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You're right, but this thread is about cultural challenges Canada is facing today

The ones that don't explode

Canadian values = a mix of western European values, at least traditionally. We are all descendants of immigrants. 70+ years ago most of those immigrants were from Europe, be it Ukrainians/Poles/Italians/Irish/Scottish/English/German/Hungarian etc. Despite vastly different cultural backgrounds...

The government also changed the rules for car/truck safeties, it's become a lot more strict and there are digital verification requirements now. I suspect a lot of shops who don't want to deal with that are opting out.

Case in point: most highways in Europe are 130 km/h and they do just fine

Police will probably be even more restrained after Durham police chased that van driver onto the 401 and he killed that family. Though Toronto is getting their own choppers so maybe they'll be eager to use them.

Unfortunately the congestion is by design as city bureaucrats thumb their noses at drivers, you could fill a book on that subject. I still wish TPS did more though, OPP or other GTA police services still take traffic enforcement seriously and it shows.

The 5 choppers are 10% (134 mil), so the 1 chopper going to TPS is ~27 mil, which is roughly 3% of the TPS budget. I think that's reasonable. Regarding drones, it might work for the GTA but for people like OPP that cover wider areas, not so much. They also can't carry people and lack all around...

$134 mil for 5 choppers doesn't seem too bad, the Toronto police budget alone is $1.2 billion. The largest city in Canada not having its own police helicopter does seem short sighted.

The CRTC is another government agency we don't need.

I remember under Harper the CBC tried to be somewhat more objective, as the threat of being defunded was there. When Trudeau took over in 2015 it was like a switch flipped and he was all the CBC was about. Remember all the stories about Syrian refugees? We accepted 25,000 of them but the CBC...

Well even those conditions are better than where they came from. Once you bring in enough people who are okay with that, the standard of living starts to slide...

Doug Ford's obsession with Ontario Place is comical, you really have to wonder what he promised someone. That said the area as it currently stands is dead land, at a certain point even a spa/casino is better than nothing. The Gardiner/DVP news is good. It's a huge budget hole for the city and...

https://firearmrights.ca/federal-court-upholds-oic-gan-ban/

It's a TikTok thing. There have been mall lootings in the US organized along similar lines.

I'd rather end it a couple years early than end up in one of those LTC places, to be quite honest.

I see at least one or two Lee Enfields unceremoniously sticking out of that barrel they tossed them into, sad.

Don't worry, driving to High Park won't be an option anymore anyway as Bloor will soon be gridlock from Islington to Dundas West due to the bike lanes.

Must be that evidence based policy I've heard so much about.

From 15-minute city - Wikipedia "The 15-minute city (FMC or 15mC) is an urban planning concept in which most daily necessities and services, such as work, shopping, education, healthcare, and leisure can be easily reached by a 15-minute walk or bike ride from any point in the city. This...