The meals and ingredients weren't as good as other services, but it was generally ok. Fresh Prep I found to be a bit more consistent, and the meals tastier.
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ahahahahahaha, just like Trump was held accountable for Jan 6?!?!? Aaahahahahahahhaha, Americans.
Or bovine ebola, to devastate the USA's beef supply. I imagine that an America that suddenly has no burgers would sober up fairly quick. The massive super farms / agriculture concentration areas make it an easy target.
The USA is simultaneously broadcasting to militaries around the world that America is going to ignore the Geneva convention/greenlight warcrimes, and they're dismantling the infrastructure that would've been used to defend themselves against biological weapons.
Meh. Rogers and the regulators have worked for decades to destroy competition for the big banks, killing Credit Unions across the country. Rogers is literally the regulator responsible for destroying BC's Credit Union Trade Association -- she's the one that put the wheels in motion, turfing their shared liquidity pool (something that's suddenly a good thing to have, after SVB went pop, so the regs literally increased systemic risk by getting rid of that pool). The gov makes our population growth entirely dependant on immigration / students, and then says students need to store their savings in a big bank (CDIC insured), not a CU (which are CUDIC insured)-- and then act all surprised that the smaller FIs aren't growing. The most recent batch of BC regulators are also demanding that industry solve the problem that the regulators created -- blasting credit unions for the poor health of the whole system, even though it's status isn't the fault of individual CUs, but rather the shit regulatory job they've done in the past few decades.
Now they want to whine that there's no competition for the big banks / not enough smaller FI participants in the industry.
Rogers has essentially failed upwards as a "star woman" in the industry, but she's a moron who's screwed up almost every file she's been put on. She can go fuck herself. So can the rest of Canada's financial regulators. At this point, they're terrible and clueless about the industry, clueless about the damage they've wrought.
Yeah, it's not just that number of people who'd be insurgents, it's that Canada's a bit more advanced tech-wise than the Taliban, and the US's defense infrastructure has predominantly NOT been engineered for decades to repel any sort of land invasions. We also look, and outside of those crazy newfies, we sound like most generic Americans, making identifying potential threats that much more difficult.
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More than a third of Canadians say country belongs to Indigenous people: poll - National | Globalnews.ca
Oh yay, another online poll that can't be assigned a margin of error.
And the guys conclusion of "higher education" being the driving force is totally unquestionable. Totally not an ideologically loaded puff piece written to broadcast FN interests on T&R day.
Jeez. You'd think the conservatives/PP would take a hint from the response most Canadians have had to Trump and American politics lately. Instead the idiots out there using an American-based tragedy to parrot American-Right wing talking points, and pretending like it's applicable in Canada, and that Canadians should react like Americans.
The liberals should just go full right-wing centrist. Let the NDP be the left-wing centrists. Have elections be between those two parties, instead of the conservatives.... if only Alberta wasn't so fucking stupid, with their idiot premier and book bans and so on. I'm amazed they haven't kicked her ass out of office yet. But even if they want to be morons, itd be neat to see the rest of the country completely disregard/ignore the cons given the crap they've been spewing the last few years.
Hell, its practically anecdotal evidence of interference by foreign powers. The cons have morphed into the republicans of the north. I doubt that was purely coincidence, it was likely largely funded by American interests. Sorta like how Danielle is an x-oil industry lobbyist, and most of the oil industry in Canada are US based companies.
idk, I'd say it's more of a problem now because people have easier ways to liquidate their wallets for those sorts of trash purchases, without realising it on a physical / rational level at the time. Like when you had to go in to a store to buy those blind-box card games, it took effort to be an addict, so much that it was more a hobby.
Now, someone's kid can accidentally wrack up thousands on a credit card online buying lootbox shit.
But that's the same thing, being a democrat / against Trump is a mental health disorder, TDS. /s
I don't agree with attempting to rationalize bad legislation, even if the specific example used by the journalist / source is a bit weak or unclear.
Your bringing in the "KKKonvoy" is a good example of why. I don't think it's accurate to draw a parallel between everyone who supported that, and white supremacy. Similarly, I don't think anyone with a Palestinian flag is a Hammas supporter -- but there are many who do, likely enough that the cons would add it to the list. Allowing government / media to dictate what symbols are good/bad, is authoritarian.
In regards to the example used specifically though, there's a reason for it I reckon. Legislation is often written with different intentions / examples and attempts by politicians to clarify what they mean -- which's likely why they're using the nazi examples as part of it. The source is noting that it's how it's written now but that it can change based on the discretion of various groups. Ie. They hold up a sign saying "We're against Nazis!" to make people ok with the authoritarian push; later that legislation can be changed to "women's rights activists are femi-Nazis! Add em to the list!". And while that may sound 'crazy', again, we have a literal contemporary example to the south.
Even more, you're focusing on an example fairly late in an article cautioning about authoritarian creep, but the subject of that example is fairly tertiary to the point of the article.
Well, I mean, the states is pretty close at this point to declaring things like the pride flag as hate symbols. Heck, our own Canadian government is already incredibly wishy washy on the Palestinian flag. A law that says it's illegal / jailable to wave a flag with symbols the government doesn't approve of, is dangerous -- especially when you view the current conflict not as a left vs right thing, but rather as an authoritarian vs individualism/egalitarianism thing.
Something like Carney's "national projects" bills, which allow the govt to ignore various rights claims / environmental issues -- lots of liberals justify it by giving Carney the benefit of the doubt. But that legislation isn't set to expire / be reviewed until sometime midway through the next govts term. Will those people who supported Carney still think it's so great if those powers end up in the hands of PP's Trump-style conservatives? Or have the liberals intentionally tried to set it up as a gift to the conservatives, so that the liberals can then run a "shock and dismay!" campaign for the next cycle, a game of political shenanigans that treats Canadian's rights like a game piece? Who knows.
We're seeing a very clear example of the government redefining what's "hate speech" south of the border currently. It'd be silly not to learn from the US's folly.
Legislation brought in by the current liberal government, while appealing to some liberal supporters, would likely make them scream if the powers were instead given to the conservatives. But the bigger problem in some ways is that both of those parties are aiming for increasingly authoritarian approaches.
Well, the noise he's making doesn't rule out having a fab site in each province, or a few even. Also, the work they're describing in terms of streamlining the bureaucratic side, would likely be working towards the backyard suite option etc. He explicitly mentions working towards sorting out municipal roadblocks, if I remember right? The real question mark for me is what price point propping up the industry with gov investment will bring overall -- like right now, many of the 'decent' sized prefabs I've seen start at like $200-300k. That, ontop of the really high land cost in the metropolitan areas, means its likely still outside the reach for most locals working local jobs. You'd either need to use inherited land and redevelop it, redevelop it for higher density, and/or build outside the major metropolitan areas (it'd be interesting to see if they got housing back down to reasonable levels in many of the small-medium sized towns/cities, if we'd see a migration of people... I'd be in favour of that, just not sure how it'd play out).
Like personally, I have a parent who's likely to move into a home soon, potentially selling his property in the lower mainland. If there were an "easy" option to instead redevelop that property (cause the house is ancient/not great), and drop down a few modular units for the main resident + 1 or 2 renters, I'd happily drop some money on that, prolly be able to convince my siblings to kick in too as the combo of main property + renters would eventually be some passive income to pay down any loan required to finish it off even quicker. I think that's the sort of 'shift' that Carney's approach would generally encourage, or that they want to try and encourage, as it opens up additional housing space. The question is whether they can get it to a price point that it makes sense to invest in it, especially as many people are fairly tapped in terms of financing these days it seems.
It's trickle down housing affordability... I'm sure it'll work this time!
Kidding aside though, I'm personally a bit curious to see how it works out -- I'm cautiously optimistic simply because it is, ultimately, a different sounding approach than anything I've seen in my few decades of voting. Personally, I'd love the idea of getting a customised eco-friendly sustainability oriented pre-fab home that I could plop down on some land somewhere for a reasonable price -- I'd likely trade in my vancouver condo for it if I could at this point.
Like even the idea of having the opportunity to have a say in the design of your home, would be a huge improvement to the current setup for home owners, especially those in Strata. Like older buildings are often a bit more affordable upfront, with higher maintenance costs due to the age. They're also often way behind in terms of general amenities (shared laundry is still a thing, in a $600k+ vancouver condo building!), and security/climate preparedness features (lobby cams/key fobs, earthquake resilience, fire resistance, AC, Heat pump options, solar panel options, floor drainage in bathrooms, etc). If people had an affordable way to get decent sized 'new' units with modern amenities, it'd likely go a long way to improving the overall quality of life of many Canadians.... so even if I'm skeptical Carney'll get us there, I'm still going to be cautiously optimistic as he seems to be aiming in that direction, even if his approach is a bit heavy in leaning on the private sector to fill this gap
Personally, assuming its the local language, I'm fine with the idea.
People who are multilingual don't always seem to get how it looks/feels for monolingual people -- but it's a way of excluding them from participating in whatever the conversation is. I think back to a camping trip described by an X with her friends, where in most of the group spoke english and chinese -- except my X, who only spoke english. Because one or two in the group were more fluent in Chinese, for most of the weekend the vast majority of conversation was in Chinese, which really drove home how isolating / alienating it can be to be the person left out. You're basically being pre-excluded from a conversation, just to make it easier for communication with someone else -- your basic participation is less important than the other person's ease of communication. My X had no concern about them "talkin bout her behind her back" or anything, they were all friends, but she finally understood how it comes across.
While the majority of the work force may speak another language, the "main" language in a country is to me, meant to serve as a default for business. If I were multilingual, working in a foreign non-english country, I'd expect any business I worked for to require me to use their local language. Even more, when it comes to supervisors/team leads, hearing the conversations can also help you target potential issues -- like if you overhear a team member teaching something incorrectly. So there's a potential business liability type reason to make sure that all team members, especially oversight, can understand what's getting said if it pertains to the business.
The strangest part of this article to me, is at the end where the journalist seems to imply all we need is a sign of good faith from America at this point, and it'll all blow over. Horseshit.
America going fascist is a 'rupture', because it's a clear sign that the traditional world trade order is done -- even if the dems get in next time around, the repubs will flip and burn all bridges when they get back. America is manic, and not a trustworthy trade partner. The way to repair that damaged reputation, is to go back to being sane for decades, not for a one time concession. Like even when the dems come back into power, I see no reason we ought to trust them -- and I see no reason the dems would think we would, frankly, given how dysfunctional the system has proven.
As a Canadian, I'll happily continue avoiding US products until there's been some serious changes made, and/or I've seen a long period of sanity from our southern neighbours. I honestly don't think that'll happen in my lifetime. They're out there blowing up civilian boats, boasting about committing war crimes, censoring their comedians for really modest criticism of the administration, cheering as musk goose-steps around nazi saluting, calling for the destruction of Canada both at the administration level and on fox... like why the hell would I overlook all that?
YOU TRUST WOKEPEDIA?! DATS ANTIFA PROPAGANDA! /s
buncha folks talking about savings accounts and rates, its easier to think of accounts in three categories: loans, savings, demand. The last one being where the money's available to you 'on demand' with no extra conditions -- ie. a chequing account, or a 'savings' account with a low rate... because the money's available on demand.
Higher rate savings accounts are common, I don't know why people almost always seem confused by the notion. You get a term deposit/gic or whatever, where you lock money in for X period, to get a higher rate -- and if you tap that money before the period's over, you lose the interest.
Locked in deposit rates will almost always be about 1-2% lower than regular mortgage rates that people pay, with CUs using the difference for operation costs. So like my CU has mortgage rates just shy of 5% at the moment, and term deposit rates of around 2.7-3% give or take. A rate cut was just announced in Canada, so those will likely go down a bit this week.
A lot of skepticism on this, but if the government put together a Canadian sovereign cloud, and then fixed privacy legislation so that government and regulated industries had to pay attention to "Data Sovereignty" instead of just "Data residency", it'd likely be fairly impactful.
Currently our government, medical, financial and so on is all in US cloud services -- meaning it's all subject to the US Cloud act, and not sovereign to Canada. If they put in that regulatory requirement, there'd be a ton of potential business to be had. But any attempt to put in a Canadian sovereign cloud would require that sort of legislation/regulation in order to be viable in my view.
No comment made on social media is objectively helping -- your's isn't either, ya twit. My comment's expressing an opinion/view, that basically America claiming they'll hold anyone accountable is a laugh, given that they RE-elected the guy that tried to overthrow the govt's electoral process already. Do I think my comment's going to fix that issue in America? fuck no, I'm not an idiot. Am I going to be silent and self-censor in advance because some cunt like you on the net ate piss cereal for breakfast? Again, fuck no.