Canadians are among the most indebted people in the entire G20. They also have the lowest economic growth and the least amount of investment. This is a recipe for an inevitable crash.

The brain drain is picking up. Canadians with the skills are doing what I did and emigrating. They have no confidence in their country anymore.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-immoXcOkg&t=616s

Quote from: formosan on Today at 11:15:59 AMThe last thing I want to do is discuss politics....BUT, the negative changes in Canada's social fabric happened under the federal Liberals.

No kidding.

Quote from: formosan on Today at 11:15:59 AMThe last thing I want to do is discuss politics....BUT, the negative changes in Canada's social fabric happened under the federal Liberals.

You haven't seen anything yet. By the time I am done with Canada, Toronto and Vancouver will look like Calcutta and Karachi.

Quote from: DKG on Today at 10:27:26 AMJoe is in his seventies and has no stake in Canada's future. I am sickened by what the Liberal Party has done to my country.

The last thing I want to do is discuss politics....BUT, the negative changes in Canada's social fabric happened under the federal Liberals.

Quote from: . on Today at 12:52:21 AMI won't. It breaks my heart to see what has befallen Canuckistan and I have no desire to revisit that economic corpse to have my nose rubbed in what it's become. Let JoHoMo cheer its demise. At least he knows they'll execute him through lethal injection when even he cannot stomach the collapse any longer.

Fuxake, Canada could have been something more than merely the next "real socialism hasn't been tried yet" bucket of Fail.

Joe is in his seventies and has no stake in Canada's future. I am sickened by what the Liberal Party has done to my country.

Quote from: . on Today at 08:32:24 AMDamn Shen, that's horrible. I used to live a two minute walk from Bank and Somerset (the intersection seen at 11 minutes 26 seconds), the Independent was my local grocery store. Even when I moved into the area nearly fifteen years ago the warning signs were there that shit was getting real bad. For instance, the three story red brick building opposite the intersection was unoccupied, being little more than a facade after a Jewish Stocktake* gutted the place previously. Very obvious when you walked up the laneway behind it; there is literally no building behind the facia that you see in the video. It's been that way since Harper's time in office, maybe even Chretien's, I'm not sure.

A little further along that side of Bank Street and you get to Barrymores. Once the venue a lot of internationally known name acts would play when they passed through Ottawa, it had long closed by the time I had arrived (though they did reopen while I was there, albeit for burlesque shows on an infrequent basis with part of the building converted to a sex toy and fetishwear shop. And for what it's worth, that was before Truedeaup came to power.

I left Canada a little over five years ago now. I still recognise a good many of the places that guy visited on his drive through Gatineau, Hull and Ottawa and it's definitely gotten a lot worse in my absence. I don't think I could ever return - too heartbreaking to see the rot spreading through its core. I certainly wouldn't bother to set up a small business in the area; I recognised only a handful of businesses that weren't big names on his crawl down Bank Street for instance, the others are simply gone, replaced with an ever shrinking entourage of hopefuls that will likely be bankrupt of defunct in 12 months time.

Depressing. At least I got to see it before it went to total shit I guess.

I live in Barrie and I do not know Ottawa. Toronto is a write-off. Even other big cities in Southern cities like London, Hamilton, Kitchener and Windsor are too. This will only get worse with Carney's ICE car ban in nine years. Goodbye auto sector jobs.

oh, nearly forgot....


* - Jewish Stocktake.... a colloquial reference for a deliberate arson attempt aimed at collecting insurance. Certainly the owner of the building was dragging his feet on renovating and letting out the space for business use, it was more economical for him to write it off as a tax loss each year instead. 

Quote from: Shen Li on Today at 07:13:33 AMHere is Ottawa. But, that is also Edmonton, Vanacouver, Toronto, Halifax and so on. Canada's downfall was by design.

Damn Shen, that's horrible. I used to live a two minute walk from Bank and Somerset (the intersection seen at 11 minutes 26 seconds), the Independent was my local grocery store. Even when I moved into the area nearly fifteen years ago the warning signs were there that shit was getting real bad. For instance, the three story red brick building opposite the intersection was unoccupied, being little more than a facade after a Jewish Stocktake* gutted the place previously. Very obvious when you walked up the laneway behind it; there is literally no building behind the facia that you see in the video. It's been that way since Harper's time in office, maybe even Chretien's, I'm not sure.

A little further along that side of Bank Street and you get to Barrymores. Once the venue a lot of internationally known name acts would play when they passed through Ottawa, it had long closed by the time I had arrived (though they did reopen while I was there, albeit for burlesque shows on an infrequent basis with part of the building converted to a sex toy and fetishwear shop. And for what it's worth, that was before Truedeaup came to power.

I left Canada a little over five years ago now. I still recognise a good many of the places that guy visited on his drive through Gatineau, Hull and Ottawa and it's definitely gotten a lot worse in my absence. I don't think I could ever return - too heartbreaking to see the rot spreading through its core. I certainly wouldn't bother to set up a small business in the area; I recognised only a handful of businesses that weren't big names on his crawl down Bank Street for instance, the others are simply gone, replaced with an ever shrinking entourage of hopefuls that will likely be bankrupt of defunct in 12 months time.

Depressing. At least I got to see it before it went to total shit I guess.

Here is Ottawa. But, that is also Edmonton, Vancouver, Toronto, Halifax and so on. Canada's downfall was by design.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3oTjFjgoGI

Quote from: JOE on Today at 12:12:16 AMI'm so glad I'm a Canadian citizen born & raised in Canada Shen Li Shen.

It's a Good Country.

Lokmar knows it too!

You are in denial or UR trolling. The signs of Canada's decay are all around. Soaring crime rates, rampant drug use, mass homelessness/poverty, inability to get ahead, and government crackdowns on liberty/internet.

I live in a first world nation that makes your country look like some African toilet. I could never live in Canada again. That would be a major step backwards.

Quote from: Shen Li on July 02, 2025, 09:02:55 PMI'll be in Canada in August to celebrate Mom's b-day and to sign some legal papers. My guess is that Canada will look like Nigeria after living in a truly 1st world nation for 17 months.

I won't. It breaks my heart to see what has befallen Canuckistan and I have no desire to revisit that economic corpse to have my nose rubbed in what it's become. Let JoHoMo cheer its demise. At least he knows they'll execute him through lethal injection when even he cannot stomach the collapse any longer.

Fuxake, Canada could have been something more than merely the next "real socialism hasn't been tried yet" bucket of Fail.

Quote from: Shen Li on July 02, 2025, 09:02:55 PMI'll be in Canada in August to celebrate Mom's b-day and to sign some legal papers. My guess is that Canada will look like Nigeria after living in a truly 1st world nation for 17 months.

I'm so glad I'm a Canadian citizen born & raised in Canada Shen Li Shen.

It's a Good Country.

Lokmar knows it too!

I'll be in Canada in August to celebrate Mom's b-day and to sign some legal papers. My guess is that Canada will look like Nigeria after living in a truly 1st world nation for 17 months.