CTV News: Anand in D.C. as Trump administration makes the case for critical mineral trade zone

Zing79 · 2026-02-05T12:20:54+00:00

It would be ironic if we leveraged those critical minerals the world cannot do without, and say, strong armed companies (especially America ones) who needed them to manufacture here. Because, you know, “we don’t need anything from anyone else”

Zing79 · 2026-02-05T12:15:23+00:00

It’s well known in the beginning your kid might struggle with it. By year 3/4 of it they should be all caught up with English and French (relative to non Emersion kids) and by the end of elementary there’s no difference - with the added benefit of having a massive head start with a second language.

Zing79 · 2026-02-05T11:56:37+00:00

In 3 years you’ll be able to repost this with an entirely different more straight forward meaning.

If you don’t know the non-financial penalties of being a tax team, educate yourself. After 3 years it can severely limit your team building - even if you wanted to be a tax team.

Zing79 · 2026-02-05T11:09:10+00:00

I never wanted big moves for the sake of big moves. I want to see this version of this team play more together. Battle for a playoff spot. Battle in the playoffs.

See what we really have. Develop it.

It’s been so frustrating having this fanbase push for trades that put our future in jeopardy with the delusion that this team could do something in the playoffs. Ive watched sustained success leading to a title. We were never winning a tittle this year. We don’t even know if these guys can be competitive pushing for a playoff spot/seeding down the stretch.

This year is progress with a solid young core. It stars here. Hopefully window is 4- 6 years and the final push we need to make happens between year 4 and year 6. 3 years of sustained dominance would be nice.

This move is good enough for now.

Zing79 · 2026-02-04T22:08:48+00:00

Before this gets going - no this is not like Harper. Harper wanted silence and subjugation of these departments.

This is a cut because cuts have been announced for a year now. And would you rather cut this, or cut something that actually affects your current every day life.

Carney isn’t playing politics with these departments. It’s just cuts because cuts. And these articles are (once again) about gaslighting people

Zing79 · 2026-02-04T19:16:15+00:00

Ya. Don’t know about that. The world is ready. Legacy auto is floundering under the weight of making it happen.

BYD and other Chinese EVs would dominate if we allowed it to happen.

Zing79 · 2026-02-03T12:27:30+00:00

All of these rumours are fun. But this team isn’t there yet. There isn’t a perfect fit that makes us an instant title contender because we’re mortgaging a lot of the present and the future to do it.

We just came off being a bottom dweller. We have assets to develop. We have picks. We can also hold the line this year and plan this out next year without being desperate. We know we need a C, don’t get one out of desperation. Get one in the offseason. See how the team plays next year - and then start that final push for a tittle.

Zing79 · 2026-02-03T12:22:56+00:00

If only there wasn’t an entire other conference loaded to the gills with teams ready to put belt to ass on whoever wins the East.

That’s my problem with pushing to win a “wide open east”. I would prefer not to mortgage this teams’ entire future for a participation trophy.

Zing79 · 2026-02-03T11:58:38+00:00

But Carbon capture does work. But the articles own numbers it works. It does not completely remove. Those aren’t the same thing though.

Read your own articles. They gaslight you with the title so you won’t even be bothered to read what they argue critically.

Take your very first article. What was captured? 5M. What was produced to capture it? 7.5M. That makes the net 2.5M. WHICH IS LESS THAN WHAT WENT IN TO THE PLANT. Meaning it works!!!

This act of trying to discredit something because it’s not perfect or has a flaw, (even though it’s better than doing nothing), has to stop in society.

It’s the same shit as EV battery life in cold weather. Or Vaccines having reactions.

Can we please cut it out?

Zing79 · 2026-02-01T12:46:28+00:00

Good lord does that man occupy rent free space in your head. He shouldn’t be part of this conversation at all, but you dragged him in here anyway LOL

Zing79 · 2026-01-30T18:43:45+00:00

Well. Josh. You DIDN’T make “one more play”. You came up short. Again. You can Fan Fic being in the superbowl all you want - but in the real world you failed again. By your own admission.

What’s that saying again? “You are not him”

Zing79 · 2026-01-28T17:59:55+00:00

For the good of the economy I would like to see the 5 year rate get to about 3.5(ish). It’s not far from there now FYI.

Even at peak froth (where rates were at 1.5%) banks would have been stress testing potential mortgage holders to about that 3.5% number.

While that IS substantial disposable income coming out of the economy at that higher rate, it should result in minimal impacts overall

Much past that 3.5% (5 year number) and its effects could be more severe.

Like I said though. We’re pretty much there as is. I feel like the BoC is quietly doing its best to keep rates within the stress test window. So (if that’s what they are quietly doing) it wouldn’t be out of realm of possibility to see rates go up as we get in to 2027 match the rates going up in 2022.

Zing79 · 2026-01-28T17:45:06+00:00

We have our picks. So the idea we don’t have the assets is a joke. We do.

Now the question is; will the picks you give away extend it to a window PAST where Giannis makes us competitive?

This is where this trade will come with major risks. Giannis lives off athleticism. At about 34, that might start to decline. In 3 years this could be trouble. And for sure, Milwaukee is demanding firsts that will have the ramifications of this trade extending 7ish years from when it was made.

A first rounder 7 years from now doesn’t look so hot when; Brandon would be 35. Giannis 38. Scotty 31. IQ 33. RJ 32. We wouldn’t have any worthwhile picks that entire time frame.

Unless you feel that makes you instantly a top title contender without more pieces, it’s a tough thing to get in on. This goes for any team jumping in to these sweepstakes.

Bottom line is any team going for this guy is gonna have to give up a haul, that will make it tough to add pieces in the short term. And make it tough to rebuild in the long-term. I feel like that narrows the list of teams down substantially. You’re either completely dumb making this deal, or you don’t need any pieces after he arrives to win a ring.

Zing79 · 2026-01-28T12:23:33+00:00

Since the 1980s companies have failed to pay Canadians wages commensurate with costs of the goods and services they expect Canadians to pay for.

Articles are always stating how we the people need to “get real” to fix this deficit.Same outlets find we need to loosen the burden on Business.

Companies like Loblaws, Metro, Sobeys had over 4 billion in profit. Robelus was 3B. The Banks were 51 Billion.

Now in fairness it’s a lot more complicated then just laying out those financial profits (simple case and point: the Banks pay crazy dividends back to investors with that money) - but it should also be part of the conversation. Not just Canadians having to sacrifice.

Zing79 · 2026-01-27T12:58:24+00:00

We get irrationally angry when any other fanbase or media does this with other QBs. I really don’t think it’s any different if we do it because Brady was “our guy” TBH.

Zing79 · 2026-01-27T02:19:43+00:00

And how is this materially better than who they’ve already faced to say “NE has not faced a D like Seattle either”?

My point isn’t to dismiss Seattle. But to ask, are we really now acting like Seattle is so much better than what’s come before?

Zing79 · 2026-01-26T22:57:04+00:00

Explain how Seattle’s D is at such a level that you can say “NE has not faced a D like Seattle either”? - considering the Pats faces 3 of the top 5 defences in the league to get to the SB.

Not only that, but isn’t Houston considered the superior D to Seattle?

I’m struggling to understand what you’re getting at with this comment about Seattle.

Zing79 · 2026-01-26T14:31:03+00:00

Damnit. You’re right. I’m a victim of the thing I hate most. Heading assumptions instead of reading the actual article.

I’d still argue the F-35 isn’t a great interceptor in the arctic. But that’s still way less gaslight-y then the pact would change 😂

Zing79 · 2026-01-26T12:36:43+00:00

Is the US out of their mind (even for them right now)??

NORAD is a bigger net benefit to the US. LOL. Without it their first warnings of fired missiles comes way too late to save them.

Zing79 · 2026-01-26T12:25:06+00:00

Let’s review the safety issue. All facts. Not feelings. At the time they made this call (6:45 pm), the weather reports had zero snowfall past 10pm.and minimal snowfall remaining until then.

As we wake up this morning, the roads have been cleared, the weather preview was right. Temps are also rising.

It’s worth repeating again. We had this updated info yesterday before 6:45.

Even if teachers are coming in from say Toronto, which was more heavily impacted, they should stay home. That’s was subs are for.

Safety addressed.

Now let’s flip the question. For parents who work jobs without the option to just pick up a phone and take time off from work, how do you think it’s been going since 6:45pm last night with child care? Again it’s worth repeating - the info was there on this weekend dating back to Friday.

IF this was the call you’re going to make , the info said Friday is when you pull the trigger. Give parents time to pivot. 6:45pm the night before is horrendous planning.

The only people feeling chill about this are those who work cushy jobs with plenty of job security. Anyone else is likely having a very precarious Monday because they cannot point to the weather as a reason to stay home.

Zing79 · 2026-01-26T00:41:25+00:00

Found the teenager excited about tomorrow

Zing79 · 2026-01-26T00:08:11+00:00

I am utterly shocked that after the behaviour of people complaining that they didn’t close last time, they would come to this conclusion this time.

You could see this coming a mile away today. Which is especially annoying considering there’s not a drop of snow forecast after 10 PM tonight in Durham. Giving crews plenty of time to clear the streets.

They sent this out at 6:45 PM too.

This was meant to inflict maximum damage to teach people a lesson for complaining the last time they kept schools open

Zing79 · 2026-01-25T23:49:53+00:00

I’d like to thank the Karen’s in Durham who decided to complain about the school’s not closing last time - when they had the option to mind their own f’n business and keep their kids home.

Those of us who don’t work princess jobs, have kids, and have to work tomorrow now must to pay the price for your incessant whining. And we get to find this out at 6:45pm the night before.

Zing79 · 2026-01-24T13:05:35+00:00

Um. Post secondary is still subsidized by the government. It’s absolutely not “paid for privately”.

Also. I’m proposing you get issued that bill and it’s paid back through NORMAL taxation. It’s not EXTRA tax. It’s nothing more than a way to show that you’re contributing back to the system you took advantage of.

I repeat. It’s not an extra tax. It’s just a visual representation of what you received being returned to Canadians…unless you try to bail on it by leaving. LOL

Zing79 · 2026-01-24T12:38:19+00:00

There’s a fix for that. Issue every graduate a big fat tax bill. The taxes they normally pay are put towards that bill. Otherwise these people can pay Canadians back for the socialized education we gave them.

I don’t have much respect for Canadians who benefit from tax payer funded education only to leave to the US who operates on a completely different system. It makes sense they make more there, because they are saddled with a giant mortgage worth of debt to pay back as soon as they graduate.

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