His ban will force Health Canada to consider the issue, and may accelerate them making similar decisions as the FDA, on reducing this practice altogether.

This is actually not true. If you ban it here AND remove the Health Canada requirement for testing on higher order animals, there is no need to do that research. It doesn’t even correlate that well with human health outcomes. Ban the practice and remove the incentive, and I guarantee you that the behaviour will go away.

The FDA already removed its requirement for testing on higher order mammals – mouse work is sufficient to get an investigational new drug (IND) permit, or an equivalent permit for a medical device. I suspect Health Canada has done the same, but I’m not 100% sure – if not, it absolutely should. I’d rather have marginally more risk to human participants that generates useful, applicable data, than perform countless cruel experiments that poorly correlate with human biology.

No it doesn’t, but then, that’s not really an argument to keep nickel-and-diming drivers. I’m all for fair progressive taxation, but it shouldn’t be composed of a million government fees that pop up every time you have to deal with the government for any reason. I know Ford got rid of the $200 fee and refunded it for cynical, manipulative reasons, but I’m still glad it’s gone, and I have to believe that most people are not stupid enough to be bought by $200.

OP is not wrong, and I think you know that, but you’ve got a sore spot about it clearly. It may be uncomfy, but it’s the truth that alcohol is absolutely horrible for one’s health.

Oh fuck off. You car-haters manage to bring that into every issue.

I have an EV and burn zero fossil fuels. I also think putting bike lanes on a major artery that wasn’t designed for them is a terrible idea. I’m all for bike lanes on side streets, but not on arteries, sorry.

Hi, I’m a medical scientist who has worked in labs doing animal research. Let me tell you this – it’s the fucking Wild West for all practical purposes. The stuff some labs get away with is DISGUSTING and gives me nightmares.

I’m not a conservative, but I’m glad Ford is doing this, and I commend his bravery in doing so. Fuck all of the so-called scientists who do sick experiments on sentient high-order animals.

The worst part is, 90% of the time, the research questions can be answered using mice – or sometimes without using animals at all. The reason we cling to animal research is because if we didn’t, a lot of (very sick) scientists would lose their jobs, because they lack the skills to work with other model systems.

And apparently you also have the right to get harassed and dragged through the mud in a long and unfair criminal case, even if you get off in the end.

Also, don’t talk to the police under any circumstances, even if you think you are the victim. They are not your friends, and they can and will fuck you over. Call a lawyer and keep your mouth shut.

To be clear, I have no problem with liability insurance. Everyone should have that. I also don’t have a problem with accident benefits. (Although I think the way they calculate rates is criminal, but that’s another story.)

My problem is with everything else, and in particular, collision insurance. Insuring your car, as a piece of property, is a scam. You can never use it! If you EVER make a claim, your insurance – not just collision, but also liability and accident benefits – will skyrocket. Your insurer WILL punish you and suck you dry to recoup their losses. So why even bother?

Yes, yes, I know you’re supposed to report all accidents (even minor ones) to your insurer, but let’s be honest, no sane person does that. If you can withhold that info, you absolutely should.

You have to have liability insurance here (which I agree is a good thing), but everything else on top of that (e.g. collision insurance) is optional.

Both. It’s all a scam. Buy the minimum insurance you can find. You can never make a claim anyways, lest your insurance become unaffordable or cancelled entirely, so why bother paying high rates.

Fair enough, although quite frankly, we should not be burning any gas. If we had upgraded and expanded our nuclear plants like many groups told us for many, many years, we wouldn’t have this problem

I’m disgusted to learn we are getting 1/3 of our power from gas. Fuck Doug Ford and all the anti-environmentalist cunts he employs.

I have traveled extensively, and no, Hamilton is not particularly dangerous for a city its size. Neither is the rest of the GTA.

I’d be fine with traps to catch stunt driving, but cash grabs scamming people for going 50 in a 40 zone is petty nonsense.

You people are always so dramatic, and quite frankly, it does your cause a disservice. You make intersections and local roads sound like war zones.

The City of Hamilton was grossly incompetent in this, but what else is new. We have astronomical property taxes, and yet all we get is bloated bureaucracy, shitty service, and mass surveillance in the form of cash-grab speed cams.

Do you realize how many suicides and assorted anguish such a crash would cause?

I swear to gods, you people don’t really know how to think things through.

So do we just… fuck over all the renters living in landlord-owned units for the next 5-20 years while this cool new mass public housing is being built by all those extra construction workers we definitely don’t have a shortage of?

What is this supposed to prove?