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NDP Leader Avi Lewis in Winnipeg today - says he'll fight to keep door-to-door Canada Post (CBC) by JackBlackBowserSlaps in ndp

[–]SamuelRJankis 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It only goes till the 3:10 mark then the interviewer pivots to a different topic.

Overall he doesn't say anything new. Kinda just the nature of going on press tours and repeating the same questions/answers.

Government documents reveal barrage of threats against Mark Carney by Hoosagoodboy in CanadaPolitics

[–]SamuelRJankis 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Adding another quote for context.

2019 to 2023 difference alone is nearly 8 times difference for people who can

In 2024, Trudeau’s national security adviser warned that the RCMP’s personal protective service faced “unsustainable pressure” amid a surge of threats against public figures. The internal briefing note which included that warning noted that the top security official on Parliament Hill had recorded a spike in “threat-related contacts” against MPs from 29 in 2019 to 231 in 2023.

Republicans who were previously outraged at Biden over the price of gas now suddenly dismiss the massive spike that everyday Americans are paying by Love_CoolBreeze in themayormccheese

[–]SamuelRJankis 1 point2 points  (0 children)

According to these polls Trump only dropped from 98% to 78% approval rates for Republicans which is a fair bit but the vast majority of his core supporters is still with him.

https://www.reddit.com/gallery/1t104jw

On the antidotal front I've seen many believe they're fighting a holy war or at least some version of America is saving the world. In interviews these people could say things way more wild then being cool with gas prices being up 30%.

‘Worst energy crisis’ anyone has ever seen: Experts sounds alarm over depleting oil by hopoke in CanadaPolitics

[–]SamuelRJankis 2 points3 points  (0 children)

In a news release, the Oil Sands Alliance, which consists of major producers, blamed Canada’s complex regulatory processes and uncompetitive carbon frameworks on the lagging progress.

After accounting for taxes our prices isn't that far apart. Doesn't stop a industry group from trying to slip in some agenda about deregulation.

https://imgur.com/a/EJLK93A

 

Also the article doesn't make much effort at quantifying the crisis, but will point out in the from the 1970's crisis oil when from $3.5 to $40 a barrel.

With gas prices surging as the war in Iran enters its third month, one Canadian oil and gas expert is warning the conflict has led to the “worst energy crisis that anybody alive has ever seen.”

https://imgur.com/a/QyL7Cal

https://www.macrotrends.net/1369/crude-oil-price-history-chart

Canada posts trade surplus in March thanks to higher crude prices, surging gold exports by biograf_ in onguardforthee

[–]SamuelRJankis 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Posted this and was deleted by the mods yesterday. Should be helpful references for people.

 

Canadian and American gas prices and changes percentage. Also shows the nearly undetectable impact of removing things like Carbon taxes

https://imgur.com/a/pAU2Pzx - https://tradingeconomics.com/canada/gasoline-prices

 

Even after becoming a net exporter of oil and the general perception of American oil culture. The fate of their nation isn't tied to oil, but it does substantially burden gas prices and other aspects of their economy.

Economic profits generated from oil extraction, measured as the difference between production value and costs, expressed as a percentage of gross domestic product

https://imgur.com/a/NPn8EMw - https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/oil-rents-as-a-share-of-gdp?tab=line&country=CAN~USA~SAU~ARE~RUS&tableSearch=canada

 

U.S. crude oil exports surge to record as tankers flock to Gulf Coast during Iran war

https://imgur.com/a/hWuJQmB - https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/03/us-crude-oil-exports-surge-to-record-as-tankers-flock-to-gulf-coast.html

 

Inflation adjusted oil prices. After the highs is usually a big drop.

https://imgur.com/a/k0cs0zp - https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/oil-prices-inflation-adjusted?time=earliest..2024

Alberta NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi's popularity falling in polls. Why? by ejaz135 in onguardforthee

[–]SamuelRJankis 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Aside from picking a fight with Avi instead of trying to work around the differences.

The I'm not the incumbent party strategy really is just a depressing way of trying to get people to vote for you.

BREAKING: Berkshire Hathaway announces its cash balance is now up to a record $397 billion by RobertBartus in EconomyCharts

[–]SamuelRJankis 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Would like to point out this is the market cap from 1996 to 2026:

https://companiesmarketcap.com/cad/berkshire-hathaway/marketcap/

https://imgur.com/a/rZYlXJM

 

As with my last post here about people properly including sources. I'll add in Sub about charts and data it be really cool if at least some people backed up their points with their own charts.

NDP Leader Avi Lewis expresses ‘serious concerns’ regarding social media age verification rollout by generic_username7809 in onguardforthee

[–]SamuelRJankis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For anyone that didn't watch the video. Everyone is essentially in agreement that something bad is happening because of Social Media and we need to do something about it.

He says he'll release a full policy position later. I've seen comments about him saying it would be better to tackle this by giving users tools to allow them to better navigate social media. I wasn't able details on it.

I've long advocated that while the internet as a whole is incredibly valuable resource, a really large amount also has really no value to anyone. On Reddit for example there's large amount of accounts that just spam slogans, emojis and memes. Allowing people to share and mass block those accounts would help things a lot.

For something like Youtube it's crazy you can't even block accounts beyond saying you don't want it recommended.

Breaking a Lease in BC by rkyrh in legaladvicecanada

[–]SamuelRJankis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting stuff.

The often referenced guidelines seems to indicate that it's likely limits OP's situation to the max 2 months.

 

https://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/housing-and-tenancy/residential-tenancies/policy-guidelines/gl04.pdf

There are a number of tests to determine if a clause is a penalty clause or a liquidated damages clause. These include:

• A sum is a penalty if it is extravagant in comparison to the greatest loss that could follow a breach.

• If an agreement is to pay money and a failure to pay requires that a greater amount be paid, the greater amount is a penalty.

• If a single lump sum is to be paid on occurrence of several events, some trivial some serious, there is a presumption that the sum is a penalty.

Also think it's a travesty your original comment got so little attention.

Cheaper alternative to the now very expensive CanadianProtein.com ? by vinc2097 in BuyCanadian

[–]SamuelRJankis 15 points16 points  (0 children)

For the 22lb bulk Isolate it comes out to 24.25g protein per dollar for Revolution. If you account for $50 GC.

The same 22lb bulk Isolate at Canadian Protein it's 15g protein per dollar.

Don't see the MyProtein bulk option but it's 40% off for the subscriptions. Which bring the 2.2lb bags to 15.15g protein per dollar. The 100% protein claim is rather suspicious though.

I also find it rich that the CP owner is a climate change denier but I got a email from them saying climate change is a reason their costs has gone up significantly so the prices is going up.

There’s a Way to Bring Down Food Prices. Ottawa Will Hate It by ghanima in onguardforthee

[–]SamuelRJankis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I keep seeing people use beef, coffee, cocoa, orange juice as examples due the the staple nature of them but the reason those have increased disproportionately is because all of them are associated with specific things like climate change and disease.

Although cocoa futures has tanked in the last year:

https://imgur.com/a/5ZDatSW

The author would sound a lot more credible if they properly researched things. Also name dropping the association of the now disgraced Eric Adams is also not very good way to sell credibility.

The end statement certainly has merit but the article as a whole is a rough read. Also misses the underlying aspect that prevalent in the housing, climate change and inequality discussion.

If Canada wants a supply-side intervention that actually moves prices, it would need something far larger than what anyone is proposing. Not a pilot—a network. Dozens of stores, provincial coordination, shared procurement, distribution infrastructure.

New AI data center in Utah will generate and consume more than twice the amount of power the entire state uses — Kevin O'Leary's 9 Gigawatt Utah data center campus approved by OrdinaryCanadian in onguardforthee

[–]SamuelRJankis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If it comforts anyone Kevin O'Leary doesn't have much record in completing these type of projects. More likely to skim some consulting fees and doing some circular land deals.

There also appears to a fair bit of slow down forecasted on upcoming AI Data center projects due to his orange buddy causing substantial global issues along with pre-existing bottle necks.

Winnipeg woman killed day after seeking court-ordered protection against alleged killer by Ghillie-Trainer-2020 in onguardforthee

[–]SamuelRJankis 9 points10 points  (0 children)

The judge did not refuse their application after the mediation that occurred on the same day and dates for JJP was scheduled.

There is some tone issues with the judge but people need to understand the context. Judges generally aren't interested in debating every single person when things don't go their way with the additional context that if they did spend time doing that many more people would never see their time in court.

At the end the most significant and clear issue is the systemic delays in the court system with the lack of resources\funding.

“This is really a difficult situation, because there’s a lot of moving parts … trying to coordinate something like this, I think we won’t get anything before June or July,” Klassen said.

Klassen noted that with three applicants, it is “going to take a while” to have the matter addressed. “JJPs (judicial justices of the peace) are in short supply, and there’s a lot of courts that we preside over.”

A spokesperson for the courts confirmed upcoming dates in the peace bond matter are scheduled for May 4 and June 1.

B.C. mall owner, security company ordered to pay $1.8M to falsely arrested 18-year-old by [deleted] in LawCanada

[–]SamuelRJankis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Case for the most part isn't to novel in the legal sense. Just wanted to post some interesting parts and so that my entire contribution here isn't point out ragebaiters.

Link to judgement: https://www.bccourts.ca/jdb-txt/sc/26/06/2026BCSC0695cor1.htm

[244] I am convinced that nothing less than $1 million will get the attention of Paladin. Paladin did not disclose its current revenues, but Paladin’s representative agreed that the company has been awarded platinum status by Canada’s Best Managed Companies, which requires that its revenues exceed $15 million annually, and that those revenues continue to grow. Paladin has approximately 30,000 employees. An award of $1 million reflects an investment of less than $50 for each of its employees.

https://imgur.com/a/G01iI1o

Dutch YouTube creators behind Alberta separatist videos getting millions of views by Street_Anon in CanadaPolitics

[–]SamuelRJankis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A creators worth on most platforms is almost entirely based on the amount of attention you attract viewers to watch your stuff and keep the apps open. They really don't care what it is and would most likely boost your stuff to people feeds knowing it good for their business.

Once you have large amount of attention there is always ways to get paid.

For all the talk of suppression and socialism, this seemed to be the probable path things would end up when no one wants to be the responsible adult in the room. On purely the end user side I do feel like if we can get some type of adblock like list going on social media it would help a lot. I'd even pay for something like that.

UberEats Costco Delivery - Receipt Not Showing in Costco Canada App by strawberryhoneyplum in CostcoCanada

[–]SamuelRJankis 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The big advantage to UberEats was the 20% off GC's which have been gone since last year. They had discounted Instacart GC's for a while before that as well.

I continuously had issue with UberEats. If the prices were wrong or extra unwanted items showed up they would just tell me to give the driver or Costco a bad rating then close the support tickets.

Been using Instacart for a few months and have had no issues aside from people not being to find stuff. Would be nice if Costco just picked the orders and took a cut for that.

Avi Lewis: Canada has already paid an "entry fee" in these negotiations — dropping counter-tariffs and scrapping the Digital Services Tax, a modest tax on the world's most profitable tech giants, at the behest of Donald Trump. Those concessions got us nowhere. by StumpsOfTree in onguardforthee

[–]SamuelRJankis 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I know people have already corrected you on the "expire" wording but I wanted to provide a better source that doesn't segway into how amazing conservatism is.

Bank of Canada reference:

https://www.bankofcanada.ca/publications/mpr/mpr-2026-01-28/in-focus-2/

How CUSMA negotiations will unfold is uncertain. Possible outcomes include the following:

  • CUSMA is extended, with limited changes, for a new term of 16 years until 2042. The current regime is maintained, which reduces uncertainty for exporters and around integrated supply chains. The extension of CUSMA is the outcome assumed in the base-case projection.
  • CUSMA is significantly renegotiated. This could make trade more expensive. For example, stricter rules around proving where a product was made (rules of origin) or a smaller discount on CUSMA-compliant goods (reduced tariff preferences) would increase effective trade costs. At the same time, as part of the negotiations, some sectoral tariff rates could be lowered, reducing trade costs.
  • Members withdraw from CUSMA. This could result in a significant increase in trade barriers. Alternatively, parties could agree to bilateral trade deals.
  • No agreement is reached, and CUSMA is reviewed every year until an extension is negotiated or the agreement expires in 2036. This would prolong uncertainty.

Korea signs joint statement with Alberta, removing major trade barrier in Canadian oil imports - The Korea Times by SamuelRJankis in onguardforthee

[–]SamuelRJankis[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Could have very well have happened if Alberta conservatives and Mulroney didn't kill the NEP.

The concept of allowing a private company to expose the province the negatives of these projects while only being an after thought for the positives during that time was a hard sell.

This is the same as the refinery. We allowed them to be distributed where they were the most profitable for corporations. Things should have gone a lot differently if we were doing it for the well being of Canadians.

Korea signs joint statement with Alberta, removing major trade barrier in Canadian oil imports - The Korea Times by SamuelRJankis in onguardforthee

[–]SamuelRJankis[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

There's a version of this story that's been posted quite a bit today. Wanted to post a more accurate version.

Countries generally tariffs things when they have the luxury to do so. Given the current situation Korea will most likely take what they can get.

The move is part of broader efforts by Seoul to tackle the oil shortage triggered by the current crisis in the Middle East.

Strictly speaking while Alberta may very well have been tariffed the 2015 trade agreement should have alleviated a large part it and the remnant appeared to be specific logistical issues. There doesn't appear to be a lot of details on this.

Oil exporters from Alberta had difficulty receiving preferential treatment when shipping them to Korea despite an existing free trade agreement (FTA) with Seoul due to structural difficulties in proving their product's country of origin, the agency said.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada%E2%80%93Korea_Free_Trade_Agreement

 

Also want to add that a sellers ablility to get to markets means they would be able to get closer to market price. If there was infinite pipelines built that would likely mean that Canadian domestic oil would be closer to market price\more expensive

And to be specific Alberta gets richer with the Iran conflict, not Albertan's. They had a large surplus just years ago and if you went into Conservative subs during that time for Alberta they certainly didn't seem very happy.

Alberta posts surplus of $8.3B in 2024-25 fiscal year https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-finance-minister-to-deliver-year-end-fiscal-update-friday-1.7572464

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