[-] Splitdipless@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago

I could go for some Poutine...

[-] Splitdipless@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 weeks ago

very year. After 40+ years of it either do it or shut up about it.

Use a sextant to 'call noon' every day? Lovely.

[-] Splitdipless@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago

It might be okay. Let people read the rules passed down, as maybe there's legal loopholes in there that can be exploited. Maybe the municipality can still close roads or remove lanes. Once you're not putting a bike lane on street, the rules don't matter.

[-] Splitdipless@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago

Trucks often have to use 'engine breaking' or a 'Jake brake' to slow down. Basically, they cut fuel in the intake stroke, changing the engine into a 'compressor' to exchange forward momentum into useless compressed air that gets thrown away in the exhaust. The result is a lot of 'noise' from the truck as it slows down. It's not intimidation, it's a valid way to slow down without excessive wear on wheel brakes. Or, it shouldn't be intimidation. In some municipalities, engine braking or Jake braking isn't permitted.

[-] Splitdipless@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago

offensive. Next year another huge initiative to change something else. This type of thing is literally endless as everything is changing all the time. Sounds like a waste of tax $ to me.

Changing a name isn't stupid, unless done for stupid reasons. If you have the money - get it done. It also doesn't have to be done all at once. Start small with new document templates, create a reasonable budget for replacing signs...

Speaking as someone that resides in what was once the Province of Canada (Upper Canada or Canada West) and renamed themselves something else native - we named ourselves after the Huron word for 'Great Lake' and that ignores the fact that we're only talking one of the 4 great lakes that border us on one side of the province... There's way more to the province than the Hurons and way more than just that one lake. Seriously, get a huge list of place names that are underutilized by all the different nations out there, find something that is easier to spell than Saskatchewan, and send it around for approval.

The ONLY downside is that you're throwing out a lot of 'brand recognition.' I made the argument that the Law Society of Ontario should not have renamed themselves from the Law Society of Upper Canada because they have been called the LSUC for over 200 years. It's like if The Bay decided to go close all their stores under that banner and exclusively work under the name Saks Fifth Avenue - I don't think it would work out well for them, and it might not work well for BC.

[-] Splitdipless@lemmy.ca 3 points 10 months ago

I wouldn't mind writing, but I'd first have to find a date...

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HMCS Glace Bay will be part of the Expo, on a Great Lakes Deployment.

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[-] Splitdipless@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago
[-] Splitdipless@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

Actually, withholding Assent is the circuit breaker. The NWC is a mechanism to ensure that parliament makes the law, not judges. A judge may have a perfectly reason for making their verdict, and it totally makes sense to do so by a good number of the populous, but parliament is in charge and they're allowed to set the rules.

[-] Splitdipless@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

Drug Ford passed a law shrinking city council after the whole 'election thing' kinda started. People got a judge to say that's unconstitutional (and reading the reasons to the verdict - it was all sorts of crazy talk about how it was unconstitutional. Drug Ford said he would use the NWC to pass a replacement law doing the same thing, but that wasn't necessary as the next level of courts looked at the original ruling, went "yeah, the Government is TOTALLY going to win on appealing this - let's just say they're allowed to resize the council and call it a day."

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Look busy; the boss is coming!

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[-] Splitdipless@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

We needed a database? I thought the answer is generally "yes, they all are."

[-] Splitdipless@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

I'm surprised they also didn't ask if you wanted your ducts cleaned.

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[-] Splitdipless@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

We need more of building for the middle, like the Barbican in the UK. https://youtu.be/FFDpqRxym_A?feature=shared

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