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You and I should be appointed as delegates by our respective Nations to broker the Post Disintegration Treaty of the the Former Provinces of Canada (2023)
Off-Topic Oh, Canada! - A place to post about Timbits, hockey, moose, and maple syrup.
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CwChalk
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Duh.
But I'm an idiot, quoted the wrong sentence. Edit: There we go, fixed. Thanks for bringing it to my attention fam.
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This is the most retarded topic I've ever seen on this site. Why don't you people go watch hockey or eat poutine or listen to the Tragically Hip and stop shitting up my watch list.
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Canada should have its own Community Watch thread, not just one in the Yaniv forum, because all Canadians are lolcows.
No Face
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I am appreciative of this moment of tenderness.
You sound like a bitter marxist.
You sound like a bitter marxist.
Samson Pumpkin Jr.
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There has been literally no discussion on here about the WE charity scandal. To provide a quick summary: Trudeau gave a 912 million dollar contract to WE charity in order to help students recover form the pandemic. Trudeau's family is intimately involved in the charity and his brother, wife and mother are paid hundreds of thousands of dollars through the charity, it is also theorized that liberal MPs were paid handsomely, but we'll never know because our government is corrupt.
This is Trudeau's third ethics violation and nothing will likely happen because the conflict of interest law has no teeth.
This is Trudeau's third ethics violation and nothing will likely happen because the conflict of interest law has no teeth.
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at least we can agree about this, I fuckign hate the WE dudes, they came to speak at my high school before they got as big as they did (around 2008/2009) and I always understood they were peddling bullshit and ideology.
the organization is based around selling the white guilt ideology, and does nothing to help the people they supposedly want to hold a hand out to. surprise, surprise, sending out a bunch of 15 yo white girls to lay bricks in Ghana for 10k, isnt that helpful.
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The Liberal Party has always had this attitude of invincibility because they see themselves as Canada's "natural governing party" and can thus do whatever they please. Unfortunately, none of the other parties are in much of a position to challenge them at the moment. The Conservatives are in the middle of a leadership race that COVID-19 has prolonged and "outgoing" leader Andrew Scheer has the charisma and spine of a wet towel; the NDP have had their finances depleted in the 2019 election and need to rebuild; and the Bloc Quebecois and the Greens? Fuck 'em. Plus it's really bad time to hold an election during a pandemic because there will be lower voter turnout and we'd likely get another Liberal minority anyway. So the Grits will stay along with their rampant corrupt and learn NOTHING.
Canada's political/media/intellectual "elites" are fucking ignoramuses that believe that our nation has avoided the polarization that has gripped the United States. Bullshit! I've seen Liberal partisans deny and deflect the significance of this scandal (usually through whataboutisms regarding Stephen Harper) and the right wing bringing up his blackface all the time. Hell, on a provincial level I have to tune out the NDP throwing a shit-fit over every single thing Jason Kenney does. As @doulomb noted: our politicians and civil servants spend more time papering over the problems this country faces and there's next to no will to actually address or fix them.
What I find ironic is that for all to disdain for Trump, Trudeau rode to power on a similar sentiment. Where Trump appeals to the height of American prosperity and power during the post-World War II years by repeating "Make America Great Again," Trudeau appeals to the liberal nostalgia of Trudeaumania of the late sixties. Never mind that Canada saw a noticeable economic decline under his old man's watch with UN peacekeeping having lost its relevance in the post-Cold War era. JT's pronouncement that, "Canada is back," was very much the Canadian equivalent of MAGA.
I honest to God hope the Leslyn Lewis wins the Conservative leadership, if not to see a right-of-centre black woman run against and old-stock Canadian who accuses the Tories of being xenophobes and racists. Is it more or is it hilarious that the Conservatives (back when they had "Progressive" in the name) were the first party to have a woman as PM with the NDP electing a visible minority as leader, but only white men have led Liberal Party? Justin better resign if he wants those "woke" bonafides.
Samson Pumpkin Jr.
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The one party that you forgot to mention is the PPC which means that PPC and Mad Max will win in a landslide this election. This is epic proof that the PPC will run Canada (into the ground) and defeat Trudeau's corporate anti-nationalism.
With -300$ million in the budget the liberals are fucked this election. Their plan was to ride the pandemic popularity boost into a comfortable majority in a snap election in the fall so that they can raise taxes after that to pay for their reckless spending. Unfortunately they were idiots and this scandal blew up in their face. It's likely that there's going to be a snap election within the next year and that the conservatives might make big gains or even win, but I'll feel sorry for them if they win because they have to deal with Trudeau's dumb spending.
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Things are getting diverse for Canada's LGBT community:
From the article:
Calgary police investigate 3 potential hate crimes against LGBT community
'It is extremely disturbing to see the same community targeted three times in one weekend,' police said
Sarah Rieger · CBC News · Posted: Aug 04, 2020 5:30 PM MT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago
Police shared this photo of two suspects in an alleged assault motivated by homophobia in Kensington on Monday. (Calgary Police Service)
Calgary police are investigating three potential hate-motivated crimes that targeted members of the LGBT community over the long weekend.
"It is shocking to see anyone targeted for a crime because of a personal characteristic, but it is extremely disturbing to see the same community targeted three times in one weekend," Sgt. Arlene Padnivelan, with the Calgary police diversity resource team, said in an emailed release Tuesday.
"It is unacceptable that this is happening and we will absolutely investigate any time a crime is motivated by hate or bias."
On midday Friday, a man was assaulted and called homophobic slurs by a group of men near the intersection of 17th Avenue and 12th Street S.W., police said.
On Saturday at 1 p.m., a drag king was recording a video on the rainbow crosswalk at the intersection of Centre Street and Stephen Avenue S.W., when a man spat on the performance artist. Police are investigating and collecting security camera footage to help identify the man.
And on Monday, a same-sex couple was walking near the intersection of Ninth Street and Memorial Drive N.W. when two men and two women on electric scooters approached them.
Police said it's believed the two men on scooters assaulted the couple because of their sexual orientation, using a belt, rocks and a recycling bin as weapons.
Police searched the area but couldn't locate the group. The victims were treated for injuries that were non-life-threatening.
The two suspects in that assault are both described as being about 30-years-old, of average height and build, with trim black beards and short black hair. One was wearing black-framed glasses, a white polo shirt, dark pants, brown loafers and white socks. The other was wearing a grey polo shirt with a white collar and sleeves, grey pants and white runners.
A systemic problem
Irfan Chaudhry, director of MacEwan University's Office of Human Rights, Diversity and Equity, and a hate crime researcher, said it's important to look at these incidents with a broad lens to see the systemic issues at play, not just as one-offs.
"It's another unfortunate example of what we're seeing in terms of anti-LGBTQ2S incidents and crimes," he said.
Chaudhry said the challenge with reporting incidents comes with "more subtle acts of hate" that perhaps might not meet the criminal threshold but still have a negative impact on victims.
"Unfortunately, our Criminal Code is very specific in terms of hate-crime legislation," he said.
"People often feel like why even report it to police."
While it can be difficult to change laws, Chaudhry said, there is room for conversation about how existing laws can be supplemented.
"I think there's ways to beef up language that we currently have," he said.
Police said they encourage anyone who has been targeted for ill treatment or a crime because of their identity to report it so the perpetrators can be held accountable.
The hate motivation is only considered once an offender is found guilty, where it can be considered an aggravating factor to add to the convicted person's sentence.
Involving police in an incident can be a complicated decision, especially for members of marginalized groups.
Police said if someone feels uncomfortable coming forward through traditional channels, they or someone they trust can reach out directly to the diversity resource team or hate crimes co-ordinator by calling 403-428-8399 to find a way to feel more comfortable filing a report.
"We fully recognize that sometimes people do not want to involve the police or don't feel comfortable coming to us for help," Padnivelan said.
"We respect the wishes of those who are most affected by the incident and never force a victim to participate in a police investigation. However, if there is a way we can help make a person feel safe enough to come forward, we want to try do that."
'It is extremely disturbing to see the same community targeted three times in one weekend,' police said
Sarah Rieger · CBC News · Posted: Aug 04, 2020 5:30 PM MT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago
Police shared this photo of two suspects in an alleged assault motivated by homophobia in Kensington on Monday. (Calgary Police Service)
Calgary police are investigating three potential hate-motivated crimes that targeted members of the LGBT community over the long weekend.
"It is shocking to see anyone targeted for a crime because of a personal characteristic, but it is extremely disturbing to see the same community targeted three times in one weekend," Sgt. Arlene Padnivelan, with the Calgary police diversity resource team, said in an emailed release Tuesday.
"It is unacceptable that this is happening and we will absolutely investigate any time a crime is motivated by hate or bias."
On midday Friday, a man was assaulted and called homophobic slurs by a group of men near the intersection of 17th Avenue and 12th Street S.W., police said.
On Saturday at 1 p.m., a drag king was recording a video on the rainbow crosswalk at the intersection of Centre Street and Stephen Avenue S.W., when a man spat on the performance artist. Police are investigating and collecting security camera footage to help identify the man.
And on Monday, a same-sex couple was walking near the intersection of Ninth Street and Memorial Drive N.W. when two men and two women on electric scooters approached them.
Police said it's believed the two men on scooters assaulted the couple because of their sexual orientation, using a belt, rocks and a recycling bin as weapons.
Police searched the area but couldn't locate the group. The victims were treated for injuries that were non-life-threatening.
The two suspects in that assault are both described as being about 30-years-old, of average height and build, with trim black beards and short black hair. One was wearing black-framed glasses, a white polo shirt, dark pants, brown loafers and white socks. The other was wearing a grey polo shirt with a white collar and sleeves, grey pants and white runners.
A systemic problem
Irfan Chaudhry, director of MacEwan University's Office of Human Rights, Diversity and Equity, and a hate crime researcher, said it's important to look at these incidents with a broad lens to see the systemic issues at play, not just as one-offs.
"It's another unfortunate example of what we're seeing in terms of anti-LGBTQ2S incidents and crimes," he said.
Chaudhry said the challenge with reporting incidents comes with "more subtle acts of hate" that perhaps might not meet the criminal threshold but still have a negative impact on victims.
"Unfortunately, our Criminal Code is very specific in terms of hate-crime legislation," he said.
"People often feel like why even report it to police."
While it can be difficult to change laws, Chaudhry said, there is room for conversation about how existing laws can be supplemented.
"I think there's ways to beef up language that we currently have," he said.
Hate-motivated crimes are crimes where the offender was motivated by bias, prejudice or hate based on one of nine personal characteristics of the victim, police said, like gender, race or religion.
Police said they encourage anyone who has been targeted for ill treatment or a crime because of their identity to report it so the perpetrators can be held accountable.
The hate motivation is only considered once an offender is found guilty, where it can be considered an aggravating factor to add to the convicted person's sentence.
Involving police in an incident can be a complicated decision, especially for members of marginalized groups.
Police said if someone feels uncomfortable coming forward through traditional channels, they or someone they trust can reach out directly to the diversity resource team or hate crimes co-ordinator by calling 403-428-8399 to find a way to feel more comfortable filing a report.
"We fully recognize that sometimes people do not want to involve the police or don't feel comfortable coming to us for help," Padnivelan said.
"We respect the wishes of those who are most affected by the incident and never force a victim to participate in a police investigation. However, if there is a way we can help make a person feel safe enough to come forward, we want to try do that."
From the article:
Imagine going into this autistic detail about their clothes so that you can avoid mentioning a more defining feature. Hopefully they'll wear the exact same clothes every day from now on so that they can be easily identified.
Samson Pumpkin Jr.
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I hate how the CBC writes their articles. I, regrettably, read the CBC often and you can tell their articles apart from other news sources quickly. Like their little captions: "a systemic problem" and, from another article, "cuts due to pandemic"
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PPC is the only right-of-center party left in Canada and the only chance left for personal freedom and fiscal responsibility. Under Scheer (and this won't change) all of the CPC party policies were Liberal policies with a different name. The Conservatives are just another wing of the same political machine now.
Just unplug, dummy. Or do you have an "We vote CBC" sign on your lawn.
For those who don't know, yes, those are a thing. The average Canadian LITERALLY does what the glowing box tells them to do.
How horrifying. Criminal law should ALWAYS be very specific. Thought-police need to die.
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There is something to be said for that.
I think that something is: "You are correct sir."
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The CBC is a culturally irrelevant relic that needs scaling back or to outright die. Does the Canadian taxpayer really need to pay for a Canadian version of Family Feud when the American version with Steve Harvey is more entertaining?
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Samson Pumpkin Jr.
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How did you know? The CBC is the sole source of truth in this world and we need to maintain it to get the truth out to the world. I love the CBC
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I figured that this thread is the best place to post about Canadian music so I’ll start it up. The Tragically Hip suck the Chrome off of a ‘57 Chevy bumper and listening to the radio was almost insufferable when Gord Downie died.
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The Minister of Finance, Bill Mourneau, resigned and Chrystia Freeland is taking his place. I find this rather worrisome because I can see our deficits going through the roof and potentially stoking Western Separation because of her promise to "green" the economy.