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  1. I guess the question is: where is that information recorded, because according to the passport office (ie. the section of the IRCC website I quoted above), it isn't the passport's rf chip.
  2. Just checked the Passport Canada/IRCC website and they have the following info: So it appears jurisdictions visited/travelled through are not saved on the chip. (Source: https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/canadian-passports/about.html )
  3. Unless there's a data recording device on the passport itself (I don't know if the rf chip that's on it counts), then the only way Canada would know is if the traveller truthfully discloses, or if the country in question shares that info, and I don't think either of those two options can be relied upon.
  4. Not necessarily. For example, the times I'd been to HK they only gave me a little slip to keep with my passport that had to be surrendered at time of exiting their jurisdiction. I think the days of stamping passports may have gone the way of the dodo bird.
  5. What age did Gordie Howe quit playing professional hockey at? I could see him trying to one-up that. Definitely not at the NHL level, but then again I don't think Gordie Howe played his last professional hockey game in the NHL either. And no, the boat to sign him to the Canucks sailed decades ago.
  6. Speaking of masks, my wife shared with me a documentary from NHK (Japanese broadcaster) about AI and the pandemic, and one of the more insightful bits was that masks may not prevent you from catching the coronavirus, but if worn properly and at all times, it will reduce the viral load to a small enough dosage to help build up natural immunity. https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/tv/documentary/20210207/4001385/
  7. That would be the ideal approach, but since there's no way of tracking where a person's been without infringing upon human rights, and a determined traveller is unlikely to disclose voluntarily, and other countries have no reason to share their entry/exit information with Canada, what's a foolproof method to enforce such a ban? After all, a person doesn't need to have all the flights on the same itinerary - they could always buy open jaw combined with one-way flights if they so choose.
  8. Anything that you try to fertilize with Lucic is likely to wilt and die from nutrient deprivation.
  9. This will only make things more convoluted, with anti-maskers likely to claim being fully vaccinated as their justification for not masking up. https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/cdc-mask-guidance-outdoors-fully-vaccinated-1.6003834 Not sure why, but the table at the bottom of the article isn't rendering properly in the quote above.
  10. I don't disagree that better training and more training will help - however, it's one thing to provide better and more training, but it's a whole other kettle of fish for the person being trained to actually "get it". Without proper controls in place to ensure the trainees "get it" (through setting standards, testing, reinforcement, re-testing, and failing those who don't "get it" at any stage of the process), you're just as well with dumping the money used for the training programs into the sea. Having said that, most police forces are understaffed, and can't wait for the training to be complete - I would speculate that they would rather have someone partially trained and raring to go instead of waiting for graduates of the training programs at the other end, hoping that they'd complete sooner. Given the educational backgrounds of many law enforcement officers (high school diploma, maybe a college certificate, but rarely a higher-education degree), their receptiveness to training in general isn't likely to be high, at least not when it comes to concepts such as racial/gender bias, or sensitivity training, or de-escalation methods. I think they'd probably be more receptive to training elements such as use of force, or memorizing the criminal code, or hands-on concepts such as weapons training or hand-to-hand combat, which gets immediate results and doesn't require quite as much analytical skill.
  11. Buddy of mine works for Seaspan, and I'm rooting for him and his employer to start making more ships. UBC used to have one of the top naval engineering programs, but had to degrade it over the years due to lack of enrollment; hopefully the recent orders for far north science ships will help with bringing the program back to its glory years. I also think that the Feds should look at capacity building for helping our shipmakers with building military seagoing vessels, be it new generation destroyers and fast response amphibious ships, or submarines and stealth reconnaisance vessels. As for the Arrow, it's one of the reasons why I call the government of the day the "Diefenbonehead" government. Sure helped NASA get to the moon though!
  12. I would say the worst of the poor decisions are the ones where the people who are tasked with making the long-term and strategic decisions end up myopically focussed and only worry about the short-term bottom line. If you can't see past your own goddamn nose, you definitely won't see the bus that's going to run you over. Hey, sounds kinda like our aerospace industry in the 1950s, when the feds took the axe to the Avro Arrow...
  13. Why bother hanging anyone when you can just infect them with the coronavirus and let it suffocate the person to death instead? ...too soon? Ok, I'll see myself out the door...
  14. Another opinion piece from Apple Daily. I share this not so much because of the opinion, but more because of two things: first, he touches upon the conversations he's had with people who have the hard question of what to do under the circumstances of historical freedoms being shut down one by one, and second (but more importantly) he touches upon the stealth work being done by the government to amend the immigration laws to limit access not only to those wanting to go to HK, but also (and quite crucially) the ability for anyone (including HK residents) to leave for any reason. Who needs arbitrary detention and a kangaroo court filled with ccp mouthpieces when you can just deny access to transport out of HK for any number of bull$&!# reasons? https://hk.appledaily.com/opinion/20210424/ARLT7GMGU5HGLLZH77PYO3PZVI/ On an unrelated note, I think the fellow that wrote this opinion piece was once interviewed by the CBC's Adrienne Arsenault on one of the segments for The National during the 2019 anti-extradition law protests.
  15. Some of you may remember the July 21, 2019 attack of innocent West Rail passengers by a group of white-shirted thugs and gangsters. A documentary journalist with RTHK did an investigative report on it on the RTHK program called "Hong Kong Connection", and the government decided to prosecute her for her investigative methods. The English version of the program: The courts rule her to be guilty, and slapped a $6,000 fine on her. This, after the very same database had been used previously and multiple times for the same purpose by other journalists - pro-establishment or not - with no consequences. Naturally, the press is worried about its ability to discharge its stated duty, which is to report the truth. An opinion piece from Apple Daily is copied below that touches upon this issue. Excerpt from the article: https://hk.appledaily.com/opinion/20210423/6VUORAUKYFEIDJMXVTZ4T6S2JU/
  16. Judging by the 200 or so individuals who gave the government the middle finger and got a $3,000 fine for their choice to skip the hotels... no, it's not really enforced. I'm also expecting there'll be a constitutional challenge the moment the government chooses to collect on the fine.
  17. I mean, I suppose that's one way of cutting off the viral transmission - by knocking out the vectors...
  18. Might not be a bad idea, but pay who though? Not like Count Bettman wants to act as banker (even though his weasel looks make him appear like one).
  19. Emotionally, I would agree with you, except Canada is (and historically has been) a country of due process. This is where we differ from those ccp jokers on the other side of the puddle, who do things arbitrarily and with imperial whimsicality. If we were to abandon due process now, then the whole situation would end up a very unnecessary and indecently positioned stain on our trousers, and our word would no longer mean anything on the world stage.
  20. It's called the "Jeremy Jacobs clause". Also super-fine print.
  21. No need to, they already have one in the rulebook (in super-fine print) - it's called "Being a member of the Canucks".
  22. I don't disagree, but the problem is the government is scared $&!#less of getting a constitutional challenge. Not to mention it's impossible to enforce on those crossing the border with the States, given the number of unmanned crossings, and the lack of facilities at manned crossings.
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