[Canada] Canadian Politics Redux

[HVC]

How exactly does one scare away a grizzly bear spirit? You know, in case i'm ever in a haunted woods or something.

Evidently, establish a development project in that haunted woods, and have it move beyond the consultation phase.

You may have to stay in that haunted woods for a while for this method to help much, though. 

I don't have the seed capital for that!

[HVC]

Jumbo shouldn't be developed. 

body shamer.

[Grey Fox]

Jumbo shouldn't be developed.

Joe Thornton is a great player 

[Valmy]

Surely in one of the emptiest countries on earth there is room for both developments and grizzly bear spirits.

[Ancient Demon]

On the other side of the aisle, Scheer seem disinclined to distance himself from the odious right: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/scheer-walks-out-on-media-when-asked-about-campaign-managers-rebel-ties/article36610946/?service=amp

What's so odious about being against special treatment for Muslims?

I don't think publishing conspiracy theories about Muslims perpetrating the Quebec mosque shooting, hiring the founder of the EDL (Tommy Robinson) as their British correspondent, hiring Jack Buckby (white nationalist of the BNP) to write for them, keeping Gavin McInnes on after his "10 things I hate about Jews" rant full of neo-Nazi anti-semitic talking points can accurately be described as "being against special treatment for Muslims." Nor can hiring Jack Posobiec - a prominent promoter of "pizzagate" and other conspiracy theories - as their Washington correspondent.

All of those things does, however, make them odious.

I meant to reply to this earlier. The EDL wasn't racist when it was founded, and Tommy Robinson left when it became infiltrated by racists. As for Gavin McInnes, I thought that rant was supposed to be tongue in cheek, he doesn't really hate Jews. I'm not familiar with the other stuff you mentioned, and it would be unfortunate if true, though I wouldn't be surprised if that was overblown as well.

[Ancient Demon]

Seems like Scheer finally has a coherent response to the links between his campaign and the Rebel.

Rebel is pro white supremacy? Get real please.

[Ancient Demon]

Surely in one of the emptiest countries on earth there is room for both developments and grizzly bear spirits.

Surely you're ignorant about the size of these spirits and how much living space they need.

[Jacob]

I meant to reply to this earlier. The EDL wasn't racist when it was founded, and Tommy Robinson left when it became infiltrated by racists. As for Gavin McInnes, I thought that rant was supposed to be tongue in cheek, he doesn't really hate Jews. I'm not familiar with the other stuff you mentioned, and it would be unfortunate if true, though I wouldn't be surprised if that was overblown as well.

Sound move by Tommy Robinson, though I don't think we'll easily find agreement about at which point the EDL became racist nor much else on the subject. As for Gavin McInnes, his actions and the actions of his "Proud Boy" affiliates speak for themselves.

[Jacob]

Seems like Scheer finally has a coherent response to the links between his campaign and the Rebel.

Rebel is pro white supremacy? Get real please.

The Beaverton is a satirical site.

[Oexmelin]

Except that

a) The Beaverton's satire in this case is that Sheer hires the people who work for The Rebel.

b) The Rebel is quite evidently stoking the fire of overt racism.

[Barrister]

Except that

a) The Beaverton's satire in this case is that Sheer hires the people who work for The Rebel.

b) The Rebel is quite evidently stoking the fire of overt racism.

Okay, I have to draw the line here.  There is no "overt racism" at The Rebel.  You can probably say there is some hidden racism by some of the contributors, but it's not in the open.

[crazy canuck]

Scheer goes full anti science

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/scheer-trudeau-payette-divine-intervention-1.4385895

[HVC]

"It is extremely disappointing that the prime minister will not support Indigenous peoples, Muslims, Jews, Sikhs, Christians and other faith groups who believe there is truth in their religion,"

The religions he mentions have different gods and different creation myths, they can't all be right. so even within his argument he doesn't make sense. Please don't go anti-science Canada. God damn conservatives, they ruin everything.

[Barrister]

Nothing in what Scheer had to say was anti-science.

Payette would have been fine if she kept her comments to horoscopes and climate-scepticism.  But she crossed the line when she said "We are still debating and still questioning whether life was a divine intervention or whether it was coming out of a natural process let alone, oh my goodness, a random process"

Yes.  We are still questioning it.  I do believe that life (and human sentience) are as a result of divine intervention.

[Camerus]

That little "oh my goodness" flourish moved it into a critique of a caricatured religious mindset. So taking issue with that statement doesn't strike me as necessarily "anti-science."