tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-712142194083372761.post7384498007156066050..comments2012-05-18T08:50:56.179-05:00Comments on QP, Doll: Occupy Winnipeg & the Serious PurposeSallie Caufieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00143548590648915538noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-712142194083372761.post-61176619583063906092011-10-31T14:07:25.576-05:002011-10-31T14:07:25.576-05:00Kev, I hear ya. I suppose I just felt the anti-Oc...Kev, I hear ya. I suppose I just felt the anti-Occupy Winnipeg bias more keenly because (a) it is where I live and (b) it often seems overlooked by media mention compared with Toronto, Ottawa, Vancouver, et al. Granted, we're a smaller berg, but we matter, too, and whatever benefit may be derived from any level of media attention, I'd like to see us mentioned - so often it seems nothing exists from Toronto to Calgary as far as even the non-MSM is concerned. #WeAreHere! ;)<br /><br />Anonymous: Great point! I am now going to prove my utter shamelessness and use it to update the blog. Thank you!Sallie Caufieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00143548590648915538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-712142194083372761.post-27317403682004659952011-10-30T14:42:37.914-05:002011-10-30T14:42:37.914-05:00Maybe it's splitting hairs, but we DID bail ou...Maybe it's splitting hairs, but we DID bail out the banks proactively: the Govt of Cda bought up b/w $75 & $125B of fairly high risk mortgage pools from them - borrowing money, onto our public debt to do so - to ensure they were still liquid enough to keep making loans:<br /><br />www.parl.gc.ca/Content/LOP/ResearchPublications/prb0856-e.htm<br /><br />http://www.fin.gc.ca/n08/08-090-eng.aspAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-712142194083372761.post-32014375901543739322011-10-30T13:24:28.873-05:002011-10-30T13:24:28.873-05:00What you describe isn't limited to just Winnip...What you describe isn't limited to just Winnipeg but is a national or even perhaps an international malaise.<br /><br />I hear much the same sneering dismissal of the occupy movement here in the big smoke. However there is little cause for despair about this attitude for we are just in the birth stage and I am confident that in time we will win them over. <br /><br />After all one can only ignore reality for a time, eventually it becomes impossible to continue to do so. That day is coming.Kevhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17141832889857833324noreply@blogger.com