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Ni'Var in Discovery does seem to be on that path, particularly with the Romulo-Vulcan faction.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Among the legal organizations’ expressed objections and flaws they contend mar the proposed regime in its application to legal professionals:

  • IRCC’s proposed broad powers to inspect and search, based on an IRCC officer’s determination that there are “reasonable grounds to suspect” a violation, and to demand documents from lawyers, without safeguards, as well as the lack of any mechanism to allow lawyers to fully and effectively defend themselves, without breaching established principles of solicitor-client confidentiality;
  • unfairness, expense and other negative impacts on legal professionals, and the risk of inconsistent results by needlessly subjecting them to dual regulation;
  • failure to respect the fundamental principles of independence of the bar as well as solicitor/client privilege/confidentiality, which are protected by the common law and the Constitution;
  • the lack of procedural protections and accountability;
  • IRCC’s lack of neutrality vis-à-vis immigration and refugee lawyers who advocate for clients, often in opposition to IRCC and its counsel, including representing in court those accused of offences, including misrepresentation. “Granting the same entity the authority to discipline the very lawyers who challenge it creates a glaring conflict of interest — comparable to allowing Crown counsel to oversee the discipline of criminal defence lawyers,” the CBA asserts in its submission to IRCC; and
  • Ottawa exceeds federal jurisdiction by purporting to regulate and penalize lawyers and paralegals doing paid immigration and refugee work, including by naming violators and publishing particulars on IRCC’s website, an interference with a lawyer’s ability to practise law, which is the exclusive preserve of law societies.

Yeah, it's definitely possible that Picardo could play both versions of the character, even if it's just for a single episode.

But the full-time version on "Academy" will be the original, not the "Living Witness" backup.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

The Captain America comics have gotten some good mileage out of that theme over the years - what do you do when the ideals you supposedly represent no longer reflect the actual nation?

If done thoughtfully, it can be an asset, rather than a liability.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 6 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Oh, are names important? What were the names of the Klingons?

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 8 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

Well, the Cerritos is also transformed into a *Galaxy-*class ship by that anomaly, so by your logic, there's an equal chance that TNG took place in a different universe.

Which is...definitely a thing you could say.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 5 points 2 weeks ago (8 children)

where the Klingons started turning in to discovery type Klingons suggesting that discovery was not set in the main trek universe.

I'm not sure you've given this line of thought full consideration.

"Seasonal?"

Amateur.

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah you really nailed it. Just like he was on "Prodigy."

[–] ValueSubtracted@startrek.website 3 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Looks good. How much does their stuff usually cost?

As much as I agree that one doesn't "run for Prime Minister," and I wish everyone would stop using that phrasing...the party sure as shit should be running to form government.

The article is annoyingly vague, but I guess it's talking about actual, boots-on-the-ground spies, and the infrastructure to manage foreign agents?

 

I’m a senior reporter covering the Conservative campaign this week.

We've seen unprecedented efforts at message control from the Poilievre campaign that have broken with tradition in a number of ways.

The CPC is the only party to bar media from its campaign plane and buses. The Stephen Harper, Andrew Scheer and Erin O'Toole campaigns all allowed media to travel with the leader, and charged sometimes exorbitant amounts of money for the privilege. The other parties do the same, and also charge.

Poilievre takes fewer questions than other leaders, a maximum of four per event, and insists on choosing which reporters are allowed to ask. After a week following the campaign, neither I nor my CBC colleague Tom Parry have been permitted to ask any questions.

Sometimes, CPC staffers try to get reporters to say what they plan to ask — a question a reporter is not supposed to answer. However, we have seen local media pressured into answering. Obviously, if a reporter declines, that could factor into the decision of who gets to ask questions at all.

The decision on who asks questions is always last-minute. A CPC staffer holds the microphone, ready to pull it away. No follow-up questions are permitted.

On occasion, CPC staffers have gotten physical with journalists, such as on the public wharf at Petty Harbour, N.L., where there was pushing and shoving.

Today, in Trois-Rivières, we asked to be allotted a question. Party staffers said yes, so long as it was asked by my colleague Tom Parry. We responded that I would prefer to ask it. At that point the party took away our question and gave it to another outlet.

The difficulty of trying to keep up with a campaign that has its own chartered aircraft is a logistical problem that can be mitigated to some extent. But the extreme message control makes it all but impossible to bring the same level of accountability to the Poilievre campaign that other campaigns are subject to. It also protects the campaign from having to answer tough questions and is a marked departure from previous Conservative campaigns I have covered.

 

The overall security advice remains green, "take normal security precautions/"

 

Original headline: Chris Barber, Tamara Lich found guilty of mischief for roles in Freedom Convoy

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