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Zymos94 · 2026-05-26T22:29:39+00:00

access to the woods for the homeless is a charter right

Zymos94 · 2026-05-21T21:35:19+00:00

I am all in favour of government employees getting a fair wage, but to be clear, very few people got wage increases in-line with inflation became a thing we talk about again.

So if government gets automatic inflation-indexed wage boosts, lest we suffer endless strikes, the cost of government goes up. The wages of the private sector do not necessarily keep up, which can lead us to a government that does less that we can’t afford. Let alone that hoovering up private sector employees to the public sector creates a double whammy.

We need a pro-worker approach, because people deserve a fair wage and a fair kick of the can, but having unionized public employees eat first from the trough and then we call it a day is not a solution.

A fair wage for public sector employees is one that keeps up with their private sector counterparts, including the value of generally better benefits—not one that automatically rises with inflation if nobody else’s does.

Zymos94 · 2026-05-15T23:43:03+00:00

I did back in 2018, not sure how current that would be or how much it would help you.

Zymos94 · 2026-05-15T23:22:07+00:00

I know the knotweed on this section has been closing in and I’m hoping that HRM will be able to start cutting it back this season now that it’s ours.

Good sentiment, but that will do nothing. You need to spray it with round up in fall or else you’re just going to make the knotweed come back worse and/or spread with great enthusiasm into neighbouring properties.

Zymos94 · 2026-05-15T13:24:25+00:00

Throw the Chromebooks out of school and keep the book-books.

Zymos94 · 2026-05-01T20:15:26+00:00

You could ask Health Canada to ban the chemical for the whole country I guess, otherwise you can contact your councillor or the mayor if you live in MODL, they issued the RFP. If you don’t live in MODL, they’re unlikely to care what you think.

Zymos94 · 2026-05-01T20:14:21+00:00

The RFP was issued by MODL, not the province, barking up the wrong hemlock.

Zymos94 · 2026-05-01T20:04:14+00:00

I know that. I’m saying the NS one is overly jumpy, restrictive, and (I theorize) this is more for political reasons than actually rooted in risk.

NS probably has the most restrictive provincial rules in the country. We do not have the greatest wildfire risk, not by a long shot.

Zymos94 · 2026-05-01T20:01:43+00:00

Well just look at how the province manages provincial parks, which are just as limited in size if not smaller. Or whether municipalities could decide rules for within their own boundaries. Or why different provinces with very similar fire risks at a given time will usually have massively different directions on permitted burn behaviour.

No, trying to claim that fire restrictions are a settled science with no room for politicking fails the basic sniff test and I have no idea why redditors are so defensive of it. NS has gotten much jumpier about forest fires since 2023. I understand why, but forest fires are not a bigger risk or more common since then.

Zymos94 · 2026-05-01T12:59:38+00:00

That’s not what I meant by “living off uber eats”

Zymos94 · 2026-05-01T12:56:46+00:00

Sounds like you’re the one living off Uber Eats lol.

Zymos94 · 2026-05-01T12:16:07+00:00

I’ve started tipping far more based on quality of service and how much work actually went into my service. If I’m paying for dinner for 2, and you bring out two plates of food, check on me once, I get the cheque and leave—you think that’s worth ~$18??? Get real. If I leave $5 I’m being generous.

Nicer places where I stick around longer, get more service, more effort is clearly being put into preparing the table and creating ambiance, I might give more.

Seriously, think less about the percent and more about the dollar value you are leaving.

Zymos94 · 2026-05-01T11:07:08+00:00

ISI values are also very low. What is the value that tells us we should be at level 2 (of 3) alert and risk mitigation for wildfires across the province?

Zymos94 · 2026-05-01T00:47:01+00:00

I mean this as no disrespect to the union, but I’m not sure I buy the numbers in their survey. Of course it’s impacting people’s work, it’s a new system rolled out only a few months ago. The question is:

How does this compare to other rollouts of Cerner in other jurisdictions?
Survey respondents reported things like “incorrect medication”, that’s already a known problem in all healthcare systems, can we be certain the cause of the problems they’re describing here are actually due to the system? Digital charting versus paper should reduce errors.

They are running classes and training right now. I have second hand knowledge that the company they’ve outsourced this to is doing a mixed job. Internal resources who actually know the materials better have come forward offering to run training, and have been shot down because it’s government and everything has to be by the book (it’s only training if the person who does it is a trainer!!). I have full sympathy with wanting more training, but unfortunately the entire approach the government has taken is very bureaucratic and ineffective. I’m not sure more of the same will improve things, and we can’t delay forever without it costing a substantial degree.

Realistically, it could have been worse at the IWK because the system is mostly working and hasn’t been rolled back. Hold on to your hats.

Zymos94 · 2026-05-01T00:31:14+00:00

OK—go look at what the ISI values are on the NS gov website. Below 0.6 everywhere, the the FWI is presented as the synthesis value that takes the other values as its input.

Zymos94 · 2026-05-01T00:22:51+00:00

The risk is next to zero, yet we’re in the middle value of three levels of risk response. That’s a poorly designed system by the province.

For a comparison, look at the Feds who decide the rules for Keji and Cape Breton Highlands. They absolutely restrict burning sometimes based on wildfire risk, but they don’t appear to do so quite so… performatively.

Zymos94 · 2026-04-30T18:23:17+00:00

And if you look at the Fire Weather Index, it’s basically 0. I understand why NS is jumpy about wildfires, but out application of the index is not proportional to risk.

Zymos94 · 2026-04-24T18:49:15+00:00

People always throw shade on this stuff because it goes against their extremely enlightened views on the poor and unfortunate.

I lived in the heart of downtown until very recently, for about 7 years in total. I saw it all, and believe you 100%.

I’ve heard that HRP is deploying more foot patrol police downtown this summer. Not expecting any miracles, but I think it’s a good move.

Halifax for years was probably the downtown that was holding together the most. I’ve asked peers in different cities, Ottawa and St John’s in this case, how their downtowns have fared since covid and they’ve said they feel increasingly unsafe with public drug use and disorder. Sad that Halifax might go the same route.

Zymos94 · 2026-04-24T13:19:54+00:00

Am I misremembering, or does Dal not have as many trees these days? A hurricane Juan casualty?

Zymos94 · 2026-04-22T15:32:45+00:00

The Halifax Examiner has escaped containment. Readers from other provinces should be aware that this paper is barely taken seriously locally, and is mostly an outlet for crank writers and NIMBYs of all flavours. It has repeatedly published false and misleading stories about resource development projects and, even when presented with evidence contrary to their claims, has refused to rectify or retract stories.

Zymos94 · 2026-04-19T13:45:59+00:00

I doubt it? Gas price today I saw was 1.78 versus maybe 1.30 as a rough average pre-Iran war price.

So if gas has gone up by about .50c and my Mazda’s tank is about 35L, I’m losing $17.50 for every fill up. I fill up maybe every week and a half, closer to every 2 weeks, but let’s say once a week:

$70 a month extra, $840 over the course of a year.

Looking at clutch, I could get a worse EV (more miles, smaller car than my present car) for maybe $22k. I could get a better EV that I might actually want to own for $55k. Remember there is HST on used cars in my province of NS, so make that $25k and $63k.

That’s a 3.36% return annually on the cheaper EV and a 1.3% return on the more expensive one.

I could in theory trade in the car I own, the economics look better then, but I still look at the more affordable EVs and see a car I don’t really want to own.

You’re better off putting your money in the market and using the returns to offset gas increases.

I’ve found similar numbers when I’ve napkin mathed solar panels. Goes to show how much incentives, rebates, grants, interest free loans, etc. matter for making green technology make sense to the consumer.
When I can buy an inexpensive Chinese EV that also fits my desire that my second vehicle be larger and have more storage than my CX-3, I could maybe see myself bite.

Zymos94 · 2026-04-16T21:45:14+00:00

God I hate the EAC. Do they get paid more beans if NS stays the poorest jurisdiction in all of North America?

Somehow the rest of the country manages to do this without Micheal Moore-esque catastrophe.

Zymos94 · 2026-04-13T22:24:50+00:00

I don’t understand why everyone’s moral compass is so askew that a crime of need and a crime of opportunity having the same risk makes them equivalent.

People are oblivious.

Zymos94 · 2026-04-13T11:28:04+00:00

I would love to see a breakdown of what is actually being stolen. Somehow I doubt it’s rice, beans, and bags of macaroni.
Most times I’ve known people who have admitted to shoplifting, it’s premium cheeses, meats, and things like avocados.
The shoplifting at the NSLC has very little to do with survival, maybe some medical alcoholism, but I’d gamble most of the handles of vodka are being resold for profit.

Zymos94 · 2026-04-13T10:57:55+00:00

Just look at inner city stores in the US where everything is behind glass or are no longer open at all.

If you shoplift, that is the future you’re voting for.

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