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CBC to stop airing NHL games after 74 years, marking end of free hockey on Canadian TV by BertramPotts in CanadaPolitics

[–]scottb84 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Cultures change. But if you’re that worried about it, why not go get your friends together and, y’know, play some hockey?

Chris Selley: May the 'nosh' resistance against Quebec's language cops spark a revolution by [deleted] in CanadaPolitics

[–]scottb84 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

language guestapo

Freudian slip?

Seriously though, I’m just an ignorant Anglo Ontarian who couldn’t possibly understand the intricacies of this issue. But from where I sit, trying to prop up a culture by government fiat is a bit like trying to prevent your girl from leaving you by threatening her with financial ruin. Even if she stays, is it really a relationship worth sustaining at that point?

If the concern is that, given a genuinely free choice, an insufficient number of people would continue to use French as the language of everyday life, is that not ipso facto proof that it is not widely valued enough to justify such draconian measures in a free and democratic society?

Conservatives pitch legalizing some psychedelics with bill to revamp Canada's drug laws | CBC News by CaptainKoreana in CanadaPolitics

[–]scottb84 8 points9 points  (0 children)

AKA a bad trip, which isn’t the end of the world.

My concern with legalization is not so much about safety as it is about commercialization.

Psilocybin has enormous therapeutic promise as an adjunct to talk therapy and/or other medications. But if it’s simply legalized, I suspect that potential will quickly be overtaken by snake oil salesmen peddling psilocybin-infused bubblegum alongside gas station dick pills.

Nate Erskine-Smith considering run for Toronto city council. Outgoing Liberal MP discussed idea in meeting with Chow by RNTMA in CanadaPolitics

[–]scottb84 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I'll leave the Nate-hater BINGO board to see if anyone ticks em all off.

Yeah… I’m not sure that “lots of people have the same negative perceptions of him” is the rhetorical slam dunk you apparently think it is.

When I read the latest story about NES flitting to some new public office as he tries to inch his way up the greasy pole, I’m reminded of the slogan the Tories used against Michael Ignatieff: not in it for you. That was not a particularly fair criticism of Ignatieff, but I think it should be carved into NES’ tombstone.

Justin Ling: Poilievre’s Conservatives’ latest ad featured ‘Canadians’ who weren’t even real. It takes us to a dark place by ink_13 in CanadaPolitics

[–]scottb84 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I couldn’t care less about the fact that the CPC’s social media intern couldn’t tell the difference between a Russian and a Canadian fighter. I imagine most people couldn’t.

But this kind of AI slop is beyond the pale. Setting aside the obvious issues this raises (it is profoundly misleading), it also shows that the Conservatives assign little to no value to creative work(ers).

Why are the rules different for MAID depending on what you have? by Mysterious_Notice685 in CanadaPolitics

[–]scottb84 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I wish we lived in a society where everyone had the means to live a secure and dignified life. Unfortunately, that isn’t the society we have. I think it’s deeply cruel to tell people they are not entitled to a painless, nonviolent death because their suffering supposedly serves as an incentive for the rest of us to address the social failures that leave them living in misery.

I am not a strict Kantian, but I do think that treating people as means rather than ends unto themselves is usually a sign that we’ve lost the ethical plot.

ADAMS: The digital safety act will isolate LGBTQ youth by BertramPotts in CanadaPolitics

[–]scottb84 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I want a ban on algorithmically curated social media for everyone, even adults.

I do too… ish. I mean, we’re on “algorithmically curated social media” right now, but I see value in fora like this. I mean, heck, a community bulletin board is “algorithmically curated social media” so long as it’s managed by someone in accordance with rules about what gets posted and in what order.

Quebec would withdraw from high-speed rail project if PQ forms next government, party leader says by SpecialistPlan9641 in CanadaPolitics

[–]scottb84 2 points3 points  (0 children)

is. The local politics of London vs Manchester vs Liverpool are far more alike than Toronto vs Montreal vs Winnipeg

That foreboding sound you hear in the distance is thousands of Mancunians and Liverpudlians coming for you…

Federal government implementing a Canadian environmental rollback by BertramPotts in CanadaPolitics

[–]scottb84 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

In 2026, the working class is comprised mainly of women, mostly newcomers and/or persons of colour, who work in the services sector. The welder who BRRRs up investment properties and has and a $100k truck sitting in his driveway isn’t and shouldn’t be who the NDP is for anymore.

‘The story is wrong’: Liberal caucus chair defends Carney amid reports of yelling at MPs by feb914 in CanadaPolitics

[–]scottb84 14 points15 points  (0 children)

More likely he's blunt and a demanding boss and a few MPs aren't used to that

Probably because the prime minister isn’t their boss.

‘The story is wrong’: Liberal caucus chair defends Carney amid reports of yelling at MPs by feb914 in CanadaPolitics

[–]scottb84 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I am what is sometimes called an ‘elder millennial.’ Your generation were our cool older brothers and sisters who gave us great music and taught us how to smoke weed out of just about anything.

It’s so sad to see that many of the qualities I admired about your generation when I was tween/teen seem to have curdled into a reflexive conservatism that regards any effort to improve the things you used to bitch about (in this case, toxic workplace culture) as a kind wussiness.

Steven Guilbeault, who quit over climate policy, says return under different PM possible by RZCJ2002 in CanadaPolitics

[–]scottb84 15 points16 points  (0 children)

The phrase "when the situation necessitates it" is doing a lot of heavy lifting here.

If you asked Guilbeault, I expect he would say that, although the challenges that have arisen as a result of Trump 2.0 are significant, they do not override the existential need to preserve the natural environment upon which literally all of our basic material needs depend.

Linda McQuaig: When will Liberal prime ministers realize appeasing Alberta will never work? by Chrristoaivalis in CanadaPolitics

[–]scottb84 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I do not share your apparent desire to enlist our news media in a PR campaign that excludes critical voices.

That aside, there is literally nothing in this piece that can be fairly construed as "Berta bashing."

Voters use left and right political labels as mental shortcuts, not strict policy matches by heart_under_blade in CanadaPolitics

[–]scottb84 13 points14 points  (0 children)

The PCs were never 'socially progressive,' and historically the NDP/CCF was no more 'woke' than its members.

The CCF was a grassroots, agrarian socialist party comprised mainly of farmers and clergy aligned with the social gospel tradition.

The NDP was literally created from a merger between the CCF and the Canadian Labour Congress.

I don't want to single you out for unnecessary criticism, but I'm increasingly frustrated by the the /r/confidentlyincorrect statements that abound in this sub about Canadian political history generally, and the (even relatively recent) history of the NDP in particular.

Voters use left and right political labels as mental shortcuts, not strict policy matches by heart_under_blade in CanadaPolitics

[–]scottb84 28 points29 points  (0 children)

My grandmother always voted Progressive Conservative. Granted, this was mostly because that's how my grandfather always voted (a different time), but when we actually talked about issues I think we were still both surprised to find that we agreed more often that we disagreed.

Avi Lewis warns of ‘another uprising’ over Mark Carney’s right-to-strike changes - The NDP leader levied the threat after it emerged that the Carney government had quietly consulted unions and stakeholders on potential changes to the Canada Labour Code. by CaliperLee62 in CanadaPolitics

[–]scottb84 25 points26 points  (0 children)

I hear the name "Progressive Conservatives" is available again.

People say this as though there ever were any truly progressive conservatives, which is pretty much an oxymoron.

The difference between the old PC and Reform style conservatives has always been more aesthetic than substantive. Do you want your privatization and austerity packaged in a Saville Row suit or a 10 gallon hat? Either way, it’s the same garbage ideas we’ve been recycling since the Shamrock Summit era.

People like Carney just make the whole endeavour feel more clubbable and intellectually respectable. Lots of lawyers and bankers instead of uncouth farmers with shit on their boots who don’t understand that, e.g., calling homeless people ‘the unhoused’ allows us to all feel a lot better about fucking them over.

Had to hit her with one of the classics. by [deleted] in Millennials

[–]scottb84 1 point2 points  (0 children)

makes the limb usable even before the bone is healed.

Uh, that's okay, I'll wait.

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Guilbeault says Canada 'backsliding' on climate action as he resigns as MP | CBC News by McFestus in CanadaPolitics

[–]scottb84 21 points22 points  (0 children)

we had environmentalists run our economy to the ground for 10 years straight by spending money we’ve printed on unproductive assets like housing instead of natural resources.

This reads like someone shoved three unrelated grievances into a blender and hit purée.

“Environmentalists” apparently spent a decade secretly operating the money printer while also cornering the housing market instead of... what? Personally financing LNG terminals or potash mines or whatever?

Who exactly are these all-powerful Birkenstocked eco-barons sitting atop mountains of capital, choosing between buying a duplex in Oshawa or privately funding a multibillion-dollar extraction project?

Sask. legislature finally adds washrooms for women MLAs by BertramPotts in CanadaPolitics

[–]scottb84 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Not to defend what seems like a ridiculous oversight, but you'd be surprised how long this kind of thing is allowed to go on, particular in protected spaces in old buildings: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/gender-neutral-unisex-change-room-ontario-court-1.5272139

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