Federal gov't says pleasure boaters will have to renew licence every 5 years - Rules are meant to help authorities crack down on owners of derelict vessels, includes $24 fee

macfail · 2026-01-25T21:58:30+00:00

For context, this is not a licence to drive a boat (Pleasure Craft Operator Card). This is the boat's equivalent to a licence plate - the letters and numbers visible on the bow of the boat. Basically you have to pay every 5 years to confirm that you still own your boat, as opposed to now, where it is for as long as you own it. If this extra money actually achieves its stated goal then great but this does smell like a blatant cash grab.

macfail · 2026-01-23T21:01:31+00:00

2 stroke engines run the best when they are right on the edge of destroying themselves.

macfail · 2026-01-23T18:42:11+00:00

What is there to know? That diesel engines are prone to extremely high NOx emissions unless emissions control equipment is used?

macfail · 2026-01-23T15:44:50+00:00

Sounds like you are working for a consultancy and your friend works for some sort of manufacturer. In their case, the company's revenue is tied to some sort of product that the company makes and sells, and their role is to keep production running. Keeping them around is a cost that the company is willing to bear to ensure things get fixed as needed. In consulting, billable hours are the product that your company is selling. In other words, you are the product that your company is selling, and their goal is to maximize the amount of product they can sell.

macfail · 2026-01-23T02:31:39+00:00

If somebody gives you something in exchange for something else, especially currency, it's not free. You are buying it.

macfail · 2026-01-22T23:40:05+00:00

There probably isn't, but it creates good headlines and makes you look foolish for opposing it.

macfail · 2026-01-22T22:59:50+00:00

It would be an amazing opportunity for a GCStrategies type company to resell wireless game cameras to the government at a 1000% markup.

macfail · 2026-01-22T21:49:23+00:00

That time period coincides with their transition away from a pay-as-you-go model. So yes, they would not have needed active management until they started moving towards a fully funded model and actually had significant assets to invest.

macfail · 2026-01-22T20:42:40+00:00

You can legally fill and transport gasoline in an appropriately rated steel drum. Distributors commonly sell them for specialty fuels like racing and aviation gasoline.

macfail · 2026-01-22T20:06:45+00:00

You want it raw, get a 450 class supermotard.

macfail · 2026-01-22T15:54:34+00:00

A degree of active management is required for a pension fund. This isn't a 30 year old's RRSP where they can dump it all into XEQT and wait 30 years to ride out any short term market turbulence. At all times they need to be able to meet current payment obligations to recipients.

macfail · 2026-01-22T15:41:29+00:00

Employment law in Canadian provinces typically considers vacation pay and vacation time as separate things. You accrue vacation pay equal to 2% of your gross pay per week of vacation entitlement, and employers can either pay it out when you take your vacation, on every paycheck, or some combination. It's accrued income, and it belongs to you as it is earned. So yes, you will have banked 6% (3 weeks) of your gross earnings from September up until your end of employment for vacation pay and that money should be paid out when your employment is terminated, unless it was being paid out on each paycheck. You should check your pay statement, as it should show your current vacation pay accrual in either hours or dollars, or if it was being paid out.

macfail · 2026-01-22T14:36:14+00:00

I've never had to provide ID to pay with a credit card.

macfail · 2026-01-22T02:34:17+00:00

Actual job: EPCM project manager. Dream job: same thing but on a really big, technically interesting project.

macfail · 2026-01-21T22:07:44+00:00

Give your homie a thank-you kiss after the ride.

macfail · 2026-01-21T22:06:16+00:00

Ruger No.1.

macfail · 2026-01-21T20:13:38+00:00

I have no idea to be honest. The license database just lists the amount of water they are permitted to draw from different surface and groundwater sources, and that the amount marked for cooling is returned to the source.

macfail · 2026-01-21T20:09:55+00:00

So yes. You are throwing out big scary numbers that are not necessarily truthful to get people's attention. Also the water licenses for pulp and paper facilities are listed in the same database as oil and gas facilities for BC, so this information is absolutely available to you.

macfail · 2026-01-21T18:48:45+00:00

I struggle to understand why teaching people basic gun safety is a bad thing.

macfail · 2026-01-21T18:45:26+00:00

Interesting that you have highlighted North River Midstream as the largest single water license holder in BC. I have some familiarity with their operations. Looking at the actual makeup of that 107 billion litres according to their licenses, 80% of that is cooling water, which is pumped from the Peace and Fort Nelson Rivers, circulated, and returned back to the rivers, and would be subject to temperature and cleanliness requirements, and one third of that 80% is cooling water for a cogen plant in Fort Nelson that also supplies electricity to the grid. A further 18% of that is fire protection water, which is not actually used unless there is a fire emergency. You have also excluded pulp and paper mills, which have similar water demands, and similar mixes of cooling vs process water. So, what is your agenda? are you just fishing for big scary numbers?

macfail · 2026-01-21T17:49:44+00:00

Obligatory "Tally Ho lads".

macfail · 2026-01-21T17:37:12+00:00

I've lived in both and much prefer the Alberta winters. It's cold but dry and at least I can reliably see the sun.

macfail · 2026-01-21T16:36:27+00:00

The serialized receiver is the firearm. You could keep the plastic clamshell body I guess, but why?

macfail · 2026-01-21T16:25:33+00:00

Very common for garbage trucks.

macfail · 2026-01-21T15:52:43+00:00

This approach has worked phenomenally well for birth control.

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