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Rat_in_a_hat

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  • Ford charged more than $140K in private plane charters last year, records show

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  • Hmmm. I'm trying to understand where you're coming from and why you'd assume that they were necessary or legitimate? I think it's fair to say that it's purely an assumption and giving benefit of the doubt right now.

    The article itself mentions that this is a new development. So he's managed to be in his position for several years, but now there's a legitimate use of chartered flights?

    Other premiers seem to use commercial majority of the time unless they travel to remote areas in the north (not to Calgary or DC like Doug).

    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/premiers-private-flights-commercial-9.7171284

    Even his statements/reasoning in the use of chartered planes is that he's a laughingstock if he uses commercial.

    https://www.thetrillium.ca/news/politics/doug-ford-says-north-american-leaders-think-its-a-joke-ontarios-premier-doesnt-have-a-private-jet-12377919

    arguing that other North American leaders “think it’s a joke” that Ontario doesn’t have a dedicated government jet.

    Ford has defended the purchase and his use of private and charter flights as premier, saying he’s saved taxpayers “millions of dollars” by flying commercial over the years.

    So his argument is that he's already saved Ontario residents millions and now wants comfort?

  • Ford charged more than $140K in private plane charters last year, records show

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  • Did you read the article? For the same "circumstances" the less important people would fly commercial but he'd still charter a plane for him and a few others.

  • Ford charged more than $140K in private plane charters last year, records show

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  • Because politicians shouldn't be getting private charter, they can take normal commercial flights like everyone else.

    There's extremely very few cases where a premier of a province, whose job is mostly for local provincial stuff and meeting with local stakeholders, needs a plane to go places, let alone a private charter.

  • Laws on militias and the right to bear arms

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  • You can still own guns in Canada, just a bit longer wait times and more robust vetting process.

    You should read about the indigenous direct actions that took place when some company wanted to build a golf course on Mohawk territory a few decades back.

  • Israeli study finds starvation in Gaza was result of deliberate policy

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  • Laws on militias and the right to bear arms

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  • Nope. Not in the slightest. The charter protects you're right to only protest and that's within limitations (speech laws, hate laws, nonviolence, public ordinance laws)...

    While Canada has freedom of assembly, the federal and/or provincial government is also creating laws to dictate exactly where you can assemble (or can't).

    Historically, Canada has been very repressive of large worker movements and strikes. Forcefully breaking them and killing protestors.

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    Hezbollah says it rejects ceasefire agreed by Israel and Lebanon

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  • Israel's idea of a ceasefire is "you cease, we fire". And that's what Hezbollah is arguing against. It's no different than the previous "ceasefire" where Israel just kept demolishing entire villages and sporadic bombings.

  • Just vote!

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  • Sure, and he said that he's going to show them his vision, allay their fears, and change their minds, right?

  • Just vote!

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  • I'm sorry, can you explain the issue of him acknowledging the lived experiences of people?

  • Ford government embarks on extended 21-week break, won’t return until late October

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  • Why stop there! He might as well just go for the whole year!!

  • Just vote!

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  • Do you have an actual example instead of platitudes?

  • Netanyahu faces plunging support in north Israel as voters demand tougher Lebanon stance

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  • Or...they're just awful and feel they have a right to colonize.

  • New Car Question

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  • Do you want privacy or none of the technology features?

    Many tech features come built in and you may be able to turn them off individually in the car settings, though probably not all features if they're related to safety.

    If you're worried about privacy and the car phoning home, then that's a different topic.

  • Owners ordered to pay $100K in wages say they didn't know foreign workers were employed at their hotel

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  • Maybe TikTok might be more of your thing.

  • More dental patients, providers baffled by lack of consistency in national plan's coverage

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  • This is the plan that the NDP had to strongarm the Liberals into enacting, and they eventually did but only after gutting a lot of the provisions and coverages. Then the Liberals half-assed the roll-out.

  • Owners ordered to pay $100K in wages say they didn't know foreign workers were employed at their hotel

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  • I think it's worthwhile to catch up to the many years of reporting and documentation on this topic:

    https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-life-in-the-shadows-inside-the-world-of-torontos-undocumented-migrants/

    Toronto’s undocumented migrants – most of whom initially entered the country legally – grapple with substandard employment

    https://amnesty.ca/temporary-foreign-workers-report/

    Exploitation, discrimination and abuse are integral features, not bugs, of the Temporary Foreign Worker program

    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/migrant-workers-rescued-york-toronto-1.6767167

    A single foreign worker blew the lid off a massive international trafficking ring north of Toronto, police say

    https://ijb.utoronto.ca/news/this-is-the-new-slavery-migrant-farm-workers-underpaid-abused-and-injured/

    'This is the new slavery’: Migrant farm workers underpaid, abused and injured

    nearly 80,000 migrants worked in agricultural jobs under Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program

  • Owners ordered to pay $100K in wages say they didn't know foreign workers were employed at their hotel

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  • I think it's worthwhile to read the article. There's mention of LMIAs, immigration consultants, etc.

    These are people that were taken advantage of by shady consultants and bad employers. They weren't of proper legal status for a reason.

    However, Padilla Ruiz's labour market impact assessment — a document an employer often needs before hiring a foreign worker — listed him as a "housekeeping attendant" at a different Western Star hotel in Esterhazy, Sask.

  • Just vote!

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  • So what's so bad about Mamdani?

  • Driver facing camera in cars

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  • Check the privacy laws in your country. If in Europe, you can have the services disconnected. Looks like a Renault so sometimes cars manufactured in the EU will come built in with the ability to turn off the feature.

    Car data privacy is the worst there is today and will get much worse with timd. Mozilla foundation put out a report recently

    https://www.mozillafoundation.org/en/blog/privacy-nightmare-on-wheels-every-car-brand-reviewed-by-mozilla-including-ford-volkswagen-and-toyota-flunks-privacy-test/