Why do you think a union would be involved in moving stolen vehicles, especially in any sort of decision-making capacity (ie, deciding to support this type of crime)? Is there any evidence to support your allegations of criminal activity?

For his rich investor buddies? Lots! Greenbelt development scandal, Ontario Science Centre scandal, privatization of Service Ontario to Staples, giving Brewer's Retail some absurd amount of money to get out of a contract 1 year early and privatize alcohol sales, scrapped paid sick days, inked a new contract with Enbridge to lock us into natural gas for many more years to come, the list goes on. Ontario is "Open for business"

The petition is open from April 10th to August 8th. So far, it's received over 11,000 signatures. I just signed it. You need to provide an email address (in addition to name, postal code, etc.), which they send a link to, and by clicking that link your signature is added (this is a 1 signature per person safeguard). I looked at the collection/disclosure of personal info briefly. It looks like no info other than #s signed per province/territory will be disclosed and all personal info will be destroyed 6 months after the e-petition closes.

Link to sign the e-petition: https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-4922

If I learned 1 thing from the COVID pandemic, it's that science doesn't matter when it's at odds with established big money continuing to make big money.

Per the WHO, processed meat is in the same category of carcinogen as cigarette smoking. That's the science. In my locale of Toronto, they sell dollar hotdogs weekly at the ballpark of the professional men's baseball team. They dump tons of money into advertising and fetishizing binge meat-eating. They try to increase the stadium's consumption that day well past 40,000 'dogs'. Last I checked, colon cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer death in men and second in women. These dollar hotdogs certainly keep colonoscopists in business.

More money talk. 2/3rds of animal biomass on this planet is 'livestock', which is given three-quarters of the antibiotics we produce. A healthy vegan is very unlikely to need diabetes, cholesterol-lowering, or heart disease meds. Most people on North American-ish omnivore diets will be on multiple prescription meds of these classes for decades of their life. They will need colonoscopies every year or two, starting around age 50. They will need hospitalization and maybe surgery after their first angina attack, heart attack, or stroke. They're essentially a different kind of livestock.

It's amazing how much taxpayer money goes into preserving this extremely-dettached-from-reality status quo that benefits pharmaceutical companies, the medical industry, and Big Meat. It's not serving the people who eat North American-ish omnivore diets, the healthcare system, the tortured non-human animals, or the low-paid humans that are probably stuck in those barbaric industries for lack of access to better work

For what it's worth, I haven't had any issues with Proton VPN and Tidal

This is an intense read, but it's one of the most important articles (or two) I've read about the ongoing humanitarian crisis, genocide, and apartheid

I have no problems with the departure of a newspaper editor who censors criticism of Israel while Israel commits genocide. The paper's owner, however, caught my intrigue. A billionaire who's pro-Palestine, owns a newspaper, and has largely respected the editorial independence of that newspaper -- seems like a rare breed of billionaire

The headline of the article is misleading, and I think this person said it best:

Bueckert said the language the federal government chose is "so vague that anyone can project onto it what they want to think."

And so are you for sharing such important articles :)

I love that cat expression during brushing when you can tell they're focused on monitoring the brushing sensations and not looking around, etc.

This is such a funny picture! And I can relate. I'm usually the last to fall asleep in a (2-person) fall asleep cuddle, and it can be uncomfortable/awkward. Middle cat is so loved though! The brown tabby especially seems to be enjoying this cuddle arrangement

reddit doesn't want their site users to be aware of Lemmy, so those posts/users would get deleted/banned very quickly