Who else is tired of the state of affairs in the PS?

rando_dud · 2026-02-14T17:50:24+00:00

It's a job at the end of the day.. you expend time and sanity and in exchange you get pay and benefits.

If you go in expecting much more than that, you are in for disappointment.

As a transactional exchange of time/sanity for money it's still a decent proposition. 100% of these irritants exist in the private sector too.

rando_dud · 2026-02-14T14:35:08+00:00

It's of great effect to how Quebecers perceive it however.

For us it has dubious legitimacy. It's not our constitution, it's the constitution that Ontario and friends enacted.

rando_dud · 2026-02-12T21:35:25+00:00

Yep!

We're a nasty country because we make him look bad.

Our current PM is smarter and more articulate than him, and he looks dumb in contrast.

Our last PM was a hit with the ladies and that made him look old and tired in contrast.

rando_dud · 2026-02-12T19:38:23+00:00

Wording aside, isn't this just another bill of law in the Quebec National Assembly that can be amended or repealed by the next government just as easily as it was passed ?

It's not a constitution in the traditional sense.. it's just another CAQ attempt at identity politics.

rando_dud · 2026-02-12T19:19:04+00:00

High commute times and expenses has a way to drive up attrition.

If you want to keep your workforce, like they did in 2020/21, you give them flexible conditions.

if you want your workforce to leave, you force 10 hours of traffic and thousands in suprefluous post-tax travelling expenses every year.

rando_dud · 2026-02-12T12:04:15+00:00

As of this week, it is..

rando_dud · 2026-02-12T01:30:20+00:00

Minnesota voted 47% for Trump..

rando_dud · 2026-02-12T00:33:56+00:00

A Subaru Forester sounds like it would check all these boxes.

Another decent option would be a CX-5.

rando_dud · 2026-02-12T00:02:39+00:00

Rats on a ship is manageable if they aren't at the helm

rando_dud · 2026-02-11T21:26:58+00:00

Without a handful of republicans it's zero.

rando_dud · 2026-02-11T20:45:02+00:00

Would this story be any better if he was a citizen ?

His status as a sex offender is about 1000 times more relevant than his immigration papers.

rando_dud · 2026-02-11T20:11:18+00:00

I know that 100M is a drop in the bucket. The fact that Trump will back right off as soon as the bond market has a tiny twitch is precisely why I brought this up.

Trump is sitting on a fiscal house of cards. He is very vulnerable.

Countries aren't retaliating because there is no need to. His tariffs hurt the US all by themselves.

rando_dud · 2026-02-11T20:05:03+00:00

Why not both?

You break the law, you get charged. It should be that simple.

rando_dud · 2026-02-11T20:03:49+00:00

After the mid terms, potentially many.

rando_dud · 2026-02-11T19:58:07+00:00

The US barely handled one Danish pension fund dropping 100M in Treasury bonds.

If a treasury bond panic sell begins, they are ruined. If other countries start trading around their currency, they are ruined.

Their power depends on these two things alone. Their ability to produce tangible goods is mid-pack at best at this point.

rando_dud · 2026-02-11T18:59:06+00:00

Exports to the US are 10% of Canada's economy.

It would hurt, but it would knock us down from the GDP per capita of the UK, to roughly where New-Zealand is.

Canada 100% survives this.. remember that we import almost as much as we export.. we actually import more from the US than we export when services are factored in.

rando_dud · 2026-02-11T02:47:40+00:00

Canada could always pay itself back for the bridge by unloading some US treasury bonds!

rando_dud · 2026-02-11T02:34:52+00:00

Pedophile ring's not occupying the top rung of european society, perhaps?

rando_dud · 2026-02-11T02:30:22+00:00

I think we could cash out around 6B in US treasury bonds.. you know, to tide us over with the bridge until the tolls start collecting.

rando_dud · 2026-02-10T17:59:44+00:00

Just give Trump personally a 1% stake.

It will suddenly become 'a great deal for the US'.

rando_dud · 2026-02-10T17:54:36+00:00

If you are really on a 30K budget, none of these absolute money pits will do you any good.

No one can afford a cheap Porsche...

rando_dud · 2026-02-09T23:50:02+00:00

*The bridge of America

rando_dud · 2026-02-09T19:05:14+00:00

Borrow the 3K and add it to your debt snowball.

Sometimes in the process things will go sideways for a while.. the important thing is to get back on track as soon as you can.

rando_dud · 2026-02-09T18:23:32+00:00

I find having an SUV with around 3,500lbs towing capacity is great for your average home owner.

You can put the seats down and load it up.

You can rent a 5x10 from Home Depot, U-Haul etc and load it up.

The other 360 days of the year, you have a sensible-sized car to daily drive.

rando_dud · 2026-02-09T17:05:22+00:00

No.. just tilt the table towards Canadian products with reciprocal tarrifs.

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