Splitdipless

There was a war on - all the real heros were fighting overseas?

The Canadian naval custom of naming ships after locales started in WWII, most notably as a alternative naming strategy for the 'Flower Class' Corvettes. While the UK found great utility of the thought of a German U-Boat getting sunk by a HMS Pansy, Canada wanted to give a sense of involvement in the war, so that the people of Chilliwack can feel a sense of pride when their HMCS Chilliwack participates in the sinking of U-744, for example. That cuts both ways of course, like for HMCS Lévis... The result of being able to fund-raise and create Navy Leagues to assist in the welfare of sailors at that time significantly helped with the life of RCN, RCNR and RCNVR sailors at that time.

In LDs though, the name 'Parliament' class is a bit odd. If they are naming after places with a Parliament, Toronto makes sense because Queen's Park is here, but Vancouver wouldn't have a Parliament. The capitol of BC is Victoria...

I agree. To think that all those suffering Lyme might not have contracted the disease if we had continued offering a Lyme vaccine...

Technically, what it's the parliament saying "this is the law, no matter what anyone else thinks of it." It's not suspension of law - an equal legal branch forming government is a feature of the United States. Here, like a lot of Westminster Parliamentary style governments, democracy is supreme to any rise of a kritarchy.

Sorry Hoss, but DDT doesn't work anymore. http://npic.orst.edu/factsheets/bb-ddt.html

Actually, withholding Assent is the circuit breaker. The NWC is a mechanism to ensure that parliament makes the law, not judges. A judge may have a perfectly reason for making their verdict, and it totally makes sense to do so by a good number of the populous, but parliament is in charge and they're allowed to set the rules.

...well, by advocating that people physically threaten those administering the vaccine, and for telling her own followers not to get vaccinated, I'm sure their death rate rose a bit.

Arr. It be a problem matey.

I'm surprised Russia isn't complaining that Ukraine, which they believe should be part of Russia, isn't arguing Ukraine isn't a country and shouldn't compete.

If anyone needs some grill-cheese pron: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbdUGdxX7ww [SFW]