The imbalance becomes even more pronounced when weighing the law’s benefits against its harms. The harms are certain, immediate, and irreversible, as the verification infrastructure exposes millions of identity documents to providers largely beyond the reach of Canadian privacy law, a risk demonstrated by the Discord breach that leaked roughly 70,000 government-issued IDs last fall. Privacy alone may not decide the case, but the verification mandate is not only a privacy cost. A law that conditions access to social media for online expression by requiring proof of identity limits expression itself for Canadians of all ages. The benefits, by contrast, are speculative at best, given mounting data from Australia that suggests a ban is ineffective.

The group’s New Brunswick chapter has called on the provincial government to introduce a free air conditioner program for low-income renters.

One downtown Moncton resident on a fixed income said that she recently purchased a used A/C unit for about $100. That modest purchase meant that she had to cut back on groceries.

Robinson said there isn’t enough support available for low-income renters who are making hard choices between utility payments, groceries and rent.

Many older people suffer “because they’re afraid to turn on their air conditioning unit, because they can’t afford the hydro bill as it is,” she added.

Last week, NB Power launched a new program providing rebates to landlords for energy efficiency upgrades, including the installation of devices such as heat pumps.

Tenants’ rights advocates have argued that the program doesn’t guarantee benefits to renters, and that landlords might use it as a pretext for rent hikes.

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Employers in British Columbia: “The living wage is too expensive for us!”

Employees: “Maybe you shouldn’t have increased prices to an astronomical amount and gave your CEOs record payouts”

China wants to pillage Taiwan then South Korea and finally Japan for their sick twisted idea of revenge.

But Mark Carney wants anotha pipeline!

I guess you will have to make a donation instead.

Good thing the FDA is severely underfunded to prevent cow manure water being sprayed on lettuce.

Japan doesn’t even have 2% ev marketshare.

Hopefully this can help secure their future.

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False they got more than that.

More rape doesn’t fix the root of the issue.

David Eby had went on record to say he was against proportional representation coming from a guy who had a leadership race without competition.

They should encourage you to speak Germany. It can suck being a native speaker of the lingua Franca.

US is not really one homogenous culture despite how it might seem at times.

You can thank first-past-the-post for the false majorities creating that perception.

Literally people are so smug and judgemental online.

immigrants probably covering the essential jobs in his small town that nobody else wants to do.

I heard from others say “they’re not your tutor” and they just switch back to English with me 😭

Having different components is like having immunity to certain diseases.

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