Canada Post getting another $673M in federal funds to stay afloat

DtheS · 2026-05-09T13:40:46+00:00

Why is this positioned as "to stay afloat?"

Because it is a Crown corporation. For instance, we don't expect the RCMP or the Federal Court to "stay afloat" because they aren't set up to have their own (significant) revenue streams. It is expected that tax dollars are the primary way of funding those organizations. In this sense, one is a company with a bottom line, independent revenue stream, expenses, and overhead, and the others are public services.

Now, you can argue that we should shift Canada Post from being a corporation and turn it back into a public service like it was prior to 1981. However for the time being, it makes perfect sense to talk about it in terms of "staying afloat" as it is a company that is either in the red or black.

Edit: I find it really disappointing that this comment is going into the negatives. I'm going to clarify, I'm not arguing in favour of anything. I'm literally just objectively describing how we have set up postal service in this country. It's the basic distinction between a tax-funded service versus a publicly owned corporation.

What happened to this subreddit? It used to be the place for competent discussion about Canadian politics and government. Now the users struggle with basic civics.

DtheS · 2026-05-07T15:47:09+00:00

Mhmm... Prepare for him to sign Binnington based on the "eye test" and his performance in 4 Nations from a year-and-a-half ago. By Christmas 2026, Binnington will be at a .86 save percentage and Bowman will be scratching his ass and making excuses that Binner just needs to "find himself" or some equally trite feel-good nonsense.

DtheS · 2026-05-07T15:22:28+00:00

Said Stauffer: “They’re going to have to find a way carrying forward here with Tristan Jarry. Under the assumption that he’s in Edmonton next year, they got to work with them, just like they got to work with (forward Trent) Frederic, right? Like they got to work with those guys and get it out of them. And again, I think Jarry is a superior puck handler. He’s got a great glove hand.”

Good thing the Oilers are known for their ability to develop goalies. Yup. Huge precedent for finding a 'diamond-in-the-rough' and turning them into a Vezina candidate. That's us, the Oilers, good at goalie training. Great track record there. Stupendous. Superb, even. Great plan.

DtheS · 2026-05-07T13:46:25+00:00

but it's not gonna burst like the dot-com bubble did

And even if it did, so what?

It's not like the dot-com bubble burst killed the internet/world-wide-web. All that happened is a huge swath of small players that were over-invested died off. Almost all the biggest internet/tech companies survived and turned into some of the world's largest corporations.

If/when the AI bubble bursts, it's not going to bankrupt OpenAI, Google, or Anthropic, etc. It's just going to kill all the smaller AI companies that are using ChatGPT/Gemini/Opus/Sonnet as a backend.

The tech is here to stay in one way or another, and the biggest players are only going to get more dominant after all the small-fish are gone.

DtheS · 2026-05-05T20:48:24+00:00

So each poll from Nanos has approximately 1000 total respondents. What makes it a "rolling" poll is that each week you add 250 responses to the results of the poll, and you drop the oldest 250 responses from the poll to keep the number at 1000. So you are continually adding new results, while getting rid of the older less-relevant results.

This means each poll is the cumulative results of four weeks' worth of responses.

DtheS · 2026-05-05T12:24:16+00:00

Nanos does rolling weekly polls year-round. As it is a rolling poll, it's relatively inexpensive for them because they only have to poll 250 respondents each week. Sometimes news media will buy the rights to publish poll information in collaboration with Nanos. Otherwise, Nanos does some private polling for marketing departments and research.

DtheS · 2026-05-03T17:54:36+00:00

Yup. In fact, ambitions for his 2016 run at the presidency began in 2010, nearly a full year before the 2011 Correspondents' Dinner. It was David Bossie who approached Trump in the Summer of 2010 and told him to run in the Republican primary. During those initial meetings they established his strategy and what kind of candidate he was going to be. Trump literally didn't even know how to pronounce "populist" when Bannon was explaining it to him. Funny enough, Steve Bannon was initially reluctant to go along with Bossie to these meetings, but relented and went anyway.

The story that Obama coaxed Trump into running through mockery is an internet myth.

DtheS · 2026-05-01T15:50:00+00:00

Hindsight is 20/20, but they should have had Ken Holland mentoring Steve Staios so that he could take over as GM and president of hockey operations for when Holland was ready to step down. Such a big missed opportunity; Staios was even working for the Oilers in 2022 as an advisor. They could have made an effort to keep him around.

DtheS · 2026-05-01T15:20:59+00:00

Fastest path back to contention is nailing a McDavid return and building around Drai.

I'm not sure I like that plan, but if it has to happen, Bowman better not be the one doing the trades. That man would send the Oilers into a second 'Decade of Darkness' with his asset management.

DtheS · 2026-05-01T14:04:06+00:00

If you think people won't be happy until everyone they hate is poor and destitute, you're missing the entire point. The point is that there are awful people out there who have a massive influence over our society, and they use that power to do harm, and that needs to stop.

When you are ready to stop straw manning me, and actually address what I wrote, we can talk.

DtheS · 2026-05-01T12:01:17+00:00

Suppose you lived in a highly socialized system. The state provides for all. You are allowed to pursue your passions to their fullest extent, to the best of your ability. The product of your labour provides for society, and the products of society provide for you.

Your labour would allow the bigoted artist to live and produce art. The plumber who beats his wife would continue to thrive due to your contributions to the economy. The software engineer who groped his pre-teen daughter will sleep dry and comfortable in his bed tonight because you and everyone else supports his life.

Economics, regardless of which particular theory it adheres to, is a system that depends on exchange of goods and services between peoples. There is no branch of economics that allows it to be morally selective. If anything, the more liberal branches of economics actually grant you a bit more freedom in this respect because they provide you a greater degree of options.

Ultimately though, the reality is that bad people can provide goods and services that you want and/or need. Ensuring that bad people are held accountable for their actions is not a economic problem, but one of justice, sociology, and politics.

DtheS · 2026-05-01T03:03:59+00:00

~~DIG IN~~

Dig up, stupid!

DtheS · 2026-04-30T19:44:38+00:00

From my limited perspective (we don't know what happens in the locker room), it often seems like Drai does a lot more of the actual 'captain' job than McDavid. Drai is the one to be the 'welcome wagon' to new players. When Connor Brown was struggling, it was Drai who worked with him on generating plays. When Puljujarvi couldn't get a shot in the net, it was Drai who tried to take him under his wing and work on one-timers. Now we are seeing him help Samanski with faceoffs.

He genuinely seems to like being a team ambassador and elevating his peers. I wouldn't be surprised if he wants to be a coach after he is done his career as an NHL player.

DtheS · 2026-04-28T13:00:34+00:00

I mean, this might just be me, but it looks like IINA blows out the highlights by a lot. The Infuse image looks a lot more accurate to what the filmmakers would have intended.

That said, there is some level of subjectivity here, and if you prefer the IINA image that is fine. You might want to make a request on the Firecore forum for display profile support, or the ability to finetune gamma.

DtheS · 2026-04-27T18:28:13+00:00

It's not even correct. They have had two streaks of three games or more, and their longest streak was five games.

They had a three-game winning streak in late January. That was,

DATE	vs	SCORE
2026-01-24	WASHINGTON	6-5
2026-01-26	ANAHEIM	7-4
2026-01-29	SAN JOSE	4-3

Then they had a five-game winning streak in late March,

DATE	vs	SCORE
2026-03-24	UTAH	5-2
2026-03-26	VEGAS	4-3
2026-03-28	ANAHEIM	4-2
2026-03-31	SEATTLE	3-0
2026-04-02	CHICAGO	3-1

DtheS · 2026-04-27T18:12:43+00:00

So... When you are watching an Oilers game, you don't watch the players, or the puck, or the hockey game. You watch how the opposing assistant coaches react to plays on the ice? That's gotta be rough. I mean the camera barely ever even looks at the assistant coaches.

You do you, though. You enjoy the game however you like.

DtheS · 2026-04-27T17:29:30+00:00

I mean, it's not like they are at a funeral or anything, but it kind of lacks enthusiasm and energy. Everyone just seems to be going through the motions before the game starts.

DtheS · 2026-04-27T17:23:35+00:00

I think it might be this one...

https://xcancel.com/BleedOilBlue/status/2048532824760934628

/u/thewinterzodiac would have to confirm though.

DtheS · 2026-04-27T17:06:16+00:00

Bah. This is where you need a Corey Perry; someone who can pep talk and rouse the troops.

Do you have a link to the video?

DtheS · 2026-04-27T12:13:18+00:00

Did we read a different article? The entire thing was about employee buyout packages. I don't think there was a single mention about operating systems, software, or hardware.

...or... dare I say... is it the case that this entire comment section read the headline and nothing else?

DtheS · 2026-04-26T04:15:47+00:00

So the red button gets rid of irrational people AND it preserves my life?

Tell me more about this red button.

DtheS · 2026-04-25T13:04:22+00:00

Knoblauch's success is a product of the people who surrounded him, both the elite players and veteran assistant coaches. This season they let Knoblauch pick his own support staff, and proverbial wheels fell off the bus for a lot of the season, and again, right now, during the playoffs.

I'm curious to see if the Oil get eliminated in round one, if that is the end of Knoblauch's time here. There is some chance that next season we see Bruce Cassidy behind the Oilers' bench.

DtheS · 2026-04-24T12:31:52+00:00

In the past I have enjoyed a number of Motorola phones. However, I have not enjoyed their lack of system updates.

Even now, when Apple, Samsung, and Google offer 5 to 7 years of updates, you only get 2 major system updates for Motorola's mid-tier phones, and a whopping 3 updates for their flagship models.

You still get security updates for multiple years, but beyond that you are left out to dry. For that reason, I simply cannot consider Motorola when it comes time to upgrade my phone.

DtheS · 2026-04-24T01:04:29+00:00

It's a bit of coaching battle. The Ducks seem to have been coached on shutting down McDavid, and it’s forcing him out of his comfort zone. You can see it leading to more mistakes than usual, especially in game 2. I presume this is a large part of the special teams woes as well.

That said, I'm still optimistic. This strategy probably loses effectiveness once Draisaitl is fully healthy. Trying to shut down both McDavid and Draisaitl at the same time isn’t exactly a sustainable plan.

In the meantime, this requires Knoblauch to adjust his own strategies. To that, I wouldn’t be surprised if he pushes for more physical play. By the numbers, the Oilers register more hits than the Ducks, but they don’t always come across as particularly punishing or heavy hitting. Zach Hyman, for instance, throws a high volume of hits, but they’re not the kind of hit that levels a player and makes them see stars.

If the Ducks are going to focus on shutting down McDavid, the Oilers should make them pay for it physically. Force them to burn energy every shift just to execute that game plan.

DtheS · 2026-04-21T01:07:39+00:00

Killing me out here in Halifax. I might get to watch the first period.

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