Canada BS Thread

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3 provinces have held an electoral reform referendum, all 3 resulted in no change.
2 other provinces set dates for an electoral reform referendum then cancelled it.

 

I watched the National too , haha

 

ps , I only posted that article so we could discuss it , I'm no card carrying Liberal Party of Canada member although I have voted for them in the past , as well as the NDP and the Greens

 

Tomorrow in Niagara on the lake there is a test drive and demo day for the new 2016 Toyota Tacoma. At the bass pro shop.

 

Take pics

 

I'll try should be cool the set up a simulator off road track to drive on too.

 

That's pretty cool, sounds like they are letting the general public get behind the wheel?

 

Sure seems like it. That's what I read today in the local news. Seems like you get to put her through her paces.

 

That would be cool! Definitely take a few pics if you get a chance

 

Could yousee if you can catch a quick couple of pics of the rear pumpkin and driveshaft if it's an OR model. I'm still curious what changes happened there .

Also NDP have released the interim budget specifics, half a billion more for healthcare with no word on funding other than "deficit spending". Not putting any spin on it. That's exactly how the article quotes it:

http://globalnews.ca/news/2062357/r...s-682m-in-2015-for-health-care-and-education/

 

So

Sounds good. I'll do my best

 

http://www.cbc.ca/radio/day6/episod...t-alberta-truck-drivers-out-of-work-1.3119963

I wonder if the new government will get involved in this.

 

Yeah, quite a bit of exaggeration there lol.

I was just listening to CBC radio 1 and they were discussing how several NDP MLA's were higher up in the local drivers union at one point not to long ago. I think it'll be interesting if the government does end up commenting on this. From both sides it could lead to some interesting questions.

 

please

 

Doubt it , but the unions probably will

 

They must have meant feet, not meters. 30 meters is like a 10 storey building, they aren't that friggin big.

 

Story going around is that Suncor is buying all Komatsu trucks for Fort Hills, as well as phasing out all of their CAT 797's as they come to the end of their service life and replacing them with Komatsu's as well. That will be 930's and 960's. Electric drive trucks, capable of 320 and 360 ton loads. Pretty cool truck, lots of advantages over mechanical drive trucks. I have also heard that the autonomous truck test program that has been running at Suncor for the last few years has worked out pretty well. As stated in the article, it has been used in Australia and South Africa for some time.
I do not agree with the operator in the article. IMHO I do not feel that driving a truck on a mine site is a very hard job that requires more than a week of training.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Komatsu_930E

 

It's still just a minivan engine

 

slightly larger than your average grocery getter.

http://cumminsengines.com/qsk60-mining-noncertified#overview