Thought this clip was interesting because of the contrast in how Rep Ilhan Omar handled a racist question versus how Jagmeet Singh has.
If you recall, Singh's mushy responses to Terry Milewski's similar questioning on whether Singh would offer to denounce some action by some other Sikh created a whole news cycle allowing the Canadian media to harass him about whether or not Singh supported Sikh terrorism.
TL;DR Ilhan Omar is a way way better speaker and politician than Jagmeet Singh
It should be 100% indigenous owned with 51%+ going to communities on the route and 49%- to other indigenous nations of Canada that want to invest.Wapass, the former chief of Saskatchewan's Thunderchild First Nation, is proposing ownership of at least 51 per cent of the federal government-owned pipeline be shared among all participating Indigenous communities in B.C., Alberta and Saskatchewan.
The group would put 80 per cent of the cash flow from the pipeline stake into a "sovereign wealth fund" to invest in environmentally friendly projects.
Its bid is opposed by the Western Indigenous Pipeline Group, which argues Trans Mountain should be owned by communities actually located on the route as they are most at risk from an oil spill.
Average weekly earnings of non-farm payroll employees were $1,031 in May, up 1.1% from April. Earnings were up 3.4% compared with 12 months earlier.
"This is a pivotal moment for Indigenous peoples. If we get it right, we can build strong, Indigenous economies to give our communities the resources they need to thrive. We look forward to continuing discussions with the government over the coming months."
8hrs after the 'listening tour' article above Project Reconciliation made a $6.9 billion offer for the pipeline.
If negotiations go well and swiftly and the pipeline becomes Indigenous owned before the election and it starts being built right away that could really effect the election in the West. Prompt a lot of green energy economic discussion.
So many benefits this will bring for everyone.
Liberal sweep of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and BC. Yeah, I know that's not going to happen but it might help them quite a bit.
Yeah, there will be some entrenched racism, unfortunately. The pipeline being developed, no matter who owns it, at least lets the bitumen and whatever else flow and will help the AB region. That should be the main focus and make it acceptable for anyone that is reachable, pragmatic and not a racist.You underestimate racism in the west. Instead of being good news, it will be twisted into Trudeau favoring Indigenous people over "regular" Canadian oil companies. Just another handout, it will be said. I live in SK, I know how people here think.
I don't doubt that is the case, since I'm regularly surrounded by the kind of people you allude to, but their provincial conservative leaders will snap their fingers and say it's great news that ensures the pipeline's construction will move forward and they'll grumble for a while, hold their nose and accept that it's best to have the pipeline issue resolved in a way that resolves Indigenous concerns, relegating their racism to some twisted form of jealousy at Indigenous prosperity, but not directed in such a way that it torpedoes the first real chance of resolving the situation.You underestimate racism in the west. Instead of being good news, it will be twisted into Trudeau favoring Indigenous people over "regular" Canadian oil companies. Just another handout, it will be said. I live in SK, I know how people here think.
I am legit terrified of October. Ford getting elected just showed me how hated POC are outside of the major hubs. We have a lot to work on and the narrative that racism doesn't exist in Canada just serves to further empower these people.
I'm honestly skeptical of anything Alexander says and so far side with Carvin
Not politics related, but I'll be in Vancouver -- staying in Richmond -- for a few days in August. Any suggestions on what to see? I'm pretty much Skytraining/bussing everywhere.
And yes, Steveston Harbour is already on the list.
Not politics related, but I'll be in Vancouver -- staying in Richmond -- for a few days in August. Any suggestions on what to see? I'm pretty much Skytraining/bussing everywhere.
And yes, Steveston Harbour is already on the list.
Not politics related, but I'll be in Vancouver -- staying in Richmond -- for a few days in August. Any suggestions on what to see? I'm pretty much Skytraining/bussing everywhere.
And yes, Steveston Harbour is already on the list.
And this follows a big ad buy introducing Scheer to Canadians. At this point it seems clear that the more people see of Scheer the less likely they are to vote for him.
Love it. Go out and buy a bottle of Pelee Island wine — it's great, it's coming to a convenience store close to you," Ford said Sunday with local Tory MPP Rick Nicholls (Chatham-Kent-Leamington).
The premier, who does not drink alcohol, was referring to the government's hope to eventually expand wine and beer sales to corner stores beyond existing LCBO outlets, private wine shops, the Beer Store and many supermarkets.
But Ford's boosterism led his detractors to rev up a boycott campaign against Pelee Island Winery after it emerged company president Walter Schmoranz had recently donated an additional $1,000 to the Tories, exceeding the $1,600 annual contribution limit.
Six in ten Canadians want the government to take action to address climate change, even if the economy suffers.
That number was even higher in Quebec (76.8 per cent), Atlantic Canada (67.3) and B.C. (62), and among women (66.1), 18-35 year olds (64.4) and those aged 65 or older (64).
Conversely, residents of Ontario (59 per cent), men (56), and those aged between 35-49 (59.6) and 50-64 (57.1) were less willing to agree with the statement, though the statement was still approved by a majority in these demographic bands. More residents of the Prairies (46.5 per cent) agreed with the statement than disagreed (43.6), though it wasn't quite a majority, with the not sure option chosen by 9.8 per cent of respondents.
Only in Alberta did more respondents disagree (59 per cent) with the statement than agree (36.5).
Finally, 76.5 per cent of respondents agreed with the statement that scientific evidence "clearly shows" climate change is real and caused by human activity, including 62.7 per cent of Alberta residents and 86.4 per cent of Quebecers.
Nationally, 18 per cent disagreed with the statement, while 5.6 were not sure.
Also, just under 68 per cent of respondents agreed that theres's a collective moral duty to future generations to not destroy the environment further, even if it means paying more taxes in the short term. As with the other responses, support was highest in Quebec (70.2 per cent), above the national average in B.C. (71.5) and Ontario (69.9), and lowest in Alberta (53).
Doug Ford stanning for a winery who recently donated to the OPC:
Spending that vacation wisely.
We got #BoycottPeleeWinery trending today though lol.
I mean, we're talking about a hash dealer who enabled and was ultimately responsible for his brothers death. Someone who screwed his brothers family out of their inhertitance. A man who protected his brother when he was found guilty of drinking and driving and attacked a council which was punishing him for it.I've been wondering when it would be revealed there's some kind of financial reason for his weird obsession with alcohol.
The people who say they have a neutral opinion are stranger to me than those who say they have a positive one. Who is neutral on Donald Trump at this point?
Wildfires in the Arctic last month emitted as much carbon dioxide (CO2) as all of Sweden does in a year, according to the World Meteorological Organization.
At a regular United Nations briefing in Geneva on July 12, WMO spokesperson Clare Nullis said the wildfires in the Arctic since the start of June are "unprecedented."
"In June alone, these wildfires emitted 50 megatonnes of CO2 into the atmosphere," Nullis said. "This is the equivalent of Sweden's annual total CO2 emissions. This is more than was released by Arctic fires in the same month between 2010 and 2018 combined."
While wildfires are common in the northern hemisphere between the months of May and October, the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS), which has been tracking the fires, says the latitude and intensity of the fires, as well as the length of time they have been burning, have been particularly "unusual."
"It is unusual to see fires of this scale at such high latitudes in June," CAMS senior scientist and wildfires expert Mark Parrington said in a press release. "But temperatures in the Arctic have been increasing at a much faster rate than the global average, and warmer conditions encourage fires to grow and persist once they have been ignited.
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Last week's record-breaking heat wave in Europe has shifted north to the Arctic. Now, a "heat dome" is threatening the second-largest ice sheet on the planet. Meteorologist Eric Holthaus said on Twitter that the heat over Greenland this week could result in the loss of 40 billion tons of ice, enough to measurably raise global sea levels.
"We are in a climate emergency," Holthaus tweeted on Monday. Another climate researcher, Xavier Fettweis, said this week's potential melt is what worst-case scenario climate models have projected for 2050, reaffirming what many scientists are finding: that we're closer to the catastrophic predictions for climate change than previously thought.
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This week's Arctic heat wave will likely result in the second-largest melting of the ice sheet since 1950 (when record-keeping began)
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Statistics are weird in that it always reveals some very strange people.
Who are the 4% of NDP supporters that have a positive view of Trump? It doesn't make any sense! I can only imagine what kind of strange world view such a person would have.
People who are too limp-dick to admit they like him.
Statistics are weird in that it always reveals some very strange people.
Who are the 4% of NDP supporters that have a positive view of Trump? It doesn't make any sense! I can only imagine what kind of strange world view such a person would have.
Anecdotally, it's the people who like the racism but don't like that he's hurting Canada.The people who say they have a neutral opinion are stranger to me than those who say they have a positive one. Who is neutral on Donald Trump at this point?
A Saskatchewan People's Party of Canada (PPC) candidate is defending comments in support of the use of "hate speech" he made recently on social media.
Some groups say they fear the comments could incite violence.
"Our country could use more hate speech, more offensive comments, more 'micro-aggressions', more violation of safe spaces with words and more critical thinking," Cody Payant wrote on his Facebook page and Twitter account on July 16
An administrator for the Yellow Vests Canada Exposed said the group saw Payant's post as encouraging violence.
The Canadian Anti-Hate Network agreed.
"It is a threat of sorts," said Evan Balgord, the network's executive director.
The comments hardly came as a surprise, Balgord added.
"It is a fairly common argument, actually, pushed by often right-wing extremists," Balgord said. "Their conception is if you don't let me say my hateful things then, oh, I won't do it, but maybe some people I know or those other more crazy people, if you silence them, then they're going to get violent
Statistics are weird in that it always reveals some very strange people.
Who are the 4% of NDP supporters that have a positive view of Trump? It doesn't make any sense! I can only imagine what kind of strange world view such a person would have.
My take is that it comes from the Obama-Trump voters of the political spectrum the Canadian kind. Big tent parties are not homogenous and even Liberal/NDP voters will vote stupid if given the option. Labour union members first spring to mind.
The scary bit is not the 4%. The scary bit is the ones who won't admit to it until it's too late.
CPC making sure the christian vote is locked down.
Maybe a certain kind of Christian.
I'm Christian and I wouldn't vote for him in a million years.
Ontario is considering the sale of naming rights for GO Transit stations, parking lots and even washrooms in a bid to find new revenue sources for its regional transit network in the Greater Toronto Area.
The agreements – which could range between five and 10 years – would also provide sponsors with ridership data, although Mulroney noted that it would be stripped of personally identifying information.