Because, Canada

[Rick]

A sad day for individual freedom and truth in Canada.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDOYglqeTck

Edited August 14 by Rick

[urbanoid]

Meanwhile in Justin Castro's Canada:

 

[glenn239]

On a related note, there is growing pressure from inside the Liberal party for Trudeau to step down before the next election.  The NDP has torn up its agreement with the Liberals, so in theory an election could happen at any time.

[Colin]

At the Liberal HQ "Lets invite JT for tea, right near the 26 story window and long flight of stairs" 

 

The shine is off boy wonder, but he is a creature of the party and Power Corp.

[rmgill]

He probably also has dirt on people. Lots of dirt. 

[Wobbly Head]

15 hours ago, rmgill said:

He probably also has dirt on people. Lots of dirt. 

 More like people have dirt on him. But due to parliamentary privilege and cabinet confidential they can't use it in court as evidence. It's one of the main theories why he is so desperate to stay in power.

[rmgill]

Expand on this parliamentary privilege please. 

[Wobbly Head]

1 hour ago, rmgill said:

Expand on this parliamentary privilege please. 

It's basically the Westminster version of presidential immunity.

 One of  the privileges is being able to ignore subpoenas and not to be called to court as a witness which might directly implicate him in several ongoing corruption scandals.

[rmgill]

Is it the same in the UK? 

[rmgill]

https://www.taxpayer.com/newsroom/don’t-call-it-space-exploration-dnd-bankrolls-feminist-report-on-outer-space?fbclid=IwY2xjawFUiXdleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHVbt9FaGB-0O5J26T_pThF85I7CcTy_i2_de3g8ue-KMrqCCm5hioScIHQ_aem_7FPx8EkdXO3LsLndm3qKLA

 

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Don’t call it space exploration: DND bankrolls feminist report on outer space

Author: Ryan Thorpe 2024/09/13

Federal Commentary

Current approaches to outer space are “heavily Western, state-centric, militarized, masculinized, and colonial,” and encourage practices that are “racist, exploitative, elitist, and environmentally destructive.” 

That’s according to an intersectional feminist report on outer space bankrolled by the Department of National Defence to the tune of $32,250 in taxpayer cash. 

“We have lots of problems down here on Earth and maybe we should focus on getting those fixed before we spend tens of thousands of dollars talking about how to talk about space,” said Kris Sims, Alberta Director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation. “I think a lot of Canadians can think of a lot of causes that need $32,250 more.” 

The CTF obtained a copy of the DND funding agreement with the report authors through an access-to-information request. 

The CTF also reviewed a copy of the report.

The report trumpets the need for feminist and decolonial approaches to space security and space exploration. 

“Terms such as ‘mankind,’ ‘astronauts and envoys of mankind,’ ‘man’s entry into outer space,’ ‘manned and unmanned stations of the moon,’ ‘manned spacecraft,’ and ‘man-made’ are… gender-biased,” according to the report. 

Despite concern over “gender-biased” language, the funding proposal notes “women and other genders are not, for the most part, present in outer space.” 

The report claims “colonial-based terms like ‘exploration’ and ‘conquest’… normalize violence and exploitation” by depicting space as a “hostile and desolate environment that is unpeopled/inhuman and controlled so it can provide an extractable resource.” 

“Indigenous perspectives” imbedded in “spirituality, astrology, and cosmology, the last of which views celestial bodies in space as animated beings and not mere objects” should be better reflected in approaches to outer space, according to the report.

The report also advocates for “alternatives to dominant, colonial ways of knowing.”

The report was produced by Project Ploughshares, which describes itself as a “Canadian peace research institute” and an “operating division of the Canadian Council of Churches.” 

Project Ploughshares, based on the University of Waterloo campus, previously received four other federal research contracts totalling $155,875, according to the funding proposal.

The project was pitched to DND as an opportunity to “draw on feminist/gendered analysis to apply a [Gender-Based Analysis] understanding to Canadian and international space security policy.” 

The project included briefings and training with representatives from DND, the Canadian Armed Forces and Global Affairs Canada, as well as a separate “briefing and Q&A session for government officials,” according to the records. 

“Many voices have long been absent from space security discussions, including those of women; those from the Global South; black, Indigenous, and other people of colour (BIPOC); and 2SLGBTQ+ individuals,” according to the report. 

“It took the equivalent of a neighbourhood’s worth of income tax bills to pay for this study,” said Sims. “Would any of those families have ranked this report among their 100 concerns? It’s time to stop spending taxpayers’ money on studies like this.”

 

[Ssnake]

Blessed the country that has these problems.

🤪

3 hours ago, rmgill said:

depicting space as a “hostile and desolate environment that is unpeopled/inhuman and controlled so it can provide an extractable resource.” 

Is it not?

 

3 hours ago, rmgill said:

“Indigenous perspectives” imbedded in “spirituality, astrology, and cosmology, the last of which views celestial bodies in space as animated beings and not mere objects” should be better reflected in approaches to outer space

Call me when we can talk to Marvin the Martian and explore the spirituality of his supposed big kaboom.

[rmgill]

1st Run of Edison Motors Topsy...
 

 

[rmgill]

Canada's gun "buy back" aka asset seizure and wholesale theft is proceeding as one would expect. Over cost and with optimism to the wonderful end of the process. 

[Colin]

On 9/23/2024 at 8:09 PM, rmgill said:

1st Run of Edison Motors Topsy...
 

 

Yes a pretty awesome adventure. I hope the CAF buys a few as testbed for hybrids in the military.

[Colin]

On 9/26/2024 at 9:12 PM, rmgill said:

Canada's gun "buy back" aka asset seizure and wholesale theft is proceeding as one would expect. Over cost and with optimism to the wonderful end of the process. 

Most of the gun turned in are due to Estate matters and prohibition orders. In other words they have had no effect at all for 67 million dollars. meanwhile the number of licenced gun owners is increasing.