I haven't really spoken to any of my green reps before, in terms of them running for the seat. I have had interactions with my NDP MLA and MP, and have been left thoroughly disappointed with the results.
I don't think a whip position is really that big a deal for a party, until they have enough people elected to make it matter.
So the argument is what, that the white people who had a 'role model' for their kids shouldn't be annoyed that the industry is removing that role model, because race shouldn't matter. But also that race representation matters, and that it's important for other races to have representation by taking over the roles of those figures.
It doesn't upset me, it just doesn't make sense to me. Like I accept that parents want to have positive role models that 'look like' their kids, as it helps kids development. So it makes sense that minority groups want to see themselves represented as such in media, and that they'd celebrate established characters being swapped over to be their race/gender. However, that same line of thinking explains why white people are annoyed that their kids are 'losing' role models that 'look like them'. If you assert that 'race matters' (and I accept that it does for kids), then it seems reasonable to be annoyed that those characters are being 'taken away' for practically the same reason that it seems reasonable for minority groups to be happy to see themselves represented. If race representation matters for the character and kids having positive role models, than its arguably worse to disenfranchise the larger group of kids.
I mean, we're busy watching young guys flock to alpha dumbass influencer bros, in part because there are fewer and fewer positive role models for them to look up to.
In Canada its termed EDI https://www.canada.ca/en/research-coordinating-committee/priorities/equity-diversity-inclusion-research.html
We do see requirements for people to state whether they're an Employment Equity group -- or rather, options to positively identify as an employment equity group so that you can get passed that 'check' on the hiring process. The government of Canada will literally send you a note saying you've been kicked out of the application pool for 'not' identifying as such on their forms, for example. And the only group that isn't an employment equity group, are cis white men. The checkboxes to identify as FN are also "optional", but generally translate into more benefits/privileges in hiring and so on.
The Employment equity act is a derived document that changes the Charter's general assertions in 15(1)(2) into specific groups which, the verbiage of which excludes only cis white men. The Charter says "no discrimination based on race/gender", the EEA says "you can positively discriminate in favour of any group except cis white guys".
No, I'm not surprised in the slightest by either of these, seeing as I've known about these things for decades, and seeing as I've received "You didn't identify as an Equity Employment Group" rejection letters from the federal government in the past.
Scarlet Johansen as the Major in Ghost in the Shell Tilda Swinton as the Ancient One in Dr Strange Controversy around characters like Iron Fist etc
Asian fictional characters often get white washed. Results in protests from minority groups who feel they're being denied representation in their own culture's created artwork, and roles in movies/shows -- just like how replacing caucasian fictional characters results in protests from groups who feel they're having their cultural representation in media suppressed by minority interests. But whatever man. Guess those dont count.
Eh, good luck to them. I find it hard to take them seriously at this point, though I've historically voted green in most elections. Their leadership fiasco recently was an absolute embarrassment, and honestly a huge blow against the DEI policies they encourage. Having May there again is also a bit of a flag, as going back to the previous leader who wanted out makes it seem like there's a real lack of leadership options / sustainability in the party's gov structure.
Their candidates are pretty clearly still heavily fringe oriented, with very hard left leaning stances when you read through bios. This time around it seems like my local candidate has very questionable qualifications, basically just being a FN grandmother with five kids of her own at ~45. I don't see how that'd represent me/my interests locally or nationally in the house, especially as a non FN. They're still beating that demographic politics marching drum, but it cuts both ways. You can't realistically put a candidate forward saying they're all about their own demographic interests, and supporting their own demographic slice, without alienating people who aren't part of that slice. Especially if there's no other substance to the candidate.
The party's 'platform'/position on topics isn't really costed out from what I could see on their site. Tons of spending, main thing they seem to note for generating revenue is the ever nebulous 'closing business tax loop holes' type thing. They seem to imply they're going to create redundancies in some areas of gov, whole new agencies, make good on every costly suggestion of the MMIWG, and on and on. Feels hollow to me, especially seeing where the markets are currently.
Top that off with some of their positions being a bit vague, and potentially really authoritarian. Like saying they're going to make online sites subject to the same regulation as publishers in regards to hate speech etc. Suddenly community forums like Lemmy would potentially be liable for anything anyone writes, if that's implemented the way it's described. And as a far left party, they'd uphold the most restrictive/authoritarian definitions of what constitutes hate speech I'm sure.
Saying we should have a Canadian made EV isn't saying we should priortize cars. It's a relatively marginal item, with low relative cost, that the guy is saying we shouldn't do. Saying we shouldn't do a low cost marginal thing, and should instead focus on spending huge amounts to re-orient city infrastructure so that bikes become the primary mode of transit, is a far bigger / more complex / more costly shift -- and one that he argues should be made at the cost of relatively small changes in the existing industry. If you aren't bothering to weed your garden (a low cost task to maintain your theoretical personal green space), because someone convinced you to build a trebuchet in your backyard because its a far more interesting thing to do than weed your garden, you've abandoned your garden. If in order to build that trebuchet, it needs to have large building materials strewn all over your yard, crushing your existing bushes, you've definitely given up on having that garden.
And if you get frustrated and abandon that trebuchet project part way, your garden is just toast. Prolly would've been better off just weeding it.
Like a third of the charter of rights and freedoms is about language laws and french/english. Even as a west coaster, I highly doubt there's a scenario where Canada doesn't side with Quebec on this front.
So option 2 it is -- but that's their endgame anyway, they're just hunting for an excuse to do it anyhow. Thats been clear ever since he dredged up Fentanyl as a boogeyman. Just hurry up and diversify trade more -- I'm fairly sure we can find other markets for most goods. Any business that's just sitting there hoping this will blow over, and/or that the government will bail them out, and isn't taking direct actions to mitigate this issue that's been months and months in the making.... deserves to fail.
Might work out, might not. It'll be interesting to see more of the details.
One item I don't see any of them talking about though, is addressing the regulatory hurdles around alternative banks offering more options when it comes to the underwriting and mortgage qualification. One common reason people are locked out of the housing market, is that they can't qualify for a $1500/month mortgage, so they're stuck paying $1700 rent instead, which is nuts. And the reason the banks -- or more specifically smaller lenders who specialise in mid-market families (ie. Credit Unions) -- can't make these sorts of deals work, is that the regulatory bodies would smash them with huge penalties/fines due to it being considered "riskier" underwriting. Admittedly CUs are provincially regulated, but if we're looking at it as a national issue then there should be broader discussion about these sorts of items amongst all tiers of govt -- sorta like how health care is technically a provincial concern in segregation of power, but the feds have significant influence over it.
In times past, or more specifically in the 1980s where some of Carney's ideas are coming from, there were more small Credit Unions doing mortgages outside the regular range of the federal banks -- so if you were a 'fringe' borrower, you could still get your foot in the door, just with a different route than a traditional bank. This wasn't a huge risk to the industry at large, as each of those CUs was small -- if any had taken too many bad risks, it would be easy to let the organisation 'fail' and disperse its members over to new CUs. It's less the case now, as the regulators have pushed CUs to merge into far larger organisations and shrunk the count of CUs industry-wide -- meaning if something like Vancity went down, there's no 'safety net' from other CUs able to absorb it and it'd inevitably hit the government books. And because of this, those same regulators force the system to be rigid and conform to explicit guidelines on their lending practices, with relatively minor wiggle room for boards/policies. Their efforts to minimize risk, choking the industry to death slowly, and removing financial supports from traditionally under-served demographic segments.
Like here's an example that I know for a fact Credit Unions used to be able to offer to people, with some conditions/qualifiers: you could get a personal loan for a low rate to cover a big portion of the down payment on your mortgage. So if they felt like you could take on a bit more debt for the near term to get into a home, ie if they saw you paying $1700/month in rent and that your mortgage was gonna be just $1500, they could basically make that work with a far lower down payment.
Yes.