I think the NDP came to a realization that hitching themselves to the Liberal government had outlived its political usefulness, and it might be better to put some distance between them before the next election.
I don't really pay much attention to the BQ.
Go ahead and post some alternatives if you're so upset about it.
Beyond that, how about letting people share what they want to share?
I clicked hoping for a shot of the "Academy" set and left disappointed, but it's a neat article regardless. The opening anecdote is great:
Olivia Chow has a model starship in her office.
It’s the USS Toronto, a Parliament-class vessel slightly bigger than her hand. An accompanying plaque features a quote from her husband, Jack Layton, who died in 2011.
“Always have a dream that will outlast your lifetime,” it reads.
Layton, the former federal NDP leader, was a fan of “Star Trek.”
I'd like to know where the model came from - was it a gift?
I swear, they must do it on purpose.
Don’t a ton of the episodes deal with life outside the federation, boldly go where no (hu)man has gone before and all that? Hell, DS9 took place on a space station outside the federation…
I think it's a stretch to say that they do. The primary characters are nearly always Starfleet/Federation characters, and the events of the episodes are generally seen through their eyes, even if they are technically outside the Federation. The main exception would be the DS9 Ferengi episodes, but there's really only a handful of those.
Risa was part of the Federation. Unless that was retconned with nu-trek or something…
The only reason Risa came up in the article is because the pitch of the new show is that it's set on a resort planet, and people unfortunately lack imagination and assumed that meant Risa, even though the pitch also said it was set outside the Federation.
This interview confirms that the setting is not, and has never been, Risa.
We'll see how it all pans out. I feel somehow skeptical that the Federation perspective won't worm its way in there somewhere.
I'm seeing credible-seeming rumours that Lego has acquired the license, but nothing official yet...
it seems to me that both things can be true: the popular economic indicators can be looking good and everyday people can be experiencing greater levels of financial hardship than they or their parents have ever known.
Absolutely - data-based decision making is good, but the data has to be robust enough to fully capture the reality.
Regularly including cost of living measures alongside GDP would be a good start.
There's no formal coalition agreement, and I don't see Trudeau scrambling to offer cabinet posts to NDP MPs.
The less formal arrangement they had lasted a pretty long time, all things considered.
But Singh doesn't owe him anything.
I'll let Luther Sloan take this one.
We search out and identify potential dangers to the Federation...we deal with them.
They certainly believe they're protecting the Federation.
Well, no.
I want a system that's actually designed to support multiple parties. Westminster ain't it.
I'm torn on this.
On the one hand, I agree that a PP government is a terrible thing.
On the other hand, it's hardly the NDP's job to prop up another political party.
If Carney becomes leader, I expect they'll pivot to WEF/Illuminati nonsense.
Whether that will work is another matter entirely.