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  2. Bombers Rookie Camp/Training Camp/Pre-Season Thread

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    9 hours ago, Adrenaline_x said:

    Is it an immigration issue though?

    He isn't immigrating though.  This is more a Canadian Canada Border Services Agency issues. 

    Yes, it is. At least in part.

    He's a foreign national. He is a subject to IRPA and its regulations - same as any other foreign national who seeks entry into Canada. In Lawler's case, he is authorized entry as a temporary resident with a work permit.

    CBSA enforces IRPA at ports of entry across the country.

     

  3. Manitoba Politics

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    4 minutes ago, Wideleft said:

    False equivalence.  The unions are up front about who they are and represent.  WTF is the Canada Growth Council, who runs it and who funds it?

    More on the CGC: https://pressprogress.ca/tag/canada-growth-council/

    And directly from the CGC website:

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    The Canada Strong and Free Network (formerly the Manning Centre) was founded in 2005 to support Canada’s conservative movement by networking best practices and ideas pertaining to limited government, free enterprise, individual responsibility and a more robust civil society.

    The Canada Strong and Free Network was founded in 2005 as the Manning Centre for Building Democracy to support Canada’s conservative movement by networking best practices and ideas pertaining to limited government, free enterprise, individual responsibility and a more robust civil society. The name change took place at the request of the organization’s founder Preston Manning in 2020.  

    Disgusting *****.

  4. Bombers Rookie Camp/Training Camp/Pre-Season Thread

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    4 minutes ago, TBURGESS said:

    It isn't an immigration issue, it's a DUI issue.

    The two are related. As a foreign national, a DUI (charge or conviction) technically* makes him criminally inadmissible. Whatever wasn't dealt with back in 2021 is 100% on him and it's frustrating to have to speculate on what was missed nearly two years later.

    It's baffling that this was allowed to fester for as long as it has, to the point he's now suspended and it remains unresolved. But it is what it is.

    * there are provisions for individuals - such as athletes, artists, musicians, and other entertainers - to permit entry (Temporary Resident Permit)

  5. Canadian Politics

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    https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/johnston-committee-foreign-interference-1.6866083

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    David Johnston, tasked earlier this year with investigating Beijing's alleged meddling in Canadian politics, defended his decision to hold public hearings instead of a public inquiry into foreign interference while facing a barrage of questions from MPs this morning.

    The former governor general appeared for more than three hours before the standing committee on procedure and House affairs as it continues to probe the government's response to foreign interference.

    "I've identified significant shortcomings in the government's ability to detect, deter and combat this threat. This must be remedied urgently," he told MPs in his opening remarks.

    The report also ruled out holding a public inquiry. Johnston argued that much of any public inquiry would have to be held in private due to the presence of top-secret information.

    He has promised to hold public hearings, beginning next month, "on the serious governance and policy issues."

    Johnston said the public will be able to hear from government representatives, national security officials and members of the diaspora community.

    Those who fear speaking out publicly because of the risk of retaliation will have the chance to provide testimony in-camera, or can submit information privately, Johnston added.

    Johnston has argued that, given the classified nature of the information, a public inquiry wouldn't build trust.

    "I come back to Justice [Dennis] O'Connor, who said that public inquiries in the traditional sense are not particularly useful and can be horrendous in dealing with these things and there are appropriate ways of dealing with them," said Johnston, referring to the head of the inquiry into the detainment and torture of Maher Arar.

    "What we have recommended and what we intend to do in the next five months is to have public hearings on these very important questions of, are our systems adequate? They are not."

    Johnston said he expects his second report, which is due in October, will recommend shoring up Canada's two intelligence review bodies — the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians and the National Security and Intelligence Review Agency.

     

  8. World Politics

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    https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ukraine-russia-war-dam-breached-1.6866723

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    The wall of a major dam in a part of southern Ukraine that Moscow controls collapsed Tuesday after a reported explosion, sending water gushing downriver and prompting dire warnings of ecological damage as officials from both sides in the war ordered residents to evacuate.

    The fallout could have broad consequences: Flooding homes, streets and businesses downstream; depleting water levels upstream that help cool Europe's largest nuclear power plant; and draining supplies of drinking water to the south in Crimea, which Russia illegally annexed.

    The Kakhovka dam break added a complex new element to Russia's ongoing war in Ukraine, now in its 16th month. Ukrainian forces were widely seen to be moving forward with a long-anticipated counteroffensive in patches along more than 1,000 kilometres of front line in the east and south of Ukraine.

    The damage could potentially hinder Ukraine's counteroffensive in the south, while at the same time Russia depends on the dam to supply water to the Crimea region it annexed illegally in 2014.

    Ukraine accused Russian forces of blowing up the Kakhovka dam and hydroelectric power station, while Russian officials on the ground blamed Ukrainian military strikes in the contested area. It was not possible to verify the claims.

    **** Russia.

  9. Manitoba Politics

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    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/browaty-winnipeg-drug-council-1.6865068

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    A Winnipeg city councillor has apologized for a remark he made about people living with addiction after criticism from community organizations working in harm reduction said his comments reflect misinformed thinking.

    (His comments on Facebook) didn't sit well with Arlene Last-Kolb, co-founder of Overdose Awareness Manitoba, whose 24-year-old son Jessie died from a fentanyl poisoning in July 2014.

    "We know how important language is," Last-Kolb said. "And of course, you know, you can't call people zombies.

    "Things like that are damaging. Personally, for myself, it's upsetting. It's disrespectful."

    Last-Kolb is among 36 people and organizations who signed a statement denouncing Browaty's comments.

    "Before he judges, he should show a little more compassion," Last-Kolb said. 

    The statement calls out Browaty for his language and his views on public policy, community well-being and fiscal responsibility.

    "The people who Coun. Browaty repeatedly uses as political fodder have already experienced massive inequity in access to publicly funded supports, including health and mental health supports, and have experienced systemic violence that is well documented. We know that our systems need to change," a portion of the statement says.

    Last-Kolb is among 36 people and organizations who signed a statement denouncing Browaty's comments.

    "Before he judges, he should show a little more compassion," Last-Kolb said. 

    The statement calls out Browaty for his language and his views on public policy, community well-being and fiscal responsibility.

    "The people who Coun. Browaty repeatedly uses as political fodder have already experienced massive inequity in access to publicly funded supports, including health and mental health supports, and have experienced systemic violence that is well documented. We know that our systems need to change," a portion of the statement says.

    "I apologize," Browaty said. "I realize all these people experiencing mental and physical distress on our streets are somebody's kids or parents and they are human beings at the end of the day. They are Winnipeggers."

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  11. World Politics

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    https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-kyiv-attack-16ee160a9ac7fc27b9974c2887b15a8d

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    KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday the United States won’t support peace talks in the war in Ukraine until Kyiv holds the upper hand, possibly after a Ukrainian counteroffensive that appears to be taking shape.

    Blinken said heeding calls from Russia and others, including China, for a ceasefire and negotiations to end the war now would result in a “Potemkin peace” that wouldn’t secure Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity or enhance European security.

    “Potemkin Village” was a tactic Russia’s 18th century government minister Grigory Potemkin used to build brightly painted village fronts to create an illusion of prosperity for Russia’s empress.

    In a speech in Finland, which recently joined NATO and shares a long border with Russia, Blinken repeated the U.S. view that “a cease-fire that simply freezes current lines in place” and allows Russian President Vladimir Putin “to consolidate control over the territory he has seized, and rest, rearm, and re-attack — that is not a just and lasting peace.” Allowing Moscow to keep the one-fifth of Ukrainian territory it’s occupied would send the wrong message to Russia and to “other would-be aggressors around the world,” according to Blinken.

     

  13. Canadian Politics

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    https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/david-johnston-ndp-wherry-analysis-1.6862492

    Wherry makes some valid points.

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    The great irony is that the furor over Johnston's personal credibility has largely obscured what might otherwise have been considered a significant report on China's attempts to interfere in Canadian democracy and the poor handling of intelligence within government. If not for the fact that Johnston's report was preceded by such sensational allegations and partisan accusations of a political cover-up — and the fact that Johnston felt some claims needed to be debunked — his findings might have been considered highly alarming.

    At this point, there are surely people who won't accept whatever comes out of the current process. That group is now bigger than it needed to be.

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    ...it's also fair to say that, seven months into this political firestorm, the only winner seems to be China — which has at least succeeded in sowing discord and doubt.

    As intended, IMO. This is precisely how bad actors mean to operate.

  15. Space is the Place

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    https://www.livescience.com/space/the-moon/new-quasi-moon-discovered-near-earth-has-been-travelling-alongside-our-planet-since-100-bc

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    Scientists recently discovered an asteroid that tags along with Earth during its yearly journey around the sun. 

    Dubbed 2023 FW13, the space rock is considered a "quasi-moon" or "quasi-satellite," meaning it orbits the sun in a similar time frame as Earth does, but is only slightly influenced by our planet’s gravitational pull. It is estimated to be 50 feet (15 meters) in diameter — roughly equivalent to three large SUVs parked bumper to bumper. During its orbit of the sun, 2023 FW13 also circles Earth, coming within 9 million miles (14 million kilometers) of our planet. For comparison, the moon has a diameter of 2,159 miles (3,474 km) and comes within 226,000 miles (364,000 km) of Earth at the closest point of its orbit, according to NASA. 

    Some estimates suggest that 2023 FW13 has been Earth's cosmic neighbor since at least 100 B.C. and that the space rock will continue to follow this orbital path until around A.D. 3700...

    This is not Earth's only quasi-companion; a different quasi-satellite known as Kamo'oalewa was discovered in 2016. The rock sticks similarly close to our planet during its orbit around the sun, and a 2021 study suggested that this asteroid could actually be a fragment of Earth's moon. 

     

  16. Manitoba Politics

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    Being entitled to an opinion doesn't matter when it's backed by ignorance, fear, and apathy for other human beings. And such an opinion isn't worth entertaining.

    Having an opinion should never come before being sufficiently informed. If your opinions aren't backed by factual data and evidence, then they aren't worth ****.

    Intolerant opinions don't deserve to be tolerated.

  18. Manitoba Politics

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    6 minutes ago, Wideleft said:

    They are human beings.  Period.

    Case in point: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/manitoba-shelter-women-1.6859528

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    A Manitoba father says the lack of resources and emergency shelter space specifically for women in Winnipeg is leaving people like his daughter at risk everyday — and he fears she will soon end up dead. 

    The man, who CBC News is not naming to protect his daughter's identity, said his daughter is homeless and addicted to meth and that he and his ex-wife have been unable to get their daughter the help she needs for the past seven years. 

    He said she often sleeps under bridges or in encampments and walks the streets because she doesn't feel safe using Winnipeg's shelter system.

    While most mid-to-large Canadian cities have at least one emergency shelter just for women, Winnipeg does not.

    There are places that are specifically for women who have been trafficked or are leaving abusive relationships but there is no emergency overnight shelter just for females. 

    All of the overnight shelters are co-ed.

    There were 418 people or 35.4 per cent of respondents in the Winnipeg Street Census 2022 who identified as being female.

     

  25. US Politics

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    https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/debt-ceiling-us-1.6861576

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    Veering away from a default crisis, the U.S. House overwhelmingly approved a debt ceiling and budget cuts package, sending the deal that President Joe Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy negotiated to the Senate for swift passage in a matter of days, before a fast-approaching deadline.

    The hard-fought compromise pleased few, but lawmakers assessed it was better than the alternative — a devastating economic upheaval if Congress failed to act. Tensions ran high as hard-right Republicans refused the deal, but Biden and McCarthy assembled a bipartisan coalition to push to passage on a robust 314-117 vote late Wednesday.

     

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