Canadians have been presented with statistics, charts and reporting galore about the ongoing challenges posed by COVID-19. What about the lockdowns though? Are they actually working? And are their benefits outweighing their harms?
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Our China Class At Work: Trudeau minister dodges questions on whether Canada has curbed potential forced-labour imports from China
OTTAWA — Canada’s international trade minister on Monday would not provide details about whether the federal government has barred the flow of imported goods from China suspected of using forced labour, months after Ottawa introduced measures purportedly to stop the practice.
In a committee testimony, Minister Mary Ng declined to answer questions from a Conservative MP about how much, if any, imports from the Chinese region of Xinjiang Canadian authorities have intercepted since the Liberal government said it would be cracking down on the issue in January.
China Is Extending Its Totalitarian Controls to the Rest of the World – Social Credit System Surveillance In Canada
China is surreptitiously collecting, for use in its domestic social credit system, video from a popular eatery in Canada.
In the Haidilao Hot Pot restaurant in the Kitsilano district of Vancouver, more than 60 surveillance cameras watch 30 tables and send feeds to China. The cameras, manager Ryan Pan explained to Scott McGregor and Ina Mitchell, are there to “people track” and are “part of the social credit system in China.”
This restaurant is corporate-owned, one of two Haidilao locations in that port city in British Columbia. There are more than 935 of the chain’s restaurants worldwide with over 36 million VIP members. The business started in China’s Sichuan province.
Canadian officials not disclosing ‘at least 3’ new Havana syndrome cases: letter
Global Affairs Canada is “withholding information” on more than two dozen recent cases of Canadian diplomats reportedly being assessed for or reporting symptoms of what’s become known as “Havana syndrome,” according to a letter sent to Foreign Affairs Minister Marc Garneau late last week.
Global News obtained a copy of a letter sent to Garneau on behalf of a group of nine Canadian diplomats and their families who say they are struggling to get answers on the symptoms they say they have experienced since serving at the Canadian embassy in Havana, Cuba.
Frustrated Canada presses White House to keep Enbridge’s Line 5 oil pipeline open
The White House has shown no sign of responding to Canadian entreaties, so Ottawa is considering more drastic options.
Tim Hortons apologizes for ‘speak English’ signs at Winnipeg restaurant
The signs, which appeared to say “we are an English speaking place of work” and “speak English,” were photographed by a customer, apparently behind the counter at a Henderson Highway restaurant.
Trans Mountain ordered to suspend oil line expansion to protect hummingbird nests
An Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) enforcement officer visited the Burnaby site earlier this month after complaints about construction activity impacting the birds. The stop work order will last until Aug. 20 when the nesting season ends.
O’Toole says stopping flights from India ‘not enough,’ suggests halting all International travel
Speaking on Monday, Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole says too many people are bringing COVID-19 variants – such as the B.1.617 variant ravaging India – into Canada through land and air borders.
Conservatives denounce Liberal push to regulate social media posts
“While we support creating a level playing field between large foreign streaming services and Canadian broadcasters, C-10 is a bad piece of legislation giving too much power to the CRTC to regulate the internet and provides no clear guidelines for how that power will be used,” Reyes said in a statement Monday morning.
Matt Gurney: Justin Trudeau’s feminists go AWOL
The federal Liberals like to talk about being a “feminist” government, but when women come forward with allegations of sexual misconduct, no one does anything about it, says Matt Gurney, in this episode of “Basement Tapes.”
Charges to be laid after ‘one of the largest services’ held at Aylmer, Ont. church on Sunday
Aylmer police say they are investigating and will be pressing charges after “one of the largest services” was held at an Aylmer, Ont. church Sunday morning that has continually defied the province’s COVID-19 rules.
MALCOLM: No, Minister Hajdu, the Vitamin D conversation isn’t ‘fake news’
In an exchange with an independent MP during Question Period on Thursday, Hajdu dismissed a question about how vitamin D supplements may help prevent illnesses like COVID-19.
Only white people can be racist: Inside Global Affairs’ anti-racism course materials
“Objectivity” and “worship of the written word” are being taught to Canadian diplomats as markers of “white supremacy”.
Canada Public Health Is Racially Discriminating
Oh so public health is racially discriminating now?
I thought we didn’t do that in Canada. https://t.co/50eWKzRKFp
— Ian Prittie 🌷financial bubble MC (@thereds8) April 25, 2021
A Canadian Describes His Side Effects Of The AstraZeneca Vaccine As “Excruciating Pain”
He further added his body was in excruciating pain from limb to limb, followed by nausea and a high fever for at least twelve hours before his body felt normal. He said, “if Canadians plan to take the AstraZeneca vaccine, they should be prepared for the possible side effects in the aftermath of receiving the vaccine.”