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In a video posted to social media after the meeting, Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew referred to the tariffs as "an attack on Canadians."

The premier said Manitoba will "fully support" the federal government's response to the tariffs, adding his government will be announcing "new steps every single day this week" to protect jobs and safeguard the economy.

"Trump built a wall, but it's a tariff wall and it's targeting us," he said, calling on Canadians to "stand together … and to be united."

"If you're looking for ways to fight back, just remember to shop local, and to buy Canadian. Where you choose to spend your money, those are some of the most important decisions that you make," Kinew said in the post.

 

Lukács's group sued WestJet last year in response to guidelines found on the web page where passengers were sent to submit requests for reimbursement because of flight delays or cancellations.

The original language said, "WestJet will reimburse you up to $150.00 CAD ($200.00 CAD for non-Canadian destinations)" and "meal expenses to a maximum of $45 CAD per day/per guest."

"The Montreal Convention does not provide limits for specific out-of-pocket expenses such as $250 for accommodations, $50 for food, $10 for roaming fees," the lawsuit reads.

"Imposing such limits would be contrary to Article 26 of the Montreal Convention."

[–] [email protected] 26 points 6 days ago (8 children)

More of a set of bullet points than an actual "plan."

Financial incentives, not penalties, to help consumers afford things like more energy efficient appliances, electric cars, and better home insulation.

Great - details, please. What kind of incentives, and at what stage of the buying process will they be applied?

Canada’s biggest emitters will contribute their fair share

Does this mean the existing carbon tax on industry will remain in place, or...something else?

Investments towards energy efficient buildings, electrified transportation, and more.

Meaninglessly vague without details.

Ensuring fairness for Canadian industries on the global stage, and better integrate with allies in the fight against climate change.

Word salad.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

From a structural standpoint, it seems like a good way to have a rotating cast of guest stars while still having an ongoing mystery for the leads to explore.

 

It's a pretty small update - the project is still in the very early stages:

And last week at the premiere when pressed on their progress, Kurtzman confirmed he had “not yet” seen scripts, noting “They’re just breaking story.” The executive producer also said he speaks to them about the project regularly, adding “I mean, I adore both of them so much, they’re so fantastic, and I trust them a lot.”

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Deadline is an industry news site, so the comments tend to be filled by people from the industry (or at least claiming to be).

It's real hard to interpret all the corporate jargon, but...I think in the near term, nothing's likely to change. The guy was already overseeing drama, including Star Trek, and is continuing in that role. The new bit seems to be "emphasis on franchise building and leveraging and identifying new and existing IP across broadcast, streaming and other emerging media," which is...vague, but obviously could have implications for Trek. Maybe they'll lean into alternative projects like the Khan podcast series, or that Picard audiobook they did a while back.

And maybe it could involve coordinating with the film division for the next theatrical movie?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

To elaborate on this a bit, filtering by "All" will provide content from all federated Lemmy servers, not just ours.

If you want to only see content from startrek.website communities, you can filter by "Local."

If you browse or search Lemmy for communities you like, you can also subscribe to them, and then filter your feed by "Subscribed."

 

Approximately a month ago, following Freeland’s dramatic exit from the Liberal cabinet, the Conservatives opened up a seemingly insurmountable lead of 25 points. Since then, the entire complexion of what appeared to be an inevitable Conservative majority has changed. This massive lead has virtually evaporated over a one-month period.

 

This is possibly Star Trek-adjacent news:

In addition to continuing to lead drama development, Seabury’s expanded EVP role will include overseeing content strategy with an emphasis on franchise building and leveraging and identifying new and existing IP across broadcast, streaming and other emerging media. He’ll continue to implement strategic roadmaps for the Studio’s producer and pod deals, and now collaborate across departments and divisions to find innovative opportunities for storytellers.

Titles and franchises that Seabury and his team have developed and shepherded include this year’s breakout series Matlock. He also helped oversee the expansion of the NCIS franchise, with NCIS: Origins and NCIS: Tony & Ziva, as well as series including Elsbeth, Evil, the Star Trek franchise, Fire Country and its new spinoff Sheriff Country, the upcoming Happy Face for Paramount+, among others.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

Well, Bashir (and I think his buddies from the Institute?) are proof that it's possible. I've never delved into novels or other things about the Eugenics Wars, though.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Controls’ file says that Georgiou was brought to the prime universe in 2257, ”but after a few years we lost contact.” The events of season two of DIS take place almost immediately after season one, unless there were ”a few years” between the resolution of the Klingon war, and the USS Discovery setting out from Earth to pick up her new captain on Vulcan in “Will You Take My Hand?”.

I wonder if our boi Ash Tyler had something to do with that when he covered up what happened to Discovery (and, I guess, to Leland). Maybe he decided to remove Georgiou from that whole situation and falsify a record saying she disappeared some time later.

I also wonder if Ashy T. is still involved with S31 at this point - the man's a Klingon, so he's got the life span for it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Unfortunately, I think it's actually not feasible - the mussels are established throughout the entire lake, and not localized to a single area.

They had their chance with the curtain, it failed, and even that was kind of a Hail Mary.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I really think we need another reference point - I wouldn't say any of the "new" series seem particularly like Star Wars, aesthetically or tonally.

I also don't think Star Wars should have a monopoly on certain types of storytelling, but that's neither here nor there.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

It's still on track to close within the next few months.

I have my doubts that the tv side of Trek will be affected too much, but maybe the new management will be able to remove some of the roadblocks on the theatrical side.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago (2 children)

This is pretty thoughtful, and I get where you're coming from.

I do, however, think that the newer shows are frequently aspirational...but the focus has shifted toward doing the right thing in an environment that makes it difficult. There's a lot more emphasis on struggle, in a way that hasn't really been explored outside of DS9, and perhaps certain parts of ENT. That works for me, as I think it's the more salient message for the times we live in: there are always going to be struggles, the greatest dangers often come from within, and doing the right thing can be incredibly hard.

we rarely ever get any breathing room downtime with the characters!

I definitely get this - it's unfortunately something we're going to have to learn to live with, because I don't see longer seasons coming back any time soon (and honestly, they come with their own sets of drawbacks).

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago

She did note that there are legitimate concerns about some parliamentarians potentially having problematic relationships with foreign officials, exercising poor judgment, behaving naively and perhaps displaying questionable ethics.

"But I did not see evidence of parliamentarians conspiring with foreign states against Canada," the report concludes.

"While some conduct may be concerning, I did not see evidence of 'traitors' in Parliament."

This is encouraging, but there needs to be a mechanism for these "problematic relationships" to be brought out into the public sphere (without it becoming a witch hunt).

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

We're looking in to it, but I'm not sure when a solution may be found. It's actually worse than you know when it comes to lemmy.world content making it to us - think days, not hours.

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