[UtakataNoAnnex]

I'm not sure how you envision that. In a free and democratic society like ours we are all free to do and be whatever we want within the bounds of the law. How would law abiding persons get rewarded? If something is within the bounds of the law, the reward is you get to do it.

I fully agree that the factors underlying the circumstances that lead to drug addiction, unemployment, homelessness, etc. should be examined and, where within the powers of the State, rectified. I know, and I'm sure many of us on here know someone who had everything positive in their life, but decided to stick something in their arm or up their nose and that was the beginning of the end.

I think you misunderstood what I was saying. Our process of incarceration should be followed by encouraging those who are moved back into society for good behavior. Whether you like that or not, this really has nothing to do with law abiding citizens whatsoever.

...furthermore, the focus should be the reason for incarceration is for the safety and well being of others as well as for the offender. So they can least be given the opportunity to reflect why they are there. And make the necessary changes they need to get back into society without repeat offending.

But again, this is my personal opinion on the matter, informed or otherwise. And where one is not obligated to agree with.

 

[lenaitch]

I think you misunderstood what I was saying. Our process of incarceration should be followed by encouraging those who are moved back into society for good behavior. Whether you like that or not, this really has nothing to do with law abiding citizens whatsoever.

...furthermore, the focus should be the reason for incarceration is for the safety and well being of others as well as for the offender. So they can least be given the opportunity to reflect why they are there. And make the necessary changes they need to get back into society without repeat offending.

But again, this is my personal opinion on the matter, informed or otherwise. And where one is not obligated to agree with.

I completely agree and obviously misunderstood your "rewarding good behaviour" statement.

Rehabilitation(treatment) always needs to be a key consideration in a custodial sentence.

 

[UtakataNoAnnex]

^And to be clear, this is not about "hugging a thug" as those with despot political aspirations are claiming in bad faith. Rather it's about taking the thug out of the person, which would benefit everyone, IMO.

 

[guavadelic]

In a letter to Carney listing the province's priority projects, Doug Ford includes the proposed tunnel under Hwy 401. I guess it wasn't an election stunt after all. Of all the projects to pitch to the new PM...

 

[Thinker]

In a letter to Carney listing the province's priority projects, Doug Ford includes the proposed tunnel under Hwy 401. I guess it wasn't an election stunt after all. Of all the projects to pitch to the new PM...

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The Opposition parties call it the fantasy project and I agree, maybe a more realistic proposal is to buy back the 407, which shouldn’t have been sold to begin with. Giving the rising cost and the preliminary research and the length of construction this may well a decade or more project, with a certainty it will be over budget by millions if not billions.

 

[UtakataNoAnnex]

How incredibly embarrassing, Doug. We would like our PM to take our province seriously...and not with silly, half-brained ideas like digging car tunnels under the 401. /sigh

 

[Monarch Butterfly]

 

[evandyk]

In a letter to Carney listing the province's priority projects, Doug Ford includes the proposed tunnel under Hwy 401. I guess it wasn't an election stunt after all. Of all the projects to pitch to the new PM...

It's just in there so that Carney has to say no to more things, leaving more left on the list once he's exercised a few vetoes.

 

[lenaitch]

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Ya, even the Premier's office walked that back pretty quickly.

Doug says stuff. He's not one to stick with the script and when he goes off message, lights are on late into the night in the Issues Office.

 

[guavadelic]

Ya, even the Premier's office walked that back pretty quickly.

Doug says stuff. He's not one to stick with the script and when he goes off message, lights are on late into the night in the Issues Office.

Remind you of someone?

 

[lenaitch]

Remind you of someone?

If you are thinking of Trump, he doesn't walk back much and neither does his office. He says stupid stuff and just lets it hang there and his office is either completely sycophantic or afraid (or both).

 

[Monarch Butterfly]

If you are thinking of Trump, he doesn't walk back much and neither does his office. He says stupid stuff and just lets it hang there and his office is either completely sycophantic or afraid (or both).

Since returning, Trump has signed a record 143 executive orders — the most any 21st-century president has issued in their first 100 days, according to a Hearst Television Data Team analysis.
To count as a legal challenge in the analysis, the lawsuit needed to explicitly mention the executive order.

The administration has faced more than 120 lawsuits challenging the legality and implementation of these executive orders, with nine actions currently fully blocked by the courts.

Doug Ford's orders have been challenged in court, such as Bill 212 (provincial approval will be required to install new bike lanes in any Ontario municipality), among others.

 

[lenaitch]

Since returning, Trump has signed a record 143 executive orders — the most any 21st-century president has issued in their first 100 days, according to a Hearst Television Data Team analysis.
To count as a legal challenge in the analysis, the lawsuit needed to explicitly mention the executive order.

The administration has faced more than 120 lawsuits challenging the legality and implementation of these executive orders, with nine actions currently fully blocked by the courts.

Doug Ford's orders have been challenged in court, such as Bill 212 (provincial approval will be required to install new bike lanes in any Ontario municipality), among others.

I wasn't thinking of actual legislative/executive action, just sayin' stuff.

 

[UtakataNoAnnex]

^I am just very thankful that Doug has no means or abilities to issue Executive Orders in this jurisdiction.

 

[evandyk]

^I am just very thankful that Doug has no means or abilities to issue Executive Orders in this jurisdiction.

Hard to compare the systems directly, but because Doug Ford controls both the executive and the legislature, he is in many ways much more powerful within his domain than the President of the US is within his. He can do many things through "orders-in-council", but if he wants to take some executive action that isn't authorized (like forcing Toronto to remove bike lanes) he can just get his caucus to authorize it.