Comments by "itsnotme07" (@itsnotme07) on "CBC News" channel.

  1. It's Canada, laws there don't matter. How else could a Contractor steal thousands of dollars for not doing the work and never get arrested as the local police call it a civil matter. Kinda sad....and I wish it wasn't that way, but certainly seems to be.
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  2. Either the government gets back into housing or they start requiring developers to reserve 35-40% of their new builds for "low/moderate income" people. Everyone wants to make more money but the pay rates are not keeping up with the new costs. Sadly it's going to cause more homeless issues. Maybe even incentivize landlords with tax benefits to have 15-20% of their current buildings as low/moderate income apartments as well, but put a 10 year cap on it for each renter, meaning they need to start paying market rent if they stay past 10 years.
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  3. WOW, 27 years? That's awesome and horrible at the same time. Not cool of delivery companies ignoring instructions and it's gotta be really hard to not be able to "express his frustrations" via voice to the delivery companies. Hope this video goes viral and the companies start doing what they should!
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  4. Sounds like a "tourist tax" stop. I've run into this in other states where the officer sees your license plate, and you aren't local, so they pull you over and write you a ticket. Even if you weren't breaking the law. They of course knew that you wouldn't come back to fight the charges and most likely would pay them if you knew you'd be back in that state again.
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  5. I guess I've been very lucky for the most part since 2008, when I went remote for my job for the first time, and been that way for most of the past 14 years. Occasionally there have been "you NEED to come to the office 5 days a week" orders...but when managers change, so do their orders. Or if you changed jobs. In my current job, I was hired remotely as a 100% remote worker back in May 2021. My actual office is over 1200 miles away. I have never met my co-workers/manager in person. There is a company office 20 minutes from my home, but I've never been asked to go there, except during the initial hiring process. So what perk would get me back into the office full time? NO perk. I probably won't ever work in an office full time again in my career. My time is too valuable at this point in my life (35+ years in to my career) to give it up sitting in my car, or at someone elses desk/office. Oh yeah, I don't get vacation (contractor), so my vacation is work remotely....I can spend a month somewhere else (I do inform my manager) and as long as I have internet, I can work. Did I mention it's a 4 day week? Yeah, life is good!
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  6. As someone who has watched this disease take a loved one....I'm encouraged. Lots more testing/developing/refining needed no doubt. Good news for sure....well except for those side effects...but if it gives one person their memories/functions back for even a few days/weeks/months....then the chance is worth it.
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  7. Good info on the pricing vs "dollar" stores, which most of them aren't a dollar anymore. LOL I already knew the alkaline part, but wow on some of those carbon zinc batteries capacities.
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  8. Marketing the weather. Bomb Cyclone, Atmospheric River....Anything to make people both take notice and freak out. Course the current level in California is definitely freak out level.
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  9. Most of these videos...the vehicle owners have a garage, but park outside. Hello? You paid how much for that SUV? And you DON'T park it in your garage? What's with that? Of course if you don't have a garage...well not much you can do there.
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  10. Cameras will help, but enforcing what's recorded will really help to stop the behavior! I hope!
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  11. Flashbacks of X Windows logo on my old Wyse workstation.
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  12. "Battery gate". My iphone 7 plus shows 78% health and recommends I replace the battery. Still works for almost 8 hours of regular use. I am planning replacing it this year. Sadly I'm not in Canada...so no money for me.
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  13. Great video! I ALWAYS delete my phone (and any others I find) in car rentals I get.
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  14. Are we sure Bernie mentioned 32 hours for 40 hours pay? I think more along the lines of 4 10 hour days instead of 5 8 hour days. I've been working 4 x 10 hrs workweek for the last 3 years. Wed - Sun and I did a year of Sun - Wed. It's a great shift, provided the business has the need for a 24x7 model. We follow the sun with other staff in India. As you can see, everyone on the team works Wednesdays, so meetings, etc happen then, but daily ones do too. I have no interest in going back to a 5x8 model.
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  15.  @vipertt100  Yes, seems to be.
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  16. This isn't just a Canada problem, seems to occur all over the world. I don't understand the issue. If you have valid credentials from another country, and are currently licensed there, then maybe have a test to take, a fee to pay and prove your education to go with it. If I move to Canada, my US drivers license is valid for up to 90 days until I have to convert it to a Canadian drivers license. The process is actually fairly simple, as it should be. Yes, I get that driving and being a surgeon are NOT the same, but tracking credentials and proving ability shouldn't be that difficult. I've never lived in Canada, so I don't fully understand the system there...but it does seem to me there are lots more "controls" around some things and zero around others "Contractors stealing from homeowners, rental car companies overcharging, etc"...and the people responsible for managing/controlling those things say "We are doing what we can."....but not if it takes 16 months or more to get/convert a medical license. Why doesn't she just enroll in medical school in Canada? Might be shorter.
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  17. These scumbag vultures need to be arrested and sent to the worst prison there is in Canada.
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  18. Hmm...another reason I won't buy a BMW. That's not right!
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  19. Guess Air Canada didn't get the "don't deny the minor traveling a seat" memo.
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  20. Sounds like the new/used car marketplace in Toronto (and probably all of Canada) is the "Wild Wild North"....where anything goes unless CBC News gets in on it. Nice job! I hope she gets out of that nasty car loan.
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