sample_canada_subreddit_comments.csv

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"9f5c5351-925b-5ec9-8eb9-6e02569400f7","I don’t think PP actually understands what will likely happen now.","2026-01-03 16:12:12","","1970-01-01 00:00:00","2893a11d-6982-5f79-94fe-68ae7b085149",False,"0da35fa2-fcfd-5d03-a222-10c053ff0b2d",1,False,"b9266a3d-b7f6-502c-859c-6cd02eaad1b2",1
"7808551f-563e-58cc-acbd-8768ce5c3030","I love how it’s “Alberta” lost, Canada just lost a massive source of income. 

This is what happens when you fight every mega project for a decade, other countries will find other sources.","2026-01-03 16:12:06","","1970-01-01 00:00:00","027ec049-cea6-583e-8ffc-508eedd6f001",False,"71e4d159-29ca-59c6-bd84-3e9536ec75f2",1,False,"b9266a3d-b7f6-502c-859c-6cd02eaad1b2",1
"312715f3-a998-50db-ad06-46caf80c3add","If only he has some sort of facility to store all of you Liberal Pansies too.","2026-01-03 16:11:51","","1970-01-01 00:00:00","6deeaa3b-4457-518f-9288-e9048c868b9e",False,"dc18c6d2-462c-5ade-894f-545e27b81823",1,False,"b9266a3d-b7f6-502c-859c-6cd02eaad1b2",1
"7e45b522-365f-5024-872a-ee44e46afa73","That was probably the most peaceful removal of a dictator one could expect.  The military seems to have just stood aside so far 

Now the democratically elected president can take over","2026-01-03 16:11:45","","1970-01-01 00:00:00","04c755d8-41c7-5e50-a6a7-74b4d00189bc",False,"1396d771-6f0c-50c6-bc8b-54ecfde58ba7",1,False,"b9266a3d-b7f6-502c-859c-6cd02eaad1b2",1
"ba52feac-bb35-554e-9460-0e97caa5a134","It’s not cheaper though it’s more expensive.

Not only is it more expensive to refine but the whole situation has compounding factors that make it more expensive. At most this will help the US counter OPEC nations and maintain price stability.","2026-01-03 16:11:41","","1970-01-01 00:00:00","b5890baa-c8fe-5519-9397-fda139c7375a",False,"df8cec7f-dd63-5be7-8545-196fe6a2a66c",1,False,"b9266a3d-b7f6-502c-859c-6cd02eaad1b2",1
"76f5f095-6016-511f-bb61-707d4cf6ce7b","I’m shocked people don’t see these parallels more. The Alberta separatist movement is undoubtedly being funded from down south. It does not have strong organic support.","2026-01-03 16:11:37","","1970-01-01 00:00:00","ead5060d-64d0-5440-97e1-b32f6d6ab827",False,"44d35748-943a-5346-b2c7-ad205c469fe7",1,False,"b9266a3d-b7f6-502c-859c-6cd02eaad1b2",1
"54537045-5472-56eb-930c-20f27f4caf59","“Oh no freedom bad”","2026-01-03 16:11:36","","1970-01-01 00:00:00","c7e85112-8ad7-55ea-bda3-bb7e6c44fa7b",False,"618ab4ea-6f9d-5b3c-833b-ca890a29b10e",1,False,"b9266a3d-b7f6-502c-859c-6cd02eaad1b2",1
"1c400ce1-842f-580e-9cb4-4e6926ba4dad","He could say summer is hot and you’d find a reason to disagree.","2026-01-03 16:11:22","","1970-01-01 00:00:00","0a913d1a-3426-5a8f-ad92-c3feb29dfcb1",False,"bd41051c-afe0-5c17-8b52-0e20f8c48522",1,False,"b9266a3d-b7f6-502c-859c-6cd02eaad1b2",1
"5b30f44f-45f9-5457-8236-fe1f973feffd","Good article in the economist the other day. Wages at all income levels are outpacing inflation.","2026-01-03 16:11:13","","1970-01-01 00:00:00","169b9135-fba7-5a5e-bf62-3d515cd980ae",False,"c1779e2e-ae21-5910-ae58-2dd3383df5f2",1,False,"fc88c785-eb11-58c4-8b89-6bcb79e3207f",1
"b222c728-3966-5e87-bf2a-25eb8bab1a15","this one is a bit different though no? they have an elected leader that's had to flee the country","2026-01-03 16:11:11","","1970-01-01 00:00:00","a66e432a-03e3-524b-8f54-2fe6f49c4e96",False,"5ea6eec4-25c7-584f-991e-8e6ebc68e044",1,False,"b9266a3d-b7f6-502c-859c-6cd02eaad1b2",1
"721538ed-ceff-541a-b12a-757228beddaa","Not dealing with Canada has been Trump’s approach. 

Trump likes having the upper hand in negotiations 

When Alberta tries to join the US, they have a weaker position. ","2026-01-03 16:11:04","","1970-01-01 00:00:00","4a175be9-a117-5ec4-9e6e-71a7a645dc55",False,"0c3ccac0-45e8-564b-9d2c-6be81cbda9bf",1,False,"b9266a3d-b7f6-502c-859c-6cd02eaad1b2",1
"d6fcc5af-2668-59ee-939f-16ecea09a572","Who says that what is coming is any better. Likely a whole lot worse.","2026-01-03 16:11:04","","1970-01-01 00:00:00","181a8b74-a5e6-543e-b708-7136684bc9aa",False,"6314a343-0912-57f9-900e-49416c9ff948",1,False,"b9266a3d-b7f6-502c-859c-6cd02eaad1b2",1
"54537045-5472-56eb-930c-20f27f4caf59","How can you be mad at PP, Mark should have gotten the deal done, after this he’s definitely not getting a “good deal.”","2026-01-03 16:11:03","","1970-01-01 00:00:00","90b3d2a4-94d5-5ad9-8cbd-a82f3a9211b9",False,"0da35fa2-fcfd-5d03-a222-10c053ff0b2d",1,False,"b9266a3d-b7f6-502c-859c-6cd02eaad1b2",1
"1368088a-1ae6-501c-be6a-998bda70d84c","Venezuelan-Torontonian here. I’ll keep it brief:

- This is just the start. The regime is still intact and in charge. 
- Trump is a monster. Maduro is a monster. This is still a good outcome. 
- Venezuelans are rejoicing. Keep that in mind.","2026-01-03 16:10:56","","1970-01-01 00:00:00","605abc94-1d5a-568f-9f0f-7f77706c5c52",False,"b9266a3d-b7f6-502c-859c-6cd02eaad1b2",1,False,"b9266a3d-b7f6-502c-859c-6cd02eaad1b2",1
"f01cc804-e478-57a5-98ea-2b7415f0f617","I see what you did there. A+","2026-01-03 16:10:53","","1970-01-01 00:00:00","6e8d5065-f7ed-5c89-b96d-999dae7e6614",False,"76c498da-24d1-5482-ba49-a5b286d6ef5a",1,False,"1dc5ce06-a50c-58e3-b875-5c7fac8eaf86",1
"42f6cea9-09a3-50e6-930d-a9e81b0d23c9","The only viable way would probs be to convince France or the UK to cover us under their nuke umbrella. Realistically, that's never going to happen.","2026-01-03 16:10:42","","1970-01-01 00:00:00","892a3873-02e6-5bf0-9a12-289e8060f424",False,"62a12a27-3499-5583-aee1-e48ada718633",1,False,"1dc5ce06-a50c-58e3-b875-5c7fac8eaf86",1
"f7d19959-1105-560e-83a4-34144e1b84f9","That American sniper movie and then it turned out the guy was just a blood thirsty liar lmao","2026-01-03 16:10:38","","1970-01-01 00:00:00","7cff0e86-acba-5a96-8587-a53f00d16f54",False,"721a056f-b080-5abb-984e-62f8ee594051",1,False,"1dc5ce06-a50c-58e3-b875-5c7fac8eaf86",1
"961007d9-e34c-5625-9eb4-bfa6d24108cd","You expect a 1-2 hour turn around on emails from people who are forced to RTO 5? ","2026-01-03 16:10:37","","1970-01-01 00:00:00","897728eb-5cc3-52bf-99dd-3a700c347be8",False,"f9c07672-5d72-525a-a8e2-919ecdc85392",1,False,"81081b67-1903-5bb3-9c04-12d332e7e795",1
"ba52feac-bb35-554e-9460-0e97caa5a134","I don’t think you realize how much refining costs eats at the bottom line, not to mention no one seems to be factoring in having to keep the country stable and hope it doesn’t turn into another Libya.

Oil pipelines are practically money printers especially given how close in proximity Alberta is to the US. There are a ton of expensive factors that go into shipping oil from South America. The region has be kept stable and shipping lanes have to be kept open, boats have to be maintained permits have to be purchased. This will be a pricy endeavor and that’s assuming it’s successful long term.","2026-01-03 16:10:37","","1970-01-01 00:00:00","369bd027-9cd4-5260-bd1b-b46f7140e21b",False,"e22ed13f-5435-5a5a-bb0c-a56f8cfaa77a",1,False,"b9266a3d-b7f6-502c-859c-6cd02eaad1b2",1
"9423e765-220f-500e-8667-2d3048871e94","The same response I got when I spoke to my Venezuelan friends. I think this option is much better than the current status quo they were living","2026-01-03 16:10:35","","1970-01-01 00:00:00","29eb2d30-f4c0-5d76-84b2-782f3848a7ba",False,"c25a1148-102f-562f-9bc1-582b5962fd35",1,False,"b9266a3d-b7f6-502c-859c-6cd02eaad1b2",1
"9f3b9a7e-6ea5-5d4d-9fef-3e21f7dd27dd","That’s the reason conservatives signed on. Trump was just petty and angry about the Nobel Peach prize. ","2026-01-03 16:10:32","","1970-01-01 00:00:00","c24c1f0d-b167-5b83-9a14-a536cbe21b6f",False,"5b5457b0-c199-593a-898c-17cc77e5cb46",1,False,"b9266a3d-b7f6-502c-859c-6cd02eaad1b2",1
"38804901-97f5-5150-a328-2887e6b8997a","It's alarming how conservatives are gizzing themselves at the thought that Trump could remove Carney and install Pierre as PM","2026-01-03 16:10:27","","1970-01-01 00:00:00","8396e5a1-712e-5c20-bb34-436b97f656b4",False,"6314a343-0912-57f9-900e-49416c9ff948",1,False,"b9266a3d-b7f6-502c-859c-6cd02eaad1b2",1
"69acbc01-ba78-50d4-b39b-d84b8ecefa0f","Maybe something to do with the fact we never recognized Maduro as the president of the country?","2026-01-03 16:10:24","","1970-01-01 00:00:00","d1aacf18-8259-5aa8-87b6-508be0c3ce79",False,"32af43b6-7e9c-5bfa-83cc-e319c3bcae19",1,False,"b9266a3d-b7f6-502c-859c-6cd02eaad1b2",1
"c6d07389-ebaf-51a2-b121-914728774b58","A fearful idea. I hope some “adults in the room” recognize that a war on their doorstep is different than one as far away as Venezuela. ","2026-01-03 16:10:18","","1970-01-01 00:00:00","870b8bf8-01d8-533b-b84b-7f5d4c5bdbee",False,"6ef78136-6f22-50b9-9230-f75e55043a0c",1,False,"1dc5ce06-a50c-58e3-b875-5c7fac8eaf86",1
"50ab8c07-809b-5cc3-851a-639f9b529947","Wow what a fucking weasel","2026-01-03 16:10:18","","1970-01-01 00:00:00","5e1ec85f-1c48-5074-9a67-f98046fa8098",False,"67fe4d7b-98f2-538e-b54e-3759494752a6",1,False,"b9266a3d-b7f6-502c-859c-6cd02eaad1b2",1
"6d78a4e5-0433-50be-b9fe-b30baca46b96","Not through the USA invading them (you won't convince me they aren't) for the prepose of free oil.","2026-01-03 16:10:07","","1970-01-01 00:00:00","6ffe79e0-b5b8-5e39-8499-8a2d82fe42db",False,"ba298ff0-1f89-556f-8bc4-ac6f3f3f92da",1,False,"b9266a3d-b7f6-502c-859c-6cd02eaad1b2",1
"9768060c-1078-57c9-a8d7-51733f16bae6","Maduro was *KIDNAPPED by terrorist forces!*","2026-01-03 16:10:06","","1970-01-01 00:00:00","2a0443df-0c09-5938-8aed-059e93fae840",False,"b9266a3d-b7f6-502c-859c-6cd02eaad1b2",1,False,"b9266a3d-b7f6-502c-859c-6cd02eaad1b2",1
"05a5c323-4d4b-5c86-887a-a1f1c07f7db4","West (primarily US) does not care how many die in other countries as long as they get spoils of war (oil).","2026-01-03 16:10:06","","1970-01-01 00:00:00","1eb5ff6f-de07-5178-bcf0-317d10c0f7fa",False,"5ea6eec4-25c7-584f-991e-8e6ebc68e044",1,False,"b9266a3d-b7f6-502c-859c-6cd02eaad1b2",1
"4bb33112-a4d7-51a7-82fe-e8e9b2f637a8","Doesn’t matter. No country has a right to intervene in the elections/govt of another country.","2026-01-03 16:09:33","","1970-01-01 00:00:00","8a73ec6e-5cec-5d0f-a612-1721bb8a4cd1",False,"fbadd92b-7395-5a46-ac68-214ed73c140d",1,False,"b9266a3d-b7f6-502c-859c-6cd02eaad1b2",1
"5a117cb6-9058-5fda-a68b-850b6ff03047","Good summary here. Also the freshwater consumption in the refining process is significant, not to mention the contaminated water you are left with after the refinement process to try to reclaim (expensive) or just let sit in horribly toxic tailings ponds that almost always leak.","2026-01-03 16:09:32","","1970-01-01 00:00:00","f18f8a02-12b8-519d-a385-dbb2958dfd68",False,"2fb8395e-d886-5fa4-97b4-c21d9b177760",1,False,"1dc5ce06-a50c-58e3-b875-5c7fac8eaf86",1
"3c1a2de0-e0c5-543c-8639-52005b779798","Wake up…Venezuela has become the most significant extra-hemispheric foothold for strategic rivals of the United States in the Western Hemisphere, and the scale of that penetration is measurable. Since the mid-2000s, Russia and China have together extended well over US$60 billion in loans, oil-backed financing, and military support to Caracas, making Venezuela the single largest recipient of Chinese lending in Latin America and Russia’s most militarily integrated partner in the region. 

Russia has supplied advanced air-defense systems, combat aircraft, and intelligence cooperation, while Chinese firms now dominate key Venezuelan sectors including oil infrastructure, telecommunications, surveillance technology, and digital ID systems. 

Venezuela’s debt-dependency has translated directly into geopolitical leverage: ports, energy assets, and data infrastructure sit effectively under foreign influence less than 2,000 miles from the U.S. mainland. From a balance-of-power perspective, no other Western Hemisphere state offers Moscow or Beijing a comparable combination of proximity, institutional collapse, and regime alignment.

Allowing this situation to persist carried compounding strategic costs for the West. 

Venezuela’s economic implosion has already displaced over 7.7 million people, the largest refugee crisis in the hemisphere, destabilizing Colombia, Peru, Brazil, and beyond ….states that are core U.S. partners. 

Meanwhile, the Maduro regime’s survival model; resource rents traded for authoritarian backing, offers Russia and China a template to entrench influence in other fragile states. If left unchanged, Venezuela risks becoming a permanent logistics, intelligence, and political platform for adversarial powers inside a region long central to U.S. security doctrine. 

From a data-driven standpoint, measured in foreign military presence, debt leverage, refugee flows, and regional spillover, the cost of inaction is not neutral; it is cumulative. 

For the United States and its allies, facilitating a democratic transition in Venezuela is not about ideology, but about preventing the normalization of rival great-power control within the Western Hemisphere and preserving long-term regional stability.","2026-01-03 16:09:30","","1970-01-01 00:00:00","459b16ed-33dd-5a56-964c-9b6708eaa086",False,"b9266a3d-b7f6-502c-859c-6cd02eaad1b2",1,False,"b9266a3d-b7f6-502c-859c-6cd02eaad1b2",1
"6c5bf4c9-8f3b-51cc-81a3-a66731ee66ec","I mean yeah, they can't get out and look if they want, but the bus isn't stopping. If they want to stay, that's up to them.

  
Am I the only one who is concerned with these announcements drawing attention to our participation?

 I get the bad feeling that Trump never heard of this agreement from a decade ago and is going to read about it while on the toilet any day now and get mad for no reason whatsoever and then 10 seconds later he tweets that he is going to replace us at the last minute from someone from Argentina or Hungary, or heck, probably even Russia.

I think we should keep this on the hush-hush that there's a canadian on board","2026-01-03 16:09:29","","1970-01-01 00:00:00","1bb0b73f-4fab-5cee-8506-b1fe53fe4803",False,"179b8485-6ccb-5ee8-8156-9309bda053d6",1,False,"bf9656e4-8820-5bd6-b9e3-51ce7e8a62c8",1
"e192f3b7-965f-5ae7-b051-69a1fc07aaf1","Lmao fuck that pipeline its not gonna happen","2026-01-03 16:09:23","","1970-01-01 00:00:00","27cc22de-ad3a-5dc4-848f-f0c027ba898d",False,"0c3ccac0-45e8-564b-9d2c-6be81cbda9bf",1,False,"b9266a3d-b7f6-502c-859c-6cd02eaad1b2",1
"50ab8c07-809b-5cc3-851a-639f9b529947","We need to distance ourselves from the criminal regime in Washington. This shit is so fucked. ","2026-01-03 16:09:21","","1970-01-01 00:00:00","4ebd4d5b-fc65-5bc3-a8c9-6649e21a2368",False,"b9266a3d-b7f6-502c-859c-6cd02eaad1b2",1,False,"b9266a3d-b7f6-502c-859c-6cd02eaad1b2",1
"f12856e1-e536-597a-9f94-3864dc8a848e","I think people need to get past *im an X voter*. This ain’t murica.

Literally just vote for the leaders who aren’t blatant weasels and seem to respect the people of this country have some policy you can get behind. For me that could be the right NDP, Liberal, or Conservative candidate.","2026-01-03 16:09:11","","1970-01-01 00:00:00","036bddac-e6af-5c5b-a64d-bcc8c7e6b3c6",False,"58c305e7-ff1b-5527-9899-c93cc2fb7689",1,False,"b9266a3d-b7f6-502c-859c-6cd02eaad1b2",1
"9ed96861-d2e4-5311-b2f2-69a8bb46df2c","Politicians paid by Esso/ExxonMobil react to the recent actions taken by their masters!","2026-01-03 16:09:07","","1970-01-01 00:00:00","c6ee9b7f-c3be-5838-bbd5-3a23c64c2af3",False,"b9266a3d-b7f6-502c-859c-6cd02eaad1b2",1,False,"b9266a3d-b7f6-502c-859c-6cd02eaad1b2",1
"d088bf7a-2701-5683-8e2e-a8b59c5d00be","Iraqis also were celebrating when Saddam was deposed. I think it’s not any argument on the fact that Maduro is an absolute horrible person and should not be leader, I think the disagreement comes on whether the methods they used were appropriate given how it has never actually worked.","2026-01-03 16:09:05","","1970-01-01 00:00:00","8ac2a0ee-4cb1-5a0f-bbfc-8f7df3235140",False,"6314a343-0912-57f9-900e-49416c9ff948",1,False,"b9266a3d-b7f6-502c-859c-6cd02eaad1b2",1
"6c0bd36e-2be6-5c11-8653-33b6fb76ca04","Governments don’t control markets, they just clear the path for markets to exist and make things easier or tighter. Canadians screwed Canadians. ","2026-01-03 16:09:00","","1970-01-01 00:00:00","d2a93558-619a-5441-856b-4a84368a290b",False,"bf77899a-0a19-57d0-80aa-8de492b0614a",1,False,"e53a59e2-ea4a-57fc-b781-9dc3fd6451c0",1
"09839219-19b5-59a0-a97f-c7b030fef3f0","Other way around. The refineries were originally for Venezuelan oil and were reconfigured when Venezuela nationalised their resources.

Edit: chevron is already refining Venezuelan crude as of last year.","2026-01-03 16:08:59","","1970-01-01 00:00:00","1208833f-6015-5ddc-a9fb-92716a98412a",False,"8e15b8ad-0fa4-5a44-8eb8-f7ec4e33a44b",1,False,"1dc5ce06-a50c-58e3-b875-5c7fac8eaf86",1
"beea59c8-e142-56d5-ac87-1331e134d2b1","Be careful what you wish for","2026-01-03 16:08:52","","1970-01-01 00:00:00","dc18c6d2-462c-5ade-894f-545e27b81823",False,"f6f907bf-2866-5c36-b29b-0c8502b07057",1,False,"b9266a3d-b7f6-502c-859c-6cd02eaad1b2",1
"5d481beb-2ed4-588f-9dd0-f58c8aed6497","Probably not. Energy competes for economic attention with other industries, weaker energy markets generally strengthen ROC and vice-versa.","2026-01-03 16:08:51","","1970-01-01 00:00:00","12a2beec-ca1e-5844-991b-f64a2116f0a6",False,"78798fe2-8176-55b3-8d97-67086e0aff42",1,False,"1dc5ce06-a50c-58e3-b875-5c7fac8eaf86",1
"9423e765-220f-500e-8667-2d3048871e94","I agree with you, but honestly isn’t this a better option for Venezuela? Plus, Venezuela doesn’t have a Muslim demographic.","2026-01-03 16:08:50","","1970-01-01 00:00:00","105172fc-5db6-5aac-ad7f-8e74c3efd540",False,"5ea6eec4-25c7-584f-991e-8e6ebc68e044",1,False,"b9266a3d-b7f6-502c-859c-6cd02eaad1b2",1
"b922905e-3523-5788-978e-219bb7bc7612","Compared to socialist dictatorships? Absolutely. Do you even have the slightest clue what Maduro has done?","2026-01-03 16:08:40","","1970-01-01 00:00:00","f55c0a85-62c5-5b4c-998c-556480152325",False,"adfc3c4e-4dec-5bac-80ce-0ed5df11934a",1,False,"b9266a3d-b7f6-502c-859c-6cd02eaad1b2",1
"9eb99984-6b3e-570f-8f0d-4d85755cfab4","> or the WEF. 

Loony alert anyone ranting about the WEF.

The UN is just us you know not some alien force or government.","2026-01-03 16:08:39","","1970-01-01 00:00:00","f256b7c2-cc0d-5783-b933-b2cd325f07ef",False,"9dfb58b1-ef1c-508a-9247-876f52d1989b",1,False,"1dc5ce06-a50c-58e3-b875-5c7fac8eaf86",1
"b5a416f6-7bd5-56c5-9258-aec9f7f4041a","Then how? A bloody decade long civil war?","2026-01-03 16:08:20","","1970-01-01 00:00:00","ba298ff0-1f89-556f-8bc4-ac6f3f3f92da",False,"3c80003e-ff0e-5c8d-aa8b-7335e1a78c7f",1,False,"b9266a3d-b7f6-502c-859c-6cd02eaad1b2",1
"5e0972a6-c215-53e3-8d95-97c5b5ad45ca","Holy crap he said that? Canada IS very socialistic. Our values, social safety net and universal health care are all pillars built on socialistic principles. 

He is an absolute scumbag.","2026-01-03 16:08:15","","1970-01-01 00:00:00","1516c5b5-5fe8-5d20-9e0d-cf849be62626",False,"adfc3c4e-4dec-5bac-80ce-0ed5df11934a",1,False,"b9266a3d-b7f6-502c-859c-6cd02eaad1b2",1
"42f6cea9-09a3-50e6-930d-a9e81b0d23c9","Never going to happen. 

The only viable way would be to convince France or the UK to cover us under their nuke umbrella.","2026-01-03 16:08:10","","1970-01-01 00:00:00","313e7283-9c62-5382-9f7d-6e43238f05c2",False,"8cc219c9-540c-5144-a8c4-e56d47fc714b",1,False,"1dc5ce06-a50c-58e3-b875-5c7fac8eaf86",1
"14a3bdf3-ec1d-55c3-aae3-277c7f9bf1a0","Police? Nah. Owner, yes.","2026-01-03 16:08:09","","1970-01-01 00:00:00","4a38b63f-7e6b-5ce8-9098-68d93b445865",False,"cc3e96a0-2b87-5e69-a5fa-48d69a4456a6",1,False,"b9266a3d-b7f6-502c-859c-6cd02eaad1b2",1
"f9f6f7d1-a978-5849-9cc1-a85fc1c95b36","The middle ground doesn't involve running tankers through some of the most dangerous waters in the world.","2026-01-03 16:08:05","","1970-01-01 00:00:00","b2a26558-cd7a-5acf-9633-16ad71a1864c",False,"31c51dba-3010-59de-8759-8f3afa8ca05e",1,False,"1dc5ce06-a50c-58e3-b875-5c7fac8eaf86",1
"c63c8984-865c-5b7f-83a4-2c6a79bf818a"," Interesting that Poilievre finds this great news. Aside from how an invasion of Canada could also be on Trump’s to-do list, invasion of Venezuela will lead the return of the country’s oil to world markets. For Poilievre’s base in Alberta this is a complete disaster. Their heavy oil price will easily undercut Alberta’s.","2026-01-03 16:07:57","","1970-01-01 00:00:00","e1b6188c-4296-5950-9de2-cd0032c7497b",False,"b9266a3d-b7f6-502c-859c-6cd02eaad1b2",1,False,"b9266a3d-b7f6-502c-859c-6cd02eaad1b2",1
"8594793e-c647-59d2-8521-4de492290ac0","Do they know how it turned out for Iraq and Afghanistan? Do they think the US is going to pay them fairly for their oil reserves so that they can get out of poverty? Or is it more likely that they'll come in, plunder what they want, and then leave the country and it's people in shambles at the mercy of cartels and paramilitary factions?","2026-01-03 16:07:51","","1970-01-01 00:00:00","0961340e-80b5-5c29-8b13-6e8bd3c422df",False,"c25a1148-102f-562f-9bc1-582b5962fd35",1,False,"b9266a3d-b7f6-502c-859c-6cd02eaad1b2",1
"9eb99984-6b3e-570f-8f0d-4d85755cfab4","A convenient submarine naval base in St. Pierre and Miquelon perhaps.","2026-01-03 16:07:43","","1970-01-01 00:00:00","ef10abed-79a7-52cd-ab70-73f5cc3613e7",False,"34c7aec9-6723-53f9-a98c-04970ad2a578",1,False,"1dc5ce06-a50c-58e3-b875-5c7fac8eaf86",1
"f4acea16-2768-5993-82b3-d0372a4abdec","Cheaper to produce, likely cheaper to get to Texas to refine and they can also use it as leverage over Canada.","2026-01-03 16:07:39","","1970-01-01 00:00:00","df8cec7f-dd63-5be7-8545-196fe6a2a66c",False,"16c41adb-754c-549a-ab60-6455820f3665",1,False,"b9266a3d-b7f6-502c-859c-6cd02eaad1b2",1
"58d4240e-78ec-5a84-bf64-42b8a3d347b5","This is what America always does after it loses a war, it throws its weight around in central America to prove it can still bash skulls when their enemy is underdeveloped enough.","2026-01-03 16:07:37","","1970-01-01 00:00:00","6800407f-d1d9-5da2-aa40-fadfab5b61aa",False,"b9266a3d-b7f6-502c-859c-6cd02eaad1b2",1,False,"b9266a3d-b7f6-502c-859c-6cd02eaad1b2",1
"7e45b522-365f-5024-872a-ee44e46afa73","Maduro is an authoritarian dictator, who Canada does not recognize as the elected president","2026-01-03 16:07:36","","1970-01-01 00:00:00","fbadd92b-7395-5a46-ac68-214ed73c140d",False,"86284648-297d-55c3-b9fc-2ffa19aeb77e",1,False,"b9266a3d-b7f6-502c-859c-6cd02eaad1b2",1
"6d78a4e5-0433-50be-b9fe-b30baca46b96","What does Naheed Nenshi have to do with this?","2026-01-03 16:07:33","","1970-01-01 00:00:00","7fd68e93-2a61-5159-a3d0-00acc90f12c1",False,"06cac962-b9b9-5b7e-8d27-76fe8d62ed86",1,False,"b9266a3d-b7f6-502c-859c-6cd02eaad1b2",1
"d50f81cf-cf08-5bb1-a273-c855793ac863","Then how else?","2026-01-03 16:07:10","","1970-01-01 00:00:00","babb2a0c-6a72-5503-af49-bdfc900530a0",False,"3c80003e-ff0e-5c8d-aa8b-7335e1a78c7f",1,False,"b9266a3d-b7f6-502c-859c-6cd02eaad1b2",1
"e927f1e6-916b-5db8-b759-2b0eb294836c","Okay buddy, let's get you back to bed","2026-01-03 16:07:06","","1970-01-01 00:00:00","7388cbae-ab47-52b1-9a84-e165d9b8ebfd",False,"6665903b-f210-5b49-9ed9-2f7f1cbd6f84",1,False,"b9266a3d-b7f6-502c-859c-6cd02eaad1b2",1
"b9ac23e9-8f1b-5190-a025-2b7eb75b66bc","Plenty of Venezuelans are celebrating.","2026-01-03 16:07:01","","1970-01-01 00:00:00","42d28711-b2e6-5a4a-a112-3abf17abc493",False,"b12987f4-095a-51f7-95c5-31fa2b3b5d25",1,False,"b9266a3d-b7f6-502c-859c-6cd02eaad1b2",1
"be82a9ef-e97c-5052-86cc-b903fc451951","The commies never make sense","2026-01-03 16:06:58","","1970-01-01 00:00:00","4a4bc2a4-167f-5442-b1e2-dece17dff22e",False,"199fe056-0bf8-5e04-9585-7b3ae1df2608",1,False,"b9266a3d-b7f6-502c-859c-6cd02eaad1b2",1
"3c5f7d16-671a-549a-8e08-d0d3c5008e00","It’s pretty clear that this is partly a way of gaining leverage over Canada. Venezuela oil is the same kind of oil as Canadian oil.","2026-01-03 16:06:46","","1970-01-01 00:00:00","cf22adca-304d-56c8-b3c4-aff1eb6b3b29",False,"b9266a3d-b7f6-502c-859c-6cd02eaad1b2",1,False,"b9266a3d-b7f6-502c-859c-6cd02eaad1b2",1
"6c0bd36e-2be6-5c11-8653-33b6fb76ca04","And pp brought his cons from meh, to “oh hell no”","2026-01-03 16:06:44","","1970-01-01 00:00:00","6c6583fa-4fbf-525d-95e5-690d91c941d6",False,"826ca344-0b98-5380-ae80-c8bd7034852f",1,False,"e53a59e2-ea4a-57fc-b781-9dc3fd6451c0",1
"21598c47-8fd2-5200-b589-c00d32f13284","It's like you are comparing mud to clay when picking which one you want to eat. Lower quality means nothing when both are very poor to begin with. 
What really matters is purchasing power, and  even if oil pipelines are cheaper to ship they will take discounted oil over Alberta not only for the extra profit but to show Canada how they ""don't need us."" 

Our only real hope is their sanctions get lifted making their oil trade at proper benchmarks","2026-01-03 16:06:39","","1970-01-01 00:00:00","e22ed13f-5435-5a5a-bb0c-a56f8cfaa77a",False,"16c41adb-754c-549a-ab60-6455820f3665",1,False,"b9266a3d-b7f6-502c-859c-6cd02eaad1b2",1
"3276a7a8-7f19-5f08-a3be-63b10c0aeac7","I’ve been reading posts from their sub and they are very happy about this","2026-01-03 16:06:38","","1970-01-01 00:00:00","1ea53341-338e-5c7f-84b1-a1ee45dfe70f",False,"b9174b5e-af10-5cbd-84c6-d5cebabfd1ae",1,False,"b9266a3d-b7f6-502c-859c-6cd02eaad1b2",1
"eaed2b73-dc1c-511b-b047-24a57b2f339e","If Carney did it, you'd lap it up like you hadn't drank water in years","2026-01-03 16:06:27","","1970-01-01 00:00:00","ee3194f9-0c39-5277-82e4-3cb41f58d727",False,"bd41051c-afe0-5c17-8b52-0e20f8c48522",1,False,"b9266a3d-b7f6-502c-859c-6cd02eaad1b2",1
"872fad0f-9f39-5ad4-a39e-604eba7427c4","Not to mention Maduro lost the election and just said nah fuck it I’ll stay","2026-01-03 16:06:18","","1970-01-01 00:00:00","6a6ea5d4-3c4e-5d1d-b336-139b98633823",False,"c25a1148-102f-562f-9bc1-582b5962fd35",1,False,"b9266a3d-b7f6-502c-859c-6cd02eaad1b2",1
"425f5827-513d-5466-b55d-4d0f5e43da85","I'm sure there's a middle ground there","2026-01-03 16:06:16","","1970-01-01 00:00:00","31c51dba-3010-59de-8759-8f3afa8ca05e",False,"1bd5a5eb-3804-5867-8c74-4f7cb9fe7df3",1,False,"1dc5ce06-a50c-58e3-b875-5c7fac8eaf86",1
"ef0d630c-bb72-522d-84df-97723c4f9e95","What about Panama ?","2026-01-03 16:06:02","","1970-01-01 00:00:00","74977dc8-2305-5c57-a4f5-a9b290c91964",False,"61e3a28c-9111-5ab4-b611-af8a8cd9a79e",1,False,"b9266a3d-b7f6-502c-859c-6cd02eaad1b2",1
"6fcb52c2-c64f-5497-aa28-028120d114eb","Yeap, emboldened Trump might decide to pull Crimea on Alberta at some point. The more painful and unsuccessful American military adventures right now, the safer we will be.","2026-01-03 16:05:55","","1970-01-01 00:00:00","44d35748-943a-5346-b2c7-ad205c469fe7",False,"b12987f4-095a-51f7-95c5-31fa2b3b5d25",1,False,"b9266a3d-b7f6-502c-859c-6cd02eaad1b2",1
"ca8d13e8-b9b4-5d07-a3d3-3a1a0c6e5483","Only certain ones.","2026-01-03 16:05:52","","1970-01-01 00:00:00","f997befb-9add-5977-ac1f-33c9f30a1d1c",False,"a9e85187-4a3c-55ce-9936-c74a64d5a684",1,False,"b9266a3d-b7f6-502c-859c-6cd02eaad1b2",1
"ba52feac-bb35-554e-9460-0e97caa5a134","Seriously doubt it given how cost effective pipelines are compared to having to ship the least volume efficient oil across the gulf. They have to be able to do this while also maintaining stability around the oil fields which will have to be done through reinvestment of some of those funds back into the country.","2026-01-03 16:05:49","","1970-01-01 00:00:00","0c3ccac0-45e8-564b-9d2c-6be81cbda9bf",False,"ac53d3dc-9781-5308-8fc0-adbe057cba9f",1,False,"b9266a3d-b7f6-502c-859c-6cd02eaad1b2",1
"3c5f7d16-671a-549a-8e08-d0d3c5008e00","Realpolitik.","2026-01-03 16:05:48","","1970-01-01 00:00:00","ca3e4404-a498-50d2-b2fb-0422e9b8b06e",False,"c9727afd-d9d6-5180-8872-554704f0e34a",1,False,"b9266a3d-b7f6-502c-859c-6cd02eaad1b2",1
"1ab05044-cc9b-5823-b1f2-6ef7f3e465f3","Sorry.  Best the government can do is bad bail reform laws and mass importation of criminal gangs because we decided to stop properly vetting temporary immigrants","2026-01-03 16:05:48","","1970-01-01 00:00:00","50e742ce-728b-51b8-bc90-c52ede639059",False,"f69237bd-7ba7-55b2-b373-8c43cfc007db",1,False,"f69237bd-7ba7-55b2-b373-8c43cfc007db",1
"9eb99984-6b3e-570f-8f0d-4d85755cfab4","Colombia is the biggest producer of cocaine everyone on earth knows that except you and Trump.","2026-01-03 16:05:46","","1970-01-01 00:00:00","10a077ff-0e08-5356-a6ff-66c8d6261d06",False,"39257b39-f276-543a-9ff5-e9b289700061",1,False,"1dc5ce06-a50c-58e3-b875-5c7fac8eaf86",1
"d70070c9-3e17-5a27-a4f3-893066f49ac7","Yeah, Maduro was not a good guy, corruption, but international law just took a hint here and the blow back yet to be seen. Also despite want people say, just because you say that someone else is the legitimate leaders of a country does not means that the people accept.","2026-01-03 16:05:43","","1970-01-01 00:00:00","cb1211bb-3bf8-5874-8cca-87d1efe2035b",False,"b9266a3d-b7f6-502c-859c-6cd02eaad1b2",1,False,"b9266a3d-b7f6-502c-859c-6cd02eaad1b2",1
"a4278cea-01be-58b6-9371-38c3d75f5a4b","Sure, but there is a difference between allowing military bases in your country and performing military strikes. If Trump makes the rules, what is to stop this from happening elsewhere?","2026-01-03 16:05:36","","1970-01-01 00:00:00","504fe0b1-a625-5a16-85d8-86ec5b59478a",False,"7cc83049-f444-553c-becc-d625f9b46224",1,False,"b9266a3d-b7f6-502c-859c-6cd02eaad1b2",1
"f3a52745-b5fe-5cd9-a75d-a60758fc4bf0","Look beyond Maduro. He’s been running around rallying his army, talking it up and next day is cooling his jets in a cell in the U.S. that’s a very powerful message.","2026-01-03 16:05:32","","1970-01-01 00:00:00","de1deb08-05e9-5398-b4bb-d35b5212b220",False,"b9266a3d-b7f6-502c-859c-6cd02eaad1b2",1,False,"b9266a3d-b7f6-502c-859c-6cd02eaad1b2",1
"270c737b-db85-55c6-8fab-c18f9a4e2cbe","PP sounds like trump more and more every day","2026-01-03 16:05:32","","1970-01-01 00:00:00","618ab4ea-6f9d-5b3c-833b-ca890a29b10e",False,"adfc3c4e-4dec-5bac-80ce-0ed5df11934a",1,False,"b9266a3d-b7f6-502c-859c-6cd02eaad1b2",1
"29a06808-567f-5842-8c7e-b72dfbed1b84","Okay, I quite clearly said that my SIN _cards_ expired. But when I renewed them with a new visa, I got the same _number_. And when I was on implied status, I was continuing to work with sin _cards_ that were technically expired - even though I was legally allowed to continue working until my new visa decision.