After this process, there needs to be a serious discussion about Section 107, how the government has been using it, and how prominent companies have come to expect workers to be forced back to work, robbing them of their leverage — as Air Canada’s CEO openly admitted. It can’t continue.
Devin Dignam
@devindignam.bsky.social
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Currently located in Victoria, BC. Former doer of many things, including educator, DFS pro, referee, & editor at Wagesofwins. Fan of General Ludd. I write (wrote?) biting leftist parody songs for fun: https://devindignam.substack.com/p/coming-soon
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"In a statement to CBC News, @emilylowan.bsky.social said the ability of billionaires to build private havens in B.C. while using private jets that fuel the climate crisis is a "stark warning" to governments of the need for action." www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Elon Musk makes surprise touchdown in small B.C. town | CBC News
The Tesla CEO flew into Bella Bella, on B.C.'s Central Coast, Saturday and flew out Monday.
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Affluent White Man Enjoys, Causes The Blues https://theonion.com/affluent-white-man-enjoys-causes-the-blues-1819565488/
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How much sawdust can you put in the sausages before people stop showing up to buy them
In polling world, “synthetic sampling” (using LLMs to replace human respondents) has been getting a lot of attention recently. Last wk, Ipsos announced a synthetic panel!
But does it actually work? Here’s a white paper I wrote: “Your Polls on ChatGPT”
Synthetic Sampling Report | Verasight
A report on the challenges of "synthetic sampling" for public opinion polling.
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Sign up, and she might call you, maybe.
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Mark Carney plans to significantly cut other areas of government so we can give the military $150 billion per year. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
5 Canadian soldiers suspended after Nazi salute video emerges | CBC News
The Canadian Army is now dealing with another incident of alleged hateful conduct that involves Quebec-based soldiers caught on video allegedly partying while some people at the event delivered Nazi s...
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Did you feel shaking on Monday evening at 7:17 p.m. on southern Vancouver Island? 100's did That was a M3.6 earthquake ~18 km SE of Port Renfrew (70 km W of Victoria). No damage and only light shaking (thx to 36 km depth). ⚒️🧪 Details/report shaking: www.earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/recent/2025/...
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Add a funny constraint to it, like trying to make the whole thing as alliterative as possible ('P' being the obvious choice), or sticking in as many sneaky jokes as possible.
Or just ignore it and talk about something more interesting 😉
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I felt something at this time and wondered if it was an earthquake
3.6 Magnitude earthquake near Port Renfrew Monday night, lightly felt
Earthquakes Canada says a 3.6 Magnitude earthquake Monday night was lightly felt on southern Vancouver Island. The quake happened at 7:17 p.m., about 18 kilometres southeast of Port Renfrew, at a depth of 35 kilometres. Early…
3.6 Magnitude earthquake near Port Renfrew Monday night, lightly felt
Earthquakes Canada says a 3.6 Magnitude earthquake Monday night was lightly felt on southern Vancouver Island. The quake happened at 7:17 p.m., about 18 kilometres southeast of Port Renfrew, at a depth of 35 kilometres. Early notifications of the earthquake had it measured at 4.1 magnitude. There are no reports of damage, and officials say none would be expected.
