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#81

Off the Record / Re: South Korea declares marti...

Last post by Legbiter - December 03, 2024, 01:59:46 PM

If you're a wonnabe strongman you have to now act bigly to secure a place in the  queue outside Mara-largo.

The timing is interesting yeah.

Whoever is currently running the US better get on this fast. 

#82

Off the Record / Re: South Korea declares marti...

Last post by Darth Wagtaros - December 03, 2024, 01:58:55 PM

I guess we'll be going through something similar in a month.

#83

Off the Record / Re: South Korea declares marti...

Last post by The Brain - December 03, 2024, 01:49:11 PM

If you're a wonnabe strongman you have to now act bigly to secure a place in the  queue outside Mara-largo.

#84

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

Last post by Grey Fox - December 03, 2024, 01:46:29 PM

I really mean schoolboards, not schools. Past threads have shown me Alberta has it as a Protestant/Catholic divide, we have it divided by languages.

We have three sets of schoolboards - public, Catholic and francophone.

But I'll repeat - do you really think the US government would allow a Quebec-in-US to ban English language schooling?  Or even only to ban publicly-funded english-language school education?

Yes. It's not something I'm personally would aim to do, so I won't spend time researching the How-to.

However, I do not think it would be something they take great offense to. Like they don't in Puerto Rico.

#85

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

Last post by Barrister - December 03, 2024, 01:43:38 PM

I really mean schoolboards, not schools. Past threads have shown me Alberta has it as a Protestant/Catholic divide, we have it divided by languages.

We have three sets of schoolboards - public, Catholic and francophone.

But I'll repeat - do you really think the US government would allow a Quebec-in-US to ban English language schooling?  Or even only to ban publicly-funded english-language school education?

#86

Off the Record / Re: What can we expect to happ...

Last post by Grey Fox - December 03, 2024, 01:42:56 PM

Wow, widespread condemnation of a leader trying to seize absolute power?

I wonder what it's like living in a country with such a strong pro-democracy sentiment.

If you ask social media you will receive the racist answer of "no KFC people".

#87

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

Last post by Barrister - December 03, 2024, 01:42:13 PM

Canada has been suffering from relatively low levels of R&D spending and investment.  If you look at the Canada-US complex as a linked economy, it appears that high level investment may be going disproportionately to areas in the US. If true, then a decoupling of the two economies - whether by a trade war or otherwise - could be a relative benefit to Canada.*


*As in it may be in absolute loss to both, but less of a loss to Canada.

We have definitely been suffering from lack of investment (and resulting stagnation in productivity) for several years now.  Government has compensated by increasing immigration levels which gives businesses more unskilled labour (and increases gross GDP) - but all at the cost of per capita GDP.

Would a "de-coupling" provide a relative benefit to Canada?  My understanding is that while we run a trade surplus with the US in terms of goods, it's a net negative when you include services.

#88

Gaming HQ / Re: Europa Universalis IV anno...

Last post by garbon - December 03, 2024, 01:41:47 PM

I think CK2 is my fave of all time.

#89

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

Last post by Grey Fox - December 03, 2024, 01:41:11 PM

Well, like you said #1 is unimpeded access to the US markets. Ability to have our own criminal code, Quebec (and the other provinces could drop french) english has a official language when local government is concerned. Ability to disband the english schoolboards.

Hydro-Quebec is a big exporter to the New England region but it always gets strong headwind because it's not American. That would fix that.

It would ease economic hardship from Upstate NY to Maine because now without a border Montreal is much closer than NYC/Boston.

Own Criminal Code - this is true as far as it goes.

But in the US a lot of the most important prosecutions are under Federal law.  I mean yes the states still do even the bigger cases up to and including murder, but any of the fancy organized crime kind of stuff all tends to be federal.

A Quebec-in-the-US wouldn't have constitutional guarantees about French.  Do you really think the US congress would stand by and allow English schools to be forbidden in Quebec?

Fully agree on the economic benefits.

Dropping the stuff we agree on.

I really mean schoolboards, not schools. Past threads have shown me Alberta has it as a Protestant/Catholic divide, we have it divided by languages.

#90

Off the Record / Re: South Korea declares marti...

Last post by mongers - December 03, 2024, 01:40:36 PM

If you're a wonnabe strongman you have to now act bigly to secure a place in the  queue outside Mara-largo.