mark H.

Considered how vital China's workforce is to their manufacturing sector - it's strange that they wouldn't have more of them vaccinated

Most of society is a long way from being prepared for these changes. We are all clinging to those beliefs, to some extent. No one is exempt from this, it is the fabric of our current society.

Keyboard wars vs. real life and real people fighting for their lives. Influencing an election only requires buy in from a few capable, tech savvy people. There are more than enough voters who'll believe the disinformation Winning a war requires buy in from an entire army. They clearly don't have that. If they did, it would be over by now

I am fully aware that he has spent more - I said that in my post Once again, we've gone through a once in a 100 years pandemic Or, do you think we should have managed things the way some States did? Just pretend it doesn't exist?

Take a look at the last 32 years - they are a mixed bag: 1. Mulroney: removed old taxes (manufacturer's) introduced new taxes (GST), implemented NAFTA, no significant social changes that I can recall 2. Chretien / Martin: cut budgets, slashed transfer payments, finances were in the black, brought in some social change (same sex marriage), dealt with the Quebec referendum, paid lip service to climate change (Kyoto Accord) 3. Harper: trimmed budgets in many areas, implemented significant tax cuts, also reduced transfer payments, began dealing with key social issues (eg. residential schools agreement), did as little as possible to combat climate change 4. J. Trudeau: increased transfer payments, introduced actual climate change measures, major spending increases - mostly due to the pandemic, some tax cuts for the middle class, increased CPP contributions So, unless you're going to define the Trudeau regime as a major shift to the left, it really has not happened. Keep in mind, Trudeau has kept Harper's tax cuts mostly intact. It most certainly did not happen with any of the other regimes. In fact, it was the absolute opposite If you take the pandemic out of the equation to level the playing field, then I doubt Trudeau spent much more than any other government before him

The left CAMPAIGNS on the left, but then governs very much towards the centre, and even on the right I would argue that the Mulroney Conservatives, with their introduction of new taxes, were more to the left than most Liberal governments have been

Sure. But overall, attendance does drop for playoff games, including in Winnipeg Winnipeg, with one of the GOAT teams, is not a good barometer for the overall situation.

Sure. We would go to playoff games on the any day in November The casual fan won't - that's the problem

Does anyone know - if the additional bye week was negotiated by the players' association?

The 2019 GC was on Nov. 24 - so that's a 4 day bump up Somewhat better - but I would go with the first or second Sunday in November

Yeah, they made the start of the season earlier, but inserted more by weeks rather than moving the playoffs up a couple of weeks IMO, that was a missed opportunity to improve late fall attendance

I don't know. But I can confirm that it doesn't show up easily with testing - I've heard that from parents and students The symptoms matched up but multiple rapid tests were negative - the doctor told them to assume it was Omicron

PCR and Rapid tests are ineffective when the symptoms are mostly gastro - which for many people they now are

Absolutely. When you watch Gretzky highlights from the 80s...most of those goals would not be scored in 2022 I'm sure he knows that better than anyone

Of course. But the D-Men will not play a physical or aggressive game - when it's obvious that certain forwards are not being held accountable for their lacklustre defensive play.

Games like this will keep happening - as long as their star forwards are not willing to back check.

Oh absolutely. A left tackle of Bryant's calibre, with a Canadian passport, would be pure gold for any CFL team However, we're seeing hardly any Canadians at the OT positions anymore, and certainly none in the Bryant ballpark

I am pretty sure top drawer OL like Stanley Bryant are paid the same or more than Canadian OL.

A goaltender the calibre of Hellebuyck having a bad year - is a reflection of the play in front of him

Given what we're seeing from the current CPC members in Parliament, I am okay with that. Something more than finding 100 different ways to say "Trudeau bad" is going to be required of them

I disagree that she was playing games. The time for a cabinet minister to question the cozy relationship between SCN - Lavalin and the Feds was past due. It's the kind of thing that used to cause election losses - but somehow not anymore. The last time this happened (although more informally than with Martin / Layton) Stephen Harper made sure it didn't last very long But there is no Harper - this time...

That is a tight race in what is supposed to be a safe right wing riding.

I just don't know how they can't realize that it won't win them a Canadian election - not even a minority. With past CPC regimes, Trudeau's image/issues would be a clear path to victory.

And that is going to continue. The current approach from Bergen, Polliviere, peek a boo Bezan, et. al. will just increase their vote count in ridings they are already winning Add another 10 000 CPC votes in Selkirk Interlake Eastman or Portage Lisgar...while the Liberals will win the key swing ridings in Winnipeg Same thing...across most of the country.

What I don't understand about Dr. Horton's response is - where in the world are they doing anything differently? Canadian provinces have had some of the toughest covid restrictions, in the entire world.