They’ve tried this since the 50s, it’s called “the business school” and it’s only succeeded in making the median college student about 30 IQ points dumber on average
I used to oppose the notwithstanding clause, now I think we should use it to nationalize Shopify with zero compensation to the shareholders. Tobi and Harley are using this wealth machine to facilitate their right-wing politics, so we must strip it away from them.
Ian Jomha aka idubbbz announces he is being sued by ethan klein for defamation. Ethan is a monster and anyone that doesn't see how he is destroying speech online will look back on this with disgust
Hundreds possibly thousands of Canadians have been disciplined, witch-hunted and fired for opposing Israel's genocide of Palestine - even for wearing a button on a lapel. None of Canada's champions of Israeli genocide have suffered such consequences. Israel is an elite project.
i’m a broken record but this was a great way to get music. Easy enough to download, but less disposable than streaming so you’re more inclined to sit and listen to the whole record. Also requires curation/trust from people who have good taste. Bring it back!
Some of you have forgotten that only three years ago you were perfectly capable of writing an essay, writing a eulogy, telling a bedtime story to a child, and it should worry you that powerful companies have convinced us we can’t do things we’ve been doing for 5,000 years.
Canada Post supplies community hubs, local jobs and revenue to rural and remote communities across Canada. Its an important public service, and its value can't be assessed like a private business. Do we ask how much profit our police make?
thinking about this tweet today. generative AI has done a wonderful thing; now everyone can have their own horse kicking them in the head even if they aren't a billionaire. and now billionaires can have two horses kicking them in the head at all times. a very valuable service
People want Americans to work in medicine and never mention any desire for liveable wages. You simply have to do grueling work because you’re a bleeding heart who is a saint. They do this about teachers too. It’s always the people who work in neither fields who chirp the most.
Is there one example where privatizing a public asset has turned out to be beneficial for Canadians as a whole?
Between Petro-Canada, Air Canada, Highway 407, Hydro One, all I see are regrets.
This is just like being alive in the 1600s when they got good at making complicated clocks and deduced that every complicated thing in the universe probably functioned exactly like a clock