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I will believe Neil McEvoy thank you very much. It is very clear what he said. You are down to a McEvoy is lying to the media, for some unknown reason, defence of your position now. There is zero point arguing this anymore. The proof has been quoted above and no one is interested in a game of silly bugger anymore. We, who knew better, will take our victory lap now and you SHOULD just exit the conversation gracefully.

Unfortunately, the next paragraph from the one quoted above says that he will pay him more if he stays. You are doubling down on a concept that has been undeniably disproven by the words and actions of Neil McEvoy. Not sure if it is ego, or just blissful ignorance on your part but the article thoroughly and beyond a shadow of a doubt completely debunks your entire argument. It is not up for debate, McEvoy states he will renegotiate his contract to get him a more competitive salary for this year if he returns. I can't imagine how you can possibly argue against the words of the BC GM. I suspected you would turn up and try to weasel out of what should have been an AHA moment for you, that is unfortunate. First you said his deal couldn't be redone, now you are saying it can be redone but with no increase in pay for this year...lmao...all the while you obviously did not read the article linked just the one paragraph quoted above....just like you didn't take the time to look up option year and what options players and teams have in the CBA...just chose to quote one provision from the CBA that only applies if the team chooses not to renegotiate but pick up the option.

If I were him I would start with " I guess I was wrong and do not understand how option years work. Sorry for wasting everyone's time arguing something I clearly did not know enough about"

Soooo....Neil McEvoy says if Rourke returns that they will redo his contract for this coming season. Just throwing it out there to end debate once and for all. A quote right from the horses mouth. https://theprovince.com/sports/football/cfl/bc-lions/b-c-lions-nathan-rourke-decision-expected-early-in-new-year What about Kevin Glenn?

Problem is you were WRONG. https://theconversation.com/what-the-canadian-election-results-would-have-looked-like-with-electoral-reform-125848

The UCP are way too out to the right for my liking. I wish the far right would stay with PPC and the far left would stay as a faction in the NDP. My hope for an improved Canada is that the Libs and Cons return closer to centre. Both parties. The recent hard turns to left and right we are seeing in the US and Canada is gross.

I have not seen a single fact on this forum to provide me any evidence that my opinion is incorrect. If we must discuss facts, then it works both ways. I see no merit in the vast majority of what they have been doing over the past several years. I have not heard a single argument that compels me to endorse the carbon tax as an answer to climate change, I have not seen a shred of evidence that the Liberals should be with holding health care dollars from the provinces, I have not heard any good reason as to why 37 billion dollars in stolen tax payer money is unrecoverable, I have not seen any tangible results in opening up resource sectors in this country, I do not understand why we import over 50% of our oil from overseas, I do not believe that the Liberals are being genuine in their support for EVs when they are not even transitioning their own federal fleet to them and I am quite frankly disgusted by a prime minister playing politics with health care money. So many reasons I have, and not one of you has provided even an iota or shred of evidence to make me believe otherwise. Maybe I am being deluded, I don't know, but it's possible. What I do know is that nothing on here leads me to believe otherwise, and certainly the gang piling that goes on here just causes anyone with questions about our current government to just dig in their heels and be more skeptical.

It actually is a fact, if Trudeau's electoral reforms had been in place the last two elections the Conservatives would have won government. What numerous claims did I make without evidence? I stated my opinion on Trudeau. It is an opinion that I do not need to defend because it is mine. I stated he with held health care funding. He did. That is factual...and he has even admitted to doing so. I also stated that the feds do not have the mandate under the constitution to impose their health care management on the provinces. Also a fact. There is nothing trolling about that. You just don't like it.

You can call me petulant if you like. Disagreeing with your political views is not the definition of petulance, no matter how much you would like it to be so. I know a turd when I smell a turd, and I am not alone is noticing that this federal government is beginning to reek. You can hate that opinion, you can call it petulant if you desire, but the fact of the matter is that Trudeau would not even be prime minister the last few years if he kept his own electoral reform promises. You are a Liberal, right on for you....I hope they are doing something to make your life better. They have done nothing for me but make it worse, that's not anecdotal, that's just straight up fact. Therefore, when you say I got nothing....you are almost right...because that's how much I feel Trudeau wants me to have before he is done. You will never change my mind on that because I watch the dollars evaporate every day, I see my indigenous people struggling now more than they ever have. Like anything else, politics has a lot to do with perspective and from my perspective, what I am experiencing and what my family and friends on the reserve are experiencing is broken promises and despair. Liberals usually, and in the past, have gotten strong support from the native community. They shouldn't count on that next election. Trudeau is a meme to them now and not a flattering one...right up there with Ernest Monias and Aunty jokes.

Manitoba is pissing and moaning because Trudeau is with holding funds. Just like every other province and territory is pissing and moaning about it. The First Ministers meeting last week saw 100% condemnation by every premier to the feds funding shenanigans.

No it wasn't. Although he was their MLA for about 50 years...and EXTREMELY popular there. The Lake Manitoba communities have been overwhelmingly conservative for the past 60-70 years though. That ain't changing anytime soon. Justin Trudeau substantiates my claims nicely without any help needed. It is not the federal governments mandate to put strings on funding under our constitution. Period.

You want to talk about deflection and turds? Your inserted quote from Trudeau is about the biggest deflection and turd I have ever read. Provinces control health care in their Provinces. It is NOT federal jurisdiction, nor should it be and it most definitely is not the Fed governments job to withhold health care funding any time for any reason. Just another reason why Trudeau needs to go. The man is the worst prime minister of all time. I don't know why you would think Trudeau grossly overstepping his mandate would be something to crow about.

Yep, American politics is an absolute cesspool no matter the stripe. Just gross.

Tom is an extremely intelligent and well spoken guy. He was also Minister of Conservation for a while. Yes, he was a do nothing MLA, but mostly because he was part of a do nothing government. At least in the rural...and that is why the rural is blue as blue can get. I'd say about the same as the federal Liberals doing the same. Unfortunately, those odds aren't very good for those hoping for investment in public services of any sort. Memo to ALL politicians...treaties matter. Not a single government has done a damn thing for me, or my people. Some just talk better than others before delivering nothing. However, these Alberta/Sask first ideas are pretty dumb. I get why they are frustrated because the Liberals have destroyed their economies, but they really need to come up with something better than that.

Might have had a chance in the old Gimli riding but Gimli-Interlake would take a miracle for the NDP to win. Harry Enns old riding, and it doesn't get any more entrenched PC than that, along with Ashern, Eriksdale, Arborg, and Interlake Menno country. If every single voter in Gimli voted NDP it might be less of a blow out, but that ain't going to happen as the town of Gimli historically has been pretty 50/50. The old Gimli riding had a large stretch of NDP country that has now been absorbed into Selkirk. The old Interlake riding was NDP dominated when the reserves were part of the riding. Neither is the case anymore. Interlake farm country and the Lake Manitoba communities are PC....strong PC....and that is the majority of that constituency now. Tom Nevakshonoff is one of my best friends, he told me that when the new election maps came out he knew retaining his seat was next to impossible.

I hope they charge him and get rid of this guy once and for all. Next do Joe Biden.

Also consider that Angus Reid's reputation has taken quite a hit over the past several years. It's not on the dubious level of PROBE polls but their methodology has come under fire in recent years.

Not saying this is the case, but it might be. It's possible that Allen isn't getting a job in coaching in the CFL because no head coaches feel he would make a good part of their coaching team. It's not enough to know the game, it's not enough to have the skills needed to coach, one must at the end of the day be able to come into a coaches room and be a team player. Just throwing it out there as a possibility as to why no one has come knocking on his door.

Bjornson was immensely popular in Gimli/Beach areas, well known in community politics and as a school teacher before that. Gimli, especially, is usually strongly PC and the NDP would place well south of Gimli. Now the majority of the constituency is Gimli and rural North and that is heavy mennonite country all through there. Gimli will be a good race. Interlake...there is zero chance of an NDP win. The Liberals finished ahead of the NDP there....and not by a small margin either.

Yep but both Gimli and Interlake were redrawn with large pockets of NDP support moving with them.

Interlake is not in play. Take that to the bank. Johnson is very well liked and when the constituency was redrawn a few years ago it took the reserves out and placed a bunch of the former Lakeside (Harry Enns country) into it. Gimli too was redrawn and includes heavy swaths of Interlake mennonite country now. Unlikely to move. Selkirk could swing, maybe one of the Brandon ridings, and possibly Swan River. These are the only possible rural gains to be had for NDP. The North....yea...that's a given. Ashton was hated in Thompson and that opened the door briefly for Bindle...but he did nothing with his opportunity and the USW will make sure it stays orange.

The NDP isn't exactly flush with cash either. There are very few rural areas in play for the NDP. The PCs are still polling very strong in almost all the rural not just Southern Manitoba. This will come down to whether the NDP can gain enough seats in Winnipeg to form government and who gets their vote out the most effectively. There is almost certainly going to be voter apathy in the core of the PC party, and if the NDP can get their vote out then we will see a new government. There are a handful of seats where the split vote has to be a huge concern for the NDP. How they handle those seats will be huge.

I can tell you with absolute certainty that long time PC support will remain PC. Whether they show up to vote or not is the question. The swing voters in the city is where the election will be won or lost. The PC core is not in play or only a very, very small amount of it. The PC core will not waste it's time with the LIberals, will never vote NDP under any circumstance, and will punish the PC party in the way it always has by not showing up for them on election day. In rural Manitoba, the Libs and NDP may as well just not show up. I cannot see there being more than 2-3 seat gain for the NDP in the rural...they are absolutely reviled outside the perimeter.

Absolutely huge concern for the PCs as well. The advantage to a spring campaign is no summer of fundraising for the NDP, who lag far behind in election coffers. I am not buying your byelection theory either. Yes, the Liberals could focus on one seat, same goes for the NDP and PCs though. The Liberals got the votes they got simply because they managed to find a great candidate, and the fact nobody really likes the PCs or NDP. This is the type of election that can be won in the campaign by the NDP or PCs. Neither is very well regarded.

It was definitely a result of vote splitting. The NDP should be very concerned that they couldn't pull either Obby's or Klein's seat away. As much as this should concern the PCs, it should concern the NDP just as much...maybe more. The NDP are obviously not trusted by Manitobans in these swing ridings either. RIghtfully so probably. The rural is going to be blue again. That is without doubt. If the NDP want to form government they are going to have to either hope for a Liberal collapse to under 10% of the vote or figure out a way to take these swing ridings despite the vote split. Until yesterday I would have predicted an NDP majority next election, now I think we almost certainly get a minority and it's a coin flip who the premier will be.