John Bacon

Jays now tide for first in the American League. Hopefully they pull ahead; that should give them an advantage in the playoffs. They have a lot of September callups with them right now. Might as well use them.

There have been three strains for Atlantics stocked in Lake Ontario. The LeHavs have been stocked for about 30 years or so. The Sebago and Lac St. Jean strains have only recently started to be stocked in Lake Ontario. The LeHavs are domesticated inbreds and stocking them is complete waste of time. It is still too early to tell how well the Sebago and Lac St. Jean strain will do in the lake. I am not sure if any of them are old enought to return to the rivers yet. The servival rate of the new strains in the hatcheries has been much better than the LeHavs. Only a small percentage of the LeHav eggs received by the hatchery actually survive long enough to ever be stocked. Ringwood had the exact opposite experience with the Lac St. Jean strain of Atlantic salmon. Only a small percentage of the Lac St. Jean fish died; the majority survived long enought to be stocked. From what I hear, the Sebago strain is even better. Over the next few years we should start to see if the new strains also have better survival in the wild.

Porche owns Volkswagon; not 100%, but they are the largest shareholder.

Re: "Time to throw out all of my gear" I can help you with that

I agree with your point. Lots of parts on the truck are made by another company. But it seems that tire warrantees have worked this way with most, if not all, manufacturers for a very long time. When I had issues with the tires on my brand new 1988 F150, Ford sent me to Goodyear who were not very helpful.

Are they really eliminating offices? My understanding is that they previously had offices setup exclusively for vetrans affairs; and now the vetrans are being asked to obtains their services through Service Canada locations. They still have offices available. But instead of going to an office that deals exclusively in vetrans affairs; now they go to an office that provides service for several federal programs including vetrans affairs.

Interesting concept; but, I think I would rather strap a car topper to a regular comper. https://roadtrippers.com/stories/amphibious-camper-coolest-camper-ever-quite-possibly?lat=40.80972&lng=-96.67528&z=5 I guess if you towed it with an amphibius vehicle you get just drive out into the lake each night and not hae to pay for trailer park fees.

The Erie grass carp was sterile. I don't recall reading whether or not the five caught in Toronto were sterile or not. http://blogs.windsorstar.com/news/asian-carp-caught-in-lake-erie-was-sterile?hootPostID=1b6771495812989372ca3872b05e65aa

My father is a vet and he will be voting Conservative. I am sure he is not the only one.

This is what they are complaining about. 2011The Government of Canada announced in December 2011, that the CHT will continue to grow at six percent annually until 2016-17. Starting in 2017-18, the CHT will grow in line with a three-year moving average of nominal gross domestic product (GDP) growth, with funding guaranteed to increase by at least three percent per year. In addition the CST will continue to grow at its current rate of three percent annually in 2014-15 and beyond. The CHT and the CST will be reviewed in 2024. I don't think it matters how much he gives the provinces; they will still want more. They want to have a minimum increase of 6% per year. The Liberals cut health and social transfers from $18.9 billion in 1993 to $12.5 billion in 1997. The Liberals came to power in 1993 and it wasn't until 1999 they gave the provinces their first increase in funding after several years of cuts. 2003 was the first year that funding finally exceeded the level that is was at before the Liberals came to power. If the Liberals had provided 3% annual increases it would have amounted to an extra $57 billion in transfers in the first 10 years. Yet, they complain about Harper's plans to give them a minimum 3% increase (more if GDP growth supports it). If the link doesn't work you can try Googling "History of Health and Social Transfers". http://www.fin.gc.ca/fedprov/his-eng.asp

Voting Green will not help Harper any more than spoiling your ballot. If enough people vote Green it will send a message to the major parties that many Canadians do care for the environment.

What is it about the health care transfer payments that you do not like? They have been increasing under Harper and will continue to do despite what the Liberals and NDP try to tell you. I much prefer this to the cuts made my the Liberals during the nineties. http://www.fin.gc.ca/fedprov/his-eng.asp

That was true until recently. Chretien introduced a per vote subsidy paid to parties. That has been phased out.

Money helps, but at the end of the day, it is votes from individual Canadian citizens that determines who forms the government... unless you believe that the entire election is a sham.

Whose money had how does it help the party of their choice? Only individuals, not corporations or organizations, can donate to a federal party or candidate. How do globalists and or monarchy help a party win?

Yeah, if you cherry pick a short time frame. How has Ontario done over the last 10 years versus the rest of Canada?

How exactly will England and the U.S. control who wins the election?

The Toronto Star and the Toronto Sun are both partisan. The Sun supports the Conservatives. The Star has traditionally supported the Liberals but has started to shift their allegiance to the NDP; they have always been anti-Conservative. Most papers do have a bias towards political parties.

Actually, he was a Liberal in his youth but left the party due to the National Energy Program.

Valid point; but, Canada fared quite well compared to other countries, Ontario has fared very poorly compared to other provinces.

Very well stated. Thanks.

Exactly.

Two more grass carp have been found. Here are some tweets from the MNR. 2 more #grasscarp caught this week in Ont. 1 in L. Erie and 1 in the Bay of Quinte. DFO and @MNRFcentral responded. Bay of Quinte #grasscarp weighed 12kg and was over a metre long. Fish was unable to reproduce. #asiancarp Analyses not yet completed on L. Erie #grasscarp

A slip float may solve that problem. If you are near the lake end of the channel the waves may add a little action to the presentation.

Yeah, it was very poorly moderated. Trudeau, and to some extent Mulcair, were constantly trying to over shout the other candidates while they were answering questions. They need a moderator that can keep the other candidates quite while one answers a question. Let the others refute their point afterwards if necessary.