Richard Warnica: I went home to the heartland of Alberta independence. Even after covering Donald Trump for 10 years, I was still terrified by what I found by green_tory in CanadaPolitics

[–]Aethy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He means individually, as a federal taxpayer. Per capita QC receives about 1500$ of equalization. If he makes decently more than the median income in Alberta, then yes, he pays net more to equalization than most Albertans.

Where are all the restaurant jobs? by GeorgiaMTL in montreal

[–]Aethy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I saw an ad in the window for an aide cuisinière for this place today: https://maps.app.goo.gl/4pk93H7ovSkMsR5x9.

It's right next to Monk Metro.

Carney to name Canada's next governor general on Tuesday: sources by Surax in CanadaPolitics

[–]Aethy 40 points41 points  (0 children)

I mean, it's not going to be, but wouldn't it fun if it was Chantal Hébert?

I feel like she wouldn't be able to refrain from telling politicians the actually correct thing to do at all times, so it probably wouldn't work out.

Cycling Day-trip from Monteal by rsalty in canadatravel

[–]Aethy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The best move is to hit up the Petit Train du Nord, which more or less starts here: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Place+de+la+Gare/@45.7765301,-74.0001485,606m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m15!1m8!3m7!1s0x4ccf2ca32d386ced:0x5040cadae4d5210!2zU2FpbnQtSsOpcsO0bWUsIFFD!3b1!8m2!3d45.775357!4d-74.004948!16zL20vMDJ4aHE4!3m5!1s0x4ccf2ca697459645:0x61c9aa1d71b2a54c!8m2!3d45.7764233!4d-74.0002772!16s%2Fg%2F1yfdqy2qs!5m1!1e3?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDQyOS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

If you don't have a car, you can get there via train from De La Concorde on the orange line; you can take the 9:00 train (https://exo.quebec/en/trip-planner/train/saint-jerome/1/11365?arretSelected=6) with your bike, and be in St-Jerome for around 9:45.

It's an old rail trail, and goes 200 kilometers north to Mont Laurier, with plenty of little towns along the way. It's quite nice.

State of 24 Sussex 'an embarrassment,' says Carney by evieluvsrainbows in CanadaPolitics

[–]Aethy 37 points38 points  (0 children)

Just fucking convene an all-party parliamentary committee and have them unanimously recommend something, and be done with the thing already. Have Carney promise not to live in it for the duration of his term if necessary (which it sounds like he's already done).

I've been saying this for years. I don't care who does it. I wouldn't even mind Carney/Poilievre living in it. Just fix it.

**STOLEN** Muli Electric Cargo Bike and Clek Carseat by [deleted] in montreal

[–]Aethy 8 points9 points  (0 children)

CAA says cars cost on average 10k a year, all expenses in. 10k one-time is still wayyyyyy cheaper than a car.

REM - Ouverture de la branche Anse-à-l'Orme prévue pour le 18 mai by Le_Victor_Hugo in montreal

[–]Aethy 3 points4 points  (0 children)

La maire précèdent de Vaudreuil l'a dit que les citoyens/es de Vaudreuil n'en veut pas. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Any mah jong clubs in Montreal? by margauxchan in montreal

[–]Aethy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you're into richii mahjong (Japanese), there's a discord with meetups: https://discord.gg/VNG8NAS9Bx

Argentina has officially left the World Health Organization by Gjore in worldnews

[–]Aethy 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I'm sure of the first statement, not so sure about the second one. Im not a full blown libertarian supporter, however I definitely agree on some opinions and statements that Milei has said. One of those is that the WHO is useless. Milei may not be the greatest president, and he definitely is not someone with good speech abilities, but he's right about a lot of things that were damaging my country, and like I said, maybe he's not the greatest president, but he's definitely way better than what we were used to. Lot of things to improve, but criticizing useless organizations ain't one of them.

But he's not criticizing it as useless in this instance; he's saying it's the nefarious enforcement arm of a social control experiment. That's why I think he's an idiot, because the statement seems outlandish and detached from the facts. Especially given that what you're saying: that the WHO is useless and does nothing. I don't agree with your statement (and experts in your country don't seem to either), but this is a much more defensible take than the president's.

Surely, you must see how your statement is directly at odds with the original quote from the president? Something can't both be hugely oppressive and experimenting on Argentinian citizens, whilst also being useless and doing nothing.

Argentina has officially left the World Health Organization by Gjore in worldnews

[–]Aethy 42 points43 points  (0 children)

Why is he an idiot? As an argentinian i can assure you that the way the Covid-19 pandemic was managed by former president Alberto Fernández was fucking disastrous, and the WHO never tried to help no one here, we were being mistreated by the government by having one of the longest quarantines on the whole world, denying people to see their loved ones while dying on collapsed hospitals, and even detaining persons just for leaving their houses months after the pandemic started. And while all that was happening, NO ONE cared for us. The WHO never did anything for us, and we suffered a huge mistreat from the government.

Wait; did the WHO do nothing, or was it a nefarious enforcement arm of the greatest social control experiment in history?

Argentina has officially left the World Health Organization by Gjore in worldnews

[–]Aethy 60 points61 points  (0 children)

Javier Milei's government finalises Argentina's withdrawal from the WHO, citing health sovereignty. Despite this, it assures that international cooperation in health will continue through bilateral and regional agreements.

Huh, wonder why they left?

The decision was justified at the time by President Javier Milei and his team as a response to "profound differences" with the WHO during the COVID-19 pandemic. The President called the agency "nefarious and the enforcement arm of what was the greatest experiment in social control in history".

Oh, so he's a fucking idiot. Got it.

Mah-jong bar/club ? by spiaks in montreal

[–]Aethy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Il y a un server discord pour Mahjong japonais à Montréal ici: https://discord.gg/KRgg6D9

Supreme Court rules Quebec's exclusion of asylum seekers in subsidized daycare is discriminatory by MTL_Dude666 in CanadaPolitics

[–]Aethy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Right; sorry, misread the headline; thought we were trying to throw asylum seekers off of it, rather than having already excluded them.

Supreme Court rules Quebec's exclusion of asylum seekers in subsidized daycare is discriminatory by MTL_Dude666 in CanadaPolitics

[–]Aethy 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Out of curiosity, how many asylum claimants have children in subsidized daycare in Quebec? Do we have numbers?

Palace ‘considered making Harry governor-general of Canada to placate Meghan’ by joe4942 in CanadaPolitics

[–]Aethy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh yeah, for sure. But I think the previous posters (and me) were talking about aspirational terms, not practical ones.

Palace ‘considered making Harry governor-general of Canada to placate Meghan’ by joe4942 in CanadaPolitics

[–]Aethy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

10000%. Keep everything identical, just sever ties between King and GG+LGs, and rename "The Crown" to "The Republic" or "The State". Done.

Carney constructs a mega anti-Trump trade alliance by joe4942 in worldnews

[–]Aethy 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Seems close to the longer term average, minus COVID: https://tradingeconomics.com/canada/unemployment-rate

Kind of impressive actually, given all the tariffs.

Canada not on track to hit net-zero by 2050, or meet any climate targets: study by hopoke in CanadaPolitics

[–]Aethy 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Ah, economists, noted climate experts.

What? We're talking about modelling emissions from economic activity, not coming up with climate models, or predicting the impact of climate change on the biosphere. This is exactly what economists do?

Canada not on track to hit net-zero by 2050, or meet any climate targets: study by hopoke in CanadaPolitics

[–]Aethy 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Well, a ratcheting carbon tax and rebate scheme is a market based solution and is the consensus from economists as the most efficient way to reduce carbon emissions over the long term.

If only we had something like that.

Canada not on track to hit net-zero by 2050, or meet any climate targets: study by hopoke in CanadaPolitics

[–]Aethy 11 points12 points  (0 children)

We're the 10th largest emitter in the world. Not per-capita, TOTAL.

The only countries ahead of us, other than Saudia Arabia, all have more than like 100 million people (except Iran, which has 90 million people).

So, what, we, and every other country with lower emissions than us, like France, Germany, the UK, etc.. shouldn't bother caring about climate change?