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Cake day: June 12th, 2023

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  • However Canada post is NOT tax payer funded it is a for profit entity that has been in a death spiral for quite some time not dealing or not being allowed to become more efficient while mail volume keeps dropping.

    We keep treating essential services like they need to make a profit.

    Mail service to Edmonton seems a little redundant, but mail service to Tuk or even hay river may not feel so “extra”.

    I get why they spun it out to an arms-length thing (like the CBC, independent) but it’s entirely vulnerable now to funding cuts when the like of Milhouse get into power. It was a bad idea to close the books.



  • Air Canada has always been the worst and, globally, Canadian airlines are the 2 worst among dozens.

    Now Westjet is worse. Recent anecdotes suggest it’s not because Air Canada suddenly stopped sucking; just, Westjet’s new owners said “hold my caviar”. So while AC will absolutely fuck with your travel on a whim but occasionally come through on mitigation (eg a hotel overnight), WJA will pull every scumbag move in the book to avoid a humane or legal obligation.

    I say this as a former fanboy who waved the WJA flag hard before their sale and who now can’t bear what they’ve become.





  • The serious back injury would explain the hard turn his life made.

    Also, if you really want to hate the insurance companies, it’s easy: get surgery in America. I thought his rage was from a friend who wasnt rich enough for cancer treatments; here it’s a bad skiing accident and the years of bill negotiation that pushed him over the edge.

    But that could be me in the same situation. I have a back injury that is never going to improve, but its progress is slowed by proper care and lots of help. A bad turn if I was American and even my good tech job wouldn’t be enough. At-will state and I’m laid-off like that, no job means no coverage, no coverage means I sell my everything for anything. Ich bin copaybacker.