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"Insects, bats, rodents and other pests have been spotted in federal buildings more than 500 times in the Ottawa area this year, as the government makes plans to get public servants to spend more time in the office." Sabourin said the pests included — but were “not limited to” — bats, birds, ants, bedbugs, bees, wasps and other small insects, mice and other rodents. #Ottawa #cdnpoli

Toronto Star

Hundreds of pests found in federal buildings as feds draft back-to-office plan

Amber Sabourin, a spokesperson for Public Services and Procurement Canada, said there were 549 confirmed reports of pests in 93 Crown-owned buildin...

lol just as expected --- The Canada Revenue Agency paid $18 million for a chatbot the auditor general says gave her team the wrong answer 66 per cent of the time. .. “We found that Charlie provided accurate answers in only 2 out of the 6 questions we asked it, while the other public web-based conversational artificial intelligence tools answered 5 out of 6 questions accurately.” The finding stunned Liberal MP Anthony Housefather, who asked Hogan at the time “how is it that the government’s tool specialized for the CRA is worse than the average tool that anyone else can access anywhere?”

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The CRA spent $18M on 'Charlie,' a new tax information chatbot that is wrong most of the time

So... I'm not sure I understand. Canada is trying to convince US scientists to come work in Canada... while Canada is cutting funding to tons of science projects and initiatives? Will we only accept AI scientists? 🤨

I someone had told me 10 years ago that the war against wokeness would bring us back to Times New Roman... Satire is dead

Letting your cat outside might seem like harmless fun and good exercise for the animal, but it actually poses a serious risk to wildlife. Cats kill an estimated 2.5 billion birds every year, making them one of the leading causes of bird mortality. But it’s not just birds. Cats also prey on insects like butterflies and moths as well as small mammals during their outdoor excursions, and in turn, disturb the area’s biodiversity. https://onehealth.uoguelph.ca/2022/02/28/outdoor-cats-a-threat-to-more-than-just-birds/#:~:text=Letting%20your%20cat%20outside%20might,leading%20causes%20of%20bird%20mortality. #Subtoot

I just opened a 700 word document... 65 non breaking spaces (for absolutely no reason, randomly in the middle of sentences) 55 carriage returns ... Whyyyyyy

I hope that everyone who has an advent calendar is getting excited!

Ah, here he is again. The real Ford. -- Ontario Premier Doug Ford is threatening to audit all provincial spending to determine whether public-sector unions are “funnelling” money to “left-wing radical groups” that staged a protest inside the Ontario legislature. Ford’s warning came one day after members of the tenant advocacy group ACORN Canada interrupted the Ontario Legislature to protest a controversial omnibus bill that increases various landlord powers and shortens some eviction timelines. #onpoli

Global News

Ford says he will audit ‘left-wing radical groups’ opposed to government legislation | Globalnews.ca

Ford's warning came after members of the tenant advocacy group ACORN interrupted the legislature to protest a controversial omnibus bill that ...