Chloe Desilets

My thoughts about a...unique development in Canadian politics, and the effect I believe it has on Canadian electoral policies.

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I describe the parallels I drew between the Grenfell Tower fire in 2017 and the Nottoway Plantation fire this year, and compare the socioeconomic status of--and social attitudes towards--these buildings and what they represent.

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I--as an aspring writer and artist--finally stick my oar in about generative artificial intelligence, and how plagiarists are abusing it to make quick cash--while taking advantage of their own and other people's tendecies towards instant gratification-- at the expense of the actual creatives who put in the time and energy to create real art.

(Part of the title inspired by the Dire Straits song, 'Money for Nothing'--which is ostensibly about people making bucketloads of money doing the bare minimum in their field)

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My thoughts on local transit company TransLink's current financial situation, and s couple of suggestions on how they can at least start fixing it.

Sources:

https://movementyvr.ca/movement-responds-to-federal-transit-funding-announcement-calls-for-focus-on-relief-for-canadians/

https://thebreaker.news/business/translink-pay-parade/

https://www.comparably.com/companies/translink/executive-salaries

https://www.translink.ca/-/media/translink/documents/about-translink/corporate-reports/ecp_details.pdf (I know this is old, but whoever reads this will get the general idea)

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My thoughts on news that reputed con artst Billy McFarland is allegedly hosting a second Fyre Festival.

Sources:

The original source:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqorrrmBLiw (The Podcast That Rocked)

https://www.yahoo.com/news/fyre-festival-2-tickets-sale-032357343.html

https://people.com/fyre-festival-2-does-not-exist-isla-mujeres-tourism-board-says-billy-mcfarland-claims-its-real-11691724

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjU8pSqWReE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWC2HJq1wCw

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I talk about Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim's plans to gentrify the Downtown Eastside, and how he plans to do it, the criticisms of the plans, and express my initial thoughts about the situation.

Sources:

https://globalnews.ca/news/10974788/vancouver-transform-dtes-pausing-new-social-housing-crime-crackdown/

https://globalnews.ca/news/10976443/downtown-eastside-plan-critics/

https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article/smacks-of-deportation-mayors-office-pitch-on-helping-dtes-indigenous-residents-relocate-gets-pushback/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentrification

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My thoughts about the Government of Canada's plans to distribute a grocery rebate amongst struggling Canadians, the possibility of grocery code of conduct, and how they will work under the framework of capitalism.

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I express my thoughts about the current conservative backlash, by talking about the most obvious examples thereof.

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I describe my thoughts about attending this year's Walk for Peace in Vancouver.

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