I think the Canadian national conversation has shifted. Sure, many business will need to or choose to still trade with the US, no matter what craziness starts or stops during or after the Trump administration. But we won’t take the US for granted as a stable trading partner anymore.

The trade war will come on and off over his term, whenever Trump wants to take the media off of a different problem he caused.

A real war is very unlikely, not impossible, but it depends on Trump and how competent Trump’s yes men are at enacting his fanciful ideas. I’d prepared for the possibility between 2016-2020, Trump would drop a nuke, and that didn’t happen at least. But just the same, once again as Canadians we should be prepared for the worst, and work with whatever we have as a nation. They can take a lot from us by force, but they will never take away our solidarity and our sovereignty without us voluntarily giving it up.

In “deprived communities,” which tend to see the most pollution in the first place, there’s been an 80% reduction in people exposed to illegal levels of pollution.

Oi m8, you got a loicense to inhale this level of pollution? /s

Jokes aside this is great news and exactly the intent of the ULEZ policy.

I was more of a Trudeau supporter than most, but yeah the broken central platform promises on electoral reform really stung. Some is definitely right wing indoctrination about giving Trudeau a negative image.

I thought he was a great guy, could speak strongly and plan smartly during CoVID and for other challenges. But aside from initiatives where the NDP pushed the Liberals over the finish line, Trudeau’s government stopped short of really pushing for real change, more to kind of just holding things together with bandaid solutions. I think Carney has the experience and from his speeches the motivation to go further with longer lasting solutions.

Part of the problem for me is that paying interest to RBC, BMO, Scotiabank, TD, CIBC, BN in place of American payment networks when they aren’t really hurting for money, is not really helpful or impactful for anyone except for me in a negative way.

Many credit cards in North America have a cash back or loyalty points scheme. In cash back, you essentially get a cut of the network fee back as virtual value to pay off your statement. With points, you earn the points based on the amount spent, and can redeem them for things like travel or gift cards. Some merchant categories earn more as an incentive (e.g. 2% of purchase value or 10 points per dollar for groceries and monthly automatic bills, 1% or 5 points on everything else).

Edit: Oh and I should mention, some offer complementary car and travel insurance benefits, airport lounge access, electronic device insurance too. So it’s definitely compelling for a lot of people, since >90% of places don’t offer cash discounts or CC Fee, so people would essentially get or lose the benefits with no difference in price.

I’m no cruise expert or avid cruise traveller, but skipping Victoria or Vancouver just sounds like it would make the cruise’s programming less appealing even if it wasn’t a mandatory rule.

I have the same question as sloppychops. If my interac debit card is also Visa, how would I know whether the payment terminal is routing through Visa or Interac?

I am one who offers to pay in cash sometimes to small businesses, treating it like an additional tip. But more and more businesses in the Vancouver area use Clover (A Canadian subsidiary owned by Wells Fargo) and Square (American fintech), and either take card only (which they get their cut with Interac debit too), or the staff get a little impatient when I rummage around for cash in my wallet.

I have been supportive of Chapman’s since they were giving permanent raises during CoVID when other firms were laying people off.

I also like the idea of replacing in reverse or upside down the products of USA.

People have been saying from the beginning that Trump is the quintessential sleazy American used-car salesman but on a national scale.

Canada’s building codes since around 2014 require the green man pictoral exit sign.

Old buildings have EXIT or SORTIE signs in red. Some renovated buildings have a mix of both.

It’s nothing but a cruel dog-and-pony show for Trump.

355mL cans are more likely to be made in Canada, FYI. The 473mL ones are by-and-large made in the US. Note that Canadian can makers still rely on steel sheets and lids imported from the US.

https://globalnews.ca/news/11018087/canada-beer-can-tariffs/

It’s kinda nice in single player. (Rockstar EAC can you let us play MP on linux plz)

Eby is doing excellently to target Trump loving counties.

inb4 it’s revealed to be North Korea.

Kathy Hochul, even if she is a weasel of a Democrat, is talking with Ford. They are mutually sympathetic in the dislike of Trump and Ford is trying to cut some slack for them too.

Lamp Oil, Rope, Nuclear Subs? You want it? It’s yours, my friend. As looong as you have enough Euros.

Hey, it’s nothing like IDF’s Lavender system of ‘Hamas militant’ identification… (Gaza genocide CW)… nothing to worry about.