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Old 24th Jul 2019, 17:27
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Chas2019
 
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Originally Posted by grizzled
Hahaha! Excellent point, Longtimer.

The Canadian gov't seems to prefer shopping at thrift shops rather than buy anything new (65 year old pipelines, 30 year old submarines and aircraft, etc.). If they do buy something new the purchase invariably involves (coincidentally of course) buying from one of several Quebec based companies that Canadian taxpayers have been keeping afloat for years. Sigh...

grizz
it seems that Quebec industry must be kept afloat for the sake of the country...ships, planes, tanks whatever need a quebec input.
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