Davriellelouna

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I wrote to the BC Legislature. And I actually received an answer. (infosec.pub)
submitted 48 minutes ago* (last edited 20 minutes ago) by Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to c/britishcolumbia@lemmy.ca
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Money in politics, a stupid political system (FPTP, Electoral College) and corporate lobbying have basically destroyed the United States. They turned the country into a extreme-inequality low-labor rights ugly shithole with mass shootings and a failed healthcare system.

Canada has tougher federal laws against money in politics and a much better constitution (Westminster), however the voting system (FPTP) is still a joke and federal lobbying laws are weak.

The same is also true at the provincial level.

In 2017, the newly elected NDP BC Government of John Hogan did two great things.

1. They severely limited, money in politics.

2. They introduced a tougher lobbying law

I'm very grateful for what they did, because it created real positive change.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-election-2020-campaign-donation-limits-analysis-1.5765772

Thanks to these laws, BC is less corrupt than Alberta or Ontario.

But there are still loopholes :

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/north-van-chlorine-plant-campaign-1.7319259

I decided to write to the BC Legislature when I learned they will review the BC Lobbyist Transparency Act

https://www.bclaws.gov.bc.ca/civix/document/id/complete/statreg/01042_01

I received an answer. They created this page:

https://www.leg.bc.ca/parliamentary-business/committees/43rdparliament-1stsession-lta

I intend to send a memo with two proposals:

1. Requiring lobbyists in BC municipalities to publically register. They currently only have to register if they lobby the province.

2. Significantly increasing maximum penalties for lobbyists breaking the law

I'm still working on the memo.

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YES!!!! YES!!!!! πŸ₯³ (infosec.pub)
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https://www.berkeleyside.org/2025/08/01/housing-south-berkeley-2655-shattuck-approved

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Budapest mayor questioned by police over banned pride march (www.bbc.com)
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Investigation uncovers widespread illegal house-sharing in London (www.bbc.com)
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Seven bikes take up less space than a single SUV (infosec.pub)
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The White House Rose Garden was replaced by pavement (infosec.pub)
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Previously

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Judge allows the National Science Foundation to withhold hundreds of millions of research dollars (apnews.com)
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Judge allows the National Science Foundation to withhold hundreds of millions of research dollars (apnews.com)
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Revealed: How foreign billionaires pump millions into British politics (democracyforsale.substack.com)
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Elections Canada adds security ahead of Alberta byelection amid reported threats (www.cbc.ca)
Jury orders Tesla to pay more than $200 million in Autopilot crash case in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] Davriellelouna@lemmy.world 85 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (11 children)

Tesla senior executives are meeting right now. They are ready to unleash a deluge of social media attacks to discredit the court decision. Attack. Attack. Attack. It's all they know.

But in 2023, the New York Times magazine spent weeks investigating Tesla .

As a paying NYT subscriber (yeah, we exist), here is the full investigation:

πŸ‘‰ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/17/magazine/tesla-autopilot-self-driving-elon-musk.html?unlocked_article_code=1.a08.yjIl.D2-3J_WLZon7

It's very clear that Mr. Musk knowingly lied about the safety of his Autopilot system.

As a result, innocents were killed. He simply believed he would never be caught.

Alberta premier’s request for separation referendum question approval rebuffed in c/world@lemmy.world
[–] Davriellelouna@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I'm not Canadian but I lived there for a few years. I went back to my home country, but I still follow Canadian politics closely.

Calgary has the worst traffic fatalities rate in the country:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/pedestrian-deaths-increase-1.7530354

Alberta has the worst measles epidemic in North America:

https://www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/article/alberta-surpasses-us-in-confirmed-measles-cases-with-more-than-1300/

Premier Danielle Smith publically criticized vaccines:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/danielle-smith-adolf-hitler-netflix-rachel-notley-1.6836160

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If Alberta politicians are too incompetent to manage traffic safety or prevent measles, what makes people think they can manage a new country...???

No offense, but this would be a Failed State on day 1.

Alberta spent $30M on unpaid land rent for delinquent oil and gas companies in 2024 in c/canada@lemmy.ca
Wisconsin Congressman gives TV interview. Another Wisconsin Congressman shows up. in c/mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world
Globe and Mail reporter targeted by online campaign, photographed in public settings in c/canada@lemmy.ca
Public transit in Toronto, Canada πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ vs Chengdu, China πŸ‡¨πŸ‡³ in c/mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world
[–] Davriellelouna@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

Nope. I'm definitely not a bot.

I regularly post a lot of articles from some websites, but you will notice my patterns can be extremely irregular. There are some articles that I don't find interesting/attractive, so I just don't share them.

However, I do find the rise of sophisticated bots worrying.

Public transit in Toronto, Canada πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ vs Chengdu, China πŸ‡¨πŸ‡³ in c/mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world
[–] Davriellelouna@lemmy.world 54 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (5 children)

I'm posting an absolute shit ton of content to support Lemmy.

You aren't the first one to notice :)

Vice-President JD Vance flew to Montana for secret meeting with Billionaire Rupert Murdoch and Fox News executives in c/politics@lemmy.world
β€˜A downturn that is really starting to wreak havoc:’ New condo sales in GTHA continue decline as developers cancel more projects in c/canada@lemmy.ca
[–] Davriellelouna@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

The only place in Canada that gets housing right is British Columbia.

After decades of failure, the newly elected government of David Eby actually started to fix the problem.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Eby#Housing

In the long term, it will pay off. Ontario is still asleep.

Premier Danielle Smith demands apology from Jasper in c/alberta@lemmy.ca
The entitlement of some Ontario drivers is absolutely astonishing. They are fully aware that you are breaking the law by going 15% over the speed limit. And yet they victimize themselves? in c/ontario@lemmy.ca
[–] Davriellelouna@lemmy.world 28 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (10 children)

Are speed cameras really effective? There are multiple studies that looked at this.

And the answer is yes, they are:

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1963295/

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3861844/

The car crashes that happen in Ontario cost society far more ressources (police, hospitals, nurses, medication, surgeries) that any of the money raised by speeding tickets.

Road narrowing is a great idea. It can be applied to local streets.

But the people who hate speed cameras are going to absolutely FREAK OUT if you suggest road narrowing as a potential solution.

Louisiana cancels $3 billion coastal restoration project funded by oil spill settlement in c/usa@midwest.social
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