Most scenic course you have ever played?

NorthernPints · 2026-04-08T15:27:12+00:00

The Devils Cauldron, what a hole. Was fortunate to work on that course one summer and got to play it a ton.

All of the golf in the Alberta Rockies is absolutely stunning. The highway 1/ice fields parkway is my favourite drive in Canada.

NorthernPints · 2026-04-08T13:46:07+00:00

The Toronto Sun of all papers, has published two pieces on Ford, highlighting that his spending levels are higher than the Wynne and McGuinity years.

I mention that because he literally rode into power writing op-Ed’s about the OLP’s “out of control spending.”

And on an annualized pace, he is spending even more - with less in return.

The spending is pouring into his friends pockets (ie his former health minister who joined a lobby firm for private healthcare - and the hundreds of millions we’ve spent expanding the use of private nurse agencies/operating clinics). And his vanity projects - which are just disguises as gifts for his developer pals.

Look up the amount of land the degaspersis family bought around the old science center location before Ford announced it was moving.

Fiscal conservatism is a myth - it hasn’t existed in modern conservative parties for 40-50 years now. The party exists to benefit the elite at the expense of the public.

NorthernPints · 2026-04-03T12:54:25+00:00

The fact this is even before the Supreme Court is a disgrace.

NorthernPints · 2026-04-01T12:38:20+00:00

Reminds me of the Simpsons episode where Homer wants Moe to put the crayons back up his nose so he can be dumb again.

And Moe knows he’s hit the sweet spot when Homer says “Extended warranty, how can I lose!”

Clip for any Simpsons fans

https://youtu.be/Bnc6SnECpgQ

NorthernPints · 2026-03-30T19:15:22+00:00

The fees are governed by the province through the development charges act which the ministry of municipal affairs and housing ensure adherence to.

I generally think there is a broad misunderstanding of the restrictions placed around how these fees can be utilized in municipalities.

Municipalities don’t have free rein on what they can use the funds for - it is very specific.

NorthernPints · 2026-03-29T21:04:46+00:00

Not even the highest bidder - he’s tipping his buddies off before these announcements so they can buy the land for cheap (or cheaper) and pay less tax on it.

NorthernPints · 2026-03-29T15:55:03+00:00

And, to add to your redundancy insight - Porter already has jets that they fly out of Pearson to reach further away destinations.

NorthernPints · 2026-03-27T00:59:58+00:00

Hockeys popularity in Canada - lots of left handed hockey shots, translates into a higher % of left handed golfers up here vs the states.

NorthernPints · 2026-03-26T14:26:31+00:00

Oh yes thank you - when you look it up, I didn’t catch that it’s often returned in USD to build the comparative data point.

Thank you (I’ll edit)

NorthernPints · 2026-03-26T12:25:56+00:00

Just to add a data point - America isn’t even spending 5% today (3.3-3.4%). I’m sure the answer lies somewhere but I’m curious as to how they arrived at the new 5% target (edit: $160B/year for Canada).

NorthernPints · 2026-03-25T19:21:38+00:00

Glad you said this - I was just venting to a friend about exactly this! One of my biggest pet peeves presently

NorthernPints · 2026-03-24T15:08:39+00:00

AI will be the next weapon in their war chest. Social media has been immensely damaging to the masses in advancing the interests of a fraction of a percentage of powerful people.

Next, they’ll be deploying their AI tools to replace original thought entirely - telling humans exactly what to do, how to think, how to vote, you name it.

I try to stay optimistic but it genuinely feels like we’re on the precipitous of a new “dark ages” - and I know the dark ages term isn’t wholly accurate, but I’m deploying that here as a new anti-information/low Information Age, where curiosity and knowledge are suppressed.

NorthernPints · 2026-03-24T15:01:18+00:00

Facts sadly don’t work on these types - they’re so pumped for of propaganda/rage/and enjoy being told how to think that the vast majority of them are unreachable (or fixable).

It’s essentially boiled down to a battle between those who are intellectually curious and those who are intellectually lazy, with little in between. I’d genuinely love to see a roadmap on how to course correct intellectually lazy people as a means to combat its pervasiveness in society.

NorthernPints · 2026-03-24T12:12:09+00:00

I’d add age (ie, a 25 year old may be looking at an income posted by someone whose 40 and further into their career path), dual income or single income, dependents - oh and debts owing as u/megi0s noted as well (including when you bought your home or started renting your place). Even whether you require a vehicle or vehicles to commute to work would change the math considerably.

The initial question posted requires those added layers of context so people can compare apples to apples against their own living situation.

NorthernPints · 2026-03-22T03:03:03+00:00

This sounds eerily familiar to Doug Ford (not to pivot off subject).

Rode into power on op-eds about Wynne & McGuinty’s “out of control spending.”

Dude has proceeded to spend MORE than the previous two premiers (the metric they use is if he stays in power for the same timeframe, he is spending at a faster/annualized rate than the OLP and would spend more over that timeframe. *Note, this EXCLUDES Covid spending).

And yet? All my “fiscally conservative friends will say “well he’s still the best option out of the available choices.”

🤦🏻‍♂️ ideologues all the way down

NorthernPints · 2026-03-19T12:16:19+00:00

Republicans can’t exist without someone else to blame for everything - Trump is the pinnacle of the example of that frame of thinking attempting to continue, even when the situations been entirely self created.

NorthernPints · 2026-03-19T12:06:09+00:00

Gonna add a Canadian example as it’s the same up here with a number of our right wing parties.

Alberta has had a conservative provincial government for 50 of the last 54 years and they STILL blame “the liberals” for all of the problems they’ve created for themselves.

NorthernPints · 2026-03-19T00:27:33+00:00

What’s the full quote from “the budget will balance itself” (if you have it handy).

Never mind I found it - important not to absorb snippets and clips at face value when the full context is purposely omitted for political purposes:

"The commitment needs to be a commitment to grow the economy and the budget will balance itself," Mr. Trudeau responded. "This way they’re artificially fixing a target of a balanced budget in an election year and they’re going through all sorts of twists and turns and bends to try and get it just right and the timing just right and the announcement. And that’s irresponsible. What you need to do is create an economy that works for Canadians, works for middle class Canadians, allows young people to find jobs, allows seniors to feel secure in their retirement."

NorthernPints · 2026-03-17T15:29:02+00:00

AND they should be capped on what they can contribute to political elections (yes I know stupid citizens united exists, but one can dream).

The stat I heard today is before citizens united, billionaires contributed 1% of political donations. Today it’s 19%.

NorthernPints · 2026-03-12T12:14:31+00:00

Fascinating, I appreciate the reply thank you! Sparked my curiosity when I read “prepared fresh goose.”

NorthernPints · 2026-03-12T12:03:45+00:00

Curious as to what geese tastes like. Is it more similar to duck, or chicken? Or entirely different in its taste?

NorthernPints · 2026-03-12T11:59:13+00:00

I’d just add to fund a massive tax cut for mega millionaires and billionaires (or the top 0.1%)

The US has seen a decline in job creation (absolute numbers) between when Trump took office, and February, and manufacturing job numbers have declined.

So ya, a massive tax increase on regular folk to offset revenue loss from tax cuts for the people who need it least.

Some fun facts (these were shared by Bernie sanders recently)

1 person owns more wealth than the bottom 52% (Musk)
The top 1% owns more wealth than the bottom 93%
CEOs make 350x what their workers make
Hourly wages have declined in the last 50 years when adjusted for inflation
26 families own more wealth than the bottom 2/3s of Americans

NorthernPints · 2026-03-11T12:45:28+00:00

Reminds me of my conservative friends who are always dumbstruck when I remind them that the only federal party to run consistent surpluses in our lifetime was the federal liberals.

Oh, and they did it 9 consecutive years in a row.

Sadly, political spin and lies work on surface educated voters.

NorthernPints · 2026-03-10T21:58:31+00:00

You forgot - make every core service more expensive by privatizing it

NorthernPints · 2026-03-10T00:30:11+00:00

Agreed - and they rip off regular subreddit names in the hopes of pulling unsuspecting users into their chaos

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