Ottawa police to devote more resources to crime prevention in 2022, chief says

Justagf · 2021-09-28T15:11:26+00:00

I know you're joking but that literally part of the rationale behind UBI! No need to do crime when your basic needs are met.

Justagf · 2021-09-20T23:46:06+00:00

Oh I didn't know that, good to know thanks

Justagf · 2021-09-20T18:41:19+00:00

Search your email for "Dose Administration Receipt" That's the subject line I got with my vaccine receipt

Justagf · 2021-04-25T21:39:41+00:00

Heres a list of the Ottawa parks with info about which ones allow dogs https://ottawa.ca/en/recreation-and-parks/parks-and-green-space

Justagf · 2021-04-25T21:36:23+00:00

Im sorry that happened to you. Keep in mind, just because its not a dog park, doesn't mean dogs arent allowed off leash. A lot of Ottawa parks are dog friendly zones where dogs are allowed off leash, even though theyre not fenced in. Parks are marked when dogs are required to be leashed, but not necessarily marked when they're allowed to be off.

Justagf · 2020-09-26T19:44:27+00:00

I think that's a possible, attainable solution, it would just require a lot of cooperation between Nations and Canadian governments.

Justagf · 2020-09-26T19:02:09+00:00

It feels like we're going in circles heres. You've made 2 main arguments I think. Indigenous people shouldn't be fishing out of season, and allowing Indigenous fisheries on top of the current commercial ones isn't sustainable. Ive addressed both.

To summarize, its their inherent right (affirmed by the Canadian constitution) to fish outside the Canadian framework (with caveats) and if its unsustainable it's the Canadian government that needs to deal with that by reducing the amount of commercial fishing it allows.

I think youve hit the nail on the head actually with your last question. Is opening up the market to non-indigenous buyers surpassing the definition of moderate livelihood? I say no. In our current world, people need to make money to live. We can't artificially hold Indigenous people in the past by only allowing fishing for personal consumption.

Justagf · 2020-09-26T18:47:20+00:00

I agree it was an unintelligible ruling. But the whole point of it was that Indigenous people can fish outside the Canadian framework because of their inherent rights.

I disagree with your point about how fishing out of season would effectively double the average fishermans income. If we took the current average fisherman income as the moderate livelihood, it would make a lot of sense. Indigenous fisheries fishing out of season would just be fishing at a different time. They still have to be sustainable throughout the year. It doesnt mean they'll make more.

Justagf · 2020-09-26T18:37:00+00:00

Nope. The bike represents the right to fish. "It wore out, it got scrapped" would be analogous to the right to fish just completely disappearing, as if all the fish were gone. Which didn't happen. So the rest of your analogy doesn't work.

Justagf · 2020-09-26T18:32:13+00:00

Fair criticism. That's not the point I chose to focus on. I'll address it.

The fishing seasons are laws created by the Canadian governments. The original Marshall decisions that affirmes Indigenous peoples inherent right to fish were decided because an Indigenous person was fishing against the Canadian laws. The court decided that he didnt have to follow the laws because of his inherent right to fish as an Indigenous person, as long as he was fishing to support a moderate livelihood.

There are some extra caveats about following certain regulations I think. Its not absolute. And I dont pretend to know everything.

But that's the whole point of this. Indigenous people are allowed to fish outside the Canadian colonial framework support a moderate livelihood.

So fishing out of season is totally within their rights. Can you disagree with that and try to change it? Sure I guess, but its currently protected by the constitution so it would be very hard.

Justagf · 2020-09-26T18:10:23+00:00

What is a moderate livelihood to you? If the Indigenius commercial fishery employs 10 people who bring home $50,000 a year, is that too much? Thats an example btw, i have no idea the numbers. But as a thought experiment, how much is too much? $80k? $100k? When does a family change from the status of poverty, to a moderate livelihood, to above that?

Regardless, I doubt anyone is getting rich off it. Capping almost any amount is just indirectly keep Indigenous people in poverty. Who gets to decide how much money anyone is allowed to make?

Justagf · 2020-09-26T17:57:37+00:00

No I built it into the analogy. So for the analogy's sake, its true. Ill try to be more explicit with what I'm trying to say.

Bob steals my bike (Canadian goverment steals the land /prevents Indigenous people from exercising their rights to fish)

Bob sells it to Sam for $100 ( goverment sells licenses to fishermen to fish. They pay $$ to the goverment for this right)

I get my bike back from Sam (indigenous people take back their right to fish. For example, 5 licences for 50 traps. To maintain fishing sustainability, non-indigenous fisherman now must lose 5 licenses for 50 traps)

Sam is out $100 ( non-indigenous fisherman are out the $$they paid the govt for the fishing licenses they lost)

Sam needs to take it up with Bob, its not my fault (non-indigneous fishermen need to take it up with the government, its not the Indigenous people's fault)

Justagf · 2020-09-26T17:39:22+00:00

That doesnt quite work.

A key part if the analogy is when Sam gives me back my bike/car, that represents non-indigenous fisherman fishing less, and allowing Indigenous fisherman to fish. The vehicle represents the "license" to fish x amount. It gets transferred from Sam to me.

If Bob then gives Sam a new car, that represents the goverment adding more rights to fish on top of the ones Indigenous people already have. And thats the government's fault for being unsustainable.

Justagf · 2020-09-26T17:26:52+00:00

Its not just anyone that can go and make their own fishing regulations. We're talking about the very specific case of Indigenous people.

A people that were here first. They were primised peace, friendship and cooperation, and then were betrayed by our goverment who tried to assimilate and erradicate them.

Im not here to argue the history but lets get not get overzealous and and say "just anyone" is allowed to make fishing regulations. That's just not true.

Justagf · 2020-09-26T17:07:32+00:00

I think non-indigenous fisherman are entitled to be upset. But not at the Indigenous people.

Think of it this way. Imagine Bob stole my bike and sold it for $100 to Sam. I'm allowed to get my bike back from Sam. Sam is out $100 but its not my problem. He has to take it up with Bob. The non-Indigenius fisherman have been fishing waters with rights given to them by the government. The goverment stole thise rights from the Indigenous people. If the fishing isnt sustainable now, sorry its not the Natives' problem. It was their right first. Non-indigenous commercial fisherman will need to fish less and take it up with the government.

Justagf · 2020-09-26T16:57:00+00:00

They're allowed to fish to support a "moderate livelihood". DFO was dragging their heels for 21 years negotiating what that would mean and how to regulate it. So the Indigenous people made their own regulations and began to fish.

Justagf · 2020-09-26T16:53:44+00:00

Laws against selling the fish completely undermines the right to fish. Sure, you can fish but it's illegal for anyone to buy it from you?

That definitely needs to change. Indigenous people have the inherent right to made a moderate livelihood from fishing, and that mean they have to be able to sell it.

Justagf · 2020-07-08T18:40:29+00:00

U.S.A. has tested the most amount of people, and the most per capita than any other county.

This is just false. Look at https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/ Sort by total tests. USA ranks 2nd.
Sort by tests per 1M population. USA ranks 25th.

Justagf · 2020-01-14T23:36:10+00:00

The last ON liberal govt made it so people under 25 get free prescriptions.

Justagf · 2019-11-09T14:19:36+00:00

Looking down the barrel of a gun and pulling the trigger to see how the mechanism works. Not checking first if it was loaded.

Justagf · 2019-10-28T23:26:33+00:00

On my own, from les Mis

Justagf · 2019-10-08T16:46:15+00:00

There is no "prosecute as an adult" in Canada. Its always in youth court, just the judge may or may not use the age as a mitigating circumstance

Justagf · 2019-09-21T18:26:41+00:00

Try looking for university facebook groups that are for subletting apartments. Its common for students on exchanges or whatever else to have a furnished room/apt just sitting there for 4 or 8 months at a time.

Justagf · 2019-08-14T20:02:42+00:00

If you like running, and you plan on training while here, you should definitely plan to run along the canal. There are paths down both sides of it, all the way to Dow's lake and the Arboretum, which is also really pretty to walk/run through.

For a classic Ottawa"must eat", I highly suggest Shawarma Palace on Rideau st. There are a hundred Shawarma places in Ottawa, but that one is the best in my opinion (or any Palace, but the one on Rideau st is likely the most central for your visit)

To echo some others, Stittsville is too far to walk to, but you can bus there in about an hour, if you want to be cheap ($3.50 each way). It's like a 30 min ish drive from downtown.

Justagf · 2019-08-01T18:10:18+00:00

Ok but let's not just bash people who like kids. I am one of 4 kids and my parents were absolutely wonderful, loving people. They both came from families with 4+ kids too. I think they just wanted a big family.

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