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CLAM DOWN posted:This thread probably has the highest concentration of people affected by this, but heads up if you bought from NCIX before they went bankrupt lol Linus is going to be p pissed they have his SIN and info
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ARACHTION posted:This article discusses the largest rally of QS so far in Quebec City which had more than 1000 people: https://www.google.ca/amp/ici.radio-canada.ca/amp/1124051/quebec-solidaire-rassemblement-port-quebec It's interesting that a lot of people under 25 wouldn't want to vote at all rather than just vote for the party that, as an outside observer at least, is pretty far left. Only reason I ask is polling numbers may be off, especially if the QS is capturing a ton of young people, simply because polling companies can't get young people to answer robocalls.
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Sep 20, 2018 20:13
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ARACHTION posted:Good luck, buddy! I too am caught in Quebecois bureaucratic hell trying to get my professional certification transferred. I'm not even doing anything that remotely complicated! I submitted my application for a CSQ (Quebec selection certificate for PR) as soon as I started working here (I'm here on a 23 month working holiday visa). Six months later I finally got a reply from the initial application, asking for my supporting docs, such as my academic transcript, proof of prior employment, travel history etc. I submitted those docs and have been waiting a further 6 months.
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Sep 20, 2018 20:15
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DariusLikewise posted:It's interesting that a lot of people under 25 wouldn't want to vote at all rather than just vote for the party that, as an outside observer at least, is pretty far left. Only reason I ask is polling numbers may be off, especially if the QS is capturing a ton of young people, simply because polling companies can't get young people to answer robocalls. I did actually get robocalled! Which was funny because I was on vacation in Boston at the time. There was no option to choose for "Yo I'm not legally entitled to vote" so I chose QS anyway.
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ARACHTION posted:On the 17th, there was the first ever televised English language leader's debate which was a big deal in Québec, with some people even protesting against it. It was a vert important night for QS because they have a very limited access to the anglophone vote, perhaps by choice until now. Manon's English is not strong and when I watched the debate later on, I had a tough time understanding what she was trying to communicate. She was saved by her sincerity and by being last to give her closing statement which was quite well done and even invoked Corbyn by saying we want to "govern for the many and not the few". She was not even suppose to do the English debate, it was suppose to be her homologue Gabriel because he is more fluent then her. The other party leaders knew that and refused him to the debate. They wanted her to defend "her" ideas. For people that does not know the QS have 2 leader but if they would be elected she would have been the first minister so the other party banked on that. Bleusilences fucked around with this message at 20:19 on Sep 20, 2018 |
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Sep 20, 2018 20:17
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DariusLikewise posted:It's interesting that a lot of people under 25 wouldn't want to vote at all rather than just vote for the party that, as an outside observer at least, is pretty far left. Only reason I ask is polling numbers may be off, especially if the QS is capturing a ton of young people, simply because polling companies can't get young people to answer robocalls. No party is left enough, by definition of "party" and "left"
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Sep 20, 2018 20:20
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Bleusilences posted:She was not even suppose to do the English debate, it was suppose to be her homologue Gabriel because he is more fluent then her because the other party knew that and wanted her to defend "her" ideas. For people that does not know the QS have 2 leader but if they would be elected she would have been the first minister so the other party banked on that. This reminds me of a thought I had about Federal politics. Im thinking Bernier will face a significant obstacle when the racists he covets actually hear him speak, be it on political ads or in debates. Sure he’s a handsome white dude, but his English is pretty terrible and the Chuds hate Québécois as well as PoC
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Sep 20, 2018 20:22
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The Dark One posted:My highly unscientific sample size of two voters revealed that baby boomer Anglos think that Quebec Solidaire is a Super Separatist party that want to build five billion metro stations. I mean? That's accurate?
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Sep 20, 2018 20:35
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xtal posted:No party is left enough, by definition of "party" and "left" Why don't you travel back in time 200 years and explain this to the Jacobins, hopefully right as they're trying out one of their new guillotines.
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Jan posted:They're probably the most likely to push for a referendum, yeah, although not for separation for its own sake. In a recent interview, Gabriel Nadeau Dubois was saying that if the party wants to make its pro-environment, pro-transit issues heard at the federal level. But if the Liberals and other provinces keep championing pipelines and similar projects that go directly against their platform, then separation might well become a necessity. If Quebec does end up separating due to these reasons, do you think they’d let a lovely Torontonian like me immigrate to their new country? It sounds like it’d be a lot better than this one.
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Sep 20, 2018 20:49
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DariusLikewise posted:Seriously as in seriously what the gently caress are you thinking? Or you seriously agree? I agree. The salary multiplier for executive management is insane.
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Sep 20, 2018 20:56
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Greg Rickford steps over the smouldering corpse of irony to announce the end of the Green Energy act. https://twitter.com/MariekeWalsh/status/1042837840395153414
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Sep 20, 2018 21:15
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lmao https://twitter.com/MariekeWalsh/status/1042841819799805954 its just nimbyism mixed with a healthy dose of gently caress conserving the environment we're conservative
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Sep 20, 2018 21:30
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Bleusilences posted:She was not even suppose to do the English debate, it was suppose to be her homologue Gabriel because he is more fluent then her. The other party leaders knew that and refused him to the debate. They wanted her to defend "her" ideas. For people that does not know the QS have 2 leader but if they would be elected she would have been the first minister so the other party banked on that. You’re totally right. I guess the traditional parties can’t cope with QS’s different structure and use it to their advantage. Gabriel’s English is much better, but if you consider that a lot of people liked precisely the contrast between Massé and the other three (due to her refusal to jump into the poo poo) Gabriel May haven’t been as well appreciated. Knowing his style he would probably have jumped in a lot more.
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Sep 20, 2018 21:43
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xtal posted:I skipped like 100 posts, did any of you notice http://thepeoplesparty.ca Did this already get seized by CIRA? lmao
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Sep 20, 2018 23:07
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CLAM DOWN posted:This thread probably has the highest concentration of people affected by this, but heads up if you bought from NCIX before they went bankrupt lol gently caress. Now I have to get a new credit card number AND find a place I don't hate to sell me eToys. Hope there's more than just personal pictures of his high end Chinese escorts on those hard drives. Steve Wu deserves more exposure for this.
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Sep 20, 2018 23:21
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lol who's the one person still waiting for all the facts to be in before making up their mind on Donald loving Trump?
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xtal posted:Did this already get seized by CIRA? lmao No way, CIRA things don't happen that fast. Whoever registered it probably got gun-shy re: media attention. Registered 2018-09-14, last changed 2018-09-20, still expires 2019-09-14. Same registrar as the initial registration, no quicky direct transfer because that would've extended it a year. (And also because GoDaddy can't handle the "modern" method for .CA transfers as of a few months ago, lol)
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Sep 21, 2018 01:10
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James Baud posted:No way, CIRA things don't happen that fast. Whoever registered it probably got gun-shy re: media attention. So they set up their own redirect? And who doesn't know how to anonymously register a domain name in 2018?
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Entropic posted:lol who's the one person still waiting for all the facts to be in before making up their mind on Donald loving Trump? Well, what if this ends up being really good for America, what then?
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Sep 21, 2018 01:24
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ARACHTION posted:Last Saturday after the debate performance that showed many that Legault was just like the other guys, a journalist asked him how long an immigrant needs to be in Canada before becoming a citizen. He answered "A few months" and the journalist shot back "It's 3 years Mr. Legault". Since then, he has had a lot of trouble keeping journalists from asking him precise questions on immigration which he again answered incorrectly on Sunday. Since the debate and this gaffe, his party has dropped 4-6% in the polls, enough to put the Liberals back in the lead. Remember, this is the dude who is proposing that after 3-4 years of being in Québec, that immigrants be subjected to a Québec history, culture and language test that if they failed, would be deported. He now says that they could try the test as many times as they would like and is changing his position every day. He is floundering and even asking journalists "Can't we talk about something other than immigration?" when he wanted to make it a issue for this election. I find that the really dumb thing here is that Legault is going around making promises that he probably knows he can't keep. Like, a) I don't think there's anything stopping an immigrant from moving to Toronto or wherever first and THEN moving to Montreal and b) it isn't even the province's responsibility or right to deport people anyway. I get he's pulling the Kenney/Ford tactic of pandering to the dumbest and most uninformed people in the province, but this is really something. The Dark One posted:My highly unscientific sample size of two voters revealed that baby boomer Anglos think that Quebec Solidaire is a Super Separatist party that want to build five billion metro stations. My partner has some friends that are deep into QS who say that support for sovereignty is very lukewarm in the party. Apparently when they vote on the platform at their convention, Quebec sovereignty only wins as an issue by a smidgen. Given that polls show that support for nationalism is dying out in younger generations, it should come off the platform in not too long.
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Sep 21, 2018 01:25
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the QC election is pretty funny https://montrealgazette.com/news/quebec-election-couillard-says-its-possible-to-feed-family-on-75-a-week quote:Philippe Couillard had to explain himself Thursday after saying on a morning radio show he believes it’s possible to feed a family of three, including two teenagers, with $75 a week.
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Sep 21, 2018 01:32
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xtal posted:So they set up their own redirect? And who doesn't know how to anonymously register a domain name in 2018? I think /most/ people don't know how to register domains anonymously. .CA is hidden details by default, but you're still traceable through things like payment details and IP if you don't go full-on paranoia Tor+Prepaid Visa purchased with cash, to say nothing about hosting.
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James Baud posted:I think /most/ people don't know how to register domains anonymously. .CA is hidden details by default, but you're still traceable through things like payment details and IP if you don't go full-on paranoia Tor+Prepaid Visa purchased with cash, to say nothing about hosting. I wish I hung on to the bitcoins I used for domain registrations in 2012 xtal fucked around with this message at 01:45 on Sep 21, 2018 |
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Sep 21, 2018 01:40
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Now I'm nostalgic for the pre-KYC days when you could buy coins with dead drops
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Sep 21, 2018 01:42
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ARACHTION posted:Just wanted to share this as especially with all the shenanigans going down at Queens Park right now, this doesn't seem to be penetrating into English media. What has been awesome is that the discourse is increasingly revolving around environmental issues and moving away from immigration. Really glad to hear more about the Quebec election and your party's growing success. Please keep us updated!
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Sep 21, 2018 01:55
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Hexigrammus posted:gently caress. Now I have to get a new credit card number AND find a place I don't hate to sell me eToys. So, uh..with this NCIX thing what should we do it we've purchased from them in the past? Did they seriously have unencrypted credit card numbers in their database? That means that if any of us have purchased anything from them, they have all of our contact information (name, shipping address, phone number, credit card number(s)), right?
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Going back to the discussion of the dead malls from a few pages back, there's a huge mall outside of calgary called crossiron mills that is completely empty 5 days a week. A chinese company saw that and wanted in, and built a huge "chinese style" mall right across the street with 517 small retail "condos", and it opened in june https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/new-horizon-mall-calgary-retail-business-1.4831026 9 of the 517 units are open. Before the mall opened, they were advertising aggressively for tenants, acting as if there were only 3 stalls left. https://www.kijiji.ca/b-alberta/new-horizon-mall/k0l9003?dc=true It seems they suckered in a whole bunch of investors to buy stalls with hopes that they could rent them out for massive profits https://www.westerninvestor.com/news/alberta/sold-out-mall-widens-horizon-for-calgary-s-retail-1.23317173 It's like Vancouver condos, in mall form!
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Some chud for the UCP is in hot water because he apparently goes around offering free money to right-wing Instagram accounts, and one of them got a little Nazi on him. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/ndp-call-on-ucp-to-pull-nomination-candidate-after-nazi-meme-scandal-1.4831815 quote:Schuman said he's probably sent the following, or similar message, to nearly every account that uses the #conservative hashtag on Instagram: Where's my free money? 
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Vasler posted:So, uh..with this NCIX thing what should we do it we've purchased from them in the past? Did they seriously have unencrypted credit card numbers in their database? Probably yes, right
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i've cut up like 3-4 credit cards since the last time I bought anything at NCIX so its probably fine
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Sep 21, 2018 03:19
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I've changed banks, addresses, names, and sex since last buying at NCIX, get on my level
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Vasler posted:So, uh..with this NCIX thing what should we do it we've purchased from them in the past? If it was recent enough that the credit card info is still valid, call your bank to have them cancel your card and issue a new one. Basically just treat it the same way you would if you physically lost your credit card somewhere.
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Powershift posted:Going back to the discussion of the dead malls from a few pages back, there's a huge mall outside of calgary called crossiron mills that is completely empty 5 days a week. Cross Iron (Also known as the Balzac Mall, yes, for loving real) makes enough money in those two days/during the Christmas season to actually be profitable tho. I think. They're always trying to hustle people to work out there cause the kind of people that usually staff malls (teenagers and low income people) have trouble getting to the middle of nowhere on the outskirts of the city. Never heard of Horizon lmao, sounds like they really killed it. Actually the funniest Calgary mall saga to me is Eau Claire. It's an insanely prime downtown riverfront location and kinda tried to be an alternative-ish mall (e.g they don't really do chain stores). It opened in the early 90's as a Granville Island knockoff and it was thriving busking hotspot for a little (or at least 7 year old me seems to remember seeing a million buskers there cause every kid used to have their birthday party at its IMAX for a brief time in the 90s). But for probably almost two decades now it's basically just existed as a shell for a movie theatre, a Gold's Gym and an assortment of knick knack stores that get one customer a day. It's one thing to have a failed dumb business model not get off the ground, it's another to take a prime location for community businesses and just have it die a slow death. I wanna hear an oral history of this place. CRISPYBABY fucked around with this message at 04:36 on Sep 21, 2018 |
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/21/canada-accuses-myanmar-of-genocide-against-rohingya I look forward to Aung San Suu Kyi shortly threatening the Toronto skyline on Twitter.
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vyelkin posted:https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/21/canada-accuses-myanmar-of-genocide-against-rohingya Also our closest allies refusing to back us up because of their business interests in Myanmar
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Powershift posted:Also our closest allies refusing to back us up because of their business interests in Myanmar It fine as long as we still have
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CRISPYBABY posted:It opened in the early 90's as a Granville Island knockoff The first time I heard this was the idea behind Eau Claire Market I burst out laughing.
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Oh for ducks sake. Of course, Calgary.
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Your credit card isn't the problem with the data leaks. Those companies can get your money back with any fraudulent thing. It's the personal information with your entire home address there you should be worried about. So unless you've moved it's a big deal.
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