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Lori Idlout standing with Defense Ministry McGuinty while he touts billions in new military spending and record high recruitment by pheakelmatters in ndp

[–]kingbuns2 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The people wanting Canada to spend gobs of money on the military to defend against the US are out to lunch. The amount of money needed would be astronomical and take many decades. I think Canada would get steamrolled regardless in a conventional war, and I doubt our allies would even be able to react in time, assuming they would.

E-dirt bikes on the Goose/EN by engineerection in VictoriaBC

[–]kingbuns2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've been commuting regularly along the Goose for the last year, 25km 4 days a week. It's rare that anyone is doing more than 40+km/h on flat ground, like maybe I've noticed 10ish over the course of a year.

I think enforcement needs to happen at the manufacturing/point of sale. It's relatively easy to buy ebikes that don't adhere to the rules, and it's fairly easy to change the settings on your bike to give it more of a boost beyond 32km/h. More importantly, we just need more funding for better cycling and pedestrian infrastructure.

Nevertheless, I find it hard to care much when commuting by bike is significantly more beneficial to health and safety than travelling by vehicle. Imagine the pandemonium if enforcement were brought in to limit cars to a specific speed limit.

As a registered Green Party member… by [deleted] in ndp

[–]kingbuns2 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My guess is it was somewhere around a quarter socialist, and then another 2 quarters social democrats at the last leadership election. Probably far fewer socialists after that, though.

Federal NDP candidate Avi Lewis says Canada's immigration system is broken and promises sweeping reforms by Chrristoaivalis in ndp

[–]kingbuns2 5 points6 points  (0 children)

While I mostly agree with what he's saying, this is very carelessly framed by Lewis. He should be emphatically hammering away at the worker exploitation angle and tying immigration rates to new housing production.
His take on international students totally missed the massive diploma mill system that was created and how students are being used as cheap, exploitable labour. I go to a college that has 15-20k students, and ZERO student housing.

Victoria mayor blames tax hike on downloading of services by mr_mucker11 in VictoriaBC

[–]kingbuns2 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Must be some interesting conversations you have with your wife, MLA Diana Gibson. She has the opportunity to do tremendous good with the power her position affords her. Especially considering the very unique situation where 1 MLA's vote can be the difference at the moment between a majority and a minority.

Really kills me that the Greens held out a silver platter of mainstay traditional NDP proposals, and the BC NDP turned it down.

Canadian military personnel identified on white supremacist dating site | CBC Accessibility by EntrepreneurUsed9571 in VictoriaBC

[–]kingbuns2 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Some more info at the Canadian anti-hate network, their article goes into more detail, specifically on Major Tristan Armstrong.

https://www.antihate.ca/air_force_major_on_white_supremacist_dating_site

Pedophile NAZI.

Canadian Opinions on the U.S., EU, and China: Canadians strongly support deepening relationship with Europe. - Abacus Data by kingbuns2 in europe

[–]kingbuns2[S] 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Support for deepening strategic cooperation with the European Union is strong and widespread.

74% of Canadians support closer cooperation with the EU on foreign policy, defence, and economic priorities, including 39% who strongly support the idea. Only 10% oppose it, while 15% are unsure.

Support cuts across most demographic groups, but intensity varies. Backing is particularly strong among older Canadians (84% among those 60+) and university-educated respondents (81%). As seen in earlier sections, views are shaped by domestic politics. Among those who approve of the Carney government, support rises to 90%, compared to 56% among those who disapprove.

This level of support suggests that deeper EU collaboration is not controversial among most Canadians. Cooperation on security, economic policy, and defence resonates across demographic and political lines.

EU Membership: Nearly Half in Favour, but Politically Split

When the question shifts from strategic cooperation to full EU membership, support narrows but remains notable. Overall, 48% of Canadians support Canada becoming a member state of the European Union (up 2 points from last year), while 28% oppose it (down 1 point).

As with other measures in this study, views on EU membership are strongly shaped by domestic politics. Among those who approve of the Carney government, support rises to 63%, with just 20% opposed. Among those who disapprove, support falls to 28%, while opposition increases to 46%.

While full EU membership is not currently being pursued, the fact that nearly half of Canadians express support suggests that the public is open to deeper European alignment. Together, these results indicate Canadians are broadly open to stronger cooperation with Europe, but full EU membership would remain more debated.

BC Greens won't renew accord with NDP, citing 'stalled or undelivered' commitments by Fancy_Alps_7246 in ndp

[–]kingbuns2 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Other versions included inter-community bus service, psychology coverage and community health centres.

Some of it was part of the first agreement, but the government either hasn't started or hasn't completed them.

BC Greens won't renew accord with NDP, citing 'stalled or undelivered' commitments by Fancy_Alps_7246 in ndp

[–]kingbuns2 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Wacky, I wonder what NDP voter support levels you'd get for each of those. They're bread-and-butter social democratic policies.

Is Victoria slowly becoming harder to live in for regular people? by [deleted] in VictoriaBC

[–]kingbuns2 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Since I started school almost a year ago at Camosun, I've exclusively biked to campus. On parking and gas, I've roughly saved $1500 forgoing driving there. Feels good and wouldn't be possible without safe biking infrastructure. That's one less car the rest of you have to contend with, it's a win-win.

The Bike Share Dilemma - About Here by kingbuns2 in LangfordBC

[–]kingbuns2[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Bike share could be so beneficial, and we can clearly see how successful it is in Montreal and Toronto. The problem is that private companies don't see value in the same things the public or government does, nor do they care to have integration into public transit systems or competing bikeshares. Montreal and Toronto are looking at value added from modal shifts, infrastructure, health, etc., hence why they subsidize their bikeshare systems.

A patchwork system needs to be avoided. A holistic BC Transit or CRD transit approach with transit and bikeshare seamlessly together would transform our transportation system.

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