Recent content by afransen

They're expecting Iran to roll over and capitulate.

McDonalds burgers taste like disappointment.

Solid state. Current lithium ion batteries have good enough performance characteristics. Solid state will be nice when it is mature, but it's not there yet.

I'm really unconvinced that solid state is necessary. Cars are a more demanding application, I think batteries are a smaller % of vehicle mass in trains.

Walmart and Home Depot do this as well with a smock/vest/apron as the uniform. I think it is reasonable. The other thing that might be called out is PPE like safety boots, which some employers will voluntarily pay for but is not required.

I'm not convinced. I used to have to wear business formal, and it was largely clothes I would not buy but to wear to this job. It felt very much like a uniform. Does your opinion change if the workers being told to wear a certain dress code are relatively low paid?

John Tory is a pretty tired name. Is there really no one more compelling that the Liberals could put forth?

Nic Laporte posted a video discussing beg buttons, signal timings, automated detection etc with examples from Vancouver and NL.

Large items like that are typically delivered by the retailer. Not many people using pickups to pick up TVs or ellipticals from Best Buy at the Eaton Centre.

I would not be entirely surprised if Carney goes early if the polling is favourable, and before Trump leaves office, to have a 4 year runway to get some big things done. I would worry that doing things without buy-in toward the end of the mandate is a recipe for the Conservatives to come in and...

It seems like Trump is not sleeping, or keeping a normal sleep schedule. If he is manning his Xitter account, he has been up at all hours posting links, memes and complaining about Biden.

Well, I wouldn't say this majority is bulletproof. They need a few more members to make it so. They are just a downturn in popularity and a couple of deaths or resignations away from being back in minority status.

Isn't this a crazy idea? This would give a rather inordinate amount of power to the union to exact whatever demands they wish. Unions don't operate in the public interest. They are out for union leadership first and foremost, then as a consequence union membership. The public be damned.

I don't think it's going to gain traction.

NDP MP Alexandre Boulerice (Rosemont—LaPetite-Patrie) remains critic for Environment and Climate Change, Labour, Transport, Official Languages, and Quebec and Ontario Economic Development. for now...