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

  • Green Party dropped from leaders' debates for not running enough candidates

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  • Those requirements are designed to allow Quebec’s provincial party a seat at the table

    Certainly, and I've already expressed how I feel about that. But I get it - they're able to leverage the electoral system to their advantage, and have in fact been the Official Opposition at times.

  • Green Party dropped from leaders' debates for not running enough candidates

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  • I certainly agree that it's very questionable to have an explicitly regional party in the federal debates, but for clarity's sake, the criteria are 2/3 of the following:

    • having at least one sitting MP who's been elected as a member of that party
    • having at least four per cent national support in opinion polls
    • running candidates in at least 90 per cent of all ridings

    After pulling the candidates, the Green Party only meets one of these criteria (the first).

  • We need spies. Canada is the only G7 countries without a foreign intelligence agency. It's completely foolish to trust the americans.

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  • Yeah, from what I've gathered from previous articles on the topic, CSIS does not have boots-on-the-ground spies, foreign assets, or the infrastructure to support them.

  • Carney responds to buttons story

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  • Then we should be tracking down and firing everyone involved from all parties?

    Yup.

  • Why did it take Winnipeg police so long to interview a serial killer in search for victim's identity?

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  • In this case, I think there might be a case to be made.

    "The prosecutor would be, I think, concerned … if the investigation was still going on behind the scenes, without them being looped in, while they're trying to prosecute a case," said Michael Arntfield, a criminologist and professor at Western University who worked for 16 years as a detective with the London Police Service in Ontario.

    "If they say they can't interview him, that to me sounds like they've taken direction either from the Crown or from superior officers to not potentially interfere with the prosecution."

  • Carney responds to buttons story

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  • Sure, I just don't find "everybody does it" to be a particularly compelling argument. Wrong is wrong.

  • Poilievre says he'll use notwithstanding clause to ensure multiple-murderers die in prison

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  • Absolutely. It's beyond me why someone would be against a hearing taking place, considering a "no" would be practically guaranteed in cases like these.

  • Carney responds to buttons story

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  • Carney said they’ve been “reassigned” within the campaign.

    Not nearly enough.

  • Poilievre says he'll use notwithstanding clause to ensure multiple-murderers die in prison

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  • Is it safe to say that casual use of the notwithstanding clause has been normalized to the point that there are no real consequences to invoking it any more?

  • Robert Picardo On How The Doctor Is “Deeper” In ‘Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’

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  • Couldn't agree less - I think the 32nd century is a fantastic setting, especially for a show like this.

  • Liberal operatives planted 'stop the steal' buttons at conservative conference

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  • CBC is reporting this as fact, not an allegation - it's safe to assume that they know exactly who these campaign workers are.

    There are also decent reasons not to name them just yet - if they're low-level staffers, it's worth trying to get a comment from the Party first, and/or try to determine how far up the ladder this goes. No sense in scapegoating the grunts until the higher-ups are ID'd.

  • Liberal operatives planted 'stop the steal' buttons at conservative conference

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  • On Friday night, in two Ottawa bars, campaign workers shared how the party was behind this move — how two Liberal Party staffers attended the conference intended for conservatives and placed these buttons in areas where attendees would find them.

    One of those conversations was in the immediate earshot of this journalist. A Conservative source overheard the other conversation.

  • Liberal operatives planted 'stop the steal' buttons at conservative conference

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  • Great, it just became easier to dismiss legitimate criticism of the Conservatives as a false-flag operation.

    Brilliant move.

  • Canada wants to punish immigration lawyers that knowingly lie about their clients or actively encourage their clients to lie. They say it's unconstitutional.

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  • Among the legal organizations’ expressed objections and flaws they contend mar the proposed regime in its application to legal professionals:

    • IRCC’s proposed broad powers to inspect and search, based on an IRCC officer’s determination that there are “reasonable grounds to suspect” a violation, and to demand documents from lawyers, without safeguards, as well as the lack of any mechanism to allow lawyers to fully and effectively defend themselves, without breaching established principles of solicitor-client confidentiality;

    • unfairness, expense and other negative impacts on legal professionals, and the risk of inconsistent results by needlessly subjecting them to dual regulation;

    • failure to respect the fundamental principles of independence of the bar as well as solicitor/client privilege/confidentiality, which are protected by the common law and the Constitution;

    • the lack of procedural protections and accountability;

    • IRCC’s lack of neutrality vis-à-vis immigration and refugee lawyers who advocate for clients, often in opposition to IRCC and its counsel, including representing in court those accused of offences, including misrepresentation. “Granting the same entity the authority to discipline the very lawyers who challenge it creates a glaring conflict of interest — comparable to allowing Crown counsel to oversee the discipline of criminal defence lawyers,” the CBA asserts in its submission to IRCC; and

    • Ottawa exceeds federal jurisdiction by purporting to regulate and penalize lawyers and paralegals doing paid immigration and refugee work, including by naming violators and publishing particulars on IRCC’s website, an interference with a lawyer’s ability to practise law, which is the exclusive preserve of law societies.

  • Robert Picardo Confirms It's Star Trek: Voyager's Doctor In Starfleet Academy

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  • Yeah, it's definitely possible that Picardo could play both versions of the character, even if it's just for a single episode.

    But the full-time version on "Academy" will be the original, not the "Living Witness" backup.

  • Robert Picardo Confirms It's Star Trek: Voyager's Doctor In Starfleet Academy

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  • Yeah you really nailed it. Just like he was on "Prodigy."

  • Fansets have announced a mobile emitter, named EMH Mobile, coming to STLV 2025.

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  • Looks good. How much does their stuff usually cost?

  • Prime Minister Carney speaks with President of the United States Donald J. Trump

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  • The leaders agreed to begin comprehensive negotiations about a new economic and security relationship immediately following the election. In the interim, the leaders agreed that conversations between the Minister of International Trade and Intergovernmental Affairs and President of the King’s Privy Council for Canada, Dominic LeBlanc, and the United States Secretary of Commerce, Howard Lutnick, will intensify to address immediate concerns.

  • Adam Savage's Tested: Star Trek Filming Models from The Next Generation to Voyager!

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