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Quebec police are refusing to answer questions from the oversight body investigating civilian deaths and serious injuries during police interventions. This is after

[Police] unions also challenged the obligation for officers to meet with ... investigators. They argued that those rules infringed on their members’ constitutional rights to stay silent and not incriminate themselves.

It's part of a national trend:

in British Columbia, police officers rarely co-operate with the Independent Investigations Office ..., while they often only partly co-operate with independent oversight bodies in other provinces.

I started using grocery self-checkouts during COVID, but I've kept using them because there's rarely a line (and I'm a misanthrope). I'd probably go back to using regular human checkouts if I had to dig through all my crap to prove what I bought.

Having said that, I've noticed myself making mistakes. I've accidentally failed to scan an item, and I've accidentally entered incorrect codes for produce. When I notice, I fix them, but I've probably missed a few.

I guess the easiest answer is for grocery chains to reinvest some of those windfall profits and hire more cashiers.

A whistleblower at CIBC is raising concerns about how they handle mortgages. First, the loan/value ratios on many mortgages are too high because they've been approving too many lines of credit. Second, the bank hasn't been transparent with investors on the losses the bank is talking on mortgages.

First, CIBC has been approving lines of credit that put the loan/value ratio on houses too high. A quarter of mortgages examined had that issue:

The mortgage underwriting lapses at CIBC involve thousands of clients, many of whom had lines of credit that were secured against their homes. When these lines were combined with a CIBC mortgage, the total credit available sometimes exceeded allowed regulatory limits.

The regulator noticed that, and the bank has been told to fix it, but the C-suite is allegedly

drawing out the remediation process

The second problem is

CIBC was pricing some mortgages at negative margins for several months. Home loans priced with negative net interest margins – the difference between what it earns on loans and pays for funding – totalled tens of billions of dollars over a one-year span, the letter alleges, citing information presented to senior bank staff.

The Ontario Public Health Association … cites multiple studies showing that increases in the number of places where alcohol can be bought in Ontario, and in other jurisdictions, have already led to more consumption and more of the harms that come with it, such as suicides, drunk driving, emergency-room visits and higher rates of cancer.

I enjoy booze, but I like that it’s hard to get. I don’t need any more encouragement to mess up my liver.

The Ontario Public Health Association ... cites multiple studies showing that increases in the number of places where alcohol can be bought in Ontario, and in other jurisdictions, have already led to more consumption and more of the harms that come with it, such as suicides, drunk driving, emergency-room visits and higher rates of cancer.

I enjoy booze, but I like that it's hard to get. I don't need any more encouragement to mess up my liver.

Interesting interview with Erin O'Toole. He seemed to be a throwback to socially and environmentally progressive Conservatives of previous decades.

He isn't particularly candid, but the interview is still worth a listen.

Is anyone else using Postparty?

I'd like to post some of my bloopers, but I don't know how to make them available on Lemmy.

Is it my imagination, or are prices in Ottawa finally heading down? Houses in Westboro seem to be listed high, taken off the market, and then relisted at more reasonable values.

If I pull down on the card UI for entering a comment, Wefwef switches back to the browse interface and my comment seems to be lost. Is the text recoverable? How do I get it back?