Because when a new Government has to put them back in, this current Government’s supporters can say “see, they’re just wasting money!”.

Literally creating a problem for someone else.

Just let them take it out and see how much it impacts traffic and let the provincial government stew on those results at election time.

The problem is that we already know how it will impact traffic: it will get worse, a lot worse.

The real issue is what will he go after next? Sidewalks? Removing streetcar and bus priority lanes?

And when that fails? What comes after that?? Remove buildings? Stores?

This madness will only get worse, because the root cause of traffic congestion (people driving) isn’t being addressed, and won’t be with Ford calling the shots.

"Oops, we accidentally hit the sewage line, Mr. Premier!’

I doubt high speed rail is a viable solution between Vancouver and Calgary.

Yeah, that route would suck for anything land-based. Flights are around $100, and would get you there in 1/10 the time that driving would.

But you wouldn’t build high-speed rail lines for routes nobody would take. I don’t even think Via rail has a station in Calgary… Edmonton, yes, but Calgary is on its own!

The number one thing that most of these don’t do well for me is the connection with banks.

A bit of an anecdote, but i was a long-time user of Mint, which integrated with all my banks and credit cards, which was nice.

When I decided to selfhost, I was disappointed that bank syncing wasn’t a thing, or it had these roundabout ways of working, or they simply didn’t support the banks and credit cards i use.

So… I ended up wity Money Manager EX.

Once i did the initial importing of my records, everything since has been manually entered.

Now, this might seem tedious depending on how many transactions and accounts you manage, but it’s really not.

Depending on how often you update your records, you can do an easy export/import of your transactions from your bank (usually a csv export). Doing this once a month isn’t terrible.

I just manually enter all my transactions. Yes, more work, but also less frustration and it makes me feel more in touch with my spending.

Even not having to worry about the hassle of syncing not working, or having to fix things like that is a huge weight off my shoulders.

Anyway, just wanted to share my experience because bank syncing shouldn’t be a make-or-break thing.

The combined fentanyl and precursors seized at this facility could have amounted to over 95,500,000 potentially lethal doses of fentanyl…

Wow. How many doses does an actual pharmaceutical company produce?

I saw it last night. As a huge fan of the first one, I guess my hopes were high.

It looks, cinematically speaking, really good.

But as a musical? WTF? I had to force myself to watch it to completion. If it wasn’t a continuation of the first one, I wouldn’t have even bothered.

In fairness, I generally can’t stand musicals. And even if they featured my favourite movie characters, I’d still struggle to sit through them.

I think they could have a fantastic movie if they just continued with the same style as the first.

Rich coming from the party of voter suppression…

You would think, but a fair amount of people I talk to in the 40+ do not want to change and actually are opposed to change.

I’m in that group, and I have no problem seeing positive changes happen. What’s the point of being resistant to change, if it means living in a worse situation? To me, it makes no sense.

I want to see our communities become more human-centric, because the direction we are going would not be the future I want my kids and grandkids living in.

People seem to think this is how we have always lived, and it’s only really been 2 or 3 generations that have lived with so much excess.

Exactly! These things aren’t some long-standing traditions we need to cling onto. They are recent problems (that we created) that can be corrected if we act quickly. And we sure as shit can’t fix things with a government who wants to push Ontario in the opposite direction.

Research from Japan suggests high-speed rail can help ease the cost of housing and congestion on the roads, by making it easier to live further from urban centres.

Doug Ford is rolling his eyes. Don’t you guys know? Bike lanes are the reason we have so much congestion, unaffordable housing, and homelessness! /s

But in all seriousness, all the things that other countries have done with great success are all things we can implement in Canada: high-speed rails, REMOVING cars from cities, improving public transportation networks, expanding cycling infrastructures, and creating more room for public spaces, as examples.

We only need the political will to, since I’m sure most people would want to live in a better version of what they have now.

Just wait until everyone is forced to wear screens on their faces 24/7, because that’s the way tech companies want us to live. I’m not being sarcastic, either.

There’s a reason why so many people consciously choose to “disconnect” when they want a mental break. If we are no longer able to, how healthy do you think our society will be?

Argh. Was it always like that, or is this recent?

I do, but in reality, It doesn’t seem to matter what cyclists do or wear. If someone driving a car (or large SUV) isn’t paying attention, they won’t see you.

In countries where cycling is taken seriously, their lights are not bright (to meet standards) and you don’t see anyone in high-viz gear.

Blaming cyclists for something a motorist failed to do seems to be a uniquely North American thing. Even the way our news gets reported seems to always word things in a way that puts the cyclist (the victim) in the wrong.

What you describe is really common, and it uses “jaywalking” as a weapon to target minorities and those in low-income neighbourhoods.

On the podcast “The War on Cars”, this topic came up with examples showing how jaywalking becomes an excuse to target blacks.

The history of “jaywalking” is pretty interesting.

Basically, it’s a made-up thing designed to blame pedestrians for motorists being dangerous.

Kind of like when motorists “can’t see” cyclists while looking down at their phones, because it’s up to the cyclist to have on enough high-viz clothing, reflectors, bright lights, and a billboard saying “I’M HERE!!!”.

In most places, even when people think that jaywalking is illegal, it’s actually not.

This is not personal emissions of billionaires, its including their businesses.

The Oxfam report says that private planes and “superyachts” are contributing factors, as well as investments in polluting industries like oil and mining.

Nowhere does it mention that their businesses are what’s contributing to their carbon footprint. They are explicitly talking about their lifestyle choices.

So, I’m not sure where you got that info from, but if they are including businesses that these billionaires run, I’d be interested in seeing that data.

Mind you, the majority of these billionaires are in software… a business that’s very easy to convert over to a carbon-neutral model, especially with their resources.

… the Bloc’s OAS plan as originally written is likely a non-starter because it sends more generous payouts to wealthy seniors.

Can someone explain why wealthy seniors need more money at a cost of many billions of dollars per year from taxpayers who are not wealthy, working, and struggling as it is?

The Liberals proposed increases in other areas of support that focus on seniors who might actually need the money, but that was rejected. Why does this “news” make it seem like the Liberals are the bad ones here?

This infuriates me.

I would actually love to do more to REDUCE my carbon footprint, but it’s prohibitively expensive to.

But billionaires (and millionaires) can literally greenify every aspect of their lives, even be carbon-neutral or carbon negative! But they choose not to.

I think taxing the rich just isn’t enough. We need to CAP the rich. There should be no billionaires.

At right-wing summit… organized by the right wing Heritage Foundation

So, a Nazi rally?

The biggest problem is that most of those rely on older phones or phones that aren’t necessarily top-tier.

At some point, support for all newer phones will likely be very limited, so what’s the community going to do then? Keep using old phones?