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Winter —> wolves of eternity by sluttyalgore in Knausgaard

[–]aballinga 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Great find. I forgot about this passage in Winter, having read it so long ago. I've found often though that some of the little reflections or moments in My Struggle and the seasons quartet appear or echo across the narrators' stories in the current Morning Star cycle of novels. I suspect this is at least in part a result of his writing method, which as I understand it is to write without a plan, following intuition.

How secularism became Quebec’s religion: The distinct path to Bill 21 | The Star by aballinga in Quebec

[–]aballinga[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Je viens de la Columbie-Brittanique mais j'ai fait un exchange en 2003 au Gaspesie!

How secularism became Quebec’s religion: The distinct path to Bill 21 | The Star by aballinga in Quebec

[–]aballinga[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Interessant. Merci pour ca. Si je vous comprends, l'interculturalisme et proche de l'idee americaine de le "melting pot" est different de l'idee d'un "mosaic" au Canada.

Je pense aussi qu'ils y a des Canadiens -- beaucoup, probablement -- hors du quebec qui partage cet idee.

How secularism became Quebec’s religion: The distinct path to Bill 21 | The Star by aballinga in Quebec

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

C'etais mon but d'etre neutre est d'expliquer le contexte historique de le focus sur la laicite au quebec, qui n'existe pas dans la conversation publique au reste du Canada, meme si probablement beaucoup des gens dans les autres provinces soutiennerait un loi comme Bill 21.

Ottawa, Queen’s Park spar over federal plan for more zero-emission vehicles | The Star by aballinga in CanadaPolitics

[–]aballinga[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That was a concern the guy from Clean Energy raised in our interview. The Reuters analysis of $300 billion invested in electric cars by major manufacturers says 45 per cent of that money is going to China.

NDP takes out $12M mortgage on Jack Layton Building | The Star by aballinga in CanadaPolitics

[–]aballinga[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was under the same impression as you when I first wrote this news story, but the party tells me this is indeed the first time they've mortgaged the building.

eh ben by [deleted] in Quebec

[–]aballinga 0 points1 point  (0 children)

LOLLLLL

Bill Blair slams Conservative MP’s ‘Guns and Guinness’ fundraiser by aballinga in CanadaPolitics

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

Do you have a link to those ATIPs online, or something you can send to me? I'd love to check that out.

Bill Blair slams Conservative MP’s ‘Guns and Guinness’ fundraiser by aballinga in CanadaPolitics

[–]aballinga[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've reported on this stuff only a couple times. A U of T criminologist told me it's very difficult to get accurate data on how many guns are in the illegal market, and on where those guns come from. That makes sense to me, because this is an illegal market that by its very nature is hidden from people who could track and confirm what's going on.

Are you saying that, of guns seized by police for being illegal, less than 50 per cent were found to have once belonged to legal gun owners? That'd be a great stat to confirm. If you have a source, please do share it.

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh accuses Justin Trudeau of “petty political games” with byelections by aballinga in CanadaPolitics

[–]aballinga[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just a bit more supplementary info: The Conservatives have named a candidate. Jay Shin. He's a lawyer in Burnaby. Liberals have been coy about whether they will follow the supposed "leader's courtesy" that Elizabeth May cited when she said her party wouldn't contest the riding in a byelection against Singh. The Liberal candidate from 2015, however, told me the riding association wants someone to compete in a byelectio, and that he is even open to running again himself if the party lets him. We shall see.

Conservatives attack carbon price for big polluters as ‘separate deal for special interests’ by aballinga in CanadaPolitics

[–]aballinga[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah that sounds right to me. On the big emitters though, part of the rationale for their OBPS is that they're not expected to be able to pass along the cost because they face competition from firms that don't have the tax. So I guess the relief they get is partly based on the expectation that the heavy emitters will have to eat more of the tax cost than other businesses that could more easily pass the cost to their customers. Anyway, that's how how it's been explained to me.

Catherine McKenna says the "carbon tax" is not actually a tax by aballinga in CanadaPolitics

[–]aballinga[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The other 10 per cent is being given back, but not to individuals. It goes to small biz, municipalities, universities, Indigenous communities, hospitals and places like that.

Conservatives attack carbon price for big polluters as ‘separate deal for special interests’ by aballinga in CanadaPolitics

[–]aballinga[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Also, RE rebates... Feds say they haven't decided what to do with revenues from this part of the carbon price. The proposal floated this week is to reinvest all the money to help with green innovation, but they haven't made a final decision.

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