The number represents the time legislators are legislating. I believe committees only sit while parliament is in session, so this is more or less the maximum time a bill can be discussed and amended.
Generally, I’d consider the ever shrinking number an indication that bills aren’t being appropriately debated. Yes, bills are heavily workshopped before they are presented, but that’s among a small group of people without any public feedback.
On average, provincial and territorial politicians sat about 47 days in legislatures last year
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I love her Morpheus sunglasses.
It was good to see the GDP per capita increase as well. I don’t feel like things are getting better, but I hope these job numbers get things moving in a better direction.
Growth last month was concentrated in full-time work, StatCan said, and was widespread across industries.
Construction led the way with a gain of 27,000 jobs, followed by the information, culture and recreation sector and the transportation and warehousing industry. Tariff-sensitive manufacturing also posted job gains in May.
The wholesale and retail trade sector took the heaviest hit with a loss of 35,000 positions in the month.
I was working at a music festival, schlepping cases of beer. Some guy hit me with “I’m Gord Downie’s cousin, give me one”, I didn’t know who he was talking about, so I told him that and ignored him.
Later, a bunch of Ontarians told me I did that in perfect deadpan. In reality, I grew up on the east coast, where the Tragically Hip wasn’t nearly as popular, so I legitimately had no clue who he was talking about.
The prime minister says there are positive signs in the latest economic report, including increased business investment and household income growth outpacing inflation.
I’m curious how household income growth is distributed.
My downvote reasoning:
Do I think editorial cartoons have a place in discourse? Yes.
Do I feel that politicians expensing extravagant lifestyles are a worthy part of political discourse? Yes - Bev Oda May disagree.
Do I enjoy criticism of Carney? Yes.
However, AI fuckery displaces existing jobs, avoids royalties, and (in current form) builds dependence on scummy companies.
Hence the downvote.
It’s a new idea they were taking for a spin.
tbf, they’ve gotten away with so much that it’s really just professional courtesy at this point
The statement that the new commercial veneer is dying needs to be backed up: YouTube, TikTok, Spotify, and Reddit still drive traffic, despite the slop, and because of the commercialization. Meta and Facebook are doing fine.
I like what he says about the underlying protocols, but it is missing a bit of nuance: Google has been instrumental in the evolution of HTTP; SMTP became a very different game when Google (via Gmail) pushed authentication; DRM made it into browsers thanks to Google and media companies.
Commercial companies may be benefiting from open protocols, but they are also pushing them in new directions. The stack the author remembers still exists, but it has been changed by that commercial “veneer”.
Imagine wanting remuneration for time and labour.
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Thanks, that was an interesting video.
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Peter Dalglish, founder of the charity Street Kids International and brought into the order in 2016, was found guilty in Nepal of sexually assaulting two boys, aged 11 and 14.
Former SNC-Lavalin CEO Jaques Lamarre, who was made a member in 2005,was found guilty of collusion and corruption in relation to the firm’s work in Libya with Saadi Gadhafi, son of former dictator Moammar Gadhafi.
SNC renamed itself AtkinsRealis to try to get people to forget about their various corruption scandals.
At least someone is getting a fair payout from the lawsuit.
Life is short. Replace cyan toner. 👍
The world before AC was rough.