I would like like to see PP’s bullshit called out on a regular basis. He railed against the proposed capital gains tax, but it doesn’t appear that anyone pointed out the huge conflict of interest he has – his personal wealth has (apparently) been built on real estate investing / exploitation.
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said Tuesday his party will oppose the government’s proposed capital gains inclusion rate increase — a tax hike that is projected to pull in roughly $19 billion in new revenue....
I saw a convoy of about 30 cars on the highway back in October. I looked it up and found nothing. Then I see a Reddit post in /r/vexillollogy with the same flag and no useful answers....
Beyond his job as a freelance process server in Toronto, thirty-five-year-old Josh Chernofsky didn’t have much going on in the spring of 2019. But over time, he’d developed a rapport with one of the security guards at the University Avenue courthouses. They’d chat about this and that, often about security work; Chernofsky...
I always heard it as “In a cult, a single, charismatic, mentally ill leader tells lies to people, and knows it’s all a scam. In a religion, that person is dead.”
A new report commissioned by an industry lobby group on the federal government’s proposed emissions cap stirred up strong reactions from both oil and gas supporters and environmental groups on Monday....
I’m adding #AxeTheTax to all the natural disaster posts I can find. :)
Only when people start to associate increasingly destructive ‘natural’ disasters with emissions, will they understand that carbon taxes are a big part of the solution.
Many started because forest fires can survive winter by burning slowly underground through root systems. Combined with the lack of snowpack this year, the melting snow didn’t extinguish them – leading to a record number of fires earlier than ever recorded before.
Yup, bought a townhouse, and paid a premium because the finishes were very nice, and everything looked good, even passed a pre-purchase inspection by someone with a lot of industry experience.
The tub leaked three times and ruined the ceiling in the dining room each time. The shower wasn’t properly waterproofed, so that was a $35k rip-repair-replace. None of the furnaces had proper condensation drains, so my upstairs neighbour’s A/C unit dripped condensation into my hallway for 4 days while we were on vacation, ruining the walls, causing mould. Our unit’s A/C was mismatched - the outside unit didn’t match the inside unit, and for 4 years we were constantly repairing it, until I spent $12k to replace it. There was a bunch of other small shit, but if I ever lay eyes on the builder, I’ll punch him in the face.
As Pierre Poilievre presents himself as both a prime minister in waiting and a champion of “the working-class people,” he’s headlined roughly 50 fundraisers at private venues since becoming Conservative leader in 2022 — some of them in Canada’s wealthiest neighbourhoods and most exclusive clubs....
Downtown Toronto’s been red/orange for most if not all of my life… So no surprise he wouldn’t spend any time there. People with a functioning common sense would heckle him and show what a power hungry idiot he is.
The real problem is that all alerts are sent at the highest priority ‘presidential alert’ or ‘disaster warning’. Missing persons / Amber alerts should obey volume settings and do-no-disturb, but we don’t appear to have the technology to do that.
There was an incident in Ontario where an elderly grandparent was missing for 12 hours – so they sent the alert to a 1200km radius… at 2am. Then again a few minutes later. Then again 30 minutes later. Then again at 3am, then again at 4am. The OPP woke up several million people, several times, for an entire night. The result? A police officer saw them on Lakeshore Blvd. in Toronto, less than 60km from their home. There was zero benefit to waking up every household with a cell phone across most of the province – and I’m willing to bet there was a HUGE increase in traffic accidents the next day (because losing just ONE hour of sleep to daylight savings time has this effect).
You’re right to be mad, but you’re fixing it the wrong way.
Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) discharged toxic sewage at the Chalk River site along the Ottawa River during peak fish spawning season earlier this year, CBC Indigenous has learned....
I’m not a gamer, but I remember their drivers for even their high-end cards were a fucking nightmare on Linux.
It’s not that hard to give the open source community what they need in order to build their own drivers, or enough source for them to get things working properly. This was one of their dumbest moves among many dumb moves.
The report said 59 per cent of retirees report helping their non-student adult children with both day-to-day expenses and big-ticket items like home purchases.
Heh. After Dad died, my Mom shacked up with a guy we met while Dad was in the hospital. He went to the same high school as me, the same year I did. He’s lazy, broke, bipolar and unmedicated by choice - and a rabid far-right conspiracy theorist… So technically, she’s supporting an adult child.
And let’s not forget their famous ignorance of world geography, and their inability to find the USA on an unlabelled map. “Who wants to do a road trip to Europe?” “Which country is Africa again?”
Yeah, the only people I know who have permanently left Canada had some tax-related issues they didn’t want to deal with, so moved to Central America. The only other Canadians I know who moved to Europe were people who came from Europe, had their kids here, then went back.
I actually talked to my GF about fucking off from Canada in the next 5 years… Not because we can’t afford it, but because I’m close to retirement, and I’m sick of working for a living.
If you think about it the other way around, it’s pretty fucking scary though. Loblaws is extracting the equivalent of $47 in raw profits from every man, woman, and child in the entire country.
I don’t know what Loblaw’s market share is. Let’s say it’s 30%. That makes it MUCH worse… Neatly $150 for every man woman and child that shops at Loblaws, JUST THIS YEAR.
FYI, almost every single item you find in a retail store is marked up 50% or more, with the only exceptions being commodities like gas and diesel, or electronics, where the manufacturers make the majority of the profits.
meeting NATO commitments for 30 years would have no discernible effect compared to that
I think that if all NATO members had met or exceeded their obligations, there would have been an obscene amount of weapons to supply Ukraine with, within weeks of the start of Russia’s invasion, and it likely would have been over immediately. As it stands right now, nobody has a meaningful stockpile. Of that stockpile, there’s no capacity to replace it. In terms of building new capacity, it would take years – because the process and equipment are so specialized that it can’t be hammered together in a weekend, a month, or probably even a year.
REMEMBER BREXIT? That time a Conservative Party directed widespread voter frustration at a single easy scapegoat, smothered the public with misinformation, and were rewarded with their biggest electoral victory in decades? Something similar is happening today in Canada....
There’s a metric fuckload of money to be made before the shit really hits the fan. What these shitheads don’t realize is that money won’t save them once you can’t breathe the air, drink the water, or grow the food.
Time to put voiceovers of Pierre chanting ‘axe the tax’ on video of homes burning to the ground, orange air, and terrified people driving down a road with forest fires raging on both sides.
Duh. I’m very much in the top 5% of annual wage earners in the country, and there’s no way I could afford a decent cottage (i.e., where I can’t see or hear my neighbours).
When I was a kid, we had a cottage in the forest. My uncle owned about a 1km stretch of river-front property that he got for nearly nothing. The idea was to go there to get away from everyone in the city and just be a family. If you wanted to be social, you went into town or the local park.
Quebec has a carbon tax, and because they do, they are exempt from the federal carbon tax program. Ontario used to be exempt, since they had a cap-and-trade system that was compatible with Quebec’s – but Dug the Thug cancelled it.
A recent survey shows not all Canadians are ready to make the switch to an electric vehicle as they have concerns about charging stations, cold weather and battery life.
Yup, bought my electric car because I used to drive 20-30k kms a year. And for a while, it was dirt cheap to drive. Then the pandemic. Now in 4 years, I’ve put less than 15k/year on it.
Yes, cell towers should all be nationalized, then anyone can compete on service and price, not on coverage. Instantly everyone gets better coverage in more places, with more bandwidth because they can get service from any tower. Instantly, prices hit rock bottom because there’s no barrier to entry.
Abacus Data’s latest polling has the federal Conservatives out to their biggest lead in over a decade. Unless there is a drastic change over the summer, Canadians ought to prepare for a Conservative majority at some point in the next year or so....
Considering forest fires started in March this year, from hot-spots left over from last year’s record-shattering forest fires…
“Unless there is a drastic change over the summer” is going to be videos of PP saying ‘axe the tax’ overlaid with videos of people escaping the flames and their homes burned to the ground.
My idiot mother and her unmedicated bipolar boyfriend were two of them… Because they were searching for “maximum freedom” and “a government that will protect our rights”.
Wow, this sounds just like a Conservative rant about how dirty and evil and bad cities are, written to be consumed by folks from the burbs who haven’t been downtown for 25+ years.
What? NatPo is owned by an American hedge fund? Quelle surprise.
Yeah, how quickly people forgot that the fatter, stupider Ford brother cancelled transit city with a one page memo on city letterhead – costing the city nearly $100 MILLION in wasted work and cancellation fees.
It’s a fine line. My mother believes Q-adjacent anti-vax bullshit that her manic bipolar boyfriend spoonfeeds her. She’s otherwise a competent, independent adult. She knows who the Prime Minister is (and that he’s satan incarnate) and pays her bills on time. She believes insane bullshit, but she’s not dangerous to herself or others.
She’s not forcing anyone to send her money, she’s saying crazy things that somehow resonate with people who are to some degree mentally ill but not dangerous, like my mother. People do stupid shit all the time, and if we criminalized that, we’d have to turn all of Alberta into a prison.
As for the threats, she’s not a genuine threat, and arresting / locking her up would turn her into a martyr to her followers, which could cause bigger issues. The people who tried to arrest police in Peterborough got what was coming to them, and they were made an example of. Cult leaders don’t want their followers getting locked up where they can snap out of it.
And before anyone says heat pumps don’t work in cold climates… They do. Modern heat pumps work perfectly well down to below -20c – they’re slightly less efficient…
My experience in replacing my electric central furnace and HVAC unit… … has cut my annual electricity costs by nearly 55%. … works fine in both summer and winter, the house has never been more comfortable. … was substantially more expensive than the old style, but because my power costs are low, I may not fully recover the cost. … only requires I rinse the outside unit off with water two or three times a year, and replace the furnace filters. … has a heater unit in case we get way, way down to beyond -30c, but that seems profoundly unlikely anymore.
Chris Barber, a main organizer of the "Freedom Convoy" is suing the federal government for using the Emergencies Act to freeze his bank accounts, arguing it breached his Charter rights to protest COVID-19 mandates.
Yes… Let’s re-open this bucket of bullshit. When they left for Ottawa, they had a written declaration and were planning on overthrowing the democratically elected government with some ridiculously ignorant idea for dissolving parliament and placing themselves in control.
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is pledging that a future government would cut what he calls 'wasteful foreign aid' and would not allow funding to go to 'dictators, terrorists and multi-national bureaucracies.'
I’m no fan of Trudeau’s since he shitcanned electoral reform after bathing in the applause of citizens from across the country for months after saying that election would be the last one under FPTP.
Having said that… PP could show us how smart he is by whipping out his big balls and telling us EXACTLY what he’d do to change things, complete with a costed budget. But he hasn’t. And he won’t. Because he’s full of shit.
How do I know he’s full of shit? Because Thug Ford ran the same sort of campaign (Buck a beer folks!!) and just look at how he’s fucking with the entire province - specifically health care and education, to the benefit of his friends in private industry.
Trudeau says he considered stepping down during marriage difficulties (www.cbc.ca)
Poilievre says Tories will vote against capital gains tax hike, calls it a 'job killer' (www.cbc.ca)
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said Tuesday his party will oppose the government’s proposed capital gains inclusion rate increase — a tax hike that is projected to pull in roughly $19 billion in new revenue....
Does anyone know what this flag means? (lemmy.ca)
I saw a convoy of about 30 cars on the highway back in October. I looked it up and found nothing. Then I see a Reddit post in /r/vexillollogy with the same flag and no useful answers....
“It’s Like a Cult”: Breaking Free from the Far Right | The Walrus (thewalrus.ca)
Beyond his job as a freelance process server in Toronto, thirty-five-year-old Josh Chernofsky didn’t have much going on in the spring of 2019. But over time, he’d developed a rapport with one of the security guards at the University Avenue courthouses. They’d chat about this and that, often about security work; Chernofsky...
Oil and gas lobby group says emissions cap could cost sector $75B in lost investment (www.cbc.ca)
A new report commissioned by an industry lobby group on the federal government’s proposed emissions cap stirred up strong reactions from both oil and gas supporters and environmental groups on Monday....
Canada's 2024 wildfire season expected to be even worse than last year's (archive.ph)
I don’t have a better source than NatPo. If anyone’s aware of a better one, post it.
Toronto developers are getting desperate as no one is buying condos anymore (www.blogto.com)
Condo sales numbers in and around Toronto have taken a drastic tumble so far this year, and now that the market is starting to lean towards buyers …
Pierre Poilievre called lobbyists 'utterly useless,' but they're still attending his fundraisers (www.cbc.ca)
As Pierre Poilievre presents himself as both a prime minister in waiting and a champion of “the working-class people,” he’s headlined roughly 50 fundraisers at private venues since becoming Conservative leader in 2022 — some of them in Canada’s wealthiest neighbourhoods and most exclusive clubs....
There's a test of the national emergency alert system in most of Canada Wednesday (www.cbc.ca)
Ontario’s test is scheduled for next week
Ontario's carbon emissions jump back to pre-pandemic levels (www.cbc.ca)
Toxic sewage discharged at Chalk River nuclear lab (www.cbc.ca)
Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) discharged toxic sewage at the Chalk River site along the Ottawa River during peak fish spawning season earlier this year, CBC Indigenous has learned....
AMD confirms Radeon GPU sales have nosedived (www.pcgamesn.com)
Nearly 60% of retirees are supporting adult children financially, survey finds - National | Globalnews.ca (globalnews.ca)
The report said 59 per cent of retirees report helping their non-student adult children with both day-to-day expenses and big-ticket items like home purchases.
Growing number of Canadians are moving abroad due to lack of affordability: McGill study (nationalpost.com)
The study found the number of Canadians living abroad relative to the national population was five times higher than the U.S.
Loblaw reports 9.8% quarterly profit boost, hikes dividend 15% (www.theglobeandmail.com)
Owner of Loblaws, No Frills, Real Canadian Superstore and Shoppers Drug Mart recorded net earnings of $459-million or $1.47 per share in first quarter
ON TARGET: Does Canada Really Need The CF-35 Joint Strike Fighter? — espritdecorps (www.espritdecorps.ca)
Loblaw boycott: CEO responds to plans from ‘deeply unhappy’ customers (globalnews.ca)
I met a Ukrainian today
I met a Ukrainian today. He is my age. I met him at school drop off, our sons are in the same kindergarten class....
Pierre Poilievre Wants a Carbon Tax Election | The Walrus (thewalrus.ca)
REMEMBER BREXIT? That time a Conservative Party directed widespread voter frustration at a single easy scapegoat, smothered the public with misinformation, and were rewarded with their biggest electoral victory in decades? Something similar is happening today in Canada....
You’re no longer middle-class if you own a cottage or investment property (www.theglobeandmail.com)
Paying taxes on a half-million-dollar capital gain from a cottage or an investment property is a good problem to have
'I just want to be safe': Ukrainian man in Canada faces limbo amid consular freeze (www.ctvnews.ca)
Pierre Poilievre is parroting ‘crooked Big Pharma’ talking points ⋆ The Breach (breachmedia.ca)
Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre appears to have a new speech writer: the pharmaceutical lobby....
Less than half of Canadians say they will buy an electric vehicle as their next car: survey (toronto.ctvnews.ca)
A recent survey shows not all Canadians are ready to make the switch to an electric vehicle as they have concerns about charging stations, cold weather and battery life.
Should telecommunications be nationalized?
www.hilltimes.com/story/2024/04/17/…/418145/
Danielle Smith’s Big Pierre Poilievre Problem (thetyee.ca)
Abacus Data’s latest polling has the federal Conservatives out to their biggest lead in over a decade. Unless there is a drastic change over the summer, Canadians ought to prepare for a Conservative majority at some point in the next year or so....
Liberals accuse Conservatives of using AI for amendments to jobs bill as votes loom (www.cbc.ca)
Alberta's population surges by record-setting 202,000 people: Here's where they all came from (www.cbc.ca)
Toronto falls into the pit of urban decline that's plagued U.S. cities (nationalpost.com)
The GTA has been showing signs of the urban ills that are commonly associated with city life south the border....
ArriveCan contractor made $2.5M for 10 hours' work per week (www.cbc.ca)
The rise of Romana Didulo, self described 'Queen of Canada', and what she's up to now (www.ctvnews.ca)
Most Canadians changing clocks to spring forward for daylight time (www.winnipegfreepress.com)
Non-Paywall Article
Ontario goes backward on heat pumps (www.thespec.com)
Encouraging heat pumps over natural gas would lower long-term costs for homeowners and reduce Ontario's CO2 emissions.
'Freedom Convoy' organizer from Sask. suing federal government for using Emergencies Act to freeze accounts (www.cbc.ca)
Chris Barber, a main organizer of the "Freedom Convoy" is suing the federal government for using the Emergencies Act to freeze his bank accounts, arguing it breached his Charter rights to protest COVID-19 mandates.
Poilievre says he would 'cut wasteful foreign aid,' work towards NATO spending target (www.ctvnews.ca)
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is pledging that a future government would cut what he calls 'wasteful foreign aid' and would not allow funding to go to 'dictators, terrorists and multi-national bureaucracies.'