Canada

Yes, Canada definitely has its share of corrupt — and stupid — politicians. BC seems to be doing better with the legalization, but the Ontario overlords (and to a very large extent, the federal ones) definitely designed things to favour their rich cronies. And the federal government added a friggin’ “sin tax” even to the medical stuff…which…[Read more]

Thanks for the info @alcina!  Though  I’m sad to hear that Canada also has corrupt politicians  who can ruin “the fun” with over-regulation.

The “License Lottery” twist surprised  the hell out of me.  Gives the appearance of fairness.  But I’m sure the “well healed” can buy way more “lottery tickets” than the small growe…[Read more]

Hey, @janboehmermann. So far, I’ve not heard any complaints beyond the usual complaints I hear about visiting Americans.   Then again, I’m in Ontario, where our doughy premier — despite having supposedly been a successful drug dealer in his younger days — somehow managed to create a system of legal cannabis sales that resulted in huge losses…[Read more]

Hey @ohiobarbarian I haven’t heard of the NDP polling that high, although it would be amazing it true. Jagmeet Singh was a provincial MPP prior, and many thought he had the talent to become a national star.  He had a really slow start though, after being elected party leader, he had no seat in parliament for probably over a year. At some points,…[Read more]

I did see that, in the Toronto Sun of all places. It really shows that when people get to hear him speak, he comes across as a very genuine and likeable guy, (with no baggage). Still, that’s just job approval rating, the next question has him at 15% to be the best PM. Can he keep building on that trajectory for the next 1.5 weeks? I dunno…

@alcina

Now I want TWO house hippos.  Please.  Thank you.

Canada is a wondrous place, indeed. But as much as I’d like to say you could have one, I suspect the nightmare of obtaining the important permits would probably make it near impossible. And in case you haven’t already seen it, here’s the original House Hippo commercial:

I am not a Canadian, but I joined in order to say please may I have a House hippo?  Thank you in advance!

No I had not seen that clip. Pretty cool and concise though, once again qualities that the other leaders lack. He’s really grown on me too, and I’ll vote NDP like I usually do, but its sad that they’re most likely going to lose big in Quebec.  If that happens they might as well keep him for another round and give him a full few years to try and…[Read more]

I’ve been to several events now where he was speaking, and I have to say, I’ve come to really admire him.  He is honest, compassionate, funny, well-spoken, and very intelligent. Did you by chance see the clip of him affirming his comment about Trump being impeached?  The first link has a better video; the second link has some b…[Read more]