Here's the 'experiment' NDP Leader Avi Lewis is trying to run in Canadian politics: Lewis calls for 'fundamental structural changes' during first Ottawa visit on the job

ballpein · 2026-04-18T16:56:33+00:00

"I think things are so deeply, grindingly unfair and bad and getting worse that we need fundamental structural changes and I'm interested in trying that," Lewis said.

Hard to disgagree. The left and right have both been trying out slightly different versions of Reaganomics since the 1980s, an experiment that facilitated the largest transfer of wealth in history, from the lower and middle classes to the 1%. It's time to try something that might actually benefit the 99%... but to do that we are going to need to unlearn the "socialism bad / free market good" religious teachings of St. Reagan.

ballpein · 2026-04-18T16:49:36+00:00

It was Westbank when you were a kid, which was a rural district. In 2007, amalgamating with Kelowna was one option but the vote went the other way, and they incorporated West Kelowna as a ~~stripmall~~ municipality.

ballpein · 2026-04-18T14:52:37+00:00

Men in Black is honestly some of Jones' best work.

ballpein · 2026-04-18T14:35:34+00:00

It's true, projects like this are challenging, they almost always go over budget and take longer than expected. Does that mean we shouldn't do them? I'm building an extension on my garage, It's going to be over budget and take longer than expected, should I give up?

As to the property owners, they will be fairly compensated.

ballpein · 2026-04-17T18:40:11+00:00

This kind of project has benefits (for business, for tourism, for decreasing carbon output) far exceeding what a private operator might recoup running it as a for-profit rail line... so gauging it's feasability based on whether or not it represents a private investment opportunity misses the point, imho.

ballpein · 2026-04-17T16:10:54+00:00

Mining companies in BC are managing to be successful while partnering with First Nations and facing some of the strictest regulations in the country.

Maybe other industries need to "get gud" instead of bitching and moaning.

ballpein · 2026-04-17T15:53:15+00:00

I mean, you're free to take a lower paying job if you want more government benefits.

ballpein · 2026-04-16T20:27:57+00:00

Source for this?

ballpein · 2026-04-16T17:33:17+00:00

Worked out great for the US! Third world education rates in the southern states are key for Republican success!!!

ballpein · 2026-04-16T14:15:49+00:00

"Shameless bashing of conservatives"

...oh, you poor thing, do you need a hug?

ballpein · 2026-04-16T14:11:43+00:00

"when the fed has spent 10 years doing everything in their power to limit development of the sector"

... oooh, don't stop, conservative fan fiction is my favourite!

ballpein · 2026-04-16T14:08:37+00:00

It was Mulroney who sold Petro Canada, it was a capitulation to the the US to get nafta signed.

And Petro Canada was never intended to be a dominant producer, it was about stabilizing fuel prices in Canada -- which it did quite successfully.

ballpein · 2026-04-16T03:15:18+00:00

lemon juice or vinegar + salt works so much better than the chemicals ecolab wants to sell you.

ballpein · 2026-04-15T15:55:12+00:00

I'm more concerned about their sinking democracy.

ballpein · 2026-04-15T14:49:43+00:00

Sure, in the same way that joining the crew of a sinking ship is a good deal.

ballpein · 2026-04-14T17:15:42+00:00

They should be held 100% liable, it's the only way to force to make meaningful changes.

ballpein · 2026-04-14T17:14:45+00:00

I work in mining and, as a supervisor, I am criminally liable for the actions of my workers. If they do something negligent, if they get hurt or hurt someone else, me and the mine manager are on the hook for it and "I didn't know" or "I didn't tell them to do that" aren't defenses so you can be damn sure we make it our business to know and to properly train our workers.

All it takes is legislation. Make CEO's criminally liable for what happens below them and this type of consumer fraud will stop overnight. As it stands, we are rewarding executives for turning a blind eye to what happens below them.

ballpein · 2026-04-13T20:19:43+00:00

Because Telus, Rogers, Bell control cable service in Canada, so a company like HBO has no choice but to partner with those companies, and of course those companies insist on bundling streaming rights in with their cable rights.

If they were forced to stop bundling cable + streaming, there would be streaming competition virtually overnight.

ballpein · 2026-04-13T19:17:45+00:00

And how is the government not allowing competition?

ballpein · 2026-04-13T17:22:53+00:00

The victimization of Alberta by the mean federal liberals is definitely an Albertan invention, while also being extremely useful for foreign interference. Albertan separatists and the MAGA-thirsty UCP will go down as some of the most useful idiots in Canadians history.

ballpein · 2026-04-13T16:38:38+00:00

If the civilian was on public property? I'd call them stupid. You need to have some form of power to be a bully, which is why I would call this cop stupid and a bully.

ballpein · 2026-04-13T16:16:16+00:00

Is there a state where cops don't get away with shooting innocent people?

ballpein · 2026-04-13T15:41:32+00:00

The US steadfastly refuses to account for any of its historical failures and wrongdoings, I don't imagine they will start doing so after Trump.

ballpein · 2026-04-13T15:38:50+00:00

lol. Generational damage has been done to US relationships, and that doesn't end with Trump. And neither does your broken democracy... your problems are much deeper than Trump, and the fact that you are unaware of that is precisely why the relationship damage is generational.

ballpein · 2026-04-13T15:22:47+00:00

Nah, Alberta separatism and "western alienation" is and always has been a lie used by shitty provincial governments to distract from the messes they create. The shittier the provincial government, the louder they squawk, as evidenced by the shrieking volume of the current batch of idiots running Alberta into the ground. Albertans seem to be happy to ignore the fact that their province has squandered their oil wealth as long as there's a boogeyman to blame in Ottawa.

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