Executives at major food companies say they haven’t seen an impact from the boycott, with one supplier noting higher than normal sales so far this month.
The on-air announcement of Murphy’s death on CBC didn’t mention it, but he left the CBC after it became clear he’d been accepting “speakers fees” from various oil and gas companies. After Peter Mansbridge did the same, the CBC instituted transparency requirements for their on-air personalities.
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I like the idea of the details pane on the right, but it’s hard to read. The text would be easier to understand if the calculation was formatted. Maybe put each value on a different line?
For the past few years, the New Democrats have pushed for a windfall tax on the record profits of grocery giants. Justin Trudeau initially rejected the idea, calling it “simplistic,” then shifted to vaguely threatening to implement it, without following through. Meanwhile, the Conservatives have expressed constant opposition.
It would be interesting to use them as a control, assuming they haven’t received the same donations. Are they proposing stronger legislation or policy?
This is one of those things where I think our political class just doesn’t give a shit.
The public is unhappy, but that hasn’t translated into a threat at election time, so MPs and MPPs let the status quo linger. Politicians are happy to accept the donations, but would there be a different outcome if the Westons hadn’t donated a few thousand dollars a year?
Having said that, I’m all for controls on donations, limits on political advertising, limits on where politicians can work after they leave office, etc.
I looked at the YouTube channels for each party a couple of weeks back. The Conservatives had like six videos released in the previous ten days. The NDP had around five in the previous three months.
I’m coming to believe that the NDP doesn’t get votes because they don’t get their story out. They drop the occasional press release and sound bite, but that’s about it. Meanwhile the Cons do a full court press on every social media platform constantly.
Banerjee says the data shows far too many foreign students were lured to Canada for post-secondary programs with little prospect of a good job in an in-demand field.
“Instead of really trying to bring in the best and the brightest to fill the labour market gaps that need to be filled, what we’re doing is bringing in low skill, low wage, expendable and exploitable temporary foreign workers in the form of students,” Banerjee said in an interview.
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Alex Usher, president of Higher Education Strategy Associates, a consulting firm, says the explosive growth of international students in business programs was largely driven by colleges in Ontario seeking ways to make up for provincial underfunding.
“I don’t think it had much to do with labour market needs, I think what it had to do with was colleges’ financial needs,” Usher said in an interview. “It was a fountain of money.”
“So you see them trying to bring forward different types of one-off incentives like free parking or like mortgage holidays for a couple of months, or things of that nature to try to bring buyers in without resetting the overall value of the units because once that reset happens, then that can change the market dynamics going forward.”
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Loblaws boycott isn’t hurting sales, suppliers say — in fact the grocer’s share price just hit a new high (www.thestar.com)
Executives at major food companies say they haven’t seen an impact from the boycott, with one supplier noting higher than normal sales so far this month.
Rex Murphy, the sharp-witted intellectual who loved Canada, dies at 77 (nationalpost.com)
As he battled cancer, Murphy continued to file, writing about Hamas and Christmas and interviewing Pierre Poilievre with his usual panache
An app that makes character sheets easy to understand (ttrpg.network)
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what lemmy app do you recommend and why?
The Iran-Iraq War was a Terrible War, even by War Standards. (sh.itjust.works)
r*ddit
Grocery giants paid for friendly Liberal, Tory policy with decades of donations (breachmedia.ca)
How Canada's recruitment of foreign students failed to match labour market needs (www.cbc.ca)
Free parking and mortgage holidays: Developers offering new incentives as preconstruction condo sales plummet (www.cp24.com)
Canada's foreign student push 'mismatched' job market, data shows (www.cbc.ca)
It's Rulesday (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
What is a privacy-friendly app or service that more people should know about?
Why doesn't any country do this? (sh.itjust.works)
Are they stupid?...
How the US Is Destroying Young People’s Future | Scott Galloway | TED (youtu.be)
I think this should be seen by more people, it’s also not just a US thing.
[Music] Darksynth recommendation guide (lemmy.zip)
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Boring ass planet (slrpnk.net)
Traffic rule (slrpnk.net)
Sleight of hand in combat
I am running a Tabaxi rogue that is currently 4th level....
Next, Your Ride Home. (image.civitai.com)
(Ajuro) (2024)...
When you roll a Nat 1 on your Survival check. (lemmy.world)