Johnny V2

[Johnny V2 @JohnnyGen1_ver2]

@emmagmay Former lawyer makes assumption implying impaired driving causing death.

Classy.

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@GraemeNichols Phone off on the course, or test fate.

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@JonFraserTF @NapoleonProduct The Napoleon Prestige and Prestige Pro lines are made in Canada for the Canadian market. I absolutely love my Phantom Prestige 500 and it was made in Canada. The cast stainless grates are bound to outlast me.

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@Troy22Troy @ALazyMarmot @MrStephen2770 In North America, the wood pulp market is dominated by the United States and Canada. By volume, the U.S. produces about 55% to 60% of the region's wood pulp, Canada accounts for roughly 39% to 44%.

Try again Troy.

[Johnny V2 @JohnnyGen1_ver2]

@PeterHRatcliffe Consumers do NOT WANT less selection. We want free choice to buy whatever the hell we want. Anything suggesting otherwise is elboz-up nonsense.

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@joanna92874072 @the_pauls_pizza Unfortunately, they bring family money, buy all the gas stations and fast food joints, and then hire their family, shutting out the rest of us all.

[Harrison Faulkner @Harry__Faulkner]

Blaming "poor forest management" oversimplifies the problem in Canada.

Between 1986 and 2023, only about 1/5 of Canada's area burned by wildfires was within "forest tenure areas" or forest areas that have ever been managed for wildfire mitigation. Source: Policy Magazine, 2024.

Canada's boreal forest has been lighting up every summer for centuries, and the overwhelming majority of Canada's boreal forest is never maintained, thinned or logged. There is a reason for this. The boreal forest requires fire to sustain itself and to stimulate new growth.

So blaming poor forest management for wildfire smoke when most of the fires have been starting in areas that have never been managed in the first place makes little sense.

The size and scale of Canada's boreal forest is also so significant that it can't possibly be managed the way smaller forest regions in the United States are managed. You can't log or control burn enough boreal forest to prevent fires in Ontario or across Canada.

In Ontario alone, there are 50 million hectares of boreal forest. Across Canada, there are over 500 million hectares of boreal forest. If Ontario's dense boreal forests were overly managed, the eventual fuel build-up and resulting fire would be catastrophic.

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@Oh_Pee_Em @J_Scott_ LOL buddy I grew up there... I guarantee there are places on that map that have never been walked by humans in history.

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@CoryBMorgan If someone just told the bands to stop dumping their trash UPSTREAM the problem would go away. Have seen it far too often.

[Kyle Brittain @BadWeatherKyle]

"Just put the fires out!"

Ever seen a boreal wildfire? I have. I used to fight them.

When fire behaviour becomes extreme, you're not getting close to them.

The radiant heat from a crown fire is face-melting from hundreds of metres away.

All attempts at direct attack will fail, because dropping water on it becomes akin to trying to spit on a campfire...it evaporates before it even hits the flames.

Additionally, reduced visibility, high winds, and turbulence makes aerial attack hazardous.

As a wildland firefighter, I've been extracted off of wildfires twice as our fires blew up, both times having our gear burned over. We returned to find firehoses and metal melted into the ash.

I've seen fireballs launched hundreds of feet high, and fires intense enough to produce lightning, influencing the weather around them. I've seen wildfires grow to the size of a major city in a short period of time.

So no, we can't just put the fire out.

Not being able to stop such a natural process is a truly humbling feeling.

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@RepLisaMcClain We'll keep sending the smoke unless you stop sending the tornadoes.

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@DeanPelletier26 @DearClimate He's about as conservative as Wab Kinew is African.

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@JD_HockeyTalks @travisyost @GasBuddy price per gallon... so not Canada

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@unsensrd She needs to calm the fuck down. Mendes is VP of Communications, and we can assume approved this initiative... he's a visible minority, and never pulled his race card or any card to get there. She could learn a lot from him.

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@jimmysstew @haileyfournier Mexican workers prefer their pesos. They will accept USD obviously but they use pesos in their daily life. It makes more sense to buy pesos in Canada.
I am in Mexico a few weeks a year, this is coming straight from resort and non-resort employees. :)

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@stopeatingfaces @SensBuzz Brady's 0-0-0 stat line sure AF didn't help their 5 goals in 4 games. For a supposed captain, leader, high-end power forward...

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@jimmysstew @SensCentral @LalimesMartian I would bet a few bucks that this is mostly true.

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@jimmysstew @That80sG Sorry I couldn't respond, I was working for a living. Gotta pay my share to keep the influx of immigrants cared for.

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@jimmysstew @That80sG "In network" means insured, which a lot of people are. Anyone with a remotely decent job will have some sort of coverage. It's not what every C-section mother is paying out of pocket.

And with Obamacare and other federal health acts, it's not like people are flat out denied care

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@jimmysstew @That80sG Half of my friends are American and none complain about it, neither the cost nor the quality.