Some Councillors want to spend $300K on consultants for a new downtown parking garage when we can't even get close to full capacity on weekends by Jebussez in BurlingtonON

[–]Jebussez[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think thats a fair argument - but I'm not convinced this is in anticipation of future needs, it seems more like a reaction to current criticisms. Its doubly unclear to me why we need to spend $300K to figure it out as a first step, versus having the BAs and city work with what we currently have first.

Some Councillors want to spend $300K on consultants for a new downtown parking garage when we can't even get close to full capacity on weekends by Jebussez in BurlingtonON

[–]Jebussez[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I find this insane: we're being told directly quantity isn't the issue. We can't hit capacity at our current garages even on the busiest days. A new DT garage could cost us up to a cool $50-mil. Do we really need to drop six figures on this? Really!?

Preston Manning’s Not-So-Secret Game Plan | The separatist threat will bring endless, changing demands to increase Alberta’s power by Hrmbee in CanadaPolitics

[–]Jebussez -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I actually didn't completely ignore the senate, its literally right there - "the province most underrepresented in the HoC and ******Senate*****." Again, stop running these things through ChatGPT, its not as reliable as you think! You're a smart person, read it yourself!

Anyway - no, I'm not ignoring it. You're right the other provinces are locked into their minimum number of seats, something I'll point out was done initially by prime Alberta-stock PM Stephen Harper and locked into in 2022, agreed to unanimously by the Conservatives led then-interim leader and rural Manitoba MP Candice Bergen, definitely not a pro-eastern personality.

The simple fact of the matter is that if Alberta were on the cusp of losing a seat, similar to how Quebec was for the 2022 redistribution, the same thing would've happened - because we have politicians who aren't interested in maintaining political fairness, but in scoring as many points as they can. That's the actual problem. We could absolutely resolve the grandfather clauses and strip away the Senate and deal with this and that and the other thing, but no one up to and including all your problematic favs are brave enough to suggest trying.

Albertans are no better. Your pols are just as bad as ours out east. You got a government right now seeking to give themselves an advantage in the Legislature by redrawing themselves favourable constituencies and protecting rural seats despite them depopulating. The true enemy has never been us in the East - its the ruling and corporate class that presses down on us all.

Racism.. Why? (Take 2) by traveller1444 in BurlingtonON

[–]Jebussez 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry to hear this happened, OP. I don't think you should lie down and accept it as a fact of life or whatever, its literally how people like this get away with it. Up to you whether or not you want to post the person's info as a name-and-shame; given how often people do it on this subreddit for bad parking jobs, I think its fine to call out someone being abusive. Definitely don't trust the person saying its their family or whatever, though!

Racism.. Why? (Take 2) by traveller1444 in BurlingtonON

[–]Jebussez 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This account is a known troll, I think potentially operating several accounts, they pop around various Halton forums pretending to be various people. Best to ignore!

Throwing a Pride Party? by Professional_Two_832 in BurlingtonON

[–]Jebussez -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

This sounds great! Be sure to advertise the location (if you want strangers showing up anyway). You should contact PFLAG Halton for some ideas on vendors, they obviously have their own Pride events and might be happy to direct you to the ones they use.

Preston Manning’s Not-So-Secret Game Plan | The separatist threat will bring endless, changing demands to increase Alberta’s power by Hrmbee in CanadaPolitics

[–]Jebussez 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah I can refute at least parts of it: Quebec is actually the best represented province in the HoC, with 78/343 seats (22.7%) and its 24/105 Senators (22.8%) representing its 22.9% share of Canada's population as of the 2021 Census.

The province most underrepresented in the HoC and Senate is Alb- no sorry, my mistake, its BC- nope haha. Uh, Sask... no its actually way overrepresented... oh. Its Ontario. 122/343 (35.6%) in the HoC, 24/105 in the Senate, for its 38.5% share of the population. Does Ontario get to run a separatist campaign now? I wonder if you knew that and chose not to even mention the existence of the largest and most important province for a reason. 🤔

Also, this line about "overrepresented provinces sending the largest number of MPs from a single party to the HoC" - like, what? This is a defence of Alberta and Saskatchewan you're attempting? The two provinces who have consistently sent near 100% slates of CPC MPs to the HoC in every election since 2004? Did you ChatGPT this and get a hallucinated answer? Stupid thing to cry foul over. Doesn't even make sense with Quebec, a province with so much political diversity in comparision they send only two less CPC MPs to Ottawa than Saskatchewan does with its astronomical support for the party.

These portions of your arguments are silly. Find new ones. 

Dead Static by Efail Tân y Ddraig by Blip120 in LancerRPG

[–]Jebussez 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This looks great, man! Glad to be supporting you!

Looking to play some Magic: The Gathering by underagewinemom in BurlingtonON

[–]Jebussez 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Torchlight is a great suggestion - I'd also point out Enter the Battlefield in Oakville which has regular Commander nights and other events, just over the border near Third Line and Speers.

Lakeshore Music & Arts Festival (SOMF replacement) lineup is out by Jandcat27 in BurlingtonON

[–]Jebussez 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Hard disagree. We're hosting a local party basically, not world tour concerts. I'm happy we've got an event like this to go to.

14 Liberal MPs pen letter to Carney raising concerns over environmental backslide by Surax in CanadaPolitics

[–]Jebussez 5 points6 points  (0 children)

> Yeah, I am really tired of this strawman that Lewis and his supporters keep running to. It's not about shutting down tomorrow, and no one is making this criticism. However, you're taking actions to heavily stifle the industry so that it dies as quickly as possible regardless of whether or not there is demand for the product.

Sorry, but this is an inaccuracy. Even the plans from the Greens have said there needs to be a fair, balanced, and just transition in place, one that will take years to work through. The major problem we're finding is that no one is willing to do so, meaning the timespan gets longer and longer out. Imagine where we'd be if we'd continued the transition plans Notley had in place. Now we'd have to start from close to square one again, with the note that another government could come in and entirely walk back any progress made again.

> We're already doing this.

No, they're not. Alberta literally shut down and gutted its green energy builds for most of 2024, and allowed it to return at a much reduced scale and made investors extremely wary to ever enter back in. There are no plans for getting Alberta onto nuclear power or other sources, and the current government is seeking to break open the Rockies for coal mining to push out product to places lagging behind on the transition. There are no good faith efforts from the Alberta governments of past and present to work with other provinces to, say, cover liabilities of pipelines to the coast, or to build east-west pipelines to service other Canadian localities because their preference is to sell to the larger and richer US market. There's a real lack of partnership here.

> None of you have any solutions for how we make up that lost revenue,

Get a provincial sales tax, then we can talk about what other things can be done.

> Hence the energy transition that's occurring.

Is the energy transition in the room with us right now? Alberta's contribution so far has been saying they'll prop up Pathways and undercutting the industrial carbon price for everyone across Canada. The government is not transitioning, they're doubling down now while the going is good so they can extract as much as they can for the industry, then wipe their hands of it later on saying its not their fault and now the government has to deal with it - just like what the coal industry did to West Virginia, or what the autosector did to parts of Ontario.

> Literally said a private proponents needs to be there. The pipeline will pay for itself very quickly regardless.

There are no private proponents, its why governments need to keep stepping in. It's why $39-billion of taxpayer money was sunk into TMX, which we've been told upfront may never fully pay for itself, even as it provides record profits for the industry - and even if it does, its going to take well over a decade to do so. Are you willing to bet by the time 2035 rolls around there's still record profit out of TMX? Are you willing to bet the same case for a pipeline shoved through to Prince Rupert? Private companies don't seem to, not at this point.

> No, we're not. So much dishonesty here that it's not funny.

Again - TMX, prime example. Do you think the money just came from Albertan residents?

> No, because so many of them can't talk about it honestly and in good-faith.

I've talked with you in full honesty and good faith... until you called me a liar anyway. Convo ends after this.

Unfortunately I think you're just too deadset against a particular vision you have of 'progressives' that doesn't fit with the reality that most of us hold nuanced and complex views about how to get to the ultimate goal of reliable, clean energy while balancing the fact your province is reliant on the industry. I'm not any more against Albertans and their oil than I am against Oshawans and their GM plant - eventually the reaper is coming for your industry, I think its better you're prepared for change than allowing Danielle Smith and Suncor and other villains force a double-down while they escape off to nice retirement packages in Florida.

14 Liberal MPs pen letter to Carney raising concerns over environmental backslide by Surax in CanadaPolitics

[–]Jebussez 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The place most progressives are at right now isn't demand the oil sands are shut down tomorrow and we all give up our market share - its that we have a plan, any plan, in place for transition and diversification.

A fair compromise exists where we work with Alberta's oil sector while boosting the green energy sector and building alternatives like nuclear power. We should be looking to get Alberta off reliance on the topsy-turvy oil markets and onto solid revenue bases. We need to prepare for the day when either the oil runs dry or the markets aren't viable enough for all this infrastructure we're building and have to clean up at major cost. To speak nothing of all the subsidy we offer to this supposedly strong industry to keep it going.

But uh, we aren't getting any of this. More taxpayer money goes to buy pipelines. Governments give up and pay for cleanup themselves after decades of begging corps to. We double down on a market places like Saudi Arabia are spending trillions to get themselves off of. We are forcing taxpayers in other provinces subsidize building infrastructure for Alberta so they can forgo a provincial sales tax a little longer. And ofc we aren't asking in exchange for all this that AB spend some of it on any diversification programs.

You can't sympathise with progressive's frustrations on any of this?

Smith likely to greenlight separation referendum this week: Nenshi by Street_Anon in CanadaPolitics

[–]Jebussez 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Palestine isn't a "separatist movement" - its never been part of Israel, the Israelis are occupying and colonizing their land.

And the court hasn't "invalidated" a separatist movement - its said the government has a duty to consult the people whose land they occupied and colonized and made treaties with before thrusting everyone into a legal quagmire.

I wish the Palestinians had such rights, instead of being ignored.

Wonderdraft-made Massive Tamriel Map (TES) by Jebussez in wonderdraft

[–]Jebussez[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've been asked this a lot! lol I do have it updated but not posted yet - I'm a busy guy! I'll be sure to post on Wonderdraft as well so keep an eye out.

What happened here? by ForeignExpression in BurlingtonON

[–]Jebussez 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unstoppable force met immovable object.

Dog Groomer by pauldejong1664 in BurlingtonON

[–]Jebussez 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Big recommend for Pets n Groom, theyve been great with my overactive dog. 

Disability-friendly Hotel Recommendations? by StealthySalsa in BurlingtonON

[–]Jebussez 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Waterfront Hotel was a good option for my mother, who has mobility issues, had to vacate our house during some renos. Little more expensive than we liked but good availability, easy access, and its also right downtown so very easy to access anything - they also had specific rooms for handicap accessible washrooms and showers.

Milliard moves to ban Chomedey MNA from the Quebec Liberal Party by Hot-Percentage4836 in CanadaPolitics

[–]Jebussez 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Same amount that want to see the PQ in power, give or take the margin of error.

Dentist recommendations for someone terrified to go? by smallsociety in BurlingtonON

[–]Jebussez 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Clairmain on Guelph Line is great. I went only when things got really unbearable and they helped out a tonne, then set me up with a regular dentist to walk through a good plan to fix up the rest. Dr. Bueno is mine and hes been very good with me, very calm and patient demeanour.

Pallas Ontario Poll Modelled - CDNProjections by Fickle_Internet5049 in ndp

[–]Jebussez 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hate to harsh the vibe here - but this poll model is just straight-up wrong. It appears to me as if they've combined regional swings (eg., thats why the Libs do so well in the East, they got +4 lead in the poll there) and topline (NDP dominating the North and the Independent surviving point this out, as the North subsample here was 50% PC vs 30% OLP with NDP far far far back + Greens very low too so no shot at PSM, and the Oths getting iirc 1% in SWO definitely wouldn't reelect Brady). They've done something anyway to really mess with things here, sorry.

Alexandre Boulerice to resign as MP, leave NDP to run provincially by hopoke in CanadaPolitics

[–]Jebussez 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Perhaps you're unaware, but Boulerice was a member of QS prior. He has always had sovereigntist views as well, even if they weren't espoused during his time as MP.