technically, the Canadian dipthong is A as in father into U as in put, while the American one is A as in Dad into the E in the. To an American, it sounds closer to oo because of that, but oo is too rounded and tongue too raised. (I’d use the phonetic alphabet for more precision, but I don’t have it installed on this phone)

Are those Lemmy communities? I’m having trouble finding them through my Lemmy client.

I didn’t see it anywhere in the article, and I’m not able to do a search right now. Can someone explain to me exactly what Jordan’s Principle is?

Great idea! Whose car should we take?

I’m not sure I would call them quiet about it.

In a survey of Canadians under 35, 100% of the ones I asked recognized the trade war affects cost of living. They also asked me, “When was this election ever about restoring hope for young Canadians? Where did you hear that?”

I’m not confident the average adult will ever realize it. It’s a horrible thought to me, but for the average US lower- or middle-class worker drone, how much would their actual daily life change?

Thanks. I’ve picked up a copy and will read it this week.

Before I spend time digging into it, does anyone know who thd main sources of funding are, and the backgrounds of the decision makers, for the Leaders’ Debates Commission? (I don’t follow debates, so I’ve never paid much attention to that, but I am now working to map out funding and influence networks in our country)

I absolutely agree. As a non first nations person, what can I do to help?

Perhaps a market approach to housing is the core of the problem. I don’t know, and I’m just tossing out an idea triggered by the repeated explicit assumption you’re making (“inside a market system”). I am tossing out the idea in the spirit of cooperative “yes, and…” discussion, I am not challenging your point, and I am not interested in debate, but rather, conceptual exploration to see what ideas might emerge. (If you know De Bono’s work, what I am saying is, “po housing is not based on a market system”).

I honestly think that’s the most productive place to focus influence. I geew up in Saskatchewan, where the lieutenant governor reserved assent 70 times, sometimes explicitly stating the legislation was not in the best interests of the people. It’s at least a viable line of defence against populism and corporate interests.

Good thing we still have the Governor General, then, who can block the use of the notwithstanding clause by withholding royal assent.

So if one were to make, say, a list of threats to tje future of democracy, it should include Robert Mercer, Steve Bannon, and Chris Wylie? You know, in case any pro-democracy fanatics are wondering.

Instead of using their vehicles to control fugitives in stolen truck, police get out and open fire in neighbourhood full of children. Clearly not enough creative problem-solving developed in current police training in Winnipeg.

It’s kind of sad. I have known highly creative and effective police officers, intelligence officers, and special forces operatives over my varied career history. This incident almost reads like a comedy script.

Step one: stop Poilievre getting into power; Step two: actually solve the problem. Failure at step one makes step two moot.

“vouchers could be made available to help Canadians pay for costs such as long-term care or home care services”

This was how the conservative provincial government tried to sneak in privatization of long term care and home and community care in my province. (Source: I was one of the consultants brought in to assess the viability of the plan, and my contract was abruptly cancelled after I explicitly pointed out this was what they were doing)

Fortunately, COVID derailed the program, and a new government came in before it could be restarted. But, as a result, I am extra cautious and thorough anytime analysts mention voucher programs.

We should be making sure older people know Poilievre will try to take away their CPP and OAS. And privatize as much of their health care as he can.

This might sound naive, but what ads? I don’t get ads on my phone, I have functioning adblockers on my browsers, and I use alternate front ends for the occasions I have to access normie social media.

I don’t watch TV or listen tp the radio, I read books and research papers primarily, and my actual social media use is on the federated options using apps that don’t have ads. I have my phone pretty tightly locked down, so even the apps I use don’t have ads.

Aside from the occasional product placements in something, I don’t get much exposure to advertising. And before anyone goes there, I work from home and don’t even see billboards. I don’t even get flyers.

Would I have to change a lot of that to run these tests?

It might be good to know their names, and the names of their backers. If this goes sideways we should know whom to hold responsible.