n2burns @ n2burns @lemmy.ca

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As much as I'd like to be able to swap batteries, that's irrelevant to this issue. Even when the battery is replaced the issue persists because it's a software issue.

TBH, that sounds even worse, and I am saying this as a fan of big government.

I assumed we were talking about US

Well, the article's about Greenland, but I guess Ameri-centrism is par for the course.

I’m pretty sure Canada has it’s own systemic problems.

Sure, but I don't think our donation rules are big systematic problems. Our rules don't allow donations from foreign sources or companies, and include pretty reasonable limits for individuals (plus 75% of political donations are refunded next tax year). We have definitely had donation scandals, but they've almost exclusively been because people are breaking the rules.

I think this is partially because the question is very vague. I generally support PR and wouldn't be surprised if a majority of Canadians do too, but I think if you compare the current system to just "proportional representation", it allows respondents to imagine their ideal system that fits within PR.

I remember answering this survey, and thinking the results would be drastically less favorable if you describes a specific system, like for example, MMP. Similarly if you added more details, like would their be less local representatives, or would parliament have to expand significantly?

A non-serious campaign could use those funds to enrich themselves/others even with approved activities. They could pay for staff, buy signs, etc. and all those people & businesses would make money doing legitimate work for a campaign whose only purpose was to employ those people/businesses.

Depends on which current system you mean. I'm Canadian, and while it's not perfect, it's a pretty good system.

The contract was for 100 million

For 15,000 connections. That's not bad per capita (especially when you consider these are remote places).

Just give out a series of domestic research grants and build it here.

They also do that where appropriate: https://www.ontario.ca/page/ontario-connects-making-high-speed-internet-accessible-in-every-community

It's a trade off of costs vs made local. You do have to be careful that a company isn't just a reseller of foreign technology, or is just set up to absorb government grants.

There may be additional subsidies required to build the satellite network but who fucking cares - it’s an investment.

SpaceX has estimated it's constellation is costing tens of billions of dollar. That's from the company that already has the rockets and employs rocket scientists.

That sounds like a system that would be rife for abuse.

As much as I don't like Musk, Starlink is a good solution to provide internet in remote areas. As long as they followed the terms of the contract, I thought it was a good value for money for the province.

That's already the law in Canada:

Only individuals who are Canadian citizens or permanent residents can make contributions to registered parties, electoral district associations, candidates, leadership contestants and nomination contestants.

I'm pretty the government already has a mailing list. The email address is used "to confirm your signature" and, if you opt-in, provide updates.

Someone has already made an issue (Repo is missing a license) so hopefully that'll be resolved soon.

That makes perfect sense. Thanks for explaining it so well!

He’s pragmatic

Really? To me, most everything he says comes off as completely impractical. I appreciate that he came up with enshittification, and some of his thoughts are great, but most of it is pie-in-the-sky thinking that could only work in some hypothetical utopia,

Wow, you weren't lying about them "running a very old Lemmy version." For anyone else curious, on github, the newest version is 0.19.8, released 2024-12-13. lemmy.world is on 0.19.3 released 2024-01-22.

The organization seems fairly reputable but I can’t 100% confirm anything.

I never said they weren't reputable, they even allow signers to opt-out of being contacted. I will stand by my statement that organizations, both in political and social justice spaces, mainly use these petitions to attract new donors and volunteers.

But I don’t think petitions have to go through Canadian government website for it to be successful Its just the a more typical approach.

I guess it really depends on was you think qualifies as a "successful petition." IMHO, at best, it could lead to more people being engaged with Queer Momentum. Maybe there's a chance of media attention? I'm not sure what else can be achieved.

FYI, in 2023, an official petition on a similar topic got over 16K signatures.

And I'm sure Drumpf would be 100% okay with that plan, and wouldn't retaliate against Apple. /s

Petitions to the Canadian Government should be on https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Home/Index

Otherwise, this is just am organization collecting contact info.

EDIT fixed a typo.

I'd argue this is an issue with messaging. The government did such a bad job explaining to people what the tax was and how it works. For example, I talked with sooo many people who swore they weren't getting their Carbon Tax Rebates but just didn't realise that's what the CAI payments were.

I downvoted your comment because I think it is mostly factual incorrect. However, I don’t want to be too hard on you as it's also a good example of how the messaging around this policy was a complete failure.

For example, renters are unable to stop using gas heating.

I would guess a large percentage, maybe even the majority of rentals have electrical heat/heat included. And while individual renters can’t choose to switch their heating source at their current homes, making natural gas more expensive has a market effect, makes rentals with alternative heating sources more desirable.

Most people cannot afford electric cars, or if they can, the infrastructure to actually charge it (house / garage).

It’s not an all or nothing, the carbon tax encourages people to drive less. Whether they choose not to travel or go by walking, biking, carpool, public transit, consumers do have choices.

Also, although it’s obvious how much carbon tax I’m paying on my own gas bills, it’s not clear to me how much food prices have gone up as a result of carbon tax on the transportation of that food.

I agree, this definitely isn’t clear, and this is another failing in messaging. At very least, projections of these numbers should have been available right from the start. Instead, hearsay was allowed to thrive with many people believing inflation was due to the Carbon Tax. Recent studies have shown the effect on prices are almost insignificant.