n2burns @ n2burns @lemmy.ca

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So, by percentage that's:

    
2021,6.9%
2022,6.9%
2023,6.9%
2024,7.0%


  

I'm not sure those raises are justified, but we did just go through a period of high inflation, and even a business like Verisign has employees and other expenses that got more expensive. I'll be interested to see where this story goes.

I wonder if this is mostly a hangover from COVID. My parents are teachers, and they say after the 2 month summer break the kids backslide and most classes aren't back to normal until almost Christmas. This survey is from 2022 when schools still weren't even completely back to pre-COVID routines.

Kids emulate adults…

I would generalize that more to, "People operate and react to the system they're in." For kids, a huge part of that is their parents, but there are other factors involved like social media, and the wider society.

So many people want the simple answer, so they say it's "personal responsibility" and nothing else. We need to create/adjust our systems to generate the outcomes we want. As you point out, socioeconomics play a huge part so we not only need to relieve those burdens, but also provide specific supports in schools and the wider communities.

Example #1 is how he's cozied up to crypto and talked about deregulating it.

Ah, that makes sense. Thanks for explaining, I guess I jumped to conclusions. I'm just so used to people assuming that changing things is quick and easy when there's actually a lot of legal wrangling.

I completely agree with you. Similar to how witnesses in court doesn't have to swear in on a bible, there should definitely be alternatives!

There's a difference between him, Charles Mountbatten-Windsor, and the Crown, King Charles III and all his heirs. As Head of State, King Charles is pretty core to the Government of Canada, so I think it would take a lot to make another option. Pretty much every oath for the Government of Canada (and Dawson City draws its powers from the Yukon Territory, which in turn gets its powers from the Government of Canada) involves the King, such as the Oath of Citizenship.

Just to clarify, I'm using the term Monarchist in the Canadian context, as opposed to someone who wants to remove the Royal Family as Head of State, often called a Republican (though I know some Canadians don't like that given it's other meaning . . . nearby). I don't a Monarchy is a good idea, I just like the Westminster System of Government. I just think that part of our current system works pretty well, and I don't think the other options are all that appealing (a different Head of State, either elected or appointed, or one person who is both head of State and Head of Government).

However, I also acknowledge that I am biased. I'm a white person whose who lineage is all from the UK, some of it only a couple generations back. I grew up listening to the Queen's Christmas broadcast and hearing stories about the adventures of my ancestors who served throughout the empire. I don't have any of the trauma mentioned in this story.

"Paris of the [blank]" was a pretty standard phrase used to attract settlers.

"Paris of the Prairies" was commonly used to describe Winnipeg, but also Saskatoon as noted in the Tragically Hip song Wheat Kings.

I will disclose I am a Monarchist, but assuming your question is genuine and not rhetorical, I'll try to answer it.

Quebec has the right idea.

Quebec as a Province, has the right to make that decision. The Provinces formed Canada in Confederation. Territories don't have that independence.

Why the hell do elected politicians in a democracy have to swear loyalty to a foreign hereditary monarch?

Charles is the King of Canada too, so he's a domestic monarchy.

This “head of state” excuse sounds like a relic of the past to appease British sentiments.

Our whole government is set up with our head of state at it's core. While I acknowledge the pain and trauma many associate the Charles and his family, the Crown is legally how the Government of Canada is represented in many ways. Even if everyone involved supported moving to change that entity, the legal hoops would be extensive.

Biased. Blech.

AKA the Fraser Institute.

Similarly, New Brunswick elected a Liberal majority which plans to roll back most of the previous government's transgender policies.

Yeah, but it was also written at a time when the most advanced armaments available were bolt-action rifles.

Actually, according to Wikipedia, "The first bolt-action rifle was produced in 1824" so that's decades after the second amendment was ratified.

He’s not wrong, exactly. The second amendment doesn’t say “keep and bear some kinds of arms”, it just says “keep and bear arms”.

It's kind of vague though. If a kid asks, "Can I have ice cream," and their parents say, "Yes, you can have ice cream," it doesn't mean the kid can have whatever ice cream them want and in whatever quantities they want.

As a non-American, I always find it funny how some people revere the framers as having future vision and somehow infallible.

Sure, but that has almost no impact on Fed policies.

I'm not sure why you're responding to my comment. What you said seems to be completely unrelated to what I said.

As I've pointed out elsewhere, that's not inflation. That's a lack of purchasing power, not inflation which is a loss of purchasing power. We lost that purchasing power over 2022 and 2023, but the difference in price between November of 2023 and now is relatively small.

Which is a made up target with a wide margin. Many economists think a stable inflation rate might be 3% or higher! So 2.4% might already be on target.

That definition is literally describing a change, as rate of change.

Inflation is a loss of purchasing power

Over the past year, we haven't experienced a loss of purchasing power. We have a lack of purchasing power, but we lost it over the 2-3 years prior to the last year.

a rise in prices for goods and services over time

This is pretty much the mathematical definition of a rate of change. Like how speed is the rate of change in position over time. After a day of traveling, your position (prices for goods) may be way different than your starting point, but if you're not currently moving, your speed (inflation) is NIL.

Inflation rate and inflation are the same. You're confusing inflation with affordability.

The inflation is still high

Where are you getting that from? That's not what the numbers say.