ValueSubtracted

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Things have changed so much since 2005, it's incredibly difficult to create a bona fide cultural phenomenon. And even if you can, sustaining it is a whole 'nother ball game.

I guess I don't really know what level of popularity is realistic...or even desirable.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 1 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

The most recent season seemed perfectly average to me.

 

Candidate faces 12 allegations of breaching party rules, source says

The source said she faced 12 allegations, including accepting donations from a corporation in the form of payments to campaign staff.

Dhalla was accused of failing to disclose the involvement of a non-Canadian citizen in her campaign, which the party alleges would amount to foreign interference if it happened during an election period.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 7 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Pretty much. There's a strong argument that "eliminating barriers" may be synonymous with "deregulation," which...could go badly.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 8 points 7 hours ago (3 children)

This was a decent explainer. In a nutshell...

  • There are four categories of trade barriers in Canada: natural barriers such as geography, prohibitive barriers such as restrictions on the sale of alcohol, technical barriers such as vehicle weight standards and regulatory barriers such as licensing and paperwork requirements.

  • The 2017 CFTA was intended to cut down on some of these barriers, but all provinces and territories negotiated exemptions for various reasons, ranging from different safety regulations across provinces, to different language requirements, to industry protectionism.

It's not clear right now which barriers the feds can unilaterally eliminate (and whether we agree with all of them), but I guess we'll find out within the next week or so.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 2 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

The Roddenberry Archive is probably the best place - navigate to the section called "765874".

They just link to YouTube videos, but I find the actual YouTube channel challenging to find stuff in.

I don't know if I agree with that assessment, but they do seem to have one writer who does nothing but write about how bad Carney is, and another who does nothing but write about how bad Freeland is.

From what I can tell, he would have to have acquired the citizenship fraudulently, and he didn't.

There used to be a mechanism for the citizenship of people convicted of treason, spying, and terrorism offences to be revoked, but it was repealed in 2018.

I would like to think the rule of law still applies here.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 16 points 1 day ago (3 children)

That seems like a weird whatabout. How is your job related to how much funding the CBC gets?

In the end, funding the Ukraine-Russia war instead of promoting the peaceful settlement that was being negotiated between Ukraine and Russia in April 2022 has been a disaster for Ukraine and for Europe.

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[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah, never is things seem critical. Mind you, it is Patch Thursday, so maybe things will settle down.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 18 points 2 days ago (3 children)

The Fediverse is about to get a lot weirder...

In Western Canada, I know there are Co-op Gold-branded filters. I don't have any at the moment, so I can't confirm where they're made, exactly.

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