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This is not news to be calm about. A bipartisan intelligence committee has released a report that details exact and specific instances of MPs working wittingly to assist foreign state actors in meddling with the Canadian government. Freeland did not commit to expelling MPs who acted in this manner. This is a crisis.

"If there's any evidence that somebody knowingly worked with a foreign government to influence our democracy, they should no longer be a member of Parliament," Singh said.

Why is this impossible for the Liberals to say?

This is insanity. Any MP who is proven to have aided a foreign actor in interference operations needs to be removed from Parliament immediately, and prosecuted.

The amount of money Ontario already makes on liquor is insane. The provincial markup on wholesale product is 140%.

This is an encouraging step, and it's nice to see the heat being turned up on the grocery monopoly.

I think we need cost controls and compulsory transparency about pricing. What stick exactly are the grocery companies wielding to prevent measures like that from being rolled out? A federal government with vision and principles would have had a plan and gotten this done yesterday. Instead, we're waiting for the assent of megacorps to a non-binding code of conduct, which everybody knows is total vaporware.

I can see why people are disaffected by all the hand waving about 'competition'. Increased competition is probably part of the solution to the problem here. But it's not a valid starting point. It's a result of wise policy and good implementation.

In September, the Canadian prime minister told lawmakers that “agents of the government of India” had been linked to Mr. Nijjar’s killing on Canadian soil

The New York Times - "What We Know About the Killing of a Sikh Separatist in Canada"

Do you have a good reason to doubt the mainstream view on this? The fact that the killers were young isn't a good reason.

Fair - all I'm saying is, given what we know, it's not a situation of India's involvement being equally likely and unlikely. It's likely, and there are good reasons to believe it to be the case, and no good reasons to doubt it. So I think making a point of saying that it's unproven is nitpicking and doesn't accurately reflect the facts of the matter.

The claim that 'the people who killed Nijjar were too young to be state actors' is fallacious to begin with. It's even more tenuous in light of everything else that's known about the murder.

It goes without saying that there's no reason to give any weight to India's denial of involvement. That's all that really needs to be said about that.

Canada expelled an Indian diplomat. There's no reason to do that if India wasn't involved. There's no reason for India not to cooperate with investigations if they're not involved. We know that Five Eyes intelligence exists that makes a connection between the assassination and the Indian government. The intelligence itself hasn't been disclosed (and never will be - sources & methods, etc). So, waiting for that kind of disclosure before forming an opinion on this is folly at best.

The current Canadian government is horribly weak on matters of foreign interference, so if they've been mealymouthed regarding this assassination, I don't think that casts doubt on India's involvement. If anything, it's a suggestion of the opposite.

Given the degraded state of Canada's current foreign policy, it's expected that they would tiptoe around confirming a direct link between India and the assassination, and may choose to never confirm it. That doesn't mean we should infer that a link doesn't exist.

With all that in mind, I don't see any reason to conclude that India wasn't involved.

alleged

Dude. For real?

Didn't look too big this evening, but was very close to the highway. Stay safe everyone.

Their menu increasing contradicts the core principles of taste.

It would be interesting if there was a federal party with big ideas and detailed policy proposals worth actually getting behind.

Lol. Out of curiosity, are you hearing this from management, or from staff on the floor?

If prices are so high that a store inspires a unified national boycott, jobs loss (if it happens) can actually be blamed directly on the prices!

Not going to steal, but definitely will boycott for the month of May.

As a millennial with a not-amazing but decent paying job, the notion of retirement at all is laughable. What incentive do people like me have to save, when inflation and cost of living are on the trajectory that they're currently on? Putting money away at this point just means less money for groceries, rent, and enjoyable things. And in 5 years, that saved money will be worth less than it is today.

AB government advocacy for local craft producers: Drake no

AB government advocacy for gambling and cannabis: Drake yes

The liquor regulation system in Alberta is prohibitionary already. What changes would you want to see?

Median wage of $45k per year is wild. Tough to live comfortably on that in most cities in this country.

Talking points printed for comrades at the Russian troll farm

FYI just about any liquor product manufactured in North America has spent substantial time in an HDPE tote.

OP, are you saying there are homes in Quebec that a person making $30k a year can buy? If so, tabarnak, I need to learn French.