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[–] Someone@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

This is a good thing, but why aren't people giving the "discount" brands a shot? I use Public Mobile (it's been fully owned by Telus for years) and I have 50gb that also works in the US for under 40 bucks/month. I can't think of any reason people should be willingly giving these companies twice as much money for less service.

[–] Someone@lemmy.ca 8 points 6 days ago

Ironically, her analogy works way better for her own party than it does for whatever she's trying to say.

[–] Someone@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago

I can think of several times one of my coworkers was guilted into showing up when they tried to call in sick which ended up with 5 people calling in the few days after.

[–] Someone@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Isn't there a huge difference between safe supply and safe consumption sites? I agree with safe consumption sites if it keeps people from dying on the streets, but if the safe supply is allowed to leave the site it's not really solving any of the problems.

[–] Someone@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago

I don't think the original story would've blown up if that was what she was initially charged with.

[–] Someone@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

The original owner was the car dealership that's now selling them. So officially, they were stolen from the dealer, but it really sounds like they were stolen by the dealer from their own customers

[–] Someone@lemmy.ca 20 points 2 weeks ago

Maria Cruciano and her husband Jim White bought a 1957 Chevrolet from Robert Bradshaw in February 2023. After storing it and making repairs over the winter, they went to register the car in early June, only to discover it was now listed as belonging to Grogan Classics. 

White called Grogan, who explained that there had been an error. Grogan offered to sign over the ownership slip and courier it to Bradshaw. White picked it up the next day and registered the car in his name. (Cruciano and White provided CBC News with a copy of the signed slip and phone records documenting the call to Grogan's dealership.)

Yet the Chevy was still declared stolen six months later. The OPP seized and returned the car to Grogan in July.

"[Grogan] absolutely knew our car had been sold," said Cruciano. "We spoke with him. He signed the ownership. He couriered it to Bradshaw.

"And you know what the man didn't say to us? 'Holy hell, that car was stolen! That guy can't sell my car!'"

This is insane. How is it not fraud to report a car as stolen after signing the documents personally?

[–] Someone@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

It sounds more like a "whichever comes first, which I'd argue makes a lot more sense. The mortgage on the 60% would be paid off by 25 years and if you sell early you'd basically use any appreciation/the full value to pay back the 40%. In your scenario you could just immediately sell it and pocket the 40% for the next 24 years.

[–] Someone@lemmy.ca 39 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I don't have confidence in the Liberal government, but I am confident the Conservatives would be worse.

[–] Someone@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 weeks ago

It's because there is no nuance anymore. With every issue you have to either be 100% on my side or 100% on the other side. So many times people argue for and against things that aren't mutually exclusive. It doesn't mean we should "both sides" everything, but sometimes both sides each have half of a good idea.

[–] Someone@lemmy.ca 7 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Why would you assume they're talking about a foreign election in a country that doesn't even have a Conservative or Liberal party?

[–] Someone@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

Hold on, you can get an apartment in a major city for under $2000? Is the minimum wage in Quebec $10/hr? I don't live particularly close to any city and you'd be hard pressed to find anything more than a studio for $1500, you're looking at close to $2000 for something decent. I wonder how many months it would take to break even after moving costs from BC…

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