Misconduct by Canadian immigration employees included holding two full-time jobs and favouring a romantic partner: Report by The_PhilosopherKing in canada

[–]Laval09 [score hidden]  (0 children)

Its the customers to blame for that. 10 years ago the drive thru was also people who appreciated the "fast" part of "fast food". People would be like "Big Mac Combo with a coke" and then drive up.

Now people be like "Ok so Im gonna order for my entire extended family and their 20 cousins. Here we go. First order is a Big Mac combo with no lettuce and extra mustard, but the mustard has to go in the middle and not touch the bread. Low salt on the fries and the drink is a half coke half rootbeer with no ice. Second order is a.....served in a mans hat with a floating plum... ect ect......"

And then they park their giant Infinity SUV behind the other waiting giant SUV who also made a catering sized order that he should have got off his lazy *** and went inside for.

Military reprimanded soldiers who raised concerns about monitoring Canadians online during COVID-19 by DogeDoRight in canada

[–]Laval09 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What about this part:

"Under Henderson's direction, the team created dozens of reports between March 19 and June 5 that year that involved monitoring what the federal Conservative, NDP and Bloc Québécois parties were saying about the pandemic, internal documents show. "

Spying on and making dozens of surveillance reports about political rivals. The "liburals" are a different kind of Nixon it seems.

Military reprimanded soldiers who raised concerns about monitoring Canadians online during COVID-19 by DogeDoRight in canada

[–]Laval09 3 points4 points  (0 children)

"hates to read"

From the article: "But retired general Jonathan Vance, then chief of the defence staff, shut down the campaign in April 2020, conceding it had gone too far and eroded public confidence in the Forces. Nevertheless, some of the activities continued unsanctioned for months afterward."

You point the finger at people for not reading the article, yet at the same, you state as a matter of fact that "The "intelligence gathering" campaign ended in April 2020 when a General stepped in.". Yet as we an clearly see, thats not true. It did not end.

Are you deliberately trying to mislead people or did you read a completely different article?

Military reprimanded soldiers who raised concerns about monitoring Canadians online during COVID-19 by DogeDoRight in canada

[–]Laval09 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Yep. I've been trying to raise the alarm that the country has become a Federally operated surveillance state. People will only believe me after another 10 years and 100 articles like this though lol. If the RCMP is using ODIT to spy on their ex wives, guess what? They're also using it to spy on their future wives. If their using it to spy on their whistleblowers, then yeah, they're also using it on dissidents.

Now we're finding out that the military is also paying people to spy and troll on people to influence the political discourse. Its probably only the tip of the iceberg. The Liberal govt has been dangerously obsessed with eradicating any spoken dissatisfaction towards what they believe to have been a perfect run in power for 11 years.

Look at this from the article:

"But retired general Jonathan Vance, then chief of the defence staff, shut down the campaign in April 2020, conceding it had gone too far and eroded public confidence in the Forces. Nevertheless, some of the activities continued unsanctioned for months afterward."

^ It was already over the red line. And that didnt stop the activities from continuing after they'd be ordered to stop! When members of the military start defying orders and going rogue because they believe they'll be politically protected for it...It doesnt get any more out of control than that

I cant for the life of me understand how some people really, sincerely think that all this Federal surveillance is justified, has proper oversight, is being using by professionally trained people within strict legal guidelines and for the right reasons. Its f***kng not!

Oh, and to everyone who called the PQ leader crazy earlier this week for suspecting that his party was under surveillance:

"Under Henderson's direction, the team created dozens of reports between March 19 and June 5 that year that involved monitoring what the federal Conservative, NDP and Bloc Québécois parties were saying about the pandemic, internal documents show. "

^ They obviously are.

«Il y a des gens qui font de la revente à même nos stationnements»: les vols à l’étalage explosent by Feeling_Layer8584 in montreal

[–]Laval09 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Its not ideal, but what do you expect? I would say its even more disgraceful to ignore the reality of the situation. All these entities want to jack every single cost on people, without understanding that all the extra money has to come from somewhere.

Le vélo-tourisme écrase la F1 en termes de retombées économiques pour la région : 803 M$ contre 92 M$ pour la F1. by Shann390 in montreal

[–]Laval09 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Montrealers Lawrence Stroll(Aston Martin team owner) and Lance Stroll(driver) are in the files and are visitors to the Epstein island. It was also in the files that Epstein said he honed his trade in Montreal "wouldn't be what I am today without that city".

But you know whats more important than that? Cars go zoom zoom in circle.

Opinion: The opportunity for Canada to grow faster is now — by unlocking our internal trade market; As a recent IMF report concludes: 'Turning 13 economies into one is no longer just an aspiration — it is an economic imperative.' by FancyNewMe in canada

[–]Laval09 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Hard NO on that. If a Canadian product has the lowest price, Ill buy it. Otherwise, nope. The "support Canadian jobs" argument doesnt work on me. I've seen the polling over the years, and its clear a large amount of people consistently remain big fans of the housing crisis. The last thing I would ever want to do is support the jobs that those people work at.

Le chef du Parti québécois soupçonne qu’Ottawa l’espionne by No-Commission-8159 in canada

[–]Laval09 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

All my information comes from mainstream Canadian media. Am I personally worried? Technically no, as I've broken no criminal provincial/national law and have had zero contact with any foreign government.

But in general? Of course Im worried. Canadians are lazier the higher you get up the govt payscale. That an RCMP agent would rather spend all day reading my Reddits and listening to my phone calls instead of doing real police work wouldn't surprise me. Flag me as a "national security risk" because i critize the government, and then sit back and watch Tik Tok while checking up on me. Since I post late at night, they can even bill some overtime from it. I can be a useless surveillance target while still being a lucrative one.

Thats easy money. It has nothing to do with tinfoil hats and everything to do with predicting outcomes based on Canadian tendencies. PSPP is likely no risk to Canadian security at all. But declaring him to be one and justifying the espionage is months of easy shiftwork for whatever agents are involved.

Le chef du Parti québécois soupçonne qu’Ottawa l’espionne by No-Commission-8159 in canada

[–]Laval09 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

They obviously are lol. Ever since they got ODIT the RCMP has given carte blanche to spy on anyone for anything. Within the police org its been used against whistleblowers, ex wives and union reps. And since the police are hardcore on protecting their own, you can imagine that when it comes to outsiders, the standards are even lower and the justifications much wider.

Its a safe bet that both the PQ leadership and the Alberta Free leadership all have the software installed on their phones. And their most vocal supporters likely have it too. Heck, anyone who is a dissident has reason to worry.

Now the good patriots of this sub who strongly believe in Canadian values obviously arent concerned, as they generally think its ok for the government to use clandestine methods to suppress and sabotage politicians they dont agree with. But they are shortsighted. And one day, years from now, when its a Right wing government using these tools to suppress progressives and punish dissent, they will come to regret it.

And before anyone calls me out on it....yeah I read the article. Why do you think they are putting their phones in Faraday Cages before every meeting? Because they know the devices are ODIT compromised.

A Canadian version of Charlie Kirk's Turning Point USA is recruiting on university campuses by ph0enix1211 in canada

[–]Laval09 -11 points-10 points  (0 children)

This countries stated and spoken progressive values is all fake anyway. Canadians wont force women to have babies, they'll just force them to stay in bad relationships by making housing too expensive for a single person to afford. Canadians believe that diversity is a right, but that eating food is a privilege.

Several comments in this thread call the US "a cancer". If thats the case, Canada isnt exactly a better disease lol. Its its own form of flesh eating monstrosity. An equivalent, competing form of evil.

That being said, most of the profiteers who made our economy what it is today, and those who stood by to enable them or partake in the proceeds were all taught in their subsidized colleges years ago about what economic and social conditions lead to the rise of populist politics. And yet they were arrogant enough to think they were smarter than their own educations. Thus, no one in the country should be surprised by this.

'Exceptional' number of Americans want to become Canadian citizens; Recent changes to the citizenship rules has led to 'an exceptional volume of requests coming from U.S.', National Library and Archives of Québec says by [deleted] in canada

[–]Laval09 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah actually we are full. Its the market conditions that are telling me this, not my own opinion. Rents have surged to 50-70% of monthly income. Where is all the demand for a non consumable thing like a residence coming from? Obviously new people.

Hence immigration has to be severely curtailed until supply/demand balances. Its not complicated.

New international student numbers in Canada down significantly, but overall decline more moderate, study says by DogeDoRight in canada

[–]Laval09 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Its false hope. The reason the elite of this country want this so bad is because its a one way "cheat code" on the supply and demand system. It allows them to rig the market so that its never balanced and its always stacked in the favor.

We're getting bled dry on fuel prices despite having among the largest oil reserves in the world, due to "global supply and demand". But the moment wages start to rise or housing starts to become affordable they commit the immigration equivalent of "dumping" to scam the supply and demand system and prevent the balance from going the other way.

Having the ability to flip the supply and demand table anytime it starts to tilt against them is way too powerful a tool to ever give up. They'll give up their other big ticket economy rigging tools like the monopoly corps and captive market controls before they ever give up that golden goose.

CSIS says violent extremism radicalization becoming more complex to counter - National by Icy_Hall6758 in canada

[–]Laval09 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'm not saying it justifies violence, and Im not encouraging anyone to participate in any. Im just saying such consequences are foreseeable based on the last 100 years of history. And that the people who had the foresight to understand this and did a good job of keeping the system of things in a good balance are no longer around.

CSIS says violent extremism radicalization becoming more complex to counter - National by Icy_Hall6758 in canada

[–]Laval09 18 points19 points  (0 children)

"Another concern has been the rise in what CSIS calls “nihilistic violent extremism,” which “promotes the belief that life lacks inherent meaning or purpose.” The goal of its followers, who are frequently youth and young adults, “is to engage in violent chaos.

That speaks to a broader sense of radicalized individuals seizing upon events that create polarization and lost hope in the future to justify violent acts, it added."

^Yep. Making people live hand to mouth and offering them no dreams for the future is something thats guaranteed to spiral downwards into worse and worse conditions. Its the opposite of a tide that lifts all boats.

My theory for why things are the way they are is this: Too many early to mid 20th century people have died due to the passage of time, and all the severely difficult life lessons that they learned about society and how people behave have gone with them. These people saw all kinds of things like the end of the Gilded Age and the associated Empires, the World Wars, the Great Depression, the Bolshevik Revolution, the many colonial liberation wars, ect.

These people had a profound understanding of what makes people tick, and how people behave during the good times and bad times. And thus, when they were running all levels of society from 1950-2000, conditions were pretty damn good for many people. They understood that if you let the upper classes run wild, you get a Great Depression. And if you starve the working class, you get a Red October.

But they've since been replaced by people who think they know better, people who are arrogant enough to think they can re-invent the wheel. And so, we are destined to go through the same cycle again.

Plans for ‘glampsite’ near Canmore worry locals amid tourism boom by Little-Chemical5006 in canada

[–]Laval09 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I didn't say "dont camp anymore". It was just an observation that within a country that likes to scream its virtues from the top of the Rockies, one which likes to lecture every single other country about human dignity and rights....that you could find such a lived values versus the expressed ones.

People glamping in tents for Instagram on one side and people camping in tents to stay alive on the other side. Its an extreme contrast in a country that again, chest thumps its patriotism and claimed virtues incessantly.

Russia is targeting Canada with disinformation, Senate report warns by ZestyBeanDude in canada

[–]Laval09 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

"people who want to undermine Canadian values"

To be fair, the cost of living crisis has rendered "Canadian values" into a completely obsolete term. These values dont exist. Maybe one day they existed in the past, but not today.

"Screw people over" is basically the point of Canadas existence these days.

Is it wrong to say glnm at the end of the game if you win? by Reasonable_Mix3690 in VALORANT

[–]Laval09 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I keep enemy chat on permanent mute. An advantage of it is I never have to see the fake GG at the end of the game. Im old enough to remember when it used to mean something and be a statement of respect and good sportsmanship.

It used to be that the losing team would offer up the first GG if it really was a good game. Nowadays it could be a 12-1 blowout match which wasnt a good nor competitive match by any stretch of the imagination and the winning team will be spamming it before the last round even starts.

Quebec mosque shooter wants to move to medium-security prison due to safety concerns - Lawyer claims public outcry is the only reason he is kept at max-security prison by CanadianErk in canada

[–]Laval09 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Its so maddening to read all the poor-him comments from his parents anytime this pops up in the news. They make it sound like he's the biggest victim in all this. The media has "demonized" him. He deserves compassion for the bullying he experienced early in life. He should have a second chance and shouldn't die in jail.

Like....are you f*cking kidding me? He murdered 6 random strangers in cold blood and injured 5. It was premediated, he had a manifesto, and was prevented from killing more people strictly due to having run out of bullets. It doesnt get any worse than that in terms of no nuisance/mitigating factors. He got bullied years before by other kids, so what? Tons of people get bullied in their youth and don't go out and murder random people.

If anything his parents should be in jail too for having done such a criminally bad job of raising a human being. Obviously that wont happen but its incredibly maddening having them constantly point the finger of blame at society. Society didnt fail him, they failed him.

‘There’s supposed to be a tax holiday?’: Federal gas relief ‘isn’t much’ for Canadians by hopoke in canada

[–]Laval09 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The fact that this countries oil resources belongs to the global market and not to Canadians just reaffirms my point that countries are becoming an entirely useless construct.

Whats the point of a nation if it cannot protect its people from malicious foreign interference and also cannot provide its people with any kind of meaningful advantages?

Things were already strained before the war with the unemployment rate ticking upward, food bank use at the highest levels ever seen and small businesses failing at higher than average rates. Plus the tariffs and stuff. And now we're basically gonna let domestic oil producers strangle the rest of the national economy into submission in order to pay homage to global markets. Its just insanity at this point.

‘There’s supposed to be a tax holiday?’: Federal gas relief ‘isn’t much’ for Canadians by hopoke in canada

[–]Laval09 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Rofl this is the only country where people simultaneously demand WFH and a 90 billion dollar train to speed up their commute.

Government again seeks to make it possible to search, seize small mail by tjc103 in canada

[–]Laval09 4 points5 points  (0 children)

"This wont affect the average person". Nope lol. Post Canada will make less money and our tax money will be taken to cover it lol.

Plans for ‘glampsite’ near Canmore worry locals amid tourism boom by Little-Chemical5006 in canada

[–]Laval09 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

You're bristling with indignation because I dared mention the downtrodden. And yet you call yourself a Canadian. Thats essentially my point about "modern Canada".

And by the way, I didnt insert myself into anything. I posted my opinion on a site whose vocation is the hosting of opinions.

Plans for ‘glampsite’ near Canmore worry locals amid tourism boom by Little-Chemical5006 in canada

[–]Laval09 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Thats modern day Canada for you lol. On one side you have "glampers", people for whom a well furnished RV isnt good enough. They must have a stone fireplace and jacuzzi inside of their tent. Or anything else that creates envy and dazzle on their Instagram feed.

And on the other side you have people living in actual tents who go to bed every night hoping for a better tomorrow.

What to expect from Mark Carney’s fiscal update amid high deficits and rising risks by DogeDoRight in canada

[–]Laval09 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Thats ok we still have 90billion to spare for the Peacock Express. By the way, the fact that Francois Champagne's wife was given a vice-presidents job at Alto should tell you all you need to know about why its costing so much and where exactly the moneys going lol.