Sabres Fan in NS

It is based on the British system. Parliament and the country is, technically, run by the Governor General (Queens representative in Canada, who is appointed by a sitting Prime Minister, but apprived by the Queen, which is a formality). Any time there is an election in Canada the sitting Prime Minister has to meet with the Govenor General and ask that they disolve parliament and trigger an election. In theory, the Governor General can refuse the PM's request, but that is not going to happen. The sitting Govenor General is about 1 month into her job. So, Trudeau met with her today and she granted his request that she disolve parliament. Trudeau is hoping that he can win back his Majority in Parliament. In 2015 he got one. In 2019 he got a pretty strong Minority. My hope is that this backfires on him, but not enough to give the Conservative guy a chance to govern, so I hope for an even smaller minority govenment for Trudeau. Small enough that he will be complelled to retire and we can have a better leader for the Liberal Party. I am a social democrat and have been voting Green for years. Trudeau is powerful and elite and is abusing that this time around. No one wants and election and it is not even 2 years into a 4 year mandate. It stinks, really. In other news, we are winding down our own election her in NS. I voted Green. Our Premier has not won election as Premier, he replaced the Liberal Premier when he retired. I can understand him wanting his own mandate. Anyway, you really didn't ask how it works ... lol!!

I agree. And Canadian lives ... IIRC, around 250 Canadian Forces personel died there and many more after coming home and being abandoned. I don't know the number, but there have been a significant number of suicides. It's sad. Very sad.

Why did the US and Canada invade Afghanistan and several died there for no reason? Those poor people. The past 50 years have been just terrible. If I was a veteran of that war I would be really pissed right about now.

Today Parliament in Canada was disolved. We are having an election. I have revived to thread in the Politics Club, so we can have our fun in there. Thanks.

Maybe this time around, but I don't see any way that the new Con leader (same as the old Con leader) really has a path to victory. I also do not see a way that Trudeau gets the majority he so desparately wants. I actually hope for a small minority Liberal government that may lead to Trudeau resigning as PM and party leader, so that we can get a good one.

So he did it and she did it. So, we have an election.

Bump ... Rumours were flying for a few weeks now that Trudeau was going to force and election on the people of Canada during a pandemic. I don't think anyone really wants this except Trudeau, who obviously thinks he can get his majority govenment back. If it were not for the complete idiot running the other major party that likely to win if Trudeau does not I would hope this backfires on Trudeau's ass big time. I hope we give this dink a smaller minority goverment. Trudeau is meeting with the Governor General right now. My hope is that she refuses his request that she disolve govenment to force the election tha no one wants.

Toyota will last a long time and not need much more than normal maintenance, until one day they just die. Skoda is a great car. Driven many of them when in Europe. Fun and sporty. The most fun car I have ever driven in Europe was an Opel Astra (I know, I know ... GM ... blah, blah). It was so much fun and the cluch was the smoothest I ever drive. I was going to bring it home with me, but dude needed it for another month, or two (rental).

Yes, but they were no where near 1+ billion $. I agree with you though.

Why the confusion? Ralphie would be right in his element at Norwich City FC. He has done some good things running an EPL side in the past.

Both ... DAMN PHONE!!

Dude!! You don’t even remember who you were. You were Marchand’s Nose and at one point you were Foligno’s Jock. Yup. NS has a mind like a steal trap. 😁

That’s not good. Too much public $. Basically it’s 50/50.

They have Man C and then some EFL Cup match (what is that) and then L City (they should be able to do something there) and then Everton. It may be a long season. It seems like they are starting earlier than usual. There must be a break in there somewhere for WC 2022 qualifiers, or something.

RaKru is probably not doing anything. They should hire him as a guru type consultant, or something.

Yeah it really was something and it turned out great. He really captured the spirit of our city. Halifax is really taking off, which is great, but OTOH I liked it when it was a small hick town. Anyway, I moved out of the city to the coast (about 30 to 45 minutes from downtown) and really like it out here, so there's that.

Rough start for Norwich @Eleven, but they were up against Liverpool. What a dreadful way to kick off the new season.

I sense a user name update coming anyday now ... am I right @Samson's Flow ?? This is like the 700th(ish) time you have had to do this. You pick one and they are sent packing. Well, twice that I can remember, eh, Boyes.

Forget it ... he's rolling. Damn dastardly Bruin!! I hate that guy now.

My hope would be no public funding, but that is not realistic, as the 'people' and the county derive some economic benefit from a new stadium. So, best case it will be as little as possible public money. 70/30?

There she is ...

1992 Acura Legend. British Racing Green. It’s in my driveway right now. 😎

Who??

Not to mention that there really isn't a tax advantage to him signing with the Panthers. Sheesh!!