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PT6A posted:Not to mention the many actual priests who apparently don't see any problem with loving children, or protecting people who gently caress children. I think that's a bigger oversight than a teenager doin' it in the loophole. Another quality post.
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Many Canadians are totally perplexed by even the simplest parts of keeping kosher, so I'm not surprised that the Muslim rules seem exotic and mysterious. If you put "Kosher" into ubereats you might get a burger taken apart and put in separate containers, but if you put "no cheese" everything is cool. 
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is this thing the NDP are desperately pushing on Facebook about McKenna and the picture budget gaining any traction? it seems so absurdly petty. Especially for the ones done in Canada; that supports local photographers, and it's a drop in the bucket of gov spending
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Let's not be too harsh on religious hypocrisy -- it's the only thing that actually makes it bearable to live in a society full of religious people. "It is not their love for men but the impotence of their love for men which hinders the Christians of today from—burning us."
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Ron Paul Atreides posted:is this thing the NDP are desperately pushing... gaining any traction? For at least the foreseeable future, the answer is always going to be no.
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Ron Paul Atreides posted:is this thing the NDP are desperately pushing on Facebook about McKenna and the picture budget gaining any traction? it seems so absurdly petty. Especially for the ones done in Canada; that supports local photographers, and it's a drop in the bucket of gov spending One canadian has remarked that it was perhaps not the best use of public funds.
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Post Media publications today are full of pieces from think toilets on cutting spending and debt. It's all topped off by a cherry on top piece by Peter McKay. 
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Frosted Flake posted:Surely Nietzschean ethics are the way forward. Well, he might as well have been writing about the NDP when he remarked that the best way to harm a cause is to defend it with poor arguments.
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Lastgirl posted:It's 2016. Has Trudeau legalized cannabis yet? On 4/20.
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Look, convoluted regulations that favour entrenched interests don't write themselves. God forbid they forget a comma and accidentally make it easy to buy weed from a local farmer.
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Lastgirl posted:It's 2016. Has Trudeau legalized cannabis yet? He gave that file to Bill Blair, an ex-cop who hosed up the Rob Ford investigation, lied to the media about "secret laws" giving his men arrest powers they didn't have (and then laughingly admitted it in a press conference when called about about this lie, saying it "made his job easier" to mislead the press) and oversaw the illegal detention and beatings of thousands of protesters. I'm sure once they've figured out exactly how to create a new Canada-style oligopoly with approximately two or three lovely over-priced choices for consumers to pick from they will get around to legalizing it.
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Helsing posted:He gave that file to Bill Blair, an ex-cop who hosed up the Rob Ford investigation, lied to the media about "secret laws" giving his men arrest powers they didn't have (and then laughingly admitted it in a press conference when called about about this lie, saying it "made his job easier" to mislead the press) and oversaw the illegal detention and beatings of thousands of protesters. I'm sure once they've figured out exactly how to create a new Canada-style oligopoly with approximately two or three lovely over-priced choices for consumers to pick from they will get around to legalizing it. [as Trudeau delivering an oscar-worthy speech of redemption] "Hey man, I believe in second chances. We all have something to redeem. That's..that's what makes us human. I will NOT be blinded by ignorance and hate. Everyone equally deserves second chances." im glad of it, sounds like progress 
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RCMP allows Muslim women Mounties to wear hijab Guess how many times the Reddit thread for this story has used the word "Pastafarianism" so far
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Funkdreamer posted:RCMP allows Muslim women Mounties to wear hijab Too goddamn many. Considering Sikhs have been allowed to wear turbans for some time now, I'm surprised the hijab was even an issue. You can even still wear your hat at the same time!
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People in the army still complain about turbans, despite turbans being part of British Army dress since before Canada was a country and every drat kind of stupid Irish hat under the sun being the headcover of some regiment.
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Since Postmedia is essentially the only game in town for print news everywhere in English Canada outside of Toronto, this sort of heavy-handed centralized editorial control is a grave danger to democracy. Not that anyone cares, of course. Edit: While certainly covered under the same constitutional considerations as turbans, I don't think hijabs are necessarily the same because Sikhs are specifically required to wear a turban, whereas Muslims are merely required to be modest and the hijab is only one of many cultural interpretations of same. Also yeah, turbans had been legit regimental dress since before confederation. That said I don't suppose it's worth getting worked up over if the RCMP themselves are ok with it. David Corbett fucked around with this message at 21:38 on Aug 24, 2016 |
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Helsing posted:Can a corpse be in danger? Depends what you're in to. 
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Frosted Flake posted:People in the army still complain about turbans, despite turbans being part of British Army dress since before Canada was a country and every drat kind of stupid Irish hat under the sun being the headcover of some regiment. I really wouldn't advise them to do so now, what with the Minister for Defence being a solider who wore/wears a turban. God only knows why it was an issue in the first place.
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PT6A posted:God only knows why it was an issue in the first place. Old Army dies hard.
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Its an issue because of assholes. The right for Sikhs to wear turbans can't even be argued against on the grounds of safety as regs state that helmets/other safety headwear are required in combat and other situations that warrant their use. Also the hijab actually looks p hot on most women I've seen sporting one. Kinda defeats the purpose.
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Listening to the Alberta at Noon and it was all about our ballooning debt and what the NDP aren't doing to fix it. I was expecting loads of back water hicks calling for cuts to schools and public departments, and sure their were a few of those. What I wasn't expecting was the overwhelming amount of people calling from all over saying that the Alberta Advantage is dead and we need to implement a sales tax to get us off this loving roller coaster. I felt a little pride at that. Apparently we need to have a referendum to implement one? I'm curious if the NDP will roll the dice on it.
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Excelsiortothemax posted:Listening to the Alberta at Noon and it was all about our ballooning debt and what the NDP aren't doing to fix it. I was expecting loads of back water hicks calling for cuts to schools and public departments, and sure their were a few of those. What I wasn't expecting was the overwhelming amount of people calling from all over saying that the Alberta Advantage is dead and we need to implement a sales tax to get us off this loving roller coaster. I felt a little pride at that. Instead of loving around with sales taxes they should just get rid of the drat flat tax. Piling more regressive taxation on top of an already regressive taxation system is a bad solution.
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vyelkin posted:Instead of loving around with sales taxes they should just get rid of the drat flat tax. Piling more regressive taxation on top of an already regressive taxation system is a bad solution. This is true. I think they took the first steps with that, but more should be done. I prefer income tax to sales tax because I'm going to pay the tax one way or the other, and I'd prefer feeling a little less ripped off every single loving time I buy anything. EDIT: And if they do institute a sales tax, and it's not HST (so I have to calculate it separately, track it separately, and remit it separately) I will cut a bitch.
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vyelkin posted:Instead of loving around with sales taxes they should just get rid of the drat flat tax. Piling more regressive taxation on top of an already regressive taxation system is a bad solution. The NDP already did. thank loving god
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The thing that seems to get bandied about with sales taxes is that "at least people visiting the province are paying into it too," whereas income tax is just "this is the cost of living here, deducted from your paycheque." edit: VVV  gross
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Charge income tax to people who visit on business, like many states in the US do. (Including the fractional value of stock that was vesting that week.) I had to file in 5 states last year, it's a thing.
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P.d0t posted:The thing that seems to get bandied about with sales taxes is that "at least people visiting the province are paying into it too," whereas income tax is just "this is the cost of living here, deducted from your paycheque." Tourists contribute a shitton to the economy, which ends up going to employees and businesses, both of which should be paying their fair share of income taxes. We don't need to also have a sales tax, IMO.
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CanLit Generator posted:A Vancouver software engineer eats poutine at a fictionalized version of a diner in your town you totally recognize and for some reason feel that you knowing that place is somehow a flaw of the story, in a pickup truck with more than one veiled reference to the Diefenbunker. DariusLikewise posted:"The program is different and revolutionary for Manitoba because it uses not only targeted funds, but also words, deeds, and training to fight human trafficking in a whole new way. Outreach on neighborhood streets is one strategy that is executed with the help of law enforcement officers. Almost daily, Winnipeg Police dispatch an elite unit on the streets to try and counter sexual exploitation and human trafficking." The 'solutions' part of this article was maddeningly short on details. Are the Elite Cops arresting the sex workers, but allowing them to avoid prosecution if they enter rehab/diversionary programs? Arresting only the johns? Tracking down the traffickers? There are a multitude of ways to 'improve' law enforcement's approach to sex work and trafficking while still actively harming women.
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Frosted Flake posted:People in the army still complain about turbans, despite turbans being part of British Army dress since before Canada was a country and every drat kind of stupid Irish hat under the sun being the headcover of some regiment. Yeah, but unlike turbans you can take those off before you go into the mess. Very important you do this to show respect for those who went before you and fell in battle. The mess is also where you go the afternoon of November 11 to get absolutely poo poo-faced pissing-yourself puking-in-the-corners drunk. Another very important ritual to honour the fallen.
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P.d0t posted:The thing that seems to get bandied about with sales taxes is that "at least people visiting the province are paying into it too," whereas income tax is just "this is the cost of living here, deducted from your paycheque." PT6A posted:Tourists contribute a shitton to the economy, which ends up going to employees and businesses, both of which should be paying their fair share of income taxes. We don't need to also have a sales tax, IMO. This. If a tourist passing through Alberta pays $20 for a meal at a restaurant, does the province benefit more from them paying 5% on top of that directly to the province, or do they benefit more from that $20 making its way into the income of the business, waiter, chef, and restaurant owner, all of which pay taxes on their income, but which are or at least can be taxed in more progressive ways than a flat tax that disproportionately affects the poor? That being said, Canada has so far tended to be better than some other places at how we implement sales taxes, namely in their not being applied to a lot of everyday necessities and the addition of sales tax rebates to the poor. Compared to some US states, for example, that just charge a flat sales tax on all transactions with no rebate at all, it's a much more progressive system. Unfortunately it's also more bureaucratic and, again, we would probably be better served by just raising top marginal income tax brackets.
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quote:Canada’s tax agency is ‘out for blood’: not from global-income cheats, but from its leaking auditors http://www.scmp.com/news/world/unit...PSocialNewsfeed I thought this might be a better place to put this article. I know how much you all applaud the protections of government jobs and how important they are for protecting the social and moral fabric of canada. Enjoy!!!
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Subjunctive posted:Charge income tax to people who visit on business, like many states in the US do. (Including the fractional value of stock that was vesting that week.) Haha there's a notice on my company intranet that we are not allowed to go on business trips or attend conferences in Texas for tax reasons. Not that we are a particularly big company or anything but I guess those kinds of tax policy can end up costing business to a state/province. It's probably a net gain though, I would imagine.
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Jordan7hm posted:On 4/20. People actually believe this?
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A woman and her dog cross the Rockies only to return with a broken soul. I like this one because you can interpret it as crossing the rockies in either direction depending on how your Canadian regional bias lies.
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quote:Ontario Tories apologize for youth seminar featuring waterboarding, Patrick Brown (The Beaverton) Sometimes the Beaverton just gets really petty all of a sudden.
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