BC Highway Construction - Page 44

craner · #**861** Posted **Jul 9, 2018, 9:42 PM**

So bloody stupid & frustrating.
What are they thinking ?!

s211 · #**862** Posted **Jul 9, 2018, 9:57 PM**

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Originally Posted by libtard

The NDP seems to be putting the brakes on many planned highway expansions from the last government

NDP appears to be adapting toward supporting bureaucrat unions at the expense of labour unions?

Corndogger · #**863** Posted **Jul 9, 2018, 10:15 PM**

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Originally Posted by craner

So bloody stupid & frustrating.
What are they thinking ?!

Is Andrew Weaver forcing them to do this? You'd think the NDP would want the work to proceed to create jobs many of which are likely union ones.

flipper316 · #**864** Posted **Jul 9, 2018, 11:40 PM**

https://www.news1130.com/2018/07/09/b-c-...med-at-cutting-crashes-based-on-weather/

technomad · #**865** Posted **Jul 10, 2018, 12:16 AM**

here's an idea to get our highways fixed up at a decent pace, without all these delays..

step 1: declare the transcanada highways a national defence asset
step 2: increase defence spending so canada actually meets it's nato obligations
step 3: use this sudden $20 billion a year national highway fund to get some coast to coast freeways going!

Dengler Avenue · #**866** Posted **Jul 10, 2018, 12:18 AM**

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Originally Posted by technomad

here's an idea to get our highways fixed up at a decent pace, without all these delays..

step 1: declare the transcanada highways a national defence asset
step 2: increase defence spending so canada actually meets it's nato obligations
step 3: use this sudden $20 billion a year national highway fund to get some coast to coast freeways going!

Only if the federal government would listen...

milomilo · #**867** Posted **Jul 10, 2018, 1:04 AM**

So $20B in extra taxes then? Nothing is free.

Dengler Avenue · #**868** Posted **Jul 10, 2018, 1:25 AM**

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Originally Posted by milomilo

So $20B in extra taxes then? Nothing is free.

Or the spending on everything else takes a dip.

craner · #**869** Posted **Jul 10, 2018, 1:34 AM**

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Originally Posted by Dengler Avenue

Or the spending on everything else takes a dip.

Yes please.

milomilo · #**870** Posted **Jul 10, 2018, 1:35 AM**

Easy to say, hard to do. Just watch Doug Ford try in Ontario and do lasting damage to the economy there.

libtard · #**871** Posted **Jul 10, 2018, 5:29 AM**

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Originally Posted by flipper316

https://www.news1130.com/2018/07/09/b-c-...med-at-cutting-crashes-based-on-weather/

Variable speed limits are going to decrease congestion and accidents??? What an absolute joke. This is just some bs being implemented by the cheap NDP government instead is focusing on the real fix which is expanding that section of highway

Dengler Avenue · #**872** Posted **Jul 12, 2018, 3:33 PM**

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics...spending-plan-as-answer-to-trump-demand/

Do I see an opportunity to make TCH part of the national defense item?

milomilo · #**873** Posted **Jul 12, 2018, 4:23 PM**

Defense money should be spent on defense and highway money should be spent on highways. The last thing the Canadian military needs is to have any hypothetical extra money that it probably won't get anyway to be siphoned off onto non military spending.

s211 · #**874** Posted **Jul 12, 2018, 4:52 PM**

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Originally Posted by Dengler Avenue

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics...spending-plan-as-answer-to-trump-demand/

Do I see an opportunity to make TCH part of the national defense item?

Kinda like how Hitler promoted the autobahn?

Dengler Avenue · #**875** Posted **Jul 12, 2018, 5:00 PM**

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Originally Posted by s211

Kinda like how Hitler promoted the autobahn?

Today I learned...

VANRIDERFAN · #**876** Posted **Jul 12, 2018, 6:03 PM**

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Originally Posted by Dengler Avenue

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics...spending-plan-as-answer-to-trump-demand/

Do I see an opportunity to make TCH part of the national defense item?

Defence

VANRIDERFAN · #**877** Posted **Jul 12, 2018, 6:04 PM**

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Originally Posted by milomilo

Defense money should be spent on defense and highway money should be spent on highways. The last thing the Canadian military needs is to have any hypothetical extra money that it probably won't get anyway to be siphoned off onto non military spending.

Defence

Dengler Avenue · #**878** Posted **Jul 12, 2018, 6:21 PM**

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Originally Posted by VANRIDERFAN

Defence

Yikes the American influence is real. We already lose the battle before it even begins.

Anyway, I think we should go back to talking about BC highways. What's new?

Corndogger · #**879** Posted **Jul 12, 2018, 11:28 PM**

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Originally Posted by VANRIDERFAN

Defence

Defense. The origins of the word clearly indicate the use of "s" not "c." There's a reason why it's "defensive" and not "defencive." It's too bad our first PM was an irrational foreigner who saddled the federal government with the use of terms and spelling that were NOT common at the time let alone now. My biggest pet peeve is seeing "instalment" on tax returns. Who in the fuck spells "installment" with only one "l"? No one but federal government bureaucrats.

Back to B.C. highways. They're a joke and the current B.C. government should be ashamed of themselves for cancelling so many projects that were needed years ago. I guess scoring points with Andrew Weaver to stay in power is more important than the safety of drivers and for the nation's economic well-being.

Denscity · #**880** Posted **Jul 13, 2018, 2:08 AM**

Why do Albertans care about out of province highways so much?