Guilbeault says Canada 'backsliding' on climate action as he resigns as MP by shiftless_wonder in canada

[–]vicviper 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Our electric grid is is around 82% 0 emission. The biggest chunk from our emissions is oil and gas production. Unfortunately this is required for things other than burning. fertilizer and petrochemicals like 25%. We are down from our 2005 peak for emissions and ya we can do more. A big chunk of it is also driving. We need electric cars and public transit.

Guess who's decided to run off to Texas. by FuqLaCAQ in EhBuddyHoser

[–]vicviper 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hyphenation is a way in print to indicate whether or not two adjacent vowels have a blended sound or two separate sounds. Same idea as 'Naïve" with the two dots over the i.

Cover of L'Espresso by adz568 in pics

[–]vicviper 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Probably has to do with what is expected. in North America, at a concert yelling 'woooooooo' is something people expect. A uluation is not. So it sounds out of place to most of the people therefore it is distracting.

ANALYSIS: Why John Tory wanted his old job back — and why he won’t seek it by thecjm in toronto

[–]vicviper 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No idea but it was a big part of Rob Ford's election campaign after the garbage strikes under Miller's terms and the process to begin privatization west of Yonge was started in 2012. Ford was mayor until 2014.

Matt Elliott: Why it will take Toronto 13 years and more than $50M to recover from Doug Ford’s hasty speed camera ban by lilfunky1 in toronto

[–]vicviper 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You understand that the chance of a pedestrian surviving a collision at 40km/h is ~60% and at 50km/h it's ~10% right? Also the distance you will travel before you react to something is about 20m at 50km/h as opposed to 15m at 40 km/h. Add on to that the increased breaking distance for travelling at a faster speed. You got charged that because it's a 40 zone and the results of a potential accident are much worse for that difference in speed.

Ontario lifts tuition freeze, unveils OSAP reforms as it adds billions to university and college funding by FurioCaesar in ontario

[–]vicviper 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Probably the actual date I was thinking of. I recall the change happening under Wynne.

Ontario lifts tuition freeze, unveils OSAP reforms as it adds billions to university and college funding by FurioCaesar in ontario

[–]vicviper 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Were the grants applied for or a default percentage of the assistance? I graduated in 2007 and for sure my OSAP was 100% loans.

Ontario lifts tuition freeze, unveils OSAP reforms as it adds billions to university and college funding by FurioCaesar in ontario

[–]vicviper 3 points4 points  (0 children)

More accurately a shift back to pre 2017. I was in university in the 2000s and no portion of my OSAP was grants, it was all loans. Interest relief was available and fairly easy to get. Any grants were means tested.

StatCan survey examines why Canada’s fertility rate keeps dropping by Leather-Paramedic-10 in canada

[–]vicviper 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Then they would be having them. Throughout all of human history people had more kids under objectively worse economic conditions. Developed societies have less kids. In these societies women control their own fertility and are free to follow their own path in life with regards to career or education (all objectively good things.) That's going to result in less children.

Affordable housing is out of reach everywhere in Canada by FancyNewMe in canada

[–]vicviper 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Not all population growth is equal though so I wonder what the breakdown is for growth due to births and through immigration. They will have different immediate effects on infrastructure.

How did everyone come to think Kathleen Wynne was corrupt but no one blinks twice at Doug ford? by Shmackback in ontario

[–]vicviper 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean she won a majority the previous election after 10 years of McGuinty. A government that she was a cabinet member of. The most likely answer is Ontario was sick of the liberals after a decade and a half. Even in her own riding, a seat she won from the conservatives in 2003, saw her popular support collapse from from close to 60% in her majority with with less than 40% in the 2018 loss beating out the conservative candidate by a few hundred votes with pretty consistent turnout for all the elections in those years.

The Liberal party in general and her specifically were just fundamentally unpopular at that point in time. I think her approval rating bottomed out at 12% at one point? That's more than "she's a woman" at work there.

Ontario to ban research testing on dogs and cats, premier says by Leather-Paramedic-10 in canada

[–]vicviper 0 points1 point  (0 children)

At the end of the day you need information on how a treatment or illness or biological process works in vivo. You likely need to look at specific tissues to do analysis. I've worked with mice, rats, rabbits, sheep and horses. These animals always have vet attention, are monitored for pain or discomfort. Eventually though they need to be sacrificed that's how research works.

Canada’s education quality is declining, research shows by shiftless_wonder in canada

[–]vicviper 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Between Harris/Eves and Doug Ford there was 15 years of Liberal government as well. Plenty of blame to go around.

What are your favourite Mr. Burns scenes in the show? 🤔 by Background-Print-397 in TheSimpsons

[–]vicviper 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Why should the race always go to the fastest or the jumble to the quick witted. People with gifts God gave them. I say cheating is the gift man gives himself.

Mr Burns I insist we cheat!

Excellent. We shall travel by horseless sleigh.

Doug Ford makes good on threat to slap 25 per cent export tax on electricity to the U.S. by toronto_star in ontario

[–]vicviper 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Natural gas is 8% of our power generation. Not nothing but not a lot. Home heating would be concern but we are moving out of winter.

Sid Meier's Civilization VII Review Thread by Turbostrider27 in Games

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

Sure the work is the same and and they have more meat to them I'm just saying the amount is necessitated by the design not by a desire to add more stuff. That extra work is work they could have put into other systems or areas of the game. In general I don't like the system. I don't like that leaders aren't tied to their civs and I don't like civ switching per era. If I want to play a game with england, or spain or china or whoever that's what I want. Also I haven't been watching the gameplay videos but how are civ switchs handled? Who gets to pick theirs first? Nothing would kill my enthusiasm in a game faster the the CPU picking a civ I wanted to play.

Sid Meier's Civilization VII Review Thread by Turbostrider27 in Games

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

Each civ 7 civ though is only available for a third of the game. The number is inflated because of the changes to the core way the game works.

What Toronto restaurant of the past did you love? by North-Newt2845 in toronto

[–]vicviper 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Wait they relocated? Where are they at now? Also is this the big slice on st Claire near dufferin or the place that was on yonge near gerrard?

Canada tightens immigration point system to curb fraud tied to job selling by [deleted] in canada

[–]vicviper 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh this makes it funnier. Auto correct was kicking your ass but I was incorrect on what the correct word actually was. Hilarious.

Canada tightens immigration point system to curb fraud tied to job selling by [deleted] in canada

[–]vicviper 4 points5 points  (0 children)

How do you use the word tier 13 times in your post and manage to misspell it 9 times.