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Re: Rising prices are affecting the ability to meet expenses for most Canadians

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Post by briga »

Cupertino95014 wrote: post #8

Not being Canadian and having never lived there, I apologize for my ignorance. (I have been there several times, and not just Toronto & Montreal & Vancouver, either.) I'll refrain from any mentions of hockey, poutine, eh, or Gordon Lightfoot. Canada strikes me as more than ripe for a split. Quebec goes one way, Ontario another, Manitoba - Saskatchewan - Alberta another, BC a fourth, and I don't know about the other p…

The prairie provinces are more similar to the midwest—culturally and geographically—than they are to the rest of Canada. It would be a huge economic boon for them to just succeed to the US. Without the prairies the rest of Canada loses its breadbasket and primary revenue stream (oil), which would not bode well for Canadian unity, especially since Quebec already almost split off from the rest of the country.

Re: Rising prices are affecting the ability to meet expenses for most Canadians

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Post by gradschoolfail »

puranjay wrote: post #5
kramerger wrote: post #2

Saw a video on Reddit where some MP brings this up and the other MPs laugh and ridicule him :(

Our country’s finance minister was asked about the high price of onions - a key staple in the Indian diet - and she quipped that she doesn’t care because she doesn’t eat onions. Our rulers are cruel, intentionally so.

Are onions considered vegan in India ? Is it a caste-based dietary restriction?

Re: Rising prices are affecting the ability to meet expenses for most Canadians

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Post by revolvingocelot »

wnolens wrote: post #10
revolvingocelot wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm no fan of the Conservatives, the "political" "party" responsible for said laughter and ridicule, but it's important to point out that that video [0] is of Question Period, which, much like Britain's (and presumably other Westminister parliamentary democracies), isn't decorous at all, unlike normal House proceedings. Rather, QP is reserved for gotchas, laughter, and ridicule -- which doesn't entirely absolve the C…

> To translate the status of the NDP into American: you can think of them as those third-party candidates who'd actually usher in change, but thanks to FUD everyone votes for one of the two neoliberals I don't think the fear, uncertainty, and doubt are unwarranted when your policy proposal are roughly "free everything for everyone" and "no rich people allowed". I'm being a bit crass, but I don't have the time to dig…

>I'm being a bit crass, but I don't have the time to dig up and cite their policy proposals from the federal election a few years ago which looked like a fantasy wishlist that ignores things like "costs".

Just an FYI to other HN users: this is just lies. Whether ignorance or malice, it's lies. The above position isn't an unusual one in the Canadian right wing, though; I bet the above poster voted for Kodos. Regarding the 2021 election:

>In the IFSD report released Sunday, the NDP platform was rated high by Mr. Page’s institute for realistic fiscal assumptions and passed on fiscal responsibility, but got a failing grade on transparency. [0]

And as for Kodos' team:

>Mr. Page’s team gave the Conservative costed platform a passing grade overall, but a score of “fail” under the category of responsible fiscal management. [0]

The NDP are often maligned this way, yet cursory examination of federal (and even most provincial!) political history shows that, er, the Conservatives are the ones who are bad with money. [1] It's just that Postmedia, our media monopoly, is mostly owned by the American-right-wing-aligned Chatham Asset Management, and thus backs the Cons more often than not.

[0] https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-ndp-is-the-...

[1] https://rabble.ca/economy/ndp-far-have-most-fiscally-respons...

Re: Rising prices are affecting the ability to meet expenses for most Canadians

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Post by rightbyte »

gradschoolfail wrote: post #12
puranjay wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Our country’s finance minister was asked about the high price of onions - a key staple in the Indian diet - and she quipped that she doesn’t care because she doesn’t eat onions. Our rulers are cruel, intentionally so.

Are onions considered vegan in India ? Is it a caste-based dietary restriction?

Where on earth are onions not considered vegan?

Re: Rising prices are affecting the ability to meet expenses for most Canadians

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Post by 908B64B197 »

Cupertino95014 wrote: post #8

Not being Canadian and having never lived there, I apologize for my ignorance. (I have been there several times, and not just Toronto & Montreal & Vancouver, either.) I'll refrain from any mentions of hockey, poutine, eh, or Gordon Lightfoot. Canada strikes me as more than ripe for a split. Quebec goes one way, Ontario another, Manitoba - Saskatchewan - Alberta another, BC a fourth, and I don't know about the other p…

My understanding is that Quebec gets paid to stay. Else they would already be out.

Didn't they actually vote for an independentist leader at the federal (house of rep) level?

Re: Rising prices are affecting the ability to meet expenses for most Canadians

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Post by puranjay »

gradschoolfail wrote: post #12
puranjay wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Our country’s finance minister was asked about the high price of onions - a key staple in the Indian diet - and she quipped that she doesn’t care because she doesn’t eat onions. Our rulers are cruel, intentionally so.

Are onions considered vegan in India ? Is it a caste-based dietary restriction?

Yes, some castes and religions don't eat onions.

Re: Rising prices are affecting the ability to meet expenses for most Canadians

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Post by alephxyz »

908B64B197 wrote: post #15
Cupertino95014 wrote: post #8

Not being Canadian and having never lived there, I apologize for my ignorance. (I have been there several times, and not just Toronto & Montreal & Vancouver, either.) I'll refrain from any mentions of hockey, poutine, eh, or Gordon Lightfoot. Canada strikes me as more than ripe for a split. Quebec goes one way, Ontario another, Manitoba - Saskatchewan - Alberta another, BC a fourth, and I don't know about the other p…

My understanding is that Quebec gets paid to stay. Else they would already be out. Didn't they actually vote for an independentist leader at the federal (house of rep) level?

Quebec politics are complicated but the 1995 independence referendum was 50k votes away from a Yes/Quebexit majority, and independentist parties regularly win at the provincial level. At the federal level the Bloc Quebecois is independentist and usually gets 20-40% of the Quebec vote.

Currently Quebec has strong momentum relative to the rest of Canada and their prime minister is a soft nationalist populist who likes to stir up trouble with the federal government but public support for independence in Quebec is still around the 40% mark. There's no realistic scenario where Quebec actually becomes independent in the short term.

Re: Rising prices are affecting the ability to meet expenses for most Canadians

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Post by tablespoon »

puranjay wrote: post #5
kramerger wrote: post #2

Saw a video on Reddit where some MP brings this up and the other MPs laugh and ridicule him :(

Our country’s finance minister was asked about the high price of onions - a key staple in the Indian diet - and she quipped that she doesn’t care because she doesn’t eat onions. Our rulers are cruel, intentionally so.

> Our country’s finance minister was asked about the high price of onions - a key staple in the Indian diet - and she quipped that she doesn’t care because she doesn’t eat onions.

This? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOPEaZfHiMs

Re: Rising prices are affecting the ability to meet expenses for most Canadians

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Post by EForEndeavour »

rightbyte wrote: post #14
gradschoolfail wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Are onions considered vegan in India ? Is it a caste-based dietary restriction?

Where on earth are onions not considered vegan?

This thread made me learn that strict followers of Jainism don't eat "root vegetables such as potatoes, onions, roots and tubers as they are considered ananthkay. Ananthkay means one body, but containing infinite lives. A root vegetable such as potato, though from the looks of it is one article, is said to contain infinite lives in it."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jain_vegetarianism

Another reason the above page lists: consumption of most root vegetables involves uprooting and killing the entire plant, whereas consumption of most terrestrial vegetables does not kill the plant.

Perhaps the most surprising part for me: "Strict Jains do not consume food that has been stored overnight, as it possesses a higher concentration of micro-organisms (for example, bacteria, yeast etc.) as compared to food prepared and consumed the same day."

Re: Rising prices are affecting the ability to meet expenses for most Canadians

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Post by tablespoon »

briga wrote: post #11
Cupertino95014 wrote: post #8

Not being Canadian and having never lived there, I apologize for my ignorance. (I have been there several times, and not just Toronto & Montreal & Vancouver, either.) I'll refrain from any mentions of hockey, poutine, eh, or Gordon Lightfoot. Canada strikes me as more than ripe for a split. Quebec goes one way, Ontario another, Manitoba - Saskatchewan - Alberta another, BC a fourth, and I don't know about the other p…

The prairie provinces are more similar to the midwest—culturally and geographically—than they are to the rest of Canada. It would be a huge economic boon for them to just succeed to the US. Without the prairies the rest of Canada loses its breadbasket and primary revenue stream (oil), which would not bode well for Canadian unity, especially since Quebec already almost split off from the rest of the country.

> The prairie provinces are more similar to the midwest—culturally and geographically—than they are to the rest of Canada. It would be a huge economic boon for them to just succeed to the US.

Wasn't that talked about in the 90s or something (maybe as a reaction to the idea of Quebec independence)? My recollection was the idea fizzled because any transition period would be longer than those provinces expected (it also may have not been that serious of a proposal).

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