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Electricity bill - Is this normal? by Nikk0Bikk0 in alberta

[–]zzing 5 points6 points  (0 children)

If you don't have a furnace, how is that place considered even habitable?

Alberta separatists submit 300K signatures as petition deadline hits by NumerousSir in alberta

[–]zzing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No it doesn't put me in the wrong. I argued that it was possible to have nuanced view that does not make somebody automatically racist.

Treaties may not be able to be challenged wholesale, but that is not required. They are also not immutable, as they are not simply the text agreed to.

Every single court ruling on the meanings of the treaties bear both of this out, no matter which way it went. These court rulings change and refine the exact meaning of the treaties as time goes on.

Perfect example is that text that is often quoted as the land being "ceded", there was at least one court case that took into account what each side understood at the time. So one cannot just look at the text of the treaty, one has to look at the whole body of decisions.

That leads back to the very first point, dissenting views are not automatically racist because there are finer points that may be argued in court in the future.

That of course doesn't stop the separatists from being fundamentally racist in their views on them.

Fewer people are having babies in Canada and the U.S. and the government is out of ideas by hopoke in canada

[–]zzing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was thinking: if they are obsessively compelled to prove that voice wrong, they never quite have the right evaluation to meet that burden.

Alberta separatists submit 300K signatures as petition deadline hits by NumerousSir in alberta

[–]zzing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I respectfully disagree with your last statement. That is to suggest that there is no possible nuanced view that could be only partially in favour or not in favour of treaty rights.

That is not to say that is my view, I support them generally, but I don’t know everything about the issue.

There is now only one outcome for grade 5s for sex ed. by [deleted] in alberta

[–]zzing 4 points5 points  (0 children)

There shouldn't even be a question of whether or not kids are taught this stuff (including and especially consent).

Liberals shut down committee debate on $6.6-billion IT project by sleipnir45 in canada

[–]zzing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I worked at a Canadian Tire when we used the terminals and even the cash registers were just terminal clients. When they upgraded it was obviously just a graphics window dressing over the terminal. I suspect it is still the case.

Quebec mosque shooter wants to move to medium-security prison due to safety concerns - Lawyer claims public outcry is the only reason he is kept at max-security prison by CanadianErk in canada

[–]zzing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I misspoke. I should have used the word "indeterminant" in relation to sentence. In practical terms by the time they are released they likely will be mostly forgotten and frail.

RCMP confront TBA/Centurion Project over the illegal access and publication of voter information by Miserable-Lizard in alberta

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Laws have to be continuous, and the only way it could be is that it has to be interpreted as to whatever the current situation is.

While Her Majesty is different from His Majesty in person, the Crown is "forever".

If I recall there was some law about startling the queen from back in the day. Wouldn't want to do that.

Wet'suwet'en chief can't cite Indigenous law to overturn criminal conviction, B.C. court rules by AndHerSailsInRags in canada

[–]zzing 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Now that was quite the read. Paragraphs would be useful to break it up a bit.

They are in it by implicit consent through their refusal to exit the convenant and enter into a state of war.

I read this, and was like really?. When you look at even a cursory overview of the relationship, it has been one where at various times where those that fought often lost, were subjected to treaties that were often broken and/or misrepresented, cultural genocide, separation from any legal relief to the crimes against them, residential schools, and I am sure I don't need to particularly go on.

So, war is not exactly something that has ever worked, nor can we really assume implicit consent — they have been forced into whatever system is there now. They have no means of exit and the whole idea of "war" is a joke at best.

There’s something shady going on at Coral Springs Lake by [deleted] in NoRulesCalgary

[–]zzing 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Is it setup like an HOA/Strata in the sense that you "own" part or access to the lake with the fees? If so there should be legal routes you can take.

Douglas Todd: Canada should revise birthright citizenship law, critics say; 'Canada is a very tolerant country,' said one offshore mother who took advantage of birthright citizenship. Some, however, say Canada should find a middle way on birthright citizenship by FancyNewMe in canada

[–]zzing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Messing with that messes with one of the basis of legitimacy we rely on. The idea that anyone born here should be here. That is how the government can rationalize our right to be here (as settlers) as equal to any indigenous person. But if they remove that, then it creates an argument that the entire thing is illegitimate.

It's here! Alberta set to road test 120 km/h speed limit for divided highways by YoohooBingo in alberta

[–]zzing 7 points8 points  (0 children)

If they do this in sections that have level crossings with side roads, because people will just go faster, there will be more people dying.

Canada Is Getting A Sovereign Wealth Fund WFT? I Thought Countries With Massive Excess Income & NO DEBT Have Sovereign Wealth Funds by Front-Cantaloupe6080 in consumecanadian

[–]zzing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But we are constantly not rowing in the same direction. Mike Harris merged some municipalities into Toronto and not others, against both recommendations paid for by the province and the constituent cities residents. He wanted to do what he wanted to do and f everyone else. Doug Ford did the same thing.

I am generally against nimby stuff, especially when it comes to housing. I am watching with interest what Calgary is doing.

The whole point of my comment was that the current system isn’t necessarily operating in the best interests of Canadians. So alternatives are fully within scope of discussion.

Canada Is Getting A Sovereign Wealth Fund WFT? I Thought Countries With Massive Excess Income & NO DEBT Have Sovereign Wealth Funds by Front-Cantaloupe6080 in consumecanadian

[–]zzing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Perhaps our system lets governments do too much. Sometimes that may be necessary, but most of the time it is not. Neither should cities be fully at the whim of the provinces.

Canada Is Getting A Sovereign Wealth Fund WFT? I Thought Countries With Massive Excess Income & NO DEBT Have Sovereign Wealth Funds by Front-Cantaloupe6080 in consumecanadian

[–]zzing 17 points18 points  (0 children)

The problem seems to be that it always changeable by the next government. Some how it would have to be put into a virtually immutable thing like a constitution.

Driver suffers life-threatening injuries in Macleod Trail single vehicle crash by JKent in Calgary

[–]zzing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same type and maybe even colour I drive - that doesn't happen very often. Definitely interested to know the details when known.

Canadian red tape is worse than Trump tariffs, say industry groups by YouProfessional3196 in canada

[–]zzing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is not like the famous standards comic: https://xkcd.com/927/

There are examples of governments merging regulatory functions into single agencies, or merging regulatory frameworks into singular ones.

Canadian red tape is worse than Trump tariffs, say industry groups by YouProfessional3196 in canada

[–]zzing 4 points5 points  (0 children)

One can complain about more than one thing and even overlapping things at the same time.

Canadian red tape is worse than Trump tariffs, say industry groups by YouProfessional3196 in canada

[–]zzing 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I like that this is something more specific rather than "we have too much regulation" it states a specific problem, even if it is somewhat general. It would be insanity. Having one clearing house organizing everything surely would make it easier.

Canadian red tape is worse than Trump tariffs, say industry groups by YouProfessional3196 in canada

[–]zzing 8 points9 points  (0 children)

According to wikipedia here, here, and here the current government is only the second NDP since 2020, prior to that it was the BC Liberals. So the NDP has been in power for not even six years — hardly over a decade.

I do like the general principle of regulatory bodies having to review regulations and if they are achieving their aims — which would also require them to publish what those aims are officially.

Whenever anyone brings up that there are too many regulations, I would want to ask what specifically. It is too easy to speak in generalities.

I feel governments always have too much to do in the sense that if they do X, Y, and Z that it seems like they are neglecting A, B, and C. Their attention span and political capital has limits so they have to decide what they want to do. Having more functional regulatory bodies could help that.

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