[Canada] Canadian Politics Redux

[Admiral Yi]

I had a fairly hott Latvian-American housemate after college, and she had a killer hott Latvian-American friend, so I would say Latvia.

Also had a Latvian-American macro prof at GU.  He's the one who turned me on to scotch and soda.

[Valmy]

No love for Latvia's Arturs Irbe?

A Carolina Hurricane? Please.

Besides Darius is a much cooler name.

[Jacob]

Not an enormous fan of skill-testing trivia questions for politicians, but for this one...

In a honours take for Macleans magazine Trudeau was asked a series of 10 questions in 60 seconds.  He did pretty well IMO for some pretty easy softball questions (though he ducked "BC vs Nova Scotia, and "Toyota Prius vs Mercedes SL").

But another question was "What is your favourite Baltic Nation", which he declared "That's not a thing".



Come on man - we're not asking you to pick out Kyrgyzystan on a map.  The Baltics are NATO partners of Canada.  Even if you can't/won't name a favourite, at least be aware of their existence!

And, predictably, both the Conservatives, and the Baltics themselves, respond.

http://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/the-baltics-to-trudeau-yes-were-a-thing/

https://twitter.com/CPC_HQ/status/676804145223966721

From your own link:

And he did respond. Before Maclean's town hall with Trudeau on Wednesday, the Prime Minister said that what he meant to say was that choosing one's favourite Baltic nation should not be a thing.

He was, Trudeau said, well aware that the Baltics exist—because he used to date a woman from one of those countries. On the spur of the moment while shooting the 60-second video, he said, he decided that no good could come from answering the question with reference to any specific country. So he declined as diplomatically as he could.

It's picking a favourite Baltic nation that's not a thing, not the Baltic nations themselves.

[Valmy]

I had a fairly hott Latvian-American housemate after college, and she had a killer hott Latvian-American friend, so I would say Latvia.

Also had a Latvian-American macro prof at GU.  He's the one who turned me on to scotch and soda.

They both would have been hotter if they had been Lithuanian.

[Duque de Bragança]

No love for Latvia's Arturs Irbe?

A Carolina Hurricane? Please.

Besides Darius is a much cooler name.

Not to mention Arturs played for the Vancouver Canucks.  Did Don Cherry had some nice things to say about Irbe btw? 

[Valmy]

No love for Latvia's Arturs Irbe?

A Carolina Hurricane? Please.

Besides Darius is a much cooler name.

Not to mention Arturs played for the Vancouver Canucks.  Did Don Cherry had some nice things to say about Irbe btw? 

Once you play for the Hurricanes you are forever tainted.

[Barrister]

No love for Latvia's Arturs Irbe?

A Carolina Hurricane? Please.

Besides Darius is a much cooler name.

Not to mention Arturs played for the Vancouver Canucks.  Did Don Cherry had some nice things to say about Irbe btw? 

Once you play for the Hurricanes you are forever tainted.

Strongly disagree.

[Barrister]

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It's an ex post facto explanation, and he was able to dodge other "pick your favourite" questions without sounding ignorant.

I'll leave it to each individual to determine how satisfactory that explanation was.

Plus I just like picking on Justin. 

[crazy canuck]

Not an enormous fan of skill-testing trivia questions for politicians, but for this one...

In a honours take for Macleans magazine Trudeau was asked a series of 10 questions in 60 seconds.  He did pretty well IMO for some pretty easy softball questions (though he ducked "BC vs Nova Scotia, and "Toyota Prius vs Mercedes SL").

But another question was "What is your favourite Baltic Nation", which he declared "That's not a thing".



Come on man - we're not asking you to pick out Kyrgyzystan on a map.  The Baltics are NATO partners of Canada.  Even if you can't/won't name a favourite, at least be aware of their existence!

And, predictably, both the Conservatives, and the Baltics themselves, respond.

http://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/the-baltics-to-trudeau-yes-were-a-thing/

https://twitter.com/CPC_HQ/status/676804145223966721

From your own link:

And he did respond. Before Maclean's town hall with Trudeau on Wednesday, the Prime Minister said that what he meant to say was that choosing one's favourite Baltic nation should not be a thing.

He was, Trudeau said, well aware that the Baltics exist—because he used to date a woman from one of those countries. On the spur of the moment while shooting the 60-second video, he said, he decided that no good could come from answering the question with reference to any specific country. So he declined as diplomatically as he could.

It's picking a favourite Baltic nation that's not a thing, not the Baltic nations themselves.

That is just a good example of having good advisors who can think of a plausible way to cover a misstep.

[Jacob]

That is just a good example of having good advisors who can think of a plausible way to cover a misstep.

[HVC]

Harpers band mate gets two years for sexual inter fence of a 13 year old

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/phillip-nolan-former-drummer-in-stephen-harper-s-band-gets-2-years-for-sexual-interference-1.3388813

[dps]

What the heck is "sexual interference"?  It sounds like stopping someone from having sex, but surely that's not a crime in Canada.

[Monoriu]

I am surprised that so many people form bands.

[Admiral Yi]

What the heck is "sexual interference"?  It sounds like stopping someone from having sex, but surely that's not a crime in Canada.

I looked it up.  It's touching someone under the age of consent "with sexual intentions."

[Razgovory]

What the heck is "sexual interference"?  It sounds like stopping someone from having sex, but surely that's not a crime in Canada.

Sounds like it's worth at least a five yard penalty.