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Allied Copper Corp's Rainbow Lake Lithium Property and Pilot Production Plans

2023.03.24 23:18 Califanoal Allied Copper Corp's Rainbow Lake Lithium Property and Pilot Production Plans

Allied Copper Corp's Rainbow Lake Lithium Property and Pilot Production Plans
As explained in the article below, "Canada is primed to become a supplier of lithium to help fill the looming gap for the energy transition". For those searching for a high-potential Canadian lithium company, consider Allied Copper Corp. (Ticker: CPR.V or CPRRF for US investors).
https://magazine.cim.org/en/environment/lithium-exploration-ramp-up-en/
CPR's Rainbow Lake Property in NW Alberta is estimated to have a lithium reservoir of 78 billion barrels of lithium-infused brine with 119 mg/L lithium concentrations.
CPR's partner, Cabot Energy, has been operating in Rainbow Lake and controls the petroleum and gas rights for the project. Because Cabot has already discovered lithium-infused brine, CPR can bypass the lithium exploration phases altogether. Additionally, CPR can use Cabot's existing oil and gas wells rather than drill all of its own. This will lead to significant cost savings for CPR and puts it ahead of many junior lithium companies of similar valuations.
https://preview.redd.it/b7lyyvqq0rpa1.png?width=960&format=png&auto=webp&s=279f99ebbe02e5041b9044d18b5caec258b58957
CPR's next step forward starting a pilot production program. The company will first produce up to 250,000L at a facility off-site. This will help CPR dial in its process and determine the optimal equipment. Subsequently, CPR will move all the needed infrastructure to the field and start producing on-site.
If pilot production is successful, CPR will prepare for commercial operations and subsequently start lithium production. CPR will begin by producing smaller amounts and scale up as it earns capital, leading to less dilution for shareholders.
https://preview.redd.it/tm3cnbgs0rpa1.png?width=955&format=png&auto=webp&s=c88d99a60d92f16145b396d050803f71dc89de40
CPR is trading in the green today after announcing that it is granting incentive stock options to some of its directors, officers, consultants, and employees⬇️ https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/allied-copper-announces-option-grant-134500215.html
For more information on CPR in general, refer to the company's investors' deck⬇️ https://www.alliedcoppercorp.com/\_files/ugd/a0750b\_579feb810cb9437fae4406e43d0670b0.pdf
Posted on behalf of Allied Copper Corp.
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2023.03.24 23:18 Califanoal Lithium Sector ➡️ High-Potential Canadian Lithium Company with a 78 Billion Barrel Reservoir (Allied Copper Corp.)

Lithium Sector ➡️ High-Potential Canadian Lithium Company with a 78 Billion Barrel Reservoir (Allied Copper Corp.)
As explained in the article below, "Canada is primed to become a supplier of lithium to help fill the looming gap for the energy transition". For those searching for a high-potential Canadian lithium company, consider Allied Copper Corp. (Ticker: CPR.V or CPRRF for US investors).
https://magazine.cim.org/en/environment/lithium-exploration-ramp-up-en/
CPR's Rainbow Lake Property in NW Alberta is estimated to have a lithium reservoir of 78 billion barrels of lithium-infused brine with 119 mg/L lithium concentrations.
CPR's partner, Cabot Energy, has been operating in Rainbow Lake and controls the petroleum and gas rights for the project. Because Cabot has already discovered lithium-infused brine, CPR can bypass the lithium exploration phases altogether. Additionally, CPR can use Cabot's existing oil and gas wells rather than drill all of its own. This will lead to significant cost savings for CPR and puts it ahead of many junior lithium companies of similar valuations.
https://preview.redd.it/ghaf1aal0rpa1.png?width=960&format=png&auto=webp&s=ac56dd6c97113ed1d1d60e66ae2c49d46a26ae46
CPR's next step forward starting a pilot production program. The company will first produce up to 250,000L at a facility off-site. This will help CPR dial in its process and determine the optimal equipment. Subsequently, CPR will move all the needed infrastructure to the field and start producing on-site.
If pilot production is successful, CPR will prepare for commercial operations and subsequently start lithium production. CPR will begin by producing smaller amounts and scale up as it earns capital, leading to less dilution for shareholders.
https://preview.redd.it/lvzl4sdn0rpa1.png?width=955&format=png&auto=webp&s=30f710b2cebe02566d73ec070449bcf353496f25
CPR is trading in the green today after announcing that it is granting incentive stock options to some of its directors, officers, consultants, and employees⬇️ https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/allied-copper-announces-option-grant-134500215.html
For more information on CPR in general, refer to the company's investors' deck⬇️ https://www.alliedcoppercorp.com/\_files/ugd/a0750b\_579feb810cb9437fae4406e43d0670b0.pdf
Posted on behalf of Allied Copper Corp.
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2023.03.24 22:47 FiauraTanks Nature of Predators - Nemo Me Impune Lacessit - Chapter 4 (FanFic)

Back First Next
Memory Transcription: Sub-Chief Hilis, Harvester Squadron #72, Tilfish Homeworld
Date [standardized human time]: December 3, 2136
Hilis snarled as he shouted in frustration, “What do you mean the gunships are down? How many humans are there?”
“We aren’t sure! They keep just appearing everywhere! Something else is shooting down the gunsh—” The transmission was interrupted by a massive explosion that sent Hilis covering his ears in the darkened ship. The feedback across the speaker overwhelming any living creature's sense of hearing for a few moments.
“Guard Zweilous, report! Report now!”
“They… they just blew themselves up, the entire side of the road is gone for at least fifty meters, all of warband 7 just… pieces.” Zewilous was clearly stunned, in shock from what Hilis could tell. Even apex predators of the betterment could suddenly fear shock and fear.
“Pull yourself together! Where are the other warbands?”
“Warbands one through eight are gone.”
“What!? That is nearly one thousand of us! You cannot be serious?”
Zewilous howled then went silent as the radio only produced static. “Zweilous answer me! Answer me now!”
He looked out on his view point at the formation of bombers in front of him. Another orbital bomber closed on their position, making a run and launching four bombardment bombs.

That will end this righ— This thoughts were interrupted to sheer horror as the bombs all exploded barely out of their launch ports.

The bombers were only annihilated instantly by their own munitions when interceptor rounds from the planet slammed into them and set them off. The wingmate of the bomber hit by a pair of orbital railgun shots that punched its shields then its core, sending the entire formation of five support bombers to be committed to the void. As the bright green, orange, and yellow faded to reveal stardust left in it's wake. “What what? How are those guns doing that?”
“I don’t know, some sort of new human weapon, it can intercept our bombs as soon as we launch. That is the tenth bomber unit that we sent there only for it to be turned into ash.”
Hilis growled as he looked down at his computer read out, he pushed a button and he could see through Zewilous’s eye implant. He was staring into the woods at a human, a female. The predator moved with supernatural speed, shoving some sort of weapon into the mouth of one of the hunter and it turned his head into a pink mist. She fired the weapon again then threw it at an Arxur pulling a pistol and firing it.
In a blur, several more Arxur fell around her as they closed in. One stabbed her and he thought, Damn, at least she is done for. Only to watch on in absolute dread for the first time in his life. He felt real horror as the human willed itself to stab the attacker. By his own knowledge of their anatomy, her heart should be pierced and she should be dying yet she spurred on to kill two more before falling onto the ground. He heard her words, the kill count and whatever that language he could not understand.
Then he saw the grenade and shouted into the radio as the screen went black, “Get away! Get away now!" His transmission was too late and the remainder of that hunter group were blown apart by a pair of human fragmentation devices.
"By the Betterment what are these humans? Someone down there will report to me! What is going on?” Hilis was beyond furious at how these humans had handled his hunters with such ease. They did not break when charged. They did not falter when pressed. They were not a prey species and their tactics were failing them.
Finally another Arxur called back, “This is Spearmate Juxxis, We… we have killed them.” “How many were there? One hundred? A thousand?”
Juxxis’s voice faltered and sounded terrified, “We… think…. Nine?” Hilis dropped the transmitter and stared out into the void, dumbstruck. “We aren’t sure how many blew themselves up in that blast but, we only have nine long arms and can only account for maybe thirteen individual scents.”
Hilis stared in disbelief at what he was hearing, yet he had just seen a single human slay seven of his kin in a frenzy and she would have kept going if she hadn’t been stabbed in the back. “What is that they keep saying?”
Juxxis hesitated, “We don't know." Sensing the anger on the other end of the channel Juxxis quickly spoke, "We have one, still breathing. What should we do?”
Hilis snarled, relieved they at least had one captive. “Interrogate it! Get every drop of information you can before it dies. Find out where those guns are and what they are! They keep slaughtering us up here every single time we go to drop bombs on them and be done with it."
He considered his tactics and the moment, then decided to cut some losses. "I am not sending anymore bombers until the human fleet is cleared and those ground guns are silenced. You are ordered to gather all our ground forces and head towards the guns, silence them. You are promoted to Sub-Hunter, do not disappoint me.”
Hilis threw the radio aside and looked to his own Sub-Hunter on the ship, “Everyone we have, send them down, we must make sure there are not more of those humans.”
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Memory Transcription: Corporal Williams, Black Watch, 4th Company, A Platoon
Date [standardized human time]: December 3, 2136
The Arxur stood over the bleeding human, his shoulder and arm were ripped open. His breathing was labored and the Arxur raised his hand to strike his blackened eye again, “Stop, no need for that; I’ll talk. Not like it matters.” Williams managed through his ragged breathes. He was barely alive and he knew it. He had hoped he would bleed out before they got to his machine gun nest but no such luck.
Williams spat his blood onto his Arxur attacker who snarled and barred his fangs, ready to sink into his flesh, “Cease you idiot!” Juxxis called, the frustration in his voice not lost upon Williams. “Can’t you see that is what he wants?”
Williams looked up, disappointed his ploy hadn’t worked. He wanted to die so he couldn't be made to reveal anything to these reptiles. The Arxur that called his torturer to stop walked up to him. His hands were bound by heavy metal cuffs that reminded him of medieval irons. The Arxur had placed a collar around his neck with two long metal rods to keep control of him.
He was on his knees and found the collar chaffing as the smelly breath of the Arxur washed over his nose. “You could use a breath mint, ya know that? Maybe chew some gum?” Williams gave a glare of deviance, hoping it would spur this Arxur to give just enough pain to put him into shock with the blood loss.
The Axur smiled and his tail swished in irritation, “Funny, human. Tell me, leaf-licker, where is the rest of your unit? How many are you? Where are the Tilfish from that city down the road?”
Williams felt a sense of pride rise up in him. The bodies that littered the forest, the roads, all of it, you could not look more than a few meters before seeing another Arxur corpse. They had accounted for themselves so very well. He wasn’t sure how many they had taken but the number was staggering even to him. “Answer me! How many are you?”
Williams laughed, every Arxur around him recoiled as he laughed heartily, “We were all.”
Juxxis mind reeled at this human, bound, defeated, bleeding to death, laughing at him. Laughing at his question and the answer made even less sense. “There are what, five hundred of you? A thousand?”
Williams laughed more and fell back as a coughing fit took him for a moment. Those holding the metal collar prevented him from falling over. His injuries and the angle of his body making him choke. Juxxis realized his captive was choking on his own blood and lunged forward, hitting him in the sternum to stop him form dying. A chunk of half-congealed blood spat from Williams onto Juxxis's face for his efforts.

Juxxis snarled and pushed his heel against Williams chest, adding to his discomfort without pushing him into much more pain. He was getting fed up and Williams knew it, he just had to keep goading him into ending his suffering. “This is no laughing matter you stupid monkey. Now answer the question before I gut you like the cattle you are and make you watch me eat you alive!”
Williams smirked to himself at the threat; his ploy was working. In his final moments he would betray no one and that was what counted right now. He knew the moment he went down it was a death sentence, no need to give his enemies any ammunition in the process.
Williams took a moment to make peace with his deity and say a pray. Then he looked up at the Axur with defiance in his eyes. “We were all, the ten of us you see here. Yes we stopped all of you cold and fought you to the last bullet. That’s all that were here.” Williams made sure to spit onto Juxxis's face after he finished speaking, going to make sure his venomous words came with a ring of truth to them in addition to never looking away from Juxxis's eyes. He stared into them with a fury that demanded Juxxis give him a chance and he would make sure to take one more Arxur with him.
Juxxis stared down at the human and then looked up at the Axur around him, he could not allow such defiance to the Dominion to stand. He had just been promoted and now everyone was looking to seize that promotion for themselves if he did not act with proper aggression. He clicked his teeth, “Dinner time!” He called out and the Axur pounced.
Williams would only still be breathing for less than a minute. He could already barely see and keep his eyes open and felt his strength fading fast. What shocked the Arxur was he did not scream once even as they gutted him and ate him alive. He instead died smiling at their frustration. This was the part that unnerved the Axur the most about the entire encounter, their one prisoner, died smiling.
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Memory Transcription: Corporal Celand, Black Watch, 4th Company, A Platoon
Date [standardized human time]: December 3, 2136
Cleland ran with the intensity of a marathon sprinter. She was having to drag the Tilfish after the first thirty meters and now she turned as the sound of battle had faded into the distance. The Tilfish was panting, her thorax inflating rapidly as they doubled over for breath.
Cleland was barely even breathing hard yet she understood the difference in anatomy. Tilfish were insectoids, they couldn’t sweat to cool off and clearly weren’t made for marathon running. Tia’s appearance still made her skin crawl, but she had to suppress the arachnophobia as she was given this charge.
“Listen, I get you are a sprint herbivore-creature and don’t have my endurance and you really creep me out too.” “Then leave me, predator! At least the Arxur will get a kick from my suffering.” Tia yelled at Cleland who quickly fought down her disgust and shoved her hand against the insectoid mouth.
“Keep it down, or you’re going to get us both killed.” Cleland fought the goosebumps along her arm, the way the hair stood on end, the flight instinct that told her to absolutely flee from here. The uncontrolled tunnel vision she bore down onto Tia. Her body and heart beating more rapidly with touching the insectoid and adrenaline rushing through her.
“Alright, listen, I have… I have arachnophobia. Okay? Fear of insects, particularly eight legged ones.” Speaking was enough to make Cleland calm down slightly. Just slightly. “But my orders are to get you back alive and the only way that is happening is if I carry you.”
Cleland reached into her pack and pulled out a heavy winter blanket, completely unsuited for the environment they were in but it would do the job. “Now listen, in order for me to do that, I’m going to have to put this between us or I’m going to seize up okay? I know the fear is illogical and awful but that is what makes it a phobia.” Tia was listening intently, her full attention on Cleland as she spoke. The Tilfish never considered that humans could have irrational fears like they had an irrational fear of predators much less that humans could be afraid of Tilfish themselves. “Is this, fear common among humans?”
“No, it’s well, it is complicated okay? Mental health is weird.” Cleland spoke covering herself in the blanket and turning around to position herself down on one knee ready to rise up and run. “Now, get on top of me but be careful to not actually touch my skin okay? If I freak out, we are both going to die.”
Awkwardly, Tai slowly positioned herself for a piggyback ride and once she was secure she gave a soft tap to Cleland's helmet, “I am ready.”
Cleland had slung her rifle across her waist and finished tying it off against her belt as she starting sprinting with the rifle secured against her hip and side. They were moving now, running at qualification speed for a trooper. Tia was surprisingly light for Cleland even with her pack and gear, the ammo she had emptied, magazines and grenades as well as leaving all her personal explosives meant that Tai was only adding 40 kilograms spread across Clelands strong shoulders, arms and back as the two ran forward.
Several minutes passed before Cleland’s radio squawked twice and she paused, looking around. Two more squawks and she heard the initial radio being turned on nearby. Tia also picked up on it and pointed in a direction. Cleland ran forward to find Hanover and Jellio. “Oh thank fuck, I thought we were the only ones to get away.”
Hanover helped Tia down as he spoke, putting her next to Jellio as the three exhausted ones all laid on the ground panting. Cleland doubled over panting as Tia and Jellio both laid down onto their lower bodies doing the same.
“How…. much… further….” Cleland managed to ragged breathes, the question on everyone’s mind.
“We moved over ten clicks from our outpost, engaged the enemy, and then moved about five back, we should be in radio range shortly, maybe we can radio the situation in and get some mortar support.” Hanover offered, taking out a map of the area and checking his compass. Primitive as map finding may be, in this case, without a GPS system or fleet comm, they had to move by dead recocking and survival training.
“Maybe if we get close enough we can radio for them to bring a vehicle for us?” Jellio suggested with a voice of hopefulness and optimism.
Hanover and Cleland both shook their heads and chuckled despite their fatigue. “Nope.”
Jellio looked disheartened and turned away from Cleland’s nope to Tia for an explanation. Tia shrugged. Hanover reached over and put a firm but gentle grip onto Jellio’s shoulder. “Listen, that caldera has one way in and out after we destroyed all the secondary paths in and trails were blown. The one way in likely has enough explosives, mines, barbed wire, and napalm in it to destroy a city. No, our only way now is to make our way around to the ocean side, which is probably boobytrapped too but at least the Arxur aren’t going to assault from ocean side.”
Jellio’s antenna dropped down and Tia chitted in distress, “That will take two days! The Arxur will find us by then!”
Hanover shook his head, “Not if we camouflage ourselves, cover our tracks and scent, as well as make sure we keep moving away from the sounds of gunfire. So while we are on the way, you are both getting advanced survival and escape/evade training.”
Hanover starting picking up several sticks with leaves still on them to start making footprint booms as well as looking around the forested area for something smelly to apply to their bodies.
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Memory Transcription: Captain Neil Campbell, United Nations ‘Black Watch’ Company #4
Date [standardized human time]: December 3, 2136
Neil was standing in front of an assault shuttle currently unloading supplies, with ten Americans helping get stuff off. “I thought you were here to insist we evacuate. What’s all this stuff, leftenant?”
The American second lieutenant noticed the British pronunciation of his rank and turned his head towards Captain Campbell, recognizing him as the commanding officer of the area he had been told about. He gentle set down the crate of orbital interceptor ammo and turned with a sharp salute. “Lieutenant Williams, 3rd armored cavalry. Command knew you wouldn’t accept evac after talking to Mactovish so we volunteered and drew straws for who would fit.” Campbell nodded for Williams to go on, “We cramped everything we could on two shuttles, shuttle two didn’t make it. So that leaves me in charge of the unit, which I report to you now. We have one more anti-orbital interceptor gun getting you up to five. Two dozen stinger-mark 7’s.” Campbell made a note of the personal anti-air light missiles. “Ammo for all your guns, sams, anti-orbital interceptors, and ground to orbital cannon. We also brought a special surprise for the scalies.”
Campbell stepped around the side of the shuttle he had met the Lieutenant on to look inside. He was stunned, inside were two modified Eisenhower IFVs and a Cheetah Main Battle Tank. “Armour? Aren’t they a little vulnerable here?”
Williams let out a laugh and smirked while the vehicle crews continued to unload gear as Sims kept motioning where to take it and who to move what. “Sorry for the laugh, but only if the enemy holds orbital superiority. Right now it’s contested, and we have heavy anti-orbital bombardment and anti-air assets. We noticed on The Cradle that the Arxur distinctly lack anti-armor weapons or heavy armor of their own.”
Campbell could see where this is going, “What are the modifications? Also Americans on a German tank? I get the IFV choice but…”
Williams nodded, “Four months ago, the Cheetah won the combat trial to be the UN tank due to its ruggedness and lack of need for heavy logistics. We agreed to adopt it if we could modify it with our own MGs and use smoothbore instead of rifled. So we switched out the MG2000s for M2A7’s, added an M2A7 for someone who can ride in the back turret balance basket, and called it a day. The Eisenhowers were adopted as frontline IFVs. These are special modified since the assault on Earth.”
Campbell nodded and motioned for him to continue as he moved to help unload crates of ammo and make room to get the vehicles off the transport. “What modifications?”
Williams grinned, “Anti-Plasma layers that cause the heat to distribute across the armor so even railguns that use plasma will have difficulties causing any damage much less penetration. We also added shields and changed out the plasma railguns for good ole fashion solid tungsten. The IFVs have had their Anti-Tank missiles replaced with medium Anti-Air SAMs and a light radar. They also were all equipped with interceptors for AT missiles or slower shells like artillery, the techs say it can even intercept a sabot but I haven’t seen that yet.”
Campbell grinned, “Leave it to Americans, you Yanks do know this is a last stand, you took a one way trip.”
All ten of the Americans stopped and nodded, then resumed their work without another word.
After all the unloading was done, they covered the armour in camouflage nets, adding nature foliage to shield them from being seen, setting up the Cheetah’s front armour and main gun towards the pass while the two Eisenhowers put their autocannons into a crossfire with a distance of two kilometers between them and the tank in between.
Zim ran towards Campbell, stopping when they were out of breath holding up a handwritten series of notes from the communication tent. Campbell started reading.
Recon in Force Squad no longer responding. Estimating they have been fighting for nearly a full hour. BC communications indicate they suffered a lot dead and are in total confusion. BC also indicates they believe the actual force they encountered to be in the hundreds, not a mere ten. There are still two BW's and our volunteers unaccounted for. Rest of the squad presumed KIA. Unsure who should be considered MIA.
Campbell nodded, wadded up the note and swallowed it. Zim grimaced and gave a gagging expression as Campbell forced the note down his throat. “Sorry you had to see that, only way to make sure the communication doesn’t fall into the wrong hands. Thank you Zim, back to your post.”
Zim darted off, no salute, just happy to get away from the space Campbell occupied as Campbell took in stride towards his command vehicle grabbing the radio, “All units, all units, to your fortification positions. Any work not done is to be left undone, as much as it pains us to leave a job unfinished. BC is closing. We have no more time.” As Campbell spoke two missiles fired from the sam sites they had setup, one distant explosion indicated the missile interception but the second one exploded followed by an immediate louder detonation. The gunship had been shot down as the ground vibrated very subtly from the crashing impact.
Two long steel cylinders rotated around with two others. They were nearly four meters tall attached to a large ammuntion bin and sensor suite as well as a generator to provide power. The clang of pulling tungsten rounds into position. There was a charge of electricity in the air before the three barrels began to whirl and unleash.
The orbital interceptors fired with a ring in the air and the taste of metal soaked the world around any humans nearby. Solid slug railguns, small portable by a rover but able to fire a slug straight up, nearly eighty-one kilometers. The two surface to space radar systems found incoming anti-matter bombs as soon as they were launched and there were small flashes in the afternoon sky, like mini-suns as round after round stopped any chance of a simple orbital bombardment ending their outpost turned castle. Several Arxur ships were also severely damaged having their own bombs go off right next to them.
The interceptors fired again again, at nearly two hundred rounds a minute, they could destroy bombs as soon as they were detected, missiles too, from any ship in orbit. The Arxur were paying a heavy price and would never understand why. SAMs kept firing, the anti-air missiles finding fighters and gunships to slam into and send them tumbling into the forest or the ocean or onto the Arxur’s own ground forces.
Further adding confusion their heavy anti-ship missiles flung out and hit Arxur transports coming to the ground, sending them on a one way trip to be smacked by a planet. Campbell knew they had limited ammunition but the Arxur did not know that and with the assault shuttle that got through, the Arxur would know they would have more supplies. No if the Arxur wanted to silence these guns and stop this opposition, they would have to take the caldera by ground forces.
Campbell had the assault shuttle moved and landed in front of the only entrance to the cave the civilians were evacuated into. There an explosion rippled through their camp, not sealing the cave but ensuring the shuttle debris covered the entrance and the hole beyond did not look like a cave without moving a significant amount of twisted metal, instead it looked like an impact crater where the shuttle would have crashed.
Engineers rushed to put out the fire and ensure that the cave wouldn't heat up as well as clean air would continue to flow down inside.
Campbell got to his command rover and prepared himself, watching his gunner get on top and prep the MG to go. All his preparations he could do were done, now the waiting began.
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2023.03.24 21:51 FitDevelopment1410 FedEx ignoring commercial invoice

Has anybody had this happen to them? This has happened to me a couple of times now.
Today in work I noticed a package was delayed at customs (handled by FedEx) so I sent in a query. Got an email back asking for the tariff codes for the shipment. Immediately after I got emails for a bunch of other unrelated shipments to our company, but different office addresses and recipients, with the same query about tariff codes.
Attached to each email was the scanned commercial invoice that was attached to each package, and very clearly on them were the tariff/HN codes.
When this has happened in the past I copied the codes into the reply and heard nothing more but I had no tolerance for that today, just said the codes are in the attachments you sent me.
What's going on here? Are their systems messed up? Is the agent rushed off their feet?
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2023.03.24 21:25 Bandofbrahs Q4 competition roundup

Yes, it's nearly April, and the worst stragglers only issued their q4 reports yesterday. Big picture: lots of job losses, accelerating cash burns, and not much in the way of new business. Let's have a peek:
In no particular order:
Aeye--In CC, mentioned they had slowed production of their lidar for industrial uses in q1. Looking at "very minor volumes." Gave No guidance on the year. "We do intend to raise more capital." Exactly how they intend to do that with their radioactive penny stock is beyond me. In q4, they had to sue All Blue Falcons FZE for failing to follow through on a promise to buy $5m worth of shares. SMH. They can't even get an institutional investor to follow up on a promise to invest a measley $5m? Ay yi yi. Oh, and their CEO resigned. Revenue for q4 was 1.1m. Ended the year with 94m in cash.
Quanergy—filed for bankruptcy in December. Still around as a zombie-company, but this is the last time I'll bother reporting on them.
Microvision—The court jester of the lidar industry was at it again. Of course, there were no revenues. They haven't made one penny of cash since 2017. But the one thing they're good at is selling shares in dilutive ATMs. They sold 4.3m shares in December, then another 5m in January, and they're just getting warmed up. In one of the most bizarre business decisions of all time, Microvision--a company with very little cash and no revenue--acquired another bankrupt company (Ibeo). Subsequently, A lot of Ibeo contracts were cancelled. In their own words, they are “trying to resurrect” them. Of course, those contracts were so measly and low-margin to begin with they drove Ibeo to bankruptcy. The big news is they added 250 employees. TO A BASE OF 100!!! So they more than tripled their labor costs, to say nothing of the overhead expenses from acquiring new offices, etc. Cash balance feel to a measly 78m--considerably lower than the desperate Aeye. But the Michael Scott Paper Company of lidar will just stay in business by selling shares forever. Oh, and they “paused” sample sales. Yikes. Subsequent to the semester they held a disastrous demo of their lidar at CES, where the lidar was completely unable to see the black 15 feet in front of it or the black pants worn by some attendees. Mavin remains the technological equivalent of jumping off your garage roof with a pillow case for a parachute, but trying telling that to their angry, insecure CEO, who devoted his entire q4 conference call to a delusional and bizarrely personal attack on Austin Russell.
Aeva--revenues of 0.2, but they still have a whopping 323 in cash. As I've said many times, they raised a pile of cash that could circle the equator if laid out in thousand-dollar bills, so they'll be hanging around forever. They announced they are on the "development fleet" of a top-10 OEM. However, reading the transcript it seemed they were going to great pains not to say it was for robo-taxis. "This is for a higher-level automation product" was the closest they came to admitting it.
Ouster--Had a blah q4, finished with 122m in cash. Subsequently, merged with Velodyne and immediately started laying off Velodyne employees (220 for starters). All they wanted from Velodyne was the cash. It's impossible to get a handle on the combined company at this point.
Cepton--After the quarter raised $100m from their tier-one partner Koito. I'm not sure if Cepton is more like a dead-beat relative that keeps begging for cash, or just a straight up money pit. At any rate, I'm sure Koito rues the day they ever heard of them. They had 1.6m in revenues for the quarter. God only knows what their current cash position is. It's Microvision-level bad, to be sure, but whereas Microvision raises money on the backs of investors who can't afford it, Cepton just keeps calling Koito. Jun Pei, the likable CEO, made an interesting statement: "The plain fact is the winners right nowwith a well-defined automotive program will continue to be the winners because we go through all those sophisticated processes of bringing automotive components into the marketplace."
Baraja—hired Lincoln International LLC to find a strategic investor. In February 2023, released 75% of workforce. Entire teams laid off. Said customers had slowed down vehicle development.
Innovusion—was almost certainly the company alluded to in a Chinese article which, despite having put lidar on a car, hasn’t made a statement for several months (since January 2022) and is abolishing entire departments while restructuring. “There are signs the company’s development has encountered obstacles and business promotion is difficult.”
Innoviz—Finished 2022 with 186m in cash. Revs for the YEAR were a paltry 6m. Targeting 2023 revs of just 12-15m, which is awfully pathetic for a company that claims two large OEMs. Omer (Jan 2023) said that a lidar company makes 3x as much revenue as a tier one as it does as a supplier to a tier one. I think he said that to soften the blow when his investors belatedly realize that his forward order book was based on the complete cost of the lidar, not the revenue that would trickle down to Innoviz after Magna took its cut. Like literally every company, they said they are targeting 2 new customers. A second co-founder, Oren Buskila, left the board. I think Omer is officially the last man standing.
(A note of Innoviz's VW progress: VW had already delayed plans for autonomous passenger vehicles, doing to notorious failure of Cariad. On Dec 15 their board met to put the entire Audi Artemis project (which would have produced L4-enabled Porsche Sport, Audi Apollo, and VW Trinity) on ice. Those had already been delayed until 2028-29. New CEO Blume, wants to shift AV efforts to ID.Buzz-based robotaxis. All this affects Innoviz negatively, as it was contracted through Cariad to work on ADAS features for “the segment of autonomous vehicles,” which is seemingly gone.
Robosense—(August 2022)—added the “lidar edition” of a Great Wall Motors model. That had formerly been an Ibeo customer. Yet another blow to Microvision.
Hesai—IPO'd. Sold 62,000 units for ADAS in first 9 mos 2022, and about 18,000 spinners. Spinners sell for way, way more. Average unit price in 2019 was 17k. in 2020 was 12k. In 2021 8k. In 2022 down to 3.1k, because of all the ADAS lidars mixed in. Says current capacity of 20k/mo. Building a new facility in 2023 which will “eventually” be able to produce 1.2m. Revs for 9mos: 111m (102 from lidar).
Tu Simple ended developmental collaboration with Navistar and began extensive layoffs in December. Late December announced 25% of workers cut. That’s 350.
Embark (Luminar customer, alas)--won't be coming down for dinner anymore.
Pony— “Substantial layoffs” and restructuring.
Lumotive—Reportedly giving up on sensor development.
BYD—trying to develop in-house lidar, despite partnership with Robosense.
Nio—has a 300-person team developing its own lidar chips. Currently with Innovusion.
Locomation (av trucking)—shut down.
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2023.03.24 21:00 Thee_Randy_Lahey Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly, March 16, 2023

Video: http://csg001-harm01.canadacentral.cloudapp.azure.com/00298/Harmony/en/PowerBrowsePowerBrowserV2/20230316/-1/15106?viewmode=3
Debates (contains verbatim): https://docs.legassembly.sk.ca/legdocs/Legislative%20Assembly/Hansard/29L3S/20230316Debates.pdf
Minutes: https://docs.legassembly.sk.ca/legdocs/Legislative%20Assembly/Minutes/29L3S/230316Minutes.pdf
Orders of the day: https://docs.legassembly.sk.ca/legdocs/Legislative%20Assembly/Orders/29L3S/230316Orders.pdf
INTRODUCTION OF GUESTS
Scott Moe (SaskParty) introduced the Saskatchewan Metis Nation.
Betty Nippi-Albright (NDP) Asked all the Indigenous people and their supporters to pay close attention how the elected officials vote on items that impact them and their communities.
Jim Lemagre (SaskParty) Speaks to peoples that Nippi-Albright spoke about; identifies himself as indigenous, says he is looking for their best interests and had to make difficult decisions.
Doyle Vermette (NDP) Thanks the people for being there and fighting.
Lisa Lambert (SaskParty) Welcomes them and thanks them for joining.
Don McMorris (SaskParty) Introduces Dan D’Autremont, founding member of the SaskParty
Gary Grewal (SaskParty) Welcomes some students.
PRESENTING PETITIONS
Ottenbreit (SaskParty) 10:12:06
Talks about the Liberal-NDP federal government is infringing on the rights of the province.
\NOTE: Unfounded claim. They made this tired speech every sitting.*
Betty Nippi-Albright (NDP) 10:13:10
Petition calling on the government to enshrine duty to consult. Cites selling off 33 year leases that have been used for ceremonies without consultation or accountability. They want legislation in place.
STATEMENTS BY MEMBERS
Potash Industry Doubles Growth Plan Goals 10:15:01
Hugh Nerlein (SaskParty)
Talks about goal of $9B in potash sales by 2030, and they’ve done it already. Calls this growth that works for everyone.
\NOTE: resources are up because of the Ukraine war, not because of their policies. The province used to own the Potash Corp - who can do the math to calculate how rich the province would be if we didn’t give it away?*
Cheshire Homes Provides Accessible Housing for Adults with Disabilities 10:16:00
Matt Love (NDP)
Praises this home, and talks about a visit to make connections.
Award-Winning Park Cafe a Favourite in Saskatoon Riversdale 10:18:00
Marv Friesen (SaskParty)
Praises the small business.
Respect for First Nations and Métis Citizens 10:19:28
Doyle Vermette (NDP)
Talks about rights and treaty rights, says he is proud of that because of his veteran grandfather who taught him respect. He goes on to say that the indigenous need to be consulted meaningfully, and not just for a photo-op.
Provincial Funding Announcements Made at Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities Convention 10:21:16
Doug Steele
He was at the SARM convention. Says the Premier made big announcements there; 200,000 over 5 years to family doctors over 5 years that will work in rural communities. Talks about a 134% increase since 2008 to SARM with the revenue sharing program for a total of $4B. Calls this growth that works for everyone.
\NOTE: This revenue sharing is made up mostly of PST collected on construction projects in the province. It’s directly related to property tax hikes, project stalls for RMs and cities, and SUMA has been raising alarms for years. So this doesn’t work for everyone, it works for politicians and businesses to take money from citizens. It was discussed a lot during the March 6, 2023 sitting.* https://www.reddit.com/saskatchewan/comments/11tthy4/saskatchewan_legislative_assembly_march_6_2023/
News Sources: https://canada.constructconnect.com/joc/news/government/2023/03/suma-asks-saskatchewan-government-to-eliminate-pst-on-municipal-projects
https://lmtimes.ca/sections/business-agriculture/saskatchewan-cities-feeling-pinch-of-pst-on-municipal-const
\*NOTE: This is as the SARM convention where Merrimen said the province doesn’t need doctors, we need army medics, and a doctor can sign off virtually. As in private, out of province doctors would be my guess.* https://saskatoon.ctvnews.ca/we-will-be-down-to-one-doctor-saskatchewan-offers-200k-bonus-for-rural-physicians-1.6314893
Remembering Gerry Peppler 10:22:44
Greg Otteinbreit (SaskParty)
Remembers a citizen that passed away.
Recruitment and Retention of Physicians in Rural Saskatchewan 10:24:03
Ryan Domotor (SaskParty)
Says 15 new doctors are now practising in rural Sask. Cites that this is because of the Saskatchewan international physician practice assessment program, (SIPPA), and 77% of those are working in rural communities. <- This speech caused the Speaker to have to tell the guests to keep quite and not make noise - they were clapping.
\NOTE: The government keeps citing that they are hiring a lot of doctors. If that was the case, why aren’t there any accepting new patients, why are the ERs in Regina and Saskatoon closed some weekends?. This can be validated via the Medical Services Branch Annual Statistic Report 2020-2021, page 36, table 18. We went from 1819 doctors in 2017/18 to 1885 in 2021/22 - notice only 40% of licensed doctors are active.*
https://publications.saskatchewan.ca/#/products/11793
QUESTION PERIOD
Bill No. 88 and the Rights of Indigenous Peoples 10:26:00
Carla Beck, Betty Nippi-Albright (NDP) vs Scott Moe, Brownwyn Eyre, Don McMorris (SaskParty)
She states that the government has zero respect for treaty rights, and is shutting them out from consultation. Asks the government to scrap the Saskatchewan First Act and consult with indigenous peoples first. Moe retorts that she is wrong, and the bill doesn’t affect treaty rights, he cites that further amplified by his indigenous MLA from Athabasca, and the the Act is “for respect from infringement of the federal government”.
Carla says that in committee last night they verified that there was no consultation, and witnessed indigenous people being blocked from participating. Moe defends by saying he had conversations with people and doesn’t want to call them consultations. He keep citing indigenous members of his party as acceptance to the Act.
Eyre says that they made an amendment at council that says that this doesn’t infringe on treaty rights. She states that if that clarification helped one person then it served it’s purpose. She staunchly defends the bill, and claims that she me with the indigenous leaders. (She didn’t, they’re in the gallery ad angry.). McMorris stands up and says that they have been consulting first nations, sarm and suma for 10 years, and agrees to updating the legislation.
\NOTE: The previous evening, the NDP proposed not going forward with this bill until indigenous peoples were consulted. They refused. The meeting minutes are here, see page 5:* https://docs.legassembly.sk.ca/legdocs/Legislative%20Committees/IAJ/Debates/20230315Debates-IAJ.pdf, and the (four hour) video can be seen here, 4:01:46 is the proposal timestamp: http://csg001-harm01.canadacentral.cloudapp.azure.com/00298/Harmony/en/PowerBrowsePowerBrowserV2/20230315/-1/15109?viewmode=3
\NOTE: This is causing a legal challenge from FSIN against the government. They warned that this would happen, and didn’t want taxpayers on the hook.* https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/first-act-legal-battle-1.6782142
Ownership of Crown Lands 10:35:39
Betty Nippi-Albright (NDP) vs Don McMorris (SaskParty)
Once crown lands are gone, they’re gone for good, and indigenous people can’t use them for hunting or ceremonies. She asks if the province insists on selling off these lands, will she let indigenous have the first right of refusal.
McMorris says he stands by his record of selling land, says he respects the treaties and they can join the bidding programs through the associations that represent them.
Residential Schools Settlement 10:37:35
Betty Nippi-Albright (NDP) vs Bronwyn Eyre (SaskParty)
Says that the survivors of this school were left out of settlements made. She wants the province to apologise for their role in the school. Eyre stands up and blames the federal government, and says they are currently under litigation and she can’t discuss the matters. Nippi-Albright disagreed, and says that these survivors are passing away, and she wants the apology while they are still alive.
False Claims of Indigenous Ancestry 10:40:28
Betty Nippi-Albright (NDP) vs Lori Carr (SaskParty)
Talks about ‘pretendians’ and wants the province to investigate further. She wants the MLA to talk to the people in the gallery. She wants the government to validate people who claim indigenous identity are actually indigenous.
Consideration of Bill No. 88 in Committee Meeting 10:44:19
Nicole Sarauer (NDP) vs Brownwyn Eyre (SaskParty)
Cites the committee discussing Sask First Act vote no, blocking first nation and metis leaders from having their voices heard on multiple items. Eyre again cites the amendment they wrote in the Act stating that it doesn’t infringe on treaty rights. She gets really offensive here, says she’s proud of the bill, “the dog ate their homework” comments, and generally offensive posture.
Land Use Bylaws in Rural Municipalities 10:44:19
Nadine Wilson (Independant, running as leader of Saskatchewan United) vs Don McMorris (SaskParty)
Wilson cites that the province should have no authority to tell RMs how they can allow their citizens to use their land, citing Thorhild County, Alberta where the ‘dracionian’ province tried to push sustainable land use regulations, and calls the Act micromanaging. McMorris stands up and says he was just at a SARM meeting and didn’t see her there. He goes on to say she’s a former Reeve, and says she should understand how RMs work and make bylaws.
Health Care Funding and Support for Saskatchewan People 10:50:40
Nadine Wilson (Independant, running as leader of Saskatchewan United) vs Scott Moe (SasParty)
Asks why the health minister was blindsided by the federal government clawbacks on private healthcare. She asks if they will sign a clause with the feds to take this penalty out of the agreement. Moe stands up and starts yelling, and says that he is going to work with the indigenous leaders that are there in the house, and starts ranting about Bill 88, concerning the conversation 10 minutes and two discussions ago, finished with growth that works for everyone.
\NOTE: This ‘agreement’ she is referring to is different than the Health Canada Act.*
THIRD READINGS
Bill No. 88 — The Saskatchewan First Act
Passed into law, voted 40:11 in front of a gallery of first nation and metis people asking to be
consulted
Bill No. 102 — The Constitutional Questions Amendment Act 11:03:00
Passed
ORDERS OF THE DAY
75 Minute Debate
Jim Lemagre (SaskParty) 11:04-11:18
This is a really long speech where he tries to appeal to the northern communities, and relates a lot to the federal government and carbon tax. This is way too long to summarise, verbatim and video are available in top of this synopsis, timestamp provided beside his name. Here’s a verbatim sample:
“Let me read a list of the federal policies that disproportionately affect northern residents and businesses: the output-based pricing system, the methane strategy, the electric vehicle mandate, the federal impact assessment, the Oil Tanker Moratorium Act. The lack of access to tidewater has cost our producers roughly 2.5 billion in lost revenue and has cost our government 100 million in lost royalties revenue. “
11:20:17 Trent Wotherspoon (NDP) weighs in and says he finds it’s strange and stunning that all of these items are being brought up as ‘repeat thursday’, these have all been settled in the house, and resolved with a public voice. Says that Lemagre must have drawn the short straw to stand up on a day where the government sold out Saskatchewan people and metis and indigenous peoples with respect to the duty to consult regarding the Saskatchewan Act. He says sometimes you have to say no and stand up for the people you represent. Asks why he isn’t asking for an apology to the residential school survivors discussed earlier.
\*NOTE: LeMaigre later went to some right wing news outlets and interviewed calling this a racist rant.* https://www.sasktoday.ca/provincial-news/lemaigre-calls-out-wotherspoon-for-remarks-in-leg-6731918
Wotherspoon goes on to cite the biggest tax burder every put on Saskatchewan people and businesses, and no relief even with windfall revenues, just another hike to their bills. He talks about carbon tax being difficult for grain drying, and in general stands up very strongly for producers, indigenous, and the people of the province. This was a really powerful speech, worth a listen to from the 11:20:17 point.
11:30:18 Ryan Domotor (SaskParty) Stands up and claims that the international trade in the province is being helped by the trade offices that they’ve built. Starts talking about reminding the federal government, and average citizens don’t understand.
\NOTE: These trade offices are all over the place, India, Germany etc. Stephen Harper is paid $250,000 a year to consult without any measurable success being shown. These international trade agreements are all federal, and Canada has one of the largest networks of trade agreements across the entire G20. This is all bs bravado. The entire speech sounds like a high school stand infront of the class and tell us what you did for the summer, but you lied about half of it.*
11:40:26 Vickie Mowatt (NDP) stands up and says is critical of the debates that the SaskParty is bringing, and she thinks it’s possible that they actually recycled a previous debate. She cites (again, she has said this many times) that the Sask NDP doesn’t support some of the federal policies that are hindering economic growth. What she wants to talk about is provincial policies that are hurting us. Says that economic stagnation in this province predates the federal policies that they want to discuss, citing the 5 year last in Canada economics according to statscan. Every year shrinking (we are the only province shrinking) gdp. Second last in interprovincial migration every single quarter since Moe took over.
11:50:00 Warren Kaeding (SaskParty) Talks about the federal government and claims that the province in “leading in many economic factors”. He doesn’t, as suggested above, take in account any local policies, and claims success after success. He goes on to cite examples such as the GTH.
\NOTE: I won’t even both paraphrasing and fact checking, because they’ve all been stated a few times a week since sittings began this year. It’s time stamped if you want to hear it.*
12:00:30 Nathanial Teed (NDP) He says this is a deja vu, they just debated these items, and mocks them by saying it’s summarised as the economy is great, and we hate the feds. Critical that they could have brought up many more important issues not debated, while getting jeers at some moments from the SaskParty. \Note I won’t give all of his replies, these have already been given over the weeks. Again time stamped.*
LAST TEN MINUTES - FOR QUESTION AND ANSWERS
12:10:03 Trent Wotherspoon (NDP) vs Jim LeMagre (SaskParty)
Wothersppon talks about rate hikes, PST doing damage to economy and jobs. Asks how Athabasca (Jim Lemagre, from the heated conversation earlier) justifies bigger heat and power bills, bigger PST bills. Lemaigre doesn’t answer the question directly, cites the $500 affordability cheques.
12:11:39 Steven Bonk (SaskParty) vs Vicki Mowatt (NDP)
Bonk gets up and talks about lack of access to tidewater because of the federal government, and accuses the opposition of being against the resource industry. He wants the NDP to condemn their members for being anti resource, as well as their leader Jagmeet Singh.
Mowatt says that she has been crystal clear about condemning many of these federal policies,but the Saskparty isn’t listening.
12:13:09 Nathianal Teed (NDP) vs (SaskParty)
Brings up Saskatchewan Revenue Act and asks how much it will cost people and small business, cites rate hike after rate hike, as well as having to file taxes twice. Bonk stands up and talks about exports being important for the jobs that they sustain - the answer wasn’t even related to the question.
\NOTE: Jagmeet is federal, he isn’t the leader, the parties aren’t connected. Bonk often makes this mistake. He either has no idea what he’s talking about, or he’s doing it for sound bytes.*
12:14:34 Colleen Young (SaskParty) vs Nathanial Teed (NDP)
Says federal government proposed regulatory framework to reduce emissions. Accuses them of lying about the percentages. She asks what the NDP would say to the affected workers who could loose their livelihood, then accuses the NDP of propping up the federal government. Teed said again, he doesn’t support the federal intrusion, and says get to the table and stop fighting, do your job and govern.
12:15:57 Vicki Mowatt (NDP) vs Jim Lemaigre (SaskParty)
Cites stagnated wages, second lowest growth in the country. ASks Lemaigre if he thinks that has anything to do with the impeded growth of our province. Lemaigre cites increased minimum wage (we are $.13/hr over the lowest min wage) and says that partnerships with first nations in his riding are doing well. He didn’t answer the question at all.
12:17:11 Alanna Ross (SaskParty) vs Nathanial Teed (NDP)
Confuses the federal and provincial NDP, and says that they’ve shut down oil and gas production. Asks the NDP is they will stand with Saskatchewan reducing emissions or with the feds killing jobs. Teed had to stand up and repeat himself.
12:18:23 Trent Wotherspoon (NDP) vs Warren Kaeding (SaskParty)
Repeats himself that the NDP is siding with workers and business in this province and want policies from the federal government that work for us. Ass SaskParty why they are failing to have compensation for environmental impacts lie zero till, grass and wetlands. Kaeding stands up, doesn’t answer the question and talks about leading the world in agriculture technology and wants support from the federal government.
\NOTE: The carbon tax that we pay is forced because the province refuses to taylor one for us.*
PRIVATE MEMBERS BILLS
Bill No. 610 — The Meaningful Duty to Consult Act 2=12:20:44
Erika Ritchie (NDP)
Says the bill addresses failures of the government to provide framework for meaningful consultation with indigenous people of the province. Again cites the lack of consultation on Bill 88, which was passed same day. Enshrining in legislation and codifying rights that belong to first nations and metis people.

This will be archived on SaskPoli\**. I am open to linking missed or relevant factual information provided, as well as correcting inaccuracies.**\**
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2023.03.24 21:00 Thee_Randy_Lahey Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly, March 16, 2023

Video: http://csg001-harm01.canadacentral.cloudapp.azure.com/00298/Harmony/en/PowerBrowsePowerBrowserV2/20230316/-1/15106?viewmode=3
Debates (contains verbatim): https://docs.legassembly.sk.ca/legdocs/Legislative%20Assembly/Hansard/29L3S/20230316Debates.pdf
Minutes: https://docs.legassembly.sk.ca/legdocs/Legislative%20Assembly/Minutes/29L3S/230316Minutes.pdf
Orders of the day: https://docs.legassembly.sk.ca/legdocs/Legislative%20Assembly/Orders/29L3S/230316Orders.pdf
INTRODUCTION OF GUESTS
Scott Moe (SaskParty) introduced the Saskatchewan Metis Nation.
Betty Nippi-Albright (NDP) Asked all the Indigenous people and their supporters to pay close attention how the elected officials vote on items that impact them and their communities.
Jim Lemagre (SaskParty) Speaks to peoples that Nippi-Albright spoke about; identifies himself as indigenous, says he is looking for their best interests and had to make difficult decisions.
Doyle Vermette (NDP) Thanks the people for being there and fighting.
Lisa Lambert (SaskParty) Welcomes them and thanks them for joining.
Don McMorris (SaskParty) Introduces Dan D’Autremont, founding member of the SaskParty
Gary Grewal (SaskParty) Welcomes some students.
PRESENTING PETITIONS
Ottenbreit (SaskParty) 10:12:06
Talks about the Liberal-NDP federal government is infringing on the rights of the province.
\NOTE: Unfounded claim. They made this tired speech every sitting.*
Betty Nippi-Albright (NDP) 10:13:10
Petition calling on the government to enshrine duty to consult. Cites selling off 33 year leases that have been used for ceremonies without consultation or accountability. They want legislation in place.
STATEMENTS BY MEMBERS
Potash Industry Doubles Growth Plan Goals 10:15:01
Hugh Nerlein (SaskParty)
Talks about goal of $9B in potash sales by 2030, and they’ve done it already. Calls this growth that works for everyone.
\NOTE: resources are up because of the Ukraine war, not because of their policies. The province used to own the Potash Corp - who can do the math to calculate how rich the province would be if we didn’t give it away?*
Cheshire Homes Provides Accessible Housing for Adults with Disabilities 10:16:00
Matt Love (NDP)
Praises this home, and talks about a visit to make connections.
Award-Winning Park Cafe a Favourite in Saskatoon Riversdale 10:18:00
Marv Friesen (SaskParty)
Praises the small business.
Respect for First Nations and Métis Citizens 10:19:28
Doyle Vermette (NDP)
Talks about rights and treaty rights, says he is proud of that because of his veteran grandfather who taught him respect. He goes on to say that the indigenous need to be consulted meaningfully, and not just for a photo-op.
Provincial Funding Announcements Made at Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities Convention 10:21:16
Doug Steele
He was at the SARM convention. Says the Premier made big announcements there; 200,000 over 5 years to family doctors over 5 years that will work in rural communities. Talks about a 134% increase since 2008 to SARM with the revenue sharing program for a total of $4B. Calls this growth that works for everyone.
\NOTE: This revenue sharing is made up mostly of PST collected on construction projects in the province. It’s directly related to property tax hikes, project stalls for RMs and cities, and SUMA has been raising alarms for years. So this doesn’t work for everyone, it works for politicians and businesses to take money from citizens. It was discussed a lot during the March 6, 2023 sitting.* https://www.reddit.com/saskatchewan/comments/11tthy4/saskatchewan_legislative_assembly_march_6_2023/
News Sources: https://canada.constructconnect.com/joc/news/government/2023/03/suma-asks-saskatchewan-government-to-eliminate-pst-on-municipal-projects
https://lmtimes.ca/sections/business-agriculture/saskatchewan-cities-feeling-pinch-of-pst-on-municipal-const
\*NOTE: This is as the SARM convention where Merrimen said the province doesn’t need doctors, we need army medics, and a doctor can sign off virtually. As in private, out of province doctors would be my guess.* https://saskatoon.ctvnews.ca/we-will-be-down-to-one-doctor-saskatchewan-offers-200k-bonus-for-rural-physicians-1.6314893
Remembering Gerry Peppler 10:22:44
Greg Otteinbreit (SaskParty)
Remembers a citizen that passed away.
Recruitment and Retention of Physicians in Rural Saskatchewan 10:24:03
Ryan Domotor (SaskParty)
Says 15 new doctors are now practising in rural Sask. Cites that this is because of the Saskatchewan international physician practice assessment program, (SIPPA), and 77% of those are working in rural communities. <- This speech caused the Speaker to have to tell the guests to keep quite and not make noise - they were clapping.
\NOTE: The government keeps citing that they are hiring a lot of doctors. If that was the case, why aren’t there any accepting new patients, why are the ERs in Regina and Saskatoon closed some weekends?. This can be validated via the Medical Services Branch Annual Statistic Report 2020-2021, page 36, table 18. We went from 1819 doctors in 2017/18 to 1885 in 2021/22 - notice only 40% of licensed doctors are active.*
https://publications.saskatchewan.ca/#/products/11793
QUESTION PERIOD
Bill No. 88 and the Rights of Indigenous Peoples 10:26:00
Carla Beck, Betty Nippi-Albright (NDP) vs Scott Moe, Brownwyn Eyre, Don McMorris (SaskParty)
She states that the government has zero respect for treaty rights, and is shutting them out from consultation. Asks the government to scrap the Saskatchewan First Act and consult with indigenous peoples first. Moe retorts that she is wrong, and the bill doesn’t affect treaty rights, he cites that further amplified by his indigenous MLA from Athabasca, and the the Act is “for respect from infringement of the federal government”.
Carla says that in committee last night they verified that there was no consultation, and witnessed indigenous people being blocked from participating. Moe defends by saying he had conversations with people and doesn’t want to call them consultations. He keep citing indigenous members of his party as acceptance to the Act.
Eyre says that they made an amendment at council that says that this doesn’t infringe on treaty rights. She states that if that clarification helped one person then it served it’s purpose. She staunchly defends the bill, and claims that she me with the indigenous leaders. (She didn’t, they’re in the gallery ad angry.). McMorris stands up and says that they have been consulting first nations, sarm and suma for 10 years, and agrees to updating the legislation.
\NOTE: The previous evening, the NDP proposed not going forward with this bill until indigenous peoples were consulted. They refused. The meeting minutes are here, see page 5:* https://docs.legassembly.sk.ca/legdocs/Legislative%20Committees/IAJ/Debates/20230315Debates-IAJ.pdf, and the (four hour) video can be seen here, 4:01:46 is the proposal timestamp: http://csg001-harm01.canadacentral.cloudapp.azure.com/00298/Harmony/en/PowerBrowsePowerBrowserV2/20230315/-1/15109?viewmode=3
\NOTE: This is causing a legal challenge from FSIN against the government. They warned that this would happen, and didn’t want taxpayers on the hook.* https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/first-act-legal-battle-1.6782142
Ownership of Crown Lands 10:35:39
Betty Nippi-Albright (NDP) vs Don McMorris (SaskParty)
Once crown lands are gone, they’re gone for good, and indigenous people can’t use them for hunting or ceremonies. She asks if the province insists on selling off these lands, will she let indigenous have the first right of refusal.
McMorris says he stands by his record of selling land, says he respects the treaties and they can join the bidding programs through the associations that represent them.
Residential Schools Settlement 10:37:35
Betty Nippi-Albright (NDP) vs Bronwyn Eyre (SaskParty)
Says that the survivors of this school were left out of settlements made. She wants the province to apologise for their role in the school. Eyre stands up and blames the federal government, and says they are currently under litigation and she can’t discuss the matters. Nippi-Albright disagreed, and says that these survivors are passing away, and she wants the apology while they are still alive.
False Claims of Indigenous Ancestry 10:40:28
Betty Nippi-Albright (NDP) vs Lori Carr (SaskParty)
Talks about ‘pretendians’ and wants the province to investigate further. She wants the MLA to talk to the people in the gallery. She wants the government to validate people who claim indigenous identity are actually indigenous.
Consideration of Bill No. 88 in Committee Meeting 10:44:19
Nicole Sarauer (NDP) vs Brownwyn Eyre (SaskParty)
Cites the committee discussing Sask First Act vote no, blocking first nation and metis leaders from having their voices heard on multiple items. Eyre again cites the amendment they wrote in the Act stating that it doesn’t infringe on treaty rights. She gets really offensive here, says she’s proud of the bill, “the dog ate their homework” comments, and generally offensive posture.
Land Use Bylaws in Rural Municipalities 10:44:19
Nadine Wilson (Independant, running as leader of Saskatchewan United) vs Don McMorris (SaskParty)
Wilson cites that the province should have no authority to tell RMs how they can allow their citizens to use their land, citing Thorhild County, Alberta where the ‘dracionian’ province tried to push sustainable land use regulations, and calls the Act micromanaging. McMorris stands up and says he was just at a SARM meeting and didn’t see her there. He goes on to say she’s a former Reeve, and says she should understand how RMs work and make bylaws.
Health Care Funding and Support for Saskatchewan People 10:50:40
Nadine Wilson (Independant, running as leader of Saskatchewan United) vs Scott Moe (SasParty)
Asks why the health minister was blindsided by the federal government clawbacks on private healthcare. She asks if they will sign a clause with the feds to take this penalty out of the agreement. Moe stands up and starts yelling, and says that he is going to work with the indigenous leaders that are there in the house, and starts ranting about Bill 88, concerning the conversation 10 minutes and two discussions ago, finished with growth that works for everyone.
\NOTE: This ‘agreement’ she is referring to is different than the Health Canada Act.*
THIRD READINGS
Bill No. 88 — The Saskatchewan First Act
Passed into law, voted 40:11 in front of a gallery of first nation and metis people asking to be
consulted
Bill No. 102 — The Constitutional Questions Amendment Act 11:03:00
Passed
ORDERS OF THE DAY
75 Minute Debate
Jim Lemagre (SaskParty) 11:04-11:18
This is a really long speech where he tries to appeal to the northern communities, and relates a lot to the federal government and carbon tax. This is way too long to summarise, verbatim and video are available in top of this synopsis, timestamp provided beside his name. Here’s a verbatim sample:
“Let me read a list of the federal policies that disproportionately affect northern residents and businesses: the output-based pricing system, the methane strategy, the electric vehicle mandate, the federal impact assessment, the Oil Tanker Moratorium Act. The lack of access to tidewater has cost our producers roughly 2.5 billion in lost revenue and has cost our government 100 million in lost royalties revenue. “
11:20:17 Trent Wotherspoon (NDP) weighs in and says he finds it’s strange and stunning that all of these items are being brought up as ‘repeat thursday’, these have all been settled in the house, and resolved with a public voice. Says that Lemagre must have drawn the short straw to stand up on a day where the government sold out Saskatchewan people and metis and indigenous peoples with respect to the duty to consult regarding the Saskatchewan Act. He says sometimes you have to say no and stand up for the people you represent. Asks why he isn’t asking for an apology to the residential school survivors discussed earlier.
\*NOTE: LeMaigre later went to some right wing news outlets and interviewed calling this a racist rant.* https://www.sasktoday.ca/provincial-news/lemaigre-calls-out-wotherspoon-for-remarks-in-leg-6731918
Wotherspoon goes on to cite the biggest tax burder every put on Saskatchewan people and businesses, and no relief even with windfall revenues, just another hike to their bills. He talks about carbon tax being difficult for grain drying, and in general stands up very strongly for producers, indigenous, and the people of the province. This was a really powerful speech, worth a listen to from the 11:20:17 point.
11:30:18 Ryan Domotor (SaskParty) Stands up and claims that the international trade in the province is being helped by the trade offices that they’ve built. Starts talking about reminding the federal government, and average citizens don’t understand.
\NOTE: These trade offices are all over the place, India, Germany etc. Stephen Harper is paid $250,000 a year to consult without any measurable success being shown. These international trade agreements are all federal, and Canada has one of the largest networks of trade agreements across the entire G20. This is all bs bravado. The entire speech sounds like a high school stand infront of the class and tell us what you did for the summer, but you lied about half of it.*
11:40:26 Vickie Mowatt (NDP) stands up and says is critical of the debates that the SaskParty is bringing, and she thinks it’s possible that they actually recycled a previous debate. She cites (again, she has said this many times) that the Sask NDP doesn’t support some of the federal policies that are hindering economic growth. What she wants to talk about is provincial policies that are hurting us. Says that economic stagnation in this province predates the federal policies that they want to discuss, citing the 5 year last in Canada economics according to statscan. Every year shrinking (we are the only province shrinking) gdp. Second last in interprovincial migration every single quarter since Moe took over.
11:50:00 Warren Kaeding (SaskParty) Talks about the federal government and claims that the province in “leading in many economic factors”. He doesn’t, as suggested above, take in account any local policies, and claims success after success. He goes on to cite examples such as the GTH.
\NOTE: I won’t even both paraphrasing and fact checking, because they’ve all been stated a few times a week since sittings began this year. It’s time stamped if you want to hear it.*
12:00:30 Nathanial Teed (NDP) He says this is a deja vu, they just debated these items, and mocks them by saying it’s summarised as the economy is great, and we hate the feds. Critical that they could have brought up many more important issues not debated, while getting jeers at some moments from the SaskParty. \Note I won’t give all of his replies, these have already been given over the weeks. Again time stamped.*
LAST TEN MINUTES - FOR QUESTION AND ANSWERS
12:10:03 Trent Wotherspoon (NDP) vs Jim LeMagre (SaskParty)
Wothersppon talks about rate hikes, PST doing damage to economy and jobs. Asks how Athabasca (Jim Lemagre, from the heated conversation earlier) justifies bigger heat and power bills, bigger PST bills. Lemaigre doesn’t answer the question directly, cites the $500 affordability cheques.
12:11:39 Steven Bonk (SaskParty) vs Vicki Mowatt (NDP)
Bonk gets up and talks about lack of access to tidewater because of the federal government, and accuses the opposition of being against the resource industry. He wants the NDP to condemn their members for being anti resource, as well as their leader Jagmeet Singh.
Mowatt says that she has been crystal clear about condemning many of these federal policies,but the Saskparty isn’t listening.
12:13:09 Nathianal Teed (NDP) vs (SaskParty)
Brings up Saskatchewan Revenue Act and asks how much it will cost people and small business, cites rate hike after rate hike, as well as having to file taxes twice. Bonk stands up and talks about exports being important for the jobs that they sustain - the answer wasn’t even related to the question.
\NOTE: Jagmeet is federal, he isn’t the leader, the parties aren’t connected. Bonk often makes this mistake. He either has no idea what he’s talking about, or he’s doing it for sound bytes.*
12:14:34 Colleen Young (SaskParty) vs Nathanial Teed (NDP)
Says federal government proposed regulatory framework to reduce emissions. Accuses them of lying about the percentages. She asks what the NDP would say to the affected workers who could loose their livelihood, then accuses the NDP of propping up the federal government. Teed said again, he doesn’t support the federal intrusion, and says get to the table and stop fighting, do your job and govern.
12:15:57 Vicki Mowatt (NDP) vs Jim Lemaigre (SaskParty)
Cites stagnated wages, second lowest growth in the country. ASks Lemaigre if he thinks that has anything to do with the impeded growth of our province. Lemaigre cites increased minimum wage (we are $.13/hr over the lowest min wage) and says that partnerships with first nations in his riding are doing well. He didn’t answer the question at all.
12:17:11 Alanna Ross (SaskParty) vs Nathanial Teed (NDP)
Confuses the federal and provincial NDP, and says that they’ve shut down oil and gas production. Asks the NDP is they will stand with Saskatchewan reducing emissions or with the feds killing jobs. Teed had to stand up and repeat himself.
12:18:23 Trent Wotherspoon (NDP) vs Warren Kaeding (SaskParty)
Repeats himself that the NDP is siding with workers and business in this province and want policies from the federal government that work for us. Ass SaskParty why they are failing to have compensation for environmental impacts lie zero till, grass and wetlands. Kaeding stands up, doesn’t answer the question and talks about leading the world in agriculture technology and wants support from the federal government.
\NOTE: The carbon tax that we pay is forced because the province refuses to taylor one for us.*
PRIVATE MEMBERS BILLS
Bill No. 610 — The Meaningful Duty to Consult Act 2=12:20:44
Erika Ritchie (NDP)
Says the bill addresses failures of the government to provide framework for meaningful consultation with indigenous people of the province. Again cites the lack of consultation on Bill 88, which was passed same day. Enshrining in legislation and codifying rights that belong to first nations and metis people.

This will be archived on SaskPoli\**. I am open to linking missed or relevant factual information provided, as well as correcting inaccuracies.**\**
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2023.03.24 20:40 G7VFY "MANUFACTURING COMPETENCE" 1960S COLOR GENERAL ELECTRIC ERMA COMPUTERS PROMO PHOENIX, AZ XD66224

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqGceoSkMxU
“Manufacturing Competence” (1960s) is a color, promo film presented by the General Electric (G.E.) Computer Department headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona. The film discusses the development, manufacture, and testing of computers. This film features copious scenes of women's role on the assembly line, automatic production methods, and shots of the ERMA 100 Series and 200 Series machines. ERMA stood for Electronic Recording Machine, Accounting. This was a computer technology that automated bank bookkeeping and check processing. It was developed at the nonprofit research institution SRI International under contract from Bank of America starting in 1950. The first production ERMA system, known as the GE-100, was installed in 1959.
Downtown Phoenix - commercial shops, Auto Lobby, mid-century modern skyscrapers, palm-tree lined roads (0:35). GE Computer Department HQ, Deer Valley Industrial Complex (1:12). GE logo on facade (1:43). Montage various work stations; interior factory (1:55). Women sitting at switchboards working on electrical connections (2:06). Office space, men at desks review product design plans (2:18). GE ERMA 100 Series machine components: Console, Flexowriter, document handler, high speed printer (2:28). Factory workers gather materials for frame of GE-225 computer (2:55). Computer rack on production line (3:09). Woman attaches modular card holder fixture (3:39). Women work on wire connections: close-up solderless wire wrapped connection (3:50). Punch paper tape machine for wire display data control, perhaps part of GE 200 Series (4:20). Close-up wire wrap gun (4:42). Other women work on direct connection of wires, tangle of thick gray wires run through large harness (4:58). Two women sit in front of console for wire testing - connectors plugged into wrack to check continuity of wires; red dots appear on console (5:27). Back panel wiring: Burgmaster Drill controlled by GE Mark II Controller drills precise holes on panel (6:21). Hole location, pattern seen on punched paper tape (6:41). Outrigger drill: two panels drilled automatically (7:04). Women work to apply printed transistorized wiring to back panels (7:11).Woman concentrates while operating trigger of insertion machine: applies individual connectors to printed wiring board; close-up wire insertion (7:32). Close-up hands move wood block in silk screen process applies solder resist, printing wiring boards (8:11). Finish printed wiring board (8:31). Diode reels fed into tester machine (8:47). Clevite semiconductors reel of approved diodes fed into cut and form device (9:15). Cut, formed diodes (9:40). Montage automatic machines used to cut, form leads used in printed boards (9:49). Transistor cutter (10:17). Close-up before, after cutter transistor against orange background (10:30). Women sit on progressive assembly line, operators insert pre-cut, formed components into board - close-up markings on board to direct operators (10:52). Computer boards pass along conveyor belt: fluxed, dried, then pass through mechanized soldering machine (11:33). Older female employee uses machine to trim excess leads and solder (12:16). Completed boards analytically tested, fed into machine that reads T1143 on facade (12:26). Male operator does functional testing by simulating operating conditions, close-up of board with attached diodes, conductors (12:45). Screen reads results of operation (12:59). Calibration lab:(13:17). C/u magnetic core rings; close-up vibrated into position (13:35). Woman threads wires through, after cores in place; c/u wiring passing through square (14:26). Automated testing of core memory jig (14:58). C/u hands stacking completed, tested memory cores (15:18). Camera pans completed memory (15:29). Woman sits under magnifying glass, threads small memory device buffer (15:40). Close-up matrix electrical wires of “command center” (16:37). Final installation steps: man and woman side-by-side installing completed parts (16:49). GE-225 Mainframe Computer tested by male operators (17:09). GE high speed printer, paper moves quickly (17:22). GE High speed document handler (17:41). Computer prepared for shipment, doors installed (17:58). Scientist at work in GE Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering Laboratory developing techniques for automating production (18:24). Test of automated welding equipment (18:55). Chemicals in beaker (19:01). ERMA Ampex tape drive (19:49).

This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com
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2023.03.24 20:39 PetyaDuncheva I hate cooking for my family! How do you guys do it?

Help! Am starting to resent a major part of my day/life!
Hate might be too strong a word for my dislike for cooking, I really don't enjoy it - all the time spent shopping, chopping, prepping, cooking, not to mention the cleaning afterwards and for what? Nobody eats what I cook besides me and most of the time am too stressed to sit down for a meal myself and my cooking just spoils in the fridge.
Am caring mostly on my own (my husband works 12-16 hours a day, every day, even weekends) for 3 small kids, so am alone with them, no grandparents, no babysitters,, no cleaning lady. Kids are aged 4y, 2y and 2 months. With the exception of the baby, everyone else eats close to nothing of what I cook. My husband often times comes home late, tired and skips dinner. He rarely takes cooked food for the office, he says it's better that I eat it, because am notorious for skipping meals and explaining it with "there was nothing prepared and I didn't feel like cooking just for myself" (am a recovering anorexic, my relationship with food is f-ed up). So he doesn't take food from home in hopes I eat a decent meal myself.
Don't get me wrong, I may dislike cooking for multiple reasons, but am ok at it. Whatever I cook is just fine in taste and looks.
I've tried meal planning, meal prepping, crock pots, instant pots, sous vide, you name it (and still using all of those everyday). Everything my kids eat is cornflakes with milk, plain bread and lidl butter croissants.
Still I keep buying whole foods - meat, veggies, fruit, cook them and then watch them spoil as the hectic days go by. I feel obliged to provide quality home cooked food for my family and keep doing it.
Every once in a while I get fed up with it and stop cooking for a week or so and then everybody notices! Momma, I want chicken soup, momma, I want steak, honey, is there anything for dinner? Nah, there's bread and cheese in the fridge, make yourselves sandwiches. Then I start feeling guilty for not providing good meals and get back to cooking regularly and regularly trowing it almost all away...
It's 9:30 pm in here, I was gonna make some glazed ribs for dinner today, but there's still leftover meatballs and peas from yesterday and soup from the day before yesterday. So the raw ribs might go straight to the bin tomorrow, because they might have spoiled, argh!
How do you guys cope with this?!
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2023.03.24 20:23 Tommyboytrader123 $TWOH Huge buys flooding in now as recent news just grabbed everyone’s attention!

Two Hands Announces Debt Settlement

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Mississauga, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - February 22, 2023) - Two Hands Corporation. (CSE: TWOH) ("Two Hands" or the "Company") is pleased to announce it has settled an aggregate of $366,196.27 of indebtedness to certain creditors of the Company through the issuance of 7,323,924 common shares in the capital of the Company (the "Common Shares") at a price of $0.05 per Common Share (the "Debt Settlement"). The Common Shares issued pursuant to the debt settlement are subject to a four-month hold period and completion of the transaction remains subject to final acceptance of the Canadian Securities Exchange.
The Debt Settlement constituted a "related party transaction" as defined in Multilateral Instrument 61-101 – Protection of Minority Securityholders in Special Transactions ("MI 61-101"), as an insider of the Company received an aggregate of 7,323,924 Common Shares. The Company is relying on the exemptions from the valuation and minority shareholder approval requirements of MI 61-101 contained in sections 5.5(g) and 5.7(1)(e) of MI 61-101, as the Company is in financial difficulty and the transaction is designed to improve the financial position of the Company, as determined in accordance with MI 61-101. The Company did not file a material change report in respect of the related party transaction at least 21 days before the closing of the Debt Settlement, which the Company deems reasonable.
About the Company
The Company is focused exclusively on the grocery market through three on-demand branches of its grocery businesses: gocart.city, Grocery Originals, and Cuore Food Services. All three of such branches of the Company's business share industry standard warehouse storage space and inventory. The Company's inventory is updated continuously and generally consists of produce, meats, pantry items, bakery & pastry goods, gluten-free goods, and organic items, acquired from various different suppliers in Canada and internationally, with whom the Company and its principals have cultivated long-term relationships.
For further information please contact:
Nadav Elituv, Chief Executive Officer at (416) 357-0399 or [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected])
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