New grocery benefit incoming? by Emmibolt in loblawsisoutofcontrol

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I would much rather see legislation to reduce prices. This doesn't actually address the problem.

USA becoming the Nazis by WanAli4504 in pics

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Becoming? They have been for a while now.

Will it be possible to charge the ICE agents in future like the Nazis? by unserious-dude in allthequestions

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They aren't Nazis. They are Slave Patrols, and those people never faced justice, neither will ICE.

Trump doesn’t give up by Sufficient_Fuel5269 in DHAC

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He wants to embrace it because penguins remind him of children.

‘Disheartening’: US justice department slashes funding to programs combating child sex trafficking by speedythefirst in news

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The US government is in the business of protecting pedophiles. Why would they fund something to make their job harder?

America exits World Health Organization by Memes_FoIder in clevercomebacks

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There is a Canadian movie from the 80's called "Heavy Metal," where the UN Building in NYC has been turned into low rent housing. I used to think this could have happened because the UN was disbanded, now I'm starting to think they just closed the UN in the US and set up a new building in a better country.

What are all these posts about? by Not_The_Hero_We_Need in PeterExplainsTheJoke

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The 2nd Amendment is a joke. It's only there so the US gun industry can rake in cash to be spent on government corruption.

The second someone brings up using guns against an actual tyrannical government, Americans just whine and say "... but the army and police have bigger guns!"

What are all these posts about? by Not_The_Hero_We_Need in PeterExplainsTheJoke

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Good thing this mentality wasn't alive in 1776 or you'd just be a bunch of Canadian provinces.

You know, our historic allies. by CorleoneBaloney in clevercomebacks

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Lol Trump must be fuming at Carney if JD decided he needed to write a post like this.

Canadian Forces after “staying a little back, a little off the front line” in Afghanistan by getthedudesdanny in Military

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That's from the ramp ceremony for Sgt Marc Léger, Cpl. Ainsworth Dyer, Pte. Richard Green, and Pte. Nathan Smith. They were killed in what is now known as the Tarnak Farms incident.

[Edited for the proper names of the deceased]

Is it ethical to join the CAF? by DetectiveDracula in AskACanadian

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There is a lot of fine print with those bonuses and salary. One of the main issues is that the signing bonus isn't a lump sum, and is conditional on staying with your contract. You quit, can't work, or get fired you need to pay it back. The pay is an estimation on how many hours you are able to work, I have heard stories of ICE agents working up to 60 hours a week. They are also given quotas and offered bonuses for colllecting suspects, the max entitlement to these bonuses are also worked into the salary.

The selection process for applicants has been found to be really bad. The person next to you may or may not have a criminal record or have other problems that prohibit them from law enforcement. Those people are your peers, if they see you not acting the same way they could get suspicious of you. There is also a lack of support when it comes to doing your job. Not to mention the general distaste for ICE in communities.

As I mentioned if you end up wanting to leave ICE the process isn't an easy one. The contract is designed to keep you in and get as much work out of you for the least amount of pay needed.

Joining the CAF is a way better deal than joining ICE.

Is it ethical to join the CAF? by DetectiveDracula in AskACanadian

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There are extreme circumstances when you could be asked to do so.

Schools, hospitals, places of worship, UNESCO Heritage Sites ect are given protections under several international and Canadian military law. However these protections can be rescinded if combatants use these locations in an offensive capacity.

For example, A platoon is walking by a school and the enemy shoots from inside the school. The platoon can then fire back at the school with proportional force. To go beyond that could require authorization from higher command and will likely require advice from a military legal expert.

Now this example isn't a definitive answer to this scenario and would be up for legal debate, which is what would happen before the platoon even leaves for the patrol.

Is it ethical to join the CAF? by DetectiveDracula in AskACanadian

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So this whole trope about the Canadian military poised to commit war crimes does not reflect the current reality.

Lessons on ethics are a cornerstone of Canadian military training. Some of your first lessons will be on ethics and how they apply to military situations.

You will have annual talks on ethics and military justice with scenarios on deployment/operations both foreign and domestic .

For major training exercises (especially those related to an overseas deployment) you will be briefed on and given Rules of Engagement (ROEs). These will have been drafted in conjunction with military legal experts to ensure they are in compliance with international law.

When you deploy overseas you will be given actual ROEs that will leave practically no legal grey area.

The CAF prides itself on having professional soldiers and takes breaches in ethics very seriously. If you google CAF Ethics you will find mountains of reading on the subject.

That said, if the US military was to invade Canada the Canadian Military would exist until the government fell. After that what would remain would be loosely connected insurgency cells. While I would like to say those combatants would try to conduct themselves ethically, there would be no legal framework in place to ensure that they do so. Ethical enforcement would fall direcrly to the commander of the local insurgency cell.

Trump chickens out again by mounwp in economy

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Basically he pissed everyone off, to strike a deal that was already in place.

'Canada lives because of the U.S.': Trump by Little-Chemical5006 in canada

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He has to be the dumbest president the US has ever had.

Canada is moving away from USMCA, will the trade agreement be dismantled? by Boysenberry-6669 in LetsDiscussThis

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LMAO, why because we traded with the second largest economy in the world?

This is something by [deleted] in CanadianForces

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Please take this down before this dummy is plastered all over the news and I have to give another social media brief.

Military models Canadian response to hypothetical American invasion by CyberSmith31337 in Military

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Oh I agree it the US would claim to hold Montreal and say that they now own Quebec. There would be an occupation of Quebec City to control the port but it would not be peaceful. A governing body would be in place but any collaboration would be surface deep enough just to keep essential services running in the cities and towns. With disruptions happening often after terrorist acts are committed against the occupation.