vyelkin posted:

I assume these are far from the first people to commit suicide because they could not find adequate housing, but we don't hear about the ones who don't go through the legal euthanasia process, but it is still horrifying. Maybe, just maybe, just maybe, this could finally wake some people up to how hosed up the whole situation is when they see an article about a 31-year-old going through with this because even a full court press from disability advocates literally could not find an apartment that someone can afford on ODSP

flakeloaf posted:

an apartment that is wheelchair accessible and doesn't have chemicals in the nearby air is a tall order but when the alternative is death, fuckin find a way

CLAM DOWN posted:

https://twitter.com/Justin_Ling/status/1520484758077194241

Colonel Cancer posted:

Can we buy real estate on the Moon/ in space yet or is it all crown land??

Colonel Cancer posted:

Can we buy real estate on the Moon/ in space yet or is it all crown land??

Colonel Cancer posted:

Can we buy real estate on the Moon/ in space yet or is it all crown land??

quote:

Ottawa police are investigating what they're calling hate-motivated mischief at a church in the city's Vanier neighbourhood Sunday morning.  

Another Bill posted:

a primate posted:

did this church support the truckers or something

flakeloaf posted:

they are supporting them presently

Arivia posted:

definitely a hate crime to say their political standpoint is unwanted, yep

Colonel Cancer posted:

Can we buy real estate on the Moon/ in space yet or is it all crown land??

vyelkin posted:

this is gonna turn out like that time they found out it actually was a nazi war memorial, isn't it

Another Bill posted:

RealityWarCriminal posted:

https://lunarregistry.com/moon-land/
there are dozens of these

Noblesse Obliged posted:

this is just an excuse to give police more money to purchase even longer CANADarms of the law

quote:

Anti-capitalist protesters gathered downtown Sunday afternoon and were dispersed by the Montreal Police Department (SPVM) after breaking windows, spray-painting graffiti and throwing projectiles at police.

"It got out of hand very, very quickly," said Sergeant Manuel Couture, media relations officer for the SPVM. Around 5 p.m., a crowd of a few hundred people gathered at Place du Canada in downtown Montreal, where Aboriginal activists held several speeches.

"This year, anti-capitalist activists sent a clear message: there will never be enough cops, enough dirty laws, or enough prisons to hide the crimes committed in the name of white supremacist capitalist economics," said a statement from CLAC (Convergence des luttes anticapitalistes, Montréal), which organized the rally.

The group started to march around 5:45 pm. About fifteen minutes later, smoke bombs were used. Quickly, the demonstration took an aggressive turn," says Manuel Couture. Windows were smashed, graffiti was sprayed on storefronts and luxury cars, and rocks were thrown at police officers who were surrounding the rally.

"Many people had ski masks in the crowd and as soon as they arrived [at the intersection] of René-Lévesque and Robert-Bourassa, they started breaking business windows," said Manuel Couture.

Symbols of capitalism and colonialism were legitimately targeted by demonstrators, such as Google, the Palais des congrès and several banks," CLAC said in an email. Together, we proved to them that fear must change sides."

At 6:04 p.m., the SPVM said on Twitter that a dispersal operation was underway in the area of the Palais des congrès. "People must leave the area immediately," the SPVM tweeted.

After requests from the SPVM, "irritating agents" were used to disperse the crowd, adds Manuel Couture. At approximately 6:15 p.m., the rally dispersed. SPVM officers continued to patrol the area.

According to the CLAC, the SPVM "deployed its rottenness to come and repress, beat and prevent activists from expressing their hatred towards a colonial system leading us straight to the ecological precipice. The CLAC denounces in particular an "unnecessarily disproportionate police force".

At 6:25 pm, the SPVM announced on Twitter that "the dispersal operation" was over. A 25-year-old man was arrested for assault with a weapon on a police officer, said Véronique Comtois, a public relations officer at the SPVM. A total of 12 criminal acts are under investigation, including 7 misdemeanors, 4 assaults with a weapon and assault on police officers. In addition, two police officers and one citizen were injured.

"I think there is a little general disgust of the population [towards capitalism], so they are attacking what they can see in the city," said Jamai Mamoul, a 24-year-old resident of the neighborhood who was interviewed by La Presse in front of the Google Montreal building on Viger Avenue.

He and his friend and neighbor El Mostafa Kahbaz heard the demonstration and commotion for about 30 minutes on Sunday. "We were not present during the break-in," says Mr. Mamoul.

Beside him, Mr. Kahbaz, 25, says the movement reminds him of the Yellow Vests in France. "We don't know much about the various demonstrations here, but if it's against capitalism, there must be a lot of people," he says. The French yellow vests were protesting against the rising cost of gasoline from 2018.

On May 1, 2021, an anti-capitalist demonstration had also been declared illegal in Montreal.

Popoto posted:

Woops cool zone sliding a bit into Montreal.

https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/2022-05-01/montreal/une-manifestation-anticapitaliste-dispersee-au-centre-ville.php

quick translation with Deepl.com

Its that time posted:

Fun fact, you can't be sued for hate speech if you do it based on religion. Here's a lazy copy-paste from the Criminal Code on hate speech:
Defences

(3) No person shall be convicted of an offence under subsection (2)

(a) if he establishes that the statements communicated were true;

(b) if, in good faith, the person expressed or attempted to establish by an argument an opinion on a religious subject or an opinion based on a belief in a religious text;

This is inclusive and can't ever cause any problems whatsoever. Qanon churches or christian radicals being hateful? That's freedom, my friend.

So yes, churches can be havens.

DariusLikewise posted:

https://twitter.com/Yogalnstructor/status/1520880343053574144?s=20&t=zwMJOU1DuYRiknyxJeULog

DariusLikewise posted:

https://twitter.com/Yogalnstructor/status/1520880343053574144?s=20&t=zwMJOU1DuYRiknyxJeULog

Its that time posted:

Fun fact, you can't be sued for hate speech if you do it based on religion. Here's a lazy copy-paste from the Criminal Code on hate speech:
Defences

(3) No person shall be convicted of an offence under subsection (2)

(a) if he establishes that the statements communicated were true;

(b) if, in good faith, the person expressed or attempted to establish by an argument an opinion on a religious subject or an opinion based on a belief in a religious text;

This is inclusive and can't ever cause any problems whatsoever. Qanon churches or christian radicals being hateful? That's freedom, my friend.

So yes, churches can be havens.

Cerepol posted:

how do you verify someone is unvaccinated, probably not worth living under that idiot but it is $2k cheaper a month...

DariusLikewise posted:

can you also prove ur european heritage

RuBisCO posted:

I'm Asian so it's gonna be really hard but I'll try

CLAM DOWN posted:

europe is just a peninsula in asia, it's not a real continent, you're set