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grey_maniac @ grey_maniac @lemmy.ca
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Canada cancelled its digital services tax. What was it and why did the U.S. hate it?

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  • Surrenders to the US, or to the demands of Canadian billionaires and corporations? We have our own oligarch and monopolist issues, they're just slightly quieter about it. At least we have fewer religious nutbars, but they do try.

    • ‘Start with ambition’: Why this housing exec thinks the time is right for factory-made homes

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  • CEOs gotta CEO. I don't necessarily trust the solution just by virtue of the source type. Anyone with some real world knowledge have an analysis of the validity of the solution?

    • Carney's spending promises will require 'significant cuts' to the public service: PBO

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  • Doesn't mean it doesn't have a right wing bias and agenda, though. I haven't read thd Star in decades, so I don't know. Just pointing out the (probably) painfully obvious (because I have a tendency to do that).

    • ICE Is Using a New Facial Recognition App to Identify People, Leaked Emails Show

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  • Try using the infrared settings if you have them. You can potentially use it to photograph them through the masks and glasses.

    • The proposed Strong Borders Act gives police new invasive search powers that may breach Charter rights

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  • Who actually wrote this bill? Was this some lobby/thinktank/special interest group that fed it through to the government? I'm getting tired of not knowing who's behind all this crap, and it keeps having a similar smell.

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  • I must be missing something here. Can we not just use the web version of the bank interface insteadvof an app? It still works for my banking, and I don't even have the app. I just have to put my browser into desktop mode.

    • Not all OHL teams are making players take mandatory sexual violence prevention program

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  • If anyone on the team hasn't completed the training successfully, the entire team can't play.

    • Fuck aboot

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  • technically, the Canadian dipthong is A as in father into U as in put, while the American one is A as in Dad into the E in the. To an American, it sounds closer to oo because of that, but oo is too rounded and tongue too raised. (I'd use the phonetic alphabet for more precision, but I don't have it installed on this phone)

    • Looking for more communities about privacy that are less psychotic than Privacy Guides

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  • Are those Lemmy communities? I'm having trouble finding them through my Lemmy client.

    • The quiet threat to Canadian unity isn’t Quebec — it’s Alberta

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  • I'm not sure I would call them quiet about it.

    • This election was supposed to be about restoring hope for young Canadians. What happened?

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  • In a survey of Canadians under 35, 100% of the ones I asked recognized the trade war affects cost of living. They also asked me, "When was this election ever about restoring hope for young Canadians? Where did you hear that?"

    • Dramatic rise in fake political content on social media as Canada prepares to vote

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  • I'm not confident the average adult will ever realize it. It's a horrible thought to me, but for the average US lower- or middle-class worker drone, how much would their actual daily life change?

    • Amid a surge of nationalism — Indigenous sovereignty must be recognized

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  • Thanks. I've picked up a copy and will read it this week.

    • [Updated] The Green Party Reveals Its Chronology Of Events In Its Communications With The Leaders’ Debates Commission

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  • Before I spend time digging into it, does anyone know who thd main sources of funding are, and the backgrounds of the decision makers, for the Leaders' Debates Commission? (I don't follow debates, so I've never paid much attention to that, but I am now working to map out funding and influence networks in our country)

    • Amid a surge of nationalism — Indigenous sovereignty must be recognized

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  • I absolutely agree. As a non first nations person, what can I do to help?

    • Carney Is Proving To Be An Economic Juggernaut

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  • Perhaps a market approach to housing is the core of the problem. I don't know, and I'm just tossing out an idea triggered by the repeated explicit assumption you're making ("inside a market system"). I am tossing out the idea in the spirit of cooperative "yes, and..." discussion, I am not challenging your point, and I am not interested in debate, but rather, conceptual exploration to see what ideas might emerge. (If you know De Bono's work, what I am saying is, "po housing is not based on a market system").

    • Opinion: In the U.S., defying the courts is a constitutional crisis. In Canada, it’s a simple matter of paperwork

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  • I honestly think that's the most productive place to focus influence. I geew up in Saskatchewan, where the lieutenant governor reserved assent 70 times, sometimes explicitly stating the legislation was not in the best interests of the people. It's at least a viable line of defence against populism and corporate interests.

    • Opinion: In the U.S., defying the courts is a constitutional crisis. In Canada, it’s a simple matter of paperwork

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  • Good thing we still have the Governor General, then, who can block the use of the notwithstanding clause by withholding royal assent.

    • Canada’s aging population: The unspoken ballot box issue

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  • Step one: stop Poilievre getting into power; Step two: actually solve the problem. Failure at step one makes step two moot.

    • Canada’s aging population: The unspoken ballot box issue

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  • "vouchers could be made available to help Canadians pay for costs such as long-term care or home care services"

    This was how the conservative provincial government tried to sneak in privatization of long term care and home and community care in my province. (Source: I was one of the consultants brought in to assess the viability of the plan, and my contract was abruptly cancelled after I explicitly pointed out this was what they were doing)

    Fortunately, COVID derailed the program, and a new government came in before it could be restarted. But, as a result, I am extra cautious and thorough anytime analysts mention voucher programs.