I ended up going with Nellie’s. On their website they have bulk options that are less than half the per-unit prices found in Canadian Tire or grocery stores.
It’s still a lot more expensive than what a generic chemical “should” be — I do miss my Great Value. But it’s Canadian, it’s not pods, and it works great.
I’m literally out right now putting up signs, been out door knocking and phone banking, and I’m volunteering to get people out to the polls on the long weekend and election day.
I believe there’s a really good opportunity presently for the NDP to present a cohesive alternative in their next leadership cycle. Someone authentic who can present an entirely different approach, because those voices are going unheard and it’s a vital part of our future.
I know this is an overly personal story for the audience of a political discussion group who are essentially strangers. It was originally written for my Facebook but I thought some folks might appreciate it here too.
I have zero problems with legal surveillance related to investigations of serious crimes, including the specific issue mentioned in this article — foreign interference in our electoral process.
With any surveillance it’s important to have safeguards to ensure it’s not abused and to ensure that unrelated private data is not exposed — such as the union conversations being called out in your snippet here. But this is not unique to phone-based surveillance, the same would be true for conversations recorded in an old fashioned bug or wire recording.
What’s important to me here is legal oversight to ensure the collections are warranted, and safeguards to prevent abuse of the collected data.
I am willing to pay more to avoid the US but I strongly prefer that extra goes to smaller businesses.
For example for dishwasher detergent powder I’m willing to pay extra compared to my mainstay Great Value, but I don’t want to give Pattison or Weston and the cartels $$$$ to sell me ridiculously priced stuff. But I can order direct from Nellie’s and it comes out more but I’m ok with that.
Local markets can often have extremely good deals, as with the soon-to-expire-food apps. Being flexible on what you buy can help you get good prices and still local and non-US.
My emotional instinct is to agree. My rational brain has serious concerns about revoking citizenship as a punishment.
If this was to be done, it would have to be done with the most extreme caution possible. Paper citizens with zero ties to the country and who promote treason, but not just Canadians we are super mad at.
I’m torn because on the one hand I’m concerned about the precedent and how a hypothetical future CPC PM might abuse it. Then again the American example shows that not having precedent set isn’t a huge barrier to evil policy, and the CPC shares near-identical ideology to them.
At the very least though we can encourage our representatives and institutions to cut ties with X
It feels all but inevitable that we will lose many jobs. We have to brace for significant disruption across many industries.
The trick will be to replace the jobs we do lose with better ones, jobs not dependent on the whims of fickle American overlords. However it feels like turmoil will be inevitable.
"Credit card payment systems."
Interac (if you have the cash to spend at the time)
Absolutely yes. However there are many cases where credit is the only option, for example parking garages, most cases where a deposit is needed like a rental car or hotel, or almost anything online.
If Interac was ubiquitous then it would solve my use case but in my understanding of the economics involved; the credit system is uniquely good for some applications
"A marketplace like Amazon or Temu."
Mavenfair.ca is a recent start-up in BC with a wholly Canadian product line FBM (fulfilled by merchant).
This is a neat looking site! It feels more boutique to me, but maybe it will evolve into something more general eventually. Thanks for the tip
Computer parts like CPUs and almost everything else. Almost all digital services. Credit card payment systems. A marketplace like Amazon or Temu. A store that sells MP3s or similar digital music. Most household generic bulk goods (excluding premium categories).
To be fair my definitions can be a bit strict compared to others. For example I’d include foreign brands with some assembly in Canada as being foreign for my personal tastes.
It’s kind of amazing that we don’t already.