Canada is a failed state

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I live in Nova Scotia, and not in Halifax so not in the city, in the middle of nowhere pretty much, The fact that I call Halifax "The City" should be good enough indicator, but if that doesn't tell you how small Nov Scotia is now over 1 million, but that happened right around covid before we started importing people in. We only even got Doordash because of covid. We don't have Uber, we have taxis and a bus that goes by once an hour. That's it. The one good thing about our taxis here compared to the city is we don't use metered fares - It's always been point A to B is X$ and A to c is X+1. My point is, you got drunk downtown after getting out of class instead of stumbling up the hill 1.5kms you could pay $4 and hop into a taxi. If you had them stop at the late night minimart on the way there they charged you an extra buck, maybe. Depends on the driver and how busy it is. That kind of a small town.

I had an emergency this morning and needed to get to the bank before it opened. Bus wasn't an option. I had to call a cab, $10. BOTH WAYS. She said it's been that way a few months now and that they had just raised the prices for out of town that was in town for a while now.

I know some of that inflation and just getting old but twenty fucking dollars. I hate it here.
 
Hectic Heckler said:
Canada has become an untrustworthy ally
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When the USA was preparing for the strikes on Iran, they didn't even attempt to inform us or ask for our help like they did with Europe. They already distrust us and keep in mind, even the democrats are sus of Canada, for example the dems are calling for the ban of chinese evs from Canada from crossing the border.
 
Well colour me surprised, the courts are deciding to exacerbate the Alberta independence issue

An Alberta Court of King’s Bench justice has quashed Elections Alberta’s approval of a petition seeking a referendum on Alberta independence from separatist group Stay Free Alberta.

The decision puts the future of the independence petition, which Stay Free Alberta said has garnered more than 300,000 names, in question.

In two decisions issued Wednesday, Justice Shaina Leonard found that chief electoral officer Gordon McClure made an error in law to approve the second citizen's initiative petition and failed to consider an earlier decision that said separation would violate Treaty rights.

Leonard's conclusion says there was an error of law, "rendering the [chief electoral officer]'s decision unreasonable."

She also found that the government, as representative of the Crown, failed in its duty to consult with applicants Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation, Blood Tribe, Piikani Nation, and Siksika Nation.

Stay Free Alberta collected signatures between Jan. 2 and May 2. Mitch Sylvestre, leader of the group, delivered the petition to Elections Alberta's Edmonton office on May 4.

Jeff Rath, one of Sylvestre's lawyers, was unhappy with Leonard's decision.

“We disagree fundamentally with the decision which appears on its face to violate principles of natural justice and contain numerous errors of law," he wrote on X.

"We have been instructed to prepare and file the appropriate appellate documents.”

Premier Danielle Smith said in question period that she would have more to say on the judge's ruling after she has a chance to read it.

"We will be reviewing the results of this judgment and then making some decisions," she said. "We obviously have a number of different processes that are ongoing right now."
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Leave it to Canadian judges to do the one thing that increases the likelihood of what they're wanting to prevent.
 
"Sorry, but second-class resource colonies aren't allowed to vote of these sorts of things. Only Quebec can. Oh, and Injun chiefs have a racial veto."
 
Scale Smerch said:
Well colour me surprised, the courts are deciding to exacerbate the Alberta independence issue
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The Court of King's Bench in Alberta has its judges appointed by the Federal Government. Just so everyone is aware.

This is more legal fuckery than it is anything else. What law was violated? What duty to consult is there? Referendums are non-binding, they can be ignored, they usually are ignored. Now, this benefits both Smith and Carney as they go "whelp my hands are tied." Smith's strategy is to do nothing, while Carney's is use media to inflame tensions. Both are working against it behind the scenes.
 
Scale Smerch said:
Well colour me surprised, the courts are deciding to exacerbate the Alberta independence issue


Leave it to Canadian judges to do the one thing that increases the likelihood of what they're wanting to prevent.
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Even if Ottowa shuts down the "legal" way of independence, I really dont think albertans will do shit. I honesty think they will just take it and continue to be buck broken tax serfs.
 
harbringer883 said:
Even if Ottowa shuts down the "legal" way of independence, I really dont think albertans will do shit. I honesty think they will just take it and continue to be buck broken tax serfs.
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Honestly at this point I’d just take something Happening worthy. If I’m going to be stuck here I might as well try and be entertained.
 
harbringer883 said:
Even if Ottowa shuts down the "legal" way of independence, I really dont think albertans will do shit. I honesty think they will just take it and continue to be buck broken tax serfs.
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"Legal" Seperation is very poorly defined. I don't think this is the end, plus Stay Free Alberta are filing appellate documents so this will go though the next step. I think there has been multiple attempts to block the petition. They may succeed in preventing it from being added to the October referendum but it'll probably still happen eventually.
 
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