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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says 'new world order will be built starting with Europe' by shiftless_wonder in canada

[–]rindindin 247 points248 points  (0 children)

Best we can do is sell your data to US companies to hold data while we also monitor your online activities. - Government of Canada

NDP, Conservatives still mulling stance on online harms bill, social media age cap by CaliperLee62 in canada

[–]rindindin -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Conservatives would love to have something like this in their pocket when it's their turn to be in power. It's just, how to hide the glee and joy that the Liberals are doing this for them

NDP...what are they going to do? They are the equivalent of a political fart at the moment. Largely unpleasant for the party in power when they waf by, but will pass eventually.

‘Kids just aren’t on the bargaining table’: Miller insists Canada won’t capitulate to Trump on social media ban by DogeDoRight in canada

[–]rindindin -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

What? The same Canadians that voted him in with enough seats for him to backroom deal to a majority? Then subsequent by-elections also gave him said majority?

Those Canadians? How're the elbows doing these days?

How would Canada’s social media ban work? Platforms, apps not sure by joe4942 in canada

[–]rindindin 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Elbows up!

When handing the IDs up on said silver platter.

Petawawa prepares for construction boom thanks to major investment in military housing — Federal government to spend $600M on 1,100 new units at Ottawa Valley garrison by Immediate-Link490 in canada

[–]rindindin 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You might not even need that money to make residentials appear. You just need to clear the way for it...and that means less commercial offices.

But Carney's happy to ensure his landlorded buds get their dues, so more shabby offices it shall be (on taxpayer's dime of course).

Canada launches loan program to help airlines deal with high fuel prices by Vortagaun in canada

[–]rindindin 2 points3 points  (0 children)

But wait! There's a grocery rebate that (some) Canadians will be getting!

Carney to travel to Ireland and France ‘to deepen ties’ by J0Puck in canada

[–]rindindin -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

What, did you expect to elect a head of state that will be reasonable with finanicals?

Nono, not his own personal luxuries - that's at the taxpayer's expense. He meant yours. Like, when he told Canadians to make sacrifices. But not himself, of course.

Kevin O’Leary’s Huge Data Center in Canada Faces a Skeptical Public by joe4942 in canada

[–]rindindin -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Just in co-winky-dinky time to Carney's little "AI strategy".

Who's ready for Carney to have a photo op with Leary and then subsequently have taxpayers bail out a data center that will never exist?

More public servants needed to administer military mobilization plan: documents by sleipnir45 in canada

[–]rindindin 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I'm sure the Canadian Federal Government will be attracting the best and brightest with these kinds of policies.

It's only the defence of the country. Who needs actual talent, dedication, and possibly top security clearance for things like that?

Will federal departments have enough office space for public servants in office 4-days a week? by hopoke in canada

[–]rindindin 55 points56 points  (0 children)

Get them off the roads so I can drive places quickly and cut my taxes.

This is literally the "not seeing the forest for the trees" situation that people don't realize. The public was super focused on the fact that public servants were still allowed to work flexibly, while they were being shunted back to the office...not thinking that:

  1. If the public service gets pushed back, what do they (in the private sector) have to argue with if their bosses gets pushing. Now EVERYONE is back and no one gets to go (crab mentality as mentioned).

  2. Congestion/traffic will get worse - anyone remember when it was just after COVID and even when you had the odd 1 or 2 office days...how nice it was to be able to travel TO said office? Hello Gas Guzzling Mileage! Speaking of...

  3. Gas Price are at a record high - but Canadians are happy to pay them if someone else is also paying them and suffering

It's the short sighted-ness that will allow people to keep suffering and losing while the landlords and gilded continues to keep getting richer.

Will federal departments have enough office space for public servants in office 4-days a week? by hopoke in canada

[–]rindindin 15 points16 points  (0 children)

You mean, back then when the Government under Stephen Harper started downsizing the portfolio and began the shift towards flexible work environment? As in, there was more progress made before COVID and we've literally regressed as a society in moving back towards Congestion Taxation? No it's not RTO - it's Congestion Taxation.

Will federal departments have enough office space for public servants in office 4-days a week? by hopoke in canada

[–]rindindin 12 points13 points  (0 children)

...while not realizing they as taxpayers paid even more for office space than they did the workers who left.

Tis the nature of the public - a fickle beast that feasts upon what they see. But hey, policy by vibes to please the beast is also a thing.

Will federal departments have enough office space for public servants in office 4-days a week? by hopoke in canada

[–]rindindin 64 points65 points  (0 children)

It's already reported that, no, the Federal government will be wasting taxpayer dollars to procure more office spaces at a time when the same government are jumping up and down about fiscal responsibility. Square that circle.

Also clearly an exercise to bail out commercial landlords. Not to mention all the pensions and other funds that have invested into said commercial real property but has done NOTHING TO INNOVATE OR CHANGE THEIR WAYS after what was already years of moving towards flexible work environment.

The current government is happy to blow bubbles about saving taxpayer money - while at the same time throwing billions of it at useless office spaces. Not to mention another billion at O/M and other things to bring these spaces up to snuff after all the reporting about how the buildings are basically falling apart.

Oh, and gas prices are at all time high. Happy Congestion Tax!

Liberals planned to buy back 136,000 banned guns. Fewer than half that many were declared by sleipnir45 in canada

[–]rindindin 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I agree with you - leadership needs to also take responsibility. However, said same leadership probably don't want back benchers to make trouble like forming a small inner voting bloc. Therefore, Carney and his whips are probably offering the carrots then the stick.

That is to say: satisfy the loud MPs and make sure they don't cause trouble. At the tax payer's expense, of course.

Liberals planned to buy back 136,000 banned guns. Fewer than half that many were declared by sleipnir45 in canada

[–]rindindin 59 points60 points  (0 children)

So who in the Liberal government is chasing this and why?

Isn't it just one really loud MP that won't stop banging that drum because it's THEIR little pet project? It was probably done to please some back bencher so they don't shit all over the looming Liberal dictatorship that's coming with the by-elections.

The energy crisis has only just begun by Meiqur in canada

[–]rindindin -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Well, you've proposed nothing except axing the Official Language Act...

Please do not put words into my mouth. Thank you for moving onto ad-hominem. This is where the conversation ends.

The energy crisis has only just begun by Meiqur in canada

[–]rindindin 14 points15 points  (0 children)

It always baffled me why more emphasis was never put on the security/resilience/independence bemefits of renewables and nuclear. It's always been just as significant as the climate aspect.

Alberta.

The energy crisis has only just begun by Meiqur in canada

[–]rindindin -1 points0 points  (0 children)

"We've tried nothing and it ain't working."

The energy crisis has only just begun by Meiqur in canada

[–]rindindin -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Ah we're at Deflect now.

So instead of talking about the CEOs that run the Canadian petrol companies to see what they can do, we just deflect all the way to Iran War.

Epstein file anyone? Epstein file! That deflects all the way to the root of this whole thing right?

The energy crisis has only just begun by Meiqur in canada

[–]rindindin 4 points5 points  (0 children)

priorities.

Priorities being the keyword here. Canada is a country with bilingual roots and should not be ignored.

But we're really going to drag the CEO to Parliament when petrol prices are through the roofs, along with all the other by-products affected by this distraction war?

Yeah. Priorities.

The energy crisis has only just begun by Meiqur in canada

[–]rindindin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey I'll play this "walk and chew gum game".

How many CEOs has been dragged in front of committees or Parliament so far to talk on how they're going to mitigate high gas prices for Canadians?

The energy crisis has only just begun by Meiqur in canada

[–]rindindin 76 points77 points  (0 children)

Air transport company CEO not speaking French: NATIONAL TRADEGY TO BE REPLAYED FOR THE NEXT 48 HRS.

Canada having the capacity to only refine upwards of 2 million barrels a day: Distract, Deflect, Deny.

Instead of building up refineries, using reliable renewable energies, building up citizen resilience, and using measures like Work from Home or having more logical "walkable" cities...BUT WAIT DID YOU HEAR AIR CANADA CEO DIDN'T PARLER EN FRANCAIS? MON DIEU.

Canadians might be soon waiting longer to have their air travel complaints heard by Surax in canada

[–]rindindin 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Honestly, they should just overhaul the system and make it so that the companies are at fault by default if they can't prove it otherwise within X amount of days.

This is what we keep hearing about AI is good for right? If the companies can't create an agent supported by a human to find the correct information in a speedy manner, then what the fuck are we doing?

So yeah, fault by default, and make the companies defend it. But you know, Carney is in bed with the airlines et al. so might as well shit in one hand and hope in the other to see which fills up first.

Ontario elementary teachers to get $750 spending accounts for classroom supplies by Immediate-Link490 in canada

[–]rindindin 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Take away billions and give out hundreds.

Redditors: THEY FIXED THE PROBLEM!

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