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Southern fish .... gotta luv em!

Good to see the CO's out. I have been stopped twice in the last two years, before that the last time I was stop was back in the 80's.

wow I agree

Good tips, thanks

Huron has a ton of these, they live live bait.

I fished KY and Barkley Lakes in early spring. These are a real pain and bad news for GL.

Down River Walleye

Primetime charters by Ron Ytsma

This boaters card reminds me of the the gun registry, a useless money grab in the name of public safety.

I generally fish the great lakes, huron, st clair and erie plus add the Detroit and st Clair rivers both US and CDN sides. My understanding is the coverage on this SD is better for the areas I fish.

Got it ... Thanks

I am looking at the purchase of one of these chips for my GPS on my boat.

Can anyone tell me if there is a seperate navionics chips for different manufactures like Humminbird and Lowrance?

Fastest boat I owned was a 374 Ranger with 150HP on the back - 68 mph was the top end.

I'm not going to even start in on this one............

Bloated bureaucray, ineptitude, stupidity, incompetence...........

How many people are on the Sunshine List (those earning $100k+)??

We all got a few of these stories for sure.

As for retailers having lower prices because of the HST, I am confused by this. The product is not any cheaper. If anything I now have to spend more money to get the product here, there is no difference in price to the consumer.

Dalton McGrinch during his HST sales pitch stated that with the HST the businesses would be getting a tax break and in turn should be passing it onto the consumer. We all knew he meant, someone has to make up the shortage. I hate being a 24 hour ATM for government.

Ever heard the quote: Out of job yet? Keep buying foreign. Look at the social benefits that you get from this country compared to what they get in the states. Your dollars spent in this country allows business to profit, who in turn put taxes in the system that YOU also benefit from. Going to the states once in a while I can see, but making a habit of it certainly does not help our country, and in the long run those who shop there.

You seem to have it all figure out. The whole picture however, I think not!

You buy foreign just about every time you walk in a store on Canadian soil.

You can continue to shop at big box stores in Canada and buy all those overseas products and ship the sales profits down to $20 billion man Sam Walton as he refuses to pay the Canada store workers more than min wage. Or buy a car from a North American auto company (US owned and operated) that outsources the majority of the content overseas to increase the profit line and puts the Canadian and US workers out of good paying jobs and they hopefully end up at a min wage job. Or get gouged at the pump by gas companies that are mainly controlled by out of country interests and is taxed through the roof. Or pay twice as much for milk products because the milk board dictates it. This goes on and on.

How many products do you buy that are made in Canada?

This is a large economic engine and retail is only a very small part of it. Remove the good paying jobs by outsourcing, remove the customers, close the business, both retail and service alike.

We are in a world economy, why should a retail or manufacturing business be allowed to shop out of the country and we can not? A major US owned Canadian retailer is about to move the textile business to another third world country to increase profits. And you can bet those extra profits will stay in the US and they will escape with paying the minimal tax possible here in Canada.

Think about what this country would be without our largest trade partner and neighbor and perhaps you will see that we are both in this together and that is the whole picture. If you think for one minute that if the US economy goes down we are not going follow, my friend you are sadly mistaken.

He chose to do that and paid for it himself. Are you saying you are ready to do the same. If you are, than feel good about shopping across the border. What I'm trying to say is look at the whole picture and stop looking at it for selfish reasons.

The whole picture? Please enlighten us!

So you'll also need to explain why my fair of taxes (just like yours) does not entitle me to health care in Ontario?

Gas, beer and groceries are much cheaper. A $2 border crossing fee and we get about a $50 per week savings. Plus I get to go into Gander and Dick's as well. Round trip takes us about 2 hour and we are done.

All duties have pretty much been removed due to the trade agreements Canada has entered into.

The major Canadian retailers want you to think they dropping prices. Sears stating they were matching US Sears prices on black Friday, not so. We are looking at fridge from Sears and the US price was still $400 less.

Be the way who is still waiting for the Canadian retailers to drop the prices due to the HST?

On the good side I am seeing a price correction on Cabelas Canadian site vs the US, about a $5 diff on $30 item. It is a good start.

I think one of the biggest misconception is that John Q Public has, is that they expect a home inspector is a certified Engineer and the report is as such as well. They are not and if anyone thinks for $300 or even $500 your are going to get a certified engineers report on your home you are sadly mistaken.

As far as an open building permit on the deck is concerned, I think you have case on the previous owner not the home inspector. The home inspector does not check to ensure that all is to code or with the town to see if anything is outstanding. In fact I think it is the lawyer that should be checking title, survey and other open issues with the town such as open building permits. The lawyer should have caught this and should help you out for free.

I had a storm sewer issue on a home we bought, the previous owner cut corners when they connected and our lawyer went to town on them. Took them two years to pay us, but they paid us.

The problem with the industry is there is no requirements in Ontario to certified these folks. Today you can work on the line at Ford motor company, tomorrow they close the factory and you are a home inspector. No training, no certification or insurance required, just hang the shingle so to speak.

GTA the "center of the universe"

We call it "the bubble" here. Maybe Ford will burst "the bubble" if the rose colored glasses don't get in the way.