Canada will reduce the number of international student permits by 35 per cent next year as part of a temporary two-year cap on foreign enrollment, Immigration Minister Marc Miller announced Monday morning.
Canada to restrict work permits for international students
The federal government has announced new measures to limit and curb the abuse of the international student program.
I mean, I'm not surprised. The two of them had the perfect jobs for being spies.
Especially if the NDP forms the minority. A Liberal/NDP minority represents more than 50% of all voters.
AMD's fabs became Global Foundries, who pulled out of the bleeding-edge node game once it became cost prohibitive to do so with 7nm.
Intel is still on 7nm. Samsung's 5nm is basically 7nm+. The fact that SMIC can do 7nm without EUV is insanely impressive.
Intel took years and years of delays to achieve the same thing.
Senior US officials have stated that they believe the Gaza Health Ministry to be underreporting casualties.
Eat the landlord class
Investing is supposed to be a risky venture. This is the risk.
If the US continues to destabilize, we're fucked anyway. Any aid we can provide to Ukraine is going to be us allocating funds to buy American weapons that we then ship off to Ukraine.
How about nationalize our O&G, airline, and telecom?
None of this solves the methane problem that has a disproportionate and untracked impact on Canada's emissions.
Consider that 1.2% leakage means that natural gas is equally bad as coal over a 20 year period. Consider then that even the most optimistic estimates for leakage are higher than that. Might as well just burn coal.
And a good chunk of Canadian emissions (about half) are due to O&G extraction and burning fossil fuels for transportation. It's a simple problem to solve.
Legislation introduced to deliver more homes near transit hubs in BC
Building more homes near transit hubs is the focus of new proposed legislation aimed at speeding up the delivery of homes and encouraging more communities near the transit, services and amenities that make life better for people.
Legislation introduced to deliver more homes near transit hubs
Building more homes near transit hubs is the focus of new proposed legislation aimed at speeding up the delivery of homes and encouraging more communities near the transit, services and amenities that make life better for people.
The West's data is literally, demonstrably false to the point that it's legitimately harmful to our climate goals. In the short-term, natural gas is indisputably worse than coal, maybe even 2-3x worse. Even in the long-term, natural gas is worse than coal when looking at observed methane leakage rates. The US' emissions reductions are a fucking lie.
Meanwhile, China hasn't exactly been hiding that they're reliant on coal.
Yeah, you're right about that, my bad.
I was thinking more in terms of the core tech teams - there's a decent EA presence here as well.
Well, I've already established you can't take Western GHGe numbers at face value... What's your point? Trust nobody and nothing?
I mean, if someone else wants to start producing solar panels and wind turbines...
There's already been a confirmed F-35 damaged by a "bird strike" over Syria... The F-35 was certified against bird strikes to a higher standard than most other American jets. Given the amount of lies coming out of the IDF in the Gaza conflict, I wouldn't be surprised if the F-35 was targettable by Russian S-200/S-300 systems and the IDF is covering it up to avoid absolutely destroying the international reputation of the F-35.
The problem is, Canadian F-35 operations in the Arctic (really, the only area we have to defend against Russia) would almost certainly require drop tanks. In that scenario, the F-35 is fucked. This is even as F-35 maintenance requires the use of American military contractors that can be weeks or even months away, particularly if we do decide to operate F-35s out of Arctic bases.
Nationalize it. This degenerate "business comes first" bullshit is costing us key talent.
Screw Bell. Nationalize telecoms.
Gas prices could drop 21 cents in Metro Vancouver this week
Gas prices could drop by as much as 21 cents per litre in Metro Vancouver by Wednesday, according to one industry analyst.
The 19-year-old’s response when he was pulled over: The other driver was going faster, police said.
Metro Vancouver transit: Highway 1 needs trains, not lanes
Long-term congestion in Metro Vancouver won't be served by attracting more cars, this writer says.
The Ministry of Mental Health and Addictions said of the 47 overdose prevention sites in B.C., only 19 provide the option to smoke drugs.
The Vancouver and District Labour Council is changing its approach to political action three years before the 2026 election and has thrown its support behind OneCity
A major Vancouver labour organization is changing its approach to local politics, encouraging members to join and support a single party.
Nightlife, please take a seat.
Meta: What happened to this community?
A few weeks/months ago when I was active here, I remember there were more daily posts and each daily post got more comments.
I more or less stopped posting out of protest for lemmy.ca policies regarding defederation for political reasons (as if complaining about landlords isn't half the reason this community exists) and I come back to see that things are much slower here.
What happened?
Edit: I'll be revving up my posts again, because I really do want to see this community thrive even if I don't like what the lemmy.ca admins are doing.
Reflecting on Canada's F-35 decision: F-35 fighter jets can only fly 55% of the time
Report on military’s $160mn combat aircraft comes days after one crashed in South Carolina
> The fleet’s mission-capable rate — or the percentage of time a plane can perform one of its assigned missions — was 55 per cent as of March 2023, far below the Pentagon’s goal of 85 per cent to 90 per cent, the Government Accountability Office said on Thursday.
> Part of the challenges stem from a heavy reliance on contractors for maintenance that limits the Pentagon’s ability to control depot maintenance decisions. Delays also arise from spare parts shortages, inadequate maintenance training, insufficient support equipment, and a lack of technical data needed to make repairs.
Because of the Pentagon's inane IP laws, maintenance on these planes is a bureaucratic nightmare: defense contractors are able to limit maintenance of these things to only those they contract because of IP restrictions and are not required to teach the military jack shit. Meanwhile, they're essentially a paperweight half the time because they're not getting proper maintenance.
How are we supposed to patrol the Arctic with a plane that needs an American private subcontractor to perform essential maintenance on it?
Reflecting on Canada's F-35 decision: F-35 fighter jets can only fly 50% of the time
> The fleet’s mission-capable rate — or the percentage of time a plane can perform one of its assigned missions — was 55 per cent as of March 2023, far below the Pentagon’s goal of 85 per cent to 90 per cent, the Government Accountability Office said on Thursday.
> Part of the challenges stem from a heavy reliance on contractors for maintenance that limits the Pentagon’s ability to control depot maintenance decisions. Delays also arise from spare parts shortages, inadequate maintenance training, insufficient support equipment, and a lack of technical data needed to make repairs.
Because of the Pentagon's inane IP laws, maintenance on these planes is a bureaucratic nightmare: defense contractors are able to limit maintenance of these things to only those they contract because of IP restrictions and are not required to teach the military jack shit. Meanwhile, they're essentially a paperweight half the time because they're not getting proper maintenance.
How are we supposed to patrol the Arctic with a plane that needs an American private subcontractor to perform essential maintenance on it?
A chronic lack of hotel rooms is a headache for Vancouver tourism, but the effects of the shortage reverberate far beyond that sector.
Why Burnaby Decided to Develop Its Own Housing
BC’s third-largest city is aiming for rents at 50 per cent below market. Here’s how.
Should Vancouver enforce transparent pricing?
Many restaurants in Vancouver have begun to tack on fees (mandatory 18% service charge, mandatory 7% kitchen service fee, etc.)
Given that these costs are NOT optional and cannot be opted out of, shouldn't they be considered a part of the cost of a purchase? Shouldn't the fees be reflected in the price listed on the menu? Transparent pricing means that we know how much we can actually expect to spend on something. It gives consumers more information to make decisions.
Should lying in the House of Commons be punished?
As our government becomes more and more polarized, what can we do to ensure that facts and data hold out?
I'm not suggesting that lying should be illegal (in fact, it's often unintentional), but when an MPs statement can later be proven to be false, shouldn't they be forced to publicly apologize?
The truth shouldn't be political.
