I think Carney put it pretty well in his speech, that America (great power) always used its position to be above the law, and we went along with it because we benefited as well. It was quite amazing to hear a world leader talk this frankly about it. In some ways we're at fault as well for...

Yeah, given how many people will drop their "boycott" of American produce to save a buck, I don't see many giving up their lives. I'm sure there would be some kind of resistance groups sowing chaos, but nothing that would change the outcome.

The problem is the culture war is what brings them in. When things look bleak, you want someone to blame, and modern right is all about how YOU are the victim, and finding someone to blame it on. It's incorrect, but it's simple and it works. Without the culture war stuff, the cons are basically...

This seems perfectly reasonable if the trains on the surface were running at a consistent speed, but they won't be. Sometimes they'll be stopped at a redlight for several minutes. Does that means all trains in the tunnel will just extend their dwell times to compensate?

Any "deals" with Trump are not worth the paper they're written on anyways.

What is the timeline and budget (and scope) for this road redesign? I keep reading this on this forum and reddit, and it just seems like an excuse to do nothing. You can tell the argument is not genuine care for actually slowing down traffic, because if it was, we would want to remove the...

Sure. But this is a problem on practically every street / road in this province, and fixing it would be in the 100s of billions of dollars at minimum, which could be used for transit instead. And this plan would also start seeing loud opposition as soon as the first few projects were completed...

Sure there is. The first never happened, and the second most certainly did.

I would say an absolutist position is being against speed cameras. At a certain point, you need to say, you can't go faster than X, as there will always be people which will test the limits. If you're not willing to go that far, why even have speed limits at all? It makes the act of getting a...

While I agree in theory, it gives a tool for someone who may have a completely different interpretation of what hate is. Look at the Republicans redefining what refugees are worthy (white south africans) of entrance. Imagine this being extended to hate speech, where the government can say...

No. As someone on the (very far) left I vehemently disagree with this. Because guess who's going to be setting limits on what speech is allowed now? That power will eventually be in the hands of someone you disagree with, and then what? For those that haven't watched, here's a great defense of...

Honestly, the problem is not delivering iterative results that are perceptible to the average person, and a stunning failure of communication and setting expectations. Instead of selling a grand vision, they need to focus on 1 or 2 things, and drive them to completion, then focus on the next...

Of course there will be. Even North Korea has elections. And Donald loves a good horse.race, it keeps the ratings up. Doesn't mean the playing field won't be heavily tilted.

The problem will be you will then have kilometers of light rail to nowhere, since most people will not do the 450m walk (+ stairs/elevators). It would be a downgrade over the bus service. The LRT needs to connect to the rest of the network. This shouldn't be this hard, just fund the thing.

Pathetic and weak. This enshrines our position as a vassal state to the US for the foreseeable future.