WildPath

Don't worry, the governments will spend public funds to clean up the mess that companies have left behind😒

So what you're saying is that they agree that climate change is real, but are unwilling to do what is needed to solve it? The party has a history of strongly rejecting climate science. They rejected a motion that would clearly separate them from their history of denying science. Real question - do you really think their carbon savings account is a better plan to address climate change than the Liberal or NDP plan?

The one good thing is that, after years of peddling bullshit and reaping the rewards of blind followers, conservative provincial governments are starting to have to deal with what they have sewn.

Bottom right pic where they are indoors and there's a few seniors around, some masked. She's the one furthest from the camera pretending to care.

Don't forget about Manitoba. We have our former health minister and future premier going around the province without wearing a mask indoors. Even around seniors who are wearing masks.

Someone on MBB, perhaps you, mentioned how the Trump B.S. would embolden the right wing nuts in Canada. I disagreed. I assumed that would be sufficient warning what would happen here. Shame on me.

And yet we have a party pushing close to victory by promising to scrap the carbon tax in favour of a carbon savings plan because "everything is getting too expensive". I shudder to think how we will be looked upon in a few generations when it has been clear what is happening, obvious what can be done about it, and still we have halfhearted efforts even in so called "progressive" schools of thought.

Is it bad that I am more surprised the PPC candidate deleted that post more than I'm surprised he actually posted in the first place?

Agreed. I don't really see the CPC losing a single seat as a result of the PPC. Even the hard right nutjobs are concerned with straying from the CPC because that will give the election to the communist devil Trudeau. I imagine that will especially effect their votes in ridings where it might be tight between CPC and another party. It will be interesting to see the effect Bernier has on areas that are consistent CPC landslides. It won't take any seats, but the results will be interesting in CPC strongholds like the Manitoba bible belt.

I listened to the last bit of the Bomber game on CJOB. Bob loved the post hit. Emphatically stating "How's that for a little DAY-JA-VUUU" with a good chuckle after.

Read all 26 pages of this thread just for the response to Fajardo hitting the post. There needs to be a suitable gif for this. If I knew how to make gifs, I'd totally put both post hits together for one. Unfortunately now they can blame the loss on hitting the post again.

I'd like to see information on whether that is a trend with most incumbent PMs. The devil you know...

I agree that they are more of an option for the left than the right. The only way I can imagine some hardcore right voters switching is because voting for the NDP is the same as worshiping Satan and they want to stick it to the PCs for introducing restrictions and vaccine passports. Though Christian Heritage or something would likely swipe the "PCs are too communist" votes. Not sure what you mean by them not being deep, but I agree that its hard to make any headway when voters only see vote for the Liberals as a vote for the party they really don't want (be that PC or NDP) I'm hoping they make some progress as they were last significantly relevant in the late 80s when they were the official opposition. Doubt much progree will happen next election as NDP and PC are so radically opposite at the moment.

I've said it before, multiple times, but the Liberals have the best party leader and they are really progressive. We'd be in a much better situation with them leading us through Covid. While they don't have any chance to form the next government, it would be best for Manitoba if they were at least a more serious third party and could hold a balance of power which would keep both PC and NDP in their places and preventing majority victories.

Hearing of the protests at the hospitals, the craziness of taking dewormer instead of a vaccine, pushing against any effort to control to virus does have me dangerously close to being happy when I hear of the death of a vocal anti-vaxxer. I don't like that. As a teacher, I try to look at the causes of what is going on and how we can improve as a society in the future. Its a dire situation, but I really think we need to do a better job of explicitly teaching critical thinking at all levels of our educational system. It is already woven into other curricula, but it might require its own course. Perhaps even being elevated to the level of math/literacy. The world is changing faster than ever before and the rate of change keeps picking up. We need a population that is able to use critical thinking fluidly in a wide variety of situations otherwise we're left with hospitals being overwhelmed with people using dewormer because they read how unsafe a vaccine is.

Agreed, but the way he handled that by throwing his teammate and coach under the bus came off as arrogant and classless. I don't think that kind of behaviour would go over well on our team. And when its from your QB franchise player, it spreads to others. Look at the culture of the Stamps, sure some of that comes from Dickenson too. (It was awesome to see him on the sidelines after they fumbled on the trick play last game)

I believe you, but its hard to believe by that quote that it is true. He also public made it aware that he is fully vaccinated. Maybe appealing to both sides by not shutting down the ridiculous idea of a sanctuary city.

My friend has expressed a similar belief. I don't think some as arrogant and conceited as Pallister would allow himself to be the sacrificial lamb, but its possible. I think its more likely that they introduced tons of legislation, purposely blocked the public and other parties from seeing it until the last possible minute, knowing they would only be able to hold 5 bills back. The more outrageous the legislation the better as that meant a lot of other garbage would pass while outrage would only be around the 5 bills.

How do people in the Southern district see that and not see the reason to get vaccinated? More cases than all of Winnipeg and Winkler has a huge anti-mask/vax/restrictions/sanity rally. Even the genius deputy mayor is considering having Winkler become a sanctuary city. I don't get how they can push against the rights of gay people to be in relationships with each other and then hold up their hands and say they are being persecuted with vaccines when they obviously have the choice, but don't want to deal with the consequences of their actions. https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/there-is-a-fracture-winkler-grapples-with-divide-over-vaccine-mandates-pandemic-measures-1.5568287 One man suggested Winkler become a so-called sanctuary city where people can live in freedom whether they choose to get the vaccine or not. “We need to put a hedge of protection around this community because the wolves are upon us,” the man said. Henry Siemens, the city’s deputy mayor, said council is aware of the idea but hasn’t received any official proposals. However, he didn’t rule anything out. “In broad strokes, a sanctuary city, I wouldn’t have ever seen it used in this manner before,” Siemens said, noting he’s fully vaccinated. “When we get that we’ll have all of council review and determine the best way forward.” Sidenote: the only time I've seen that many vehicles lined up along the streets in a Mennonite community was during free pancake breakfast (a joke, but also true)

BLM has always been an arrogant me-first kind of guy. Wasn't it after losing in a Grey Cup he came out and criticized the coach for not giving him the ball on the final play?

So does that mean they've just been taking players vaccination status based on their word this whole time? Surprising if true and that would likely mean vaccinated % is way inflated for any team that did not ask for documentation.

And he has stated on multiple occasions that he would remain on at least until the end of the pandemic. Part of me thinks he's itching to get back to the Costa Rica mansion after all the stress he's accumulated, but part of me also wonders if the PC party has forced his hand a little bit behind the scenes. He is very unpopular and extremely unlikable. I'm sure some MLA's are fearing they will be out after the next election. Maybe they feel they can put some lipstick on the pig, rebrand the party and do much better after Manitoban's have had 2 years to forget his reign. Either way I feel that the PC MLAs are cowards as well. They start coming out now with complaints, but they were fully on board without a peep when they had a chance to object. Whatever happens next elections, I really hope that it is not a majority government. We've seen the 'New Leader, New Party' thing too many times. They need to keep some of the stain of the last few years on them instead of saying "behind the scenes" after the fact.

I think a lot of Hanover families expect Hanover SD to be quite different from provincial norms. I grew up in Hanover (pity me) and we had daily bible reading and prayer. Lots of other stuff that, as a teacher, I would never see in any of the schools I've been in now. Times have changed some (I'm in my 30s), but I imagine Hanover is still Hanover somewhat as parent pressure is huge. They are already able to opt out of "sensitive content" in schools already. I don't have a source on this, but I assume they were many of the schools that got special customized tours of the human rights museum so they could ignore gender issues and anything else that didn't fit with their view of the world.

Fortunately it seems that the extra burden may be targeted to those who are not vaccinated. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/covid-vaccine-insurance-premiums/ What really frustrated me was, here in Manitoba, we had 6 cardiac patients die because of Covid clogging hospitals. I suspect there has been a lot more than just the 6 patients that were reported by a doctor. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/covid-19-stay-home-order-non-essential-businesses-manitoba-1.6038915

I noticed a shot of him coming off the field too. I thought it was on a defensive play, but I could be wrong.