it will be followed by a giant swing in the opposite direction after

I worry that billionaires who are profiting from these policy changes will be able to cement them.

The US and Canadian population is incredibly docile, so I don’t expect revolt unless things become terrible. We’ve seen our share of wealth shrink over the past few decades, and the cost of living skyrocket, but our reaction is to elect more of the same.

Apparently high levels of glyphosate and other herbicides were found in a bunch of the victims. Irving (IIRC) sprays a number of them as part of their forestry operation.

https://nbmediacoop.org/2023/07/13/high-levels-of-glyphosate-other-pesticides-in-most-patients-with-atypical-neurological-disease-letter/

How binding was that two hour wait and secret agreement?

Agreed. The PM already has too much power. Leaving the role with stupid procedural levers is too much for these power hungry assholes to handle.

It really grinds my gears that Trudeau &co screwed up the program that badly.

A cheque/direct deposit with the memo “climate mitigation rebate” should have been sent to every Canadian before the program began. Followed by regular rebates with a clear reason. Instead they had some weird set of initials they nobody recognized.

And then there’s the whole “let’s buy votes with a special exemption for heating oil” fiasco that reopened the issue.

Like, yeah, Poilievre is a dick for exploiting the fuck ups on a good policy, but it’s like Trudeau didn’t even want it to succeed. Ugh.

I hope they delete it. Good luck!

What are the alternatives?

Can you report the review as not relevant?

Provinces have been skimping on funding universities, because post-secondary institutions can get so much cash from international students.

To the point where even a 35% decrease in new student enrollment means a loss of $1 billion for just Ontario over two years.

So you’re saying the lemmite can eat it?

I’ll try harder for saucy content next time

Oops! I must have hit that button by accident. Thanks for pointing it out.

That’s what the oped says.

The recent official exemption of Google from the Online News Act will see Canadian news publishers get $100 million a year from the company for the next five years, indexed to inflation. CBC/Radio-Canada’s portion of this fund is capped at seven per cent, split equally between the French- and English-language service. As we announced in this press release, CBC will dedicate the new funding to the hiring of local journalists in underserved communities, with a focus on Western Canada.

This is part of the conversation on immigration that’s missing: we’re treating guest workers and new Canadians like a resource to be mined.

We’re getting people to come here with various promises, and then allowing unscrupulous assholes to exploit them. Some of those assholes are “consultants”, and recruiters. Others are employers. Some are post secondary institutions offering garbage degrees/certificates. And we can’t forget landlords.

It’s funny because considering immigrants welfare would probably have cut down on numbers: we’d have open work permits, rather than TFWs; useful education programs, rather than puppy mills; and we’d ensure access to services/housing for new arrivals.

When asked by reporters whether she was able to obtain any assurances from the president-elect on the tariffs, Smith said Canadians should be prepared for them to come into effect on Jan. 20.

A successful trip then.

The Transport Department had said the winning contractor, which would design, build and operate the tracks,

Like a public-private-partnership? Wasn’t there a post here noting that P3s were one of the reasons Canadian transit projects take too long, rarely work, and cost more than similar lines built elsewhere?

The converse is true as well. Both Conservatives and Liberals have been coasting on “we’re not the other guy” for far too long.

Unidentified sources who spoke to BI claimed Microsoft would likely backfill the jobs cut this month, meaning there wouldn’t be much of a reduction in overall headcount. Microsoft confirmed this to be the case.

This sounds more like a mass firing than layoffs, but I guess that’s semantics.