Splitdipless

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[–] Splitdipless 2 points 20 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Splitdipless 5 points 3 days ago

"The enemy of my enemy could also be my enemy... but I'll deal with them later."

[–] Splitdipless 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Historically, it would signal the removal of PP from party leader and the CONS can search around for yet another SOCON that's unpalatable by the citizenry.

[–] Splitdipless 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

attack dog

Calling him an attack dog suggests that he has a bite. He's all yap and as tough as wet paper-towel.

[–] Splitdipless 14 points 3 days ago

In 2015, Stephen Harper swore he wouldn't make any senate appointments. He appointed 59.

[–] Splitdipless 2 points 2 weeks ago

This is the Ford government, so it stands to reason that this was entirely a change that was brought on by developers... And considering this mirrors what was previously done, I'm 99% sure it is. Unfortunately, having the province to go to in order to override a CA is something that both homeowners and municipal governments are going to find useful because of how the CAs have been operating for years... running rough-shod over municipal development plans or property owners plans to enjoy the use of their property. The fact of the matter is that not everyone owns hundreds of acres, so a 30 m setback from any 'water' more significant than a puddle may mean that you can't make changes, improvements or in some cases, repairs to your entire property.

Considering that the original plan was to strip powers away from the CAs to only managing their parks, this seems to be a reasonable situation - it only formalizes the powers the government gave themselves last time when the province had to step in on overriding a CA to allow a warehouse going on a sensitive wetland the CA identified on private industrial-zoned land. It gives them blanket power to do the same thing they've already done in that one-off situation (although the mechanism will be different - they won't just make a law telling the CA to issue a permit). The law does indicate that the ministry still has to consider the same things the CA does, so it's possible that a Ministry's 'overrule' (or even bypass as the law would allow) can been challenged in court at least.

[–] Splitdipless 1 points 1 month ago

This.

Besides the media play that this will get, jury nullification is still a thing. Even when killing is wrong, it's possible to convince a jury of his peers that killing one CEO has saved thousands of people.

[–] Splitdipless 1 points 1 month ago

Oh, he's offered solutions in the past, and his wild lack of experience has shown that he'd be terrible at the job. Remember when he said Bitcoin was the only proof against inflation, then people lost everything? (https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/poilievre-crypto-explainer-1.6653739)

[–] Splitdipless 5 points 1 month ago

I'm okay with our 'Governor' calling their President all sorts of subservient titles if it means the SOCON pieces-of-shit don't get a whiff of thinking they're important.

[–] Splitdipless 1 points 1 month ago

We should constantly refer to him as Lt Gov.

[–] Splitdipless 2 points 1 month ago

She was one of the lead Canadian negotiators during the re-negotian of NAFTA

More then that. She employed guile and cunning to both push for our desired position and delay our southern neighbours to the point where they didn't get a chance to plead their case in the negotiations. In short, she owned the USA in the negotiations for the USMCA. If Trump knows someone other than 'the governor,' you just know that she's a threat to him. Let's make her PM.

[–] Splitdipless 2 points 1 month ago

I hear a lot of people are fed up with the Liberals, but if they don't vote that way we end up with the Conservatives. As the old saying goes "Fuck around and find out." Trying to make up for a poor showing Federally by voting Provincially isn't good enough.

 

"Biden says Canada among nations supporting operation to stop Houthi attacks on commercial ships." Apparently, we're providing logistics and intelligence.

 

They are definitely going on strike now.

 

The RCMP's national security enforcement team is investigating threats allegedly posted online by a *former army reservist *against a rookie Liberal member of Parliament.

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