Dtules

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[–] Dtules@lemmy.ca 6 points 9 hours ago

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 1 day 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 1 week ago

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

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

Yeah, that's fair

[–] Dtules@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 weeks ago

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

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

[–] Dtules@lemmy.ca 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

An amazing number of people think "I'm mad at Liberals" = "The cons must be better"

[–] Dtules@lemmy.ca 9 points 3 months ago

Yeah, not a valid excuse in my mind. It shows a disturbing lack of responsibility/accountability.

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

I mean, I'm probably voting Liberal (the NDP have had a strong showing in my riding in the past, so I'm not entirely decided), but I kind of believe this.

Carney is obviously the least comfortable out of the main candidates in speaking in French. I don't believe the cost is a real factor. Maybe "afraid" isn't the right word, but it does seem to be strategic in a way that avoids potential negative exposure for him. I have mixed feelings about it.

 

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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