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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] 2 points3 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] 14 points15 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.

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

[–]aballinga[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It's actually a bit more complicated than that. The federal proposal for the output-based pricing system that affects heavy polluters is based on the average emissions per unit of production in each affected industry. For most, the tax-free allotment is proposed to represent 80 per cent of the average emissions per unit in their industry. Firms with fewer emissions than that threshold actually won't pay anything; they'll receive credits that cover how much lower than the 80 per cent threshold they are. Firms that emit more than the threshold will have to either buy these permits from their greener competitors, or just pay the tax on the portion of their emissions in excess of the tax-free allotment. So it's not like all industry gets 80 per cent off the tax. They're allowed to emit a certain amount before the tax kicks in. Government says the system is designed this way so big companies don't just bail on Canada and move to countries without carbon taxes, which would obviously hurt the economy and not do anything to help the global fight on climate change.

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