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Have you ever considered that the Prime Directive is not only not ethical, but also illogical, and perhaps morally indefensible?

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  • Claiming Canada was founded on the principle of strong provinces, Ms. Smith said, “Canada is very different from the United States and many other Western democracies. For example, the U.S. centralizes the majority of power and decision-making in its federal government. In Canada, we chose a decentralized federation composed of very unique and diverse provinces left to govern themselves in almost all matters with the main exceptions of national defence and international affairs.”

    Absolutely unhinged.























  • There’s a lot of good context in here, even as I’m still deeply conflicted about this strategy.

    “The final Canada-Alberta MOU implementation agreement will put Canada’s target of net zero by 2050 well out of reach,” Rick Smith, president of the Canadian Climate Institute, said in a written statement.

    The Pembina Institute said its modelling showed the carbon pricing schedule included in the implementation agreement would result in an additional 230 megatonnes of greenhouse gas emissions over the next 15 years.

    The federal government had no modelling of its own to offer on Friday.

    The policy left behind by Justin Trudeau’s government was stronger on paper. But Carney might argue his policy is stronger in practice — not least because it was achieved via political consensus with a conservative Alberta premier.

    In defiance of the federal benchmark, Smith’s government had frozen the province’s industrial price at $95 per tonne last year. (Meanwhile, Saskatchewan has stopped collecting an industrial carbon price altogether.) And because of inefficiencies in Alberta’s pricing system, the effective price was much lower.













  • The judge’s statements are appropriately scathing.

    Justice Conlan said he commends the work of the defence and the Crown in this case.

    He said it is not the defence’s fault “the evidence of their clients has been found to be worthless.”

    All in all, he said, the Crown proved its case beyond a reasonable doubt on every count.

    He said electronic evidence “points overwhelmingly to the guilt of the accused.”

    He wrote they “paint a picture of loathe and hate by both accused towards the boys, especially towards L.”

    The judge said a Dec. 28, 2020, audio recording played in court of the women berating L.L. was “so difficult to listen to,” and “is just a terrible and shocking exhibit of abuse of L. by these accused.”

    He said a Sept. 24, 2021, video the court viewed of L.L. using a small portable toilet to relieve himself was “excruciating to watch.”

    “This court could go on and on, but for what purpose other than to, in a way, continue to victimize L. He should be remembered for more than this.”