Recent content by lenaitch

The way I understand it, every Chinese citizen is 'linked to the CCP' whether they like it or not or know it or not. The mechanisms of the State in relation to its citizens are both pernicious and insidious. Report on a colleague or fellow student, send us a photo of something. Allegations of...

In order for that to be legally binding I think there would have to be some form of 'uber treaty' or something. A piece of government legislation would only bind the Crown side and, push come to shove, a FN could say the umbrella group no longer speaks for them. A similarity would be a union...

The treaties are with the Crown and the will of the Crown in Canada is exercised through the Governor General in Council; i.e. Cabinet. The government has previously adopted the UN Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples that they have the right of 'free, prior and informed consent' on...

People wrongly assume FNs are a unified bloc. Regional, provincial and national bodies are simply lobby groups.

A deep water port only makes sense if it is economically viable, unless the government is into building white elephants. I'm not sure Dougie has articulated what he would do with his shiny new deep water port. A fairly recent study on the Chisasibi port proposal found it was uneconomical...

If I had to listen to that being played in my face, I'd probably go into a trance-like state as well.

True, but we don't flood China or India with tens of thousands of students, have the mechanism to monitor them and have the practical ability to threaten to 'disappear' their relatives if they don't cooperate with the State. According to this, Chinese post secondary institutions have a student...

People who like to compare us to Europe forget (in addition to some geographic and density issues) that they moved to high-speed passenger service from a foundation of reliable high frequency express rail service . The original proposal for Toronto-Ottawa-Montreal was for high frequency service...

Perhaps, but currently it is 'community' (singular) for Manitoba. Although nothing is etched in stone, the federal government's responsibilities to its territories are different than that of its provinces. No answers, and no clue how fresh water ice differs from salt water ice, but Lake...

Not sure what you've been reading but Ford has proposed a 10-lane tunnel under the existing east-west Hwy 401 through Toronto. So goes manufacturing pretty much across the country, and so goes 'twin' hospitals in many Ontario communities. Pretty much every city with a hospital had two; a...

In addition, the amount of freight we ship by rail is far ahead of Europe. Canada is #1 in rail modal share (percentage of all goods shipped) in the world. In terms of long distance passenger rail, few other countries have the distances we have to contend with. Even the Quebec City Windsor...

The Swedish warship Vasa comes to mind. Sailed about 200yds after launch before sinking. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasa_(ship)

To be fair, every representative democracy 'suffers' from that. I would add opioid drug addiction but, admittedly, they may be related.

It will remain two train sets. The future Northlander will be brand-new, semi-permanently coupled 'Venture' sets by Siemens (very similar to the new Via corridor sets). The PBX is a 'mixed' train using refurbished Go Transit single level cars as well as baggage cars and 'chain' cars for...

To some, it's all Turtle Island and Mother Earth. Besides, it's an alliance of several FNTs - he just happens to be from Grassy Narrows. https://www.northernontariobusiness.com/regional-news/northwestern-ontario/first-nations-take-a-stand-together-8148414