SR Gray
I’m a stay-at-home father of two young boys in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. My interests include Canadian Soccer, gardening, transit, and environmentalism.
Mastodon: @srgray@cansoccer.social
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SR Grayto Canada•We Got Dentalcare and Pharmacare Due to The Liberals Being The Minority GovernmentEnglish81·6 days agoI admit, I had to look up Liz White. I’m not sure why you bothered to include someone who manages less than 250 votes while ignoring the dozen other party leaders with similarly limited support.
She has an interesting perspective but, like other micro-parties, the Animal Protection Party is not likely to meaningfully contribute to a minority government (even with proportional representation)
SR GrayOPtoCANZUK@lemmy.net.au•Plan for subsea cable to send Canada’s clean power to UK - The TimesEnglish1·17 days agoThis seems a little far out there, but if they move ahead with it hopefully they’ll lay down an internet trunk line too. Right now, the vast majority of Canada’s internet traffic runs through a trunk line via the US.
I also wonder if it might be more feasible to explore developing some sort of battery-tanker that can just be pilotted across, plugged in, and the pilotted back for recharge…
SR Grayto Ontario•ANALYSIS: Canadians are talking about big projects. Let’s try small ones firstEnglish3·17 days agoIt’s worse than you think.
The author criticizes national-level projects by proposing projects that are entirely handled provincially (or even municipally, specifically in Toronto & Ontario). Yes, this is TVO, which is Ontario-specific, but confusing the responsibilities and capabilities of two different levels of government is not beneficial.
This shouldn’t be an either-or situation, but more of let the nation focus on one, and the province on the other. That said, bolstering the judicial system and adding some doors isn’t really going to do much for the economy…
Do you happen to have any links/info? I figured there were others in the works, but I have no clue where.
SR Grayto Canada•Canadians on Lemmy, Help Create a Petition Against Trampling Civil LibertiesEnglish2·28 days agoSo, from my understanding, the bill dies, but the petition persists. Thanks for clearing that up!
SR Grayto Canada•Canadians on Lemmy, Help Create a Petition Against Trampling Civil LibertiesEnglish5·28 days agoOnce the election is officially called on Sunday, will the bill be considered dead and have to be reintroduced in the next parliament? In effect, don’t petitions also die when the bill associated with them dies?
It may as well be delayed until the bill is re-introduced with the next government, as it may not even be re-tabled in the House with its current deficiencies.
This is true (about an hour before any official policy was released), which means it was published as a half-informed leak instead of news of actual policy. However, claiming an (inaccurate) leak as released policy remains misleading.
Like most USian news sources, the article is misleading. Ford said he will add a 25% export tax on electricity IF tariffs persist. He did not provide a timeline on exactly when he might do it. He referred to this as “keeping the powder dry”
SR GrayOPto Canada Soccer•Alidou's hat trick headlines 7-goal thumping as Canadian women top Taiwan to win Pinatar CupEnglish2·2 months agoDefinitely a big day. With the launch of NSL this year, hopefully we’ll continue to have a selection of great players to keep all our women’s teams near the top of the rankings for years to come. Definitely looking forward to the next WWC.
SR GrayOPto Canada Soccer•Canada Soccer’s Men’s National Team Preliminary Squad for 2025 Concacaf Nations League FinalsEnglish2·2 months agoJust a quick note that one (1) current CPL player is on the list:
Jimoh, Shola // York United FC
SR GrayOPto Canada Soccer•Daniel Jebbison commits to Canada in latest significant dual-national coupEnglish1·2 months agoThis one is behind a paywall, but it is easily bypassed at https://12ft.io/
SR GrayOPto Canada Soccer•Mark Noonan: CPL plans to add six teams by 2030 - Two teams coming in 2026?English2·2 months agoMoncton would be fun, and is likely the only other option in the Atlantic. Newfoundland could perhaps manage something in St. John’s, but travel is always a big issue.
I think we’ll see more of a Halifax - Moncton rivalry materialize in League1 Atlantic, with an eventual upgrade to bring the rivalry to the top tier once a club has more solid footing.
The real shame is the continued absence of any side in Quebec. Montreal and Quebec City are necessary additions to the league, and the fact that they aren’t top-2 for 2026 remains concerning.
This sounds cool, but it doesn’t look like it’s intended to ever go to market.
Maybe there will be a pivot with the current political situation state-side, but that doesn’t seem to be the purpose of this project.
Still, a project worth rooting for! I just signed up to receive updates straight from their website: https://projectarrow.ca/
SR GraytoModel the Canadian Parliament•The next election is soon! Be ready to campaign for your values!English4·2 months ago“Everyone was out trying to clear snow from the big storm, but @Sunshine@lemmy.ca was nowhere to be found. We were all cold & completely in the dark!”
;)
SR GraytoModel the Canadian Parliament•The next election is soon! Be ready to campaign for your values!English3·2 months agoAre we just going to copy/paste the rules from Reddit, or are we devising a different way to launch the Model Parliament?
If I see any, I’ll be sure to let you know!
!greater_sudbury@lemmy.ca is actually the 2nd or 3rd oldest city-based community on lemmy.ca . It’s not very active, but should definitely be added to this list.
Also, !canadasoccer@lemmy.ca would be a good community to add to the soccer category.
For team-specific Canadian-based soccer teams, there’s !torontofc@lemmy.ca of the MLS (US-league with 3 Canadian-based teams). Other MLS sides include Vancouver Whitecaps and CF Montreal, which I don’t think have a community created.
None of the 8 Canadian Premier League teams, nor any of the numerous League1 Canada sides have taken steps to establish their communities yet (as far as I know).
SR Grayto DeGoogle Yourself@lemmy.ml•Alright, I've had enough. Youtube is GarbageEnglish16·2 years agoPeertube is the Fediverse equivalent. It needs more content, and more instances to host said content, but it’s a good start.
SR GrayOPMto Greater Sudbury - Ontario•New Twitter restrictions could change how some police services share informationEnglish1·2 years agoFor years, public safety organizations have used Twitter as an effective way to share information with the public in real time, Levy said.
And for years, rampant misinformation has spread virally in real time thanks to these same actions. The number of times I’ve been stuck in some sort of lock-down because of a supposed shooter in the area, that was actually half-way across town, is just more evidence that social media never should have been used for spreading any sort of official warning about situations.
This kind of info should be posted to the official site of the organization, and if it’s actually something that people in the area **need ** to know about, sent directly to people’s phones (in a manner similar to the Amber Alert system).
They should be on Mastodon, but that transition seems quite unlikely this election cycle.
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Aslo wanted to note, the federal NDP is on BlueSky, although they aren’t as active as they should be. There’s some provincial accounts too, although that varies from province to province.
Here’s a few of their handles for those looking: