n2burns

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It was unclear if he had managed to find the device.

I think that was Carleton because they have 91 candidates on the ballot, so they had to get a special dispensation to start early.

EDIT fixed autocorrect

CBC said it's riding by riding the order they count the ballots.

Could change, but as of right now, they're not leading anywhere.

Although it’s not available for the most serious violent offences — such as murder, sexual assault or aggravated assault — it can be used for lesser crimes.

While this program isn't set up for serious offences, restorative justice can be brought to these situations too. It's usually less of an "alternative justice" and more of a parallel to our punitive justice system to but can bring healing to both victims and perpetrators.

TBF, with the vast majority of Canadians living close to the border, many Canadian's cross the land border and then fly domestically within the US.

Come on, let's get real. That's not a binary, it a trinary/ternary. Totally different!! /s

As a white, cis, hetero, Christian male, I don't know even know if I'd be willing to go to the states! Maybe if it was for work, but even then I'd probably push back.

I see a possible scenario where I cross the border for a day trip (go to a show, a game, or even just dinner), and can't leave. I know it's not very likely, especially given my privileged, but if that situation came to pass, that would be hugely disruptive. Before 2025, I'd say that scenario is almost impossible, as Canadians could even get home after 9-11.

Toronto is definitively south-central, though nobody calls it that, instead saying GTA/GTHA/Golden Horseshoe, etc. I can't find any sources that say Toronto is in Southwestern Ontario, so I don't think there's any support for what your saying (Wikipedia, Ontario Tourism for 2 counter examples).

Like Fort Frances is on the border and it’s Western Ontario but you would still call it Northern

Yes, because we first divide Ontario into Northern & Southern. If you just said Fort Frances was in Western Ontario, it would cause confusion which is why it's "Northwestern Ontario" (EDIT Wikipedia also agrees with me on this one).

Toronto isn't in Southwestern Ontario though.

That's not how legislation is typically written. Anyways, just because someone states their purpose doesn't mean that's actually their intentions. If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck.

I'm more than happy to support any measures which actually increase safety, but prohibiting these guns is just for show. Putting forward ineffective legislation like this wastes political capital which could have instead been used to actually make our society safer.

They literally say:

"Now the whole idea of independence is a messy social construct with a bunch of issues that I won't get into right now."

(Emphasis mine). They are not just saying, "it's complicated." They literally use the word "issues."