I have a family member in one of these unions. Would be interesting to see if uni admins oppose it.

I did not take Pope Leo for a comrade. ✊

Is this what Lemmy is?

Well now that’s news!

/s

I agree that China is different in this regard. The gov’t has superiority over the private sector. That has pros and cons.

Western corps have money in mind when they collect data, whether legally or illegally, and use it to increase sales or fuck over competitors. They don’t work together in a coordinated way to help a particular government work an agenda.

I just can’t agree with that based on my observations. Private firms working with the government on profit-driven agendas has been happening for a long time. The gov’t very often hires private firm insiders at decisionmaking positions. And then when the gov’t has a non-profit agenda, private corporations still cooperate because it means better chance to cooperate on a for-profit agenda in the future. This is the economic basis of fascism. All of that is occurring south of the border as we speak.

I understand what you’re saying even if I don’t agree and I don’t expect you to agree with what I’m saying on this one.

E: I find it’s a lot more useful to think that private firms drive gov’t agendas in our systems, not the other way around.

That used to be the case. The surveillance model has evolved over the last couple of decades. The governments don’t have to do anything silently. Private corps do it themselves or amonst each other for profit. Then the gov’t buys access. E.g. Palantir, Clearview, etc.

Then recently we even had cases where the owners of copos got into gov’t and scooped up whatever data they wanted without any regard of any red tape.

Besides, if the gov’t is small and business dominates people’s lives, what private corporations do is often much more impactful.

Wait, didn’t those have US support at some point too?

Ford used it to trample over workers rights in Ontario. I was shocked the charter can be suspended just like that. The clause has to go.

Soubds like a structural adjustments program.

Good propaganda vid. Decent macro perspective as usual. He’s acknowledging some of the material issues people see. It’s in part why we elected him. With that said the devil’s in the results. Right now there look mixed, some good, some not-so-good. He’s got runway to prove his program can deliver tangible results. Skepticism is warranted and healthy.

E: Notable lack of AI mention in it. Maybe they got the message that it’s not as ultrapopular as some investors tell them. 😄

Let me guess, the majority of Albetans feel they’ll be the ones who can afford to pay?

In a capitalist market economy with a small public sector, that’s definitely the expected outcome. In fact it would be worse than you describe. It’ll produce big problems with the ability of the economy to consume its production since people rely on wages to buy that production. Wages that woild go away due to automation.

In a mixed economy with a very large public sector, public co-ownership of large private firms, and 10% of the population (and growing) being members of the party that controls it all, the outcome may be different.

Goddamn, France 24 caught them this time.

This is incredible.

BTW, Sun Life is also already in on the Canada Dental Plan. They run it, not the fed gov’t.

Love to see it. Some forget that the regulatory emvironment was a compromise that saved bosses (and landlords) from getting tarred and feathered. When people lose hope in it working for them, we’re back to the proven methods.

Solid plan. I’m prolly in the same boat.

Exactly. And you see those guys doing something competent like building rail, or stockpiling oil for crises and you’re like - fuck why can’t my gov’t have this basic competence. Why the fuck am I waiting for a basic surface light rail line in Toronto, not a subway, for 18 years… (I know why, it’s a rhetorical question.)

We gotta call Rob’s ghost.

The world - for sure, but these are numbers for Americans.

I envy your optimism.

Separate, you think Nate’s gonna be it? I voted as hard as I could for him in the last OLP leadership election but the result was abysmal. And then in the prov election, ONDP got much more seats with much fewer votes. I’m wondering if I should do ONDP next time around. I guess we’ll see if Nate makes it and how the polls look in our ridings.