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You see Michael, by your statement that facebook and twitter decides what news you see is where you are off the rails. I linked you to X policy and facebook just will not allow links, Facebook and twitter are user platforms and they do not b=make or show the news unless the users, you and me, post it. Facebook and twitter do not generate or distribute news, they are just the platform for what users do.

1. So, of the 8 federal by elections and only 1 lost are protest votes? 2. Please name the failed politicians that are chiefs of staff.

"It's important to know that X does not screen content or remove potentially offensive content. As a policy, we do not mediate content or intervene in disputes between users. However, targeted abuse or harassment may constitute a violation of the X Rules and Terms of Service." https://help.x.com/en/safety-and-security/offensive-posts-and-content Michael, as you can tell, I am very passionate about this subject. That the government coerced/forced/taxed/ordered social media to pay for our Canadian monopolistic media. That someone else has to subsidize our poor media product and performance. That our government allowed our news media to become a monopoly.

Or were hangars on when in school and then party helpers then assistants, then secretaries, then party hacks then MP/MLA etc. No real work except for the party. A la PP? LOL

1. No matter what you call it, it is government imposed payment on Google. As i recall, Google was the only one that succumbed. 2. Certainly can be but, it fits into the OP's complaint. 3. I disagree completely. No discriminating algorithms for social media. X is censored??? Truth Social is vetted?? I think not LOL Especially forums...as this forum is a perfect example of unfettered posting.. There are "rules", some of which may be enforced if posters complain and if admins want to do anything. Facebook does have "rules".

I see Google kowtowing to government wishes. They did not have to and I wished they did not. The link only describes what Google is doing. I think they are wrong. All that happens now is the media can get more complacent with poor product because Google is going to give them money on top of what the government already gives them. I disagree with the US seeing media decline. Geez, small towns that I visit have better local news than I do in the nations capital LOL Take a city like Buffalo 5+ newspapers (some weekly) not including the national papers like WSJ, USA Today etc. 4 networks with lots of local news (CBS has 2 hours in the morning and 2 hours in the evening) and it is not even 1/2 the size of Ottawa, the nations capital. My point is that social media, facebook, twitter (X), all forums , reddit, Quora etc are a platform and controlled basically by the users and yet our government insists the platforms pay for what the users do or say. Why is X not paying??? Even the news media advertise and have accounts in X, not even notong that every reporter has an X account?

Yes. My comment was "I love the US system that only allows presidents to stay for 2 terms. That should be a mandate in Canada too. " I went on to stay "This should go for all politicians." So, your objection is???

1. some of it. 2. I do understand and see the "protection measures" but I am also in favour of if you do a good job",you will stay in business. 3. Well, file sharing is the issue....with the government isn't it. They wan tto tax social media for sharing files so, social media says no. Going back to #2. I am fortunate enough to have travelled and travel a lot in North America and Europe. We here in Canada have allowed our media to be monopolized by a few companies so when you say the media gets the money, only what, 3 or 4 companies get subsidized? In my town, we have 2 newspapers, btoh owned by the same company. The headlines are different but the story content is identical. 2 TV networks CBC and CTV and the radio is owned by CTV. My evening news is 15 minutes local and the rest belched out of Toronto. I watch the first 15 minutes then the local weather (which has had the same low tech weather map for 15 years) then watch reruns of Star Trek LOL Same goes for my local newspapers. The media, TV, radio and print in the US, even small towns is doing fine as it is in Europe. How come in Canada it cannot survive? I suggest to you that the product is so inferior and not worth watching. The media is dying why? Because social media has been the provider of information to the public. Why? because the media sucks and we insist on subsidizing it. no reason for it to get better because we tax anything that may be better. So, I am on the side of facebook. for not paying to subsidize media that they do not even deal with.

100% against politicians for life. I love the US system that only allows presidents to stay for 2 terms. That should be a mandate in Canada too. This should go for all politicians. 8 to 10 years and you are out. After 2 terms they become entrenched and entitled and forget who they work for.

He may even have to suck up to the NDP??? Now that would be a funny turn of events LOL

Yes, business is business. Feds tax...you want to give them more money?? Bottom line is it is you that posts the stories and links, not the social media company....and you (Blackbird) are pissed that he/she cannot post LOL No, this tax on social media is not even close to cheese and cars. Social media is you...not the manufacturer or producer and not protecting Canadian producers and manufacturers.

For an anti liberal, you sure suck up and defend top liberal wannabe tom mulcair LOL Mulcair is no better than jagmeet,sucking up to whomever is in power. LOL

I am so against the feds taxing social media. While social media sells advertising, that is their business, most people are pissed they cannot add links (like backbrid) . It is not social media posting the links, it is the users. Tax the users.

So, you finally realize the military was doing what it was told to do, as it always does. You do nio complain about the Canadian Christians or jews or other religions being evacuated. You F'n hypocrite!!!

Your feeble attempt at insult only tells me you have no intelligent argument so...the pea sized brain is in your head LOL Oh and I used to respect you but you are becoming a confux clone and if you want to be a loser like him, you are doing a terrific emulation.

Are oyu insinuating that elections were run and handled and fully campaigned by the person running? If you think so, you are completely misinformed. There were always teams and election trail hierarchy.

Perspective: Between 2010 and 2022: the population of Canada grew from approximately 33.9 million to 39.3 million (an increase of 15.9%)Footnote 5; and the number of federal public servants increased from 282,980 to 335,957 (an increase of 18.7%).Footnote 6 The federal public service comprised 0.86% of the Canadian population in 2022. Over the last 10 years, the size of the federal public service in relation to the Canadian population fluctuated but it now represents a greater proportion of the Canadian population than in 2010 when it represented 0.84%. Indeterminate hiring has been on the rise since the 2012 to 2013 fiscal year. There was a decline in indeterminate hires between the 2019 to 2020 fiscal year and the 2020 to 2021 fiscal year, however it has since risen. New indeterminate hiring in the core public administration increased by 32.7%, from 16,528 in the 2020 to 2021 fiscal year to 21,925 in the 2021 to 2022 fiscal year. Retirements accounted for 71.3% of departures while resignations accounted for 15.2% in the 2021 to 2022 fiscal year. Additionally, as shown in Figure 10, in the 2021 to 2022 fiscal year, the federal public service departure rates for retirements, resignations and all other specified reasons were 3.2%, 0.7%, and 0.6%, respectively. Since the 2012 to 2013 and the 2013 to 2014 period, where the number of departures from the federal public service increased in response to budget reductions, there has been a steady decrease of departures from the federal public service workforce up until the 2020 to 2021 fiscal year. Between the 2020 to 2021 fiscal year and the 2021 to 2022 fiscal year, the number of departures increased by 30.6%. This jump is mostly likely due to employees delaying their retirement until after the pandemic.

I can dislike and fight a person or what a person does or did without it being hate. Not everything is hate.

To be realistic, all citizens are being treated equally. If, for whatever reason some are so paranoid they feel mistreated, the laws today prevent discrimination of any type. They have legal recourse if they get discriminated upon. Now, if I do not like to hear or see or be part of your sexual orientation discussion or even, that is not discrimination, that is my right as well. If I ask you to shut up and get away from me is not discriminatory, it just mean get away form me , i personally do not like you. If I am pissed that you block off my streets and use my police for crowd control wasting my tax money so you can dangle your dork and tits in public to prove you are underappreciated..., that pisses me off. So actually, you are more than equal because you able do this.

Oh no!!!?? Pride is not sexual! What is the matter with you to suggest otherwise??? LOL The lgbtqrls++ only do themselves harm. Lose credibility and then whine when they do not get it. 100 stabs of indecency... one of the worst cases of sexual suicide LOL

What is your beef? Are you blaming the Military for something?? The Military is subservient to the government. They have to do what they are told. What is your problem with this??

Did you not read the actual statistics??? The amount of public servants in 2022 were .02% higher than in 2010. And , the population increasing by over 6 million. .02% increase in 12 years. To service an additional 6 million people...... https://www.canada.ca/en/treasury-board-secretariat/services/innovation/human-resources-statistics/demographic-snapshot-federal-public-service-2022.html

Just more BS from him. He wallows in his own crap and thinks it is OK LOL He is so full of BS he does not know what is what anymore LOL And then tries to make it your fault. He is a loser and a joke now too. A laughing stock

Yes, I am hopeful I am really hoping the liberals have pissed off enough Ontarians that they lose seats. Nothing is easily changed but Justin has really turned a lot of people off.

While it was a huge loss for the Liberals, they still only lost by about 500 votes out of a potential 75,000 voters (Not sure of the number of total b=voters the voted) Plus there were 75 or 80 candidates on the list to vote for. The votes were split a lot. That can easily change again in the next election. Thing is southern Ontario is still the liberal stronghold and a lot more turnovers will be needed to oust the liberals in a good fashion.