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I understand why you felt violated and I'm sorry that happened to you. I think it's odd you seem to attribute none of the violation to campus security. You describe them as passively compelled to follow up on a complaint about a student's (I'm presuming reasonable) on-campus behaviour by going into the student newspaper office they worked in and reading their work. But they chose to do that. They could have handled things differently, such as talk to you versus snoop like they did or dismiss you as a non-threat

You know what I'd love even more than litigating this issue? Figuring out how we can prevent this from happening in the future. How can we ensure that, going forward, legitimate and transparent competitions for government projects are always held, COI are always disclosed, and failures to deliver on projects or efforts to circumvent legitimate processes are always promptly dealt with using commensurate penalties? It sure would help the federal Liberals' chances of re-election if they could shore up more public trust along these lines

A lot of drum-banging about what we know or many think is wrong, but only a hint at the answer: we need political reform so we're more along the lines of a European democracy (and represent the interests of everyday Canadians), and proportional representation is the key there. But none of the wealthy elite in this country-- the politicians, the globe and mail and many of their readers, O&G, the grocery, bank, and telecomm oligopolies-- want that, and the article doesn't mention it. The current system is profitable for them.

The excesses of superficial progressivism have been laid bare. Cultural virtue-signalling at the expense of substantive economic progress has corroded the values of progressive politics.

I know it's an "opinion" but the article feels like a 'shape up or get shipped out' message to Trudeau from the G&M that is pretty light on leadership and vision itself

For me, the being a mother of three and that being mentioned just has descriptive value. It doesn't affect my judgement of her. It just helps me place who did this in the context of society and this anecdote, for whatever that matters - haters/bigots come in all shapes and sizes of course

Yes. I'm open to a well-informed person telling me I'm wrong and why, but until then: Proportional representation is by and far the greatest thing we can do to increase the quality of our democracy and make our government work for the people and not be highly susceptible to political parties and lobbyists gaming the system to their benefit

I agree it's illogical but I wouldn't be surprised if people thought it. Right-wing arguments appeal to people in large part because of their simplicity, saving people from having to reckon with complex issues. And what if the only checking in to their political system people do is from a biased platform like twitter, because they don't want to take time to read an article and think critically, etc. I say this after having a talk with a family member recently that was disheartening because of some of their views and from my feeling like trying to discuss things with them was pretty fruitless given what their news diet is

Everyone's smashing the like button because they're digging the vibes but Canadians don't have foldable paper bills or dollar bills :)

How do you pronounce the company name? Is it "bid" or B-Y-D?

@droopy4096 In addition to this, it's well-reported now that several American automakers share vehicle acceleration data with insurance companies, so drivers are being monitored without their awareness and could face a hike in insurance fees if they're detected as being a little too reckless in the passive acceleration data monitoring. I haven't heard of any non-American automakers doing this. And while the consequences of the "Chinese government shutting down all EVs in NA via some electronic backdoor" are greater than this, one is speculation about the future and the other's current fact

I think this is more heinous actually. To be sure, the public loses and unfairness reigns when a government assigns a contract to complete a project to a company they're associated with (e.g., owned by a friend of the political leader/minister) without a proper competition. But this - consultancy on major policy projects - undermines things to a much higher degree in my eyes. I think 'democracy' is on life support, and this is yet another example of it. Quality piece from the Walrus, except the line that suggesting that Trudeau's "vowing" to end something unpopular after the public learns about it has any meaning whatsoever. I'll believe it when I see it, because of course we still haven't seen the proportional representation he promised.

Something that's really alarming is that while public-facing politics has become far more about marketing than policy, this article shows that politics 'happens' without the public but with - or perhaps by - these unscrupulous corporate-minded consultancy firms.

Unless the LPC can show that they actually have working Canadians' interests in minds - which this story and the idea of Mark Carney leading the party are very far removed from - they're going to lose a LOT of seats to the Conservatives come next election. I don't have many positive feelings about the Liberals because shit like this is so on-brand for them, but they sure are less destructive than the Conservatives. Here's hoping the LPC gets their heads out of their asses some time soon

Thanks for the empathy and suggestion :)

Thanks for your suggestion! This is what I implemented, and with Protonmail it was pretty easy to set up. It would be a nice thing for them to implement on the Mastodon.social side of things

This isn't news. It might be an idea that CTV ownership would like to broadcast in the public space.

The Liberals have been handed a highly relevant and relatable example of how to comeback from being down big in an election from south of the border - I'm speaking of Kamala Harris, of course.

No one with half a brain would think that Canadians unimpressed with Trudeau would support Mark Carney and vote Liberal if he's on the ticket lol. But, see my first paragraph for why print this schlock in the first place

Proportional representation would go a long way!

Policing is about protecting wealth and social hierarchy, not public safety or public interests. But no one who wants to invest more in policing will say this out loud, because they wouldn't get votes. So, complete falsehoods about investing more in policing to reduce crime are presented instead, as you and the article point out

A really cool map of current wildfires in Canada and US: https://firesmoke.ca/forecasts/current/
(small) Thread: https://lemmy.ca/post/25504313

Another map source for wildfires in Canada: https://cwfis.cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/interactive-map

I love that cleaning pose with the rear leg straight up

I definitely agree that government should be for the people; I wish I felt like it was. With first past the poll (versus proportional representation), the absurd legal protections of corporations, social media, targeted marketing, corporate control of the news, and lobbying - our democracy is on life support. It's a travesty