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I don’t think this will have any bearing on the election — it isn’t as if they’re going to support the Conservatives.

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Just to put that into perspective, we give the CBC more than we give Canada Post, VIA Rail, Canadian Museum for Human Rights, Canadian Museum of Nature ,Canadian Transportation Agency, Department for Women and Gender Equality, Library and Archives of Canada, National Film Board, National Museum of Science and Technology, COMBINED.

What kind of Gish Gallop-ass argument is this? Random museums, a rail operator, various crown corps?

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entertainment broadcaster

I think it’s a safe bet that most Canadians consider CBC primarily a news organization. Either way, comparing their budget to organizations that can bill customers directly, like Parks Canada or Canada Post, is incredibly dishonest.

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I agree, that is dishonest. All CBC services should be free for all Canadians, even if that requires a larger budget.

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Her bio on her firm website makes it a point to state that

Naomi Arbabi is a lawyer in good standing with the Law Society of British Columbia

which has big “My ‘I’m in good standing with the Law Society’ shirt has lots of people asking questions that are answered by my shirt” energy.

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And so it begins. If mortgage rates don’t drop within the next year or two before too many people’s renewals come up, it’s going to be a bloodbath. There are probably a lot of people with upside-down loans caused by inflated car prices too.

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How does this work exactly? The PCL is earmarked and effectively counts as bad debt?

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Thanks for the explanation! That sounds incredibly exploitable. At least A/R has to be tied to actual billings, rather than pulled out of thin air ex ante.

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The problem with this is that we’ll have to suffer through the tenure of a smarmy little rat who could do irreparable damage to our country, but you’re probably right that this is what the Liberals are planning.

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I would be overjoyed at a minority, but it isn’t looking like that’s what we’re going to get.

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But have you considered carbon tax, fuck Trudeau, immigration, woke agenda? These are the issues that matter to Canadians, apparently.

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Sorry, the best we can do is ostracize trans kids. The second half of your split shift starts in 35 minutes - don’t be late!

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Avro planes were always middling at best.

Buying P-8s makes a lot of sense - they’re already operated by many other countries and are new enough to have a long life ahead of them but have been around enough to be a proven platform.

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Pretty much. I’m not a big fan of Boeing, especially after ruining McDonnell-Douglas, but the P-8 seems like a genuinely good plane, and other operators seem happy with it. Plus I can’t imagine how much of a shitshow it would have been if we’d given this to Bombardier (C-series, anyone?)

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On the civilian side, yeah - but I thought we were talking military here.

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It’s standard procedure for many employers to suspend staff when they’re charged with a crime, no?

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They were suspended, not fired. The “wait and see” is exactly what a suspension is for.

Vehicle thieves taking up arms, police chief warns (ottawacitizen.com)

More than 1,200 vehicles have been stolen in Ottawa this year, a 16 per cent jump from the year before, with new model SUVs and light trucks the most popular targets. New model Toyota Rav4 , Honda CRV, Jeep Grand Cherokee and Ford F-Series trucks are especially popular, along with any vehicle with a push-button starter....

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Embedded systems in general are absolute shit – the laziest, most half-assed implementations one can imagine – whether it’s in cars or appliances or whatever else. I’m not sure what the solution is, short of forcing them to adhere to a set of best practices.

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Exactly. Nevermind all the corporate tax evasion, let’s focus on seniors bringing in triple-digit benefits a month!

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MNAs, not MPs.

I don’t mind paying MPs/MLAs well. For one thing, they are nowhere near the top 0.01% in terms of income (they aren’t even in the top 1%) and the position’s salary should not be a deterrent to qualified candidates. Taken in the context of overall government spending, their salaries are minuscule. I’d gladly pay them all a million dollars a year if they actually did a good job.

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Basically, yeah - not the “muh CEO is so smart they deserve $200M/yr” territory, but at least enough that no one would balk at the job because of of the pay. The Quebec MNA salary (after the raise!) is $131k, which is more than the average Canadian but not that much if looking at people who have reached the high echelons of business or industry.

Edit: for reference the 1% in Canada is $254k annually

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Then why is it not applicable to nurses, or teachers or any jobs that have the government as an employer?

Relaxe mon chum… I don’t think anyone here has said that. Nurses and teachers should be paid well too (although I think working conditions are the bigger problem in their case rather than pay)

Hate crime charge dropped against Calgary man who led, “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free,” chant (www.theprogressreport.ca)

Faisal Bhabha, an associate professor of law at Osgoode Hall Law School at York University in Toronto, said Cooley “should be seriously considering a civil action for malicious prosecution and unlawful detention by the police.”...

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Advocating for the dissolution of a country isn’t harmless to the people living there, but I agree that it shouldn’t be illegal.

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From which river to which sea do you think that saying is referring to?

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You do realize gaza is on the sea and west bank on the river yeah?

Read the Hamas charter and superimpose the four corners of their proposed borders on a map. I also never said a word about antisemitism, so you can dial back the histrionics.

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