I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again.

If you can’t pick up after your dog, you don’t deserve to be a pet owner.

Wealthsimple has tax filing services, and StudioTax is also Canadian.

To make my life simple might use one of these services this year as I figure out how the hell to do my taxes by paper. Absurd we don’t have a system from the government directly to do this.

Born and raised in Edmonton, but no longer live there. The basket was mainly given to us by our parents, never really a thing that was seen with partners or whatever from what I’m able to gauge.

I’m pretty sure I do remember schools doing Easter raffles though where there were Easter baskets to be won. Was typically a small fundraising thing the school did where the more tickets you bought, the higher your chances were in winning ofc.

Honestly even if you don’t go with Dollarama stuff it’s not really a huge thing. Normally just included a chocolate bunny (or equivalent since you could get like a chocolate transformer or Dora the Explorer when I was a kid, pretty sure they do the same thing with PJ Masks and Paw Patrol these days from what I recall seeing in stores), some jellybeans, some gummy candies, and on the rare occasion, Peeps.

My family did this. On top of hiding eggs all over the apartment, they’d also do little wooden baskets with treats where we didn’t have to search for the treats, mind you, a lot less lavish than the video.

Was usually Dollarama stuff for the most part save for maybe a hollow chocolate figure from some major franchise. Stuff like a milk chocolate bunny, some chocolate loonies, and some gummy candies.

Alright then, have fun “strategically” voting for parties that have showcased a lack of interest in fixing that issue then.

…and by taking the vote away from the Green party you’re ultimately leading to their dissolution and lack of effort in finding candidates for Conservatives ridings.

Which is something I’ve already been seeing as the Greens failed to enlist a candidate for my riding despite me wanting to give my vote and volunteer time

Copy-pasting my comment from the crosspost:

Can we stop with the “strategic voting” bullshit?

Go ahead and “strategic vote” but don’t come around complaining when Canada ends up being a two-party state like our oh-so mentally sound southern neighbours.

Can we stop with the “strategic voting” bullshit?

Go ahead and “strategic vote” but don’t come around complaining when Canada ends up being a two-party state like our oh-so mentally sound southern neighbours.

Edmonton, and I attended from I think 2005-2012.

I want to say “good”, but having been a kid with shitty parents, I genuinely think this is going to be doing more harm than good.

I remember back in elementary we had to pay lunch fees in order to eat at the school during lunch. It was apparently to help pay for the people who supervised us during lunch break, since the school didn’t provide food. Since my parents gave priority to my father’s alcohol and cigarettes as he sat on his ass playing computer games all day adding nothing to our tight budget, they would never pay for the fees.

It felt like a double punishment having parents who didn’t care enough to pay said fees, and a school that put that responsibility on you as the student to advocate for yourself to your own fucking parents or else they’d have you sit in the office’s old nursery alone doing nothing each day for 45 minutes as everyone else had recess.

I get that this is different from that cause it’s a health and safety issue, but this genuinely feels like it’s punishing the students who are already powerless and have awful parents, and I wouldn’t be surprised if this grows dissent with the education system as they grow up. Surely there’s better options that target the parents?

According to the City of Calgary’s Integrity and Ethics Office annual report delivered to city councillors on Sept. 17, 2024, there were 51 complaints made under the Code of Conduct for Elected Officials Bylaw. Forty-eight of those complaints were dismissed, with the rationale being no reasonable grounds, or frivolous or vexatious. The reporting period was from May 1, 2023, to April 30, 2024.

That’s a high ratio of complaints dismissed.

3. Pierre Poilievre will CUT income tax by 15% to save families nearly $2000 a year. Do you want more savings?

“We are objectively right, do you agree?”

a. Yes, please top me daddy Poli

b. No, I am a fucking moron and will be giving a serious vote to the Rhinoceros Party because they base their platform on facts.

Hate to say they’ll likely move to BlueSky, but at the very least it would be a good idea to have them make a bridge via Bridgy Fed.

I mean, good on there being more options I suppose, but wish they had better values.

Saw they had a candidate in my riding listed on the Elections Canada site the other day and I just can’t help but feel they could be standing for better things.

Not necessarily Canadian made but maybe try getting it second-hand at a thrift or antique shop?

Huh, TIL syntheic rubber is a thing

I’d love to see more ads on where to do a “Staycation” here in Canada. Been out of the country, but never anywhere in it outside Alberta save for a layover in Vancouver.

Have had St. John’s on my mind for a while now since my mother’s side hails from there, but I’d love to see places like Manitoba on the map more considering it’s rich history and importance to the country’s history.

Oh that’s neat! Was always under the impression that it was fine because it being from the rubber tree and how rubber bands can dry out and crumble afterba while

They’re plastic?? I always thought they were rubber.

Gotta love the language here implying he only sees Indigenous people as means to access resources rather than seeing them as normal people whose lives and histories should be respected.