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Mr.Bass with all due respect that may be the nuttiest thing I have ever read here( with the odd exception on the hockey thread)you think this country could prosper with no imports or exports...I doubt it very much!!!

Not now no, absolutely not.

The frame work and policy would have had to done 100 years ago or so.

We done messed up and no way can it be fixed(not just us, most countries as well).

And im not really against trade. Im against rediculous trade.

Here ill give you an example

When I worked for weyethaueser, we produced canadian lumber. We sold it all to the US at a price lower then it cost to produce. Then canada needs lumber. Instead of using our own resource, we buy back the lumber we produced at a markup plus currency exchange.

Does that make any sense to youse at all????

Im the nutty one?

Please...

And this is what we do with oil/gas, minerals etc as well.

Its the dumbest system ive ever seen.

I gotta good deal on sirloin yesterday.

Steaks for everyone for under $25!

Shes out resting now, be on the grill in about 45 mins

So after all the reading this thread has to offer I think we can all agree that things need to change..However here we are bickering over who is the worst thief and liar..I dont like what the Cons have done in 8 years..With the new trade deal snuck in the back door, our oil going to china and our protected waters are all but gone. Now were dealing with American dairy heading this way. Bovine growth hormone was denied in Canada many time over the years for a reason. When will it end..We need a new leader and we need it now.

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It is in my dreams, ill already said its never going to happen.

And why dont you name a successful country?

There isnt one on earth

And #3 - you can't export unless you accept imports.

 

 

Sure ya can

Then again its not even worth discussing

One it would never happen in the now corperate world

Two wed be commiting economic warfare and with no military presence wed be forced to trade or be overrun anyhow

Sure. We can become a small poor socialist commune that outsources nothing like North Korea. There isn't the population in Canada to support industry that can't export.

 

 

 

 

No need to become korea.

We can still do business with massive resources and exports, AFTER pro ide jobs and higher incomes for canadians

Export, not import

Once again, thanks fellas!

 

 

 

 

Good luck on your trip, will be looking forward to hearing back from you on how it went! Say hi to Dan for me if he's at the airbase.

 

I'm bound for Sioux Lookout myself tomorrow, hopefully your weather forecast looks better than mine!

Pack your long johns. The whole area is getting purdy chilly at night/mornings

Yeah but canada has everything

Oil/gas

Diamonds/other precious metals

Salt

Forestry

Farming

Beer/alcohol

Steel

Fish

Water

Etc

If we halted trade and focused solely on middle and lower class education/training and military, wed be the richest country on earth, hands down

Canada literally has no need to outsource ANYTHING

Mine did spiel, just not the kiddos or wifey.

My two boys loves those olives but there gone to visit their mom for a few days.

Mr blizzard, no I dont grow my own hierlooms. I get them from a farmer just up the road. Great tomatoes mmmm. Lol my kids trip on purple and yellow tomatoes its funny

When you haveta feed 10 plus paper plates are fine china???

What it comes down to is this, "Diapers and Politicians both need to be changed often, and for the same reason"

???

And get corperations outta government

Boring plate but super tasty and lotsa work!

My italian mother is down staying with us and its friggen cooking time lol.

I shoulda took pics of the process but she wasnt having it?

I baked/broiled about 20-25 hierlooms with just some salt, cracked black pepper, garlic and basil. Cooked about 6 or 7 hours then smashed.

My mom was busy making homemade garlic infused breadsticks.

Once my sauce was ready i cooked two lbs of moose burger with some sea salt and garlic.

We just used baged shells for the pasta

Then i added some parma to the sauce and sundried tomatoe.

She buttered and broiled her fresh breadsticks with butter and parma

Stick to the ribs delicious!

She called it shelled moose???

Who cares who created them? They need to stop.

Polititians are so busy they admit to not even knowing half the crap thats in the bills

Sinker i hear ya! Ive upgraded this house and the landlord loves it, not only in the house but yard and lanscape as well.

My mom worked as a property manager in grande prairie and she too has horrific stories.

Ive been on the other end as well. I had an apartment in edmonton for work, it was expensive but nice. I also rented a house in fort frances for my family while i was at work.

I was gone on a long stretch( about 6-8 months). Came home early to surprise my family.

Well it was me that was surprised. My ex had turned hard into drugs. The house was unreal(basically a crack house)

The landlord had it accessed at at least 30 large in damages. Boy he was not happy.

That was the end of us lol

The landlord wanted to sue me because he knew i had money. But i helped clean and renovate the house and he ended up being very grateful and a good friend to this day.

Wise words, be VERY careful who you rent to

 

Surprise, surprise!! Everything they do is sneaky---all the omnibus bills used to bulldoze all sorts of legislation thru parliament. They show no respect for the institution whatsoever.

^^^^

This is why you see so many aboriginal rallies etc.

???

More of us should join them?

...Carpenter or mechanic either or ...I've built highways up there yrs ago I know the area very well ..I usually do a lac seul trip once a year ..I love it up there

Cool man! Should think about putting in a resume

....oh ya I've been keeping a close eye on the T bay to kenora area

There is gonna be a good 1400 jobs comin up(nice pay and long term to boot).

I was just in rainy river grabbing some groceries and decided to drive around. In a town of about 1000 I found about 15 nice places for sale, and about 20 others being remodelled

Beautiful area if you love to hunt and fish and enjoy a quiet lifestyle

In a year or two prices will probably double

I rent right now and I like it. I mean i prefer to own but we havent found the right place yet.

But my landlord is fricken awesome! He lets me work or add to the house and docks it off my already rediculously cheap 4 bedrrom home(650/month everything included)

But our stove died last week and i let him know, bam, 2 days later new stove! The guy is awesome.

Or maybe he just likes us cause im a absolute clean freak lol.

I like the idea that they arent breaded

Pete look at properties in my area. Lotsa cheap places up for grabs and we are about to have a big gold rush.

In fact my friend just bought a new house in rainy river, 2 stories, 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, full basement, nice deck and yard, garage etc at $45,000

And rainy river(township) is right at the mouth of LOTWs

 

I believe I said of all the European countries , Germans are the most frequent hunting and fishing visitors, of course Americans are number 1.

 

Ignoring the P3TA and like groups isn't going to make them go away, doing nothing insures that they will win. You might be surprised if they polled 416land how much support a ban of catch and release sport/picture trophy fishing would have.

I know ignoring p3ta wont make them go away, but i dont see them as much a threat considering we have way bigger issues at hand

 

Who do you think lobbied for that ??? not fishermen I guarantee you.

 

Did you read the link I posted on P3TA's fishing policy? Of all the European countries , Germans are probably the most frequent Canadian visitors coming here for hunting and fishing vacations

Id say americans frequent Canada for hunting/fishing much moreso then Germans lol.

No I didnt read the P3TA link, im not gonna waste my time on them.

But just because a country takes a similar stance as p3tas beliefs doesnt mean they swayed the government into these policies.

And who knows, maybe these policies work for said countries???

I dont live in Germany so I dont know???

I read a long article on harper last night just to gain some perspective(ugh I couldnt sleep lol)

Many speak of him in the beginning as a rookie just like trudeau. He was scared to face other countries but thats where he actually found his voice apperently(g8 etc).

And apperently hes much like a dictator in who is around him. People get fired alot and most just disappear off the political landscape because again apperently, hes pretty ruthless to deal with.

Either way, government sucks. We so far down the hell hole I doubt well ever see a super patriotical leader that excels in management, conflict resolution, laws etc

One can hope I guess

Canada is still a great country to live in regardless of our incapable government.

 

Actually they do, I would have considered Germany and Switzerland to be the last 2 Euro countries outside of Scandanavia to fall for the looney tune of P3TA, but here we have them following the mantra of fish for food OK , fishing for sport barbaric.

 

" In Switzerland and Germany, catch and release fishing is considered inhumane and is now banned.^[5] In Germany, the Animal Welfare Act states that "no-one may cause an animal pain, suffering or harm without good reason".^[6] This leaves no legal basis for catch and release due to its argued inherent lack of "good reason", and thus personal fishing is solely allowed for immediate food consumption. Additionally, it is against the law to release fish back into the water if they are above minimum size requirements and aren't a protected species or in closed season. "

 

You catch it in season and it is legal size , it's supper.

Thats crazy! But what does it have to do with P3TA?

Maybe thats just a government decision??? Maybe its cultural and what the people of said countries want?