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Has the federal government abandoned public health care? in c/canada@lemmy.ca
Has the federal government abandoned public health care? in c/canada@lemmy.ca
Some nice fall colors on the bike trail in c/bicycles@lemmy.ca
US intelligence believes Jensen Huang had romantic relationship with Chinese spy in honeypot operation — spy suspect linked to company accused of smuggling $2 billion in AI chips in c/world@lemmy.world
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Ah yes, because NVIDIA's Huang famously never closed his eyes to smuggling without a blowjob. He also never lobbied US gov't to let him sell chips to China.

What's this bullshit trying to accomplish, launder Jensen's image as a US patriot or something? Or is this insurance against being dragged in court by the democrats for “睜一隻眼閉一隻眼“ (“Open One Eye, Close One Eye”)?

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    Alberta’s online gambling boom raises addiction concerns as Ontario reports increase in c/canada@lemmy.ca
    Alberta’s online gambling boom raises addiction concerns as Ontario reports increase in c/canada@lemmy.ca
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    I voted lib the last time around because my riding is lib/con with barely any NDP presence. The lib still lost. I started donating to Marit's op and I'll be voting for the NDP candidate the next time around. Especially given that OLP nuked Nate from the leadership election. They're gonna put up Navdeep Bains or Lee Fairclough at the helm. I guess Fairclough isn't terrible. I kinda wish they go for Bains. Make it abundantly clear they don't care about the working Canadians interest.

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    "There are no electable alternatives" or some shit. In practice the Ontario libs haven't proposed anything worth voting for so we've voted for them mainly as the bigger sink of anti-Ford vote and thus most likely to unseat him. Didn't work. Twice. The Ontario NDP has been doing better with fewer votes but I think we also voted for them as an anti-Ford sink. We need more left populist fire from them. I think there's a chance that the OLP torpedoes themselves with a boiled ham leader for the next election which would be good for the ONDP.

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    • Venezuela, 10 months later: The transition may finally be underway in c/world@lemmy.world
    Angie Rodriguez Releases Petro Chats, Claims Poisoning Attempt in c/world@lemmy.world
    Alberta’s online gambling boom raises addiction concerns as Ontario reports increase in c/canada@lemmy.ca
    AI Needed to Produce More Gas to Power More AI, Tech Firm Cohere Says in c/nottheonion@lemmy.world
    A crossing guard & 3 pedestrians, including 2 children were hit by a driver at 3pm in the afternoon outside a school in c/ontario@lemmy.ca
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    The other questions from the Alberta referendum (www.cbc.ca)
     
    Q Question (short form) Leading
    1 Alberta takes increased control over immigration - lower levels, prioritise economic migration, Albertans first on jobs Yes +10.6
    2 Only citizens, permanent residents and Alberta-approved immigrants eligible for provincially funded programs Yes +13.4
    3 Non-permanent residents must live in Alberta 12 months before qualifying for social support programs Yes +16.8
    4 Charge a fee/premium to non-permanent residents for public health care and education Yes +14.8
    5 Require proof of citizenship to vote in provincial elections Yes +26.8
    6 Provinces, not Ottawa, select judges for provincial King's Bench and Appeal courts Yes +2.6
    7 Amend the Constitution to abolish the unelected federal Senate Yes +6.6
    8 Allow provinces to opt out of federal programs in their jurisdiction while keeping the funding No +2.8
    9 Province's laws take priority over conflicting federal laws in provincial/shared jurisdiction Yes +1.4

    These are arguably more important because unlike separation, they have slim to significant majority support.

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    David Miller: Brad Bradford’s ‘solution’ to a problem that doesn’t exist is bad news for all Torontonians (www.thestar.com)
     

    Yet one conservative mayoral candidate, Brad Bradford — and the conservative think tank backing him — want to turn Toronto Water into a separate corporation.

    Of course, the proponents insist their proposal isn’t privatization. They say a separate corporation would let Toronto borrow more by securing new debt against our water infrastructure. But we all know that if you default on the debt, the lender can force its sale. Do we want to put our water infrastructure in that position? Never.

    Vote like your water depends on it and tell your friends.

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    Third-party NGOs astroturfing Brad Bradford (abctoronto.org)
     

    I opened a YouTube video in a private window in Firefox (to avoid falling into the wrong rabbit hole) and I got greeted by an ad telling me how I'm gonna get murdered at home because Toronto was run by the current mayor. Didn't see any mayor's names on the ad itself, so I went to the source of the ad to see who's astroturfing and for whom. This is what I found:

    • Kelly Aizicowitz: Healthcare marketing executive (recently SVP Client Services & Business Operations at a US firm), ex-GM of a healthcare startup, and former Queen's Park government staffer.
    • Matt McClellan: Manages a Toronto real estate firm, with a background in investment management including time at the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan.
    • Jeffrey Kroeker: Business lawyer heading the business law practice at Massey LLP, specializing in government relations, trade, and crisis communications.
    • Hunter Corcoran: Investment professional with a background in business, economics, and history, active in public and political life.

    I'm guessing this isn't the only NGO and they probably aren't funded by small dollar donations.

    I was thinking, maybe I could use this is whenever people tell me stuff that came out of Brad's ads, I could point out that he's funded by the real estate and corporate interests that are making life expensive, and point to this page for them to check.

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