I feel so fortunate
posted April 9th, 2020 at 12:48 PM
To live in Canada and especially BC right now.
Trudeau on the federal level and Dr. Bonnie and Adrian Dix provincially have provided strong, calm leadership. Hell, even Ford stepped up in Ontario.
When I look at the orange Cheeto in the US yelling at reporters, deflecting blame and just blatantly lying to everyone it’s nice to know that we’re in competent hands.
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Apr 9, 2020 at 2:27pm
On board but when do we ever compare our leadership to that of the U.S.A.?
Raise the bar.
Anonymous
Apr 9, 2020 at 4:42pm
It could have been better, like Taiwan but it could on been worse.
Agree 200%
Apr 9, 2020 at 5:45pm
We are so fortunate to live in Canada during the pandemic. We are wealthier than the USA on so many levels. The USA will not recover from this for at least 2-3 years. There are now almost 17 million newly unemployed people there and it’s going to be a desperate fight for basic survival in a greedy society. I feel confident in our leaders here
Rule #1
Apr 9, 2020 at 7:39pm
Never trust your government. Especially if you want to grow old and live comfortably.
Ohhh wow
Apr 9, 2020 at 9:26pm
This post is just sucking up to liberal government so much. Yeah,
newsflash, these government figures suck, and millenials love them. Wait until the economy is dead... then think about it some more.
@Agree 200%
Apr 9, 2020 at 9:28pm
They also have a population of 330 million dingus. Ever heard of a ratio? Jeeze. No wonder 200% is your alias. Speaks wonders.
Trump' s role from the outset was to serve
Apr 9, 2020 at 9:46pm
As a cautionary tale. But up to now apart from being a lying bigoted douchebag man for the rich he hasn't down anything spectacularly bad. However with this he will for generations be the byword for treachery
Anonymous
Apr 9, 2020 at 11:50pm
Trump is adversarial to the media because they are adversarial to him, and vice versa.
Trudeau sucks up to the media and they suck up to him, and vice versa.
I don’t wish we had Trump, but as someone who had previously supported the federal liberals, I’m profoundly disappointed with how Trudeau and the media are handling this. From the softball questions to the non-answers, I’d love to have a bit of the US venom injected into the Captain SmilesALot and merry jesters love fest that happens every day at 11am ET.
Wow
Apr 10, 2020 at 12:25am
You're going to be in for a big surprise.
Omens and Portents
Apr 10, 2020 at 7:35am
Did you catch the military movements? How about the Emergency Act notice to the provinces?
Canada has had a slow start. But with a million newly unemployed and rising, additional to higher (vs. US) unemployment during the bubbly "good times", you're about to see something very different. And likely soon.
Bankruptcies were rising even before this. Now I'm told that 10 percent of BC restaurants have closed permanently. So, their staff can't pay mortgage or rent, and expenses, from UI and CERB alone. More will shut.
And that's just one service industry. Many of those have fixed, often high, costs, and tight margins. Canada is mostly a service and resource economy. And the resources were increasingly shut in because of politics, before. But are now curtailed due to demand shock and pandemic mitigation.
It looks normal because the impact hasn't hit yet. But recessions are slow-burn things. And economic data is mostly historical. This was one of the most indebted countries in the world. And the income to service most of those debts has largely gone away.
What you see is absolutely not what you'll get.
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