There is a current “Return to Duty” promotion that’s available to all players - a free “Jem’hadar Vanguard” character, which is normally a premium, upgraded version of a basic Jem’Hadar character. I keep forgetting to claim it for myself.

There’s also a starter pack on sale in the in-game store. It’s got some nice stuff in it, but I think you’d be fine without it if you don’t want to spend the money.

The old one should work fine, though I seem to remember some people having to contact support to access characters that have been dormant for a long time…

Well, this new route is about 360 km, so not exactly a commuter distance.

It’s also a straight shot down the Trans-Canada Highway, and they already have a terminus in Regina for their existing lines. All in all, a good start for expansion.

Of course, what’s really needed is routes to rural, northern, and underserved communities, but that won’t happen without government subsidies.

I watched it fully expecting to be disappointed by the lack of iridescent paint, but nope it sure has iridescent paint.

Hold up, Paul Wells has a YouTube channel? He’s one of the great pundits.

I don’t understand why seemingly no one in this country raises the possibility of day fines, both for individuals and organizations. Why have a maximum at all?

The trouble is, I don’t know if enough is being done to offset the loss. International students have been effectively subsidizing post-secondary education for a very long time, and I’m honestly not sure what the path forward is.

The law couldn’t be retroactive to existing leases, so I guess this is a way to apply pressure to the legacy leases.

I think the word gets thrown around so often, it doesn’t really mean anything. You could pick just about any of the various new eras and call it a “reboot” without being entirely wrong.

It would be a far more compelling argument if gas prices were only rising in Canada, where taxes been lifted. But that ain’t the case.

I mean, it’s still 10 cents per litre less than it would have been had the tax not been lifted…unless the implication is that the price wouldn’t have gone up without the tax reduction (which is pretty obviously not true).

I don’t like the tax being lifted - I think it’s largely populist nonsense - but it’s at least a little dishonest to say there’s no difference at all.

The suggestion here is that the prices rose because the tax was lifted? That seems pretty easily refuted by looking at international news.

The RCMP is rife with structural problems. From the CBC’s article on this agency:

Davis said it’s hard not to see the Liberals’ move to create this agency as a comment on the RCMP.

“This is very much a reaction to the RCMP’s inability to do this job,” she said.

Some of that comes down to the RCMP’S structure, Davis said. On top of its federal policing obligations, the RCMP is also responsible for boots-on-the-ground policing across the country, which has drained its resources over the last decades.

A 2023 report from the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians called on Ottawa to create a stand-alone federal policing organization. It found the RCMP’s sprawling mandate is undermining its investigations into files such as national security and financial crime.

The article notes that the RCMP is kind of terrible at this sort of thing.

I don’t think “Coming of Age” is very clear on this topic. It’s probably best to assume that only one candidate from that small group will be selected, and that there are many similar groups throughout the Federation. A pretty silly way to run things, but… 🤷

Probably not, if their estimate of 5.5 MW is accurate - less than a thousandth of the MB Hydro capacity.

I’ll offer up one, with the caveat that I don’t actually know much about it, and I’d love to be proven wrong. It’s even in the aviation industry.

In 1996, air navigation services were privatized, and Nav Canada was created. They’re a private non-profit (that bit is probably very important).

As near as I can tell, it was a success by most measures. Employee salaries went up, and airline ticket prices went marginally down. I think there were layoffs as they cut layers of bureaucratic bloat, though.

And again, I’m very open to being proven wrong on this.

Global News has a non-paywalled article on this.

When asked if the government was considering privatizing airports and if so, how many, MacKinnon told reporters that the government was talking with airport authorities.

“We’re in the early stages of a process with airport authorities and other partners to determine the best way forward. The ultimate goal, of course, is to improve the passenger experience, to improve the efficiency of our air transport system,” MacKinnon said.

“Indeed, they are a public good and I don’t think that spirit or that philosophy will change,” he said.

It’s the Americas edition, so they localized it. /s

I think this might actually be the correct answer, strange as it is. They also use the Americanized version when they quote Buffalo as the “City of Good Neighbors”.