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  1. Daredevil Season 3 8.5 /10 Out of all the Marvel / Netflix superhero series Daredevil is the most action packed IMO, Wilson Fisk aka The Kingpin is the perfect villain played with perfection by Vincent D'Onofrio. The rest of the main cast is top notch as well. Love the addition this season of Ben Poindexter "Dex" and Agent Nadeem. Not going to go into any details
  2. Trailer Park Boys Season 12 8/10 Randy's lunch at the Horse track : Double burger with 6 slices of cheese. Large Onion rings poutined 2 Hot Dogs with Cheese & Bacon Large Popcorn with 4 layers of butter 2 Beer 2 Ice Cream sandwiches
  3. I agree 100 % Alf , Our Vets and elderly should not have to make some of the choices that they are forced to make.
  4. https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/liberals-to-announce-reforms-to-canada-post/ar-AAv67dI Liberals to announce reforms to Canada Post OTTAWA - The federal Liberals will spell out their long-term plan to reform Canada Post today, making permanent a freeze on converting home delivery to community mail boxes. But some 800,000 families who have already started walking down the street for their mail won't see door-to-door delivery restored — a move that's sure to upset postal workers who have demanded the post office turn back the clock on mailbox conversions. Rather, federal officials tell The Canadian Press that the government will be setting up a task force to confront any accessibility concerns those 800,000 households and anyone else may be facing, with an emphasis on better serving seniors and people with mobility issues. The Liberals vaguely promised during the 2015 election campaign to "save home mail delivery" after the previous Conservative government decided to end it as a cost-saving measure and instead deliver letters to community mail boxes. Public Services Minister Carla Qualtrough is expected to roll out the new plan at a Canada Post plant in Mississauga this morning. Officials say she will also introduce changes to the financial rules that drive Canada Post, emphasizing the need to make a profit and then re-invest the extra money back into the Crown agency to improve services and become self-sustaining over the long run. Senior leadership at the post office, which is in the midst of a large-scale turnover that includes a search for a new CEO, will also be mandated to establish more cordial labour relations. As well, officials say the government will push Canada Post to promote its remittance services, encouraging more customers in Canada to use the postal service to send money to friends and family abroad. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers has called instead for a re-introduction of banking services at postal outlets as a way to make money, an idea that has been rejected by the agency. The government will also ask Canada Post to capitalize on a boom in its parcel services, since that's where the money and growth are. While mail deliveries by postal workers have been declining drastically in recent years, Canada Post has seen parcel delivery volumes soar, up by almost 39 per cent in the third quarter of 2017 alone. And Canada Post will be expected to look at how other countries have used weekend delivery or parcel lockers to bolster their postal service revenues. The government will also be looking at ways to leverage the fact that Canada Post has a presence in even the smallest of Canadian communities, and could be used to deliver other government services. So Justine and the Liberals have broken yet another promise about restoring home delivery to 800,000 + Canadian homes.
  5. The Shape Of Water Great performances by Richard Jenkins, Sally Hawkins, Michael Shannon, and the whole cast of this dark fantasy directed by Guillermo del Toro and is set in the 60's cold war era. One of my favorites of the year.
  6. Trudeau more unpopular than popular for the first time since election: survey https://ca.yahoo.com/news/trudeau-unpopular-popular-first-time-since-election-survey-193756948.html News Trudeau more unpopular than popular for the first time since election. Justin Trudeau’s has been slipping in recent months. Photo from CP Images Just over two years after his election victory, Justin Trudeau’s popularity is running into political headwinds. For the first time, the prime minister’s popularity has fallen below the 50 per cent mark, according to a survey by the Angus Reid Institute. Of the Canadian’s polled, 46 per cent say they approved of Trudeau, compared to 49 per cent who do not. Even millennials, the demographic that was key to securing his victory and sustaining his popularity thus far, have cooled to him. Just over half, 56 per cent, of millennials say they approve of the prime minister, a significant drop from the 68 per cent approval he enjoyed when he was first elected. Trudeau’s support has dropped even further in the two older age brackets. His approval dipped to 45 per cent with 35-54 year-old Canadians, down from 58 per cent when he was first election. Approval dropped to 40 per cent with Canadians 55 years-old and above, down from 63 per cent in November 2015. Trudeau’s support has fallen across all age groups. Graphic from the Angus Reid Institute The Angus Reid Institute found that support for Trudeau has also dropped in every province across the country with the largest decline in support in Atlantic Canada, which dropped by at least 15 per cent in the past year. This is particularly troubling as the Liberals swept the Maritimes in the 2015 election. Support for the Prime Minister has dropped significantly in every province except Saskatchewan in the past year. Graphic from the Angus Reid Institute Trudeau has also haemorrhaged significant support in Quebec, where the Liberals won 40 of 78 seats. Quebec’s seats are particularly important to any party wishing to form a majority government or head the Official Opposition, but particularly more so for the Liberal government. Aside from Trudeau’s Papineau seat, six ministers in the federal government have Quebec seats, including the ministers for international trade, transport and Canadian heritage. As the Angus Reid Institute noted, the slide in Trudeau’s popularity took place over a quarter where Finance Minister Bill Morneau faced an ethics investigation after it was revealed that he did not place his shares in Morneau Shepell in a blind trust after being named minister. Members of the opposition have repeatedly demanded his resignation, although there has been no sign that the prime minister would consider it. Morneau’s personal finances could be a source of the decline in Trudeau’s popularity. His embattled finance minister has the lowest performance score of any cabinet member, according to earlier polling by the Angus Reid Institute. Having Morneau at the helm of the Department of Finance could be overshadowing the improvements in an economy that has posted the best growth in the G-7 nations, according to the International Monetary Fund. Canadians have also grown concerned about the federal government’s spending, despite the Liberals’ platform stating that the government would use deficit spending to kickstart the economy. Canadians have grown equally concerned about the deficit as they are about the economy. Graphic from the Angus Reid Institute When it comes to the economy, Canadians do not feel that much has changed. Just 42 per cent of Canadians polled say they are satisfied with the state of the economy and 26 per cent say they expect the economy to worsen in the next year. Only 17 per cent of respondents expect the economy to improve while 55 per cent expect the economy to remain the same. But that doesn’t mean Trudeau’s unpopularity is translating into gains for the other party leaders. Jagmeet Singh was the only one to garner a net positive rating. Some 39 per cent of Canadians polled have a positive view of the NDP leader, compared to 33 per cent who said they do not, but his party has failed to pick up any seats in a number of by-elections that have been held since Singh won the NDP leadership race. Canadians like Conservative Party leader Andrew Scheer as much as they dislike him. Graphic from the Angus Reid Institute Conservative Party leader Andrew Scheer has a 36 per cent disapproval rating and 35 per cent approval, while 29 per cent hadn’t formed an opinion about him, even though he has been the party leader since May 2017. Despite having a net negative approval rating for the first time, support for Trudeau is still far above Scheer when respondents were asked who would make the best prime minister, but nearly an equal number of people say they are sure who they wanted to be prime minister. Nearly as many Canadians are unsure who they want as prime minister as those who want Trudeau. Graphic from the Angus Reid Institute The Liberals have performed better than expected in the recent by-elections. The party has managed two victories in what were previously Conservative ridings, in Lac-Saint-Jean, Que. in October and Surrey South-White Rock, B.C. last week. The by-election defeats were a poor showing for the leader of the Official Opposition after six months on the job. Nevertheless, those victories may be one-offs given that 46 per cent of respondents say that it is time for a change in government, a number that has gone up 16 per cent since February 2017. That is compared to 32 per cent who say they did not think it is time for a change in government. If either opposition party is to make gains against the Liberals, they haven’t shown the ability to do it yet. Despite the sentiment of the Canadian public, the Liberals have held onto every seat they’ve contested and it looks like they won’t end their winning streak anytime soon. Well it was bound to happen..... At the same time i don't feel Andrew Scheer would make a good PM , maybe for Alberta , but the rest of Canada no.
  7. Not much of a live music fan , but i love reading through everyone's list. Street Heart (1982) Metallica (1990) Jacksoul (1995) Cameo (2004) Erykah Badu (2008)
  8. There is a reason why the soldiers who fought in the great wars are called the " Greatest Generation" . I know Tom Brokaw coined this term to describe U.S. soldiers who fought in the Second WW and the Korean War. Our boys here in Canada deserve that distinction as well. To the much too young brave men who fought and paid the ultimate price for our freedom and the men who made it home thanks will never be enough. To brave women who served in the field hospitals and in the factories to keep the home counties going Thank you will never be enough.
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