villasv

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villasv, (edited )

I have difficulty accepting that the identical behaviour should have such radically different punishments just because pure chance leads to radically different outcomes.

That’s how the law works, no? The consequence of the action, despite having a random chance factor in it, is one of the factors that decides the application of the law. If you do something dangerous and you’re lucky you didn’t kill anyone, you’re judged with different standards than if you did something dangerous and did kill someone.

In law theory afaik, the damage caused irrespective of intent is a factor on the penalty it warrants.

As for this person being seen as a danger to society and deserving of deportation… I don’t disagree. We need better roads, better traffic regulations, better driving safety standards. Tossing someone out of the country because they’re in the unlucky bunch of the day isn’t helping anything, really.

And I say unlucky bunch of the day because we have more than 300 crashes per day in Canada (with at least 1 person injured).

villasv,

always has been 🧑‍🚀🔫

villasv,

Why is starting out with seniors a “fuck you” to taxpayers? Would you rather seniors wait longer just so we can all get covered at once?

villasv,

Absolutely start with seniors, young kids, and the disabled.

And is this not what’s happening? Are they saying that “taxpayers between 18 and 65” will never be included?

villasv,

Maybe you have access to some privileged information, or by “the plans” you mean this one piece of legislation specifically.

But I’m pretty sure the forces behind this movement have “the plan” of expanding this to universal access. I wouldn’t expect a single piece of legislation to necessarily include the whole ten-year rollout of the program, but start with just one segment.

villasv,

About as optimistic that this part is not going to be cancelled halfway through or eventually rolled back 🤷‍♂️

villasv,

Indeed, they are a direct instrument to manipulate green premiums.

villasv,

There just doesn’t seem to be much planning going into it besides bring people in to make numbers go up.

Why does it seem to be that way? Aren’t most immigration programs based on labor market assessments?

villasv,

But which part of that document gives the impression that the idea is to bring people in “to make numbers go up” without much planning? The fact that it doesn’t talk about housing? I think it’s kind of expected to carve out given the scope of the report.

villasv,

That’s a misdiagnosis of the problem. Hedge funds and REITs are not the primary drivers of demand. People keep saying this, but even though we should build non-market housing, banning institutional investors from buying real estate is not nearly enough.

villasv,

A reasonable guesstimate. I don’t see how that answers my question, though.

villasv, (edited )

At the current rate of inflation, that’s like one meal for a family of four at McDonalds.

And that’s if you divide it homogeneously across all tax brackets, which you shouldn’t, but it’s good napkin math.

villasv,

Maybe. Maybe not. The fact is, the CBC doesn’t do only news, so we are funding their large entertainment wing, too.

That’s true. Out of curiosity, do you know how each branch fares in terms of income generation? Because it may very well be that their entertainment wing is helping subsidize the news part. - not saying this is the case, I don’t know, just considering the possibility that cutting the entertainment part might make it harder to do the news part

Also, some of the entertainment also serves a social good purpose… not saying all of it, but definitely some of it. It’s hard to really call the whole thing wasteful just because it’s categorized as entertainment. Providing access to culture is one of the things that a broadcast corporation should be doing.

villasv,

If they can’t sustain themselves through a normal business model, I don’t see why we have to keep their business going.

The “why” is because it’s probably a net positive for society. That’s how it goes for public services, stuff that might not be viable via a normal business model but still should be done, so we all share the bill.

villasv,

Yeah, I don’t have the data, only anecdotes. Do you have the data? That was the intent of the “how much is a lot?”.

I know very well three office buildings in downtown, and if I think of them, they fit the bill as suitable.

villasv,

Which “all of history” are you using as a base? Because this is a slow phase-out of cigarettes, nothing like anything we’ve had before.

This is not a ban on nicotine, like we had bans on alcohol. People would still be able to vape nicotine.

villasv,

This is a ban on cigarettes, not on nicotine

villasv, (edited )

Unlikely because the cigarettes can still enter the market and be commercialized legally, so the economics of contraband doesn’t change. It’s like the currently existing age restrictions already in place.

We might observe some just not caring to check birthdates, like currently not every cashier asks for IDs selling alcohol as they should. But the benefit is still there if a decent percentage of the next generation will just trade cigarettes for vapes for the sake of convenience.

villasv,

Bill C-18 is remarkably bad legislation. Figuring out this was the inevitable outcome of the legislation wasn’t 4D chess.

I don’t follow. The bill worked in a sense, that it motivated a payout deal.

people were saying this right from the beginning: social media won’t pay for links it doesn’t need

Here we are, Google is paying $100MM for them, no? The difference is that they’re doing lump sum instead?

villasv, (edited )

Re: the title… Yeah no, owners of an expensive property are not only not in the “rich” class, they’re likely working class as much as gig drivers and cashiers. Unless they liquidate this asset and actually go live somewhere LCOL where they can live off of the labour of others, they’re still working class.

villasv,

We’re using different definitions of the word “rich”. In my definition, the one I personally see as more useful because it aligns with class struggle and shared policy interests, having a bunch of wealth parked in a passive asset is not enough to tip you over to the group of people who benefit from inequality.

villasv, (edited )

1/5th of owners have an investment property, they could sell it and still live in the current place and have a ton of cash

That’s fair, and the article goes through a few key points that I agree with. The article title is just clickbait, but annoying because it’s alienating. I don’t think it makes sense to write a headline based on 1/5th of that group being land speculators.

villasv,

:-) the middle class is the subset of the working class that has no food insecurity but has a lot of social & image insecurity

But like the rest of the working class, the middle class is one or two tragedies away from becoming homeless and marginalized, despite the lack of awareness regarding so

villasv,

Why are they “ghetto”?

Anything other than the “American dream” of a single family home with a huge ass lawn is associated with poor people and filth

villasv,

I feel like you comment and sentiment could have been conveyed in a single emoji

villasv,

like a great way to start the kind of stupid infighting

How much infighting regarding this have you been seeing? From where I stand, it has been pretty smooth sailing. The LGBTQIA+ community reaction I’ve seen varies between “meh, whatever” to “yeah that’s kinda cool”.

villasv,

valid criticism

Is the goal to use every letter of the alphabet?

lol super valid criticism, not a knee jerk response at all

villasv,

That was in the nineties? I mean infighting specifically due to that 2S change. Also, chill.

villasv,

Care to enlighten the community on the purpose of that acronym?

Could it not be the case that the purpose you see in that acronym is a different one from the purpose the activists do?

villasv, (edited )

I do, of course. It certainly is mainly to serve as a means to shorten things. Still, not every acronym has the exact same purposes behind its design.

Not every acronym is designed to be easy to remember. Obvious example: UNBGBBIIVCHIDCTIICBG, almost 1MM members on reddit; many of whom probably can’t recall the entire acronym and yet it’s a lively subreddit.

What other purpose would an acronym serve?

One of these extra purposes imbued to 2SLGBTQIA+ is to bring visibility. Visibility is achieved by unwrapping a few extra letters from inside the + in there. And the obvious demonstration that it works is this post: some people just learned what 2S means, thanks to it being right there in the acronym.

villasv,

We do not need to, but if the cost of doing so is a few grumpy fellas getting aneurysms out there, we’re in for a treat. Let’s add more!

villasv,

Inflation rate slowing doesn’t mean grocery prices drop either, prices just increase slower… so don’t celebrate on that cheese just yet

villasv,

It’s impossible to be smart talking and lead morons, because to lead the morons you need to spew stupid shit. Pollievre is already near the minimax of optimal intelligence for that target audience. The smartness is in saying the vote-grabbing stupid shit.

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....

villasv,

I think they don’t believe it, they just don’t dare attack it yet.

villasv,

I love that this news gets a whole block on CBC Vancouver News TV program for like 3 days in a row, even on the Late show which I assume it’s supposed to be the “core” issues of the longer one. What a time (and place, specially) to be alive! I wish we we’ll remain able to afford being this lighthearted forever.

Canada is the only G7 country without a national school food program. Advocates say it's time (www.cbc.ca)

Canada is the only country in the G7 that doesn't have a national school food program. Researchers say that as high inflation affects food prices, more children need access to these programs — but community groups say they need stable funding from the federal government to keep everyone fed.

villasv,

Lunch was never amazing in my Brazilian schools, I still remember the “alien meat”, “color juice”, the burnt rice and beans, leftover soups etc; but they were there when I and many others really needed them so cheers to the program and keep on with it by all means.

villasv,

I don’t understand the title of the article. It has so little to do with the matter being discussed… The core issue the interviewees are raising is that the policies and government initiatives haven’t been enough - not a problem of consumer behavior.

So once again, the answer to the question headline is “no”.

villasv,

Not the case:

It was sent from his father’s estate by his brother, George Kavaratzis

villasv,

I don’t peek at r/canada or r/vancouver anymore, just r/NiceVancouver and r/onguardforthee sometimes.

Here at Lemmy where the atmosphere is much lighter I already see a fair amount of unhinged comments and bigotry… specially coming from other instances.

villasv,

now what?

Lawsuit? Police investigates the group to inquire if it’s a case that warrants charges on incitement of hatred?

So many options, depending on the results of the investigation.

villasv,

Bigotry Bingo! No surprise that disregarding gender dysphoria comes in the same breath as patronizing women.

villasv,

“I don’t feel safe around men” has the exact same energy as “I don’t feel safe around black people”.

lol how to identify a dude on the Internet

villasv,

it’s reply guys galore

villasv,

That was not an argument, don’t know why you’d think it is one.

I just found it amusing

villasv,

No regulation is forcing Facebook to remove news content. They’re removing it because they don’t want to pay for having it.

villasv,

Maybe it’s silly, but that’s beside the point. Facebook is not being forced to remove news, they decided to not pay for it.

villasv,

Sure, it was predictable and self inflicted.

But I think saying “Facebook was forced” is factually wrong in a meaningful way, hence to me deserving of correction.

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