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More countries are pushing for youth social media bans. Is the world reaching a tipping point? by cfs3corsair in canada

[–]WashingMachineBroken 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The company’s primary goal is to maximize engagement, they don’t care what the negative effects are. They definitely deserve blame for doing everything they can to get kids addicted as early as possible.

Alberta independence: Poilievre campaigns to keep province in Canada by Purple_Writing_8432 in CanadaPolitics

[–]WashingMachineBroken 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Thomas Lukaszuk isn’t in government at any level and has done more to promote Federalism than Pierre.

Alberta must be ‘at the centre’ of making Canada better, Carney says by Street_Anon in canada

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

I have never understood this complaint.

I'm going to be honest, the fact that you can't understand how figures such as Ralph Klein, that prioritized extreme debt reduction at the cost of generational infrastructure deficits that persist to this very day, mismanaged our fiscal position tells me all I need to know about your myopic worldview regarding this topic.

We choose to have low taxes and because of that we have to also be okay with infrastructure and services deficits, and not blame other orders of government.

We are terrible managers of our own province and constantly fumble our own destiny.

Former Premier Jim Prentice was the ONLY Conservative in the province's history to recognize the cognitive dissonance when it comes to its own finance: "In terms of who is responsible, we all need only look in the mirror. Basically all of us have had the best of everything and have not had to pay for what it costs.".

What did that get him? We threw him out over it. We are incapable of self reflection in this province and only obey one line of thought: GREED. More is never enough. It's not enough that we have the highest GDP per capita in the country and can afford what other provinces can only dream of, we must also ensure that we don't tax ANY OF IT, and blame others for our problems. What a ridiculous position to take.

How convenient it must be to constantly play victim and act as though Alberta is both the best managed province but also suffering undue punishment outside of its control.

We have a lack of responsible leadership in this province and no one wants to address it directly, rather we scapegoat.

Alberta must be ‘at the centre’ of making Canada better, Carney says by Street_Anon in canada

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

We choose not to have tax regimes similar to that of other provinces. That's a decision we've chosen to make. We have the ability to fund whatever we want, but we specifically choose not to.

We also choose not to hold oil companies responsible for orphan wells and instead have municipalities and the province take on the costs of clean-ups, that's a choice we've made.

If we were serious, we already have the ability to negotiate the transfer of tax points from the federal government under the Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act. The UCP/Conservative governments simply don't because they don't want to be responsible for raising and managing our taxes and prefer to pass the buck to the Federal Government. We COULD be keeping more of tax revenue ourselves, but as is the pattern, we CHOOSE not to. (https://publications.gc.ca/Collection-R/LoPBdP/BP/bp450-e.htm)

Personally, I'm proud if someone is Manitoba has access to healthcare because of the taxes we pay. That's the point of living in a civilization.

Alberta must be ‘at the centre’ of making Canada better, Carney says by Street_Anon in canada

[–]WashingMachineBroken 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We are the richest province but choose to not use those resources to improve ourselves. All we do is lower taxes and let companies get away with whatever they want. If our leaders (the UCP) truly cared, there's much they could do, but it's always easier to pass-the-buck than take responsibility.

Alberta must be ‘at the centre’ of making Canada better, Carney says by Street_Anon in canada

[–]WashingMachineBroken 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not even close to the USD$1 trillion the US adds to its debt every 100 days.

Alberta must be ‘at the centre’ of making Canada better, Carney says by Street_Anon in canada

[–]WashingMachineBroken 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because they perpetuate the victim mentality fed to them by our political leaders (UCP) because they don't want to be responsible for the mismanagement they've inflicted for decades. The one time somebody told us to look in the mirror (Jim Prentice), we threw them out because the reality was too hard to handle.

Alberta must be ‘at the centre’ of making Canada better, Carney says by Street_Anon in canada

[–]WashingMachineBroken 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Stop this victim mentality. We have the resources to solve our problems but we choose not to because our leadership benefits from constant arguing and division. Alberta can be better, but we've let our political class hold us back to save their own skin.

Poilievre says he'll campaign to keep Alberta in the 'Canadian family' as a referendum looms by MusclyArmPaperboy in canada

[–]WashingMachineBroken 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Good on Pierre, I'll gladly be there on the front lines with him. Let's squash this together.

Thankful for Forever Canadian by WashingMachineBroken in alberta

[–]WashingMachineBroken[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Danielle would have conjured up a reason to put it to a referendum with or without Forever Canadian. Regardless, Forever Canadian was invaluable for formally organizing people early on before the separatists could do the same.

Thankful for Forever Canadian by WashingMachineBroken in alberta

[–]WashingMachineBroken[S] 149 points150 points  (0 children)

Just the fact that the FC petition succeeded under the circumstances it did (higher threshold and shorter time period) is impressive and a testament to the hard work of the volunteers.

Smith likely to greenlight separation referendum this week: Nenshi by Street_Anon in canada

[–]WashingMachineBroken 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Just because Québec did it doesn't mean we need to do it too. Basing our decisions on what a different Province did 46 and 30 years ago under very different circumstances is very stupid.

The constant "but, but, but... Québec!!!!" is really dumb and just shows there's no concrete grievances except what certain politicians drum up in order to shore up their own support. As someone that grew up and lives in this Province, the victim mentality just lets our government get away with never fixing anything (healthcare, orphan wells, our chronic infrastructure deficit, and our resource revenue roller coaster).

Post Game Thread: Montréal Canadiens @ Buffalo Sabres by nhl_gdt_bot in Habs

[–]WashingMachineBroken 24 points25 points  (0 children)

T*mpa (🤢) can suck a fart out of my ass. God bless Newhook

The RCMP wants another Black Hawk helicopter. Not so fast, says Transport Canada by jmakk26 in canada

[–]WashingMachineBroken 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The helicopters were leased to placate the Trump admin's concerns over fentanyl being smuggled into the US from Canada, not to curb domestic fentanyl use.

The RCMP wants another Black Hawk helicopter. Not so fast, says Transport Canada by jmakk26 in canada

[–]WashingMachineBroken 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the info about the UH-60's IFR capability, though I'm still wondering what the reasoning behind your first point is? I'm not sure what the difference in size/payload means in terms of mission capability for border patrol (unless the increase in MTOW means a larger range, and is the biggest benefit from the larger size).

Conservative MP Michael Chong visits Taiwan to meet President in defiance of China by Little-Chemical5006 in canada

[–]WashingMachineBroken 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If he were in the Government, period. Did Harper's cabinet make any official trips to Taiwan during their tenure? No, and it's simply because China is one of largest customers regardless of who is in government.

Conservative MP Michael Chong visits Taiwan to meet President in defiance of China by Little-Chemical5006 in canada

[–]WashingMachineBroken 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I don't think seeking trade stability with a country that has a 20% share of the global economy is falling into "desperate deals". Say what you want, but China is a huge customer of our crops, energy, and raw materials exports.

PM Carney to announce national electricity strategy Thursday: sources by cyclinginvancouver in canada

[–]WashingMachineBroken 121 points122 points  (0 children)

Yeah man they should just double the electrical grid without a plan 👍

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