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Have you ever considered that the Prime Directive is not only not ethical, but also illogical, and perhaps morally indefensible?

  • Confusion spreads as Ottawa defends orders to surrender citizenship certificates

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  • Fuck you, Carney.

    The expanded birthright citizenship rules were brought about as a result of a 2023 court ruling, very solidly in the Trudeau era.

  • Despite promises of economic gold, most Vancouver and Toronto residents say World Cup matches not worth public costs

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  • I'm not completely opposed to hosting these mega-events, or subsidizing them to a degree. Whatever you might think about the "prestige" factor, they can be a good excuse to ram through valuable infrastructure projects.

    But the devil's in the details (and FIFA in this instance is a literal devil), and it's madness to expect an actual profit.

  • Nearly all serious adverse reactions among plasma donors in past decade involved for-profit sites, data shows

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  • I think it's more about shoddy training and oversight of the staff.

  • Carney government passes law allowing authorization of banned pesticides

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  • I guess I'll add a more moderate take of "this is probably intended for absolute emergencies like a Biblical plague of locusts or something," but in the name of the Prophets, put guardrails on your emergency measures.

  • The House of Commons is on its summer break — here’s a list of the bills it passed

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  • It will be interesting to see what the Senate does with it - they're not as predictable as they used to be.

  • Why Canada's Energy Superpower Dream Is Fading - With Max Fawcett

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  • I only recently discovered this channel, but I find their economics-based energy and climate discussions pretty interesting.

    In this episode in particular, they talk a lot about what they think Carney is getting right in his approach to climate (though I wish they would have given more details), as well as something they think he might be getting very, very wrong.

  • Split Mode

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  • I'm guessing this is hinting that they'll finally be restoring the Klingon War-era "trilogy" of "The Kuvah'Magh", "City on the Edge of Never", and "Past Imperfect".

    If true, it will be good to finally restore a lot of Leonard Nimoy's recorded dialogue.

  • Assembly of Treaty Chiefs in Alberta demand treason investigation into Premier Danielle Smith and UCP

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  • If they can show that Sylvestre et al have committedntreason, then 46.2(e) might be applicable.

    Maybe. Is there any credible reason to think that they have access to military or scientific secrets that threaten the government?

    As for sedition, it is the use of force as a means of accomplishing governmental change, or advocacy thereof. I don't think that line has been crossed yet.

    But as I said, go ahead and investigate. I just doubt there's anything there. Yet.

  • Assembly of Treaty Chiefs in Alberta demand treason investigation into Premier Danielle Smith and UCP

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  • Yeah, I guess there's some provision somewhere that doesn't require them to amend the entire criminal code every time there's a change in the monarchy?

  • Assembly of Treaty Chiefs in Alberta demand treason investigation into Premier Danielle Smith and UCP

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  • This is not an article about amending the criminal code, nor is it an article about having the RCMP investigate people for future crimes (at least, I hope not).

  • Assembly of Treaty Chiefs in Alberta demand treason investigation into Premier Danielle Smith and UCP

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  • I'm going to go out on a limb and suggest that we shouldn't change laws to retroactively target individuals.

  • Assembly of Treaty Chiefs in Alberta demand treason investigation into Premier Danielle Smith and UCP

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  • I mean sure, investigate away - but they're not likely to find anything, because the legal definition of "treason" is quite narrow. Mere "foreign interference and influence" ain't gonna cut it.

    High treason

    46 (1) Every one commits high treason who, in Canada,

    a) kills or attempts to kill Her Majesty, or does her any bodily harm tending to death or destruction, maims or wounds her, or imprisons or restrains her;

    b) levies war against Canada or does any act preparatory thereto; or

    c) assists an enemy at war with Canada, or any armed forces against whom Canadian Forces are engaged in hostilities, whether or not a state of war exists between Canada and the country whose forces they are.

    Treason

    (2) Every one commits treason who, in Canada,

    a) uses force or violence for the purpose of overthrowing the government of Canada or a province;

    b) without lawful authority, communicates or makes available to an agent of a state other than Canada, military or scientific information or any sketch, plan, model, article, note or document of a military or scientific character that he knows or ought to know may be used by that state for a purpose prejudicial to the safety or defence of Canada;

    c) conspires with any person to commit high treason or to do anything mentioned in paragraph (a);

    d) forms an intention to do anything that is high treason or that is mentioned in paragraph (a) and manifests that intention by an overt act; or

    e) conspires with any person to do anything mentioned in paragraph (b) or forms an intention to do anything mentioned in paragraph (b) and manifests that intention by an overt act.

  • OceanGate's Titan submersible operated with complete lack of oversight, TSB report finds

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  • They had contact with multiple federal agencies, including Transport Canada, Parks Canada, and Fisheries and Oceans. DFO in particular flagged concerns, and failed to pass them on to Transport Canada.

    Oceangate was a terrible company run by a terrible person, but we shouldn't be dismissing this story.

  • OceanGate's Titan submersible operated with complete lack of oversight, TSB report finds

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  • That was my first reaction, but the regulatory gaps highlighted are actually pretty important.

  • Carney says feds are eliminating watchdog that oversees companies operating abroad

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  • The government is expected to table legislation on Friday that Carney said would enhance its enforcement to keep goods made with forced labour out of the Canadian supply chain.

    I guess we'll see...

  • UK, Australia and Canada launch $4 million fund for Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts, advance two-state solution

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  • An Analysis of Bill C-34: Canada's Online Safety Bill (Part 1)

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  • My interpretation so far is that the bill is meant to signal to social media companies that they should alter their platforms to implement "adequate safeguards" (not yet defined) and apply for an exemption, do they don't have to use nonexistent technology to verify users' ages.

  • UK, Australia and Canada launch $4 million fund for Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts, advance two-state solution

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  • Yeah, it looks like the goal here is to get the thing set up to provide an option for other nations to pour resources into.

  • Dealership revoked offer to buy back customer's BMW, blaming wayward AI chatbot

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  • It was worth a shot (from the perspective of an evil, soul-sucking corporation) - had it gone their way, it would have been one hell of a legal precedent.