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I don't know about the U.S., but in Canada, "dwelling-houses" (i.e. people's private homes) are treated differently than most other things. If you walk into someone's business property or farm land, and there was not a sign or other explicit indication from the owner that you are unwelcome there, then it legally is not 'trespassing'.

I did a bit of searching, and "trespass" isn't even a criminal offense in Canada, it's governed by provincial law (e.g. see the Trespass Act of the Province of British Columbia). "Breaking and entering" (s.348), however, *is* a criminal offence, as is being in a person's dwelling-house without lawful excuse (s.349).

Anyway, my point is that using the analogy of a person's dwelling-house is inappropriate, because computers are not dwelling-houses, and dwelling-houses are treated specially under the law -- at least in some jurisdictions.

Wow, that represents about 80% of my beat-off fantasy time right there.

really?

"A WTO panel on Tuesday upheld U.S.-imposed anti-dumping duties on imported Canadian softwood lumber, but said the U.S. government's calculations of the duties were wrong." - CBC

Anyhow, waitlists are a big problem in Canada. For instance, from the British Columbia Ministry of Health website (I picked BC because that's what google gave me first), let's say I want to have Knee Replacement Surgery. At this point, I'm needing a new knee, so I can't frickin' walk, and I'm in a metric shitload of pain (I'm told in Canada they use the metric system). So, picking a random hospital, I see that the wait time is currently 58 weeks with one surgeon and 99.1 weeks with the other surgeon. The third doctor does not perform knee replacement surgery, it seems.

Do you really feel that waiting between 1-2 years for essential surgery is acceptable? That kind of shit would never fly in the US. We do not sit around here for 1-2 years with busted knees. We get them fixed.

Maybe that's the cause of your dizzy spells. The knowledge that if you were to have a health problem in Canada, you will be unable to obtain prompt treatment at any price. Well, I shouldn't say "at any price". You can always seek treatment down here in America. Growing up in Minnesota, I knew of many wealthy Canadians who obtained heart surgery in the US because they did not want to die in Canada on some waitlist.

I can't believe you fail to see the problem here. In the US, we don't have waitlists. We just call the hospital and make an appointment. We look at your waitlists (with waits measured in years) up in Canada with sheer horror that you would tolerate such a system. The last place on earth I'd want to fall ill is Canada.

Well, okay, but how much is necessary?

The North American Free Trade Agreement. http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/HET/Softwood/ or google for softwood lumber dispute.
Of course it could be argued that a trade agreement signed by congress and the president isn't a treaty but it still shows how little the USA obeys international law and why they are untrusted.

There are only TWO judgements in the BC Supreme Court between Telus and TWU so far in 2005. None of them ask for an injunction against the website. Please read the following judgements:

http://www.courts.gov.bc.ca/jdb-txt/sc/05/06/2005b csc0642.htm

http://www.courts.gov.bc.ca/jdb-txt/sc/05/02/2005b csc0264.htm

Where is the judgement where Telus has asked to block the website?

There are only TWO judgements in the BC Supreme Court between Telus and TWU so far in 2005. None of them ask for an injunction against the website. Please read the following judgements:

http://www.courts.gov.bc.ca/jdb-txt/sc/05/06/2005b csc0642.htm

http://www.courts.gov.bc.ca/jdb-txt/sc/05/02/2005b csc0264.htm

Where is the judgement where Telus has asked to block the website?

The Pecking Order for BC:

1. Supreme Court of Canada Court of last resort
2. BC Court of Appeals Normally sits as 3 judges but can reconsider it's own rullings with a bank of 5 or 7
3. BC Supreme Court Civil court, major felonies and appeals of lower courts
4. BC Provincial Court non-indictable crimes

BTW: The injunction is probably unconstitutional, but I can't see anybody appealing it.. By the time the appeal went thru, the book would be released. I'm guessing that the judge who issued it just didn't want to face down his/her kids for not protecting 'ol Harry.

"Raincoast and Bloomsbury, along with our global partners, have promised fans of Harry Potter that we would do our best to ensure that they would be the first to discover the secrets contained within Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince on July 16th," said Jamie Broadhurst Director of Marketing for Raincoast Books, "and we felt that we had to take all necessary legal action to keep our promise to Canadian fans."

Oh Jesus galloping Christ. LEGAL ACTION. for spoilers. in a CHILDREN'S NOVEL.

From the Polite Letter with Teeth: The terms of the Court Order mean that if you have obtained a copy of the book early you must not disclose or reveal any information about its contents or give any copies that you may have to anyone else. The Court Order also requires anyone who has a copy or copies of the book to return them to Raincoast immediately.

http://raincoast.com/harrypotter/injunction.html

If anyone would care to join me in informing Madam Justice Kirsti-with-an-I M. Gill she's a stupid git, her office may be reached here: http://www.dir.gov.bc.ca/gtds.cgi?esearch=&view=de tailed&sortBy=name&for=people&attribute=name&match Method=is&searchString=Kirsti+M.+Gill&objectId=746 5

the price of wood isn't really controlled by us here in the U.S. It's controlled no small part by korea and japan and canada.

Canada? But the discussion is about wood prices that are too high. Canada's currently enduring US trade sanctions on the grounds that we sell our wood too cheaply.

That, mind you, is softwood.

It isn't that obvious to me. From what I've read, this is a very long running trade dispute over whether Canada dumps (subsidizes) softwood lumber in the United States, and whether the United States can impose anti-dumping or punitive tariffs on the lumber, and if so, at what level. I don't see anything that says the United States is ignoring relevant trade treaties, just that there is a dispute. See here for a Canadian synopsis. Calling that "ignoring treaty obligations" is a big leap, unless you classify any position that deviates from the Canadian view of things as a treaty violation.

I was half joking about the global warming, but on a serious level I have witnessed a change in climate.

Anecdotally:
I live in Vancouver. Being a coastal city it is warmer than the rest of Canada, and the temperature has never stayed below freezing for very long, but when I was a kid we used to have at least one good cold snap a year that would last long enough (a week or so) that we could go skating on the local ponds.

During the ten years that I was in High School, and college we seemed to have a cold snap about every three years.

And during the last 6 years the local ponds have only frozen once. Every winter I tell the guys at the office that if the ponds freeze over I'm skipping out of work to play hockey. For five years I have been waiting and it finally came this winter.

Some facts:
An interesting web site on climate change in BC is here: Ministry of Water, Land, and Air protection, Gov of BC

I was just reading in the paper (Vancouver Sun) the other day that the B.C. provincial government plans to make broadband accessible to every community (defined as any area containing a school or hospital or other public building) in B.C. in the immediate future.

A quick look at some fun B.C. facts shows that B.C. is roughly four times larger than Great Britain (~950,000 km^2), has a population of 4.1 million people and comprises of 75% of the world's stone sheep population. So, with a population density of 4 people per square kilometre, I think it is safe to say that population density is not the limiting factor of broadband availability. The article also claimed that somewhere in the neighbourhood of 95% of B.C.'s population already has access to broadband (I hate to paraphrase something like that though).

Hansard is the official record of parliamentary proceedings in Westminster-style parliaments

see for example
http://www.legis.gov.bc.ca/hansard/8-5.htm

B.C. politics should be on TV, it should be broadcast world wide. There is Nothing in this world like B.C. politics.

Isn't that what the B.C. Legislature channel is for? As for the world, there's a Webcast of the legislature.

...with specific rules for high-tech industry so ppl don't get to be fscked over by large companies?

I have a friend who works for EA here in Vancouver. He was in "crunch mode" for about two weeks, then they hit alpha, and he went back to his regular schedule.

This is in Canada, tho, and there are specific rules for high-tech industry and it does not exclude overtime.

The contracts are for the Medical Services Plan, which covers all residents of BC, and Pharmacare, which covers drugs. The provincial government has amended the privacy laws in an effort to satisfy critics, but a lot of people aren't convinced that this will do the job. I can't find an article on the privacy law amendments right off, but here's a link to a statement by the BC Government Employees Union (which admittedly has other concerns about outsourcing), and here is a BC government page with relevant information.

Looks like it was formed in a watery animal. Scat (such as Dinosaur coprolite) is what it looks like. Mars poop Ca poop Earth poop

Here in British Columbia, Canada, we are already saddled with even worse regulations. Check out the Employment Standards Exemption for High Tech workers.

Here's an excerpt:

"High technology professionals" are employees who: Develop information technology systems; Develop scientific or technological products, materials, devices or processes; or, Conduct scientific research and experimental development.

And here's the rules that DON'T apply:

• Employees are not to work more than five consecutive hours without a 30-minute meal break.
• Split shifts must be completed within 12 hours.
• Minimum daily pay.
• Employees must have 32 consecutive hours free from work each week.
• Overtime pay.
• Employees are entitled to either a paid holiday or extra pay when they work on a statutory holiday.

There's 2 rules: love your god, and love your neighbor... He didn't stand outside of abortion clinics and call people names.

If life begins at conception, then wouldn't there be something wrong with doing nothing about abortion though?

Consider that in my province of residence, so much as silently holding a sign within 50 meters of an abortion clinic is against the law. Even a peaceful form of protest is disallowed.

There are "good samaritan" laws around here that say since he's a doctor, he's obliged to help.

I don't know what it is like in the states, but in Canada, the Good Samaritan Act is intended to protect people who help out accident victims, not to force people to help out.

I am assuming you are referring to the recent impass between the EU and the US. The NA in NAFTA stands for North American. Last I checked neither Canada nor Mexico were members of the EU.

Or he could be reffering to the massive tarrifs the Bush administration has been levying on Canadian softwood lumber for the past couple of years.

CBC Story

BC Government

Euros aren't the only ones who feel the sting of American protectionism

-Pinkoir

However, it is good enough for land titles in British Columbia (not very many survey monuments to tie into for minesites in the middle of nowhere).

Provided they met Survey accuracy standards of 0.02 meters, 2 centimeters plus "100 parts per million times the baseline distance" up to 0.12 metres.

AFAIK a single receiver GPS, as found is all consumer grade GPS units, and based on the photo in the article, the device in question, do not met this criteria.

Maybe 10 years ago GPS wasn't good enough. However, it is good enough for land titles in British Columbia (not very many survey monuments to tie into for minesites in the middle of nowhere). I don't know if I would want to do building construction layout (millimetre accuracy) using GPS, but if GPS is fine for land titles, it should be OK for most purposes. The Geodetic Survey Division of Natural Resources Canada has some more info on the different GPS methods. Check out the final part on Carrier Positioning accuracy - sub centimetre (10mm) is acheivable.

political views support free trade

Bull.

They support protectionism at every opportunity. Just check out the Canada Softwood Lumber Dispute. Time after time International agencies have condemmed US actions, yet they continue imposing unilateral duties. This has dragged on for twenty-two years

Here are other disputes.

1. The organization in question, Barwatch, donated $5000 to the incredibly right-wing Liberal party (go figure) that currently runs the province. The same organization was behind a fight with the worker's compensation board of BC regarding the rights of workers not to have to work in a cloud of second-hand smoke. The Liberals changed the law to remove the WCB ventilation requirements.
2. The same liberals have passed (I think) some privacy legislation that allows disclosure of personal information collected by observation at a performance, sports meet, or a similar event that is open to the public (Think Tampa superbowl), and allows organisations not to tell individuals what information they have, "if the disclosure of the personal information would reveal confidential commercial information that if disclosed, could, in the opinion of a reasonable person, harm the competitive position of the organization". In other words, it's pretty wide open.
3. This isn't the first time Barwatch has cranked up surveillance of its patrons: This article mentions that video taping has been going on in Barwatch bars for three years before the article was written, in 1999. It also demonstrates that while these programs are justified by safety concerns, they are also used for marketing data.
4. These guys have some power: Apart from the smoking legislation, Barwatch also lobbied to implement bus service later, and allow bars open later. Recently, the BC Liberal party allowed bars to be open until 4 AM on Fridays, and Translink began offering night bus service to at least SFU.
5. On his geocities resume web site, Bradley Shende claims to be the Barwatch founder. According to his site, "Barwatch is an original concept. It's purpose was to establish communication between licensed establishments and the various branches of municipal law enforcement and regulation to create a forum of co-operation rather than adversity, and to set standards by which we would all operate our licensed premises. The organization has been a success over the years and is now branched out into the US and all over Canada." Apparently he is also "a quick study on systems and software". Nice win2k experience, Bradley.
6. Barwatch has changed their phone number, and no longer has a web presence (www.barwatch.org as posted on Shende's web site). I was unable to contact them before posting this. The often cited name of the chair and spokesman of Barwatch is Vance Campbell.

It is telling, if not surprising, that in all of the media coverage, I have yet to hear the bar owners address the issue of privacy legislation. BC's forthcoming private sector privacy law, Bill 38, due to come into effect Jan 1st 2004, imposes very specific requirements upon organisations handling personally identifiable information, including collection, use, consent and access, among others. I'd be interested to hear BC's Information and Privacy Commissioner's view on this proposed scheme - as far as I can tell, the bar owners have not made any consideration of the legal duties this legislation will impose upon them.

For a more recent example, see Kamloops Incident Investigation. Wherein after laying off all of the staff at an already understaffed government office, a middle manager is laid off. He promptly returned to the office and shot his boss, the shop steward, and himself.

Miami, not Miami.

BC, not BC.

Syracuse, not Syracuse.

Its well recognized that a passionate individual is a high performer; but a dollar-seeker is just biding time. I'm glad that CS grads will start to shift into the former category.

But, who forgot to tell government? The British Columbia (Canada) government has decided to double the student enrollment in CS, CE, and EE.

Are any other countries, provinces, or states on equally dubious footing?

Hon. M. Sihota: The opposition seem to be irritated that I made some comments about trustees. They never seem to have any difficulty in taking some shots themselves at trade unions. Be that as it may, it is true that I made some comments about the trustees during the course of this dispute. It is my responsibility to comment on what is happening in a particular dispute, and indeed I did.

(Interjection.)

Hon. M. Sihota: Look, if the yappy cocker spaniel over there will settle down, we could....

F. Gingell: Listen to who's talking. Go back and read the way you used to speak in this House when you were in opposition.

The Chair: Order, please. Hon. members, the Chair doesn't wish to intervene, but if members are going to take liberties with respect to personal comments on individuals, it will be incumbent on the Chair to ask them to withdraw. I would ask the minister to withdraw the term "cocker spaniel."

Hon. M. Sihota: I withdraw my comment that the hon. member is a yappy cocker spaniel.

The Chair: Thank you, hon. minister. Please proceed.

Hon. M. Sihota: I'll wait for the member to settle down before I speak again...

Somebody has to pay the freight, and that somebody is any of a number of corporations. Corporations that know full well they will cease to exist if they do research from which they cannot recover, and the only way to recover research costs is to hold the market for a period of time (patents).

Or the government can fund it for the public good.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a private communication or to a communication intended to be private.

You appear to have answered you own question. You can say you hate anyone for any reason...this law does not stop that and, as indicated above, actually says it does not apply in that situation.

But you can't publish it. Publish means flyers, leaflets, newspapers (other than letters to the editor), videos etc (and possibly web sites, but this has never been tested...and likely never will since most ISP have their own rules about this ans would teminate your service).

This law is a direct result of the various trials in Toronto of Holocaust denier Ernst Zundel, who was formerly procecuted under an old law for "knowingly spreading false news". The law is not meant to stiffle free expresion of opinions, but to prevent propoganda that incits violence and hatred against identifiable groups and minorities (or even women, who in Canada are a minority of 52% of the populace). You should have provided a link to the purposes of the act. BTW, even if this was challenged, the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms would prevail.

BTW, the law you've quoted is the Human Rights Code of the Province of British Columbia from 1996. It does not apply to all of Canada nor is it a criminal law.It applies only in the province of BC. This law is a private law sanction requiring an individual or group to file a complaint with the provincial human rights commission for investigation within 1 year of the incident. Therefore there is no prior restraint of an individuals actions. This act also has nothing to do with or no affect on the University of Toronto, which is a different province!

Canada Customs has been quite "overzealous" in it's holding up of shipments of various forms of "porn" (gay literature, occasionally some pro-choice literature, and, of course, the kooks from the aynrand institute), but the information has almost always get through (as in the case you quoted).

In other words, no-one's liberty was taken away without due process of law...perhaps we could ask some of the prisoners at Gitmo or Jose Padilla and his ilk about due process, habeous corpus and fair trails, if we or their lawyers were allowed to meet with them.

As for displaying swastikas publicly, you've clearly never been to Toronto when the Heritage Front or when the Church of the Creator/George Burti and those pin heads are marching.

Canada may not be perfect, but it does a hell of a lot more for individual and group liberties and rights than is the current norm in the US. And next time, please at least get you facts straight before spreading your right-wing, libertarian, Ayn Rand-ish FUD. :)

7 (1) A person must not publish, issue or display, or cause to be published, issued or displayed, any statement, publication, notice, sign, symbol, emblem or other representation that

(a) indicates discrimination or an intention to discriminate against a person or a group or class of persons, or

(b) is likely to expose a person or a group or class of persons to hatred or contempt

because of the race, colour, ancestry, place of origin, religion, marital status, family status, physical or mental disability, sex, sexual orientation or age of that person or that group or class of persons.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a private communication or to a communication intended to be private.

The pamphlets were eventually released. But the issue is not whether a few pro-Israel writers are allowed, for the moment, to publish our ideas in Canada. The issue is that the Ayn Rand Institute had to seek the permission of Canadian customs to do so. Speech is not free if it is allowed only by permission of the state.

I call bullshit on this one. Show some links and back up your statements.

The "BC dept. of forestry" is actually called the BC Ministry of Forests. For some information from them about wood density, you could start with this paper on hemlock density. From the summary (Page 39):

"This report describes the results of basic physical wood property analyses of 39- and 90-year-old coastal western hemlock trees from British Columbia. The results of this study show that second-growth western hemlock trees can produce stemwood densities equalling the old-growth standard of 0.42 even in relatively open stands."

Here is some info on biodiversity Disturbance is a natural part of succession, and any removal of trees interferes with the forest ecosystem. Many forest systems depend on a major disturbance such as fire for regeneration, which is why properly managed clear cuts can actually be beneficial for some species (hint - look at the age distribution of trees within old growth stands - they are often within a few years of age for species such as fir). Biodiversity is greatly impacted by succession, and while poor forest management (guided by short-term economic goals such as unemployment rates) will screw things up, it is only a question of degree.

As I understand it, the critical factors in managing the forest are how much impact a given management practice will have:

• what type of harm would cutting the trees do?
• what are the extents of the impact, and what are the consequences to the forest ecosystem?
• whow much environmental impact is the community (those people impacted by the loss of habitat / ecosystem structure / diversity) comfortable with for a given economic return?
• what are the impacts on forest succession?

It is a gross simplification to say that clearcuts are bad, let alone to say that clearcuts are bad for all tree species in every biogeoclimatic zone.

I call bullshit on this one. Show some links and back up your statements.

The "BC dept. of forestry" is actually called the BC Ministry of Forests. For some information from them about wood density, you could start with this paper on hemlock density. From the summary (Page 39):

"This report describes the results of basic physical wood property analyses of 39- and 90-year-old coastal western hemlock trees from British Columbia. The results of this study show that second-growth western hemlock trees can produce stemwood densities equalling the old-growth standard of 0.42 even in relatively open stands."

Here is some info on biodiversity Disturbance is a natural part of succession, and any removal of trees interferes with the forest ecosystem. Many forest systems depend on a major disturbance such as fire for regeneration, which is why properly managed clear cuts can actually be beneficial for some species (hint - look at the age distribution of trees within old growth stands - they are often within a few years of age for species such as fir). Biodiversity is greatly impacted by succession, and while poor forest management (guided by short-term economic goals such as unemployment rates) will screw things up, it is only a question of degree.

As I understand it, the critical factors in managing the forest are how much impact a given management practice will have:

• what type of harm would cutting the trees do?
• what are the extents of the impact, and what are the consequences to the forest ecosystem?
• whow much environmental impact is the community (those people impacted by the loss of habitat / ecosystem structure / diversity) comfortable with for a given economic return?
• what are the impacts on forest succession?

It is a gross simplification to say that clearcuts are bad, let alone to say that clearcuts are bad for all tree species in every biogeoclimatic zone.

I call bullshit on this one. Show some links and back up your statements.

The "BC dept. of forestry" is actually called the BC Ministry of Forests. For some information from them about wood density, you could start with this paper on hemlock density. From the summary (Page 39):

"This report describes the results of basic physical wood property analyses of 39- and 90-year-old coastal western hemlock trees from British Columbia. The results of this study show that second-growth western hemlock trees can produce stemwood densities equalling the old-growth standard of 0.42 even in relatively open stands."

Here is some info on biodiversity Disturbance is a natural part of succession, and any removal of trees interferes with the forest ecosystem. Many forest systems depend on a major disturbance such as fire for regeneration, which is why properly managed clear cuts can actually be beneficial for some species (hint - look at the age distribution of trees within old growth stands - they are often within a few years of age for species such as fir). Biodiversity is greatly impacted by succession, and while poor forest management (guided by short-term economic goals such as unemployment rates) will screw things up, it is only a question of degree.

As I understand it, the critical factors in managing the forest are how much impact a given management practice will have:

• what type of harm would cutting the trees do?
• what are the extents of the impact, and what are the consequences to the forest ecosystem?
• whow much environmental impact is the community (those people impacted by the loss of habitat / ecosystem structure / diversity) comfortable with for a given economic return?
• what are the impacts on forest succession?

It is a gross simplification to say that clearcuts are bad, let alone to say that clearcuts are bad for all tree species in every biogeoclimatic zone.

I call bullshit on this one. Show some links and back up your statements.

The "BC dept. of forestry" is actually called the BC Ministry of Forests. For some information from them about wood density, you could start with this paper on hemlock density. From the summary (Page 39):

"This report describes the results of basic physical wood property analyses of 39- and 90-year-old coastal western hemlock trees from British Columbia. The results of this study show that second-growth western hemlock trees can produce stemwood densities equalling the old-growth standard of 0.42 even in relatively open stands."

Here is some info on biodiversity Disturbance is a natural part of succession, and any removal of trees interferes with the forest ecosystem. Many forest systems depend on a major disturbance such as fire for regeneration, which is why properly managed clear cuts can actually be beneficial for some species (hint - look at the age distribution of trees within old growth stands - they are often within a few years of age for species such as fir). Biodiversity is greatly impacted by succession, and while poor forest management (guided by short-term economic goals such as unemployment rates) will screw things up, it is only a question of degree.

As I understand it, the critical factors in managing the forest are how much impact a given management practice will have:

• what type of harm would cutting the trees do?
• what are the extents of the impact, and what are the consequences to the forest ecosystem?
• whow much environmental impact is the community (those people impacted by the loss of habitat / ecosystem structure / diversity) comfortable with for a given economic return?
• what are the impacts on forest succession?

It is a gross simplification to say that clearcuts are bad, let alone to say that clearcuts are bad for all tree species in every biogeoclimatic zone.

I call bullshit on this one. Show some links and back up your statements.

The "BC dept. of forestry" is actually called the BC Ministry of Forests. For some information from them about wood density, you could start with this paper on hemlock density. From the summary (Page 39):

"This report describes the results of basic physical wood property analyses of 39- and 90-year-old coastal western hemlock trees from British Columbia. The results of this study show that second-growth western hemlock trees can produce stemwood densities equalling the old-growth standard of 0.42 even in relatively open stands."

Here is some info on biodiversity Disturbance is a natural part of succession, and any removal of trees interferes with the forest ecosystem. Many forest systems depend on a major disturbance such as fire for regeneration, which is why properly managed clear cuts can actually be beneficial for some species (hint - look at the age distribution of trees within old growth stands - they are often within a few years of age for species such as fir). Biodiversity is greatly impacted by succession, and while poor forest management (guided by short-term economic goals such as unemployment rates) will screw things up, it is only a question of degree.

As I understand it, the critical factors in managing the forest are how much impact a given management practice will have:

• what type of harm would cutting the trees do?
• what are the extents of the impact, and what are the consequences to the forest ecosystem?
• whow much environmental impact is the community (those people impacted by the loss of habitat / ecosystem structure / diversity) comfortable with for a given economic return?
• what are the impacts on forest succession?

It is a gross simplification to say that clearcuts are bad, let alone to say that clearcuts are bad for all tree species in every biogeoclimatic zone.

The minimum wage in British Columbia, Canada is $8 per hour. www.labour.gov.bc.ca

This doesn't surprise me in the least. Up here in Canada, the US Government rushed through tariff legislation to appease their own labour board, why not do the same for Hollywood? Or AOL with their vast empire of Trademark ownership?

When will the US Government ceast this protectionism agenda and work towards a more harmonious system?

I'm also reminded of the Helms-Burton act where One provision forbids executives of companies dealing with Cuba using U.S. property and their families from entering the U.S..

Perhaps I'm being paranoid, but it does make me wonder when all of this is going to end. I live in canada, damnit.. I don't want to be constantly looking over my shoulder for Uncle Sam.

--Maetrix--

I am just graduating from a British Columbia high school, and we are all using the TI83+. I can assure you one thing though, in my physics class, no one would ever have an upper hand with a program whos only function is to solve for a single variable in an equation. In fact, I bet the person would do worse on any test because it would actually slow them down.

I also have a graph link cable for my TI-83, which allows me to interface with my computer. There are many programs out there, but none that would actually give anyone an upper hand.

Our course is designed (and I assume most others) so that the formulas are only just the last step in solving the problem. The real problem lies in understanding what they are asking, understanding what is happening, then recognizing what tools are available to solve it. The forumulas themselves are all just grade 8 algebra, and a retaraded braindead monkey could manipulate them with one hand tied behind its back and one eye closed.

I am about to write the final exam, similar to this, in a week or two.

"7.1 Disputes between Land Owners and Free Miners
The Mineral Tenure Act gives a free miner the right to enter onto all lands where the minerals are held by the government. This includes private land where mineral rights are not held as freehold by the surface title. Section 11(2) of the Act places some restrictions on this right to enter private land; refer to chapter 2.2 for details." http://www.em.gov.bc.ca/mining/Titles/Publications / eb-book/h)chap7.htm

No; not everyone who gets an engineering degree. But a P.Eng, which requires the B.Eng or B.A.Sc plus experience, plus membership in the association, is very clearly a professional in the same sense of the word.

In BC, at least, APEG is regulated by statute (the Engineers and Geoscientists Act, RSBC 1996, 116). I imagine it is the same in the other states and provinces.

-misao (who, while an engineer, is not a professional engineer...)

From the Government of British Columbia web site: NEW SAFE TOGETHER WEB SITE HELPS PREVENT BULLYING

www.safetogether.ca

I find this quite interesting, but it makes sense with everything else I have read about the progression of the education system - more and more schools are teaching children not to think critically, examine facts, compute, and reason, but just give them "job skills" and train them to pass the standardized tests.

Here in British Columbia, Canada, the entrance requirements for universities are indexed against scores on the final exams for various required courses (english, science, social studies, mathematics, etc) in grades 11 and 12. Therefore, in order to qualify for university admission, one has to master the subjects being studied, not "lists of analogies"...

This link to Novus Telecom can be used as evidence.

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Wow, what an ass. I know at least in BC, Canada, requiring people to work 11 hours a day with only a half-hour lunch break would violate the law, regardless if those people are salaried or not.

Better take a second look at those laws. There's a special bit of legislation dealing with "high-technology professionals", that exempts them from many of the provisions of the Employment Standards Act. Take a look here for the details.

I'm not sure if this particular example would be legal or not, but just about all of the other "overtime"-type regulations don't apply to "high-tech" workers. The idea is that your stock options are supposed to make up for all the unpaid overtime you put in, while your semi-literate CEO pulls in 6 figures for sitting behind a nice desk and watching his screensaver (and/or browsing porn) all day.