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[punked]

Really? I'm sure you have proof to back this claim?

With the CAD still near historical highs and above par with the USD, surely our exports are not particularly attractive.

US personal spending has missed expectations in 3 of the last 4 months. Doesn't sound like they're buying that much.

US vehicle sales fell short of expectations. Factory orders decreased by 1.5%. The S&P500 is falling. Yes everything is just peachy in the US right now. Let's all thank Obama for helping us create these jobs!

Yah I bet they hate that oil we sell to them at a 20 dollar a barrel discount because we sell to no other market, and the cheap clear power our hydro gives them.

[madmax]

Yah I bet they hate that oil we sell to them at a 20 dollar a barrel discount because we sell to no other market, and the cheap clear power our hydro gives them.

got any natural gas.. cheap lumber and other resource giveaways....

[CPCFTW]

Why do I even bother...

Edited by CPCFTW, 12 May 2012 - 06:57 PM.

[Jack Weber]

Why do I even bother...

Go sell your free maketeering,"Freedom rules",Von Hayek/Von Mises/Friedmanite crapola to those who are simple minded enough to buy into it....

[mentalfloss]

It was no secret the Government has been doing a program review, as we would expect from responsible keepers of the public purse.
Job cuts are the result.
Neither the review or the result are assumptions.

Do you have a link to review?

[punked]

Why do I even bother...

It is just a fact. Our economy rises and falls with the US because they have developed their country to handle their resources and when their resources ran out they still had factories, refineries, and mills that needed resources. We never developed our own economy so we just sell the stuff for them to get rich off of.

[Signals.Cpl]

It is just a fact. Our economy rises and falls with the US because they have developed their country to handle their resources and when their resources ran out they still had factories, refineries, and mills that needed resources. We never developed our own economy so we just sell the stuff for them to get rich off of.

So you are saying that we are basically a third world economy?

[Smallc]

We never developed our own economy so we just sell the stuff for them to get rich off of.

Except that isn't at all true. This is an economy, on its own, without the US, of 35M people. It is an affluent economy that is technologically and logistically advanced. Exports to the US make up about 25% of our economy - a very large part - but that isn't the entire economy. You can't tell me that Cities like Vancouver, Calgary, Montreal, Toronto, Ottawa, or Edmonton don't create their own economic gravity.

What I'm saying is, you're full of it.

http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/cis-sic.nsf/eng/h_00013.html

This is a very diverse economy.

[fellowtraveller]

It is just a fact. Our economy rises and falls with the US because they have developed their country to handle their resources and when their resources ran out they still had factories, refineries, and mills that needed resources. We never developed our own economy so we just sell the stuff for them to get rich off of.

Ask your Mum to put in bigger windows in the basement so you can widen your horizons with an improved view.

Edited by fellowtraveller, 16 May 2012 - 02:21 PM.

[mentalfloss]

Ask your Mum to put in bigger windows in the basement so you can widen your horizons with an improved view.

wtf is this garbage?

[Smallc]

wtf is this garbage?

He's saying that punked has no idea what he's talking about (with both the US economy, and ours) with very good reason.