Single payer is preferable, just want to point out that healthcare coops are another option

So the boards should be reformed and have equal parts worker/union, patient, and shareholder representation.

China was considered a developing country with cheaper rates for a long time by the Universal Postal Union, an international agreement that sets the rates for postage. The agreement was renegotiated recently so maybe that will change.

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/costofliving/shipping-canada-china-1.6950967

This is why I use an email aliasing service now. Every new site gets a different email address but they all get forwarded to the same account. If one ever misbehaves, their associated email address alias gets deactivated. It’s great to keep track of who’s selling addresses too.

Sometimes unsubscribe just isn’t good enough.

Try

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It baffles me that Americans don’t properly fund their public broadcaster

They weren’t social liberals but they were still liberals nonetheless, and their position on the spectrum was closer to where most liberals are internationally, the centre-right. Take a look at Australia and Britain’s liberals for example. Only in the US are liberals considered to be the left wing because there’s only 2 viable options and actual leftists in the US who vote have to settle with being in the same party as liberals rather than having their own party, which the fptp voting system would ensure would fail. US media has not helped by misrepresenting the definition for decades.

The federal party is run by social liberals, which are centrist.

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I’ve been hiking most weekends in northeastern Ontario. There’s been a lot of rain but I haven’t let that stop me from enjoying the forests and lakes

The province doesn’t permit them to institute congestion charges.

? the age of the Linux phone has been here for years with Android

Really the only reason Apple is going to support RCS is because their feared EU regulations coming up to force their hand

https://www.macrumors.com/2024/02/20/apple-rcs-message-compliance-china-law/

Have we ever thought they were a solution and not just a stopgap?

Until proper alternatives are fully operational, EVs are not the worst thing.

You’re undercutting your own argument here.

EVs make sense in rural contexts, but that is and will always be a niche application. We can’t afford to ignore the bigger picture - most people live in cities. There are more efficient and better options to decarbonize cities than electric cars.

As the other commenter pointed out, electric cars are a step. A lot of people living in cities are ready to go farther now though. Let’s not ignore them or get in their way.

Supposedly there is a way using a macOS emulator, since Vanguard hasn’t been ported to macOS yet

Check out the Ampere Altra Developer Platform

A study of the Swedish school lunch program found that

exposure to the school lunch program had substantial effects on educational attainment and health and these effects can explain a large part of the return to school lunches.

… and …

pupils exposed to the program during their entire primary school period have 3 percent greater life-time earnings.

If this is administered well in Canada, with fresh nutritious food, I’m all for it.

While this crossposted opinion piece is within the context of the UK, Canada can also draw inspiration from across the pond to solve the housing crisis.

While electric cars are an improvement over ICE vehicles that will help the planet, there’s still a lot more potential to decarbonize cities faster and help people get moving again by investing in alternatives to driving and upzoning everywhere permissively to legalize traditional development patterns ie mixed use, walkable, transit oriented streets.

But there cannot be a full renaissance without challenging progressive political power, which, unfortunately, has risen in Toronto.

Swing and miss by NatPo. Not that anyone should expect much from an opinion piece from any of a conservative American hedge fund’s papers.

NIMBYs can come in any political stripe and must be countered everywhere.

There’s grains of truth peppered in throughout this piece but it’s light on quality sources.

Cities will have to become denser mixed use places. More car dependent suburban sprawl is not the answer. It’s been proven not fiscally sustainable.

Getting rid of the efficiencies defence is a good start.

The article also hints at a deeper problem of land use. Zoning is limiting the space where new competitors can establish themselves. The established conglomerates buy up what little land is available.

Provincial governments need to tax ground rents so the revenue gets used to foster competition, not lining billionaires’ pockets.

Municipalities need to open up the suburbs to become denser mixed use spaces, where small businesses can develop and thrive.