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The man got off the bus at 8 pm. I'm guessing that the business was closed.

Perhaps the video wasn't even reviewed until the police requested it. It's not like business owners sit around monitoring remote video feeds.

Yes, I saw that. I was just hoping that someone else at least tried.

I thought the "rule" was "never stop, phone it in." Did anyone at least phone it in?

Tell me again why it's okay to publish this tripe. It's no wonder that so many women think men are pigs.

From what I read in this article and what I've read elsewhere, the police knowingly broke the law. How do we create a system in which police can and will be charged when they break the law? As long as they can act with impunity, they will always be above the law.

On a related issue, how much did this cost? Would that money not have been better spent on a few hot meals and maybe a warm-up shelter with washrooms and shower facilities?

I do everything I can to avoid buying from anyone who doesn't offer postal delivery. That includes paying a bit more for the product.

In 50 years of sending and receiving parcels, Canada Post is the only carrier that I've never felt was screwing me over somehow. Especially when about a third of the stuff that starts off with a courier service still ends up at the post office because they can't be bothered to deliver to the middle of nowhere.

Same with my dad. He said that the military liked red/green colour blindness for spotting camouflaged stuff.

Excellent point!

I think I understand and partly agree with what you're saying, but I'm sure that there is room for some nuance. If good people stand around doing nothing to participate in the process of setting direction and policy, then only bad people will ever be in charge.

Everyone who ever serves does so with a vision. Some visions are as simple as making sure that there are people to execute on projects. Some are about achieving personal goals, for good or ill. Some are about playing a role in creating or reinforcing policies they believe are good for society.

Sometimes we can sit back and let others do the work. Sometimes we have to energize those around us to get something done. The latter is exactly what the far right is doing. Apart from those leaders and funders who have purely selfish motives, everyone involved thinks that what they are doing is to protect a way of life they cherish and serve the community in what they imagine are healthy ways to create the society they want to live in. Those that disagree have to make their voices heard and coordinate their efforts in opposition.

The very existence of every organization ever is to coordinate efforts toward shared goals. If only one side is organizing, only one side will control the narrative and only one side will set policy.

Unions organize in opposition to capital. Political parties organize to promote ideologies and in opposition to each other. Community service groups organize for the betterment of their community. Protest movements form in opposition to policy. It past time for progressives to organize in every way possible to counter the regressive movements that are gaining more power every day.

Fair enough on all points. I stand by my opinion that the best approach is to stack the audience. It's about time the left and progressives started doing deliberately what the right and regressives do.

They're not afraid of buying tickets to events they want to disrupt or buying memberships in organizations whose direction they want to control.

They're not afraid of coordinated action to stack school boards and municipal councils and other organizations.

The nice thing about that strategy is that it does not depend on the whims or biases or competence or investigative knowledge of enforcement agencies, but on the direct collective will of the people.

I don't like the man any more than you do, but let's not forget that the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms explicitly protects freedom of association: the freedom to gather in groups for a collective purpose.

Of note is that the actual activities are not considered in this section. Other laws can protect or prohibit the activities themselves and possibly even support conspiracy charges if the gathering is expressly organized to plan illegal activities.

Carlson is not a Canadian citizen or resident. Presumably he must declare his purpose for entering Canada, but I don't think that giving a speech is legitimate cause for exclusion.

My opinion is that the appropriate response is to organize groups of people to legally attend whatever events are hosted and to mount protests and opposing events. In a perfect world, the majority of space open to the public would be filled with those who oppose his ideology and message.

Depending on where you drive and the current state of the streets, old rails occasionally show through pavement in Saskatoon. Ave H and 20th Street is one location that comes to mind from my days driving truck in the 1980s and early 90s.

In the late 60s, I rode the electric buses that replaced the trolleys. Then those buses were sold to Vancouver, where I got a chance to ride them again in 1986.