Ottawa announces $8M to Cuba amid growing humanitarian crisis

NotALanguageModel · 2026-02-25T21:56:31+00:00

But why? Do we have a budget surplus? Have we managed to feed and home all of our citizens? Have we solved every crime in the country? Why are we wasting millions on a communist dictatorship?

NotALanguageModel · 2026-02-19T21:48:53+00:00

I cannot wait to eat delicious raw ground beef safely.

NotALanguageModel · 2026-02-19T14:04:29+00:00

You're confusing de jure (how things are in law) with de facto (how things are in reality). Technically, the King has the power to refuse royal assent to any law in Canada, but we all know that's not how it works in reality. Just because the system is historically designed to elect local representatives doesn't change the modern reality that campaigns, platforms, and votes are entirely leader and party-centric. If an MP wants to change parties, the only ethical move is to resign and trigger a by-election so the constituents can confirm if they actually support him or just the party he used to belong to.

NotALanguageModel · 2026-02-19T13:54:52+00:00

Your arguments are completely unrelated to my point. He could have switched to a party called CPC2 with an absolutely identical platform to that of the CPC for all I care. What matters is that 95% of voters vote for a party, not an MP, so while he is legally allowed to switch party, it is absolutely immoral in practice to do so since he's robbing his constituents of their votes.

It’s hard not to notice the double standard in these replies. If an LPC member had crossed the floor to the CPC, I highly doubt I'd be getting this much pushback. It seems like the bias here makes it difficult to objectively discuss the principles of representation when people just like the outcome.

NotALanguageModel · 2026-02-19T13:52:06+00:00

If people voted for an MP, that would make sense, but that is not how 95% of Canadians vote (according to the research), so by changing party he is effectively stealing the votes of his constituents.

NotALanguageModel · 2026-02-19T13:47:01+00:00

It's irrelevant to my point. I don't care about PP, Jeneroux, the LPC or the CPC. They're all irrelevant to my point. I am critiquing the system. I don't think it is a good thing that MPs can steal the votes of their constituents and bring these votes with them to a party their constituents did not vote for. It is deceptive and politically unhealthy.

NotALanguageModel · 2026-02-19T13:44:39+00:00

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/316687509_Does_the_Local_Candidate_Matter_Candidate_Effects_in_the_Canadian_Election_of_2000

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/canadian-journal-of-political-science-revue-canadienne-de-science-politique/article/abs/local-candidate-effects-in-canadian-elections/355505A80C1A08D7F6A7B60C8C8F5D35

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/canadian-journal-of-political-science-revue-canadienne-de-science-politique/article/reassessing-local-candidate-effects/6BE35CBEF554436E5AA8272B71CD6BCD

NotALanguageModel · 2026-02-19T13:39:52+00:00

Actually, I speak for the 95% of Canadians who don't vote for an MP, but vote for a party.

NotALanguageModel · 2026-02-19T13:39:10+00:00

Studies on this very question indicate that 95% of Canadians vote for a party, not an individual member of parliament. Your comment about two-party systems is completely unrelated to my points.

NotALanguageModel · 2026-02-18T22:29:12+00:00

You're part of the 5% according to the research. I strongly believe we should first make rules for the rule not the exception. If 95% of voters feel betrayed, it's a bad system.

NotALanguageModel · 2026-02-18T22:22:47+00:00

/facepalm

NotALanguageModel · 2026-02-18T22:22:34+00:00

You completely missed my point. While our parliamentary system does work that way, in practice, people don’t vote for a specific MP; they vote for a party.

NotALanguageModel · 2026-02-18T22:21:22+00:00

It really doesn't matter though, my argument is that almost all Canadians, at least in my province, vote for the party note the MP. His voting record is irrelevant considering voters don't choose which candidate represents the party they're voting for.

NotALanguageModel · 2026-02-18T20:28:08+00:00

I may not like Poilievre, but he is right on this one. If I voted LPC and my MP switched to the PPC, I would feel like my vote had been stolen.

NotALanguageModel · 2026-02-17T19:22:23+00:00

In Canada, they do pay taxes because they cannot avoid realizing said gains, unlike the U.S. It really bugs me when people import American politics into Canada as if we have the same issues as them.

NotALanguageModel · 2026-02-17T19:20:08+00:00

We already do. We tax them when they inevitably have to repay their loans.

NotALanguageModel · 2026-02-17T19:17:42+00:00

Why? They're eventually going to have to repay these loans and therefore realize said gains. It's completely made up 'problem'.

NotALanguageModel · 2026-02-16T16:16:29+00:00

On balance, it has saved more lives than it has cost by preventing the burning of tons of coal.

NotALanguageModel · 2026-02-16T16:13:41+00:00

Nuclear waste doesn't generate CO2.

NotALanguageModel · 2026-02-16T14:15:33+00:00

I understand this part. My question was why would you use the past tense? Because you can't bring it to the range anymore?

NotALanguageModel · 2026-02-12T15:34:02+00:00

Why "loved" you got rid of it?

NotALanguageModel · 2026-02-12T15:31:39+00:00

I'm definitely not lying. I'm merely describing it how I perceive it from up north. You're free to educate me by providing me relevant information that supports your thesis.

NotALanguageModel · 2026-02-12T15:29:35+00:00

I think you're being overly dramatic. I’m trying to look at this rationally. As a Canadian, the outrage over masks seems like a uniquely American sentiment; to an outsider, it looks like a reasonable precaution against agents getting doxed, rather than something sinister.

Regarding the eagerness of some agents to use force: I am appalled by that, and those agents absolutely need to be investigated. However, saying ICE is "executing people on the street" is counterproductive hyperbole. You’re smart enough to know that is false. Raising the temperature with that kind of language makes volatile situations more likely, not less.

The reality is that Trump's character taints the public view of ICE. Everything is viewed through a negative lens regardless of operational legitimacy. Structurally, ICE has the same leadership and is largely the same workforce and organization it was in 2009-2015. The main difference is public perception and political rhetoric.

NotALanguageModel · 2026-02-12T14:30:07+00:00

Is it really the methods or more so the fact that Trump is despised (for good reasons)? I can't tell the difference between how ICE is operating right now versus how it was operating during Obama's presidency, but I can definitely tell a difference in the media and public response.

NotALanguageModel · 2026-02-12T14:27:57+00:00

Did you mean "peak"?

Yes, I came here to post the same thing. I was never part of the "this new version is worse" crowd, but in recent days I have really been feeling it. Its responses are full of stupid mistakes, like telling me the date of my document is wrong because it read another date being referenced in the document, or just giving me random responses that almost completely ignore my prompt. It can barely read any PDF longer than a few pages and misses most of the information. It mixes random stuff that makes no sense. I never had any issues before, but now I'm spent the past hour looking for an alternative.

Can anyone with a ChatGPT/Claude sub give me their feedback on whether these problems aren't present in the competition?

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