To be fair, a nation that clings to its monarchy in the 21st century only really deserves that.

They led the charge for the West in setting the world on fire with global warming, were a preeminent colonial superpower (ie. force for evil) for centuries and have been gradually slipping into irrelevance since then. Not a good look.

Can’t wait for Britain to become a forgotten empire. That country really needs a glow up and rebranding.

Making laws with the intent they will be broken is different from having an understanding they will be broken.

People break speed limits every day. There is no intent they will be broken but an understanding that it will happen. Overall though, people obey them and roads are safer as a result.

I feel that parental responsibility and carefully crafted regulation can coexist to protect children. Device makers can also make it easier to access such settings or a “kids mode”.

I think most parents know techbros have created an internet that is generally not safe for children and do their best to take measures to account for that. Any system that empowers parents to do that is welcome.

Kids today are not tech savvy. UIs are streamlined and bugs are much less common in popular apps so they have to do less self directee troubleshooting to learn from.

Regulation doesn’t always have to produce absolute prevention, even strong deterrence can be impactful.

We’ve seen how excessive porn consumption impacts the development (particularly of boys) so increased regulation is a thoughtful move.

If the stock in your RRSP pays dividends, those dividends may be taxed 50% if an alternate agreement isn’t reached.

Wait, were we thinking the capitalist engine runs on truth?

When your only incentive is profit, everything becomes a means to that end, unless you are somehow held accountable by a check or balance in the system.

American Eagle would claim Canadian roots now if they thought they could get away with it.

Absolute trash tier journalism that does not even try to explain why use of agencies for staffing in both the US and Canadian hospitals has increased.

Hospitals offer an absolutely terrible compensation package to nurses and even doctors in some cases (for hours worked) and have generally become profoundly dysfunctional.

For many nurses, pay was capped or went down during COVID (until a recent pay increase due to backlash in Ontario) and the reality of working as hospital staff was ‘hey sorry ____ called sick can you take care of double the patients with no increase in compensation while bringing immense potential harm to your patients and causing you incredible moral and physical burn out?’

So people went to agencies that pay better but most importantly are flexible. You can certainly get a crap assignment while being an agency worker but your agreement may just be a few weeks and you can leave and choose to never return if an institution is mismanaged.

As a healthcare worker, hitching your wagon to one horse (or hospital) is a risky proposition these days since so many are mismanaged and underfunded. I’d rather have the flexibility to jump ship than stay somewhere only to become miserable and suicidal (which many healthcare workers struggle with)

In short, agencies are a symptom of a bigger problem. You can ban them (lol) but good luck finding people to take care of patients if you do.

Complex geopolitics at play.

Both Alberta and Saskatchewan hold key natural resources (oil and potash).

Both are essentially land locked and are unsustainable as soverign nations being surrounded by the US and Canada.

If either seceded from Canada, the most likely outcome is annexation by or willingly joining the US, which would be problematic for Canadian sovereignty as a whole.

I’m all for Alberta’s self determination but Canada cannot and will not allow allow this to happen.

If Albertans don’t like that, I fully support them seeking asylum / refugee status in the US.

Recent polling by Angus Reid shows that major opposition from First Nations (as secession violates their treaty rights) either would not effect Albertans/Saskatchewanians opinion on leaving or would make them more likely to want to leave

https://angusreid.org/referendum-alberta-saskatchewan-smith-moe/

Yeah at some point one has to assume they just don’t care. It’s why they force feed their population propaganda from a young age.

Anything that makes Canada more competitive is a win in my book.

Americans probably should be taught more about their government’s neocolonial actions.

There was always rot in America’s foundation of which most of the world and I hope Americans were well aware.

Canada’s servicemen and women died as your brothers and sisters when the US invoked article 5 of NATO in response to the 9/11 attacks.

This is a betrayal that won’t soon be forgotten.

State control of corporations and industry through force is a key ingredient of fascism. Might as well put a swastika on the MAGA hat wearer also.

How on earth is he anti-immigrant and reactionary?

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I said that it was a factor. But he likely would have still won even with those comparisons based on polling in December and January. There are many in Canada thwt are accepting towards MAGA and nearly everyone else was tired of the Liberals. Ultimately, it was Trump threatening repeatedly to annex Canada that tipped the election.

Politicians have always deflected. This is not a new skill.