When I used to live closer to the forks, and visited it often, in the general area I would run into OPP that would do this. I interpreted it as trying to goad me into speeding up/bolting.
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COVID-19 potential restrictions on riding?
- Thread starter Krime
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They have lots to share because of good planning. Great. Thank you.
But don’t think there’s not an ulterior motive here.
They will have their hand out to the rest of Canada in an epic fashion now for a long time to come. The adversarial yelling of separation and how they’re getting screwed by the rest of Canada will magically disappear now, overnight.
They suddenly need to be our friends because they know how utterly and completely ****** they are right now. Having every single egg in one basket has suddenly failed them.
Heck, they’re even running ads on Facebook in Ontario and Quebec now reminding us of how great they’ve been by donating all this stuff. Happy thoughts. Just forget all that anger and “Ontario thinks they’re the centre of the universe, ********” rhetoric. Buddy, old pal.
It's true that for decades conservative (in name only) governments in Alberta spent every single cent without taking appropriate tax measures like a sales tax and exploited their resources in a short sighted manner. It's also true that it was only a few VERY short years ago that we had near $200 a barrel oil, and economists like the former chief one from TD, Jeff Rubin predicting the that we'd see oil run out.
Then came US fraking and shale oil production and OPEC countries fighting with each other over capacity by over producing, thus pushing per barrel prices to new lows. It could also be OPEC flexing it's muscles trying to shut down competition. This guttered Alberta and Canada's economy, and sewered Venezuela (with LOTS of help from incompetence), among others.
It's easy to see why Alberta thinks the playing field is tilted, their own contribution to their mess notwithstanding.
When the auto makers were "too big to fail", the government jumped in. When Bombardier's controlling family needs upgrades to their chalets government jumps in, then sells its profitable division - trains. When SNC Lavalin sheds a tear government jumps in with a hankie. And when the cost of extraction exceeds the value of Alberta oil government jumps in to twin an existing pipeline. All bad, in my view.
But when Alberta hits the skids, they look to the tax dollars they contribute to federal equalization as money lost. $7 day care in Quebec, and the fact that royalties from oil production are used in the equalization calculations while Hydro Quebec dividends aren't doesn't really seem fair.
They play the separation card because they perceive that it worked, and continues to work for Quebec.
As for the "centre of the universe" stuff I can see why they think it. In fact your, "Too bad - so sad." post illustrates the very thing. People who live in the spaces off the 401 between Montreal and Toronto and farther beyond watch a daily feed of news stories about what's going on in TO & Montreal. Invariably, when there's something about something going on elsewhere it's couched in how it will affect Toronto.
It feeds the Urban vs. great unwashed everybody-else division that gave the Americans the Orange Emperor. Unfortunately it's good for business and with media control being concentrated in few very large hands it's not going to change.
johnsazzr
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Yes...not many Canadians realize that Alberta has historically contributed billions to equalization payments to the benefit of many provinces including near socialist Quebec...
Crickets
Hack
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The societal hypocrisy surrounding our current situation is baffling...
I'm expected to go to work as a so called "essential" worker where my employer has completely dropped the ball on adopting/enforcing policies that mitigate the spreading of viruses. They actively deny employees adequate PPE going so far as to threatening suspension for those who supply/wear their own, but when I'm off duty I'm expected to "stay home".
They also insist non essentials come in when they really can't do their job so they sit around doing nothing.
The "authorities" at large close parks and harass people out walking alone, yet seem to be "okay" with minions lining up at Costco... "As long as you're six ft. apart..!"
It's all completely half-ass'd so.... I'll go ride if I feel like it.
I'm expected to go to work as a so called "essential" worker where my employer has completely dropped the ball on adopting/enforcing policies that mitigate the spreading of viruses. They actively deny employees adequate PPE going so far as to threatening suspension for those who supply/wear their own, but when I'm off duty I'm expected to "stay home".
They also insist non essentials come in when they really can't do their job so they sit around doing nothing.
The "authorities" at large close parks and harass people out walking alone, yet seem to be "okay" with minions lining up at Costco... "As long as you're six ft. apart..!"
It's all completely half-ass'd so.... I'll go ride if I feel like it.
Cool. It's a slap in the face to anyone working on a front line.Ya,i know i'm nit-picking.
Not sure who your employer is but I would challange them if they wanted me to come in and didn't provide PPE.
Obviously they don't care about their employees much
Trials
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are they nuts?
He gives away some clues in his post. There should be enough there to get a very good idea without him getting run over the coals for publicly throwing his employer under the bus.
I would guess the objection to personal supply is mostly about image and public perception.
Hack
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The "funny" thing is that the FZ6 has its intake underneath its front cowling. Not where the mask is. I'm nit-picking too.
Hack
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My org. isn't really open to the public so... Public perception isn't really a thing.
I just find it vexing that I can sit in the lounge watching Doug Ford bleat on about "social distancing" and "flattening the curve" when in his own government run operations NOTHING is done to protect anyone.
It's a joke.
Love the Branson quote in the attachment. That POS laid off 85% of his workforce back in March.
MP Calls On Branson To Pay Virgin Atlantic Employee Salaries
simpleflying.com
3 days later he's "donating" $250M towards saving jobs.......because tax write-off.
Virgin companies to invest $250 million to save jobs after virus outbreak: Branson
British entrepreneur Richard Branson said on Sunday companies in his Virgin empire will be investing $250 million in coming weeks and months to save jobs from the impact of the coronavirus outbreak.
www.reuters.com
If you really want to play devils advocate, you want the engine sucking in as much air and virus as possible. It won't survive going through combustion. The mask would end up with highly concentrated virus as you have run a ton of volume through it. Congratulations, you have taken statistically insignificant quantities and refined them into a hazardous product.
Love the Branson quote in the attachment. That POS laid off 85% of his workforce back in March.
MP Calls On Branson To Pay Virgin Atlantic Employee Salaries
3 days later he's "donating" $250M towards saving jobs.......because tax write-off.
Virgin companies to invest $250 million to save jobs after virus outbreak: Branson
British entrepreneur Richard Branson said on Sunday companies in his Virgin empire will be investing $250 million in coming weeks and months to save jobs from the impact of the coronavirus outbreak.
Ouch, I was not aware. That sucks.
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