Wow great read

I think we also need more strategies to keep the trains moving, especially during rush hours. I think the most common reason I hear for unplanned subway downtime is “security incident” and “medical incident”. I think the (increasing number it seems of) fare enforcement officers is bad spending. As a TTC user they’re of no benefit to me, and I don’t think they effectively reduce fare evasion either - I think the value is crap. I’d rather see security and medical/nursing personnel on trains or at stations to intervene sooner (security and medical incidents, respectively) and keep the trains running.

The crowding at St. George station is getting nuts

Yup they’re all pre-rolled joint tubes from a gov-regulated weed store in Ontario

Conservatives are fiscally responsible /s

Wow that’s so cool. We need more co-ops. I hate paying an inflated price where most of the money goes to some grifter at the top who had startup capital, as opposed to the usually lovely person performing a quality service I appreciate and whom I interact with. Like in the article they say they paid $140 for cleaning and $30 goes to the cleaner. Next time I need a service, I’m going to look up co-ops

One of our best MPs, that’s for sure

No. People should have choices. Isn’t that one appeal of decentralization?

There are people who have to work for there money, and there are people who passively make money (and basically don’t pay taxes on that passive income)

The parallels between the republican/democrat and conservative/liberal parties in that dems/libs are to some degree better than the more right-wing parties but still bent of @#$%ing the working class is tough to stomach

globe and mail editorial endorsement of Freeland to follow 🤦‍ (facepalm)

First off, this move is antithetical to the idea of making the wealthy pay their fair share of taxes. Second, if you’re making $1M on capital gains in a year, you’re not upper middle class or lower upper class - or whatever ‘they’re not that rich’ argument you intend. Third, and most importantly, the upper middle class/lower upper class (to use dated terminology) being taxed on their capital gains is a by-product. These taxes also catch, probably as they are intended to, people making 10 million or 100 million (I can’t imagine lol). And let’s not forget, they didn’t work an hour to make that money.

How come only those of us with jobs should pay income taxes?

Right on! I’d love to see the Riders improve upon their solid performance last year.

And to those downvoting this post that is submitted to the appropriate, specific community: be a good Lemmy and block the community if you don’t want to see this content in your feed; downvoting is not the appropriate response if you want to see Lemmy grow and diversify

I learned a friend doesn’t have a family doctor, so he signed up for an app service that connect him to a doctor somewhere (in Canada, I’d guess, but I don’t know). $400 startup for 1 person, $30/mo subscription.

There’s people making a lot of money off of the shortage of publicly available physicians in Canada. And it’s not everyday Canadians

Well-spotted. Coming from the globe and mail, the mouthpiece for proponents of healthcare privatization in Canada, you’re almost certainly correct

Thanks for teaching me that the Halifax Examiner is a quality publication! I know so many Atlantic Canada news outlets are now owned and manipulated by American right-wing private equity. Tragic. Especially for our democracy. I’m kind of inclined to take a news break for the next 4 years, but if I’m looking at news, I’ll check out HE 👊

Yes. There are so many different specialized kinds of nurses, nurses are highly skilled, and not every procedure needs an MD anesthesiologist. A healthy adolescent or young adult getting wisdom teeth extracted is very different from a medically complex older adult undergoing hip replacement

This is conjecture, but I think it’s protectionism by strong Canadian physicians’ unions. More physicians in the job pool means less job security and earnings potential for those already in it. There are many ways we could get more physicians in the workforce and/or in rural/remote communities that domestic MDs may not want to work in

Great write up, very clear! Fediverse for the win here 😎

Homer Simpson voice: mmmmmm… chocolate graveyard

Yeah I eat a ton of peanut butter. Nuts to You brand. Made in Canada of imported ingredients, as you point out. I’ve never gotten into the other nut butters… 🧐 I just stick with what I like. I’m a 1-person household, and so if I don’t eat it… Hazelnut intrigues me. Other butters would be great things for in-store sampling stations (apart from allergy concerns maybe :/), but I’ve never seen one for Nuts to You