I reported at least 3 of those fake CTV news ads on Facebook each time the reviewer stated it broke no guidelines and it would not be removed.

All I can think of is the sequence in robocop of all the failed robocop experiments.

In Canada if you are physically injured or have a baby you go to the hospital, get care and go home. No worries of bankruptcy.

If you have a non urgent / long term condition you spend years waiting to see someone.

On the whole I still think it is a better system than the US but it really does have problems.

People opt not to get treated or take ambulance in the states due to the costs. Even if you have coverage from work you may only have coverage at specific hospitals for some treatments.

Save you a click, the company they purchased them from went bankrupt.

Proterra, the American company the city purchased the electric buses from between 2019-2022, is in Chapter 11 filing for bankruptcy protection. Edmonton’s on a list of creditors, seeking $1.3 million and fulfillment of service and warrantie

That policy would impact lawyers, doctors and movie/music stars mostly… Musk, Bezos don’t get paid that much, they get paid in stock. When they borrow billions against that stock it counts as debt and don’t get taxed.

• Housing affordability is BAD, but if you avoid the major cities (Vancouver/Montreal/Toronto) it is not as bad
• Many will point out our health care systems is all backed up especially after covid, but if you need urgent care it is there and will not bankrupt you like in the US.
• Most of Canada is COLD in the winter, doing some googling the ONLY place in Canada as MILD as your weather is the west coast near Vancouver (expensive cost of living).
• Canada is MASSIVE https://www.thetruesize.com/ All of Ukraine is about the size of one of our Provinces.
• Canada has a lot of diversity, each Province has a bit of a different personality and mix of cultures.
• Lots of open beautiful places to explore if you venture out.
• Flying domestically across canada is quite expensive, again it is huge.
• Population density is actually quite low over all, we have lots of open space.

I am continually surprised they are still in business.

Did a complete furnace and ac install about 2 years ago. Couldn’t find anyone who would sell me a heat pump, constantly given the high cost emergency heat speech even with that place being in the very moderate GVA

In the US they call back bacon “Canadian Bacon”

You are confusing cobalt with lithium.

Also the existing oil industry also uses cobalt

https://www.chargesmart.co.nz/amp/cobalt-mining

Create a law that singles out specific players in a monopoly to pay other players in a falling monopoly (look who owns nearly all news media in Canada).

Make the law NOT about summarizing and ad funding but about linking which is fundamental to how the internet works and how all sites get found.

Facebook / Google links to Canadian news isn’t valuable enough to them for the hassle so they turn them off, it really was the expected outcome.

No linked article?

Ya, glassdoor shows it as being about half in BC at least https://www.glassdoor.com/Salary/British-Columbia-Wildfire-Service-Canada-Salaries-EI_IE2591677.0,33_IL.34,40_IN3.htm

Similarly those that work in mining are at risk of similar respiratory issues etc. However not all of it can be mitigated or protected against practically.

While both parties are somewhat idiots for not formalizing and following up in writing (particularly given the $ and months between the text and actions), if someone sends me something and I reply by just a thumbs up I DO expect that to convey the same thing as “yes, yep, sure thing, I agree” I would not use it as a read receipt on a question.

If you are single this sounds like it might be an interesting opportunity as long as you find a GOOD place to settle in the US. Much like every province is very different in Canada so are the states.

However keep a few things in mind:

• you will be a foreigner ( make sure you know your rights / or lack there of)
• your employment terms may change immediately from being fairly safe and having severance in Canada in law to changing to at will termination in the US depending on the state and situation.
• find out ALL the details of your company medical coverage and its cost before going, everything will cost you money medically in the US but you might get faster service
• If you are thinking about buying a home find out what the laws are for foreigners on a TN visa… Also find out what the property taxes are as in some states they are VERY high, while the price of the home is attractive.

Alternatively look into low cost of living places in Canada and consider moving within Canada. You may find that there is a lot of difference in the provinces and major cities.

The evidence indicated the Ministry of Children and Family Development (MCFD) hadn’t checked on the 11-year-old boy and his eight-year-old sister for seven months.

That is a long gap vs their standards

Under MCFD standards and practice, social workers are required to visit foster homes and children in care at least every 90 days.

Also why where they with her at all?

The foster mother, according to the evidence, had initially agreed to care for the children for a short period of time.

She describes having the children in her home as stressful and overwhelming, while a pre-sentence report notes she asked the MCFD for assistance as she could not care for the children – but her request was not met.

After reading the article I am not even sure why it was mentioned at all to be honest as it doesn’t seem relevant.

Might have to check that out.

Keep in mind my main opinion is that the LAW is written so broad and bad that it would essentially penalize any competitor to google or Facebook as a linking source.

The internet is literally based on linking, way back Netscape Navigator was THE BROWSER, and included a homepage with links to news and sites, then there was Yahoo, another mostly LIST based site.

Facebook doesn’t really go out and link news, users share news they discover with others, IE word of mouth.

Any manipulation of rank I see as a separate issue, however this bill seems to convolute the two of them. Might be better as a separate bill about search bias, one about content summarization and lets drop the whole pay per link thing.

Like many bills that have GOOD parts we have to look at the whole and many bills and laws are just turd sandwiches…

Do you think news just didn’t exist before Google/Meta?

We used to pay for news papers to get the news, or listen to TV and the Radio with Ads and the CBC was well funded and respected.

I don’t like the change, but it’ll probably help maintain journalism quality

I am not sure pumping more money in will help with that. I think some form of accountability for the style (Neutral and balanced) / facts / quality of corrections needs to be tied to money.