This is a referendum vote. Turnout for major elections is higher.

Such crises are often used by political opportunists and large capital to usurp power and introduce more neoliberal policy favouring capital over labour.

Yes, because the current oil & gas industry is full of organized labour and Alberta is a socialist utopia! /s

If it doesn’t make economical sense, then by definition, you’re providing subsidies. Especially when you talk about infrastructure that’s supposed to be amortized over decades-and-decades, yet we are aiming to be almost free of fossil fuels in the next 5 years, and net zero in 25 years. So I really question why you’d want to subsidize Canadian consumers and businesses from “global price shocks”? That’s a stick to encourage Canadians to pursue energy independence through electrification, etc.

This take is completely nonsensical.

Fossil fuel prices in Canada can be decoupled from the global market if we really wanted to. We’d have to move to full domestic supply from extraction through refining to the pump. Then regulate the price in a supply management style. If we did that we wouldn’t have to be subject to price shocks caused by OPEC reducing supply, or remote wars breaking out.

At MUCH higher average costs, either directly or through government subsidies. There’s a few reasons we don’t have domestic processing, one of which is it doesn’t make economic sense.

Then obviously reducing consumption makes the whole problem smaller. But I don’t know if we can resolve enough by reducing consumption alone.

Then one way or another, we pay the price, either collectively or individually. I don’t know why we’d incentivize the decision to use fossil fuels, given not only their environmental impact, but also their high economic cost compared to other energy sources. Yes, there are exceptions where switching isn’t possible (yet), but that’s why we have exceptions/programs such as farm fuel (usually dyed red), the carbon-tax had a rural supplement, etc.

I mean, by my count, <17% of the seats are outside England, so it’s not surprising people just focus on the main parties in England.

If you’re talking about the Taliban, I’d argue they are a full-blown military which just wasn’t attached to an internationally recognized government for ~2 decades. They had professional soldiers and equipment which would way out-class even the most intense private militia in the US.

You comment is very confusing. I understand not supporting the gun restrictions introduced in the last 5 years, but why would you oppose the buyback program? If the government makes a citizen’s property illegal to own, they should compensate the citizen.

All the data shows that law abiding gun owners aren’t much of the problem.

FTFY. Also, the issue (generally) isn’t gun owners, it’s their guns that get stolen, misused, etc.

Doubling down on this when we our sovereignty is threatented is just straight bonkers.

Irrelevant and nonsensical. Individual gun owners have no impact on preserving our sovereignty. Modern militaries are on a different level than “A well regulated Militia” or whatever other 2A BS this is.

Not sure if I wasn’t clear, but I said:

The only thing turning your phone off achieves it leaving it encrypted which (among other things) means bio-metrics won’t work.

By that I meant on boot your phone is encrypted, and bio-metrics can’t decrypt it, you need the password.

Just turn it off before going through Customs.

That’s not some sort of magic spell to protect your data. If border agents are asking to see the contents of your phone, they won’t be amused with, “it’s turned off.” The only thing turning your phone off achieves it leaving it encrypted which (among other things) means bio-metrics won’t work. Border agents can physically compel a bio-metric unlock. While they can’t force you to type your password, if you don’t comply you’ll almost certainly be banned from the country.

The only time I’ve been forced to turn on my phone/laptop was a layover in the UK.

And I’ve never been forced to show the contents of my devices on dozens and dozens of trips to the States. It doesn’t mean they won’t ask next time.

EDIT changed boarder to border.

The issue isn’t your SIM, it’s the contents of your phone. If you just swap SIMs, your phone still has all your data from when you were using your regular SIM.

There is nothing wrong with using FOSS without contributing. You can’t have any expectations if you don’t contribute, but it’s not mooching, it’s a fundamental component of Open Source licensing.

With that said, the government of the Netherlands is already doing a decent job of supporting FOSS.

Your response says, “not epaper” which is categorically wrong. I assume you meant to say “eink”

Yes! The best thing about Pebbles (IMHO) is how they handle notifications. In the specs, they list Nordic nRF52840 BLE chip (BLE stands for Bluetooth Low Energy)

FYI, that link is broken. It should be https://theflatlander.ca/manitoba-eyes-new-rules-for-motorists-around-tow-trucks-snowplows-and-cyclists/ (they fixed a typo)

And with hardware supported by XP.

I was not intentionally commenting on someone’s veganism, just the stereotype that a vegan or crossfitter will bring that into every conversation, whether it’s related or not.

If you truly believe a comment is breaking the rules (e.g. off topic), then report it. Let the mods decide.

And the mods include … oh look, you! Yes, I’m sure a report will be taken seriously…

But given the fact that you’re seeing my content, means it’s not being downvoted but upvoted, meaning people actually value my content.

Just because it’s popular, doesn’t mean it’s following the rules. Just look south of the boarder.

Again, I have no problem with you focusing on your advocacy, it’s just when you bring it to unrelated discussions.

I like your content, and I appreciate what you bring to your communities. What I don’t appreciate is how you force your pet project into every discussion. If you weren’t so involved and connected, I would report your comment for being off topic, but I know that’s pointless.

Jeez, you, @Sunshine@lemmy.ca, etc. are worse than the stereotypes of vegans or crossfitters. I support election reform and would be very happy with proportional representation, but you guys are too much!

I’m not sure what you’re trying to point out, but maybe I’m missing something? I’m also confused since he’s Canadian.