Dtules

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[–] Dtules@lemmy.ca 16 points 1 week ago

Dude, most Canadians think about the US a lot.

You ever listen to the CBC Power & Politics podcast? 25% - 50% of their coverage is about the US.

Probably for good reason, the US has a lot of influence over our lives. But let's not be delulu.

[–] Dtules@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago

Enjoy your scam media and unwarranted sense of superiority 😘

[–] Dtules@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Uh-huh, I'm sure societies really thrive when their people abandon reality and embrace arrogant magical thinking.

[–] Dtules@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Some of us make medical decisions based on evidence rather than listening to online grifters who make money from creating rage-bait content.

Evidence-based decisions doesn't mean we're LiViNg In FeAr. I barely think about it.

How much online content do you consume about vaccines?

[–] Dtules@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago

I live in Newfoundland -- our healthcare system doesn't suck because of right wing assholes exactly, in my opinion, it sucks because Newfoundland politics is rife with nepotism and cronyism.

I would still rather this than a world where my family can be bankrupted if someone gets the wrong sickness at the wrong time.

[–] Dtules@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 weeks ago

PP came out with even stronger statements backing Israel, so...

[–] Dtules@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago

Yeah, that's fair

[–] Dtules@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago

Where... are you seeing "kill all men" discourse in Canada?

[–] Dtules@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I don't know that I agree that social definitions always have to match legal definitions.

Legal systems tend to be conservative and it's social progressive groups that push the public consciousness enough to eventually shift the legal system.

Until 1983, marital rape wasn't legally considered rape in Canada. The social understanding that you could rape a spouse needed to exist before the laws could follow.

I agree that it's nuanced and people need to be educated on the difference between legal definitions and social definitions, but I don't think what you're proposing is the only way.

[–] Dtules@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 months ago

Lol, I'm a dummy. Thanks for the info. I live in a province that has never had an NDP premier, so my brain didn't think to check.

[–] Dtules@lemmy.ca 12 points 2 months ago (2 children)

If this election has shown us one thing, it's that the Conservative party is willing to ignore evidence to double-down on a bad idea.

[–] Dtules@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I like and respect him as a politician, but is he NDP-leaning? He strikes me as more centre.

 

A well-researched piece of journalism on the history of our Canada Pension Plan and how it is currently being managed.

TL; DW: For a while, we had a passively managed CPP fund. Then we switched to an actively managed fund which currently costs us over a billion dollars to manage each year. The rational for this switch is that an actively managed fund can outperform a passively managed fund. Has it? (No, it has not)

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