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Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...

Last post by HVC - Today at 07:12:17 PM

I'm beginning to give credence to the notion that Trump is facing his own mortality as evidenced by his desire to put his name on every damn thing.

I wonder if he's going to survive his term?

I don't know, he's loved putting his name on things for decades. Trump towers, Trump Casinos, hell even Trump schools and steaks. Narcissists gonna narcissist.

#2

Off the Record / Re: [Canada] Canadian Politics...

Last post by crazy canuck - Today at 06:32:43 PM

(a) ensure that citizenship by descent is conferred on all persons who were born outside Canada before the coming into force of this enactment to a parent who was a citizen;

But let's continue to ignore real life testimonies of people going through the process & just quote legislation at eachother.

There is a rule of statutory interpretation - you need to read the whole thing to understand what it means.

Yes, you should do it too.

I have 

#3

Off the Record / Re: [Canada] Canadian Politics...

Last post by Grey Fox - Today at 06:23:24 PM

(a) ensure that citizenship by descent is conferred on all persons who were born outside Canada before the coming into force of this enactment to a parent who was a citizen;

But let's continue to ignore real life testimonies of people going through the process & just quote legislation at eachother.

There is a rule of statutory interpretation - you need to read the whole thing to understand what it means.

Yes, you should do it too.

#4

Off the Record / Re: [Canada] Canadian Politics...

Last post by crazy canuck - Today at 06:12:10 PM

Yeah except for those who moved out of Toronto and haven't been able to sell their condos.  I have a few colleagues in that situation.

Yeah, the whole high end condo market is correcting.  There have been warnings for a number of years that developers needed to diversify their offerings to cater to all market segments, but the money was in high end product and so that is what continued to be built. That market has become saturated with high end product while the mid and entry level market has gone wanting for at least a couple of decades now.  Hopefully we see more developers start to build for those market segments now.

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Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...

Last post by mongers - Today at 06:10:12 PM

I'm beginning to give credence to the notion that Trump is facing his own mortality as evidenced by his desire to put his name on every damn thing.

I wonder if he's going to survive his term?

Wishful thinking; my prediction he'll still be in you headspace 3 years hence.

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#6

Off the Record / Re: [Canada] Canadian Politics...

Last post by crazy canuck - Today at 06:07:27 PM

(a) ensure that citizenship by descent is conferred on all persons who were born outside Canada before the coming into force of this enactment to a parent who was a citizen;

But let's continue to ignore real life testimonies of people going through the process & just quote legislation at eachother.

But doesnt that break after 2 generations? My great grandfather being candian is all well and good, but my grandfather wasn't, nor my father, so i can't claim it. As I understand it* you'd have to canadiafy your grandfather and father first, then yourself. Grandfather is easier , his father was canadian so spent the requisite 3 years in canada, but getting citizenship for your dad is blocked because his dad doesn't have the 3 years. Your chain is broken. In effect it's becomes almost impossible to do since how do you prove the 3 year requirement for the generation between the canadian ancestor and yourself?

So I don't feel that Vipers fear of a master plan to inundate quebec with the anglo descendants of the Acadians is warranted.


* very very limited understanding based on what's posted here. Feel free to ignore since I have little confidence myself

*edit* missed Jacob saying this fist   

Again, there is no chain.  The applicant needs to demonstrate two things - that their parents were Canadian citizens and their parents had a significant connection with Canada.  It does not matter if some ancestor before the applicant's parents had a significant connection.

#7

Off the Record / Re: [Canada] Canadian Politics...

Last post by crazy canuck - Today at 06:04:47 PM

(a) ensure that citizenship by descent is conferred on all persons who were born outside Canada before the coming into force of this enactment to a parent who was a citizen;

But let's continue to ignore real life testimonies of people going through the process & just quote legislation at eachother.

There is a rule of statutory interpretation - you need to read the whole thing to understand what it means.

#8

Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...

Last post by Jacob - Today at 05:03:10 PM

I'm beginning to give credence to the notion that Trump is facing his own mortality as evidenced by his desire to put his name on every damn thing.

I wonder if he's going to survive his term?

#9

Off the Record / Re: [Canada] Canadian Politics...

Last post by HVC - Today at 05:02:56 PM

Yeah except for those who moved out of Toronto and haven't been able to sell their condos.  I have a few colleagues in that situation.

True, there are some i feel sorry for. People who planned to upgrade after a few years are amongst those. However, the stats i looked at a few years ago (for a languish discussion actually) the majority of new build condo buys in toronto was for investment (Airbnb the largest subsection of those). So fuck those people.

#10

Off the Record / Re: [Canada] Canadian Politics...

Last post by Bauer - Today at 04:51:58 PM

Yeah except for those who moved out of Toronto and haven't been able to sell their condos.  I have a few colleagues in that situation.