UnderFreyja @ UnderFreyja @lemmy.ca Posts 0Comments 16Joined 2 yr. ago
Canuck trans sisters high five!
GIBSON IS CANADIAN? AND DOCTOROW!?
Damn I had no idea
Oh thanks for this, I was actively looking for new sci fi
Yes, tax avoidance is an issue and the bigger the company the bigger the issue. Supporting smaller local businesses as much as you can is the best option.
If the company is Canadian, then they're paying Canadian taxes. Like, we don't make rice in Canada but I'll buy from 555 which is a local importer instead of Uncle Ben. Or for example, I try to buy Canadian soap but if I can't, I buy French brands.
I buy Canadian first, anything but US second, any effort is good, there's no way you're gonna have a 100% local economy anyway...
The whole idea of the movement is to buy more consciously.
Depending where you are it's honestly not hard to avoid amazon.
I've cancelled prime in January and since then, I found that every thing I needed and got there for convenience, I got from elsewhere for the same if not less and with the same kind of shipping speed.
Hell, just this week I was setting up my old vita for my son and found I needed a replacement charger. I found it from a used game store in Ontario, came to me in 2 days.
I'm ashamed of being lazy these past few years and using them so much when I could have supported local businesses instead...
You won't get much local fruits in the winter nut Mexico is ok I think. I means it's way better than the US.
There are greenhouse farmers that deliver all year long. In Quebec, we have Lufa farms, I'm sure there's alternatives in the other provinces.
It's a hard one but next is to leave their platforms as much as possible.
I'm currently De-googling / de Microsoft-ing and it's hard but feasible.
If you're not ready to leave Facebook, follow the guide John Oliver's team put out.
Otherwise, go see local comedians / bands or buy their stuff to support them, stuff like that
Fuck their Nazi ass, they can fuck off to Russia for all I care..
Posting links to reddit seems counterproductive
All education programs are managed the same way in Canada.
The reason this was proposed is that we have been losing a good portion of our doctors to the US.
The thing is, if you come from another country and want to study at McGill University to become a doctor, you will pay the full amount of your studies and can go back to work wherever you want.
Canadians have decided as a society that we want to lessen the burden of our citizens in regards to education in order to remove barriers for highly skilled careers (or any careers) but this is paid by our taxes. Training doctors just so they can fuck off to the US and never pay a cent of taxes here is a bad investment and is creating undue pressure in our medical system.
So yeah, I think it's fair to ask that if you use our low cost education system, you should be accountable to give back to the community before you decide to go exploit the broken system down south for personal gain.
I don't know if it's different in other provinces but in Quebec, Education loans are interest free and managed by provincial government.
I mean free is a big word. It's affordable compared to elsewhere and you can get loans and whatnot but it's still about 5k+ per year depending on which university you go to and if you do it in your home province or not.
The data from this page is a bit old but it provides a good idea.
https://masterstudent.ca/medical-school-costs-in-canada/
It's basically free if you compare it to the US though, that's for sure...
Oh 100% I just discovered them from goth club djs :) They were very popular beginning of the century around here but I do think they're one of the bands that go beyond that.
I was unaware thst they were still active though so thanks for your post because I got some listening to do!
Oh man, what a blast from the past. I love Ladytron. Discovered them during my more hardcore goth club years in my twenties. Still listen to them when I can.
We're gonna be killing robots in the streets by the end of the decade.