The Crown gave itself this burden and has continued to fail to live up to its own laws. The recognition of “existing Aboriginal and Treaty Rights” in section 35 of the constitution act, 1982, upholds the Royal Proclamation and the Treaty of Niagara as foundational documents to Canada’s sovereignty

The Crown did just that all the way to the Rockies and then just … didn’t in BC (except treaty 8 in north east and small parcels purchased on Vancouver Island through the Douglas Treaties). Colony of BC admin hand waved it away, claimed the land question was dealt with at the time of confederation.

The difference is the British Crown gave itself the responsibility to negotiate treaties with First Nations through the recognition of these nations as sovereign in the Royal Proclamation of 1763 and the Treaty of Niagara while the Westphalian peace recognized each other’s territorial sovereignty.

LinkedIn Park. Has anyone asked Fred durst about his KPIs

Barry Lyndon tho damn great film can’t believe it took me until tonight to see it.

It’s Lennard Joe, not Joel. He’s a member of shackan Indian band, part of the Nlakapamux nation. He works for the First Nations forestry council, not stuwix. stuwix is owned by 8 First Nations and manages First Nations forestry licences. To characterize stuwix as “his” company is wildly misleading.

What we are witnessing with air Canada is a complete breakdown in Canada's industrial relations regime.

It's part of a trend that should be scaring the hell out of average people.

This is bonkers.

If Vancouver was serious about tackling housing affordability the entire west side would look like Barcelona

'Active clubs' are all over Canada. What are they? | CBC News 'Active clubs' are groups of white-nationalist men who operate fight clubs in anticipation of violence. They are anti-immigrant and some are neo-Nazis.

Just another reminder of the active organizing efforts of the far right in Canada.

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should absolutely through run with tren surbano, connecting bueanavista via insurgantes and replace or overlay the central part of the busiest bus line in North America

Intrusive thought of the morning: need that Acadian trade

Uber drivers in B.C.'s capital of Victoria vote to unionize | CBC News More than 500 Uber drivers in Victoria, B.C., have voted to unionize and have received union certification from the B.C. Labour Relations Board.

Unionizing gig workers is unambiguously positive news! Congrats
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Weizenbaum’s nightmares: how the inventor of the first chatbot turned against AI Computer scientist Joseph Weizenbaum was there at the dawn of artificial intelligence – but he was also adamant that we must never confuse computers with humans

don’t know the story of weizenbaum and eliza? start here

there is a lot to be terrified of with news out of Minnesota

thing that sticks out to me is how the killer impersonated being a cop

Canada's deadliest mass shooting also involved police impersonation

pretending to be cops in order to kill speaks volumes about sanctioned police violence & impunity

Why end it there? Build the arbutus sky train!

don’t forget: waymos and other robotaxis are surveillance devices on wheels that police are increasingly tapping for footage

Won’t anyone think of the rolling surveillance devices operated by the world’s 5th most valuable company

A view looking up the Nicola valley from a hill. The foreground is sage brush and rabbit brush. Some of Merritt is visible in the middle. Mountains and ranches in the distance.

Morning view

Many of you

Lilac rum and coke

Everyone Is Cheating Their Way Through College ChatGPT has unraveled the entire academic project.

“Massive numbers of students are going to emerge from university with degrees, and into the workforce, who are essentially illiterate…Both in the literal sense and in the sense of being historically illiterate and having no knowledge of their own culture, much less anyone else’s.”

Screenshot of BBC article titled “How Carney’s election win will change direction of trade war”. The opening paragraph describes Canada as “vast and sparsely populated”

Screenshot of paragraph of text: “At his very final stop in the far West, in the isolation of Victoria, Vancouver Island, …” Victoria is a metropolitan region of 400,000 people 90km south of Vancouver and 120km northwest of Seattle.

Next time I write an article about the UK election for the CBC I’ll be sure to characterize England as small and overcrowded, and make a point of visiting Cardiff, in the isolated far West

Guy who just watched conclave voice: good luck today to Australia in their “conclave”

Park that car
Drop that phone
Sleep on the floor
Dream about Carney

Screenshot of Nanaimo-Ladysmith preliminary electoral results showing the conservative candidate declared elected with 34.7% of vote, trailed by liberal (26.9%) green (19.2%) and ndp (18.8%) candidates, demonstrating that despite being an overwhelmingly progressive riding, vote splitting handed the conservatives a win

First past the post fucking sucks shit!!!!!!

Below average Vancouver civic ballot! Three sheets if you include park board and school board

Average Australian senate ballot

Which metro van/Vancouver island seats do you vibe for the NDP? Vancouver east is obvious, any others?

Cottonwood catkins dangle from a branch set against a river

The air is sweet tonight. Cottonwood overpowers the decomposition stench of the bio energy plant