not exactly the same thing, but this is a $500,000 class action lawsuit for losing a USB Key containing patient data:

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2012/05/28/durham_region_he...

The expectation is that the government protect your privacy or pay if they fail to do so.. as with any private data.

The effectivly FORCE you to use this site as they try to cut costs and reduce "call in" support.

Then, they create a ToS which absolves them of all responsibility if they are hacked?

I would be willing to bet that if any Canadian business tried this the government would crack down and state it not permitted.

The government has a tendency of "do as i say not as i do".

Any Canadian can tell you that for the most part government IT is utter garbage.

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If you have the right plutonium isotope, in the correct shape and compress it just right.. it is a very dangerous metal.

if you have a small piece of it, it is rather harmless given it is an alpha emitter and can be stopped via single sheet of paper.

Tritium falls under the same category.

If you have a nuclear device, and put tritium in it, the tritium participates in the reaction and effectively "boosts" the yield.

If you have some Tritium, it is a weak beta emitter and you will either exhale it out (Tritium gas) or urinate it if it is in liquid form.

Like all radioactive material it does increase your chances of cancer, but you would need a fair amount of it.

Given Tritium is an isotope of Hydrogen, it isn't "like water" it IS water..but radioactive.

water - H2O Heavy water - D2O Super heavy water - T2O

Try telling a sexually charged joke at your place of employment and see what happens.

World leaders freely slandering other countries like this is shameful, and not what you expect from a "world leader".

The US has many "superfunds" dedicated to cleaning up "cold war radioactivity" issues.

A bit more info on the Quebec asbestos issues. Canada didnt stop exporting it until 2012.

" Canada led world production of asbestos before the country’s two largest mines (both in Quebec) halted operations in 2012. The closure marked the suspension of the country’s asbestos production for the first time in 130 years. "

Exporting this wasn't unique to the Soviets.

what is the point of his joke, if not to mock another country?

The OP posted a quote, and i posted one too?

Do read the comments on youtube.

Any "lawyer" around as the laws seem very unclear.

In the case of Whole Foods vs BLM shirts, the courts ruled in favour of the "uniform" and banned the BLM shirts:

https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/whole-foods-win-sho...

"The June 28 decision by the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals further restricts employees’ ability to change their working conditions at a time when U.S. workplaces have become a locus of divisive cultural battles and disagreements over some Americans’ basic rights."

In this "similar" case the ruling is drastically different?

Both attempt to "ban"clothing due to "dress code" rules?

you could not be more wrong about this. Alpha and Beta are fairly safe OUTSIDE the body. In the case of Alpha it is not able to penetrate the layer of dead skin on your hands.

Internal, it is VERY damaging because there is no "dead skin" to protect the internal organs.

https://www.epa.gov/radiation/radiation-basics

"Some beta particles are capable of penetrating the skin and causing damage such as skin burns. However, as with alpha-emitters, beta-emitters are most hazardous when they are inhaled or swallowed."

CANDU (Canadian reactor design) is moderated via deuterium in which case there is a LOT of it circulating in the reactor core.

The heavy water is syphoned off to a tritium separation unit for recovery. With a market value of $30,000 a gram, there is a clear incentive to recover it ;)

I would think a major one would be their failure mode. Metals flex and expand before they eventually fail. Glass/ceramic is fine until suddenly it isn't and has a total failure.

Think of a window being hit. If it were metal it would probably deform but if it is glass it shatters.

Next would be joining them on-site. If needed, metal piping can be bent and welded in-place. what do you do with a glass pipe that needs a join? what do you do if there is a small variation in the plans and the pipe needs an adjustment?

I think there are a host of reasons why glass is not used for pipes.

What it means to be projecting?

According to Karen R. Koenig, M. Ed, LCSW, projection refers to unconsciously taking unwanted emotions or traits you don't like about yourself and attributing them to someone else. A common example is a cheating spouse who suspects their partner is being unfaithful.

I've not taken any of my views and projected them anywhere.

you simply look around, and you can find TONS of so called "Social justice warriors" demanding more public transit, more density..

Usually under some "Stop urban sprawl" mantra - who gives them the right to enforce how others want to live?

Most people who do manage to afford to live in Toronto still have to commute. you can get condo's right in the downtown core, but they are insanely expensive.

So the debate he had was a ~30 min commute and a "toronto" address vs a 45-60 min commute and an address in a small city outside Toronto.

I worked in toronto a very long time, dont know many people who actually lived there. Most commuted from cities in the GTA (Greater Toronto Area).

Sometimes the commute is sort of unavoidable.

What are the options to avoid a 30 min commute if you work in a specific industry which prefers "on site" work, and that company owns property in a city you cant afford to live in?

You can change industries, etc.. but those are personal choices.

This gets into an interesting "can of worms" problem.

My background is finance which tends to be clustered around "financial hubs" (London, New York, Toronto...).

Again, I will keep my "Toronto" perspective as I am most familiar with it.

Why are all the banks located on "Bay street"? Because if you dont have a "bay street" address you are a "nobody". This odd mentality can be found globally, "wall street" , specific "pockets" of London.

The "big 5" banks here COULD build places in smaller urban areas, but those lack the "power" of that Bay street address.

Now that we established that for odd reasons you have to be located in "bay street" there is also the view that you must be "seen". Remote work is a career killer in Finance.

One large Canadian bank has started the "we want you back in the office" discussions :

https://financialpost.com/fp-work/rbc-staff-back-office-more...

RBC CEO asks staff to come into the office more often 'Technology can’t replicate the energy, spontaneity, big ideas, true sense of belonging and fun' of being in the office, CEO says

Now RBC has issued a press statement on this, the other Canadian banks will quickly follow suit (they move in lock-step with one another).

So.. work in finance, you need to be on "bay street" monday to friday. You don't want to commute, increase demand to live in Toronto.

Basic economics show that increased demand leads to increases in pricing..

See this :

https://www.blogto.com/real-estate-toronto/2022/08/toronto-r...

1) Lawsuits

- The US court system is often used as some sort of "i won the lotto" system where people do dumb things, and somehow win substantial sums of money. It is often easier to preemptively prevent anything that could trigger a lawsuit

2) Powerful lobby groups.

- Many things that are legal elsewhere are not in the US, and often there is a government lobby group behind it.

Think things like this : https://www.aei.org/carpe-diem/the-anti-consumer-25-chicken-...

I love how people seem to feel they can enforce their views of how a city should be build on others.

The fact of the matter is very clear.. we have so many detach houses because that is what people WANT.

For some odd reason there is a subset of the population who feel entitled to dictate how OTHERS should live. These people go on and on about "increasing density" while ignoring that some don't want to live like this.

I can sort of paint the picture of what takes place here (Canada - also a large land mass country).

we have a rather large public rail system run by the government (GO Transit: https://www.gotransit.com/en/)

it is fairly cost effective, modern, and the trains are all new and comfortable.

we also have a major problem with a population which seems to refuse to accept they cant afford to live where they want.

Everything is about "affordable housing in Toronto", but this is unrealistic.

Once i had a conversation at work on this. A younger employee was complaining that he wasnt able to afford a nice house in Toronto and how "unfair" this was.

The problem is he was making these comments to 5 others, not one of us lived in Toronto either, as we cant afford it.

He refused to commute, and felt he was somehow "entitled" to live where he (and millions of others) want to live.

So in short, while the US and Canada have plenty of space, the population doesn't want to live there because the commutes are around an hour each way to work.

we also have serious NIMBY issues, where any attempt to increase population density is met with fierce resistance by the local residents who are concerned about their own property values.

Adding to this.

The government is always there, with its hands out looking to get a slice of the real-estate market.

- Property taxes

- Land transfer taxes

- Development fees

And once you buy your house, any attempt to improve it could trigger more government involvement. Building permits, inspection fees.

Your point is spot-on. I think a big part of it is "keeping up with the Joneses". Everyone wants that 3,000 square foot house, and naturally it has to be within walking distance from work.

Lastly - Location is a a major problem.

Here (Ontario) the common complaint is "i cant afford to live in Toronto" - Living in Toronto is NOT A RIGHT. No one owes you "affordable housing" in Toronto to avoid a commute. A Lot of people commute on the GO train daily..