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ArcticCrusher

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  1. 1 hour ago, Ebsell said:

    Of course it's not. But if you think it's right you need help 

     

    It happens a lot esp,  when a project goes over budget.  What do you think happens when an originally scoped 100 million project goes over by say 10%.  There is a mad scramble to see who is going to pay for it.  The end user won't pay unless they were acknowledged and agreed upon extras.  The general contractor will start looking at any deficiencies to claw back obligations.   

    The worse I have experienced has been with municipal governments.

  2. 57 minutes ago, Momorider said:

    That fucktard might actually be more clued out than Fail :nuts: bet you thought that wasn't even possible 

    He looks up to Fail, so that pretty much tells the story.

  3. 35 minutes ago, racer254 said:

    Imagine if the government took over a company, then they went bankrupt and..........Oh crap, they did that already.

     

    When the Canadian Liberal government came to power in the 90's it cancelled the contracts for the new Airport Terminal expansion already underway.  It forced the general contractor to claim bankruptcy causing a ripple effect on every project they were involved in.  It happens.    

  4. 1 hour ago, 02sled said:

    I see you didn't want to use your old name Fail. No mistaking you.

    You seem to forget that the economy collapsed essentially on a global level in 2008 and Canada came through it much better than most every other country around the world. I know... you like to think of Canada as being in isolation from the global economy even though it isn't. Just look at the impact that the British referendum has so far and will have on global economics.

    The pound has taken a hit, but that will help their exports.  Good companies will continue to do well regardless.  The Footsie just hit a 14 month high.

  5. 1 minute ago, 02sled said:

    Explain then how Canada came through a global economic crash better than the rest of the world if he couldn't manage the finances of a lemonade stand.

    What happened to you have a job to get back to? You weren't back to it for long

    Like Fail, he thinks if he is present at work, it somehow counts.

  6. 34 minutes ago, steve6 said:

    haha @ fail reference. Well I am not trailmaker, it was funny how he trolled all you guys for years, he definitely drinking his beer with a grin on his face, id crack one open with him, seems like an easy going guy.

    You just said the same thing arctic said didn't you? one of you said it on the other thread as well. Excuses everywhere for the conservatives! Why cant you just admit Harper was a tool who couldn't manage the finances of a lemonade stand?

    :fishing:

     

    You are Fail in waiting.:lol:

     

    There are no excuses for the Cons or Fibs, just the state of the economy.  Federally we are doing quite well in Canada even with low priced eggs in one basket oil, Ontario not so much.  Well give it a few more years and we will be over the $trillion debt level soon enough. 

  7. 15 minutes ago, steve6 said:

    Long live Harper, the Conservatives would never run a deficit, oil prices were at all time highs, $100+ a barrel for most of his term, the money rolling in was amazing, still ran a deficit

    http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-election-2015-harper-political-obit-1.3273677

    His defining zig-zag, for many voters, was the recession budget of 2009. As the financial winds howled in the fall of 2008, he said, "We're not running a deficit ... that's our policy. We're not going into deficit."

    Six weeks later, the first whopper of a deficit was in the works. By spring, it was over $50 billion.

    Thanks Harper, for betting our entire economy on OIL AND GAS, its getting us far when prices crash. LONG LIVE ALBERTA.

     

     

    Just don't know what to tell if you can't see the forest from the trees.  There was no way regardless of who was PM that Canada was not going into a recession in 2009 when the global economy sank.  Canada did manage better than most other G8 countries and today it still stands in a better position.  That is until Trudope will again dig us deeper and deeper in debt when there is no recession.  Take a look at Ontario for a complete waste of a government.

    Do you even know what percentage of Canada's economy is Oil and Gas?  Or do you just re-iterate soundbites from Mulcair? 

  8. 5 minutes ago, Fireball 440 said:

    What about a Rhino 660?  A few hundred dollars in mods and it's 53ish mph. Are they comfortable to drive?  I know they're reliable.

    Do you like the 'yute' look?  You are not going to do 53mph on trails regardless of what you own.

  9. Sunny ways people, sunny ways.

     

    http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/economy/jobs/canadas-july-employment-figures/article31286881/

     

    Employers eliminated 71,400 full-time positions, the second consecutive month of full-time declines, but 40,200 part-time jobs were created. Meanwhile, the participation rate fell to its lowest level since late 1999, as more people either stopped actively searching for work or stopped working altogether.

    Over the first seven months of the year, employers created 12,400 positions, representing the weakest job creation since the Great Recession.

    “Job growth has slowed to near post-crisis lows,” David Watt, chief economist with HSBC Bank Canada, said in a note. “Job growth remains weak.”

    Although the number of hours worked rose slightly, growth in wages slowed, suggesting demand for labour has weakened.

    “The annual trend in employment and hours worked is commensurate with an economy that continues to face headwinds,” said Nick Exarhos, an economist with CIBC World Markets.

    Employment among younger workers fell by 28,000 positions and the services-producing sector took a hit.

    The natural resources sector has lost the most positions over the past 12 months. Weak oil prices have pummelled the energy sector, with Alberta bearing the brunt of the losses.

    The resource-dependent province was already suffering from weak oil prices before wildfires destroyed parts of Fort McMurray. Although Alberta shed only 1,400 positions last month, over the year, full-time work declined by 5.4 per cent. The province’s jobless rate shot up to 8.6 per cent, the highest level in more than two decades.

    Ontario, the country’s most populous province, saw 36,100 positions vanish in July with losses in educational services, public administration, construction, finance, insurance and real estate.

    Across the country, the public sector shed 42,000 positions, with about half the losses due to a drop in public administration employment at the municipal and regional level.

    Some economists speculated that the decline was due to the 2016 census, which was conducted earlier this year and boosted hiring.

    But Statscan said that was not the case.

    “The occupations related to census in federal public admin did not drive the decline,” said Andrew Fields, labour analyst with Statscan.

  10. 13 hours ago, 02sled said:

    Only 10,000. True Dope hustled 25,000 in at an unprecedented rate. The government was to sponsor them for 1 year. Now it comes out most of them are suffering from depression and anxiety and need medical help, are not employed, can't speak the language and want another year of government support at a level above what we provide for those who have spent their lives here.

    Fuck, that's not good.

  11. On 06/08/2016 at 2:11 PM, 2strokemerc said:

    How much of that was oil workers. People want cheap oil/gas but then someone has to pay. Once oil rebounds some of those jobs will come back.

    Almost none.  Most were in ontario in the public sector.  So much for hudak and his 100k job cuts.  Lol.

  12. 7 minutes ago, DAVE said:

    Im not a fan of the Maverick but those specs are a poor example of the major differences in the 2 machines.....

    One of the major differences is hp....cfmoto is 65 and mav is 101...many more major but it doesnt matter really

    As for being brand loyal....i ride what seems to hold up best for the type of riding we do....lots have tried other brands ...but always comeback to can am when it comes to quads....razrs and mavs or commanders are where its at for sxs's

     

    I only posted the links (specs) to show how the non-partisan ratings (landscape) is changing, was not comparing HP.  The CFMoto's are rated quite well in the sxs class compared to the rest.  They are good machines and hold up well and great value today.  We ride with the RZR's and Can-Am's and there is absolutely nothing they can do that these can't.   The main negative is lack of dealer support and poor re-sale, however that is not an issue for me.

     

  13. 3 hours ago, DAVE said:

    Im a Can am guy...I would never even consider buying another brand quad...except maybe the polaris sportsman 1000 highlifter edition.... and like I said earlier...the chinese brands have all come and gone out here.... :bc:

    Dave,

    These things have come a longs ways since the junk that used to come out of China.  Plus it made a great birthday gift for a 14 year old.  

    I chuckle at the brand loyalty chaps.

    :bc:

     

     

    http://www.atv.com/specs/cfmoto/sport-utv/2016/zforce/800-eps.html

     

    http://www.atv.com/specs/can-am/sport-utv/2016/maverick/1000r-x-mr.html 

  14. 11 minutes ago, DAVE said:

    Maybe it was said earlier...but what tech is a cfmoto based off of? Honda? Zuk? Kawi? I  know pantera was yami....and Odes was Honda.

    I don't know, but I could ask.  Like I said I'm quite happy with it, still like the RZR look better but I don't think they are built any better.  My 2 cents.

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