Ok, the more I think about it, the more I like this idea.

Does anyone have connections or skills to develop a 1x1 cm rainbow maple leaf sticker that will adhere to a licence card but remove ok if needed. Something shiny and iridescent perhaps? Symbolizing a commitment to Canada on behalf of *all* the residents of Canada regardless of gender, race, immigration status, etc.

I love this! As a removable thing it seems easy to defend. I wonder if we can create something easy enough to access and consistent enough to be a real statement instead of a weird ‘personal quirk’?

Ok. Subtle it is then and no hole punch. Sigh.

It violates the Traffic Safety Act to drive with a cracked, mutilated, altered, or defaced card. Fine is $400+

In general it’s against the law to alter or deface an official document.

Just might be worth it though.

Is there a penalty for defacing the card?
I feel the strong urge for some civil disobedience.

I bet people who are unhoused for any length of time go through a lot of health numbers - their stuff gets stolen so often.

the former is: I changed my name, I get a new set of cards. I moved within AB, same. I lost my wallet, same. etc etc.

I think it's mostly a dogwhistle tbh

Oh for fucks sake. We know there's rampant fraud but also we haven't made any effort at all to check.

Or, wild possibility here, could it be that people keep having to get new health cards because the current ones are made of paper so they disintegrate and need replacing?

Typical UCP mindset - if I got a new card it would be because I was doing fraud, so that *must* be what's going on.

Is it just me, or does it look like someone in the UCP asked “AI” to redesign our licence card?

imho it’s pretty ugly… and yes: made infinitely worse by the racist, fascist, prejudice-enabling maple leaf in the corner.

#ABPoli #ABleg

Printers are really overdue for a revolutionary product. They are mostly total garbage. I have a very basic and older Brother laser printer that I hardly ever use. It’s probably the most pain free printer but still it’s not an issue free experience at all. It’s a very “mood teenager” type of equipment. Limited in use too

LOUDLY but, they did the thing.

Meanwhile our other printers:

Mercury is in tomatogate, I'ma eat all your paper and barf toner everywhere k? K.

That will be $600.

Where I worked we literally *just* got rid of our (newish) Epson Dot Matrix printers which were still used in specific applications where thermal printers couldn't be used because of label incompatibility with the products.