Rat_in_a_hat

u/Rat_in_a_hat@lemmy.ca
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That's true! But I believe that you still need an account and, of course, the play store collects some data about the device its installed on/installing apps on. Depends on peoples threat/privacy model if they want that or not.

Either way, a sad day for open source that aurora is being blocked.

It's trying to close their system off further because there's a lot more tracking that can be enabled if you use their official app

Strawmans and logical fallacies are not the same as government policy. This is like that meme "you criticize society yet you partake in society", it's not the gotcha you think it is.

The government is saying that the courts don't have jurisdiction because of an amendment clause in the act.

11 The Minister may amend an emissions target set under section 7 or an emissions reduction plan in a manner that is consistent with the purpose of this Act.

This is the purpose:

The purpose of this Act is to require the setting of national targets for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions based on the best scientific information available and to promote transparency, accountability and immediate and ambitious action in relation to achieving those targets, in support of achieving net-zero emissions in Canada by 2050 and Canada’s international commitments in respect of mitigating climate change.

https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/c-19.3/fulltext.html#h-1305641

So if they are slashing their targets and quotas, that's in contradiction to the purpose of the Act, and the clause definitely doesn't fit. But, again, your bias is blinding you.

You would likely be broke and unhappy if you tried to be a purely ethical person.

No, not really because it costs nothing to not purchase a product that you deem unethical.

I think you've incredibly misunderstood the article - citizens are taking the government to court for not abiding by their climate targets by actively eliminating key measures.

Since the plan was first launched in 2022, the Liberal government has eliminated key measures needed for Canada to achieve the 2030 target. 

Unless you feel that no government can update another's goals

I mean, Trump's doing that too if that's what you're defending.

All I've seen is the same liberal strawman argument. Again, someone mentions human rights, you bring up an individual's consumer ethics (as if that's not dictated by government policy either), and then another strawman defense of a government flipping the book on their environmental agreements (like Trump does, but it's ok because it's Mark).

Some people and their cognitive dissonance is just as blinding as Maga

What is this, the good place?

Unlike Carney (and as much as I try to be an ethical consumer), I'm not signing off or actively pushing for those policies.

And to add - purposefully asking federal courts to strike down environment protections isn't "hard choices", it's actively making the choice

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/climate-federal-court-lawsuit-motion-to-strike-9.7324601

Carney government asks court to strike down climate litigation

You can request that a justice of the peace (the police) to have a person brought to court, since the police/court presses charges. This is called "swearing or laying an information" and is equivalent of pressing charges (might be called differently in Quebec).

You can also start a "private prosecution" by going to the police or court and telling them that you've been a victim of a crime. They're supposed to listen and then decide whether to issue a summons or warrant.

Afd gaining traction, Spain's rightwing keeps attacking and pulling fabricated judicial cases, Italy is blundering towards fascism with Nazi salutes done publicly, Marie le Pen is gaining heavily in the polls in France...

Are you sure fascists aren't very much a part of Europe? Because to think it's all external means that Europe will never figure out how to solve it's Nazi problem.