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41·5 个月前World leaders and CEOs all know how to play the game. All of them.
It’s both astonishing and nauseating to watch.
I mean, this is what the people of Texas ultimately want.
These lawmakers didn’t fall from the sky. They were elected by the people of Texas.
Greg Abott, the powerful governor of Texas ? He was elected by the people of Texas. He is wildly popular.
102·5 个月前This is a great decision for housing affordability and transit. It’s also good for the environment. Reducing urban sprawl means protecting valuable land.
It’s incredibly sad that it took so long for this to happen.
This should have happened decades ago.
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There is no paywall.
The Guardian is actually the only major newspaper that refuses to charge readers for content.
We haven’t put up a paywall. Instead, we want to remain a strong, progressive force that is open for all.
They rely on small donors (like me).
151·6 个月前What Marc Carney should do :
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Invest in nuclear technology
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Create tough fuel efficiency norms. Canadians currently drive the least fuel-efficient vehicles in the entire world. Canada aligned its vehicle norms with the United States. An incredibly stupid decision.
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A carbon tax that wires money directly to Canadians every month to change incentives simply won’t work. It’s good in theory but it has become politically toxic because of Pierre Poilievre’s AX THE TAX campaign.
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Consider politically acceptable measures to reduce meat consumption or help cattle farmers transition from to chicken farming. I have no idea what those measures could be. I feel any decision will lead to complete hysteria from the far-right.
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Reform the Federal Lobbying Act to significantly increase the powers of the Lobbying Commissioner.
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Cut ALL Microsoft Office and Microsoft Windows contracts from all government departments. Switch to Linux and LibreOffice. Save billions.
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Require all car ads to encourage people to walk, bike or take public transit for short term distances. France has this rule.
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Announce there will be no federal housing money for cities that don’t get rid of parking mandates.
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Create National Wildfire Fund to help Wildfire victims. The fund will be funded by a $1 tax on all flights and a 1% sales tax on all Plastic Bottles. Going above that would lead to popular backlash.
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Significantly increase taxes on private jet fuel. It’s currently barely taxed. You could multiply the price by 3 or 4 and private jet users would not even feel it.
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Massive investment in the train network. New rail stations all across the country.
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Build high speed train line between London-Toronto-Ottawa-Montreal-Quebec. A high speed train line between Edmonton-Calgary. It just makes sense.
What Marc Carney will actually do:
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Who says we needed another pipeline, Pierre?
The same people that want to ban bike lanes and encourage gas-guzzling SUVs.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/bicycle-lane-transport-calgary-1.7583814
Pierre Poilievre has the oil industry dick so far up-his ass it’s not even funny anymore
He pledged to get rid of single-use plastic bans:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/poilievre-scrap-plastics-ban-1.7514037
He was defeated, but he still arguing about Canada needs more plastics:
We can’t get everybody to agree on any basic fact, even the basic fact that we need a pipeline
Who is “we”?
This is a mask-off moment.
Almost half of the country almost voted for a guy defending single-use plastics
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/poilievre-scrap-plastics-ban-1.7514037
Look at Justin Trudeau. He actually tried to take small measures.
For instance, he banned oil tankers of the BC coast. Many scientists would tell you he didn’t do enough for the environment. Under his leadership, Canadian oil production actually increased.
You read that right. Canadian oil production increased under Justin Trudeau.
Despite this, he was demonized. The opposition claimed he humiliated Alberta and ruined the oil industry. Every small decision he took was publically denounced.
Now Danielle Smith and Scott Morison, two powerful Premiers, are publically demanding this:
- Repealing/overhauling the Environmental Assessment Act
- Eliminating the proposed oil and gas emissions cap;
- Scrapping the Clean Electricity Regulations;
- Get rid of the BC coast oil tanker ban
- Stop requiring companies to sell electric vehicles
- Repealing any law or regulation that regulates carbon emissions, plastics, or the commercial free speech of energy companies.
The law against green-washing? Gone. Limiting single use plastics? Gone. Banning huge tankers of the coast of British Columbia? Gone.
It’s not just the oil companies.
It’s the politics.
I’ll assume this is a false flag
Yeah. This is like totally unhinged. Israel isn’t going around attacking Jewish Museums. Especially not in the United States. Being caught means an unprecedented diplomatic crisis.
Tesla senior executives are meeting right now. They are ready to unleash a deluge of social media attacks to discredit the court decision. Attack. Attack. Attack. It’s all they know.
But in 2023, the New York Times magazine spent weeks investigating Tesla .
As a paying NYT subscriber (yeah, we exist), here is the full investigation:
It’s very clear that Mr. Musk knowingly lied about the safety of his Autopilot system.
As a result, innocents were killed. He simply believed he would never be caught.
The only place in Canada that gets housing right is British Columbia.
After decades of failure, the newly elected government of David Eby actually started to fix the problem.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Eby#Housing
In the long term, it will pay off. Ontario is still asleep.
Are speed cameras really effective? There are multiple studies that looked at this.
And the answer is yes, they are:
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1963295/
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3861844/
The car crashes that happen in Ontario cost society far more ressources (police, hospitals, nurses, medication, surgeries) that any of the money raised by speeding tickets.
Road narrowing is a great idea. It can be applied to local streets.
But the people who hate speed cameras are going to absolutely FREAK OUT if you suggest road narrowing as a potential solution.
1. Marc Carney promised to increase CBC funding. Not slash it. This kind of bullshit combined with a flawed voting system, is exactly why people are losing trust in democracy.
2. You want Crown Corporations to save money? I’ll give you savings.
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Stop paying millions of dollars to use Microsoft Office. Instead, use LibreOffice.
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Stop paying millions of dollars to use Microsoft Windows. Instead, use Linux.
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He is right. I used to live in Canada. It’s a great country.
But the extreme immigration rate - one of the highest in the world - had seriously damaging effects on housing and the job market. It’s not good for immigrants and it’s not good for canadians. The only winners are scummy landlords and big corporations. It’s time to slow down.
Water is good for you. But if you drink 10 bottles of water, you are going to be sick.