Canadian politics thread

[Hondaracer]

Originally Posted by CivicBlues

I get it, the demo at the Snoop/Warren G concert was giving off a total 90s White kids from Surrey/Langley/Nanaimo/etc. vibe ifyannowwadimean

I hadn’t seen the type of people at the Lions/50 cent concert congregated in such numbers.. probably ever.. lol

Surprised they knew how to use the skytrain

[GLOW]

Originally Posted by CivicBlues

I get it, the demo at the Snoop/Warren G concert was giving off a total 90s White kids from Surrey/Langley/Nanaimo/etc. vibe ifyannowwadimean

[Manic!]

I had no idea the site true north was owned by the chief operation officer of Shopify. true north had an interview with the founder of the proud boys a terrorist group. They took it down after they got called out.

e North, a right-wing Canadian media website launched by Shopify’s Chief Operating Officer, has taken down a recent interview in which the founder of the Proud Boys rails against immigrants and floats racist theories for why the group was legally designated as a terrorist entity in Canada.

The now-removed interview was posted last Friday and featured a conversation between Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes and True North personality Harrison Faulkner wherein the pair took turns bashing immigrants, trading racist jokes and lamenting ethnic diversity in the City of Toronto.

https://pressprogress.ca/shopify-exe...rrorist-group/

[mikemhg]

Edit: NM

[GLOW]

when i read true north at first i thought it was the owner of that energy drink

[68style]

Context is important Manic!

[Manic!]

This is what happens when you obsess about another man (jt) 24/7.

[Harvey Specter]

Originally Posted by Manic!

I had no idea the site true north was owned by the chief operation officer of Shopify. true north had an interview with the founder of the proud boys a terrorist group. They took it down after they got called out.



https://pressprogress.ca/shopify-exe...rrorist-group/

And the kicker is, he's an immigrant from Iran. Add this to the more bizarre happenings with the far right: a Sri Lankan Muslim who's funding Nigel and Reform UK, a VP pick in the US who has a Hindu wife, and Elon, who rants about having more white kids but had three kids with a woman who's half Punjabi. It makes you wonder who's really pulling the purse strings of the far-right movement.

[Hondaracer]

So this is how fucking stupid we are in B.C./Canada..

The “paper bag” fee just came into effect this week, minimum .25 cents per bag period, minimum $2 per reusable bag. Businesses -must- charge for bags now whether you’re spending $2 at McDonald’s or $2000 at Safeway.

They have a guy on the radio right now who manufactures paper bags in Surrey he outlines that

A) paper bags take MUCH more energy and process to manufacturer, you cut down a tree, you deal with pulp and paper, you ship that to be turned into a bag.

B) the heavy hitters in terms of McDonald’s etc. have such a demand, that there is not even close to the manufacturing capability in North America to keep up with retailers who need paper bags, therefor they are coming from overseas

C) in a shipping container, you used to be able to hold 10 million plastic bags per container, with paper bags, you MIGHT be able to fit 250,000

So instead of plastic bags, we are now shipping and manufacturing paper bags abroad, sending them on boats and planes across oceans, and then charging for said bags, which ultimately end up in the landfill regardless.

Lol like.. this shit is getting -insane-

[whitev70r]

But paper decomposes eventually ... plastics don't. C'mon.

[68style]

Why is the guy in Surrey calling in to trash his own business? lol

[Hondaracer]

Originally Posted by whitev70r

But paper decomposes eventually ... plastics don't. C'mon.

Oh yea, that makes up for planes and tankers transporting the paper from China

This is just one more of those things that is a veiled attempt to “change behaviour” but in reality, the main drivers who will be the largest consumers of these paper bags will never change.

You’re going to bring reusable bags to McDonald’s? Any fast food location?

[Badhobz]

even more ridiculous is that we containerize our trash and ship it to 3rd world countries. hey its out of our hair!

[Hondaracer]

“Climate change” is only localized to the area you pay taxes in.

[Great68]

This whole bag ban thing has seemed like a free gift to retailers from the government, allowing them to provide less service and take in more money.

Like before they would provide bags free, it was a cost of business. Now they get to charge for the bags and keep that money for themselves.

We've had the bag ban in Saanich & Victoria for a few years now and it's shit. Most places don't even pack your reusable bags for you anymore, they'll just shove your shit down the conveyor belt and you'll stand there awkwardly packing it yourself while they're ringing the next customer through and start shoving their shit down the conveyor.

And half of the "reusable" bags are junk too. I've had to throw out so many after just one or two uses because they ripped or the straps broke. You need to reuse your bag 50 times to offset one single-use bag.

[68style]

I got a Toyota bag at the auto show like 10 years ago, still going strong.

Lesson learned, Toyota even makes reliable bags.

[unit]

Originally Posted by Hondaracer

Oh yea, that makes up for planes and tankers transporting the paper from China

This is just one more of those things that is a veiled attempt to “change behaviour” but in reality, the main drivers who will be the largest consumers of these paper bags will never change.

You’re going to bring reusable bags to McDonald’s? Any fast food location?

whenever i get asked if i want a bag for 25c i say no, so i guess it is working?

[whitev70r]

Originally Posted by 68style

I got a Toyota bag at the auto show like 10 years ago, still going strong.

Lesson learned, Toyota even makes reliable bags.

So don't get a BMW reusable bag?

[68style]

Not unless Toyota asked them to re-design parts of it

[Manic!]

Originally Posted by Hondaracer

So this is how fucking stupid we are in B.C./Canada..

The “paper bag” fee just came into effect this week, minimum .25 cents per bag period, minimum $2 per reusable bag. Businesses -must- charge for bags now whether you’re spending $2 at McDonald’s or $2000 at Safeway.

They have a guy on the radio right now who manufactures paper bags in Surrey he outlines that

A) paper bags take MUCH more energy and process to manufacturer, you cut down a tree, you deal with pulp and paper, you ship that to be turned into a bag.

B) the heavy hitters in terms of McDonald’s etc. have such a demand, that there is not even close to the manufacturing capability in North America to keep up with retailers who need paper bags, therefor they are coming from overseas

C) in a shipping container, you used to be able to hold 10 million plastic bags per container, with paper bags, you MIGHT be able to fit 250,000

So instead of plastic bags, we are now shipping and manufacturing paper bags abroad, sending them on boats and planes across oceans, and then charging for said bags, which ultimately end up in the landfill regardless.

Lol like.. this shit is getting -insane-

What are you buying at mcdicks that cost 2 bux that needs a bag?

Plastic bags have been banned in Nanaimo since like 2021. It's not a big deal, customers adjusted. They either bring there own bag, skip using a bag or just buy one. Paper bags also hold more than plastic bags.

[bobbinka]

Originally Posted by Hondaracer

So this is how fucking stupid we are in B.C./Canada..

The “paper bag” fee just came into effect this week, minimum .25 cents per bag period, minimum $2 per reusable bag. Businesses -must- charge for bags now whether you’re spending $2 at McDonald’s or $2000 at Safeway.

They have a guy on the radio right now who manufactures paper bags in Surrey he outlines that

A) paper bags take MUCH more energy and process to manufacturer, you cut down a tree, you deal with pulp and paper, you ship that to be turned into a bag.

B) the heavy hitters in terms of McDonald’s etc. have such a demand, that there is not even close to the manufacturing capability in North America to keep up with retailers who need paper bags, therefor they are coming from overseas

C) in a shipping container, you used to be able to hold 10 million plastic bags per container, with paper bags, you MIGHT be able to fit 250,000

So instead of plastic bags, we are now shipping and manufacturing paper bags abroad, sending them on boats and planes across oceans, and then charging for said bags, which ultimately end up in the landfill regardless.

Lol like.. this shit is getting -insane-

Lets not forget that with all these extra reusable bags piling up at home, people just use them as garbage bags.

[Hondaracer]

Even more insanity from local politics arising today..

Vancouver putting forward a motion to install anti suicide netting on the Granville bridge at the cost of 10-20 million dollars..

Meanwhile, the next story run is that private funding was required to keep the DTES public toilets open..

Fucking Priorities man.. it’s hard to believe how obtuse we are at all levels of govt.

[Hondaracer]

Originally Posted by bobbinka

Lets not forget that with all these extra reusable bags piling up at home, people just use them as garbage bags.

That was the point of the guy who makes them as well, the vast majority are just going to the landfill anyways, he figured only 10-15% were recycled as, in typical govt. fashion, there is no program to do anything with them once they are in your hands.

A guy called in after saying he worked in pulp and paper making egg cartons and they had an active program to return and recycle them with great success. This was of course, with private industry however and not incompetent govt.

[68style]

Originally Posted by Hondaracer

Even more insanity from local politics arising today..

Vancouver putting forward a motion to install anti suicide netting on the Granville bridge at the cost of 10-20 million dollars..

Meanwhile, the next story run is that private funding was required to keep the DTES public toilets open..

Fucking Priorities man.. it’s hard to believe how obtuse we are at all levels of govt.

Isn't that the correct priorities?

Anti-suicide nets save lives, toilets don't... seems like the correct order of importance to me

[Manic!]

Originally Posted by bobbinka

Lets not forget that with all these extra reusable bags piling up at home, people just use them as garbage bags.

Then I guess they are not charging enough for the reusable bags.