I haven’t finished reading this, but it’s excellent.

And boy, does Keir Starmer ever come off as…extremely Starmerish.

The stations being shut down are all either news or sports.

New information has been added since this went live:

The Prime Minister’s Office said the Trudeau-era process that largely excluded partisans needs to end.

“This decision recognizes the valuable contributions made by Canadians who have chosen to serve in elected office or in other partisan roles, including knowledge of the governing and legislative processes, which will contribute to a stronger, more effective Senate,” the PMO said in a news release.

To that end, the PMO said the Independent Advisory Board for Senate Appointments, which has been used to sort through applications from would-be senators with an eye to those who are “independent and non-partisan,” will be reconstituted.

“Guided by constitutional requirements and merit-based criteria, the board will identify highly qualified candidates with diverse experience and perspectives, and make recommendations to the prime minister,” the PMO said.

“Canadians are invited to apply to serve in the Senate through an application process that will open in the coming weeks.”

“Partisan” is an understandably dirty word, but I think the biggest strength of the Trudeau reforms is the lack of a party whip - I hope the Senate retains its relative independence.

The title looks fine on the Lemmy side of things, even from another instance.

In theory…no. Pipelines are federal jurisdiction, so they can do what they want.

I can’t imagine Moe would be opposed to it. Kinew is, but the reason is his disagreement with the other provinces about their approach to reconciliation. If that issue is resolved to his satisfaction, I could see him going along with it.

But even more than the west coast pipeline, I think this project is a non-starter.

Is there reason to believe this is the worse option?

There have been a few. Some of them haven’t found anything, and some have.

There is no consensus about whether to excavate and potentially disturb the burial sites.

They’ve shown at least a willingness to slow down and reevaluate things, if there’s enough outcry.

Low bar, but it’s better than a pure “move fast and break things” attitude.

Yes, I’m fully aware of how much heavy lifting “should be” was doing - that’s why it was there.

so taxpayers again

It’s a Crown corporation, so taxpayer funding should be minimal, but it seems there are mechanisms for them to receive loans from the Ministry of Finance, which is a shame.

If due diligence is actually done, I would still predict that this thing fizzles out in a few years without actually getting built.

Then why pay attention to any of it?

The idea is also for it to be privately-funded, which would make it even DOA-er.

Unless OP knows something we don’t?

The alternate universe where it was set up and marketed differently would be interesting to see.

Bakula on “Quantum Leap”

Eve Harlow on “Agents of SHIELD”

The latter term is mentioned directly.

Bullet points is the more common term, which we also use. The Canadian “point form” is apparently a rare, more versatile alternative.

Salazar said she had never heard of the term point form before, even though she has some family that lives in Canada.

I think the figure is likely low - cost estimates usually are, and there isn’t even a design yet.

They’re probably hoping to exceed the goal, but they’ve kept the door open to using governnent funds if they have to.

The agency says a total of 227,947 accounts were affected and that RBC transferred and refunded more than $22.4 million in refunds for those affected. The bank also made a $299,000 charitable donation.

Nathaniel Wallace, a spokesperson for RBC, says the lender takes its regulatory obligations seriously.

He says RBC self-reported the matter to the financial consumer watchdog and that RBC has fully co-operated with the regulator throughout the process.

Assuming this is all true, and assuming the refunds were full refunds, it looks like the bank was acting in good faith, which is honestly refreshing.

i didn’t know it existed until yesterday, I live thousands of kilometers away, I’ve never seen it, and I never plan to see it.

Pretty much your thesis statement. In order for it to be worthwhile, you have to be familiar with it, and it has to be close to you.

Truly the centre of Canadian society.

“The federal government should only pay for things in my immediate proximity” is one hell of an opening statement.

I don’t disagree - like I said, museum!