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I remember a conversation years ago with someone complaining that we needed stricter Canadian-content rules because she watched too many US programmes. I explained to her that I seldom watched TV and tended to read books from different countries. She was taken aback by finding herself in the...

Councillor wields new power to put 'bunkhouse' developers on the spot - Ottawa - CBC News Until it could irritate the middle to upper classes. Then we're all for regulation. Interesting how the world works. NIMBYism is alive and well it would seem.

https://www.gsma.com/publicpolicy/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/GSMA_White-Paper_Mandatory-Registration-of-Prepaid-SIM-Users_32pgWEBv3.pdf On the one hand, it's known that criminals use prepaid phone to remain anonymous. On the other hand, There's this from Wikipedia: [While there is no doubt...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulation_of_Interception_of_Communications_and_Provision_of_Communication-related_Information_Act,_2002 Does Canada need a law like this one? I'be been thinking about just how easily I'd bought a prepaid mobile phone recently. Though I paid by card, I could...

Bank of Canada may hike interest rate for 1st time in 7 years next week - Business - CBC News With all of that borrowing and spending, it looks like rates will now need to go up. If Canada were smart, we'd profit from the economic growth south of the border by raising taxes, reducing...

The liberals want to change it, the conservatives not. Simple solution: de-officialize it and let everyone sing it as they like. It works for the UK with the Royal anthem, no? Likewise for holidays. Instead of officializing national indigenous people's day, just de-officialize Canada Day...

FjK3JoA0Lac Looks like the Nazi soldiers participating in the Blitzkrieg were blitzed on Chrystal meth. UsgCAObh7qo Fascinating. It would seem that the same chrystal meth that helped the Wehrmacht blitz Poland, France, etc. devastated it by the time its troops reached Russia, hallucinating...

The US population all knew (or ought to have known) what it was voting for when it voted for the name I shall not name. Why do now all act surprised each time another surprise comes out of the White House? Out of respect for people with disabilities, let's please just not name him for the next...

11 June 2008? https://www.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/eng/1100100015644/1100100015649

Woman shoots boyfriend dead in YouTube stunt gone wrong - World - CBC News Unlike murder which is intentional, manslaughter is strictly unintentional. Once it's determined that there is not enough evidence to prove murder and there is reason to believe that the killing is accidental, I think...

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/investigations/oxycontin/article33448409/ Interesting article here. It turns out physicians were initially highly hesitant to prescribe opiods but Purdue invested massive sums of money to promote Oxycontin to them, with much of the advertising being...

Free trade between provinces? That would be anarchy: Neil Macdonald - CBC News | Opinion Canada: a protectionist nationalist's dream-come-true.

Given the money that Federal departments spend on travel, why does the Government of Canada not establish a videoconferencing room in each major city that any Federal department could rent out for meetings and such? I don't deny that a civil servant must sometimes physically travel to one...

Present Canadian laws push private health care abroad, a loss of valuable source of potential consumer spending and tax revenue in the Canadian economy. Meanwhile, we scratch our heads wondering where we'll get the money to help First Nations communities. Why not allow privately-funded health...

Canadian lumber producers face average 27% duties after 2nd wave of U.S. trade action - Politics - CBC News Hmmm... Well, if the US wants its imports to become more expensive, maybe Canada could help out. May I recommend a USD0.05/kg and USD0.05/kilowatt export tariff to the US, to be increased...

Given that everybody votes, including those who do not go on to university, and that how they vote affects them directly, and maybe even more than it does the rich, should everyone received a basic compulsory education in economics?

Google voice provides free US numbers only so far, which means that as far as I know, we won't be able to receive incoming Google Hangouts calls over Canadian phone numbers just yet. However, Google Dialer is now in Canada and so it is now possible to make unlimited free outbound calls to US...

I read about Textnow last evening and decided to download it and experiment with it. Though I did eventually uninstall it this morning after concluding that it did not meet my needs, I must say that it's still an impressive plan that could work for some. It provided me with a free local area...

I was landed on a documentary last night about a Canadian woman who had been fooled into visiting a person she thought was a friend in Columbia. After she took him up on his offer to invite her to visit him in Columbia, his organization kidnapped her and tried to pressure her to become a drug...

My prepaid Telus plan costs me CAD 100.00/year for a local mobile number with 400 local anytime minutes and 400 texts. My Telus data add-on costs me CAD 10.00/month for 100 mb of data. My Skype plan costs me CAD 4.00/month (with a 15% discount if I pay for a year) for unlimited outgoing calls...