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Doing my best Currently in Lekwungen territory

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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 1d

They got out of funding housing & now we live in midst of that particular generational mistake.

Shirley Tillotson @stillots1.bsky.social · 1d

In deficit-worry pieces like this Saturday's in @theglobeandmail.com, the praising of the 1995 budget doesn't include considering those of its effects that worsened human misery.

If we're reliving the 1990s, let's not repeat the cruelty

www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/330b5b5...

For Canada’s finances, it’s looking like 1995 all over again. How will today’s Liberals handle it?

Once again, the country is being led through a polycrisis by a pragmatist Liberals surrounded by activists. There are lessons in how Chrétien and Martin handled this last time

www.theglobeandmail.com

Gina @gointy.bsky.social · 1d

That's great news!

Gina @gointy.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks! I appreciate that!

Gina @gointy.bsky.social · 2d

I noticed that all the public engagement times are during business hours, aren't we excluding a decent chunk of the population by not offering an open house session on at least one evening?

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John Leavitt @leavittalone.bsky.social · 4d

I think we could be trusted to do another festival of the supreme being, what with our modern ideas and products

Gina @gointy.bsky.social · 5d

Hi do you have any interest in #yyj transit? BC Transit is currently in the public engagement portion for the new regional transit plan and they need your input!
#bctransit
engage.bctransit.com/victoria-reg...

Victoria Regional Transit Plan

We need your input! BC Transit is seeking input into the long-term goals and network design priorities for the Victoria Regional Transit Plan. The plan is being developed with input from the Capital R...

engage.bctransit.com

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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 6d

Inspiring: this elbowless man manages to hold down a full time job as a Prime Minister

Inspiring: this elbowless man manages to hold down a full time job as a Prime Minister

Mark Carney may look like just another Canadian Prime Minister. But don’t let that fool you. The most inspiring part of his story isn’t that he went to Harvard, or even that he’s made millions working...

www.thebeaverton.com

Gina @gointy.bsky.social · 9d

I'm there in spirit!

Gina @gointy.bsky.social · 11d

Cars to not need to go that fast

Gina @gointy.bsky.social · 13d

Yeah I'm baffled by the travel advisories to most of mainland Europe, while the US gets a free pass for kidnapping and disappearing people.

Gina @gointy.bsky.social · 16d

That's way more generous than the reciprocal agreements we have in British Columbia! We had a very stingy NO RENEWALS policy at VIRL. At University, we could send a request to the lending library but it was very much at their discretion.

Gina @gointy.bsky.social · 16d

Mostly, it just manifests in us complaining to each other. Academic librarians tend to be more stingy about lending than public libraries, at least from what I've observed.

Gina @gointy.bsky.social · 16d

I used to do ILLs at the last public library I worked at, and it was a real point of shame when we sent something back late. Like some kind of black mark.

Gina @gointy.bsky.social · 16d

So this is also a general rule. ILLs have fees but the regular collection won't, because if a library gets a reputation for returning ILLs late, the other lending libraries get annoyed.

Gina @gointy.bsky.social · 16d

Hear me out, Mark: maybe you're not viable as prime minister

Gina @gointy.bsky.social · 16d

If they're like other public libraries, they will also charge a replacement fee once it gets marked as lost. Usually within three months, and it's waived once you bring the book in, but that seems to work pretty well.

Source: I work in a library

Gina @gointy.bsky.social · 19d

Wait, who are these landlord delegates? And how many delegates are there for tenants in relation to them?

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HowDoYou Guide @howdoyou.guide · 19d

Hi @npr.org! We worked late tonight putting together this handy pocket guide!

It doesn't address road design issues, but if we're going to educate road users, we should include drivers.

It's the size of a folded business card. Print it, fold it, put it in your wallet!

"How Do You Avoid Hitting People With Your Car" pocket guide. Instructs readers to Watch the Road and Slow Down. Further text humorously insists that watching the road and slowing down are indeed important.

Gina @gointy.bsky.social · 19d

And if we can go down that route, I think now would be a great time to bring up the money sink that is the cops

Gina @gointy.bsky.social · 21d

In our current political climate, I think Doug Ford could run as a federal Liberal

Gina @gointy.bsky.social · 21d

God, please.

Is there a way we could explain it to Mark so that he might listen?

Gina @gointy.bsky.social · 22d

I've just added the words 'Trump', 'USA' and 'United States' to try and dampen the overwhelming volume of news coming from across the border. It's not perfect but it's better than nothing

Gina @gointy.bsky.social · Sep 12

Crazy amount of stories considering I had literally never heard of this man before Wednesday

Gina @gointy.bsky.social · Sep 7

I was kind of appalled at the lack of programming and hours GVPL has when I moved here. I've talked to a few people I know who work there and it sounds like there's no funding for anything. They even had to pause their interlibrary loan program for a few months, which is wild.

Gina @gointy.bsky.social · Sep 3

I am screaming and screaming and screaming and screaming for a goddamn end to the austerity measures.

Cameron Campbell @camerondotca.bsky.social · Sep 3

This is going to make the Chretien/Martin/Harper years look like a fucking picnic. www.reuters.com/world/americ...

Canada's budget will focus on austerity and investment, says PM Carney

Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Wednesday that the upcoming federal budget would focus on both austerity and investments, adding that current government spending was unsustainable.

www.reuters.com