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[–] azi@mander.xyz 1 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

A man in 2008 was charged for simply drunkenly jiggling a doorknob. Though he was acquitted, the court affirmed that "the Crown is not required to prove that the accused also had an intention to commit a specific evil act" in order to convict. In 2004 a man was sentenced to 30 days prison for trespassing at night during a crime spree in which he broke some windows and stole some cigarettes and beer.

This is a summary offence meaning it has a maximum penalty of two years less a day in jail (and thus would be in a provincial jail) or a $50 000 fine. There's no minimum penalty.

[–] azi@mander.xyz 11 points 3 days ago

how dare the government need to go through parliament before signing away our dairy industry. won't someone think of the poor american multinationals.

typical fraser institute free market wanking. something something invisible hand

[–] azi@mander.xyz 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

Serious crimes such as
*checks act*
trespassing at night

[–] azi@mander.xyz 3 points 2 weeks ago

I do agree that red scare rhetoric is increasing but buy in large it's directed at China and Xi. Anti-communist tropes do show up in popular discourse on Russia but in my experience it's less so in discussions on influence campaigns but in talk of Russia's territorial ambitions (understandable considering the place of Soviet symbolism in Russian nationalism and war propaganda).

[–] azi@mander.xyz 8 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Russians are not ethnically communist

[–] azi@mander.xyz 2 points 1 month ago

Allowed people to buy drugs online

[–] azi@mander.xyz 21 points 1 month ago (1 children)

'Indian' is still pretty widespread in the US

[–] azi@mander.xyz 4 points 1 month ago

1 degree, 2 degrees. 1 kelvin, 2 kelvins

[–] azi@mander.xyz 4 points 3 months ago

increasing Canada's defence spending to two per cent of its gross domestic product, reforming immigration through "better gatekeepers," making life more affordable by "dismantling protectionism" and increasing competition in the airline, telecommunications and agricultural sectors

the party will have a strict vetting system to fend off potential foreign interference

strict vetting against foreign interference is rich coming from a party that agrees with the US state department at every opportunity

[–] azi@mander.xyz 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Columbia, from Columbus, has always been a common poetic name for the US and it's this that the ship is named after. The name of BC is one of many on the continent that ultimately derives from Columbus

[–] azi@mander.xyz 1 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Though indirectly, it's named after Columbus... as in Christopher Columbus

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