Hey, we have checks and balances in place.

The Senate is occupied by two railroads.

Yeah, it will be a shock if they don’t clean house once the Olympics are over.

What’s the foundation for your belief that they approached the vehicle with the intent to arrest the driver?

It sure isn’t this article.

When officers approached the car, it quickly drove off. Police said the driver was operating the vehicle erratically; running red lights, weaving through traffic, and hitting speeds around 90 km/h in the downtown core.

The driver was arrested and officers discovered he had a quantity of methamphetamine in his possession.

The investigation also revealed the same vehicle was involved in an erratic driving incident on Pembina Highway a day prior.

Yeah, sounds like a real upstanding citizen.

I’d be quite surprised if this did not later have to be re-litigated.

That’s the state of indigenous relations in Canada in a nutshell. Constant relitigation, with very little progress.

Even when the courts direct specific settlements, the government does everything it can to avoid paying them.

I’m beginning to think the women’s team should withdraw from the Olympics simply to save face.

And it’s definitely time to clean house at Canada Soccer.

Canada Soccer CEO and general secretary Kevin Blue said in the COC release announcing Priestman’s removal that “additional information has come to our attention regarding previous drone use against opponents, predating the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.”

This is a case of Fun With Commas - Sobeys is owned by a different obscene conglomerate, Empire Company.

Metro, Walmart, Giant Tiger, and Empire are the co-conspirators along with the Weston companies.

Well, that’s embarassing. I’m a little surprised they don’t just disqualify the team and get on with it.

I don’t disagree with any of that - any governmental body should be scrutinized periodically, and as I mentioned, I’d love to see some information about why this guy was let go.

So assuming cutting the salaries of all executives everywhere is off the table, what’s the solution?

The article says it was the result of a retroactive salary adjustment coupled with severance pay - unfortunate, but I’m not sure it’s an egregious example of mismanagement (besides him apparently being a bad hire - I wish we knew more about why he was let go).

There’s a lot of argument to be had over the relative value of CEOs across the board, but Shared Health presumably has to offer a salary that’s competitive with the private sector.

Sorry you’re so enraged.

I think it’s a fine idea that requires a certain degree of community and camaraderie that I’m not sure exists in the Lemmyverse yet.

As a group, we’re good at sharing articles - often stuff that makes us mad (and there’s plenty of that to go around) - but less good at just…hanging out and shooting the shit.

I don’t know what the solution is aside from, “be the change you want to see.”

Brinley at S&P Global Mobility says the rise of SUVs is a reflection of consumers’ desire to get greater utility out of their vehicles, which means the capacity to move more people and cargo.

Adams said when choosing a vehicle, most SUV buyers don’t make their decision based on something that’s going to satisfy “95 to 99 per cent” of their driving needs, which is commuting and running errands.

“They purchase their vehicle for the one weekend of the year when ‘I tow my boat up to the lake and I want to make sure I can do that,’” he said, noting “it is ironic when they make that purchase and then complain about high gas prices.”

Yes, it’s been absolute pandemonium in the streets since the CAF dress code was relaxed in 2022. Thank goodness they are addressing this very real issue that the average Canadian cares deeply about.

The call was (supposedly) about an unattended two-year-old outside at 4 am. I don’t think that’s the questionable part of this story.

I’m the first person to defend Health Canada having standards for scientifically-validated treatment, but there is clearly work to be done in actually making sure the science happens - ideally, cases like this where the treatment is being recommended by licensed doctors should be considered opportunities for research, even if it is only a case study.

I’ll try to be quicker next time!

thkohmms

Haha it was clear, just having some fun.

tim hortons kind of hypocrites; may mirror society

Well they’re apparently also a source of cheap, exploitable labour, so that’s…something.

Probably. I have no particular horse in this race, and rarely buy fast food coffee.

The quality isn’t great, but it’s hard to find better prices, which is enough for most people, I think.

I think the headline misrepresents it a bit, but:

• Tim’s has a long history of playing to a sense of nostalgia and “shared Canadian values”.

• Politicians have been using this association to try to seem like Regular Joes for years.

• The franchise is owned by one of the largest corporations in the world.

• Their menu increasingly contradicts the “traditional” vibe they promote, with newer items like Sweet Chili Chicken Loaded Wraps and Loaded Bowls, Tiramisu Cold Brew, and Blackberry Yuzu Sparkling Quenchers.

• They’re also increasingly expanding options that discourage people from eating in-store, eroding their “de facto town square” image.

• Maybe the confused identity of the brand reflects the confused identity of Canada as a whole.

To be honest, it’s a pretty muddled piece, but there are a couple of interesting points in there.

“Instead of really trying to bring in the best and the brightest to fill the labour market gaps that need to be filled, what we’re doing is bringing in low skill, low wage, expendable and exploitable temporary foreign workers in the form of students,” Banerjee said in an interview.

Refreshingly blunt. Also unsurprising. Also yikes.

Local testing times for May 8:

Alberta: 11:55 a.m. MT

British Columbia: 10:55 a.m. PT

Manitoba: 1:55 p.m. CT

New Brunswick: 2:55 p.m. AT

Northwest Territories: 9:55 a.m. MT

Nova Scotia: 1:55 p.m. AT

Newfoundland and Labrador: 3:25 p.m. NT

Nunavut: 1:55 p.m. ET

Ontario: 12:55 p.m. on May 15

Prince Edward Island: 12:55 p.m. AT

Quebec: 1:55 p.m. ET

Saskatchewan: 11:55 a.m. CT

Yukon: 10:55 a.m. YT

Justin Ling has published the full audio and transcript of this intervew here.

Derp, you are correct. It popped up in my Mastodon feed and I neglected to look at the publication date.

Well if the Canadian Taxpayers Federation says it, it must be true.

Bagged milk was available in MB in the late 80s/early 90s, but it disappeared some time after that.

BC’s plan is to stay on daylight time.

My immediate thought was “Hotter Now” by Lu Kala. It’s a bop.

Yeah, this was a known thing when I was an undergrad, and that was not that recent. It seems it’s only gotten worse since then.

Also

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I don’t think that’s necessarily surprising nor undesirable, especially since you had to say “almost.”

Go on…

I think I’m with you more or less. I don’t mind an intelligent, appointed Senate that takes their work seriously and isn’t explicitly partisan. I’d also like to see the regional representation improved, and the term limits should probably be way shorter.

This is already being walked back:

“Of course we’re funding roads,” Guilbeault said. “We have programs to fund roads, but we have said — and maybe I should have been more specific in the past — is that we don’t have funds for large projects like the Troisième lien that the CAQ has been trying to do for for many years.”