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Cake day: June 20th, 2023
  • AlternateRoutetoCanada•Canadian man faces life in prison in Dubai for travelling with cannabis, wife saysEnglish
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    14 days ago

    Pamela O’Rourke says cannabis products for chronic pain condition, though not prescribed

    though not prescribed

    Hard to believe that anyone travels the world without even doing a little research on laws… Even prescribed Dubai probably would have had issues with it.

    It was only legalized semi recently in Canada, it is even still a problem if you try and take it to the US as there are challenges there.

    Edit: to be clear I feel sorry for them but also really not surprised or outraged… This is the expected outcome of brining a very controlled item into a country that has strict laws.

  • AlternateRouteOPtoCanada•Canada Post strike update: Negotiations appear to hit a wall as updates on proposals stallEnglish
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    20 days ago

    Chef requires essentially apprenticeship and repeated effort to become proficient at over a significant amount of time at that. Cook at a fast food place with a prescribed method of prep? Low skill but requires a small amount of time for a TEEN to become proficient at.

    There are MANY jobs that do not require much skill, that I held in the past in my teens. Sure you suck at them for the first week or so but your skill in them often tops out fast as they are NOT really difficult to learn or train IE ideal for part time.

    Retail SUCKs because of the people, but is NOT a “technically hard” to learn job.

    Many jobs are PHYSICALLY difficult but NOT HARD TO LEARN.

    Question do you think the following positions should all get the same pay have the same skill? Which require a greater investment in knowledge or training?

    • Chef
    • Line Cook
    • Dishwasher
    • Server
    • Busser
    • Bartender

    I just don’t personally think mail delivery is anything but a part time level skill job.

    Average Canada Post Mail Carrier hourly pay in Ontario is approximately $23.55, which is 7% above the national average.

    As of December 1, 2024, the average annual pay for an elementary teacher in Ontario is $41,226, or about $19.82 per hour.

  • AlternateRouteOPtoCanada•Canada Post strike update: Negotiations appear to hit a wall as updates on proposals stallEnglish
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    20 days ago

    I have had Canada post delivery issues as well, particularly in the past they would just dash a pickup notice to my door INSTEAD of knocking or ringing a door bell for packages… I was CONSTANTLY going to the post office to pick things up that I WAS home for and could have received if they had rang the door bell or knocked even. It really comes down to the individual.

    Everyone should be paid fairly but from the info so far I am not convinced the union demands are resonable in this case other than maybe the mat leave request.

  • AlternateRouteOPtoCanada•Canada Post strike update: Negotiations appear to hit a wall as updates on proposals stallEnglish
    518·
    20 days ago

    No they want to have fewer part time, more full time and all new staff to have pensions.

    To me, being a mailman is a hard job that requires a lot of physical and mental labour

    It may be physically demanding but not a particularly skilled one… You have routes, you learn them you haul your load every day. Kind of like a bus driver, warehouse picker or even a retail staffer… This should be an entry level job geared to the young and able part time that you move on from later… Not a life long career with a pension.

  • AlternateRouteOPtoCanada•Canada Post strike update: Negotiations appear to hit a wall as updates on proposals stallEnglish
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    21 days ago

    I’m pretty reliant on Canada Post so I’d really like them to pay the workers what they’re owed.

    OK but what is the difference between OWED and WANT? I was looking at listings for Canada post positions and they apparently already made living wages in most markets AND have pensions on top of that?

    Without all the numbers it is speculation.

    However Canada post is NOT tax payer funded it is a for profit entity that has been in a death spiral for quite some time not dealing or not being allowed to become more efficient while mail volume keeps dropping.