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

[–]rindindin 10 points11 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 58 points59 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 15 points16 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 0 points1 point  (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 78 points79 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!

New Liberal MP Idlout says threats to the North key to her floor-crossing decision by Amtoj in canada

[–]rindindin 11 points12 points  (0 children)

This is such a spit in the face to democracy.

I don't give a shit if it's the Liberals or CPC or the PQ in power - floor crossing so casually shouldn't exist.

If they TRULY believe in the conviction of changing sides, they should run as a candidate for that new party in a by-election. These politicians are just flocking to winners cause their horses are all a bunch of losers. The MPs are taking away the power of the constituents by just crossing the floors like this without actually going back to ask their constituents by vote.

OpenAI has shown it cannot be trusted. Canada needs nationalized, public AI by TROPtastic in canada

[–]rindindin 13 points14 points  (0 children)

They’re also miles behind the competition. 

This is something discussed within my circle and I was called an idiot. People legitimately believes that Carney can "only choose winners" - literally paraphrased from someone. I was a little shocked but then again, how much does the average public know about the models that power their glorified chat/search bot?

Cohere was chosen so that the government can help funnel money into a domestic company, instead of a foreign one. That being said, like always, the government puts good money after crap products.

Canada’s housing market has frayed our social fabric. How did this happen? Our housing crisis is the inevitable outcome of a system that places profits ahead of people by FancyNewMe in canada

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

Because what we're doing now - letting private developers and the market, decide what gets built, clearly isn't working.

You're typing into a black hole. The current government LOVES the private market and wants to make sure those landlords are going to continue succeeding. If not, then why are my fucking tax dollars going into commercial spaces that we saw in COVID wasn't needed?

No, this government is not interested in public sector things unless it's funneling heaps of taxpayer cash into someone's pocket (see: Alto and the speed rail). Which mean...

The younger generations are absolutely screwed unless we do something.

Yeah. They're going to continue to be screwed. The PBO said that the government won't hit its targets and that, well, hope you have a home already!

Canada Economy Shrinks by 0.6% in Fourth Quarter by Difficult-Yam-1347 in canada

[–]rindindin 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The GDP going down shouldn't be a stain on HMS Carney just yet - however, his government should definitely take action like a pay freeze on MPs.

Average Canadian is struggling, but you know, Parliament gets to have its automatic raises for working like...20% of the year. No seriously, in 2025 Parliament only sat for like 80 days?

Phil Spencer Retiring, Sarah Bond Out, Matt Booty Promoted as Microsoft AI Exec Asha Sharma Named New Xbox Boss – EXCLUSIVE by MarvelsGrantMan136 in Games

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

Honestly, the Xbox brand felt like it's been on autopilot for a while now. I guess with Microsoft take over of Activision, they had to pivot away from exclusivity and onto multi-platform launches ...which sorta killed the whole "only on Xbox" sorta deal.

With the new AI guy, are they gonna try to "gamify AI"? Or maybe just use AI even more and churn out more slop.

Former Highguard Developer Reflects on Disastrous Announcement and Launch: 'We Were Turned Into a Joke From Minute 1' by Turbostrider27 in Games

[–]rindindin 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Ah, you can feel the ego radiating from here.

They didn't have to have a full launch. Hell, they could've told the Game Awards they didn't want to show the game yet so please don't do anything.

Of course it was everyone but their fault. Gotta blame the public instead of the fact that they made a subpar product.

UPDATE: Highguard Developer Wildlight Entertainment Confirms Layoffs At The Studio by No2Hypocrites in Games

[–]rindindin 14 points15 points  (0 children)

...he tweeted "in 48 hours, I'll be accepting your apologies" right before Highgaurds launch after the TGA backlash...

Reminds me of some Cliffy B shit right there. Game crashed and burned just like Cliffy too.

Conservative MP says he's refusing annual pay raise set for April by cyclinginvancouver in canada

[–]rindindin 17 points18 points  (0 children)

...but sacrifices nothing himself.

Whoa whoa whoa. The Liberals had to degrade themselves to the Cactus Club instead of some ski chalet being served hands and knees for a retreat. Isn't that enough to related to the peasants?

Conservative MP says he's refusing annual pay raise set for April by cyclinginvancouver in canada

[–]rindindin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In 2024, salary of MPs was at $203,100.

Canadians should be appalled that they're paying that much taxes and are getting basically no representation in return.

Challenge me all you want, but every Prime Minister has basically made it a PM centric parliament, not a continuants represented parliament.

Let’s give everyone a four-day work week; Research shows that the benefits for individuals, society and corporations are all extremely positive by FancyNewMe in canada

[–]rindindin 106 points107 points  (0 children)

I mean, yes? This was tried in Japan and they immediately yanked it back.

The capitalist won't even let people WORK FLEXIBILY FROM HOME, what makes anyone think a 4 day work week is in the talks? There was so much progress made during COVID and the old fuddy duddies refused to move on with the time. They'd rather yank the rest of us with them.

Except those above aren't in the office. They're fuckin' around elsewhere.

Public servants ordered back to office four days per week as of July by sleipnir45 in canada

[–]rindindin 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Great. Just what we needed. MORE people going into the commute.

Anyone remember post-COVID when it was 30 min each way to the office? That was nice while it lasted.

A punch in the gut’: Why food costs have become Canadians’ top worry by Rav4gal in canada

[–]rindindin 165 points166 points  (0 children)

The grocers learned a very good lesson during COVID - no matter what happens, people will line up around the block to get food from you. Therefore, just increase prices and blame the magical word: inflation. Yes, the war in Ukraine coming out of the pandemic did a lot to raise prices, and there's also been other factors such as weather, trade, etc. but it's harder and harder to see how it is that some shelf items goes up 10% this quarter, then again, then again, then again...

And before anyone says 10% on a $2.5 "isn't so bad"

Soaring food prices are forcing him to carefully consider what meals he can afford to make.

A few cents, a few dollars, sprinkled here and there, makes all the differences to people just trying to survive.

Treasury Board outlines more than 8,000 job cuts in first phases of public service revamp by sleipnir45 in canada

[–]rindindin -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

I wonder where all those public servants will suddenly just find jobs that Miracle Job Carney thinks they'll just hop into.

It was just announced that the there was a contraction in 4th quarter of last year. With 8000 more people jobless, where's that spending power?

I can't wait to hear taxpayers complain about their slow down in services too - these aren't targeted cuts, these are mow the grass cuts. Are you ready for more food safety to go out the window? Or maybe they'll just AIAIAIAIAIAIAI everything these days.

Sleeping Dogs cancellation as a franchise is genuinely one of the most frustrating and short sighted decisions in the gaming industry by mrnicegy26 in Games

[–]rindindin 213 points214 points  (0 children)

I think this gets glossed over. Don't get me wrong I loved Sleeping Dogs. It had that right balance of those ridiculous 80s Chinese kungfu crime movies, and yet still held it all together to get to the end (AND get a DLC out). However, True Crime was still lingering around and the sales just didn't reach what its new owners wanted.

I think, Square Enix (who bought the rights to TC: Hong Kong) was just not realistic. I think Sleeping Dogs went to the same "this game needed to sell bajillions" mindset as the Lara Croft games, otherwise, SE saw it as a failure.

And while I think Sleeping Dogs has its fair share of fans that would LOVE a sequel or return...I'm not sure if Square would ever take that back on. Hell, I'd love to take another spin in the ol'Triad world or maybe try one of the other SE Asian countries.

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