Kobek

360 000 without power? So two Brampton garages? Illegally plugging into your neighbour’s electricity can get slippery in an ice storm.

Yeah, those are the goals. Apart from not buying animal products. You’re talking to someone on the decentralized fediverse, is that so hard to believe?

I’m old enough to remember when the left used to be Atheists and huge supporters of people like Richard Dawkins and Bill Maher. Are there any cultural studies of when they shifted back to religious tolerance, and why Islam in particular? I’d be interested in reading about that.

Ironically the Canadian government used to train the Chinese military on winter survival as recently as 2018.

Go ahead and read about it on the official government website.

https://www.canada.ca/en/department-national-defence/corporate/reports-publications/proactive-disclosure/secd-state-of-caf-19-april-2021/reference-material/military-exercises-with-people-liberation-army.html

Can’t trust any of them. They’re up to something and you’re paying for it.

If you’re serious about your studies you wouldn’t have time for world politics.

Mindful consumer habits is the example I gave. I used to be a sucker for convenience like a lot of people. I’ve also started paying attention to politics, and I mean politics not news headlines about politics. Making up my own mind on the opinions of others has been a real life changer.

So what’s your take?

Consumer habits is a good place to start. Actually be mindful of what you’re spending money on and your actions. Not sacrificing ethics for convenience. For example, people love working from home. They don’t pay attention to how working remotely funds American tech companies like Microsoft and Google while at the same time reducing the revenue from our public transit systems. Demanding to work from the office will have a bigger impact than posting on American or Chinese owned social media and attending solidarity “elbows up” rallies.

I’m saying it’s unproductive just like most complaining and protest. If you want to make lasting change you first need to fundamentally change how you live your life.

MPs and all politicians should be paid the mean income of the people they represent. That way if they want a pay raise they actually have to work to increase the quality of life for the people who they represent.

The Media is trying to fear monger and like always people are buying it and pretending like they actually know what’s going on.

As of the time of this post our dollar is 0.70 USD. Add 25% to that. .70x.25=17.5 So our dollar with the tariff is still only costing us companies $0.88 on their dollar. Our dollar used to be more than that in the mid 2000’s. They bought from us then and they will continue to buy from us now.

The problem is our own government using counter tariffs. That’s going to increase your cost of living all because orange man bad.

It’s funny how everyone here thinks I support the Conservatives because I understand practicalities and different viewpoints.Even though I’ve never voted conservative in my life. I’ve voted in the last 6 federal elections two of which were for the NDP. This is exactly why people consider the left radical. No room for rational practicality, just dogmatic adherence to a narrative.

Get with the programme. People aren’t buying it anymore. It’s almost like you want leftist ideology to flounder. It’s unfortunate that good leftist policies are going to be thrown out with the radical ones but hey, at least you’ll have a villain to fight and add some faux meaning to your lives.

No, the government is the party that governs. The party enacting policy through their ministers. Voting on propositions isn’t government it’s representation. It’s how a constitutional monarchy functions with a parliamentary system. It’s pretty fundamental.

As an MP He’s a representative not a member of the federal government. Security clearances are meant to protect federal government information. The federal government is the ruling party, which is the Liberal party.

The Liberal party isn’t going to start giving him access to privileged information as soon as he gets a security clearance. That’s not how it works. The practical application of requesting his security clearance would legally prevent him from sharing privileged information If he became privy to it. It’s not a good tactic of opposition to be silenced by the people you’re opposing.

As someone who’s worked for the Federal government and had a level 3 security clearance which has since expired, l’ll tell you it makes sense why he’s not getting it if you think about it for more than a minute.

Security clearances are meant to protect Federal government information. He is literally the opposition to the Federal government in representation of the people who elected him.

To put it in a left perspective as popular on Lemmy… It would be like if you were at a pro Palestinian protest and were asked to sign a document saying you’re free to protest but only if you remain quiet about certain things the isralie government is doing or you’ll be arrested. If you refuse to sign, a crowd of people all start shouting that you’re a Nazi not because of anything you did but because you refused to sign the document.

Let the opposition be the opposition.