GreyEyedGhost @ GreyEyedGhost @lemmy.ca

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You're the guy who is saying Americans wouldn't get work permits, yet a substantial number do every year. And while guards may not do that much, there are a lot of ancillary types who likely would. HR, facilities management, construction, security systems, and others I'm sure can and have opted to work in Canada at one time or other for a variety of reasons.

So there, now you both can be wrong, too.

In a David Attenborough voice...

Some scavengers grow fat from their endeavors due to their skill in locating the best morsels, leaving them beyond challenge in their territory.

From a high level, "There is a process by which undesirable people can be denied entry" covers both "A visa is required to enter the country" and "A passport and not being on a watchlist is required to enter the country." So yes, you're correct, no tourism visa is (currently) needed for Americans to enter Canada. Also, yes, the other guy is correct that mechanisms can relatively easily be put in place to stop undesirable Americans of a variety of types from entering the country.

You're right in the details, but I do have to question for how long.

The Index is pretty old and expensive. I'd love to have it, but there are also third-party headsets that are Index-compatible that are quite impressive.

I like both of these ideas.

I'm reminded of a radio interview with, I believe, an RBC rep a couple decades ago. They were asked about their various fees and why they kept them as they were so unpopular with their customers. The response was along the lines of, "Well, it's only a small part of our revenue." I was sort of thinking, "What, so you can't think of a reason, either?!"

Yeah, I'm curious what changed. Did he get a payout to sell out his province and country? Was he blackmailed? Or was he just bluffing and America called him on it?

I've had white collar jobs where champagne breakfast was a thing, and blue collar jobs with heavy equipment where driving with any degree of intoxication had serious consequences but, surprisingly enough, not necessarily dismissal.

Also, decades ago, I worked with skilled laborers who would have a beer over lunch, and with concrete finishers who would drink a case of beer between 2 or 3 people while working. I feel like concrete finishers used to work for a flat dollar rate plus beer. If there was enough beer, they would stay all night long.

I'm not sure if it's plausible deniability or the desire to attack his opponents with insinuation that he wouldn't be able to use if he had security clearance, and it doesn't matter to me. Both are putting party over country, and we've seen where that leads.

This could be easily solved without stopping doctors from having mobility to the majority of Canada. Moreover, some regions have people who speak English or French poorly, if at all. The concerns you raise will almost always apply to them, so how many languages are you going to require doctors learn before they can practice? Or do you insist that all doctors just be bilingual? Is just French okay?

You could easily craft a federal law that requires any doctor to be licensed in a given region be fluent in the primary language of that region. Yes, that would limit doctors going in or out of Quebec (and other regions to a lesser degree). But how does stopping someone from being able to practice in both BC and Ontario without needless hurdles help or harm Quebec?

There are good indications that the stock is overvalued by as much as 10 times, even after the recent drops in stock prices. A lot of that appears to be propped up by his hype. If the stock just normalizes to values typical of other car companies, it will be a major blow to anyone that owns the stock.

Pretty sure he can't, since he isn't a normal person, just like he and the rest of the board have to announce any shares they buy or sell.

Is this supposed to be a serious question? If Putin genuinely wanted to help them and not himself, they wouldn't have to offer anything other than their loyalty and he could have given them a place in his vast country. But there is little evidence he cares about the welfare of his subjects and that wouldn't have given him an excuse to attack his neighbor.

Some youtuber was saying as much. A lot of his wealth is tied up in Tesla and a lot of Tesla's valuation is tied up in Musk. But Starlink is making far more than Tesla, he owns a larger portion of it than Tesla, and he's selling Tesla shares. If he makes the right moves he can entirely walk away from Tesla and leave the shareholders holding the bag.

I don't, but it does seem a better option than war.

What I heard was, "The people who don't want to be under Russian influence or live under wartime conditions are moving to the regions that aren't engaged in military occupation."

And there are ways for them to get that. For instance, about 200,000 Afghans resided or immigrated to America between 2000 and 2021. What was stopping those in Crimea from doing the same? And we haven't even addressed if that "many" is actually a majority.

...because the aggressor has the outdated equipment?

To add to this, the water is slightly acidic, so this could be due to leaching.

I'm still waiting for my DM... :(