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This is the first time Kinew has indicated any openness to the idea of a second port, which has been raised before.

The prior Progressive Conservative government in Manitoba put forward a funding commitment to study it, but Kinew's government cancelled that.

On Tuesday, he said the idea would not even be on the table if Trump didn't upend world trade.

 

A section of the Disraeli Bridge Roadway will aptly be called Bachman-Turner Overdrive following a dedication ceremony on April 18.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah, from what I've gathered from previous articles on the topic, CSIS does not have boots-on-the-ground spies, foreign assets, or the infrastructure to support them.

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

Assuming stardates happen sequetionally

No

I have to admit, I'm a little uncomfortable with this one - expropriation is a pretty extreme measure, and more housing is needed.

But I have no skin in this game, the details are obviously pretty complex, and it seems like a pretty unique situation.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Then we should be tracking down and firing everyone involved from all parties?

Yup.

In this case, I think there might be a case to be made.

"The prosecutor would be, I think, concerned … if the investigation was still going on behind the scenes, without them being looped in, while they're trying to prosecute a case," said Michael Arntfield, a criminologist and professor at Western University who worked for 16 years as a detective with the London Police Service in Ontario.

"If they say they can't interview him, that to me sounds like they've taken direction either from the Crown or from superior officers to not potentially interfere with the prosecution."

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 20 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Sure, I just don't find "everybody does it" to be a particularly compelling argument. Wrong is wrong.

Absolutely. It's beyond me why someone would be against a hearing taking place, considering a "no" would be practically guaranteed in cases like these.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 5 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Carney said they’ve been “reassigned” within the campaign.

Not nearly enough.

 

CBC’s Kate McKenna, who broke a story about Liberal operatives planting Trump-style buttons at a conservative conference last week, is covering Carney on the campaign trail this week.

She asked Carney how much the incident undermines trust in the Liberals — given the “anti-democratic” connotations of one of the pins, which bore the slogan “stop the steal,” a reference to Trump’s attempts to overturn the 2020 election results — and what he’s done in response to the revelations.

“This is totally unacceptable, to be absolutely clear … I was unaware of this behaviour, but on behalf of my campaign I apologize for it unreservedly,” he said.

Asked later whether the Liberals have fired the staffers involved, Carney said they’ve been “reassigned” within the campaign.

“This behaviour or anything approximating it in that spirit is unacceptable, cannot happen, cannot happen again,” he said.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 36 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Is it safe to say that casual use of the notwithstanding clause has been normalized to the point that there are no real consequences to invoking it any more?

I don't know much about military training, but I do know that grouping students into "squadrons" is done today - I don't know that the grouping is based on anything, but it makes a certain kind of sense that Starfleet would embrace a kind of "meritocracy" approach to it, even if it also comes off as elitist.

Perhaps Nova Squadron is a long-held academy tradition, and despite the initial fallout of the 2368 incident, that’s overshadowed by its long history of outstanding cadets, a legacy the academy didn’t want to suddenly erase.

I think this is likely. Scandals come and go, but they often don't overpower institutional inertia.

Despite the mixed results last season, I am glad that RTD is putting at least a little more weight behind the arcs than his previous "recurring words in each episode" schtick.

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

We'll always look ahead to the future if we get the chance to keep running. I've got ideas. "I think I'll do that near [Season] 4 or 5." And that's always the way I've worked on things. So yes, I could promise you amazing stuff at the end of Season 4. There are things we've already mentioned that are going to bear fruit a long time into the future. So that's just the fun of it. That's the fun of Doctor Who. But, to say again, it's the pit stops along the way.

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