[Canada] Canadian Politics Redux

[viper37]

Yes because there is a shortage of shady, unethical doctors.

Depends what you mean by that.
Back alley doctors?  I don't think that really exists up here.
Doctors giving meds without really thinking about it?  Yeah, sure, tons of them.

But it really ain't the same thing as Big Pharma pushing to get recreational drugs out to the street/store.

[Fate]

@Malthus I know that.
But I was asking about non prescription drug, because it's implied that people can, right now, walk into a grocery store or a drugstore and buy something equivalent to illegal drugs and it was legal because it was coming from "big pharma" unlike heroin&other drugs wich comes from gentle & compationate people...

It's not really legitimate to compare heroin et. al. to non-prescription drugs. If heroin and drugs like that were legalized, I'm pretty sure they'd require a prescription of some sort.

I have my doubts.

Is there an opiate that doesn't require a prescription?

Dextromethorphan (an ingredient in OTC cough syrup), but you'd be hard pressed to get an opiate high off of it.

[crazy canuck]

It looks like I am flying tomorrow after all.

I heard an interesting analysis that deep down the union wants the government to prevent a strike because that would force the dispute to be decided by interest arbitration and the theory goes unions always do better at interest arbitrtation then negotiated settlements.

The trick for the union in most disputes is to get to the interest arbitration.  Not here.

[viper37]

wich party hired you, the union or Air Canada?

[crazy canuck]

wich party hired you, the union or Air Canada?

We are not involved in this one and I never represent unions.  On occasion I represent union members in dispute with their union however.

[Jacob]

We are not involved in this one and I never represent unions.  On occasion I represent union members in dispute with their union however.

Is that a deliberate choice on your part, a deliberate choice on their part or sheer coincidence?

[crazy canuck]

We are not involved in this one and I never represent unions.  On occasion I represent union members in dispute with their union however.

Is that a deliberate choice on your part, a deliberate choice on their part or sheer coincidence?

Labour law is one of those things that is one or the other.  No one who represents an employer would ever be retained by a union and vica verca.  There are some very rare cases when someone makes a switch from one side to the other but once that switch is made non of the clients from the other side are ever kept.

[Jacob]

I didn't know that. Interesting.

[Barrister]

I didn't know that. Interesting.

You see more cross-over between Crown and defence than you do labour and management.

[crazy canuck]

Vancouver and Halifax were awarded the shipbuilding contracts.  I cant tell you how happy this makes me.

[Ancient Demon]

Vancouver and Halifax were awarded the shipbuilding contracts.  I cant tell you how happy this makes me.

Why?

[Malthus]

Vancouver and Halifax were awarded the shipbuilding contracts.  I cant tell you how happy this makes me.

Let me guess - Quebec will not be happy.

[Neil]

Why Vancouver?  That's enemy territory just as much as Quebec.

[Barrister]

Why Vancouver?  That's enemy territory just as much as Quebec.

I agree.  Clearly the shipbuilding contract needed to go to Manitoba.

[crazy canuck]

Vancouver and Halifax were awarded the shipbuilding contracts.  I cant tell you how happy this makes me.

Let me guess - Quebec will not be happy.

No, another reason.