CunningCanuk
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It’s why I’m posting these articles. Let us not become complacent, Canada.
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DIY-HP-LED
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The roots of much malcontent in Canada and America are economic and that is reflected in food prices and housing costs, the average age of the US auto fleet is 12 years. It is the cumulative effect of polices since Reagan and continued by Bush, Clinton and Dubya, of 50,000 lobbyists in DC lobbying for tax breaks and deregulation for decades and the capture of regulatory agencies by corporate power enabled corrupt right-wing politicians who also made them toothless. It is the cynicism that pervades society since the banking crises of 2008 and "Our good Saudi allies" never helped after 911 either, or going after Saddam over it and a lie, an abuse of power that cost America dearly and destabilized Europe with a refugee flood.
We all need a "new deal", and Joe is the last of the new dealers and best shot for resolving these problems, if he has a useful majority in congress. He declared his intention for an international minimum tax treaty and is a supporter of unions, education and government healthcare, all measures that redistribute wealth. Capitalism and technology tend to concentrate more wealth into fewer hands naturally, but corruption and buying governments over decades has a cumulative effect. So does the right's dismantling of democratic institutions starting with the impartial nonpolitical courts, a prerequisite of which used to be being apolitical for appointees, but they break this rule of democratic government by appointing fanatics willing to break precedent and the constitution or twist it from its original meaning and intent. Peepee would bring such a court to Canada, the asshole is a narcissistic sociopath with a makeover IMO.
CANON_Grow
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"When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time"
(until those extremists say they should rape your wife, only then say something)
He is just following the playbook:
DIY-HP-LED
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Would Peepee suck Putin's arse? He is a fellow fascist after all and birds of a feather... Someone should ask him what he thinks of Trump and MAGA, bet he ducks the question.
OldMedUser
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You'd think society would have improved in the last 50 years but it's progressively got worse for the average person. We had a good life when I was growing up. Nice house, lots of food, road trip type vacations often and all supported on my dad's job at a meat packing plant and/or mom's factory jobs. They managed to save money and move out of the suburban area we were at out to the country on 6 acres and build a nice house with a pool and big barn for a few cows, horse and chickens. Just not doable anymore for most people.
I count my blessings that I found a cheap property 20 years but I'm way out in the boonies. Only paying $250/mth on my mortgage and that's at double what we have to pay. In an area we won't get burned or flooded out of and zero chance of an earthquake. Tornadoes seem to be coming closer every year but I'm not too concerned about that. I never liked city life and neither does the wife. She likes it here a lot more than I do but as I watch BC burn down and flood out all over I'm happy enough to stay for now. Hate yard work and the property shows it.
I've always been lousy at working steady so now that I'm retired I have better financial security than I've ever had. There's actully money left over at the end of the month most months now and my credit is better than it's ever been. Between two credit cards I have over 20G available should I need it and recently went to the bank to borrow 14G to pay off those cards, buy a small boat and other goodies so I can have a little fun in my retirement. 5 minutes after applying for the loan had a call to come back and sign the papers. That never happened before.
I don't know how regular people deal with the crazy rental costs or trying to buy a house/condo. Everything is FUBAR these days and not going to get better any time soon.
There's going to be sort of revolt coming if things don't at least look like they are turning around. $10 for a box of cereal is not sustainable.
DIY-HP-LED
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If Dofo wanted his job he could get it easy, snatch it right out from under the dork and he would call him that too!
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OldMedUser
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DIY-HP-LED
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From one extreme to another, maybe adults should worry less about what books kids read and be grateful they read them at all. Do these people want to sugar coat the past like the fascists in the states do, to "protect" children from certain ideas, or just from reality?
What did they do with the removed books? Burn them...
Looks like Elons rebranding of twitter changed the URL so RIU doesn't recognize X.com as media.
'Empty shelves with absolutely no books': Students, parents question school board's library weeding process
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Books published in 2008 or earlier removed from school library amid confusion around new equity-based process
What did they do with the removed books? Burn them...
Looks like Elons rebranding of twitter changed the URL so RIU doesn't recognize X.com as media.
'Empty shelves with absolutely no books': Students, parents question school board's library weeding process
Social Sharing
Books published in 2008 or earlier removed from school library amid confusion around new equity-based process
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OldMedUser
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Holy crap! The book burning nazis are here in Canada now? Fahrenheit 451 probably went on the pyre first so the kids wouldn't get ideas about the scumbags real plans.
This is beyond shocking and if I had kids in that school I'd be organizing protests to remove that school administration ASAP.
State approved reading only. Fuck that!
OldMedUser
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Poilievre’s ‘anti-elite’ Tories stack top council with corporate lobbyists
Nearly half of the Conservatives’ new governing body members are lobbyists for oil, pharma, real estate and anti-union companies.
Lobbyists for major oil, pharmaceutical, real estate and anti-union companies were elected to nearly half of the seats on the Conservative party’s top governing body at its convention in Quebec City.
Those elected don’t exactly represent the interests of “common people” whom Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre has said he’s championing in speeches and ads rolled out in the past months.
In a keynote address on Friday, Poilievre evoked the life of a single mother on minimum wage, and the struggles of a farmer, electrician, and young couple feeling “like strangers in their own country.”
But despite his extensive efforts to rebrand the party as a defender of ordinary people, the lobbyists now on the national council are a reflection of the Conservatives’ powerful, traditional corporate backers.
They include Amber Ruddy, a lobbyist for oil companies like Tourmaline Oil Corp. and Husky, several pharmaceutical giants including GlaxoSmithKline, and Merit, the construction association which pushes governments to pass anti-union policies.
Ruddy has also been registered to lobby for the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, the country’s loudest opponent of wage increases for workers. She previously worked for the federation as a director.
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Nearly half of the Conservatives’ new governing body members are lobbyists for oil, pharma, real estate and anti-union companies.
Lobbyists for major oil, pharmaceutical, real estate and anti-union companies were elected to nearly half of the seats on the Conservative party’s top governing body at its convention in Quebec City.
Those elected don’t exactly represent the interests of “common people” whom Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre has said he’s championing in speeches and ads rolled out in the past months.
In a keynote address on Friday, Poilievre evoked the life of a single mother on minimum wage, and the struggles of a farmer, electrician, and young couple feeling “like strangers in their own country.”
But despite his extensive efforts to rebrand the party as a defender of ordinary people, the lobbyists now on the national council are a reflection of the Conservatives’ powerful, traditional corporate backers.
They include Amber Ruddy, a lobbyist for oil companies like Tourmaline Oil Corp. and Husky, several pharmaceutical giants including GlaxoSmithKline, and Merit, the construction association which pushes governments to pass anti-union policies.
Ruddy has also been registered to lobby for the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, the country’s loudest opponent of wage increases for workers. She previously worked for the federation as a director.
Poilievre’s ‘anti-elite’ Tories stack top council with corporate lobbyists ⋆ The Breach
Nearly half of the Conservatives’ new governing body are lobbyists for oil, pharma, real estate and anti-union companies
breachmedia.ca
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damn, all y’all are picking up our bad habits!Poilievre’s ‘anti-elite’ Tories stack top council with corporate lobbyists
Nearly half of the Conservatives’ new governing body members are lobbyists for oil, pharma, real estate and anti-union companies.
Lobbyists for major oil, pharmaceutical, real estate and anti-union companies were elected to nearly half of the seats on the Conservative party’s top governing body at its convention in Quebec City.
Those elected don’t exactly represent the interests of “common people” whom Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre has said he’s championing in speeches and ads rolled out in the past months.
In a keynote address on Friday, Poilievre evoked the life of a single mother on minimum wage, and the struggles of a farmer, electrician, and young couple feeling “like strangers in their own country.”
But despite his extensive efforts to rebrand the party as a defender of ordinary people, the lobbyists now on the national council are a reflection of the Conservatives’ powerful, traditional corporate backers.
They include Amber Ruddy, a lobbyist for oil companies like Tourmaline Oil Corp. and Husky, several pharmaceutical giants including GlaxoSmithKline, and Merit, the construction association which pushes governments to pass anti-union policies.
Ruddy has also been registered to lobby for the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, the country’s loudest opponent of wage increases for workers. She previously worked for the federation as a director.
Poilievre’s ‘anti-elite’ Tories stack top council with corporate lobbyists ⋆ The Breach
Nearly half of the Conservatives’ new governing body are lobbyists for oil, pharma, real estate and anti-union companies
OldMedUser
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I'm beginning to think it's a contagion like Covid and we need a new vaccine but how to get the right to take it. They still think Covid is the common cold ffs.
If the cons get in the next election we can forget about doing anything to mitigate climate change, restrictions to abortion, more crap like trucker convoys and increased racial violence. Nothing good will come with little PP at the helm.
CunningCanuk
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You can’t fix stupid.
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Canadians buying less is top consumer trend: BDC
Statistics Canada data back up the survey's finding that consumers are cutting back.
Retail analysts told BIV that while BDC survey respondents may have said that they are buying fewer goods because they do not want to provide an added burden on the environment, the primary reason is that, for many people, wages are not keeping up with inflation, and increased mortgage costs associated with higher interest rates are taking a bite out of disposable income.
"I know someone whose mortgage recently went up by $1,200 a month, and that's $1,200 a month that they could have spent elsewhere," said Retail Insider owner and retail analyst Craig Patterson. "That's disposable income lost."
DIG360 owner and retail analyst David Gray similarly was skeptical that environmental concerns are the main thing prompting people to curb spending.
"They may be saying that because they're not buying, and they're coming up with a reason," he said "It's a real factor, but it's not the driving factor."
In June, Canadian retail spending fell 0.6 per cent to $65.917 billion, from $66.309 billion in June 2022. Retail spending countrywide in June was up marginally compared with May in real dollars, despite inflation, on a seasonally adjusted basis.
In B.C., the drop in spending was even more pronounced in June. British Columbians spent 1.6-per-cent less in June, compared with June 2022 ($8.936 billion compared with $9.079 billion.) B.C. residents spent a whopping 4.8-per-cent less in June, compared with May. Fewer car sales drove much of the decline, according to the nation's number cruncher.
BDC had Angus Reid Institute compile its annual survey, and it found that the three biggest trends were that:
• Canadians are buying less either because spending power fell or for environmental reasons;
• Customers have high expectations and want an easy satisfying buying experience; and,
• Consumers want businesses to be good corporate citizens.
Generation Z consumers, born between 1997 and 2005, were the ones most likely to say that they are buying less for economic reasons, according to the BDC report. They are more likely than any other cohort to occasionally have to shop around for the lowest price (52%), and they report that they most often base their purchase decision on the lowest possible cost (77%).
MIllennials, born between 1981 and 1996 were the ones most likely to say that they identify more with environmental motivations of consuming less, according to the report.
Generation X members, born between 1965 and 1980, were most likely to value purchasing goods and services with special offers and discounts, the report said.
Those in the Baby Boomer category, born between 1946 and 1964, were more likely than other age groups to agree with the concept that they are buying less for environmental reasons. More than two-thirds (69%) said they prefer to live simply, even if it means having fewer possessions or a smaller home. One explanation for this is that they are at a point in their lives where they are downsizing their possessions, according to the report.
BDC chief economist Pierre Cléroux said customers want the ability to shop online and in-store for merchandise and any business that does not provide one of those silos would be making a mistake.
Indeed, large retailers, such as Nike Inc. (NYSE:NKE) and Canada Goose Holdings Inc. (NYSE:GOOS), have said on recent earnings calls that they are focused on trying to increase the amount of goods they sell directly to consumers because it is the most profitable channel. Those sales are both in-store and online.
Herschel Supply Co., which BIV reported yesterday has parted ways with former CEO Jon Hoerauf, said its business shake-up was driven by a desire to shift to selling more products directly to consumers. The company operates 13 stores in North America as well as dozens more though partnerships in Asia and Europe. It also sells directly to customers online.
Consumers want easy and satisfying customer service that considers the entire consumer journey, from product acquisition to ownership and use, according to the BDC report.
Cléroux said that one new trend identified this year that has not been the case in past surveys is that customers are increasingly wanting retailers to be good corporate citizens.
"It's the first time we've seen that," he said. "They want to buy from companies they believe they are good corporate citizens. What does that mean? It means the environment. It means around social issues, like diversity and inclusion. So they are very keen on they want to do business with good citizens."
Gray said that he has seen a shift in people wanting businesses to be good corporate citizens.
"Consumers are not in a good mood right now," he said. "They feel like they have to bear the burden of a sustainable future and they're getting resentful. I think their feeling is that they don't want to go through all that work. They don't want to have to do all the homework on brands. They just want and expect the brands themselves to be doing the right thing."
biv.com
I am in the baby boomer category and have been reducing my footprint for environmental reasons for years.
Statistics Canada data back up the survey's finding that consumers are cutting back.
Retail analysts told BIV that while BDC survey respondents may have said that they are buying fewer goods because they do not want to provide an added burden on the environment, the primary reason is that, for many people, wages are not keeping up with inflation, and increased mortgage costs associated with higher interest rates are taking a bite out of disposable income.
"I know someone whose mortgage recently went up by $1,200 a month, and that's $1,200 a month that they could have spent elsewhere," said Retail Insider owner and retail analyst Craig Patterson. "That's disposable income lost."
DIG360 owner and retail analyst David Gray similarly was skeptical that environmental concerns are the main thing prompting people to curb spending.
"They may be saying that because they're not buying, and they're coming up with a reason," he said "It's a real factor, but it's not the driving factor."
In June, Canadian retail spending fell 0.6 per cent to $65.917 billion, from $66.309 billion in June 2022. Retail spending countrywide in June was up marginally compared with May in real dollars, despite inflation, on a seasonally adjusted basis.
In B.C., the drop in spending was even more pronounced in June. British Columbians spent 1.6-per-cent less in June, compared with June 2022 ($8.936 billion compared with $9.079 billion.) B.C. residents spent a whopping 4.8-per-cent less in June, compared with May. Fewer car sales drove much of the decline, according to the nation's number cruncher.
BDC had Angus Reid Institute compile its annual survey, and it found that the three biggest trends were that:
• Canadians are buying less either because spending power fell or for environmental reasons;
• Customers have high expectations and want an easy satisfying buying experience; and,
• Consumers want businesses to be good corporate citizens.
Generation Z consumers, born between 1997 and 2005, were the ones most likely to say that they are buying less for economic reasons, according to the BDC report. They are more likely than any other cohort to occasionally have to shop around for the lowest price (52%), and they report that they most often base their purchase decision on the lowest possible cost (77%).
MIllennials, born between 1981 and 1996 were the ones most likely to say that they identify more with environmental motivations of consuming less, according to the report.
Generation X members, born between 1965 and 1980, were most likely to value purchasing goods and services with special offers and discounts, the report said.
Those in the Baby Boomer category, born between 1946 and 1964, were more likely than other age groups to agree with the concept that they are buying less for environmental reasons. More than two-thirds (69%) said they prefer to live simply, even if it means having fewer possessions or a smaller home. One explanation for this is that they are at a point in their lives where they are downsizing their possessions, according to the report.
BDC chief economist Pierre Cléroux said customers want the ability to shop online and in-store for merchandise and any business that does not provide one of those silos would be making a mistake.
Indeed, large retailers, such as Nike Inc. (NYSE:NKE) and Canada Goose Holdings Inc. (NYSE:GOOS), have said on recent earnings calls that they are focused on trying to increase the amount of goods they sell directly to consumers because it is the most profitable channel. Those sales are both in-store and online.
Herschel Supply Co., which BIV reported yesterday has parted ways with former CEO Jon Hoerauf, said its business shake-up was driven by a desire to shift to selling more products directly to consumers. The company operates 13 stores in North America as well as dozens more though partnerships in Asia and Europe. It also sells directly to customers online.
Consumers want easy and satisfying customer service that considers the entire consumer journey, from product acquisition to ownership and use, according to the BDC report.
Cléroux said that one new trend identified this year that has not been the case in past surveys is that customers are increasingly wanting retailers to be good corporate citizens.
"It's the first time we've seen that," he said. "They want to buy from companies they believe they are good corporate citizens. What does that mean? It means the environment. It means around social issues, like diversity and inclusion. So they are very keen on they want to do business with good citizens."
Gray said that he has seen a shift in people wanting businesses to be good corporate citizens.
"Consumers are not in a good mood right now," he said. "They feel like they have to bear the burden of a sustainable future and they're getting resentful. I think their feeling is that they don't want to go through all that work. They don't want to have to do all the homework on brands. They just want and expect the brands themselves to be doing the right thing."
Canadians buying less is top consumer trend: BDC
BDC survey conforms with recent Statistics Canada retail data
biv.com
I am in the baby boomer category and have been reducing my footprint for environmental reasons for years.
printer
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Missed this one.
TOBAGROWN's Last Stand For 4 Cannabis Plants
On September 8th, accompanied by his legal team, TOBAGROWN's Jesse Lavoie will present their final arguments in a 3 year legal battle against the conservative provincial government's ban on Manitoba's federal right to grow 4 cannabis plants for personal use. A right that was taken from the citizens of Manitoba from the beginning of legalization.
"This law was unconstitutional when it was drafted, and it is unconstitutional now given the significant differences between the law as written in Quebec and the law as written in Manitoba, " said Jack Lloyd, one of TobaGrown's lawyers. It is clear the Murray-Hall (Quebec) decision does not bind the Manitoba courts given the significant differences between the two laws."
A rally in support of TOBAGROWN's last stand in court will be held at the Manitoba Legislative Building on the front steps on September 8th at 8:30am to 9:30am. All are welcome.
"We are confident that the Court will understand that Manitoba's prohibition is actually criminal law in nature because it allows for significant penalties such as imprisonment for up to one year, whereas Quebec's law imposes only a very small fine", said Kirk Tousaw, TobaGrown's other lawyer."
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TOBAGROWN's Last Stand For 4 Cannabis Plants
On September 8th, accompanied by his legal team, TOBAGROWN's Jesse Lavoie will present their final arguments in a 3 year legal battle against the conservative provincial government's ban on Manitoba's federal right to grow 4 cannabis plants for personal use. A right that was taken from the citizens of Manitoba from the beginning of legalization.
"This law was unconstitutional when it was drafted, and it is unconstitutional now given the significant differences between the law as written in Quebec and the law as written in Manitoba, " said Jack Lloyd, one of TobaGrown's lawyers. It is clear the Murray-Hall (Quebec) decision does not bind the Manitoba courts given the significant differences between the two laws."
A rally in support of TOBAGROWN's last stand in court will be held at the Manitoba Legislative Building on the front steps on September 8th at 8:30am to 9:30am. All are welcome.
"We are confident that the Court will understand that Manitoba's prohibition is actually criminal law in nature because it allows for significant penalties such as imprisonment for up to one year, whereas Quebec's law imposes only a very small fine", said Kirk Tousaw, TobaGrown's other lawyer."
TOBAGROWN's Last Stand For 4 Cannabis Plants
/CNW/ - On September 8th, accompanied by his legal team, TOBAGROWN's Jesse Lavoie will present their final arguments in a 3 year legal battle against the...
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