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I have CHECKED WHEN DEPLANING if Line 4 is running, everything is green, and I go to take the train and the next one is in 22 minutes because they just randomly cut service with zero notice. One time even after waiting, the time sailed right by and it was another 20 before a train showed.

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Jeff Leiper @jleiper.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

It's genuinely wild how it often feels (especially with line 4) that it is being administered by deeply uncaring people. OC Transpo simply does not care about Line 4 even if it's the first experience someone has of their service when visiting. Not even an afterthought.

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I have for years voted against establishing an arbitrary tax cap that doesn't account for what the city actually needs. When I'm Mayor, we'll build a budget process that works for the residents of Ottawa.

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Chris Turner @theturner.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I've known @maxfawcett.bsky.social for many years and admired his work and sometimes worried a bit about his willingness to pick fights with randos on the internet, so I'm startled to learn that it's his mildly colloquial use of the term "mandate" that has seemingly all of US Bluesky in a tizzy

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This was our third minority government in a row! Two of them I found direct references to the term mandate and I barely looked.

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Austin Corbett @austincorbett.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

AFAIK Schumer and Jeffries have both specifically dodged committing to impeaching trump and it takes a supermajority (which even if the Dems sweep all tossup seats in the midterms is out of reach) to remove them anyway.

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The decision to quibble over dictionary definitions rather than address Canadians' fear that the American political system is fundamentally antagonistic towards us sure seems like exactly the point Max made about any real desire for fundamental change by the US towards the Canadian relationship.

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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Sure, but that requires a muscular Democratic party I don't see yet. It's heartening seeing signs like Harris endorsing court packing, but it's Joe Representative in a D +1 seat that ultimately decides, not to mention the state governments. It's also just a lot to do in four years.

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Setting aside the actual merits of what Piker is saying, here's a guy who clearly wants to be a political kingmaker for the DSA left whose main talent is going on camera to say things that DSA candidates will need to disavow a couple days later.

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Canadians give Liberals 4th mandate as Carney leads party to minority win

It's almost like words can mean different things in different cultures, and applying an american political context to a canadian poster isn't gonna work 100% of the time. Article headline not related, though!

ctvnews.ca

Mark Carney led the Liberals to a narrow victory on Monday in an election dominated by issues like affordability, tariffs and annexation threats from U.S. President Donald Trump.

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John Michael McGrath @jm-mcgrath.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

There's a bunch of structural problems that make it harder for the US to bounce back though, is the problem. Hungary proves there's absolutely a way to step back from the brink, but US institutions are going to be brutally difficult to overhaul to get there, and the dem leadership is... well.

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Americans serving cope in response to Max's use of "mandate" here. Like, yes, Trump did not win 50%+1 of the vote. YOU STILL RE-ELECTED HIM AFTER A COUP, WORDPLAY CHANGES NOTHING

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> unironically comparing the CPC to a fascist party ok sure

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Because Canada wasn't causing worldwide crises daily.

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Canadians give Liberals 4th mandate as Carney leads party to minority win

I felt like I was sniffing glue, so just out of curiosity I looked up how mandate is used in Canadian media. It doesn't imply a blowout - just that they won (see below, for example). And Trump won by more the second time. From our point of view, this is all factually correct.

ctvnews.ca

Mark Carney led the Liberals to a narrow victory on Monday in an election dominated by issues like affordability, tariffs and annexation threats from U.S. President Donald Trump.

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I'm so tired man. Cut the low tax shit and build a functional bus system.

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When the majority doesn't rule | CBC News

Some more examples from 2008: Once again Diefenbaker and his party were in a minority situation. [...] He and the PC party were defeated by a narrow margin by the Liberals. Diefenbaker's second mandate lasted less than one year.

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A minority government is one that emerges from an election with fewer seats in the House of Commons than the combined total of all other parties.

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Trudeau strikes a triumphant tone after an election that was his to lose | CBC News

Trudeau, after a 159 seat minority in 2021: "I think it is very clear from the debates during this election and from the mandate given by Canadians that we get to move even stronger, even faster on the things that Canadians really want" He picked up two seats.

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Twenty-three months ago, Justin Trudeau sounded chastened as he met reporters in the wake of an election that saw his Liberal party win 157 seats. This week, he's claiming a clear mandate from voters.

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Canadians give Liberals 4th mandate as Carney leads party to minority win

To take an example directly from Canadian politics, "Mandate" doesn't inherently imply it's a blowout. Just that they won. Examples: www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art... versus: www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art... "It’s not the **strong** mandate the Liberals wanted"

ctvnews.ca

Mark Carney led the Liberals to a narrow victory on Monday in an election dominated by issues like affordability, tariffs and annexation threats from U.S. President Donald Trump.

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Sure, and it was negative last time. Quick question - is winning or losing the popular vote a stronger mandate?

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And also we tried that before! We tried to go back to normal and look where that got us. We can't risk it again

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It's goddamn frustrating how they play the "Not me!! Not my family!! Not my friends!!" cool my friend I'm glad to hear that anyway a huge percentage of your countrymen actively went out and voted for this guy, that's kind of the sticking point

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Is it a strong one? No. Did he run on most of what he's doing now? Not at all. But it's a mandate.

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- He won the electoral college - He won Republicans a trifecta - He increased his votes from 62 million to 74 million to 77 million I'm sorry you guys have a particularly badly designed electoral system but that's a mandate. More and more Americans decided he was their guy even as he got worse.

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Adding to this, I think it's totally reasonable to have natural gas backups for solar/wind regardless! We need to be prepared for those days, but it doesn't need to be in regular sustained use.

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But yes, Nuclear isn't cheap - solar (even with BESS) is gonna net you a lower cost per KWh. Nuclear still has its place, to be sure - baseload power is great to have. But I'm skeptical large-scale nuclear is worth it with how much progress we're seeing in solar.

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This is wrong. Pickering B was approved at $26.8 billion. Darlington's total cost (adjusted for inflation) was $27.6 billion. Of course, with literally any overages (even 2-3%) it'll cost more, but "much more" is hyperbole. Of course it's less generation capacity - it's maintenance.

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(and to be clear, I'm at best neutral on Nuclear. I think solid and grid-level battery storage is gonna make it moot, but Canada really is pretty good at building unclear plants)

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Technical issues did occur, of course, but the delay and overrun was largely political.

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The Canadian Nuclear FAQ - Section C: Cost and Benefits

Quoting from the link below: "About 70% of this cost increase [...] was due to interest charges alone. This arose [...] originating with [the] Power Commission Act, which precludes the paying down of capital debt through the utility's rate base, until the capital asset is in service."

nuclearfaq.ca

This is an unofficial and privately-maintained list of Frequently-Asked Questions (FAQ's) regarding nuclear power generation in Canada. It is designed to meet general as well as technical interest nee...

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Pickering B, which started construction only about a decade before, came in under budget relative to inflation. It's no coincidence the slightly earlier project, not hampered by political controversy and an adverse bond market, was delivered on time and under budget.

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