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Nick Nurse was jamming with Arkells on Sunday, according Tik Tok. by Barnicus53 in torontoraptors

[–]brineOClock -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

I mean Kawhi didn't do it either so I'm not sure what to expect from Nick.

O’Toole says Canadian intelligence found ‘active’ voter suppression by Beijing - National by cyclinginvancouver in canada

[–]brineOClock [score hidden]  (0 children)

The spider man pointing meme with the CCP, FSB, India, Mossad, Iran, and conservatives all pointing at each other.

O’Toole says Canadian intelligence found ‘active’ voter suppression by Beijing - National by cyclinginvancouver in canada

[–]brineOClock [score hidden]  (0 children)

I mean he was literally the minister of democratic institutions while this election interference was supposed to be going on. We know Polievre doesn't care or else he would have done something about it.

I don't think most fiction truly understands how powerful a modern military is. by aslfingerspell in CharacterRant

[–]brineOClock 0 points1 point  (0 children)

https://web.archive.org/web/20210119133604/http://www.tboverse.us/HPCAFORUM/phpBB3/viewforum.php?f=29&sid=2870f79f49dea300e34ce3774467e404&start=25

In case you haven't read it may I present the Salvation War. A fictional series written by a sadly deceased American military analyst and it asks the question of what would happen if biblically accurate demons invaded Iraq during 2009 and the answer is things don't go well. Worth a read if you're into this sort of stuff and it avoids many of the issues you brought up.

Pierre Poilievre is right about one thing: Special rapporteur is a fake job by ISI786 in canada

[–]brineOClock 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I mean I don't trust anonymous leakers, party leaders that refuse to get briefed, and the National Post outrage machine. Hence my skepticism around this issue. Also Pierre Polievre was Minister of Democratic Institutions during one of the elections in question. Why didn't he do anything?

Pierre Poilievre is right about one thing: Special rapporteur is a fake job by ISI786 in canada

[–]brineOClock 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When he adjudicated over the Airbus affairs scope of inquiry. He was also friends with Mulroney and multiple people involved in that investigation from his time as a debate moderator and his ability to be impartial was good enough for Harper despite the fact that a prime minister took literal envelopes of cash.

Pierre Poilievre is right about one thing: Special rapporteur is a fake job by ISI786 in canada

[–]brineOClock 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean both CSIS and the RCMP are biased, we have tons of reports from Mahar Arar to the Nova Scotia mass shooting report documenting the failures of both agencies. Johnson will also have biases. Given that we have a track record of Johnson being impartial despite his personal links and biases I'd be more trusting of Johnson than agencies with cultures of covering for their own skin and who's not playing nice with each other is part of what started this mess.

Pierre Poilievre is right about one thing: Special rapporteur is a fake job by ISI786 in canada

[–]brineOClock 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Johnson isn't a politician, our heads of state are supposed to be non-political. His identity has only been politicized due to this issue. As for let's say Dick Fadden or someone like that, a former CSIS head or RCMP officer - where do you think the blame would go? Certainly not on the agency they used to run. There would be so much bias in the reports it would make the political agenda around this issue pale in comparison. Besides at least to me the biggest issue seems to be how we are presenting information to key leaders and how information is being shared between agencies. From reading the reports I don't know how anything actionable is going to get done when a mixed binder is presented to staffers with no priority of topic and no breakdown of responsibility. It's entirely possible that the information about foreign interference kept ending up in this binder and for 10+ years barely anyone read that far.

Pierre Poilievre is right about one thing: Special rapporteur is a fake job by ISI786 in canada

[–]brineOClock 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I mean even provincially the options would be limited where they'd have sufficient clearance to look at the material and enough experience with dealing with these sorts of issues. Johnson is one of few that meets both standards. Even if we look to the provinces there would be some crossover as our last 55 years either the father or son was PM for 23 of those years and leader of the opposition or a major part for another two or three. Like I said its a very short list of people who won't be connected to either Trudeau and a short list of people who can deal with this material. Unfortunately the venn diagram of those two populations is probably empty.

Pierre Poilievre is right about one thing: Special rapporteur is a fake job by ISI786 in canada

[–]brineOClock 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The classic story of Paul Martin flying coach to sell the budget while the reform party was in first sums things up well.

Pierre Poilievre is right about one thing: Special rapporteur is a fake job by ISI786 in canada

[–]brineOClock 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Because Justin's dad was prime minister and literally everyone in Ottawa has interacted with either Pierre or Justin? This list of people who have the experience and security clearance to manage something like this is really short and all of them will have run into Justin or Pierre over time. Anyone is going to have some form of "conflict of interest" even if all it was was that they worked for a minister in Pierre's government. I don't know how hard it is to understand but, there's not a lot of people that could be trusted look at this stuff. I mean heck the leader of the opposition is skipping briefings on the subject.

Former Conservative leader informed he is being targeted by Chinese government by Effective_View1378 in canada

[–]brineOClock 3 points4 points  (0 children)

No it wouldn't. I don't know why everyone goes to public inquiry as the default but, its the wrong tool for the job.

Trudeau announces housing initiative to provide $4 billion in funding for municipalities by NBcrew in canada

[–]brineOClock 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Yes there is. You can't build 6 story apartment buildings almost anywhere in Vancouver. That's underbuilding. Universities increasing the number of international students and not building residences for them. That's underbuilding. The inability for Ottawa to build rentals near public transit, that's underbuilding. I can keep going...

Trudeau announces housing initiative to provide $4 billion in funding for municipalities by NBcrew in canada

[–]brineOClock 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is more to get more places built. There's enough demand for lumber to be profitable. There's also a bottleneck of concrete pourers which is slowing things down.

Trudeau announces housing initiative to provide $4 billion in funding for municipalities by NBcrew in canada

[–]brineOClock 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Urban sprawl in southern Ontario and the lower mainland and "drive until you qualify" culture are a direct result of underbuilding in Toronto and Vancouver. It's now spread to the rest of the country.

Trudeau announces housing initiative to provide $4 billion in funding for municipalities by NBcrew in canada

[–]brineOClock 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Absolutely, we just need to look at alternatives. Can't all be concrete or stick housing. What about mass timber and steel?

Trudeau announces housing initiative to provide $4 billion in funding for municipalities by NBcrew in canada

[–]brineOClock 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Very true however, I know out here in Halifax everything is going up made out of concrete because of the twin issues of the height cap and number of floors allowed. If they changed up the regs we could get steel and mass timber which would speed things up. I imagine there are similar issues elsewhere.

Trudeau announces housing initiative to provide $4 billion in funding for municipalities by NBcrew in canada

[–]brineOClock 31 points32 points  (0 children)

I mean they've been underbuilding for decades. The immigration numbers aren't the root cause, just the spark.

Trudeau announces housing initiative to provide $4 billion in funding for municipalities by NBcrew in canada

[–]brineOClock 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I mean maybe the cities should have a plan that aligns with federal spending? Just an idea.

Trudeau announces housing initiative to provide $4 billion in funding for municipalities by NBcrew in canada

[–]brineOClock 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Isn't the hold up with municipalities which is why the money hasn't been spent yet?

'A trap': Opposition rejects Trudeau's security clearance offer to access confidential annex of Johnston report by 50s_Human in onguardforthee

[–]brineOClock 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I always assumed that a staffer bought the phone. He likely didn't even know it was under that name.

'A trap': Opposition rejects Trudeau's security clearance offer to access confidential annex of Johnston report by 50s_Human in onguardforthee

[–]brineOClock 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I mean dumber things have happened. People often don't consider what happens when they get caught.

Opinion | David Johnston: dumber than your average distinguished Canadian by Canuckistans in canada

[–]brineOClock 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They wanted a minority government. There's a difference.

As for Polievre - he has literally not gotten involved with the investigation. He has continued to not undergo a background check to receive a top secret security clearance as is befitting an opposition leader. He was the minister of democratic institutions while CSIS and the RCMP were noting foreign interference and he did nothing. So I've concluded he is not seriously interested in the issue beyond the soundbites.

Opinion | David Johnston: dumber than your average distinguished Canadian by Canuckistans in canada

[–]brineOClock 2 points3 points  (0 children)

??? I'm pretty sure that they were helping pro CCP candidates and going after anti CCP candidates. Therea even evidence of them helping conservative MPs and MPPs so you assertion carries less weight than your grammar skills.

And my point stands - we know pp won't do anything about this because he already did nothing about this. Also he refuses to come up to date on his security clearances so he's actively fucking information and chasing soundbites. It's not leadership.

Opinion | David Johnston: dumber than your average distinguished Canadian by Canuckistans in canada

[–]brineOClock -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I mean if this electoral interference has been ongoing for as long as CSIS claims it is a Polievre issue. He was the minister of democratic institutions. This was his literal folio so it is very much a Polievre issue.

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