all cable television companies are required to put a percentage of their revenue into, which is then doled out to make Canadian movies and television shows (most of which nobody actually watches, of course.)
Except for Québec movies who are wildly popular about.
We have to keep in mind that English Canada has no significant culture of it’s own, given how much it is not much distinguishable from American “culture”
Public radio tends to be quite good. NPR in the states, France Info, Inter, culture (etc...) in france... and I assume similar chanels in other countries.
You never joke with law enforcement officers. They have been specially bred and selected for non-intelligence, and will always SWOOOOSHED by any joke that’s smarter than what a 8 year old can grasp.
If the site is in Québec, they just need to send the Sûreté, they have jurisdiction.
As of the notwithstanding clause, it only affect language regulation; it was actually included in the Constitution to enable English provinces to discriminate against French people.
It will last. The Régie des alcools, des courses et des jeux du Quebec has the power to regulate this stuff and the Canadian government cannot do anything about provincial rules like this. This is all to promote their own gambling websites, of which the canadian gov gets their cut as well, unlike with those "illegal websites".
If the federal could do anything, we wouldn't have to be excluded from every giveaways ever just for living in Quebec due to the terrible laws we have over here.
Nope, it won't last. Telecom is under FEDERAL regulation, so whenever an ISP will be told to block such and such website, they will say "va te faire foutre" (go fuck yourself), and when they'll be sued, they'll just point out that Québec has no jurisdiction.
If you find someone in Quebec who only knows a few words of English, chances are those words will be swear words, and will be used fluently. Of course, the majority of the population speaks English fluently, whether as first or second language, and is quite capable of laughing at the assnat.
LOL. When we swear, 100% of the words we use come from the catholic liturgy.
We HATE religion with a passion, up here. So it's only natural that our pissed-offness be expressed with religious words.
a VPN will be taken as a sign of suspicious behaviour. That last one is terrifying.
When everyone uses a VPN, everyone will be suspect.
When everyone is suspect, are they going to investigate & arrest everyone or shut-down the internet?
What government will survive either of these?
The ignorance in that comment is staggering. Which is perfectly normal for the average canadian post about Québec.
The notwitstanding clause allows a law to bypass SOME elements of the Charter of Rights.
That clause was put in the constitution AT THE INSISTENCE of western provinces in order to allow them to DISCRIMINATE AGAINST their french minorities.
The first time it was used in Québec was 25 years ago, by the extremely FEDERALIST liberal party. And that ended 20 years ago because such laws cannot last more than 5 years.
So, no, Granby outlawing online insults has nothing to do with the notwithstanding clause, nor is not specific to Québec alone; it can happen anywhere else in Canada.
Canadian citizens have more freedom, because the Charter of Rights applies to everyone, not just the government. In the US, citizens have less freedom because the constitution only applies to the government, so big corporations are free to oppress the people.
This explains the popularity of right-wingers, ordinary people who would have nothing to gain for voting for right-wing parties, yet who keep doing so.
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The middle class’ quality of life started to go down once communism collapsed in Europe
And telephone sanitizers!
all cable television companies are required to put a percentage of their revenue into, which is then doled out to make Canadian movies and television shows (most of which nobody actually watches, of course.)
Except for Québec movies who are wildly popular about. We have to keep in mind that English Canada has no significant culture of it’s own, given how much it is not much distinguishable from American “culture”
Public radio tends to be quite good. NPR in the states, France Info, Inter, culture (etc...) in france... and I assume similar chanels in other countries.
As well as CBC in Canada
You never joke with law enforcement officers. They have been specially bred and selected for non-intelligence, and will always SWOOOOSHED by any joke that’s smarter than what a 8 year old can grasp.
Wasn't Rusty gay?
6-digit UID?
Newbie.
Look who's talking...
If the site is in Québec, they just need to send the Sûreté, they have jurisdiction. As of the notwithstanding clause, it only affect language regulation; it was actually included in the Constitution to enable English provinces to discriminate against French people.
It will last. The Régie des alcools, des courses et des jeux du Quebec has the power to regulate this stuff and the Canadian government cannot do anything about provincial rules like this. This is all to promote their own gambling websites, of which the canadian gov gets their cut as well, unlike with those "illegal websites". If the federal could do anything, we wouldn't have to be excluded from every giveaways ever just for living in Quebec due to the terrible laws we have over here.
Nope, it won't last. Telecom is under FEDERAL regulation, so whenever an ISP will be told to block such and such website, they will say "va te faire foutre" (go fuck yourself), and when they'll be sued, they'll just point out that Québec has no jurisdiction.
That would be "you insensitive Claude"...
If you find someone in Quebec who only knows a few words of English, chances are those words will be swear words, and will be used fluently. Of course, the majority of the population speaks English fluently, whether as first or second language, and is quite capable of laughing at the assnat.
LOL. When we swear, 100% of the words we use come from the catholic liturgy. We HATE religion with a passion, up here. So it's only natural that our pissed-offness be expressed with religious words.
Nobody is starving just because people with money are using legal tax shelters.
Sure they are; government assistance programs are not as funded as they could be.
As soon as you make a pen and paper that can be transmitted around the globe in fractions of a second, I'm sure you'll have a business case.
Sure! Elisha Gray had a pretty good business case for precisely that thing, back in 1888
Big Government leaned on Big Media
Er, no. Big Corpo leaned on Big Government and told Big Media that Occupy was ++ungood.
a VPN will be taken as a sign of suspicious behaviour. That last one is terrifying.
When everyone uses a VPN, everyone will be suspect. When everyone is suspect, are they going to investigate & arrest everyone or shut-down the internet? What government will survive either of these?
The ignorance in that comment is staggering. Which is perfectly normal for the average canadian post about Québec. The notwitstanding clause allows a law to bypass SOME elements of the Charter of Rights. That clause was put in the constitution AT THE INSISTENCE of western provinces in order to allow them to DISCRIMINATE AGAINST their french minorities. The first time it was used in Québec was 25 years ago, by the extremely FEDERALIST liberal party. And that ended 20 years ago because such laws cannot last more than 5 years. So, no, Granby outlawing online insults has nothing to do with the notwithstanding clause, nor is not specific to Québec alone; it can happen anywhere else in Canada.
There are dumb cops everywhere. But here, cops don't make the laws, politicians do. So we have dumb politicians here, too.
Granby is renowned for it's zoo. Seems that the monkeys aren't all in the zoo...
Plus, your car can tow away itself.
Then there should be a tax to support all those repo-men who will be put out of business!!!
There, I fixed it for you.
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Here is one of the most influential documents sent to the federal cabinet that led to the eventual ressicion.
Canadian citizens have more freedom, because the Charter of Rights applies to everyone, not just the government. In the US, citizens have less freedom because the constitution only applies to the government, so big corporations are free to oppress the people.
The restrictions only apply to COMMERCIAL SPEECH and even in the US, there are restrictions to commercial speech.
Only businesses have been affected by law 101 and businesses are not human so they do not have human rights.
This explains the popularity of right-wingers, ordinary people who would have nothing to gain for voting for right-wing parties, yet who keep doing so.
They'll need it!
Bunch of hypocrites...