What happens when you get training data from Reddit:

I know it’s a lot to ask of our media overlords PostMedia, TorStar, Rogers and Bell, but if you want to be protected from persecution from America, you’d better be sounding the alarm bells now.

It’s one place that the Canadian legal system has gotten one-up on the US system (Johnson v. Grants Pass), between this and the City of Victoria case. Unless cases in other provinces rule differently (i.e. Prairies’ Bench courts say its no problem to evict, Cour Supérieure de Québec okays it as long as displaced residents get 3 packs of smokes and a 2-4 of beer each etc.), I could see that any appeal could eventually see the federal supreme court ruling along the same lines.

It shows that we have a robust set of Rights given to us by the Charter, but it is easier for cities to overlook them if they aren’t asserted.

Don’t kid yourself… Project 2025 section on transportation suggests removing nearly all federal funding to alternative transport modes in place of state by state funding, and the only thing that 95% of State DoTs know how to do is build and widen roads.

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If funding must be federal, it would be more efficient for the U.S. Congress to send transportation grants to each of the 50 states and allow each state to purchase the transportation services that it thinks are best. Such an approach would enable states to prioritize different types of transportation according to the needs of their citizens. States that rely more on automotive transportation, for example, could use their funding to meet those needs.

Work together and be nice to each other? Sure.

Solving problems? Eh, not really a thing here. Kicking them down the road is a popular sport at every level of government here.

Yes, the same media campaign that has gotten the public at large (including young previously ‘liberal’ generations) to believe Trump’s lies is happening in Canada. Aside from a neutral reputable public news source that is CBC, we are hardly insulated from it.

Best case scenario for the country would be that these egomaniacs trip over themselves before they can accomplish too much harm.

It would take a HUUUUGE leap of logic

US Fifth Circuit of Appeals and Supreme Courts: “Hold My Beer”

For example, if Trump’s Republican Congress gets rid of elections, then this Amendment doesn’t matter.

Not thinking Trump enough - he’s going to give a “Trump coupon/Trump cheque” to subsidize your grocery bill.

I don’t know what it would look like but I know what it would sound like – a heat-pump compressor starting up.

Sorry, I can’t hear your talk about long-term consequences over the sound of my short-term profits and savings! Cha-ching, cha-ching!

I don’t think it’s the worst outcome or the Fediverse needing to be written off because of this. At least for now BridgyFed is a thing, and it’s not like we have to capture every refugee, Mastodon has thriving and tight-knit communities.

I’m so glad that Killdozer Willie is now public domain.

I identify with the raccoon… call solid waste management if you find me like that.

Great! Next bring progressive change to Salem!

Oh don’t worry, taxpayers can foot that bill on Jan 20 as an “official act” of “gratuity” (Supreme Court Air Quotes).

Sentencing now will be on Nov 26.

It would be great if the convicted felon was kept in a highly secure facility from Jan 20 2024 until 2028, as he poses a clear and present danger to the USA, thanks.

Realistically we’re probably more likely to see a slap on the wrist fine. I don’t envy the seriousness of the decision this Judge has to make, but chances are we’re going to see in a plain way, justice applied differently to the rich and powerful.

My, my, America is fucked in the head since clearly a sizable number of voting people think like this, while Democrats, liberals and progressives quabble over issues that seem more like worrying whether they are wearing the right color shoes.

Kamloops, BC?

It’s got mountains around, it’s not completely caught in the Conservative trap, you’ve got decent amenities of civilization around without the big city or suburb vibe of Metro Vancouver, (I still think it pales as a “city” compared to Toronto), but as a day trip you can head there to sightsee or pick up big box stuff.

If you want something more laid back I second Yukon.

In Nunvaut, every person who volunteered to provide input was mauled by a polar bear before they could? Is that what that map colour represents?