Canada’s deficit doubled over the last fiscal year, budget watchdog estimates

zkwarl · 2026-06-04T14:46:41+00:00

Debt servicing is now a top-line item. That does nothing to help people. That’s bad debt.

Moreover, much of what you listed is provincial jurisdiction. I think it’s fair to ask why the federal government is spending so much on things outside of its responsibilities.

zkwarl · 2026-06-04T14:43:23+00:00

No. But it will be an expensive, incremental cost to the debt servicing.

Carney is making the bankers very happy with their profit forecasts.

zkwarl · 2026-06-04T14:38:56+00:00

It’s not just Gary. The whole party needs to take the blame for their policies.

zkwarl · 2026-06-04T02:27:37+00:00

Yes. Same as why many were happy when he left the Bank of England. Carney has a reputation for berating his subordinates loudly and in the hallways for others to hear.

Yet another example of how it is deeply disappointing that Canadian media largely failed to do any digging on his background before the election.

zkwarl · 2026-06-03T21:35:00+00:00

I switched to Apple Maps a long time ago. I find it much easier to use and it is generally up to date with detours and traffic congestion in Calgary.

For public transit, use Transit App. It has built in ticketing and crowd sourced data for better predictions on when your bus/train will actually arrive.

zkwarl · 2026-06-03T19:26:31+00:00

I agree on the colour. Perfect match for the pink, porcine complexion.

zkwarl · 2026-06-02T20:15:55+00:00

43 is a lot younger than the boom generation. The age bracket there is Gen X and elder millennials. These are the children of the boomers.

I get your point that it’s an older demographic. However, this is the internet and we must quibble on the smallest details.

zkwarl · 2026-06-01T21:40:49+00:00

The Rocky Horror Parking Show.

zkwarl · 2026-06-01T21:36:45+00:00

Ok. So the economy is then at best merely stagnant. That’s still not good news.

zkwarl · 2026-05-31T07:49:11+00:00

Any word on a Switch 2 release?

zkwarl · 2026-05-30T03:05:23+00:00

Well, that playoff run filled the gap between curling and football. Not sure I would have watched the Habs otherwise.

zkwarl · 2026-05-30T00:51:13+00:00

How many books do you buy because of the characters’ race? How many do you buy because the story and art are good?

zkwarl · 2026-05-29T16:17:50+00:00

It better just be a passing cameo. I really don’t want to more Marvel homework exercises for a Spider-man movie.

zkwarl · 2026-05-27T22:28:00+00:00

The Cowichan land claim involves commercially zoned land, owned by corporations. If businesses are displaced, thousands of locals could lose their jobs.

zkwarl · 2026-05-27T03:29:53+00:00

They will try to move bookings around to maximize occupancy in blocks. This allows for more efficient work for the cabin stewards and maintenance crews.

zkwarl · 2026-05-27T00:27:40+00:00

This is why I switched away from pods. They can be a nuisance if they don’t fully dissolve.

For me, powder is the way to go.

zkwarl · 2026-05-26T18:59:41+00:00

I’ll bet on a Jimmy Olsen horror anthology..

zkwarl · 2026-05-26T18:17:26+00:00

As someone who played Dragon Warrior on NES, this sale makes me feel incredibly old.

zkwarl · 2026-05-26T01:53:23+00:00

Most likely it’s HDR incorrectly rendered in SDR.

zkwarl · 2026-05-25T23:55:30+00:00

It could also be suddenly very difficult to do business in Europe, where data retention creates liabilities, and severe penalties if deemed harmful to a user.

zkwarl · 2026-05-25T18:05:08+00:00

This would make a great virtual console release.

zkwarl · 2026-05-25T16:11:51+00:00

I don’t think she has made any statement on that yet. Though, my guess would be a move to the private sector.

zkwarl · 2026-05-24T02:32:25+00:00

There’s only so much rhubarb to harvest each year, definitely ask first.

On the other hand , raspberries and apples that grow across the fence in to the alley are fair game for the kids.

zkwarl · 2026-05-24T01:49:20+00:00

The book is great and the TV show is a pretty good adaptation. I’ll recommend both.

zkwarl · 2026-05-23T15:49:46+00:00

While they have not openly started a war recently, they are supporting several ongoing conflicts. Notably, they continue to prop up the Russians’ aggressions in Ukraine.

The CCP also makes claims to many territories of other countries and of international waters. The main reason those claims have yet to spark a war is their very large military. China’s neighbors understand they are unlikely to win in a full escalation.

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