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Sweet, a Canadian sovereign wealth fund! ill invest in this for sure.
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Plot twist: You ARE the sovereign wealth fund
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Yesterday, 08:54 PM
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I *Fwap* *Fwap* *Fwap* to RS
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Plot twist: You ARE the sovereign wealth fund
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Just the sovereign citizens.
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Yesterday, 09:08 PM
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Carney said something about the principal being protected, akin to a government bond, but has better upside return.
...I dunno man, sounds like it's going to be pretty low yield. Though maybe it'll still be interesting if the capital gains are tax-free or something.
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Today, 06:23 AM
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RS has made me the bitter person i am today!
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I'm hopeful that the fund will eventually be "fueled" by tax revenue on resources - even a tiny .1% tax on oil, gas, wood, minerals etc would generate a lot of money to grow the fund.
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Today, 06:32 AM
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Who here is going to be our chief strategist and analyst to follow and comment on this new fund to drive its policies and to speak to its performance? I'm thinking of nominating BIC_BAWS and dark0821.
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youre dating a panda express girl? shouldnt she be a really cheap date? also im pretty sure all panda express girls are mexican.
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Today, 07:14 AM
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OMGWTFBBQ is a common word I say everyday
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Today, 09:32 AM
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If PP introduced this.. i would. Even when Harper was in power he had better chance since he studied economics.
I can't even follow what PP grad from aside from knowing it was at U of A.
For Carney to do this, and the fact he's Canadian, i am a bit more trust worthy. If this was Trump. i woudl run away and never invest in US.
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Today, 10:22 AM
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BIC_BAWS for next prime minister
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Badhobz
youre dating a panda express girl? shouldnt she be a really cheap date? also im pretty sure all panda express girls are mexican.
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Today, 10:26 AM
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I've heard a lot of internal chatter that GAC is an absolute shitshow of a place to work for
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Today, 01:08 PM
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Willing to sell body for a few minutes on RS
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I've heard a lot of internal chatter that GAC is an absolute shitshow of a place to work for
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100 percent.
-serious allegations of racial discrimination and harassment against management at GAC.
https://ottawacitizen.com/news/black...ion-harassment
In May, a Global Affairs Canada investigation found the diplomat overseeing Canada’s embassy in Kuwait at the time “bullied” Iltireh and “adopted discriminatory practices” against her.
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The investigation — which only came about after a court ordered the department to stop dismissing her claims — found the embassy head “failed to ensure that Madina Iltireh worked in a healthy work environment.”
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“It was an honour for me. I was so happy because I was chosen amongst a lot of my coworkers. I was so happy to be there and do the job that I was asked to do. What an honour,” Iltireh said Wednesday during a Parliament Hill news conference by the Black Class Action Secretariat (BCAS), a non-profit organization advocating for better working conditions for Black public service workers across Canada.
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“Instead I faced isolation,” Iltireh added. “I was excluded. I asked myself, ‘What did I do wrong? Why am I getting this kind of treatment?’ The system around me works for those with the right connections, background and skin colour, not for me.”
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“IĀm sharing this not for sympathy, but because its the truth. This is not just my story. A lot of people, some of who I know who are silent, are feeling the same and went through hostile environments,” she said. “The place I worked at was toxic. It was suffocating, and I don’t know how I worked there for three years (after that).”
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The BCAS also cited other cases where workers had complaints dismissed internally.
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Nicholas Marcus Thompson, president and CEO of the BCAS, said roughly 100 former and current Global Affairs staff allegedly faced racial discrimination and harassment while working for that department.
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He also accused Global Affairs Canada of punishing those who filed complaints about racial discrimination and harassment while promoting those in power, including people who participated in the discrimination and harassment.
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“Black and racialized women have borne the brunt of this treatment,” Thompson said during the news conference. “Ambassadors and senior leaders have been allowed to target, humiliate and retaliate against employees with impunity. They are acts of systemic racism and abuse of authority that violate Canadian law and Canada’s international obligations … And it’s happening both here in Ottawa and abroad, where diplomats are meant to be representing Canada on the world stage.
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Today, 01:17 PM
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OMGWTFBBQ is a common word I say everyday
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I've heard a lot of internal chatter that GAC is an absolute shitshow of a place to work for
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It really does sound like it depends on the office/team that you work for. I've had some horrible experiences with certain GAC offices, but on the opposite end great experiences with some individuals. I am finding that most GAC folks are jaded af, so it's hard to find someone that is motivated to do their jobs and do it well.
That said most of my experience is dealing with TCS teams.
I believe GAC had a lot of layoffs recently tho and everyone's concerned / playing everything very carefully. Tho the above GAC issues seem to be an upper management problem rather than the ppl I regularly deal with.
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