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What, in your estimation, is the difference between “NORAD modernization” (NORAD, of course, being a joint US-Canada missile defence system) and Golden Dome, a name that Trump made up, but which would be a modernized missile defence system?
That’s fine, it’s your right to do so! However I feel I need to ask:
Does the actual content of the article worry you at all? By which I mean, the fact that our government is signalling that we’re willing to continue to integrate our defence with the U.S. - in other words, something that represents a threat to our sovereignty not too dissimilar from the very real problem of U.S. ownership of Canadian media?
The interesting thing here is why these sources were willing to speak about military procurement. Speaking to media about defence stuff seems like it would probably carry stiff penalties - unless of course you were “authorized” (wink, wink) to do so.
For that reason, I suspect this is an attempt by the Carney government to test the waters, to get a sense of how much blowback a move like this would result in.
Probably worth a letter and/or phone call to your MP if you’re opposed!
The journalist who reported this, however, is Canadian and is really good at what he does.
That would be great too!
However, to be clear, Mamdani’s proposals are things like publicly-owned grocery stores and free buses—these are tangible cost-of-living benefits that also happen to align with a greater socialist project.
It is great and necessary to have that broader vision, of course. But being able to articulate tangible, easy-to-understand benefits is also important. The right is very good at making up spooky campfire stories about ‘eating the bugs’ or ‘you will all lose your jobs’ or ‘everything will cost more’.
We need both things. Anyway, I was mostly responding to the notion that identity politics is a) divisive and b) not part of a comprehensive vision.
The NDP’s big wins in the last parliament were pharmacare and dental care. So I disagree that they’ve gotten “mired in identity politics”.
Besides, standing up for the human rights and welfare of, say, trans people, indigenous people, or people in Gaza, this is standing up for the human rights and welfare of all of us. Maybe they just need to make that connection clearer.
huh, so it is, wonder why i keep getting it confused for the other thing
Love it that we have a rule that allows governments to flaunt every other rule, meaning we don’t actually have rules constraining governments, we merely have suggestions.
Alternatively, consider the following:
This new rule violates the human rights of trans and non-binary people. That’s not something that is up for a majority vote. Human rights are non-negotiable, yet our government is not treating them as such.
Yep I am seriously considering doing this now also. AFAIK the X means ‘unspecified’ so it’s not as if a cis person using it is somehow appropriating an identity, right? That was my main hesitation
And speaking of cowardice, unfortunately for us Canadians, our own government is just rolling over.
Are they trying to release them, or are they trying to look like they’re trying to release them
yeah it really sucks :(
Anand needs to resign. And if her statement was cleared by Carney - let’s be honest, of course it was - then he needs to resign too.
The alternatives, then, are as follows: ignore human rights for trans and non-binary folks, or cancel this agreement.
I’m kind of a fan of human rights, personally
The Carney govt throwing trans people under the bus so that business travellers can skip the line really says “ally”!
to tell you the truth, I don’t know! I think I just saw someone asking about tiling window managers in some forum, and a reply suggested trying the xfce functions since they mostly just wanted to use two side-by-side windows occasionally. I do it a good chunk of the time now, but it’s not always the most convenient method on small screens & monitors
Brutal. This, combined with Ottawa abandoning new pharmacare deals with provinces, will make life more expensive for all of us, to the benefit of large corporations.
Can’t wait to hear how the Carney faithful spin this one.
true, we don’t know what has been discussed or agreed to.
Here’s the thing. There is no downside to us as Canadians if we say to our leaders “what the heck is this, we don’t want to be part of the Golden Dome”. Either the govt says “lol we were never actually thinking about joining it” (even though Carney has publicly stated he is open to the idea!), or, they hear the pushback and decide that it’s not worth going ahead with discussions because it’s too unpopular.
Also, it’s one thing to question a news source, that’s fine and is something we should be doing with literally every source of reporting. In this case, I think it’s also worth asking this: is there any benefit to PostMedia’s US owners from this piece being taken seriously? I don’t see how this piece benefits the US whatsoever, quite frankly. In fact I’d argue that it benefits the US if we don’t take this report seriously.
That’s why I’m gently pushing back on the fact that doubt is being cast on this reporting, but no doubt whatsoever is being cast on our elected leaders who, so far, haven’t really lived up to the “elbows up” promises made during the election campaign.