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Cultural Imperial posted:Look at this guy thinking mt pleasant is full of ~silicon valley types~ Who's living in all the new apartments along Main/Scotia north of Broadway?
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Food is a necessity. Societal factors make it such that unhealthy food is the cheapest and easiest to get. We have alternatives to curbing the amount of junk food people eat, such as school lunch programs that serve real, healthy food.That should be the priority. Not imposing a tax on the poor. There's no other way to curb cigarettes and drinking other than to say, "Don't do it!"
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Nov 6, 2015 01:36
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PT6A posted:I agree! I think sin taxes are a horrible and regressive tax, and I don't think we ought to be expanding them or creating new ones. The problem, however, is that one category of sin taxes is already punitive and continues to grow pretty much every time a new budget comes down, while another remains conspicuously absent. I'm mainly just sick of the absurd double-standard. I'm going to make some delicious fried chicken right now (at least, I hope it's delicious). Counting the marinading and cleanup time involved, I think it will have taken me longer to prepare than a simple, healthy stirfry. I'm making it because it tastes good and I want fried chicken, not because it's easier or faster than the alternatives, just like if I have a beer later on, it's because I would like to have a beer, not because it's the optimal choice for hydration. I can admit these things. Further, I can acknowledge that my choice to have fried chicken and beer is not good for my health! But that's okay, because we live in a free society, and I take responsibility for my choice to eat fried chicken and drink beer. I agree with you as well. Sin taxes are not ideal. There are plenty of factors, thought, that make a sin tax on tobacco and alcohol more justifiable and easier to implement than a tax on junk food. Yes you can spend a lot of time making some delicious unhealthy meal, but a single mom might have to settle for cooking up another batch of KD for the kids.
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Nov 6, 2015 01:52
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PT6A posted:Yeah, you can go to Co-Op here in Calgary and get a whole roast chicken and a salad, ready to eat, for $10-12. That's enough for 3 people to have a reasonable meal, requires no preparation, and is reasonably nutritionally balanced. If you're single, it's leftovers for lunch the next day or two. A Big Mac costs $5 or so. We eat lovely food because it tastes good and is enjoyable to eat, it's ridiculous to pretend otherwise. Yeah but can you drive through the coop??
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Nov 6, 2015 05:07
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No. Why?
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Nov 7, 2015 04:45
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PT6A posted:I took an Uber tonight just to spite my useless city government, and I have to say it was pretty great. Burn the taxi cartels to the ground in every city and town across this great country! I work in the taxi industry and I agree it is hosed, but do you think Uber would maintain its standards if they successfully wiped out the taxi industry?
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Nov 7, 2015 06:33
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Femtosecond posted:At some point I'm going to try out this new eCab thing as in Vancouver, without Uber or Lyft, this is the next best thing. Essentially it allows you to book cabs using your phone and have all the payment be handled automatically just like Uber, but it connects you with some nearby traditional cab. In Vancouver I believe all the cab companies are using it, so that ought to be a large pool. I've used it several times and it's alright. Got me some quick cabs on Halloween when the wait on the phone would have been really long. A lot of drivers don't really understand how it works still but they're getting used to it. They can still reject your trip for whatever reason so you might end up waiting for awhile. It first finds the closest cab and then throws your trip into that company's system. Once your in a certain company's system your trip is stuck there. You do get to give immediate feedback through the app and it is actually getting acted on. The biggest problem with cabs in Vancouver in my opinion is that they can pick and choose which jobs to take. They're all shareholders in their company so the consequences for being lovely are very minimal.
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Nov 7, 2015 22:31
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They know they have to change in order to quell public demand for Uber in Vancouver, but they only want to change as little as they have to.
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Nov 7, 2015 22:33
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There's a lot of cab owners in Vancouver trying to sell right now while the price is still high. They probably think they can't keep Uber out forever.
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Nov 7, 2015 23:05
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Isn't he using "whore" to mean "fanatical supporter"? That would account for the lack of tone change.
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Nov 21, 2015 03:27
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I hope and suspect that in BC at least the current dispensaries will be grandfathered into whatever new distribution scheme they enact.
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Nov 22, 2015 22:02
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Ikantski posted:Including. CBC says "Current numbers are 10k by the end of the year, 25k by Feb. 2016, and then 35k or more by end of 2016." 10k of the 35k are private sponsorships. It's just listed as a broken promise. It technically is. They're not giving anyone a hard time about it. TrudeauMetre posted:It would appear we have our first broken promise... Given the circumstances, probably understandable:
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Nov 25, 2015 22:29
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Well, Ma, looks like the kids are unionizin'.
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Nov 26, 2015 17:11
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PT6A posted:It's a joke. Personally, I think every manner of booze and weed should be for sale at any establishment that cares to obtain the licenses and follow the laws, with no restrictions on location or other business that they may carry on. Lots of people disagreed with me here. I think the concern is that the huge amount of existing semi-legal pot stores in town will suddenly be forced to close when BCL and Beer & Wine Stores get exclusive rights to sell legal weed. I'd hope they will all be grandfathered in under any new legal framework. Edit: My ideal solution - The existing stores can operate as pot lounges (like a beer lounge at a brew pub), while the liquor stores will be strictly retail.
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Dec 4, 2015 23:22
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PT6A posted:Nice, I'll have to check that out when I'm in Montreal in June. Checker Yellow and Mayfair will be getting in app payment soon.
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Apr 19, 2016 19:00
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James Baud posted:The NDP vote is inefficiently concentrated on the island and a few high density urban ridings so they'll lose again because environment vs jobs kills them elsewhere. Also the entire slate of MLAs have been invisible other than Eby. I honestly don't know how they've been so terrible. Sure, the legislature never sits, but you don't need it. You could say the same thing about the liberals re: invisibility but I guess that isn't so bad when you're the incumbents.
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Nov 19, 2016 12:13
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OSI bean dip posted:The CoV offered extra licences for the holidays and the cab companies collectively rejected it. Do you have a source for this? I've only seen the Vancouver Taxi Association fighting for more licenses.
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Dec 12, 2016 05:03
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The Beaverton is a great blog but a bad TV show. The actors just don't sell it right.
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Jan 12, 2017 10:44
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Is Charlie Angus the guy who quit twitter because he couldn't stop swearing on it?
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Feb 27, 2017 02:22
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Tsyni posted:I saw some turtles in a park in Toronto. Turtles are the one redeeming thing that Ontario has going for it compared to BC. Lots of frogs and salamanders too. There are turtles on Granville Island and Jericho Beach.
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Mar 20, 2017 17:28
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Just want to make sure you all know that people can use drugs and not be addicts right?
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May 13, 2017 05:27
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I haven't been to Don't Argue but was thinking about it. What did the owners do to incur your wrath?
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Jun 10, 2017 19:06
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Any of you crazies at the Jagmeet and Greet in Vancouver?
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Jun 20, 2017 02:49
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Try not to think about it.
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Jul 2, 2017 19:50
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Somebody mentioned earlier that Jagmeet is considered the frontrunner. In curious to know where that assumption comes from. He definitely has the most buzz online but I've learned to not always trust my Facebook bubble for the general opinion of things.
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Jul 6, 2017 09:25
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CLAM DOWN posted:I've historically liked their winter ale a lot but a few years ago I feel like they changed something and it got worse, no idea what or why The brewmaster went to Whistler brewing I believe.
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Jul 13, 2017 19:10
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Singh did address how fashion has become important to him as a way of overcoming prejudice he faced as a turban wearing Sikh.
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Aug 2, 2017 02:52
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I had a headache today but I drank coconut water instead of taking Tylenol. Will I die?
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Aug 4, 2017 10:07
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Triple O's is better anywhere but the ferry. Go to the buffet and bask in luxury.
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Sep 17, 2017 20:40
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Love and Furrage
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Nov 10, 2017 21:21
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Baronjutter posted:I was at a zombie christmas themed improv show the other night and Emily Carr burst out of her grave and they had to destroy her while giving exposition to the americans in the audience that she was the area's most famous and celebrated artist but wasn't really that great so don't worry if you don't know who she is because she's over-rated. It got some serious cheers from the crowd. In Victoria?
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Dec 11, 2017 17:55
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Baronjutter posted:Yeah, a lot of people here love to rag on Emily Carr because they've grown up with every art and local history class never shutting the gently caress up about her and her drat monkey. Ah cool. I know the company and glad to hear it went well.
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Dec 11, 2017 20:38
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A cyclist vs. tent city dwellers. How will news commenters know who to be mad at?
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Dec 17, 2017 19:18
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Watch Gregor run for BC Liberal leader
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Jan 11, 2018 01:44
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DariusLikewise posted:Jagmeet still has no position on the pipeline or bombing Syria or anything Well there's this http://www.ndp.ca/news/jagemeet-singh-reacts-airstrikes-syria
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Apr 15, 2018 20:01
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The T stands for Tory!
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May 4, 2018 01:54
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They get the benefits of the anti-Wynne and anti-Ford votes.
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May 28, 2018 17:35
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The Butcher posted:Nobody else got God Save the Queen before the anthem at their schools? We had it before assemblies followed by the anthem.
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Jun 1, 2018 05:23
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Must be a "Sorry, not sorry" bump
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Does anyone know of any left leaning organizations who focus on messaging to immigrant communities? I'm interested to know if the effort is out there and what they are pushing.
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