25 years in the federal government in guns and badges, 22 of those in Corrections, then 10 years in hacker hunting and breach detection, now an information security sales engineer. Homestead farmer, amateur welder, equipment operator, electronic designer, 40 years soldering, husband and father.
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A cautionary tale for Canada (www.theguardian.com)
An interesting article about the extreme right in the US and how they are not interested in governing or working for the people but are focused instead on tearing apart the US government, taking away rights and freedoms, and turning the country into a christofascist dictatorship with oligarchs in charge....
Epic Canadian day after Thanksgiving country breakfast. (lemmy.ca)
French fries and homemade roasted turkey gravy topped with our own roasted Bronze Orlopp turkey, homemade bread dressing, and fried eggs from our backyard chickens....
Large Coalition Getting Ready to Fight Scott Moe’s Pronoun Policy Overriding the Charter of Rights and Freedoms (pressprogress.ca)
‘Save the Children Convoy’ Leaders Plotted to Capture Police and MPs at Secret Meetings, Participants Allege (pressprogress.ca)
You can’t make this stuff up…...
Manitoba Tory cabinet minister denounces right-wing pivot in election campaign (winnipeg.ctvnews.ca)
McLaughlin compared the landfill ads to a plan by former federal Conservative leader Stephen Harper in 2015 to set up a telephone hotline for people to report “barbaric cultural practices.” The idea met with widespread public backlash....
Higgs says his government 'cannot function' with PC MLAs offside (www.cbc.ca)
My virtue signaling christofascist dictatorship cannot function without the blind obedience to the group thought by every member of this caucus....
Manitoba NDP win majority, CBC News projects (www.cbc.ca)
Woo!...
India tells Canada to withdraw 41 diplomats, report says (www.ctvnews.ca)
India has told Canada that it must repatriate 41 diplomats by Oct. 10, the Financial Times reported. Ties between India and Canada have become strained over Canadian suspicion that Indian government agents had a role in the June murder in Canada of Hardeep Singh Nijjar.
PC ad encouraging Manitobans to vote like 'no one is watching' pulled within hours (www.cbc.ca)
It’s “basically saying to people, ‘Look, you can do things that other people would say are immoral or unethical in terms of your voting decisions, and you can get away with it because the voting booth is private,’” Saunders said....
Federal judge won't block Medicare from negotiating drug prices (www.cnn.com)
A federal court judge in Ohio denied Friday an attempt by the US Chamber of Commerce to immediately stop the Biden administration’s implementation of Medicare’s new drug price negotiation program....
Airlines claim passenger safety at risk under new passenger rights rules (www.cbc.ca)
“We want our pilots to be entirely free from any financial consideration when they take a safety-related decision,” WestJet CEO Alexis von Hoensbroech said...
Premier Smith says Alberta preparing Sovereignty Act motion over federal emissions plans (www.cbc.ca)
Hours after the operators of the province’s power grid warned that new federal electricity regulations could lead to blackouts, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said her government is preparing for the possibility of enacting her signature legislation in an effort to push back against Ottawa’s planned emissions reductions....
Sask. premier to use notwithstanding clause to veto judge ruling on school pronoun policy (www.cbc.ca)
A Regina judge has ruled that the Saskatchewan government’s naming and pronoun policy should be paused for the time being, but Premier Scott Moe says he’ll use the notwithstanding clause to override it....
Randy Hillier's trial to be held in Ottawa after judge denies second bid for change of court venue (ottawacitizen.com)
Good.
Sweden's Northvolt to build $5.2 bln battery factory in Canada (www.reuters.com)