• panda_abyss@lemmy.ca
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    7 days ago

    As an Ontarian, what can I do about this?

    Seriously? Do I need to drive to Alberta with a rolled up newspaper and thwack Danielle Smith on the back of the head like my grandfather did to me when I was being a dumbass?

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      7 days ago

      No, you need to do that to the people sponsoring her, but in a way that leaves them with deep rooted and lasting fear of being traitorous pricks

  • CircaV@lemmy.ca
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    6 days ago

    Un-fucking-believable.

    Fuck redneck separatist Albertans.

    Oil is not an identity or a culture.

    Catch a brain dumbasses.

    Oh right, you smooth brains voted for Jason Kenney, then topped that shitshow with Danielle Smith.

    Dumbass fucking province.

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      I was born there, so when I say; it is truly Canada’s stank-ass armpit, you know it’s based on lived experiences.

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    7 days ago

    Just for fun, the federal should do the same it did in Québec with the sponsorship thing. The RoC certainly thought it was acceptable.

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    7 days ago

    Isn’t this just how the justice system work? Doesn’t everyone get legal representation?

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      6 days ago

      No.

      You can typically get a public defender for a criminal matter — but this isn’t a criminal matter. You don’t get a lawyer provided to you free of charges to represent you at a non-criminal hearing of this sort, just as the government doesn’t hand out free lawyers if you want to sue someone (or get sued by someone).

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          You don’t need to commit a crime to be sued for something. Not every type of harm is a criminal offense. Civil court exists to decide upon disagreements that people could not settle on their own, not to determine whether a law was broken.

          You get a puic defender in crimimal courts because it is the state accusing you of wrongdoing and attempting to limit your rights. In civil court, it is another private citizen or entity, and they are looking to enforce their rights, not strip yours.