ValueSubtracted

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[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 14 points 1 day ago (2 children)

The bill covers only outward-facing cameras, not cameras inside the cab, addressing privacy concerns raised in committee.

Here's the bill (emphasis added).

"dashboard camera" means a recording device that is capable of continuously recording the view of the road in front of a commercial vehicle through the commercial vehicle's front windshield at all times when the commercial vehicle is operating, and meets the following criteria:

(a) retains at least 72 hours of recording;

(b) records at a minimum video format of high-definition video at a resolution of 1080p;

(c) has night vision capability;

(d) records at the manufacturer's default settings on the device's local storage;.

...

Any recording made by a dashboard camera must be collected, used, disclosed, retained and destroyed in accordance with all applicable privacy and security requirements, including the Personal Information Protection Act.

The task force is intended to bring together different partners like RCMP detachments and chambers of commerce to help bridge gaps when it comes to municipalities offering military support.

Could they vague that up a little?

 

Negotiations are underway for the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) to acquire a larger mixed fleet of American-made Lockheed Martin F-35s and Saab Gripen-E fighters built in Canada, the sources said.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

They can create whatever legal mechanism they want

Which means, by definition, there isn't one now, which is what I said.

Maybe settle on Seal Island or in one of the other disputed border areas, just to see what happens!

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 4 points 3 days ago (8 children)

Citizenship is granted to everyone born in Canada, as well as children born to Canadian parents who are born abroad. There is no real legal mechanism for revocation.

Canadian passports are issued to Canadian citizens.

This seems like a pretty valid legal question?

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 6 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Legally I don’t know that we can revoke citizenship

I don't think so - the only time citizenship can be revoked is if it was fraudulently acquired, as far as I know.

The article does a pretty good job of outlining the ways Canada could (and should, to be frank) make things difficult for a province that has declared independence, though.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I thought it was pretty clear that I do, for the reasons already stated.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 6 points 5 days ago (3 children)

we shouldn’t be doubling or tripling our military budget to satisfy Trump’s demands

I simply don't think many people would agree that that's the reason we're doing it.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 9 points 5 days ago (2 children)

It's disappointing, but at the same time I don't have a big problem with the government stepping up subsidies for the industry.

I just wish it was a "why don't we have both" situation.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 10 points 5 days ago (5 children)

Trump demanded increased NATO spending and the countries did it. This isn’t rocket science.

No, it's not rocket science. Trump continually threatens to abandon NATO and its allies, so everyone else has to pick up the slack. Not because he wants it, but because it's an absolute necessity. I really don't see a credible argument that Canada shouldn't be investing in defence.

MAGA is a white supremacist phrase through and through. There is no excuse for repeating it.

A defensible position to take, but I think Carney's intent in using it is fairly clear, whether you agree with it or not.

And Carney did cancel the DST

That's why I used it as an example. The article should have, but didn't. There are a number of things that could legitmately be held up as examples of "appeasement," but I don't think the article did so.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 27 points 5 days ago (13 children)

I think the article's "appeasement" angle is pretty bullshit.

No one in NATO is boosting military spending to appease Donald Trump - it's the inevitable response to the realization that the largest NATO contributor is unreliable.

The recent "MAGA" line was an appeal to American investors to spend money here. It appropriated Trump's language, but that's the opposite of what he wants.

Carney campaigned in decreased reliance on the US, not on severing all ties.

Actual examples of appeasement would be things like ending the digital services tax, and I'm sure we'll see more like it when the CUSMA talks get started.

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