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  1. Ron in Regina

    2SLGBTQQIA+

    http://apple.news/Adtcv3D85S4eHTel3Iheqfw Despite their differences, the fact remains that Muslims and the LGBTQ+ community share a common aspiration: the fundamental right to live their lives as they choose without fear of harm. It is something to remember as this controversy rumbles on...
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    Rapporteur David Johnson, Eminent Canadian

    Mr. Trudeau blamed the Conservatives Wednesday when asked why the government had not yet set up an inquiry – repeating a message he’s delivered more than once in recent weeks. He suggested the Official Opposition was blocking matters from proceeding? “If we are to have a process to move forward...
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    April Fools!! Here's your Carbon Tax F#ckers!!!

    Fuel regulations coming into effect Saturday (July 1st, 2023 Canada Day) will put more pressure on the already-strained finances of Saskatchewan farmers, according to SARM. The clean fuel standards, which are meant to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in fuel production and importation, are...
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    It’s “Grocery Rebate” Day…July 5th, 2023

    We’re trying some tobacco plants this year. Apparently bugs aren’t supposed to like them. ….& beans… …& something like Catnip for old arthritic dogs…. Peppers… Onions… Some of the first crop of Lilies a few weeks back, with other species to come in the next couple of days… Even having a...
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    It’s “Grocery Rebate” Day…July 5th, 2023

    If the entire country is a population of maybe 40,000,000 people….(?) & the current government expects 11,000,000 HOUSEHOLDS to receive this… whatever you wanna call this cheque…& to receive it. You have to be earning about minimum wage or less….Doesn’t that mean we’re already screwed...
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    It’s “Grocery Rebate” Day…July 5th, 2023

    Nobody going to invest their windfall (assuming they receive something) into the stock market (?) or the Casino (?) or bitcoin (?) or lottery tickets (?) or VLT’s or what have you….To try and turn this into bigger money? It’s found/free (?) $$$ assuming you are earning something around minimum...
  7. Ron in Regina

    It's Climate Change I tell'ya!! IT'S CLIMATE CHANGE!!

    Holy Ball-Sweat BatPeoples!!
  8. Ron in Regina

    CRTC (Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission) & Bill C-18

    In further negotiations, the federal government will stop advertising on Meta-owned platforms Facebook and Instagram as the conflict between the company and Ottawa heats up over legislation that would force web giants to share revenues with news publishers. That is all, more or less...
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    It’s “Grocery Rebate” Day…July 5th, 2023

    How’re you all gonna spend your newfound fortunes? This week, the federal government will return a small portion of some Canadians’ hard-earned tax dollars to their bank accounts. The Liberals are calling the move a one-time “Grocery Rebate,” supposedly meant to make up for higher food prices...
  10. Ron in Regina

    2SLGBTQQIA+

    But that was soooo page 169 & June 23rd.
  11. Ron in Regina

    2SLGBTQQIA+

    That’s crazily awesome-ish? It’s sort of like what I was picturing last week between the transvestites & Muslims clashing in protest. Who takes whom to the human rights tribunal (?) or they will take each other?
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    Rapporteur David Johnson, Eminent Canadian

    NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says he’s still “cautiously optimistic” the federal government will call a public inquiry into foreign interference, while conversations about how best to address the issue are ongoing between the different parties. All Opposition MPs have been calling for a public...
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    France Protest Riots this last week

    Trying to find some news coverage outside of Europe (or Canada or the US) on this for different perspectives, and found a couple of somewhat opposing viewpoints: This one: And this one:
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    CRTC (Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission) & Bill C-18

    And this story from the CBC this morning: In a sign negotiations with tech giants Google and Meta over the government's new Online News Act may be at an impasse, the Liberals, the NDP and the Bloc Québécois are expected to present a united front in support of the legislation at a news...
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    France Protest Riots this last week

    There’s fresh video from this morning within the last couple of hours with inspirational CNN type music, but is it old footage (?), and the riots (or protests) have quieted down (?), or are they still burning other people’s stuff with a side of looting?
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    France Protest Riots this last week

    Are they done burning France yet?
  17. Ron in Regina

    CRTC (Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission) & Bill C-18

    We need a counterbalance in the news as we’ve seen in the WE or SNC Lavalin or countless other scandals…that if the only line is the government sanctioned line of information….None of the above would’ve ever been discovered let alone discussed. whether that counter balance comes from...
  18. Ron in Regina

    It's Climate Change I tell'ya!! IT'S CLIMATE CHANGE!!

    Much cooler this morning. Felt like 5°C.
  19. Ron in Regina

    France Protest Riots this last week

    The details are weirder and weirder. This boy (17yrs old) was no angel it sounds like, but that’s no justification for getting shot. If you have to be 18 years old to drive in France, how is he a pizza delivery boy with a Mercedes with Polish license plates? I’m sure there are both nefarious...
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    France Protest Riots this last week

    From the Wiki link above: Nahel Merzouk was a 17-year-old French-Algerian adolescent.[12] He was enrolled at the Lycée Louis-Blériot in Suresnes, where he attended classes for six months, and then stopped going to school. Merzouk worked as a pizza delivery boy in Nanterre.[13][14] According to...