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Canada is Dead: Economy Contracts by Most since 2009
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ScottSullivan
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Harper's entire economic plan revolved around the Alberta Tar Sands. A move that many Canadians opposed because of the environmental havoc it reaped on the area.
When oil prices tanked, well..
Holy shit @ this picture
Perspicacity
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Ontario gave us the current shitty Conservative government and the shitty Liberal government that preceded it.
LumpOfCole
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Harper's entire economic plan revolved around the Alberta Tar Sands. A move that many Canadians opposed because of the environmental havoc it reaped on the area.
When oil prices tanked, well..
Even Hyrule looked better after seven years of Ganondorf.
FunkyPajamas
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Harper's entire economic plan revolved around the Alberta Tar Sands. A move that many Canadians opposed because of the environmental havoc it reaped on the area.
When oil prices tanked, well..
Is this real!? Please tell me that's not a before/after pic.
Kabuki Quantum Lover
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That's exactly what it is.
Their ads always had the tagline: Come see what the future has in store
Liquidsnake
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I knew something was up when Target left.
FunkyPajamas
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Harper's entire economic plan revolved around the Alberta Tar Sands. A move that many Canadians opposed because of the environmental havoc it reaped on the area.
When oil prices tanked, well..
Umm, wow.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
One way to solve this would be to cut funding to Statistics Canada. If people don't report this news, then it's not true.
Ninja Of Chaos
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Harper's entire economic plan revolved around the Alberta Tar Sands. A move that many Canadians opposed because of the environmental havoc it reaped on the area.
When oil prices tanked, well..
That picture is making me irrationally mad. Are those seriously the same place?
FunkyPajamas
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I wanted to move to Canada, now I'm seriously re-considering it.
Target left because they ran shitty stores with shitty prices and shitty selection and no ability to make purchases online and were surprised they couldn't make a profit.
Harper's entire economic plan revolved around the Alberta Tar Sands. A move that many Canadians opposed because of the environmental havoc it reaped on the area.
When oil prices tanked, well..
Capitalism ftw!
Plus they expanded waaaaaayy too fast. Opening that many stores with no infrastructure to keep all the stores supplied was just idiotic
thelatestmodel
Junior, please.
It's real. I suggest you watch Silence of the Labs to get an idea of what Stephen Harper's agenda is and how big a threat he is to our environment.
Melon Husk
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Yeah, that's the gist of it... You gotta diversify your investments.
...I wouldn't be shocked by that at this point.
crimzonflame
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Problem with the Canadian economy/market place is there's not enough diversification and risk.
Companies become successful then become complacent. They don't innovate and they rather get bought out or just follow the same models as their competitors. Some sectors are near oligopolies protected by the government. They just look to American companies for "new" ideas and business models.
Companies become successful then become complacent. They don't innovate and they rather get bought out or just follow the same models as their competitors. Some sectors are near oligopolies protected by the government. They just look to American companies for "new" ideas and business models.
Holy shit. Now I'm depressed. Who the fuck thought that was a good idea?
The Great Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
Already doing that. They changed the census, the data reported by Stats Can is more infrequent and less accessible. Based on what I've heard from the social scientists I have worked with, Canada is at a distinct disadvantage in measuring and identifying potential social problems because our data is so damn poor.
Started with the long-form census. NOBODY OUGHT TO KNOW HOW MANY BATHROOMS YOU HAVE IN YOUR HOUSE!
Nope. Fear-mongering bullshit from Reddit.
http://www.reddit.com/r/environment/comments/18o0rw/athabasca_alberta_canada_before_and_after_oil/
AstroNut325
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In related news... The USA economy also shrank:http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/storie...ME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2015-05-29-08-31-04
retrofool1961
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Is this the EXACT equivalent before/after picture?
NVM: didn't see post #57 and responses.
That's simply disgusting, who supports such an environmental policy?
jacob armitage
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If he gets in again, i'm moving back to England. What!? Cameron is still in? well looks like i should move to the liberal haven and sanity of America, right? Or maybe suicide. Or Mars.
fuck i don't know, i've always wanted to live in Sweden
FunkyPajamas
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Will watch, thank you.
How come Conservatives are winning? For some reason I thought Canada was somewhat inclined towards progressive ideas (guess I was wrong).
thelatestmodel
Junior, please.
Real or not, still pretty much sums up Stephen Harper's plan for Canada.
Harper's entire economic plan revolved around the Alberta Tar Sands. A move that many Canadians opposed because of the environmental havoc it reaped on the area.
When oil prices tanked, well..
Wow even the sky got turned into a wasteland.
Lostconfused
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Oh dear, what will happen to western imperialism now.
perfectchaos007
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$1USD = $1.25 CDN
Looks like its time for this yank to visit Canada again!
Looks like its time for this yank to visit Canada again!
Conservatives have 1 federal party.
Left leaning folks have 2 federal parties to choose from : Liberal and NDP.
What happens is all the conservatives vote for their single party, but the left leaning folks have their vote split between the Liberals and NDP.
Last election Harper won with like ~39% of the vote; ~61% was split between the Liberals and NDP.
Canada is predominately a left leaning country.
Ranked ballots pls
TheStruggler
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time to call an election
FunkyPajamas
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Wait, so it's not the same place? Hmmm.
Ah, I see. I was reading up on this in Wikipedia but this explains it better, thank you. That's too bad.
thelatestmodel
Junior, please.
One has been called, it's in October, and Harper has a good chance of winning yet again.
Unfortunately Canada is in a real pickle and might be for some years.
The US contracted too, by a 0.7% annualized rate.
http://www.foxbusiness.com/economy-...in-first-quarter/?intcmp=bigtopmarketfeatures
A big reason is currencies, along with oil.
http://www.foxbusiness.com/economy-...in-first-quarter/?intcmp=bigtopmarketfeatures
A big reason is currencies, along with oil.
No, I think it's downriver.
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