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Have you ever considered that the Prime Directive is not only not ethical, but also illogical, and perhaps morally indefensible?

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  • The bill covers only outward-facing cameras, not cameras inside the cab, addressing privacy concerns raised in committee.

    Here’s the bill (emphasis added).

    “dashboard camera” means a recording device that is capable of continuously recording the view of the road in front of a commercial vehicle through the commercial vehicle’s front windshield at all times when the commercial vehicle is operating, and meets the following criteria:

    (a) retains at least 72 hours of recording;

    (b) records at a minimum video format of high-definition video at a resolution of 1080p;

    © has night vision capability;

    (d) records at the manufacturer’s default settings on the device’s local storage;.

    Any recording made by a dashboard camera must be collected, used, disclosed, retained and destroyed in accordance with all applicable privacy and security requirements, including the Personal Information Protection Act.

























  • Trump demanded increased NATO spending and the countries did it. This isn’t rocket science.

    No, it’s not rocket science. Trump continually threatens to abandon NATO and its allies, so everyone else has to pick up the slack. Not because he wants it, but because it’s an absolute necessity. I really don’t see a credible argument that Canada shouldn’t be investing in defence.

    MAGA is a white supremacist phrase through and through. There is no excuse for repeating it.

    A defensible position to take, but I think Carney’s intent in using it is fairly clear, whether you agree with it or not.

    And Carney did cancel the DST

    That’s why I used it as an example. The article should have, but didn’t. There are a number of things that could legitmately be held up as examples of “appeasement,” but I don’t think the article did so.





  • I think the article’s “appeasement” angle is pretty bullshit.

    No one in NATO is boosting military spending to appease Donald Trump - it’s the inevitable response to the realization that the largest NATO contributor is unreliable.

    The recent “MAGA” line was an appeal to American investors to spend money here. It appropriated Trump’s language, but that’s the opposite of what he wants.

    Carney campaigned in decreased reliance on the US, not on severing all ties.

    Actual examples of appeasement would be things like ending the digital services tax, and I’m sure we’ll see more like it when the CUSMA talks get started.