I take the opposite approach. If being a adult starts at 18 everything a adult is legally allowed to do should be available at 18. Be it drinking, driving, voting, joining the military, etc. this constant babying of adults needs to stop.
Keep in mind we get all upset over sex being described but don’t blink a eye over reading books describing murder, war, etc. which is all a whole lot more unnatural than sex.
Maybe. Have your read or read about whats contained in books like Flamer or Fun home?
That's a very good point, inclined to agree with you. I'm not a fan of banning books from libraries and censoring knowledge.
I learned the phrase "blood engorged pole of muscle" in elementary school, by going to the school library and reading the first chapter of the Godfather....
I have not, but age ratings of 14 and up (highschool) seem fair for the subject material. Maybe parental authorized access in grade 7-8.
Not sure what age I first read Without Remorse, but I’m not sure I was a teenager yet, and that was about banging hookers and murdering pimps, so…
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maybe not but the intelligent folks who select the books for school libraries obviously do. According to them, parents aren't savvy enough to decide what is appropriate. These are the same people who were pulling Rowling's books simply because they disagreed with her stand on genders.
I think this was inevitable; the dates were ambitious at best, but there was never any reinvestment in the (mostly privatized) power distribution grid to enable it, and EVs are realistically impractical to be wholesale adopted in a country the size of ours with the population density and distances between places we have.Sweeping Carney announcement could include EV mandate review
CTV News has learned that Mark Carney and a group of ministers will make a broad series of 'sector-based' announcements Friday, aimed at increasing Canada’s competitiveness, supporting sectors impacted most by tariffs and spurring domestic industry.
Looks like some major policy issues are going to be announced
Even with the incentives, I couldn't make the math make sense, unless you ignored the lifespan and replacement cost of the batteries. A lot of the batteries really aren't even designed to be recyclable as well, so they are cost prohibitive and risky to recover the various rare (and toxic) metals used for anodes and cathodes. Probalby a lot sitting in landfills, so maybe someone will eventually mine garbage to recover it.
Considering that about 80% of our population in now considered urban, there is still a potential market, but I've never been convinced that EVs were going to replace ICE vehicles across the board.
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The industry would have us believe that they are recyclable and, technically, they probably are, but it needs to have a business model. I have heard of one or two start-ups but I don't know how profitable it is.
I think like everything else, it depends on outside influences.Considering that about 80% of our population in now considered urban, there is still a potential market, but I've never been convinced that EVs were going to replace ICE vehicles across the board.
A bit of a tangent regarding demands on the grid, but I listened to an interesting article on the demands that AI will be placing on the grid and it will be significant. MIT projects that data centres will consume about 1/5th of all electricity in the US by 2028. Some data centre owners like Google are considering entering the energy production market.
We did the math on AI’s energy footprint. Here’s the story you haven’t heard.
The emissions from individual AI text, image, and video queries seem small—until you add up what the industry isn’t tracking and consider where it’s heading next.
The industry would have us believe that they are recyclable and, technically, they probably are, but it needs to have a business model. I have heard of one or two start-ups but I don't know how profitable it is.
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On the flip sideOn the subject of youth and bad driving:
Montreal driver fined $3,300, given 42 demerit points for speeding
The driver was going a whopping 250 km/h—some 180 km/h over the posted speed limit on the Decarie Expressway
I'm possibly willing to change my mind on his first 6 months seeming fairly unimpressive IF he does what he says he will do...A.K.A "The Gypsy's Warning"
Finance Minister signals ‘tough choices’ to find savings in federal budget
Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne says the government will make tough choices in the upcoming federal budget, acknowledging that the planned spending cuts will lead to staffing adjustments in the public service.
Mr. Champagne, speaking to reporters Thursday ahead of a cabinet meeting in north Toronto, said ministers have submitted their plans to reduce program spending over the next three years.
“Will there be tough choices to make? Definitely. Is the nation ready? I would say yes. I mean Canadians have elected us to do things differently,” he said.
“We said we’re going to spend less so we can invest more. And you know, people understand that. My mother understands that.”
Mr. Champagne requested this summer that ministers submit plans by the end of August to reduce program spending by 7.5 per cent in the fiscal year that begins April 1, 2026, followed by 10 per cent in savings the next year, and 15 per cent in the 2028-29 fiscal year.
Asked if this had been done, he replied: “It was not an option.”
“There’s things that we can do more efficiently,” he added.
Prime Minister Mark Carney is huddled with his cabinet at a north Toronto hotel this week for two days of meetings focused on the state of the economy as well as Canada-U.S. relations, fast-tracking major infrastructure projects and crime.
The Finance Minister’s comments follow those of Mr. Carney, who on Wednesday said the federal government will present both an austerity and investment-focused budget this fall, as he criticized the sharp rise in spending under his predecessor’s watch.
Mr. Carney said the rate of federal government spending over the last decade is more than 7 per cent year over year, which is faster than the rate of growth of the economy.
Asked if there were any areas of government that would not be touched by cuts, Mr. Carney said on Wednesday that health care spending, education transfers and transfers to individuals would not be affected.
Mr. Champagne on Thursday would not outline any specific spending cuts but when asked about layoffs to the public service, he said there will be “adjustments.”
“We’ve been adding a lot of people over the last few years,” he said. “You’re looking at adjusting, but at the same time, the point is really about using technology, delivering better services, making sure that Canadians find value for money.”
Finance Minister signals ‘tough choices’ to find savings in federal budget
