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Canada PoliERA |OT 2| Time Is a Flat Circle
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I think that's an old stock photo of the two? I don't know what he's really wearing today.
Sounds very delusional. Also, this whole "divided country" bullshit narrative is so obviously heavily pushed by Alberta/Saskatchewan. I don't believe this thing is taken seriously anywhere else across the country.
Pushed by the two and amped by the press. I'm supposed to care about this why?
CPC: "That's my secret Canada, I'm always Refooooorm!"Alberta:
the CPC needs to drop a C and dial back on their evangelico-socio-conservatism
social-conservationism is so passé
So what would then be the point of their existence, and wouldn't the nutty part of their base just flock to the PPC?
PPC is virtually dead, Maximime Bernier is a crappy communicator and has zero smarts in political strategy.
Can't compare that to the Reform Party that had Oil Money flowing throw it
No I'm asking if the CPC drop their core belief in social conservatism, and stick to whatever they'd call fiscal conservatism, where would all the social conservatives go?
Weird, I didn't even realize I was working for the OLP. I wonder if I can petition for back-pay.
That's because else is just like "lol, stupid Albertans" which probably just feeds into the narrative.
The media is hugely to blame for parroting Reform Party talking points.
Where I live, people barely spoke about the campaign and nobody is mad about the results. Shit got really calm, super calm quick 1 week in after election day
Albertans and Sascartoons need to brush up on history.
Rupert's Land was sold to Canada by the Hudson's Bay Company. Then divided up into arbitrary provinces that are just regional administrative lands
Where I live, people barely spoke about the campaign and nobody is mad about the results. Shit got really calm, super calm quick 1 week in after election day
Albertans and Sascartoons need to brush up on history.
Rupert's Land was sold to Canada by the Hudson's Bay Company. Then divided up into arbitrary provinces that are just regional administrative lands
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The guy who was a cabinet minister in the government that tabled the current formula for equalisation payments, pretends to not know how equalisation payments work 🤔
Also, a former Speaker of the House of Commons (Scheer), pretends to not know parliamentary rules in regards to what happens if the 170 seat threshold isn't reached by any one party 🤔
Why are they allowed to get away with this shit?
Also, a former Speaker of the House of Commons (Scheer), pretends to not know parliamentary rules in regards to what happens if the 170 seat threshold isn't reached by any one party 🤔
Why are they allowed to get away with this shit?
Better yet, why are the LPC not slinging shit as well?
I don't see any reason to concede social media hostility; Left-Wing parties need to learn how to ATTACK, and consistently too.
LPC is not a Left Wing Party, they are a Big Tent: Centre-Left/ Centre Party
The fact that they think the "high-road" is to not engage when lies and feigned ignorance are being thrown around, is stupid to me in that when you don't confront this bullshit head on, it allows gullible people to start thinking this stuff is real.
Regardless, they shouldn't be complacent on this front.
CPC need to be attacked hard and frequently.
Precisely.
ABC is a powerful voting strategy and the public needs to be aware of CPC bullshit, at all times, in order to make it even more effective,
FUCK no.
Not unless you let Western Washington into Canada as a new province.
Don't put that evil on us.
sore losers Bloc heads are asking for a recount in the ridings of Hochelega and Quebec (riding)
Huh, y'est donc ben grand (ou ben l'autre dude est petit I guess)
Hot take: St-Viateur/Montreal-style bagels are overrated, NYC-style are better 👀
Elba is probably visiting Ubisoft
He was the voice and face of Rainbow 6 Siege prior release
St-Viateur bagels is just 3 minutes away
He was the voice and face of Rainbow 6 Siege prior release
St-Viateur bagels is just 3 minutes away
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Saudi Arabia still owes about $3.4 billion in late payments for Canadian-produced Light Armoured Vehicles (LAVs), according to the latest quarterly financial results released by General Dynamics last week.
The Liberal government endorsed a controversial deal, made by the previous Conservative government in 2014, to supply the Saudis with hundreds of LAV 6.0 advanced combat vehicles used to transport troops on the battlefield.
The LAVs are wheeled military vehicles armed with various weapons, including automatic cannons, machine guns, mortars and anti-tank missiles. They're being produced by General Dynamics Land Systems-Canada (GDLS-C) at its plant in London, Ontario.
The roughly $14-billion contract was brokered and is being managed by the Canadian Commercial Corporation (CCC), a Crown corporation that helps Canadian companies in aerospace, defence, infrastructure and other sectors land contracts with foreign governments.
According to General Dynamics' quarterly earnings statements, the Saudi late payment debt has been growing by $200 million every quarter since the beginning of the year.
According to CCC's website, "every contract signed has the legal effect of being signed in the name of the Government of Canada, providing foreign government buyers with the assurance that the contract will be delivered per the agreed terms and conditions, guaranteed."
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That arrangement means that the exporting company acts as a subcontractor and gets paid by the federal government — once Ottawa receives payment from the foreign purchaser.
During a third-quarter earnings call with market analysts on Oct. 23, General Dynamics Corp chairperson and CEO Phebe Novakovic admitted that the payments from Saudi Arabia "have remained slow."
"There's no dispute on the fact that it is owed," Novakovic said. "It's simply a question of timing. And we're still hopeful that we resolve that by the end of the year."
However, it's not clear whether Canadian taxpayers might be on the hook for any interest and late payment fees accrued by the Saudis, according to experts.
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David Perry is vice president of the Canadian Global Affairs Institute, an independent foreign policy think-tank. He said the problem with late payments has been known for a while — but experts were surprised by their sheer scope of the unpaid sum.
"Ultimately, right now, it's not the government of Canada in the short term that is on the hook. It's not the taxpayers. It's actually the company that's facing the impact of this payment shortfall more so than taxpayers," Perry said.
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To help General Dynamics deal with the financial shortfall, the federal government announced on Aug. 16 that it would provide a repayable loan of up to $650 million to the company as it "navigates a challenging and dynamic international defence market," officials with Global Affairs Canada said in an email.
On that same date, the federal government announced its intention to acquire 360 LAVs for the Canadian Armed Forces, which already operate a fleet of older LAV models. The $1.7-billion contract was formally awarded to General Dynamics on Sept. 5.
Work has begun on the program and General Dynamics expects to begin deliveries to the Canadian military in the first quarter of 2021, Novakovic said.
"The loan issue is a bit curious because there has been, as best as I can tell, absolutely no information put out about what specifically that's for," Perry said. "It seems very much like it's tied in to this deal with Saudi Arabia."
The deal for the purchase of 360 LAVs for the Canadian military could be linked to the wider deal to sell these combat systems to Saudi Arabia and the late payment issue, Perry said.
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It's not clear why the oil-rich kingdom is late in its payments. Saudi officials did not respond to Radio Canada International's request for comment on the matter.
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However, despite the diplomatic crisis and criticism of the deal by human rights and civil society groups in Canada, the Liberal government has refused to cancel the LAV deal with Saudi Arabia.
Freeland has said that a review of all export permits to Saudi Arabia is ongoing and no final decision has been made. During this review, no new permits have been issued, she said.
According to Global Affairs Canada statistics, Saudi Arabia was Canada's largest non-U.S. destination for military exports in 2018, receiving approximately $1.2 billion in Canadian product.
That accounts for nearly 62 per cent of the total value of non-U.S. military exports by Canadian defence companies, according to the annual Report on Exports of Military Goods from Canada published by Global Affairs.
The question is will Trudeau be the one to take the markdown and the eventual public beating in the media and question period for it, or will the blame for this finally be placed on the shitheels responsible for it?
I don't get Mayor Nenshi. He was calling out the Liberals on election night, but now he's airing his grievances against the UPC's horrific budget. What did he think was going to happen?
I feel like his idea of what Alberta is doesn't actually exist.
I feel like his idea of what Alberta is doesn't actually exist.
I fucking hate this Baby Boomer
Political party and their reefer Madness mentality who is going to send young adults right into the arms of dealers
I hate living in this backward province Hopefully the stupid caq get voted out next elections
It's possible to air your grievances about both, without being necessarily a supporter of either.
Nenshi isn't a conservative and UCP gutted some major funding for Calgary, of course he's going to be pissed off. He's been the elected mayor for almost 10 years now, although his support has slipped heavily with ballooning business and property taxes, you don't stay mayor for that long if you don't understand your electorate.
But he's not a progressive either. In fact, it's hard to say exactly just what his priorities are.
The way he totally dismissed the plights of the various indigenous communities in regards to the pipeline on the CBC election night broadcast was really gross.
You can be critical of different ideologies, but unless you're putting something out there to take the place of them, it's just useless "both sides" fence sitting.