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Ottawa will fly American flag at city hall on July 4, citing protocol in c/ottawa@lemmy.ca

[–] thelokes@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Maybe they should fly it at half-mast.

Turns Out Appeasing Trump Only Emboldened Him in c/boycottus@lemmy.ca

[–] thelokes@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

True: Brookfield’s 2018 lease deal with Jared Kushner and Qatar's financing involvement. Misleading/Unverified: Carney’s condo in Trump Tower, bailing out the Kushner family, and a direct role in the 2018 deal. Contextual nuance: He wasn’t involved in the original lease deal, and while the HQ move happened under his watch, it was a board-level decision.

FYI anyone can fact-check an article easily with links to quotes and references using your favourite LLM.

Claim	Verdict
2018 lease — true	✅ Confirmed
$1.1 B upfront, Qatar funding — true	✅ Confirmed
Carney involved in 2018 deal — false	❌ Misleading
Carney owns Trump Tower condo — false	❌ Unverified
Carney personally bailed out Kushner — false	❌ Misleading
HQ move under his influence — nuanced	🔶 Partly true
Senate inquiry — true	✅ Confirmed

B.C. port workers resume strike after union rejects tentative deal in c/canada@lemmy.ca

[–] thelokes@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago

Reading the other comments on this - I used to relate to them until I was exposed to the industry for a while and wow.. All I can say is the public has a very different narrative, one that is crafted to create support for the unions, versus the real issues they are trying to resolve.

Without port automation, the infrastructure will continue to be slow, inefficient and dangerous, involving more workers to complete simple movements. This is not how you grow a business but when forced to hire a workforce from an organization with the power to strike, how do you progress when they stick their heads in the sand and release statements like:

ILWU Canada said the recommended terms were not sufficient to protect port workers' jobs "now or into the future."

Let's talk about workplace injuries and lost time, damaged cargo and the resources it costs to continue to operate in the most inefficient way possible while continuing to pay much higher wages than the average labour market. Why don't those stats every show up when a strike is in the news?