Housing affordability in Canada seems to be in just as dire a situation as it is here in Australia, except at least Canadian renters have waaaay more rights than renters here 🙃 I thought this article did well laying out the major issues.
On Quora, I once answered a question about why Australian and NZ English sound more like “British English” (really, the questioner meant the accents of southeast England) than Canadian English does. At the time I answered, a lot of the other answers were along the lines of “Canada is sooooo diverse and Australia isn’t so that’s why”, even though in reality the …
Interesting article, making the argument that however abhorrent the Far Right is, the Left should not fight to set legal precedents against them that could then be used against us – for example, potentially criminalising direct action by environmentalists and indigenous people to stop fossil fuel pipelines. A very, very important principle to keep in mind when talking about any setback to the Right.
Jessica Smith is a left-wing feminist who loves animals, books, gaming, and cooking; she’s also very interested in linguistics, history, technology and society.