No deciding if someone, or a group, you know personally, have worked with, have been paid by, plan to work for, or hate get or don't get a contract is not actually hard. You just leave the room when you recognize the name. It's even easier now, since you just need to close the video-conference while you go get a coffee.
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As an example, I'm required, ethically, to hand over to another person in my area any work I'm doing if I recognize the person.
I don't have to be related to them, or be friends with them. It could be a neighbour, or a former neighbour, or a person down the street. If I recognize the individual as someone who I've known personally at some point previously, I can't continue working on that particular piece of work.
It's not actually complicated: you don't get to be part of the contract attribution process if you are involved with one of the candidates. It's actually trivial to avoid.
There was one candidate.
Yes. That is, as we say, the fucking problem.
How many organizations capable of running a billion-dollar program as part of the pandemic response are we supposed to have lying around?
Isn't that what the government is for?
Oh wait, it outsourced all the powerful parts of itself to private corporations.
What would be the best place to report/get a workplace audited for Cerb misappropriation?
How could a workplace potentially misappropriate someone's cerb payments?
A workplace cutting people's wages because they are receiving CERB (there's a threshold that if you earn less you can qualify for the CERB if I recall correctly).
Can you let them in and then not let them back please?
I’m actually OK with letting people in so long as they properly quarantine. Then, serve people up with federal charges if they don’t. They could end up spending years here in Canada, being supported by the Canadian taxpayer, if I had my way.
Civics is not a consumer product that you can ignore because you don’t like the options presented.
Can you let them in and then not let them back please?
I’m actually OK with letting people in so long as they properly quarantine. Then, serve people up with federal charges if they don’t. They could end up spending years here in Canada, being supported by the Canadian taxpayer, if I had my way.
Given the issues NZ has been having with this shit, hells no.
On Wednesday a man, aged in his 30s absconded from his managed quarantine hotel in central Auckland to visit a supermarket and later tested positive for coronavirus. It came after a woman jumped over a hedge to get out of quarantine. Later, she got lost and asked a passing policeman for directions back to her hotel.
In the latest case, a man in his fifties cut through ties in a 1.8 metre fence to break out of a temporary quarantine facility in Hamilton, on New Zealand’s North Island and visit a liquor store.
Which is why I’m suggesting that breaking quarantine become a federal crime, and that people get imprisoned.
And then enforce that.
I mean, we're already undergoing something of a revolution about the role of policing and law enforcement, and there's a lot of good arguments to be made that prison culture (i.e. the culture that imprisons people) should also be abolished or at least completely reformed, as it is also systemically racist. Adding another law that is very likely to be abused to target minorities and low-income members of society and criminalize them unnecessarily is probably not the strongest choice right now.
Which is why I’m suggesting that breaking quarantine become a federal crime, and that people get imprisoned.
And then enforce that.
That's the problem I'm pointing out though. Enforcing it is not that easy and people are constantly trying to get around it. Up to and including apparently cutting a hole in a fucking fence. It just does not at all seem like a good idea. It's too hard to make people follow the rules.
Ok I was pissed off and used wrong term (Also partly because Cerb has become a catch all term for the various benefits.)
Its abuse of the worker top up I want to report. We had all already been suspicious because of the big variances in everyone's add on, and none were to the amount expected, but all attempts at inquiry are deflected and ignored.
Yesterday one of the prep cooks found the paystub of one of the owners kids that works there in the trash.
It had almost 9k as his top up for that pay period.
He is one of 3 of their children working there also
Ok I was pissed off and used wrong term (Also partly because Cerb has become a catch all term for the various benefits.)
Its abuse of the worker top up I want to report. We had all already been suspicious because of the big variances in everyone's add on, and none were to the amount expected, but all attempts at inquiry are deflected and ignored.
Yesterday one of the prep cooks found the paystub of one of the owners kids that works there in the trash.
It had almost 9k as his top up for that pay period.
He is one of 3 of their children working there also
Ok I was pissed off and used wrong term (Also partly because Cerb has become a catch all term for the various benefits.)
Its abuse of the worker top up I want to report. We had all already been suspicious because of the big variances in everyone's add on, and none were to the amount expected, but all attempts at inquiry are deflected and ignored.
Yesterday one of the prep cooks found the paystub of one of the owners kids that works there in the trash.
It had almost 9k as his top up for that pay period.
He is one of 3 of their children working there also
9k top up in a 2 week pay period?
Yep
Edit: no actual employees even hit the 2500 that 4 weeks of work + top up was supposed to hit either. Everyone was short
Ok I was pissed off and used wrong term (Also partly because Cerb has become a catch all term for the various benefits.)
Its abuse of the worker top up I want to report. We had all already been suspicious because of the big variances in everyone's add on, and none were to the amount expected, but all attempts at inquiry are deflected and ignored.
Yesterday one of the prep cooks found the paystub of one of the owners kids that works there in the trash.
It had almost 9k as his top up for that pay period.
He is one of 3 of their children working there also
I hope he kept the paystub and that's what you're submitting as evidence. CRA doesn't fuck around when it comes to payroll.
Sounds like another good reason to ban foreign ownership of Canadian property.
No, just continue to refuse entry because owning property doesn’t automatically grant them permission to enter the country.
If they don’t like it they can feel free to sell the property.
I mean it's another reason, aside from all the other good reasons to ban foreign ownership.
I’m curious about this, mostly to clarify what foreign ownership is, and what the issues are (versus, say, mass-purchase of property by the extremely wealthy as asset havens, independent of nationality).
As a recent immigrant to Canada, do I count as a “foreign owner”? I’m not a citizen, but also, I’d like to own my own home. So...could you clarify?
I mean, GTA being what it is, we’ll have enough problems doing that anyway.
Sounds like another good reason to ban foreign ownership of Canadian property.
No, just continue to refuse entry because owning property doesn’t automatically grant them permission to enter the country.
If they don’t like it they can feel free to sell the property.
I mean it's another reason, aside from all the other good reasons to ban foreign ownership.
I’m curious about this, mostly to clarify what foreign ownership is, and what the issues are (versus, say, mass-purchase of property by the extremely wealthy as asset havens, independent of nationality).
As a recent immigrant to Canada, do I count as a “foreign owner”? I’m not a citizen, but also, I’d like to own my own home. So...could you clarify?
I mean, GTA being what it is, we’ll have enough problems doing that anyway.
Generally when people are talking about foreign ownership they are talking non-residents buying properties as either vacation properties or (more commonly) investments
The way I normally see it expressed is 'banning foreign investment ownership'. This is the one for people who do not live at least 6 months of the year in the residence with it as their primary residence.
Another variation is banning foreign ownership for someone who does not have permanent residency/citizenship. This would include people on work visas, student visas, or temporary working holiday visas. I can't recall if there are typically any exceptions for things like the old NAFTA visas which allowed for longer duration work in fellow NAFTA countries. Of course with NAFTA being replaced by New NAFTA this could all be up in the air for a while.
There's probably a version about banning foreign ownership for all non "old-stock Canadians" to use the Harper Conservative language.
I imagine there should also be a version about banning all non-First Nations from owning property here, since there's that whole colonization thing that happened. I don't hear too much about this version.
Sounds like another good reason to ban foreign ownership of Canadian property.
No, just continue to refuse entry because owning property doesn’t automatically grant them permission to enter the country.
If they don’t like it they can feel free to sell the property.
I mean it's another reason, aside from all the other good reasons to ban foreign ownership.
I’m curious about this, mostly to clarify what foreign ownership is, and what the issues are (versus, say, mass-purchase of property by the extremely wealthy as asset havens, independent of nationality).
As a recent immigrant to Canada, do I count as a “foreign owner”? I’m not a citizen, but also, I’d like to own my own home. So...could you clarify?
I mean, GTA being what it is, we’ll have enough problems doing that anyway.
Basically the idea is to prevent foreign investment driving up property prices, so that property prices remain coupled to local incomes (though this is already broken in most major markets in Canada). For example, in BC there's an additional property transfer tax on property sales to foreign nationals, in specific areas. But, if you are a permanent-resident you are exempt.
Sounds like another good reason to ban foreign ownership of Canadian property.
No, just continue to refuse entry because owning property doesn’t automatically grant them permission to enter the country.
If they don’t like it they can feel free to sell the property.
Or hire a nice Canadian property management company to go and make sure everything is OK and do maintenance.
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Finance Minister Bill Morneau also has family ties to WE Charity: two daugthers; one paid term employment after an internship; the other as a speaker during WE events.
The really completely shit part about this entire fiasco is the fact that it's actively derailed the student volunteer grants program that was supposed to be kicking in by now.
I’m actually OK with letting people in so long as they properly quarantine. Then, serve people up with federal charges if they don’t. They could end up spending years here in Canada, being supported by the Canadian taxpayer, if I had my way.
The types of people who are adamant on coming up here now of all times because their summer cottage is calling to them are exactly the types of people who would in all likelihood literally rather die than comply with quarantine requirements.
That's close enough to an absolute given as makes no difference, so it'd be easier to just turn them back at the border.
That said, plenty are already up here, having lied about their reasons for entering the country and their willingness to quarantine, and I'm pretty sure lying to border officials can also result in federal charges, so...
I’m actually OK with letting people in so long as they properly quarantine. Then, serve people up with federal charges if they don’t. They could end up spending years here in Canada, being supported by the Canadian taxpayer, if I had my way.
The types of people who are adamant on coming up here now of all times because their summer cottage is calling to them are exactly the types of people who would in all likelihood literally rather die than comply with quarantine requirements.
That's close enough to an absolute given as makes no difference, so it'd be easier to just turn them back at the border.
That said, plenty are already up here, having lied about their reasons for entering the country and their willingness to quarantine, and I'm pretty sure lying to border officials can also result in federal charges, so...
What, don'tcha know the only route thru Canada to Alaska involves vacationing for 3 weeks from Manitoba to B.C.?
Can you let them in and then not let them back please?
I’m actually OK with letting people in so long as they properly quarantine. Then, serve people up with federal charges if they don’t. They could end up spending years here in Canada, being supported by the Canadian taxpayer, if I had my way.
I'm pretty opposed to any sort of non-essential travel; It sucks for the tourism industry that we can't have people come in from abroad, but the simple fact is that the more restrictive we are WRT allowing people to cross the border the lower our chances of having a fresh outbreak.
Because yeah: America's handling of this has been equal parts scattershot and stunningly naive.
Because yeah: America's handling of this has been equal parts scattershot and stunningly naive.
I agree with the rest, but there's nothing "naive" about the US handling of the crisis. They know exactly what they are doing, they just don't want to do what's actually needed.
I'd characterize a lot of the US response as criminally negligent rather than just naive.
Not everyone in the US, mind you; some governors and mayors and stuff are trying to do the right thing. But basically republicans. Criminally negligent.
As far as I can see, the leadership and powerful have chosen to sacrifice the vulnerable because they don't care and think they are insulated from any consequences.
It's more that trying to actually deal with the pandemic is hard and so they've simply decided to not bother. There's a freedom in simply deciding you are fucked anyway, so why even try.
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You just leave the room when you recognize the name. It's even easier now, since you just need to close the video-conference while you go get a coffee.
I don't have to be related to them, or be friends with them. It could be a neighbour, or a former neighbour, or a person down the street. If I recognize the individual as someone who I've known personally at some point previously, I can't continue working on that particular piece of work.
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Isn't that what the government is for?
Oh wait, it outsourced all the powerful parts of itself to private corporations.
CRA?
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https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/programs/about-canada-revenue-agency-cra/suspected-tax-cheating-in-canada-how-report.html
How could a workplace potentially misappropriate someone's cerb payments?
A workplace cutting people's wages because they are receiving CERB (there's a threshold that if you earn less you can qualify for the CERB if I recall correctly).
Some US Reps are starting to make noise that they want the Canadian border open so they can go to their summer properties
No, this is not a joke.
Can you let them in and then not let them back please?
I’m actually OK with letting people in so long as they properly quarantine. Then, serve people up with federal charges if they don’t. They could end up spending years here in Canada, being supported by the Canadian taxpayer, if I had my way.
Given the issues NZ has been having with this shit, hells no. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/10/new-zealand-man-cuts-through-fence-to-escape-covid-19-quarantine-and-buy-alcohol4
People cannot be trusted to quarantine.
Which is why I’m suggesting that breaking quarantine become a federal crime, and that people get imprisoned.
And then enforce that.
There's an argument for opening for the EU, but the US, no. Absolutely not.
I mean, we're already undergoing something of a revolution about the role of policing and law enforcement, and there's a lot of good arguments to be made that prison culture (i.e. the culture that imprisons people) should also be abolished or at least completely reformed, as it is also systemically racist. Adding another law that is very likely to be abused to target minorities and low-income members of society and criminalize them unnecessarily is probably not the strongest choice right now.
That's the problem I'm pointing out though. Enforcing it is not that easy and people are constantly trying to get around it. Up to and including apparently cutting a hole in a fucking fence. It just does not at all seem like a good idea. It's too hard to make people follow the rules.
Its abuse of the worker top up I want to report. We had all already been suspicious because of the big variances in everyone's add on, and none were to the amount expected, but all attempts at inquiry are deflected and ignored.
Yesterday one of the prep cooks found the paystub of one of the owners kids that works there in the trash.
It had almost 9k as his top up for that pay period.
He is one of 3 of their children working there also
9k top up in a 2 week pay period?
Yep
Edit: no actual employees even hit the 2500 that 4 weeks of work + top up was supposed to hit either. Everyone was short
Sounds like another good reason to ban foreign ownership of Canadian property.
No, just continue to refuse entry because owning property doesn’t automatically grant them permission to enter the country.
If they don’t like it they can feel free to sell the property.
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I hope he kept the paystub and that's what you're submitting as evidence. CRA doesn't fuck around when it comes to payroll.
I mean it's another reason, aside from all the other good reasons to ban foreign ownership.
I’m curious about this, mostly to clarify what foreign ownership is, and what the issues are (versus, say, mass-purchase of property by the extremely wealthy as asset havens, independent of nationality).
As a recent immigrant to Canada, do I count as a “foreign owner”? I’m not a citizen, but also, I’d like to own my own home. So...could you clarify?
I mean, GTA being what it is, we’ll have enough problems doing that anyway.
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Generally when people are talking about foreign ownership they are talking non-residents buying properties as either vacation properties or (more commonly) investments
Another variation is banning foreign ownership for someone who does not have permanent residency/citizenship. This would include people on work visas, student visas, or temporary working holiday visas. I can't recall if there are typically any exceptions for things like the old NAFTA visas which allowed for longer duration work in fellow NAFTA countries. Of course with NAFTA being replaced by New NAFTA this could all be up in the air for a while.
There's probably a version about banning foreign ownership for all non "old-stock Canadians" to use the Harper Conservative language.
I imagine there should also be a version about banning all non-First Nations from owning property here, since there's that whole colonization thing that happened. I don't hear too much about this version.
So it is going to depend on who you ask.
Basically the idea is to prevent foreign investment driving up property prices, so that property prices remain coupled to local incomes (though this is already broken in most major markets in Canada). For example, in BC there's an additional property transfer tax on property sales to foreign nationals, in specific areas. But, if you are a permanent-resident you are exempt.
BC Bill 28
New Zealand has a version of a foreign buyer ban, that does not apply to residents:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-45199034
Or hire a nice Canadian property management company to go and make sure everything is OK and do maintenance.
The really completely shit part about this entire fiasco is the fact that it's actively derailed the student volunteer grants program that was supposed to be kicking in by now.
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The types of people who are adamant on coming up here now of all times because their summer cottage is calling to them are exactly the types of people who would in all likelihood literally rather die than comply with quarantine requirements.
That's close enough to an absolute given as makes no difference, so it'd be easier to just turn them back at the border.
That said, plenty are already up here, having lied about their reasons for entering the country and their willingness to quarantine, and I'm pretty sure lying to border officials can also result in federal charges, so...
Yeah, like until say, April.
What, don'tcha know the only route thru Canada to Alaska involves vacationing for 3 weeks from Manitoba to B.C.?
I'm pretty opposed to any sort of non-essential travel; It sucks for the tourism industry that we can't have people come in from abroad, but the simple fact is that the more restrictive we are WRT allowing people to cross the border the lower our chances of having a fresh outbreak.
Because yeah: America's handling of this has been equal parts scattershot and stunningly naive.
Not everyone in the US, mind you; some governors and mayors and stuff are trying to do the right thing. But basically republicans. Criminally negligent.