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Has anyone written to their elected rep (not municipal councillors) regarding an issue related to their riding (not personal issue), and had their rep done something or at least raise that question in assembly/parliament?

There are two issues where I strongly feel like reaching out to my MPP/MP.

However, my MPP is Mr. Sarkaria who has the transportation portfolio, and might not care about other issues.

My MP is this young political novice, and I only voted for her only because I wanted Carney to win. Not sure how vocal and effective she is in Parliament

Issue #1 - What is Ford's obsession with alcohol. His maij agenda seems to be making sure people have easy access to alcohol. Now he wants to make sure people are drunk at 4 AM in morning during world cup. Nowhere have I seen him or his buddies raise issue of healthcare funding, public transport or political reforms. Other than booze, his other priorities are cutting powers of Toronto city. No one took fall for delayed Eglinton LRT. How do we make the current government change its focus or at least acknowledge funding issues?

Issue #2 - Privatisation of airports and expansion of Billy Bishop airport. Privatisation is a bad idea as it will lead to monopoly and increased fees for travellers ( example - all airports in India are privatised and held by a single firm). Carney now wants to follow the suit to raise money. As per Twitter, he is also behind the curtains for Billy Bishop expansion.

These are two issues that have long term ramifications, and we need to push back as much as we can. How do we do that?

Tl;Dr - How do we make our voices heard loud and clear without waiting for elections?

I used to have an active Netflix subscription, but cancelled it last year. I then received an offer from Telus to have a basic Netflix-Amazon-Disney subscription for 3 months at reduced rate.

When I tried to cancel my Netflix subscription at end of the 3 months period, the account said that the my account was being managed by Telus, so I could not make any updates including making sure I do not get charged for next month. However, as soon as the trial period ended, Netflix charged my card for the month of June. I find this practice very unethical. This happened to me second time (I had tried to prevent it by logging into Netflix account before the trial period, but as I mentioned previously, I cannot make any changes during this period).

Also, I cannot remove my credit card details from the account. Either there has to be a credit card or paypal account in the card.

Has anyone encountered this issue before? If so, how did you resolve it?

UPDATE - I was able to revert the charge and remove my credit card by chatting with customer care in my Netflix account. However, I am keeping this post in case anyone has the same issue that I faced.

Celebrating the birthday of the 90s superstar.

Has anyone recently bought and installed a TV antenna? Are there any good shops in Brampton or Mississauga that can help me choose and install one?

I remember going to one shop on Matheson Blvd (IIRC) couple of years ago, but at that time I was living in a condo, antenna was not a good option for me.

Now that I moved to a house, I would like to pursue the option of having an antenna.

Also, is there anything like a 4K antenna?

Tickets for matches in Toronto start at $3,300 with one where Canada is playing sell above $6,300. Tickets for final in NJ begin at $16,000 USD

Seriously, who can afford these tickets? So an average middle class Torontonian has to remain content watching the match on TV just like other world cups?

A farmer's donkey got sick so he took him to the vet.

The vet checked the donkey and gave some tablets to be fed to the donkey. The doctor advised on how to administer the tablet - take a pipe, put the tablet in it, put one end of the pipe in the donkey's mouth and blow from the other end

Next day, the farmer went to see the doctor, full of red blotches on skin and all itchy. The doctor asked, " What happened"?

The farmer replied "The donkey blew first".