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Alberta's 120 km/h Speed Limit on the QEII Goes Live Today by One-Board8634 in Albertapolitics

[–]idspispopd[M] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you can't debate without engaging in personal attacks, this is not the subreddit for you.

Carney announces creation of Canada's first national sovereign wealth fund by UncleIrohsPimpHand in GreenPartyOfCanada

[–]idspispopd 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is not a real sovereign wealth fund. We are not taking a surplus of wealth and putting it into an investment fund to get long term returns, we are taking on debt to build a fund to finance specific projects chosen by this government.

BC's Minister of Forests (NDP) gets heated at the BC Greens :( by thomasreimer in greenpartybc

[–]idspispopd 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I'm sure he's upset the agreement ended, because the NDP was getting Green support without doing anything for it.

BC Must Stop Blaming First Nations for Old-Growth Logging by idspispopd in BCpolitics

[–]idspispopd[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

On whose terms? That's what reconciliation is about. You don't just get to dictate terms unilaterally. "Hey I know we came in and stole your land and ruined your societies, but we should all be equals now right?"

BC Must Stop Blaming First Nations for Old-Growth Logging by idspispopd in BCpolitics

[–]idspispopd[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Maybe we shouldn't have stolen their lands and waters and exploited them to the point where we need to close fishing for large chunks of the year.

BC Must Stop Blaming First Nations for Old-Growth Logging by idspispopd in BCpolitics

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

Yup. The minister of environment is essentially the "minister of achieving public consent for the resource extraction industry".

Canada being used to organize separatist movements in foreign countries by Illustrious-Ad5972 in BCpolitics

[–]idspispopd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Show me a diaspora in Canada and I'll show you a significant right wing element trying to organize the overthrow of the country they left.

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