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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/52317034

Take a moment to write a letter to express your thoughts in how to keep Yonge Street dafe for all!

Yonge Street was once one of the most dangerous streets in Toronto. But residents let City Hall know that wasn’t good enough. Millions of dollars have been spent to improve a large part of Yonge. And it’s worked! For the last five years, it’s been safer…for everyone. Whether they are travelling by car, bike, foot, or transit.

Narrowed vehicle lanes make it harder for cars to speed. Bike lanes provide a buffer between cars and pedestrians. More places for people to cross the street with full traffic signals. Advance signals protecting pedestrians from turning vehicles. Improved timing of stop lights help car traffic to move more smoothly. 24/7 parking and loading zones keeping the car lanes clear. This could all be gone by next year!

Premier Ford wants to ignore what our elected city councillors have done for us, and remove 19km of bike lanes in the city – including on the newly improved Yonge Street. This will make Yonge less safe, and less enjoyable for everyone.

The Ford government knows this very well. That’s why they amended their legislation (Bill 212) to remove all responsibility for your safety. The amended bill specifically says they can’t be held responsible if you are injured or killed as a result of these vital safety features being removed. Remember, these are the same folks who banned speed cameras!

Premier Ford says that it’s “common sense” to return Yonge Street to its dangerous past for driver convenience. But if you walk, bike, take transit or even drive, you know this is not “common sense.” Yonge Street will be less safe for those on foot or bike, will result in more people opting to drive, and will decrease opportunities for local businesses. And when more people decide to drive – guess what? Traffic congestion increases!

You can help stop Ford’s irrational plan and keep Yonge safe for all! Let Premier Ford know that you are not on board with his plan for Yonge Street.

Take a moment to write a letter to express your thoughts in how to keep Yonge Street dafe for all!

Yonge Street was once one of the most dangerous streets in Toronto. But residents let City Hall know that wasn’t good enough. Millions of dollars have been spent to improve a large part of Yonge. And it’s worked! For the last five years, it’s been safer…for everyone. Whether they are travelling by car, bike, foot, or transit.

Narrowed vehicle lanes make it harder for cars to speed. Bike lanes provide a buffer between cars and pedestrians. More places for people to cross the street with full traffic signals. Advance signals protecting pedestrians from turning vehicles. Improved timing of stop lights help car traffic to move more smoothly. 24/7 parking and loading zones keeping the car lanes clear. This could all be gone by next year!

Premier Ford wants to ignore what our elected city councillors have done for us, and remove 19km of bike lanes in the city – including on the newly improved Yonge Street. This will make Yonge less safe, and less enjoyable for everyone.

The Ford government knows this very well. That’s why they amended their legislation (Bill 212) to remove all responsibility for your safety. The amended bill specifically says they can’t be held responsible if you are injured or killed as a result of these vital safety features being removed. Remember, these are the same folks who banned speed cameras!

Premier Ford says that it’s “common sense” to return Yonge Street to its dangerous past for driver convenience. But if you walk, bike, take transit or even drive, you know this is not “common sense.” Yonge Street will be less safe for those on foot or bike, will result in more people opting to drive, and will decrease opportunities for local businesses. And when more people decide to drive – guess what? Traffic congestion increases!

You can help stop Ford’s irrational plan and keep Yonge safe for all! Let Premier Ford know that you are not on board with his plan for Yonge Street.

Montreal police are quietly growing their network of AI-powered tools to track vehicles and people across the city, raising questions about public transparency and privacy rights.

A high-powered camera able to scan and identify vehicles was spotted earlier this week by a Radio-Canada reporter, on a lamp post along Henri-Bourassa Boulevard in Montreal’s Rivière-des-Prairies neighbourhood.

It was quickly taken down on Wednesday, after Radio-Canada published an article about the camera.

The device used was a Cloudrunner CR-H2, manufactured by Montreal-based company Genetec, the Service de police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM) later confirmed.

Similar to the controversial Flock Safety cameras widely used in the United States, the system does more than scan licence plates.

It also captures and stores specific vehicle characteristics, including colour, make and model, according to the company’s website.

Kryptos is an end-to-end encryption app for iOS and Android that works through any messenger or SMS. You encrypt a message inside Kryptos (or on its keyboard), paste the resulting code into WhatsApp / Telegram / iMessage / Signal / VK / SMS / anything, and your correspondent decrypts it with Kryptos on their side. The messenger only ever carries what looks like random noise — the plaintext never touches it.

The car brain is strong in this one,

Packaging has stayed the same size but the content has decreased 50%

Edit: Thank you all for pointing out these are infact two different types of fruits. I guess I really am fruit blind.

I did not have the older raspberry packaging, so I am comparing to the older strawberry packaging still in my freezer, of the same line/brand. All new packages are now 300g while the older packaging was 600g. Once (or if) I buy these again, I will snap a picture of the new 300g strawberry packaging.

Here is a comparison of older Blueberry packaging of 600g still in my freezer, the ones in store are now 300g.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/47296462

For now, your encrypted messages have a lock on them.

Only you, and the person you're talking to, hold the key. Not the app. Not the company. Not the government. You probably don't think about it. That's the whole point — it just works.

Until, possibly, the end of this summer. Every messaging app in Canada would be required to build a second key.

With Bill C-22, the government would hold the copy. The lock you trust would no longer be a lock only you can open. It would be a lock the locksmith was ordered to duplicate.

Find and email your MP here to voice your opinion.

https://dontsurveil.me/c22/mp/

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/47296462

For now, your encrypted messages have a lock on them.

Only you, and the person you're talking to, hold the key. Not the app. Not the company. Not the government. You probably don't think about it. That's the whole point — it just works.

Until, possibly, the end of this summer. Every messaging app in Canada would be required to build a second key.

With Bill C-22, the government would hold the copy. The lock you trust would no longer be a lock only you can open. It would be a lock the locksmith was ordered to duplicate.

Find and email your MP here to voice your opinion.

https://dontsurveil.me/c22/mp/

For now, your encrypted messages have a lock on them.

Only you, and the person you're talking to, hold the key. Not the app. Not the company. Not the government. You probably don't think about it. That's the whole point — it just works.

Until, possibly, the end of this summer. Every messaging app in Canada would be required to build a second key.

With Bill C-22, the government would hold the copy. The lock you trust would no longer be a lock only you can open. It would be a lock the locksmith was ordered to duplicate.

Find and email your MP here to voice your opinion.

https://dontsurveil.me/c22/mp/

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/46443449

Ontario NDP Leader Marit Stiles tells reporters she'd call a public inquiry into the Greenbelt scandal if she were premier.

Ontario Opposition Leader Marit Stiles suggested on Monday that she would call a public inquiry into the Ford government’s handling of several files if elected premier and that Doug Ford could end up in “prison.”

“When I’m premier, I’m going to call a public inquiry into all of this, and we’re going to get our hands on all of that. And you know what? Maybe you won’t get another mandate, because you’ll be in prison, Doug,” Stiles told reporters during a scrum at Queen’s Park Monday.

She made the comment while discussing the lack of public access to documents around the cancelled purchase of a private jet, as well as the Greenbelt.

“I don’t expect we’ll ever get answers. I know he doesn’t want to provide answers about the luxury jet and how much it really cost, and what happened there, and he also doesn’t want to hear how I was asking the questions about the Greenbelt,” Stiles told reporters.

“And he was willing to pass laws to make it impossible for journalists or the public, or ourselves in the opposition, to find out why decisions are made, or who’s influencing his decisions.”

Legislation recently passed by the Ford government halted public access to hundreds of documents that were set to be released through Freedom of Information Requests (FOIs).

The government rushed through the legislation and made it retroactive, preventing any previously submitted requests from being fulfilled, and also relieving the government from having to comply with a court order to release the premier’s phone records.

Ford has not been charged with any crimes and has previously apologized for a decision to open up a portion of the Greenbelt for development, calling it a “mistake.”

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) are investigating the Ontario government’s decision around the Greenbelt, but they have not said who exactly that investigation touches.

Earlier in the day, Ford confirmed the government has handed over to the RCMP whatever records have been requested from them concerning the Greenbelt.

“To every agency that’s ever asked, it’s all been transparent, we’ve given them everything they need,” Ford said. “But again, I’m focusing on the economy. That’s what I’m focused on. That’s what matters, not something that happened years ago.”

Asked if she thought her comments were appropriate given how the suggestion of imprisonment for political rivals has been used in heated political discussions south of the border, particularly when Donald Trump infamously called for Hillary Clinton to be locked up, Stiles reiterated her belief that the premier has been involved in “dirty deals” in the past.

“I feel like I’ve said before, that I think this premier is corrupt. I think he’s made some dirty deals. I think it’s pretty clear,” she said.

Stiles also said that she believed a “a lot of terrible stuff would come out” if a public inquiry into the Greenbelt were called.

“I think if we call a public inquiry, which is what it took to get to the bottom of some of the questions around other governments, I think a lot of terrible stuff is going to come out,” Stiles said.

“Why is the premier hiding all this information from the people of Ontario? Why doesn’t he want anybody to know what is on his phone. Because there are dirty dealings around the greenbelt, the RCMP is investigating and at the end of this there might very well be charges laid. Absolutely. Other governments have had people end up behind bars for less than this.”

The premier‘s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Stiles’ remarks.

Ontario NDP Leader Marit Stiles tells reporters she'd call a public inquiry into the Greenbelt scandal if she were premier.

Ontario Opposition Leader Marit Stiles suggested on Monday that she would call a public inquiry into the Ford government’s handling of several files if elected premier and that Doug Ford could end up in “prison.”

“When I’m premier, I’m going to call a public inquiry into all of this, and we’re going to get our hands on all of that. And you know what? Maybe you won’t get another mandate, because you’ll be in prison, Doug,” Stiles told reporters during a scrum at Queen’s Park Monday.

She made the comment while discussing the lack of public access to documents around the cancelled purchase of a private jet, as well as the Greenbelt.

“I don’t expect we’ll ever get answers. I know he doesn’t want to provide answers about the luxury jet and how much it really cost, and what happened there, and he also doesn’t want to hear how I was asking the questions about the Greenbelt,” Stiles told reporters.

“And he was willing to pass laws to make it impossible for journalists or the public, or ourselves in the opposition, to find out why decisions are made, or who’s influencing his decisions.”

Legislation recently passed by the Ford government halted public access to hundreds of documents that were set to be released through Freedom of Information Requests (FOIs).

The government rushed through the legislation and made it retroactive, preventing any previously submitted requests from being fulfilled, and also relieving the government from having to comply with a court order to release the premier’s phone records.

Ford has not been charged with any crimes and has previously apologized for a decision to open up a portion of the Greenbelt for development, calling it a “mistake.”

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) are investigating the Ontario government’s decision around the Greenbelt, but they have not said who exactly that investigation touches.

Earlier in the day, Ford confirmed the government has handed over to the RCMP whatever records have been requested from them concerning the Greenbelt.

“To every agency that’s ever asked, it’s all been transparent, we’ve given them everything they need,” Ford said. “But again, I’m focusing on the economy. That’s what I’m focused on. That’s what matters, not something that happened years ago.”

Asked if she thought her comments were appropriate given how the suggestion of imprisonment for political rivals has been used in heated political discussions south of the border, particularly when Donald Trump infamously called for Hillary Clinton to be locked up, Stiles reiterated her belief that the premier has been involved in “dirty deals” in the past.

“I feel like I’ve said before, that I think this premier is corrupt. I think he’s made some dirty deals. I think it’s pretty clear,” she said.

Stiles also said that she believed a “a lot of terrible stuff would come out” if a public inquiry into the Greenbelt were called.

“I think if we call a public inquiry, which is what it took to get to the bottom of some of the questions around other governments, I think a lot of terrible stuff is going to come out,” Stiles said.

“Why is the premier hiding all this information from the people of Ontario? Why doesn’t he want anybody to know what is on his phone. Because there are dirty dealings around the greenbelt, the RCMP is investigating and at the end of this there might very well be charges laid. Absolutely. Other governments have had people end up behind bars for less than this.”

The premier‘s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Stiles’ remarks.