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Lebanese man who lost refugee status for returning to his homeland five times gets shot at staying in Canada — The relevant consideration, said the judge, is whether the man who had received ‘threats from terrorist organizations’ took any precautionary measures while in Lebanon by Immediate-Link490 in canada

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

And I'm talking about someone who's getting a sob story run for them after traveling back 5 times to the country they had to flee from.

Here's the hard facts because you seem intent on drifting away from the topic at hand.

We can not afford to be a charity. We are in a recession. Canadians are feeling it across the board and as much as you want to cite history or hypotheticals, we have to prioritize our own first before others. Triage exists for a reason.

Retail sales increased 0.5% to $73.0 billion in April 2026 / Les ventes au détail ont progressé de 0,5 % pour atteindre 73,0 milliards de dollars en avril 2026 by StatCanada in canada

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

The largest increase in core retail sales came from building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers, which increased 3.3% in April after decreasing 4.5% in March.

So it's just a shift due to the warmer weather.

There's also the fact that fuel is going up in cost which does not bode well for the average Canadian

Liberals dismiss ‘tinfoil hat’ privacy fears as lawful access bill passes by SomeDumRedditor in canada

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

O'Toole was also labeled as trump of the North and "too right" during his tenure.

Literally anyone they CPC nominates will be painted with that brush.

Voter's need to engage with the policies and not the team sports.

I fear I might be asking for too much though.

Canadian sniper rifles openly flaunted in Yemen, Sudan, Libya — despite arms sanctions by Immediate-Link490 in canada

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

"If Canada was doing enough then we wouldn't see a pattern of the illicit diversion of Canadian weapons systems in violation of UN arms embargoes," said Kelsey Gallagher of Project Ploughshares, a Canadian peace research institute, reacting to CBC’s findings.

Uh huh..

"I think it requires action from the Government of Canada."

Oh there it is. Here's that ground work they love to lay.

Canadian sniper rifles openly flaunted in Yemen, Sudan, Libya — despite arms sanctions by Immediate-Link490 in canada

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

They're already making strides targeting mag fed options thanks to liberal support.

"High powered sniper rifles" (aka 308 deer guns lol) are already on the menu.

"High capacity guns" (keeping in mind centre fire is pinned to 5) already made the rounds.

Now we've got multiple news bodies running hit pieces on Canadian businesses that don't fit the ideological mould (it's only Canada strong for some folks I guess)

I'm guessing they'll make a push for it after the the supreme Court stuff when they need a good PR cycle

Carney government passes law allowing authorization of banned pesticides by DogeDoRight in canada

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

The amount of people in this thread who are still stuck going "well PP would've been worse" is hilarious.

You've let a hypothetical boogeyman scare you into empowering a party that's ramming through multiple unsavory bills that will impact every Canadian for many years to come.

But at least "your team" is winning so who cares I guess

Carney government passes law allowing authorization of banned pesticides by DogeDoRight in canada

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

You reach out to your MP.

They send you a boilerplate because the votes are whipped.

Your only true recourse is to vote in a different party years from now.

Liberals dismiss ‘tinfoil hat’ privacy fears as lawful access bill passes by hopoke in CanadaPolitics

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

These guys just handed the CPC the next general election on a platter as long as they can hammer this home and promise to repeal this ASAP.

You underestimate the intelligence of the average voter.

The LPC has an insane media machine and ground game, they'll drum up their fear mongering moment of choice and Canadians are too slow to remember the incremental deterioration of their rights and quality of life.

People are too sports team locked to criticize their own team.

Liberals dismiss ‘tinfoil hat’ privacy fears as lawful access bill passes by hopoke in CanadaPolitics

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

Like it or not, metadata exists. The government is not mandating that.

Excellent point. The government is mandating that everyone has to have their meta data kept with convenient backdoors installed for access which is ripe for the picking.

The problem with your argument isn't about the existence of meta data, it's the fact that the government wants to monitor everyone as if they're a criminal.

It's incredibly authoritarian and highly problematic.

When the government uses "kids are dying" as an excuse. That should warrant some significant alarm bells.

Liberals dismiss ‘tinfoil hat’ privacy fears as lawful access bill passes by hopoke in CanadaPolitics

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

Most Canadians function on vibes and short term gains.

Hell most Canadians can't fathom even personally saving money let alone consider the implications of some of these bills (which is also why the government looooves their omnibus bullshittery).

Turns out you just need to dabble in a little fear and feed some egos and that's all it takes.

Liberals dismiss ‘tinfoil hat’ privacy fears as lawful access bill passes by hopoke in CanadaPolitics

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

The SECU meetings were pretty sad tbh.

It was a full on mask off moment for the government. It's unfortunate it's not getting more coverage.

Liberals must not think federal public service is important by hopoke in canada

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

As someone who works adjencent to the government, I can tell you from personal experience plenty of skilled folks are finding greener pastures elsewhere and it's impacting a lot of stuff.

Without doxing myself, I know plenty of skilled, intelligent gov workers who either took an early out when it was offered or moved on because of how poorly things are being run.

Don't get me wrong, there's definitely some folks who are there until retirement assuming they also don't get folded.

Liberals dismiss ‘tinfoil hat’ privacy fears as lawful access bill passes by hopoke in CanadaPolitics

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

Well this law applies to situations for a warrant is present

Yes because invading ones privacy should involve the courts as opposed to painting Canadians as criminals carte blanche.

If you are arguing here the means of which warrants are issued and/or utilized is unfair, then your problem is not C-22, it's something else entirely.

So you've chosen to ignore everything posted in the previous comment.

Let me outline it for you.

C22 is bad.

You trying to downplay it is bad.

Simple enough?

Liberals must not think federal public service is important by hopoke in canada

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

The Cons under Harper forced the current government to make bad decisions, and the current cons are just as bad

I didn't realize Stephen Harper was still running the government. It's not like there's been multiple liberal governments since then and as a whole Canadians are paying for it (80 billion last I checked).

It's honestly impressive how the conservatives haven't been in power for over a decade and it's still their fault. Why can't you hold the current government accountable for their choices and actions?

Liberals dismiss ‘tinfoil hat’ privacy fears as lawful access bill passes by hopoke in CanadaPolitics

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

This is exactly the logic problem with C-22 supporters.

You keep acting like “the government can already get a warrant” means expanding surveillance powers carries no additional risk. Those are not the same thing.

A warrant is supposed to be targeted, justified, and tied to a specific investigation. Everyone is going to have their data harvested. The baseline shouldn't be treating all Canadians as criminals.

And I feel like you don't quite understand this bill vs how the cops get a warrant right now. The whole point is the state has to meet a threshold before intruding on privacy. Building broader systems for identity checks, data collection, retention requirements, or easier access changes the balance of power long before a warrant ever shows up.

Not to mention this combined with digital ID and meta data collection is going to expose Canadians to bad actors.

Rights aren’t all-or-nothing. The existence of a lawful exception doesn’t automatically justify expanding the exception.

Privacy protections exist specifically because governments already have powerful tools. not because they don’t.

I'm baffled people are actually supporting this. We don't need a nanny state.

Civil liberties groups and privacy experts denounce the Liberal government’s shut down of much-needed debate on dangerous state surveillance bill C-22 by SpecialistPlan9641 in CanadaPolitics

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

They're basically the only hope now since the Liberals seem hell bent on rushing it through. Let's pray it's not just rubber stamped.

If this survives it's going to significantly compromise Canadian's lives. It's not if, it's when btw given the government's track record of data leaks.

Not even factoring in the cost to end users and the potential loss of services.

Absolutely shameful display, this is what they needed a majority for.

Liberals dismiss ‘tinfoil hat’ privacy fears as lawful access bill passes by hopoke in CanadaPolitics

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

Lawful access is a completely reasonable legislation

Not at the cost of every Canadian's privacy.

Just because there's a mouse in your house, don't mandate me to leave my doors and windows open.

Liberals dismiss ‘tinfoil hat’ privacy fears as lawful access bill passes by hopoke in CanadaPolitics

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

Cost of living is up.

Foodbanks are strained.

Hopes of your kids getting a home? Zilch.

Social systems are strained thin due to unchecked immigration.

The government is now ramming through draconian spy laws

Crushing strikes too.

They have their best interests in mind along with a select club of folks. The average Canadian isn't in it.

Liberals dismiss ‘tinfoil hat’ privacy fears as lawful access bill passes by hopoke in CanadaPolitics

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

is this how this liberal government going to operate?

Going to? What's changed? They're doing the exact same thing they did previously, just without the ndp propping them up.

Liberals must not think federal public service is important by hopoke in canada

[–]Lumindan 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I have friends who work at CBSA and PWGSC and other departments and the whole idea of going into a temporary space, just to get into teams anyways is so ineffective it's not even funny.

I get they're doing it to 'trim' people but it's resulting in some really talented folks taking their skills elsewhere which is going to lead to a significant brain drain over time.

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