You’re right. I made assumptions. They’re based on previous platforms. Fact is that social media is not worth the brand risk for most.

Especially when clientele is diverse. So the urge to do it here against my better judgement is a risk analysis I need to make.

I genuinely want businesses in Canada to flourish. I also run my own Canadian business - and helping other Canadian businesses is how I make my revenue.

Like I said, this account is kaput now. So if I start again I’ll take it slow. But I am going to wait for the board of directors to answer me (or not) prior to making my decision.

Thanks for your words of support, by the way.

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I would really really really like to get a definitive answer on this from the 3 members on the board of directors of Federated Open Communications Canada.

Do they check this site regularly? If not, they should be.

These are the people ultimately in control of this not-for-profit.

Edit: I will try to get their attention here. If that fails, I will send a physical letter to their registered office address.

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To add to this: pharmacists are able to prescribe medication of certain classes, for certain conditions, depending on the province. Here is a list with more details for anyone interested:

English: https://www.pharmacists.ca/cpha-ca/assets/File/pharmacy-in-canada/PharmacistPrescribingAuthority_EN_web.pdf

French: https://www.pharmacists.ca/cpha-ca/assets/File/pharmacy-in-canada/PharmacistPrescribingAuthority_FR_web.pdf

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It’s always a concern when travelling to another country. There’s the decision between biometrics, passcode and/or burner. When travelling, always keep in mind that legality varies, and a country’s compliance with their laws varies as well…

Prepare ahead of time, always.

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Celebrities, AI, Reddit, lemmy - a short and incomplete list of places to not take medical advice or diagnose from. Doctors have doctorates in their field of expertise for a reason. If I want to complain about my achy joints here, I will. But I sure as hell won’t trust my personal health decisions to somebody without proof of competence.

They’re just easy to ignore, although I suppose cigarette warnings are large and graphic but that doesn’t stop most either…

I suppose those who care would read it in any form. Maybe this followed by some sort of promotional videos to alert the general public? I would take this type of info-graphic in any form though.

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Nvidia will prioritize AI and more than likely know when to bail before the bubble bursts. They will have made boatloads for shareholders while leaving so many others in financial ruin. Whether those caught in the bubble burst should have known better… I guess it’s a case by case basis.

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I am in support of helping Canadian businesses, especially in the current political climate. What I am not so confident in is the willingness of food suppliers to pass savings along all the way to the customer. Grocery stores have used inflation and price fixing tactics here for far too long for them to have earned my trust. Grocery stores must be seriously audited and regulated accordingly. By all means, make a profit - no brainer. But your profits now are bolstered by hurting 99% of Canadians who need food to survive.

Beautiful! I agree. But not like our current warning labels, which are mostly relegated to a small black and white box in the corner.

Try a locally operated pharmacy or another option in your area if possible. Shoppers is hit and miss in my experience (majority misses).

Costco has a $5 prescribing fee and doesn’t require a membership for pharmacy. If you have a pharmacy close to a Costco you can try asking them to price match the Costco dispensing fee. It usually works, and then you can support a local pharmacy instead of Costco. If you like the pharmacy and have the funds in the future, you’re always free to pay the original dispensing fee as a show of support - I just mention this as an option, not suggesting anyone must.

So I’ve heard… Ok, the next game I get a chance to play, I’ll make it Helldivers.

Thank you for the feedback! I’m in a bit of a bind here, because while I know some outside of Canada want to read about and learn about Canadian related things, I worry about how Canadian subreddits were often overrun with comments from those not living in Canada. I totally believe that other countries’ citizens have valuable things to say, and I appreciate their attention. My intention with this community is to try fostering a place for Canadians primarily. There’s value in that for us as a nation, right now especially. Of course, anyone is free to sign up for lemmy.ca and contribute even if they are outside of Canada - if they do that, they are likely quite passionate about learning more, which I think is great!

Edit: all this is to say, this is my rationale for setting the community as local only.

Shrinkflation by greedy companies combined with our de-facto oligopoly of grocery stores trying to convince us that prices must go up because they’re barely scraping by.

I want to see how the new tax credit for groceries pans out. But it feels like a bit of a (maybe necessary?) Band-aid.

I would absolutely LOVE to see the government finally tackle the oligopoly issue with grocery chains and telecoms.

A bit of a tangent. I had a Bell rep knock at my door today, nice guy. But I told him that their deals are predatory, the way they lock in discounts but not the rate. Then they up the price while you’re locked in, effectively nullifying your discount. He told me, at least in my area that they are supposedly offering real rate lock ins. But it doesn’t fix the root of the problem spurred by blocking competition and blatantly predatory and misleading “deals”. I despise telecom companies in Canada.

Edit: I wanna add, it doesn’t have to be like this! I lived abroad for a while and any time essential groceries went up in price, people got mad and the government curbed it realllll quickly. And telecoms offered true unlimited for reasonable rates. It can be done. We have good infrastructure in much of the country (sorry to those in mega rural areas), now let’s get some legislation to manage and/or break up these oligopolies. I’m no politician so I don’t know what exactly is the best solution, I only know that it needs to happen.