On the eve of the BRICS summit in South Africa last month, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov slammed the “colonial and racist manners” of “Western elites,” who exploit resource-rich countries to pursue goals that “do not reflect the aspirations of all mankind.” Russia, in contrast, stands for “strengthening”...
These issues aren’t exactly contradicting each other, though. You can be anti-immigration but still want other economies to grow and develop and be supported.
Switzerland feared retaliatory measures from China but kept the decision quiet for undefined legal reasons, reports the NZZ am Sonntag newspaper. China’s ambassador to Bern, Wang Shihting, warned Switzerland last November not to impose sanctions. “Anyone who really cares about the friendly relations between the two countries...
Metten also stressed the critical need for nations to hold China accountable for its ‘severe human rights violations’ during its fourth Universal Periodic Review, done by the UN Human Rights Council in January. Such as what’s happening in Tibet....
Didn’t literally all the Muslim countries visit Xinjiang and come out of it with the consensus of “yeah, y’know what, China’s doing pretty good all things considered.”
What makes the opinions of white non-Muslim people matter in this context?
Why would Ford care when it can just petition the US government to block the sale of Chinese cars? It’s the same thing Boeing did to block Bombardier sales in the US.
But with a tax break in an emerging business, that revenue wouldn’t otherwise exist because the company wouldn’t have opened operations here when it could take advantage of egregious US subsidies instead.
Yawn. Watch as the US still avoids taking a strong position on the issue because India is too important for American geopolitical goals in Asia and Canada is no longer at risk of aligning with the Soviet Union.
Weren’t there millions of Ukrainians who fought for the Red Army? Meanwhile, literal Nazis were committing literal genocide and literally had plans to enslave/kill/eradicate Slavs because they were seen as less human.
No way, you mean the Red Army wasn’t too happy fighting a country that literally thought Slavs were subhuman and that the only reason Slavs shouldn’t all be dead is because they weren’t done doing that to the Jews?
Economists warn both Canada's economy and individual Canadians could suffer from impacts of a U.S. government shutdown, and that those impacts will deepen and broaden the longer it lasts.
The federal government is coping with cyberattacks this week, as a hacker group in India claims it has sowed chaos in Ottawa, but Canada's signals-intelligence agency says the 'nuisance' attacks likely haven't put private information at risk.
With all these supply chains coming onshore, where’s the Chinese EVs? Whereas Chinese companies have been able to produce $10000 EVs, other car companies struggle to produce cars at twice the cost. EVs aren’t affordable in Canada without subsidies, but affordability is the single biggest driver behind purchasing decisions as we transition from fossil fuels to electricity.
The $10000 BYD Seagull has a respectable top speed and is definitely a car, but hasn’t tried to get certified in Canada, that is true. However, other BYD cars (the Dolphin, for example) have met accreditation standards in North America, Australia, and Europe.
That changed at the end of the war in 1944/1945 when you could be conscripted into the SS, but that fact is completely irrelevant in this context because the 1st Galician was entirely made up of volunteers.
The newly released data shows Canada's population grew by more than a million people between from July 2022 to July 2023, which represents an increase of about three per cent.
How can we have so many immigrants yet still lack personnel in essential sectors like healthcare, education, engineering, and technology?
The question shouldn’t be whether we are allowing people to immigrate, but what occupations those people are intended to cover for. As it stands, it seems like we are simply importing labour and socializing the cost of a massive population increase. It’s not benefiting the Canadian economy by increasing average worker productivity (by allowing high-skill workers to immigrate), it’s not helping to cover gaps in our social systems (by allowing healthcare/education workers to immigrate), and often times it’s not even benefiting the immigrants themselves (as can be seen by the many “college scams” out there).
Our points-based system needs a revamp to help fill in the loopholes people are using. Since demand for immigration to Canada is so high, we can afford to be more selective in who we take.
The key changes I would make are:
Constructing a whitelist of permitted Canadian post-secondary institutions (limited primarily to publicly-funded universities that form the core of the Canadian post-secondary system)
Giving additional points for those coming from well-regarded international schools (think IIT Bombay, Tsinghua, Technion, Sharif University of Technology, Seoul National University, National University of Singapore) to a similar degree as from a Canadian institution
Accreditation of what is considered “skilled work” under the Canadian skilled work experience clause
Expansion of the H1B visa transfer program
I would couple this with significantly expanded funding/tax breaks into the startup environment for Canada to create more employment opportunities for skilled workers.
Canada is clearly an extremely desirable place to live (moreso than the US in many ways), so why not use that advantage to attract the best and brightest from around the world and use them to develop burgeoning domestic industries?
The accounts of several Russian, Chinese and Iranian state media outlets saw a 70 percent increase in engagement on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, after it removed labels identifying them as “state-affiliated,” according to a new report released Tuesday....
Then why have a peace blueprint in the first place? By your description, Ukraine has no reason whatsoever to ask for peace. Why propose a peace blueprint?
The fleet’s mission-capable rate — or the percentage of time a plane can perform one of its assigned missions — was 55 per cent as of March 2023, far below the Pentagon’s goal of 85 per cent to 90 per cent, the Government Accountability Office said on Thursday....
The Gripen was an option better suited for protecting Canada, while the F-35 was a better option for if we wanted to project power abroad in support of the US.
Our other options included no such terms, and, frankly, the F-35’s stealth capability is much more important in offensive theatres than defensive ones where multiple overlapping radar frequencies are both feasible and already exist and active countermeasures can be freely used without fear of detection.
Canada’s military is defensive in nature and it’s primarily focused on patrolling the Arctic. For that purpose, the F-35’s range and payload make it rather… unideal.
Why would we want an offensive force? We have enough land as it is and our primary focus should be on soft power (so people don’t want to invade us) and defence (so people who try end up bleeding so much it doesn’t matter). Canada is uniquely suited for defence in depth given that our key geographical rival (Russia) would have to invade from the North, literally the furthest they could possibly be from key population centers, and that on the off chance that China decides to invade us, they’d have to cross through the Rockies AND the Prairies just to make it even close to the Golden Horseshoe. In fact, I’d actually argue that our key rival in terms of defence should actually be the US: their instability makes it increasingly likely that we may get caught up in a sort of hostile occupation if war should break out and they have the capability to easily strike all main Canadian population centers.
That would still be an improvement, though. I think it’s perfectly fair that US defence contractors get paid for their development, and I’d even accept paying them on a per-repair basis, I just don’t think that Canada’s defence capability should be entirely dependent on when a US company decides to send their repair team.
I completely agree, particularly given Canada’s defensive environment. Canada has a whole fuck ton of terrain to play with in the event of an invasion, so why not develop the capability for working in that terrain?
Have you been following Ukraine’s counteroffensive at all? Despite NATO training and being showered by NATO equipment, Ukraine is incapable of making progress in offensive operations. It’s been four months and they’ve just barely claimed a 10km x 10km area of low ground.
Ukrainian soldiers on the front lines have been complaining that NATO doctrine, which relies on complete local superiority, is basically sending them to die when used against a peer force.
NATO doctrine has evolved into one that is really good at fighting insurgents and completely inferior militaries (e.g. Iraq) but has never been good in a peer war. Even historically, this is evident by the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and the War in Afghanistan.
The complete phasing-out of fossil fuels is not realistic, China's top climate official said, adding that these climate-warming fuels must continue to play a vital role in maintaining global energy security.
'Ghost hotels' need to go, neighbour says after 3 years of complaints about Airbnb next door (www.cbc.ca)
An African Student’s Murder Sheds Light on Russia’s Race Problem (www.themoscowtimes.com)
On the eve of the BRICS summit in South Africa last month, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov slammed the “colonial and racist manners” of “Western elites,” who exploit resource-rich countries to pursue goals that “do not reflect the aspirations of all mankind.” Russia, in contrast, stands for “strengthening”...
Switzerland in no rush to mirror EU sanctions against China (www.swissinfo.ch)
Switzerland feared retaliatory measures from China but kept the decision quiet for undefined legal reasons, reports the NZZ am Sonntag newspaper. China’s ambassador to Bern, Wang Shihting, warned Switzerland last November not to impose sanctions. “Anyone who really cares about the friendly relations between the two countries...
Scandinavia criticizes China for Tibet situation, EU Policy Director Vincent Metten called on UN member states to vote against China’s full membership in the Human Rights Council in October (web.archive.org)
Metten also stressed the critical need for nations to hold China accountable for its ‘severe human rights violations’ during its fourth Universal Periodic Review, done by the UN Human Rights Council in January. Such as what’s happening in Tibet....
BYD overtakes Ford, securing 4th spot in global car sales - ArenaEV (m.arenaev.com)
Canada is pouring billions of dollars into the electric vehicle industry. Will it pay off? (www.cbc.ca)
Newly revealed threats against Sikh activists in Canada, U.S. boost urgency to solve Nijjar's death (www.cbc.ca)
Head of Canadian Ukrainian group defends man who fought for unit created by Nazis (www.theglobeandmail.com)
On third anniversary of B.C's promise to protect old-growth, ancient trees still falling (vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca)
Here's how a U.S. government shutdown could impact Canadians (www.ctvnews.ca)
Economists warn both Canada's economy and individual Canadians could suffer from impacts of a U.S. government shutdown, and that those impacts will deepen and broaden the longer it lasts.
Cyberattacks hit military, Parliament websites as India hacker group targets Canada (www.ctvnews.ca)
The federal government is coping with cyberattacks this week, as a hacker group in India claims it has sowed chaos in Ottawa, but Canada's signals-intelligence agency says the 'nuisance' attacks likely haven't put private information at risk.
Many public servants still waiting on Canada Life to process claims (www.cbc.ca)
Reddit abandons user privacy - Ars Technica (arstechnica.com)
I left a couple of months ago. Couldn’t be happier....
Sweden's Northvolt to build $5.2 bln battery factory in Canada (www.reuters.com)
Pro-India Hacker Group Claims Responsibility for Cyberattack on Canadian Forces Website (thewire.in)
cross-posted from: kbin.social/m/news/t/496676...
How Canada Helped Whitewash The Nazi SS Galicia Division (www.readthemaple.com)
Canada just had its biggest population jump in 66 years (globalnews.ca)
The newly released data shows Canada's population grew by more than a million people between from July 2022 to July 2023, which represents an increase of about three per cent.
Russia, China, Iran state media see boost on X after removal of ‘state-affiliated’ labels (thehill.com)
The accounts of several Russian, Chinese and Iranian state media outlets saw a 70 percent increase in engagement on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, after it removed labels identifying them as “state-affiliated,” according to a new report released Tuesday....
I had a journey (lemmy.ml)
Reading about FOSS philosophy, degoogling, becoming against corporations, and now a full-blown woke communist (like Linus Torvalds)
Telegram starts to look like a super app, echoing WeChat (techcrunch.com)
Canadian MPs honoured man who fought for Nazis (www.winnipegfreepress.com)
Canadian autoworkers ratify deal between Ford, Unifor (www.cbc.ca)
Russia dismisses Ukraine peace plan: ‘Let’s decide it on the battlefield’ (www.scmp.com)
‘Climate villain’: scientists say Rupert Murdoch wielded his media empire to sow confusion and doubt (www.theguardian.com)
Reflecting on Canada's F-35 decision: F-35 fighter jets can only fly 55% of the time (www.ft.com)
The fleet’s mission-capable rate — or the percentage of time a plane can perform one of its assigned missions — was 55 per cent as of March 2023, far below the Pentagon’s goal of 85 per cent to 90 per cent, the Government Accountability Office said on Thursday....
China climate envoy says phasing out fossil fuels 'unrealistic' (www.reuters.com)
The complete phasing-out of fossil fuels is not realistic, China's top climate official said, adding that these climate-warming fuels must continue to play a vital role in maintaining global energy security.