12-09-2008, 07:38 PM
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5 Government Programs that Backfired
Prohibition was 5th so you know the others are bad!
Hard to argue too much with the selections but I personally would have added a few Soviet Union Brain cramps at 2 and 3. Can't kill 10 million of your own people and get a pass.
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12-09-2008, 09:14 PM
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12-09-2008, 09:18 PM
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Could have been number 1 for the invention of NASCAR alone. 
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12-09-2008, 09:26 PM
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I wonder what Canada's bottom five would be?
The NEP
The Gun Registry
Conscription crisis
GST
Cancelling the Avro Arrow?
Building of the CPR and the Pacific Scandal?
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12-09-2008, 10:22 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Resolute 14
I wonder what Canada's bottom five would be?
The NEP
The Gun Registry
Conscription crisis
GST
Cancelling the Avro Arrow?
Building of the CPR and the Pacific Scandal?
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Charlottetown Accord
Trudeau dissing Quebec to speed up repatriating the Constitution
Section 13 of the CHRA
Not taking full advantage of the Prohibiton Act to OUR full advantage.
WWI
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12-09-2008, 10:23 PM
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Originally Posted by tussery
Could have been number 1 for the invention of NASCAR alone. |
Sorry but televised sport fishing is by far the worst abomination!
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12-09-2008, 11:25 PM
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don't know how you could criticize the CPR now....wouldnt have much of a country west of Winnipeg without it.
I'd add the ADScam in there as well.
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12-10-2008, 08:00 AM
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Originally Posted by HOZ
WWI
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12-10-2008, 08:14 AM
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yeah, on reading this again, I'd have to say the listing of WW1 was a mistake as well.
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12-10-2008, 09:17 AM
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The NEP
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12-10-2008, 09:27 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Boblobla
The NEP
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How did we forget this one... 
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12-10-2008, 10:45 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by killer_carlson
yeah, on reading this again, I'd have to say the listing of WW1 was a mistake as well.
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Why?
When you have to fight a second war because you so terriblly botched the first, I would call that bad policy IMO.
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12-10-2008, 09:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Dartem
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What exactly did Canada fight for in WWI? Yes there were herioc battles and heroes a plenty....but why did we fight? WWI basically set the stage nicely for WWII!!
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12-10-2008, 09:18 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by HOZ
What exactly did Canada fight for in WWI? Yes there were herioc battles and heroes a plenty....but why did we fight? WWI basically set the stage nicely for WWII!!
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They didn't know that at the time!
It was supposed to be a field trip and a party.
Most young men signed up as 15 year olds and probably drunk 
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12-10-2008, 10:39 PM
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Originally Posted by mykalberta
Why?
When you have to fight a second war because you so terriblly botched the first, I would call that bad policy IMO.
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then you're an idiot. Try searching the forum for the Vimy Ridge thread.
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12-10-2008, 10:41 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Resolute 14
I wonder what Canada's bottom five would be?
The NEP
The Gun Registry
Conscription crisis
GST
Cancelling the Avro Arrow?
Building of the CPR and the Pacific Scandal?
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Believe it or not I know an engineer who of course is a staunch Liberal who I frequently argue with about the "success" of the NEP.
He thinks it was a remarkably successful program. He's about 50 and lived in Ottawa at the time so of course he was benefiting while people in this province got screwed royally.
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12-10-2008, 11:29 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by HOZ
Charlottetown Accord
Trudeau dissing Quebec to speed up repatriating the Constitution
Section 13 of the CHRA
Not taking full advantage of the Prohibiton Act to OUR full advantage.
WWI
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You can add Japanese internment during WWII to that list.
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12-11-2008, 09:55 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mykalberta
Why?
When you have to fight a second war because you so terriblly botched the first, I would call that bad policy IMO.
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Technical point, but it wasn't WWI that was botched so much as the aftermath. The Allied powers were far to interested in sticking it to Germany.
Though lets face it, wars have little to do with bad policy most times, and more to do with human nature.
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12-11-2008, 10:05 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by flip
Believe it or not I know an engineer who of course is a staunch Liberal who I frequently argue with about the "success" of the NEP.
He thinks it was a remarkably successful program. He's about 50 and lived in Ottawa at the time so of course he was benefiting while people in this province got screwed royally.
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It did exactly what it was designed to do. For this reason it would be tough to say it "backfired". It screwed over Alberta completely but that's what they wanted in order to save the east and buy support.
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