EvilJoven posted:

I thought the liberal train of thought was that global warming is indeed real and can totally be fixed with the revenues earned from ramping up oil exports.

Hexigrammus posted:

Also, we're at what, 4 pages of burgerchat? You lot have the munchies or what?

odiv posted:

Can't wait for Justin Trudeau to be denied entry based on past pot use.

Hexigrammus posted:

Speaking of which, he claims the reason Trudeau et al dropped proportional representation was that it would cost $3 billion to change our method of voting. My Google-fu has departed me; I can only find references to Trudeau and ministers raising the spectre of radical elements gaining power. Has anyone else run into this line from the CTF or other astroturfers?

Hexigrammus posted:

Speaking of which, he claims the reason Trudeau et al dropped proportional representation was that it would cost $3 billion to change our method of voting. My Google-fu has departed me; I can only find references to Trudeau and ministers raising the spectre of radical elements gaining power. Has anyone else run into this line from the CTF or other astroturfers?

A Typical Goon posted:

Lobok posted:

I know the first couple of Burgers Priest locations did not take any cards at all originally. The very first one in the Beaches didn't and I had to go to the ATM in a convenience store down the street to take out cash. Then the location that opened up near me still only took cash but had an ATM opposite the cashier. But now I think they all take debit/credit.

Oxyclean posted:

I get people not wanting to shake the boat / risk losing a job, but I couldn't imagine not speaking up / doing something about literally working unpaid hours, at fast food/retail. It'd maybe be one thing to have to work bit past close to get poo poo done, or not be able to close up because of a rush. Even my poo poo subway boss said he'd pay us for what staying past close to get things done. (Granted, I didn't really trust him to make good, so I always got out asap.)

I hope that boss/store got/gets hosed at some point for literally breaking labor laws.

yippee cahier posted:

If they had an excuse that held water they would have put it out there when they were breaking their promise. "Math is hard" is what they went with.

Hexigrammus posted:

Also, we're at what, 4 pages of burgerchat? You lot have the munchies or what?

twistedmentat posted:

Yea, that's the one nearest me, and it always pissed me off. There's a few other places like Sneaky Dee's, and the Tulip that don't take debt last time I was there. Neather split bills either. Which is surprising because I've been to multiple places that can split the cost of a single appetizer between the entire table as if it was nothing.

THC posted:

I recently had an exchange on Twitter with some lib who claimed they killed electoral reform because "there was zero bipartisan support for it"

infernal machines posted:

https://twitter.com/MariekeWalsh/status/1052949227251339264

THC posted:

I recently had an exchange on Twitter with some lib who claimed they killed electoral reform because "there was zero bipartisan support for it"

odiv posted:

Can't wait for Justin Trudeau to be denied entry based on past pot use.

Kraftwerk posted:

He won’t because of diplomatic immunity.

twistedmentat posted:

and the Tulip that don't take debt last time I was there.

Mad Hamish posted:

Andrea Horwath could push Donna Skelly off the Skyway Bridge and it would do society as a whole a favour.

NZAmoeba posted:

debit

they are different words

THC posted:

https://twitter.com/stuartlosaltos/status/1053017106483077120

Greens are a party of and for the bourgeoisie

Powershift posted:

A liquor store downtown put up a big sign that says "24 beers for $22"

Dougie did it. I don't know how because i'm in Alberta, but we got our buck a beer. Doug Ford for Prime Minister!

EvidenceBasedQuack posted:

My personal experience: people voting Green drive drive excessively large SUVs, own McMansions, buy takeout everything, but it's okay they've done their part. Go EMay!

Essentially they love the environment as long as it's not inconvenient.

YMMV

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A wife and mother of three pre-teen children says her family is moving from their St. Albert, Alta., condo because they don’t feel safe after receiving a racist and threatening letter.

“We feel unwelcome in our neighbourhood,” Katrina Anderson told Global News on Wednesday. “We’ve never done anything wrong to anybody.”

Anderson said her 12-year-old daughter came home from school on Monday afternoon and found the letter in the mailbox and texted her mother right away.

The letter was addressed to “the very unwanted and hated neighbours” and said it was from “your friendly Phase 2 neighbours.”

The note says the family is hated by the entire Grandin neighbourhood condo community because Anderson’s children are “constantly rollerblading and scootering on our driveways.” It complains that her children can be heard “hooting and hollering” when they play football and basketball.

“We don’t like your kind around here,” the note went on to say. “We lock our doors at night when there was no need to do that before you moved in.”

The letter said complaints were being made about the family to the condo board and that they were being passed on to the condo owner that Anderson rents the home from.

“Move out or things will escalate. Would not want to see the kids getting hurt,” the letter said. “This isn’t a reserve. Go back to the reserve where Indians belong!

Anderson said her daughter has been so frightened by the letter, she won’t go outside and needs to be driven to and from school every day. She said the family hasn’t even shown their 10-year-old son the letter because “it would just rip him apart.”

“I don’t want things to escalate,” Anderson said. “I don’t want something to happen to my kids… I don’t want to take that chance.

Anderson reported the letter to the RCMP and police confirmed to Global News that they are investigating.

“I could understand if my kids were out all hours of the night [and] causing a ruckus in the neighbourhood but I mean, they’re outside, playing basketball, scootering… rollerblading… kids being kids.

“I’m disgusted… I’m still in shock.”

But Anderson said other people in her neighbourhood have offered their support since hearing about what happened, some even wanting to put on a block party to show support for her family.

“It’s good to know there are good people out there,” Anderson said.

Cathy Heron is the mayor of St. Albert and saw the letter on Facebook.

“As the mayor of the city that I’m quite proud of, [I’m very] embarrassed because that is not who St. Albert is. St. Albert prides itself on being a welcoming and inclusive community.”

Heron said, however, the “response from St. Albert residents is overwhelmingly supportive.”

The mayor said she has also reached out to Anderson on social media to tell her that this type of behavior “is not the norm” in St. Albert and to see how the city could support her.

“It was kind of a hug through cyberspace.”

Premier Rachel Notley took to Twitter late Wednesday afternoon to condemn the letter.

“The attack on this family is beyond upsetting,” Notley tweeted. “As I’ve said before, there’s no place for racism in Alberta.

“I’m glad the RCMP is reviewing it and so happy to hear other members of the community are coming together to show they don’t stand with this bigotry

Global News reached out to the condo board in charge of the complex where Anderson and her family live but did not receive a response.

A representative for the condo management firm in charge of the complex, KDM Management Inc., said they received a copy of the letter but “the quality is very poor and not legible for us to read.” They said they couldn’t address the situation since the letter was not signed.

“The board for the corporation is aware of the issue and I believe there has been some discussion regarding this circumstance,” the firm said. “Should we be able to confirm the identity of the sender, the board (I believe) will take possible action.”

Anderson said that while she has no way of knowing if the letter is related, the family experienced a frightening incident at their St. Albert home last month as well.

“It was about four in the morning and we were sleeping and all of a sudden we hear this big crash downstairs,” she said. “My dogs go crazy and we come downstairs and there was a rock thrown through our window right beside our door.

“It was scary. My kids were crying.”

Anderson said her husband is in shock and disbelief over the letter and believes the family needs to move right away, so they are already packing their things.

“He’s saddened by it,” she said, pointing out her husband is white. “He’s seen racism before, being with me.”

Anderson said she has a message for whomever sent her family the hateful letter.

“I feel sorry for you,” she said. “That you think that, that you believe that… that you’re that hurtful.”

On Wednesday night, members of the community came together to show support for the family.

RBC posted:

theyre non-alcoholic

A Typical Goon posted:

Toalpaz posted:

gently caress racist harassment, that poo poo sucks.

Ardent Communist posted:

yeah, i heard on the radio that if they ask you, you should just not answer and turn your car around. suspicious as all hell, but at least you're not lying and you can try coming back and hopefully not get asked by that guard (I don't mean, just clam up, and awkwardly trying to reverse out, but saying something bout changing your mind, can I turn around).

Oxyclean posted:

petition to re-title "Prime Minister" into "Weed Lord"

brucio posted:

https://twitter.com/DonMartinCTV/status/1053097210299084801

There goes any chance of a CPC minority

brucio posted:

https://twitter.com/DonMartinCTV/status/1053097210299084801

There goes any chance of a CPC minority