AlmightyTritan

Thank you for providing this information. Your previous link really didn't paint the image I think you wanted to.

I think a lot of the disconnect woth people is that a lot of Canadians are faced with what they perceive as a lot more grave issues endangering peoples lives. And it differs between provinces and even as your links state municipal vs rural areas.

I think because we don't have the constant threat of mass shootings the likes of the USA, those in areas less impacted by fire arm deaths are more apathetic. Or maybe just view it as we've done enough.

Obviously governments should have the capacity to deal with multiple issues at once, but I think people really get caught up in the "why are you worrying about this, when X thing is way more dangerous.". It might come off as whataboutism, and often times it can be, but I think k its just as easy to say that person hasn't been as broadly effected by guns and someone else.

Realistically, if this is about closing loop holes, making laws more cut and dry, sure this probably won't really effect responsible gun owners.

Am I misunderstanding, or is the article you linked from 1995? I have a feeling a lot has changed with fireams related homicides since then. Especially with the advent of firearms being built out of a bunch of disparate parts.

I'm mad at both, alas the NDP or Greens didn't campaign hard enough, and the liberals campaigned really well under the threat of Canada electing a conservative government that would threaten their sovereignty.

Thankfully, it wasn't a majority win for the liberals. But I think you're right that a lot of the existing problems will continue.

We can only hope that we get a labour party rebuilt from the ashes that can make some stronger plays.

Also I do want to say, Carney did mention housing crisis prior to the election and campaigning. Just so no one does a "gotcha" on you because of it. My memory is vague but it was still the same hand wavey acknowledgement the previous liberal government gave. So your technically right, just trying to get ahead of anyone else saying it.

I hope that if they go ahead with changing the laws surrounding guns, they do so in a clearcut easy to understand manner. I feel like anytime gun laws in Canada are up for reworking they really sensationalise it and it never really accounts to anything different.

Like one concern I had about the past is what about replica fire arms that are airguns, do they fall under this categorisation? It would be nice to have it be clear and easy to understand.

I say this also as someone who has always been around guns, and has had a passing interest in the hobby.

I also have very complex feelings about weapons for self defense. Like it really is true that an armed minority group is harder to oppress. However, I dont think its okay for a functional society to just have everyone walking around strapped all the time. Ugh.

This is annoyingly complex, and nuanced and I wish I could just go "Yay! They're taking dangerous things off the streets"

I mean we can only hope that in the absence of Zoos we maybe gain something better like an accessible way to see animals in their natural habitats.

Sure you'd not get to witness animals from more foreign climates close to home, but honestly I'm fine with that.

For the election in question, and I guess the political structure of the country. Do you vote for like a local representation of a party, like a seat in a parliament or council or are you straight up voting for a party?

Cause that makes the situation a bit more muddy right?

In my country local representation tends to have more of an impact on my day to day then the person at the top.

Not fully complete, but theres Ultrakill. Its very good.

Theres also Trepang².

These are both pretty fast paced indie FPS tho, so if your looking for something a bit slower you might like GTFO. Its primarily coop but has bits to play with and a bunch of content.

I mean if I'm allowed to have a non true or false pride and can have some level of granularity, I'm proud of a lot of things.

I think we've done pretty good with national pharmacare, and dental care. I know its not perfect, and it came to slow, and the roll out wasn't great, but I have pride in the fact that were offering it.

I'm proud of the way we extended the way EI covers maternity and sick leave in the 1970s.

I'm proud of the legalisation of marijuana, because it now means that people have access to a product that gets tested for quality and health concerns.

Sure none of it is perfect, but I'll take 30% of what it should be as long as its a start. If we wait for perfection well never get anywhere. We just have to keep striving for better.

Based on the track record of the US trying to roll back rights at a federal level and make them handled on a state level, wouldn't we be basically in the same boat of our rights being eroded?

Honest question, have you thought about joining an organisation locally that advocated for the changes that you would like to see? They say the first step to change is local change. I know municipal and provincial government is less buzz worthy but it impacts people daily a lot more.

What you could do is get some store brand soda water / club soda / seltzer or a non-sodastream water carbonator. Then get like a cola syrup online. I know some ones that do use sugar are 1883 and Torani, they both have a cola flavour. I also havent seen a lot but I saw one brand called Zerup that has a zero sugar cola syrup. You could try that.

Are you looking for cola specifically or something like cola adjacent? And do you like it sweet or are you not super particular?