He’s a millionaire and the interim leader of one of the country’s largest political organizations but he still flies Economy Class.
We were in the same row.
He has very white hair.
Peter MacKay: I didn’t want to sit here, but DND made me. They misled me. They told me it was the only jet suitable to sit in. How was I supposed to know there might be other jets out there? What am I, defence minister? (via Blame Peter MacKay for ther F-35 mess | Full Comment | National Post)
I hardly knew ye.
Stephen Harper must have heard about how much Canadians love Poutine.
Except he must have been so dense and thought they were saying how much they love Putin.
That’s one way to explain his penchant for voter suppression and anti-democratic behaviour.
They seem to have transported this country back to the 50s.
The shit hit the fan in the trans blogosphere last night, when it came to light that there is a disturbing new section in the Identity Screening Regulations used in airports throughout Canada. Simply put, Transgender People are Completely Banned From Boarding Airplanes in Canada.
The offending section of the regulations reads:
5.2 (1) An air carrier shall not transport a passenger if …
(c) the passenger does not appear to be of the gender indicated on the identification he or she presents;
Although this obviously discriminatory smear of regulation did not come to significant public attention until very recently, it apparently came into effect on July 27th, 2011.
It is important to note that these regulations are not actually a piece of legislation, which would have had to pass through readings and votes in the House and Senate (which is probably why it went unnoticed until now). Rather, the Identity Screening Regulations are a set of rules implemented unilaterally by the Ministry of Transportation, as part of Canada’s so-calledPassenger Protect, which is essentially the Canadian Federal Government’s equivalent to the U.S.’s “no-fly” list.
Minister of Transportation Denis Lebel is, of course, a federal Conservative MP appointed to the cabinet position by Stephen Harper.
This is abhorrent.
While no one has been denied boarding as a result of this regulation, it is still in the books and could have serious repercussions.
I’m really sorry. I tried, I really tried.
Turn 9 at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.
Make sure to watch it in 720p!
It seems like anyone with a voice to be heard in this country regarding Internet usage and billing thinks that Bandwidth is measured in terms of Gigabytes.
Oh, I need more than 25GB of bandwidth!
60 GB of bandwidth is all you need.
NO.
Just. No.
Bandwidth is measured in bits per second, or bps. Common network speeds are 10/100/1000 Mbps, or Megabits per second.
Bandwidth is limited, volume of data is not.
It makes no sense to charge based on the usage of an unlimited resource - Information.
Bandwidth is NOT volume based. Bandwidth is the flow rate of information.
When I subscribe to a 25 Mbps Cable internet connection it doesn’t matter what volume of information I download. There is ALWAYS a 25 Mbps stream of data open to my disposal. Whether I download 60GB using that connection of 600GB, the strain on the system is the same.
Why do the people in charge not understand this? Why do they take the Fox News worthy ‘facts’ from the ISPs to which they pander as gospel?
Why Why WHY???
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