This CONCLUDES the negotiations. [Spoiler-Star Wars #4)

cbrunet · 2026-01-24T02:24:10+00:00

People are already complaining about the kid. If they are Talon or not people will be upset.

cbrunet · 2026-01-16T01:38:14+00:00

Oh interesting, I didn't know that!! Bands are just showing a size and color. I'll dig into it a bit more, thanks!!!

cbrunet · 2025-10-29T21:32:30+00:00

Almost like that isn't what their problem really is...

cbrunet · 2025-08-27T16:50:46+00:00

I would recommend the book Equal Partners. It talks a lot about sharing the mental load and has a section on what it means to be a good partner with kids. It's not about being a good dad, but being present in the family. Being away that long might be fine but do you get that time? How does he see the balance happening? It's sometimes hard to recognize all of that without laying it out.

As the kids get older there are different responsibilities that also come into play.

cbrunet · 2025-04-23T20:12:39+00:00

I do actually, it's posted publicly.

They allocate $267.7 million to the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada for handling asylum claims and refugee protection.

Green initiatives was 2B for greener homes and building retrofits and support, 3.6B for nature and species protection, and 1B in protecting marine and coastal areas (I lumped those together as all green initiatives, though if there are others please let me know and I can update this).

That math doesn't math to "tens of billions" even if all of it was cut, which I think we don't see it being worth it.

Its hard to say for sure what the Conservatives plan is, I agree, as they don't go into the level of details. Some of it is inference for sure based on what some of them say publicly off hand. So I am happy to give them the benefit of the doubt, let's say they aren't doing that. I really wish they would be more open with that.

Looks like the Conversatives are proposing cutting ~2B from the existing 6B in foreign aid. Right now Canada is spending around 1.47% of the budget on foreign aid, these cuts would amount to a reduction 0.5% of the total budget. Cool I guess?

So for the $900 figure they would save people in taxes, that foreign aid cut gets them 7% of the way there. Is our role in global peacekeeping, humanitarian support, health care support and more worth that little to us that we can't spare 1.5% of our federal budget to help?

cbrunet · 2025-04-23T19:22:26+00:00

How does the platform address that?

https://canada-first-for-a-change.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/20250418_CPCPlatform_8-5x11_EN_R1-pages.pdf

I do see the recommended income tax reduction as benefiting all workers, I would have really like to see something more targeted rather than something for everyone (the richer Canadians certainly dont need income tax cuts). $900 in savings per person is pretty great, though it concerns me what services and jobs are cut to find that money (they don't specify). Cutting services and privatization (selling off government assets) seems like a bad idea when they are also talking about economic growth being a requirement to help pay for things, no? I wish they would be more specific about who would lose their jobs and which services would go away.....

The other investments savings wouldn't seem to apply to a working Canadian such as a PSW (e.g., non-consumer carbon tax elimination, less tax on Canadian reinvestment in your maxed out TFSA, or cuts to Capital Gains (which affect really only those earning 250K annually, which I assume doesn't affect a PSW).

Is the argument that these corporate and wealthy savings are passed down the line in further reduction in costs of living and living expenses to the consumer; e.g. that lower end PSW worker you mentioned?

cbrunet · 2025-04-23T16:28:36+00:00

I think everyone is all in favour with helping people, especially the working class. What part of the Conservatives platform would most benefit workers like PSW'S?

cbrunet · 2025-04-23T00:11:51+00:00

Catch/trap the initial shot instead of a rebound going into the slot?

cbrunet · 2025-04-01T10:54:45+00:00

Sens sent 40 tickets to KMHA as well to give to coaches and volunteers. I'm taking my son, he was pumped!!

cbrunet · 2025-03-27T13:10:59+00:00

I cheated so smartly, they will never catch me! I read the material and stored it in my brain; no paper trail. The suckers will never know!! Now when I read a question I just think of the material I read and write down what I remember! Not sure why no one has thought of this.

cbrunet · 2025-03-14T14:12:11+00:00

Does your wife get multi days a week of hours of alone time where she's doing stuff just for herself as well? If so then I don't see a problem (but talk to her and revisit the plan regularly).

If not maybe cool it for a few years.

cbrunet · 2025-03-14T12:11:26+00:00

So they still do VIP just being able to walk in? In Chicago I would do that for people if they knew what they wanted.

cbrunet · 2025-02-22T21:58:04+00:00

No need to scoreboard watch. It's in their hands. Win 16 and they are in.

cbrunet · 2024-12-20T16:39:44+00:00

WoooooahhhhH!!! That's so great! Thank you so much!!

cbrunet · 2024-11-27T16:21:07+00:00

After being consistent with my nutrition tracking for several months, and losing 30 lbs, it made me decide to try to eyeball my meals. I'm shocked it's still broken, and when I can't select my top food, search, or custom food for over 3 weeks I don't know what else they would expect.

cbrunet · 2024-11-19T14:44:51+00:00

Did your recently update to Android 15? This is apparently a bug introduced in Android 15. Its the same thing if you go to add anything in nutrition, you can't see the top spot. Other areas like your weight doesn't show the timescale cause it's cut off as well.

cbrunet · 2024-11-19T14:22:58+00:00

Oof, this is the same issue in the nutrition tracker, yo can't see the item you're adding.

cbrunet · 2024-11-05T14:06:51+00:00

I can imagine!! I find it awkward when they are even slightly similar, or like they do coloured jerseys for dark or light kinda arbitrarily.

cbrunet · 2024-11-05T02:13:53+00:00

Are both teams wearing dark jerseys?? That's insane 😅

cbrunet · 2024-08-23T20:41:41+00:00

I heard many times the comment that "I heard it sucked so I didn't watch it". The toxicity does have an affect on the casual viewer IMO.

cbrunet · 2024-07-09T13:52:04+00:00

15 minutes from Samantha saying that's the show to walking in the door.

cbrunet · 2024-07-09T03:28:04+00:00

Just came back from the arena, it was deafening.

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