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• Post #4151781

  Venting The entitlement of some drivers... This BMW is parked in the hash marks between handicap parking spaces (and no they do not have a disability parking pass) I see things like this frequently and it drives me up a wall. If I hadn't been so worn out from getting food at Costco, I would have stopped to report it but my knee was done. #disability #handicap #parking

• Post #4135806

  Instead of spending hundreds of billions of dollars on #pipelines and subsidies for O&G, #Canada needs to be making generation investments in #RenewableEnergy We could be investing in publicly owned solar panel and battery manufacturing, using materials sourced in Canada, which would not only meet all our energy needs in perpetuity but give us an exportable product for the foreseeable future. It would create more new jobs than we will lose when O&G inevitably dies AND if we make it pub...

• Post #4113913

  #Calgary and many other cities have built Park and Ride lots for #PublicTransit to increase transit useage in cities whose infrastructure is car centric. It is time for out cities to take the next step and start installing #EVcharging in those lots. One of the most common concerns people have about getting an #EV is not knowing where they can charge (not everyone has the option of charging at home). If cities installed level 2 chargers in the park and ride lots, and enforced the usage rules of...

• Post #3787289

  AMA it ceases to be 'we are experiencing unprecedented call volumes' when it goes on for months... Now it's just 'we are refusing to increase staffing levels to meet member demand' Sitting on hold #Alberta #insurance

• Post #3740814

  'Radical' idea to bring down housing costs in Canada... permanently freeze land values across the nation. Land is one of the largest components of building housing, freezing it's value would over time lower that cost. Additionally it would eliminate land speculation, since you couldn't sell it for more than you bought it speculators would be eliminated from the market. #housing #cdnpoli #Canada

• Post #3480866

  RE: https://union.place/@ufwupdates/116835878261092115 This just shows how much workers are getting ripped off for the labour A quick search shows that Rainier cherries are $6.97/lb at Walmart in Washington State; the workers are only getting paid $0.40... which means if you were to buy cherries in the store only 5.7% of the price you pay goes to the worker. Even if you consider waste, the worker is still being ripped off.... and never forget that without these workers there wouldn't be a...

• Post #3411084

  RE: https://mastodon.social/@noaivancouver/116818049809490833 Boosting this for more visibility and encouraging everyone who can to both boost and sign. #AI #cdnpoli

• Post #2036838

  Ditching daylight savings time is a great idea... but making it permanent is not. DST should simply be ended with standard time becoming the new year round normal. This is not only my personal preference (because I'm a morning person who goes to sleep at a reasonable hour) but is also supported by experts. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/bc-daylight-saving-health-concerns-9.7114947 #DST #daylightSavingTime #abpoli #bcpoli #alberta #cdnpoli

• Post #1880389

  Home ownership is always framed as being about building wealth; that viewpoint inevitably leads to higher housing costs and a poorer working class (because treating housing as an investment drives up housing costs). The true advantage to home ownership is the financial stability it brings. When #renting you are subject to inflationary increases, which means your housing costs do not remain stable, however when you own your home costs remain relatively stable for 25-30 years and then plummet on...

• Post #1880388

  Our kid wants to get a second set of piercings in her ears, so we made the appointment with the piercer today... their ID requirements are stricter than customs and immigration! 😂 #parenting #piercings

• Post #1780727

  Good public services are often invisible, we don't know how important they are till they are gone. This leads people to think that they are getting nothing in return for their taxes. Those same people then in turn get angry when money is tight and they see what appear to be large deductions from their pay going towards taxes (since they don't think they are getting anything for those taxes) Politicians then exploit that anger to get elected by promising to cut taxes. When peopl...

• Post #1593795

  RE: https://mstdn.social/@GreenFire/116419810363820840 I really appreciate how they are implementing solutions that don't impede travel by those with mobility disability. By cutting a channel in the sidewalk (pavement in the UK) and inserting covered route for the charging cable they keep the sidewalk accessible to people with disabilities. #disability #EV

• Post #1142248

  If you drive a gas or diesel vehicle... fill up today! 47 has announced that now the US is going to blockade the Strait of Hormuz and interdict any ship that pays Iran a toll in international waters. Oil (and thus fuel prices) are going to fly up next week. All because he failed to secure the same deal Obama did with Iran (the one he unilaterally withdrew from when Iran was adhering to it). #IranWar #StraitofHormuz #GasPrices https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-strait-of-hormuz-9.7160834

• Post #974840

  @NMBA@mstdn.ca The international standard should be that once one treaty is broken the aggrieved party has the automatic right to withdraw from any or all others unless the treaty in question relates to human rights (because no one should be able to suspend human rights) or directly addresses behaviour during hostilities (and even then only the sections addressing behaviour during hostilities should be in effect)

• Post #965971

  RE: https://mastodon.social/@geoworldpolitical/116343937318674010 I know that politicians in both #Australia and here in #Canada will respond to this by arguing that switching to Canada as a fuel source will protect Australia from this happening again in the future... they are wrong. The US has threatened Canada just as it threatened #Greenland and that means that as a fuel source Canada is only reliable as long as the US doesn't disrupt that supply, something no one should ever assume...

• Post #965969

  Every time someone suggest taxing the rich the same two weak arguments are put forward: 1) If you tax the rich, the rich will simply leave. This is the first argument always put forward and it's the weakest one because the wealth of the rich is linked to where they live; if their ability to maintain those sources of wealth then their ability to leave is curtailed unless they want to abandon their sources of wealth. 2) If you raise taxes on the rich they will stop investing in your ci...

• Post #901708

  Danielle Smith, Scott Moe, Doug Ford, and Pierre Poilievre are conclusive evidence that the Notwithstanding Clause needs to be abolished. None of them have any respect for basic human rights and all have demonstrated a willingness to use the #NotwithstandingClause to trample on #HumanRights The only way to protect #Canadians is to remove the clause from the #Constitution of #Canada #ABpoli #CDNpoli #SKpoli #ONpoli

• Post #848947

  RE: https://flipboard.com/@cbcnews/canada-1akomc2pz/-/a-3MNizMhXSsS7LWMx3o2vAg%3Aa%3A107108217-%2F0 $10k sounds like a significant fine until you realise that without knowing how much they made through their deception the fine amount is meaningless. If Oxford only made an extra $5k from the blueberries, then the fine is good, but if they made $100k then the fine is just the cost of doing business

• Post #848946

  A reminder to my fellow Canadians; you can send letters to any Member of Parliament or Member of the Senate (along with other positions) postage free. Written letters can be advantageous over e-mails as they require more physical processing whereas email can be processed digitally without any human ever seeing / reading it. While letters can be automated it's a more difficult process and thus the chances of your letter actually being read are higher. If you don't have a printer...

• Post #826192

  Last week we bought ourselves an #EV... today I sold our last fossil fuel burning vehicle and for the first time in 30 years I don't own a single internal combustion engine in anything (my yard tools where converted to electric options a few years ago). Now I'm going to need to clean out the toolbox and sell off some of the engine tools I no longer need... yay more work ;)

• Post #737151

  With the current news regarding @mstdnca I've been torn as to how I should personally respond. If this was a commercial instance I would have jumped shipped without hesitation; I don't believe in loyalty to companies However this is a volunteer run and hosted instance and as such I do feel a sense of loyalty because I greatly appreciate what @chad does. The legal issues that constitute a potential threat to the instance are before the courts and so far we only have one parties...