streetfestival @ streetfestival @lemmy.ca

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:D I know, right? I saw it on Mastodon (link in post) and had to pass the chuckles on. I don't usually share stuff like this

The plutocrats only want a free market when it serves their immediate interests. Default on their loans? They lobby for a bailout funded by taxpayers, of course. Can't compete with another country and keep their profit margins high enough to their investors' liking, they cry for regulation like this right here. The interests of working Canadians are perpetually sacrificed for the plutocrats - grocery, telecomm, oil and gas, real estate/housing, now this

Thank you for making this comment. The issue here isn't having or not having reproductive autonomy (ie, being able to decide for oneself whether to have tubal litigation or vasectomy). The issue is having or not having one's reproductive autonomy respected by their healthcare provider during a healthcare encounter.

This is a HCP not respecting a patient's reproductive autonomy:

“(the) gynecologist told her the choice should be up to her future husband”.

I'm having a hard time keeping up with things, but the Teamsters just served CN with another strike notice: https://lemmy.ca/post/27557886

The gynecologist didn't tell her it "may be an issue for her future husband". The gynecologist "told her the choice should be up to her future husband." That sounds a lot like something you would take issue with:

I would take issue if I were told that such a decision [vasectomy] should be left to her [my future wife], and not mine to make.

However by the logic in your first comment, we could say that being told the decision should be up to your future wife is a lot more benign than a urologist denying you your autonomy (ie, only your future wife can authorize your vasectomy). Because that's a relevant comparison with which to evaluate a Canadian healthcare experience /s

^ Willful ignorance

Ugh, what a dumb, lazy comment. I've identified myself as being opposed to colonial genocide, and you think I back Trump and Putin?! That doesn't even make sense. Is that an "everyone who disagrees with me is a bot or paid foreign actor" take, or a transplant of the "it's verboten to criticize the Dems over the inaction in Gaza" take from US politics?

What a preposterous statement. Off the top of my head: Canada is currently failing to stop the export of lethal equipment to Israel, clearly supporting human rights abuses in Occupied Palestine in that case

A new government came into power in Peru through a coup and has violently repressed protesters. During this time, the Canadian government has "met with almost every different minister of the usurper government" (most likely an uptick in their communication with the Peruvian government) and they increased their military exports 2 months after the coup.

Boluarte's government has become known for its violent suppression of popular protests, with the Peruvian army and national police killing over 70 people in the past two years, the majority indigenous and peasants—​​​​​​​as reported by Amnesty International.

How does that not qualify as Canada supporting human rights abuses? Grant_M

(Edit: You two are doubling down hard on your own misunderstanding or denial)

CBC is reporting on this better than CityNews (bell) (surprise, surprise), who's headline said Metrolinx 'to acquire' homes. I don't know how "displace" isn't in the headline, but "seize" sure is better than "acquire"

Lax Canadian cruising regulations allow for luxury cruises to sail through giant loopholes in environmental protections.

Shocked Pikachu face (/s)

The lack of fiscal responsibility is on full display but do we know who's likely to benefit from this impulsive spending of a billion dollars? Are we raising property value for a corporate friend, handing the construction contract to a corporate friend, both perhaps?

100% I'd consider it. For me, "Chinese EVs are dangerous" is in the same category as "immigrants are causing affordability issues." Red herrings peddled by the North American uber-wealth class

Maybe I'm getting carried away with the phalluses but it looks like Canada might also be enjoying a James Bay-shaped buttplug. Nice.

Humorous cat

Void: That's not good catiquette, but I won't say anything

Another great episode!! I love the pics/vids, the story, the characters. I don't like that Lucy is mean to Miez 😤 :P. I was so focused on Timmy in the first video and thinking "he's so chill, even when he's hiding" that I didn't see Lucy next to him in that video till the 4th time I watched it (it is late/early for me though)

Ontario cannot afford another term of doug ford

Poilievre and Vance have plenty in common. They’re both relatively young (at least by the standards of the modern political gerontocracy).

"political gerontocracy" made me lol

Rewind button. How pleasantly nostalgic. Now there's one button to rule them all! lol