Yeah, really appreciated that thorough breakdown!

… was laid to rest …

Thanks for sharing. I have to say that the article has a heavy slant towards why we should be concerned with this policy (and we should, there are some very valid questions raised), without addressing the elephant in the room, of Chinese government interference in Canada.

It doesn’t help that the authors get some very easy details wrong, like:

The pushback is in reaction to the New Policy on Sensitive Technology Research and Affiliations of Concern (hereafter New Policy) announced by the ministers of Health, Public Security, and ISEC (Innovation, Science and Economic Development) in January. The policy prohibits research collaboration with Named Research Organizations in Sensitive Technology Research Areas

That should be Public Safety, and ISED.

I take your point, except that it’s the PPS, and not the OPS that have jurisdiction on the hill. According to the article, the RCMP apparently want them to be limited to checking bags for visitors.

It’s a weird take, and a bit of a territory grab.

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Oh great, just what we need in Canada: Republican culture wars

Abnormal weather… If only there were a term for this.

Agreed. Not only are moose drawn to the roadside, but we’re salinating our lakes and rivers 🫤

Lol. Well said.

Capacity?

Unless they consider hydrogen as EVs which they are…

They do. It’s EVs, low-emission, and no-emission vehicles.

Can’t we wait for a better alternative?

Given the climate crisis, probably an irresponsible choice.

And yet we keep electing Conservative premiers, who are doing their damnedest to gut pubic health…

It’s always the same playbook with these guys…

What a time to be alive!

But having micro plastics found in everything we eat and drink, is reasonable and constitutional??

Absolutely depressing that we’re here in 2023.

Good point!

Not if you ask “Canadian Tax payers association” (who seem to be an arm of the Conservative party) they’ll throw shade about how CBC TV (no mention of the radio part of the CBC) doesn’t meet their standards.

I hate that these guys can pretend to represent the Canadian Tax payer, when all they want is to get social services for free. Welfare bums.

I’m fairly fluent, and took early French immersion in school growing up. That gave me a good foundation, but like a lot of others said, I didn’t use it after school, and lost a lot of ground.

I made a serious effort in my late 20s/early 30s to try and get better (I do really like the French language), and I would say I’m passable in conversation, but I start falling apart after about 10 minutes. Reading I’d say I’m fluent, but I read a slowly. I still have a lot of trouble with writing.

I agree