I agree with only allowing national and provincial flags in front of government buildings. We dont have a flag put up for every cause, not sure why the pride flag deserves more recognition than an indigenous flag or Metis flags, or the Israeli or Palestinian flag or the Human Rights flag or the Ukrainian flag or any other minority group. Its Canada. If we dont want to show prejudice for or against just fly the national or provincial flag, thats it.
Its not just casual tourists staying home. I follow real estate prices like condos in the touristy parts of Florida and the market is flooded with sellers and prices are dropping significantly. Realtors are saying they have had condos on the market for four months without a single inquiry because the market is saturated with sellers and no one’s coming down to buy. Canadians are fleeing their vacation homes.
The point is focus. It is futile to point the firehose at the weeds on fire in the flower bed when the entire house is going up in flames.
And right now to put out the fire the focus should be on the countries that can actually make a difference, primarily China, the US, India and EU next.
But those also happen to be our biggest trading partners. So in a capitalist country like Canada no one, including the government, wants to damage the bottom line, so instead of having a policy with some teeth like “we will cut our trade with those countries by half until they lower their emissions” what is the message you hear? You hear, “Buy an EV, save the planet” “Get solar panels, save the planet” as if that’s going to actually a dent in emissions in Canada.
It will make an imperceptible dent but the resounding message is please continue to buy buy buy more products and DONT stop spending money on our trading partners. That doesnt make sense and its why I know that our gov’s are not actually serious about climate change.
That seems like a lot of words to say EV trucks suck at towing especially the Lightning.
The very nature of almost all trailers is that they dont have great aerodynamics, especially holiday trailers, a primary reason why people buy a pickup truck.
You’ll notice in these latest talks about pipelines that the gov often mentions indigenous groups as they are the primary protesters for any new pipeline. But it really didnt make sense for them to protest (and do massive vandalism of heavy equipment at one location) when the TransMountain was just a twinning of a pipeline that was already there since 1953. There will always be some bands that protest, but the majority are in favor because they also gain employment and royalties.
It was fascinating to listen to a CBC Special a few years back when they traveled across western Canada to ask people how they felt about the pipeline that was running under their property. The majority of people they spoke to, rural or urban, had NO idea there was even a pipeline underneath them. If they dont even know it, it obviously is not impacting their lives in any negative way. But people gotta protest anyway.
There are multiple *reputable *car and truck magazines that say range of the F150 Lightning drops in half while towing. https://www.motortrend.com/reviews/ford-f150-lightning-electric-truck-towing-test
MotorTrend real world range with no trailer: 255 miles.
Range with light, medium and heavy trailer: 115, 100 and 90 miles.
BIG range killer. Heavy trailer kills range to almost 1/3 of unloaded range.
The Lightning is particularly bad for towing.
We’re actually polluting more than the US per capita.
The planet does not care about PER CAPITA emissions which is exactly why this is a GLOBAL problem and not a Canadian problem. If there was ONE person in Canada emitting 1.5% of the world’s emissions, 98.5% of it would still not be coming from Canada so that per capita argument is moot. The climate only care about totals.
until we’re left as one of the biggest emitters
Mathematically impossible. China could score a MASSIVE feat and cut their emissions by 1/3 and they would STILL emit fifteen times more than Canada. We will NEVER be one of the biggest emitters because we are such a tiny emitter to begin with.
Going back to my initial analogy, the climate is not going to notice if we give up our teaspoon and start using a thimble when China is still using a 3.5 gallon pail instead of a 5 gallon pail to sink the boat.
Im not using feelings, Im using reason and math. 1/3 less of China’s 33% emissions is an 11% reduction. 1/3 less of Canada’s 1.5% emissions is 0.5% which is a margin of error in the science that is based on a computer calculated formula with inexact inputs.
Its a cool truck IF you dont need to tow anything.
But a LOT of contractors tow trailers. Building supply trailers, tool trailers, heavy equipment trailers, air compressor trailers and then on the weekend pulling holiday trailers, boat trailers and sometimes car trailers or moving trailers - there’s a lot of things that get pulled by pickups - and they royally suck for range once you’re pulling. Range drops very dramatically.
Its one thing to pull into a gas station and refuel but MOST charging stations aren’t even set up as pull throughs, so a trailer is a major pain in the butt. The entire point of a new ‘tool’ like the Lightning is to make your life easier and more convenient, not less.
I will say though, that the new Silverado EV has surprisingly long range for an EV. Reportedly up to 800 km with no load and even at half range, 400 km while towing is still usable, not outstanding, but usable.
I said its ‘half real’ as in I believe its the only half the cause for climate change.
As for reason lets try a little reason here: Lets say Canada were to drop into the ocean. The entire country ceases to exist. Now that we’ve removed that 1.5% of global emissions, the change in the climate is now what? Almost nothing. Because 98.5% of emissions weren’t even coming from us, and the globe did not even notice when it was 1.5% less. The world still continues to warm, the climate continues to change. CANADA. DOESNT. MATTER. on the global scale.
Even less logical is the people who just want to kill the entire Canadian Oil and Gas industry. So that would reduce global emissions by 0.5% at MOST. Lovely. Now the world still has 99.5% of the same emissions, but we also have thousands and thousands of people out of work. We are now IMPORTING oil and gas because we still need it, even if we didnt use it for gas/diesel which means production increases elsewhere, likely Saudi Arabia where there are less environmental controls. The gov’s now have to raise billions more in taxes because oil revenues are gone, so everyone is now facing major tax hikes on top of crazy high inflation. Seems like a lovely scenario - especially since NO ONE in the world is going to notice or be better off because emissions have only minutely changed. It makes NO sense.
Who is the “we” that didn’t want the Trans Mountain pipeline? Would that be the Gov of Canada that gets about 1.25 billion in revenue this year from the pipeline? Would that be the 15,000 well paid employees that built and run the pipeline? Would that be the AB and BC gov’s who gain a lot of income tax from those employees? Would that be the people in China, South Korea, Japan, and India who buy most of that oil so they don’t have to burn coal to power their industries and don’t have to rely on shady countries like Russia? Or is it Quebecers who benefit from 14 BILLION a year in transfer payments, the vast majority of which comes from Alberta’s oil revenues? Which “we” are we referring to?
Glad you warned ‘everyone’ about my ‘doomerist propaganda’.
Or maybe I just think for myself, look at the facts as best as they can be determined, and don’t buy into the ‘doom and gloom’ propaganda that says we’re all going to be dead from climate change in the next few years.
I didnt say ANY emissions policy in Canada is pointless. REASONABLE and moderate policy is fine, but things like requiring all cars sold in Canada to be EVs by 2035 are just ridiculous and wrong headed, especially in Canada (and I even drive one).
Your first comment is outlandish and not anything close to the opinion I presented.
And yes, you’re saying exactly the same thing I did when you agree that we’re responsible for moving our production elsewhere. Thats my point. We still buy everything from China and THAT’S the world’s primary polluter not the oil and gas industry.
1.5% for Canada’s emissions.
38% just from two countries - China and the US. Throw in India and its 44% of global emissions. From 3 countries out of 195.
98.5% of global emissions are NOT from Canada. We are barely a teaspoon.
He’s definitely rankled. But I dont think his ‘goose is cooked’. Yet.
If Jeneroux had crossed the floor I think it would be another story but he’s still swearing allegiance to Poilievre even those his reasons for resigning “in the spring” are shrouded in mystery. And I’m 100% sure that there are very strong messages going out from Poilievre’s office to every Conservative MP to test their allegiance.
The tricky part for the Conservatives that would have said “Id rather die than be a Liberal” under Trudeau is that Carney is basically a Conservative in a red suit. He dropped the consumer carbon tax, he’s open to expanding oil and gas, he’s dropped almost all of his climate change rhetoric (a massive shift), he’s presented a tax break for us peons, he wants to cut the public service bloat, he’s demanding a 15% reduction in dept budgets, he’s NOT focusing on identity issues and he’s not a drama guy who cant make a sincere speech - I mean there’s a lot there for a Conservative to like.
Given that, if some Liberal ‘operative’ comes along and says “Mr Carney just wants you to know that if you join us, there’s a plum job waiting for you with the extended pay and benefits and we could probably find a slice of the 150 billion budget to spend in your riding - whaddya want? A new recreational center with your name on it?” Tempting indeed.
If a fishing boat is sinking because there are two big guys sitting on the stern and scooping 5 gallon buckets of water into it as fast as they can, its absolutely pointless to yell at the guy at the bow dribbling it in with a teaspoon, “Do your part and use a thimble instead!”
The only way to make any measurable difference in emissions is to slow down or stop those two guys with the buckets.
The world isn’t ‘sinking’ because Canada isn’t doing enough. Its sinking because we support and buy every product that China and the US produce and our multinational companies and gov leaders have no intention of stopping that and Canadians have very little desire to pay more for goods that cost more but pollute less. If you shop at Amazon, Walmart, Temu, Alibaba, Aliexpress you’re the reason we’re sinking.
Like I mentioned, mine’s an airgun. Not required to be in a safe.
Im glad they have some safeguards now. By the sound of it, ChatGPT 4o didnt. If they put in a safeguard and people use a workaround, I dont see how the creators would be liable. Cant disable your airbags and run into a tree and blame the auto maker.
If a cold country is asking for our gas, especially to eliminate dependence on a hostile foreign regime, that is definitely a worldwide improvement and harm reduction for millions of people. Its wishful thinking to say ‘eliminate it’ but thats not going to happen overnight, if ever, in some countries. If we have the resource NOW and they need it NOW, then its in their best interest AND ours to sell it to them now.
One would think the programmers would have put in some safeguards that would trigger and AI would tell the user “If you’re feeling suicidal you should call 988 the National Suicide Crisis Line.”
These changes are long overdue and despite the description as a “gift” to corporate landlords they will be hugely helpful to ‘mom and pop’ landlords and to fix the very broken Landlord Tenant Board.
If they’re not paying rent, why does a tenant need 14 days for an eviction notice? In AB, we can give notice the day after rent is due, although they still have 14 days to pay after that.
Good. Because raising “repair issues” AFTER notice for non payment of rent has just been used as a delaying tactic in ON. If they have been raised BEFORE the notice they are likely legit complaints. And paying 50% of rent owing shows they are trying to catch up. Its fair.
The article doesnt state what those circumstances are but it definitely needs clarification. Being late once or twice on rent is generally not cause for eviction, but if its constant it definitely presents a problem.
That one is a bit more controversial. In AB, a fixed term lease just ends on the last day of the lease, there is no tenure. If both sides are happy with the last lease, they usually make an arrangement a month or two ahead of the end date and just sign a new lease. If either party is unhappy, the lease expires and its done, no eviction needed its just over. Tenure works fine when everything is going well, but it also locks in the lease rate to whatever the gov allows.
These changes do seem to be more in favor of landlords but that’s not a bad thing when the ON Landlord Tenant Board is extremely broken - tenants in ON have dragged out evictions for months and months knowing that there are several ways to game the system and ultimately no one wants to build more rental housing if they cant at least get rents paid so it ultimately hurts tenants by decreasing supply.