Canada
I just got a call from a federal agent
I just got a call from a federal agent asking if I am sleeping with my partner while special conditions are applied to my lifestyle, having just entered Canada. I told them that was a little too personal, and they said an officer might be by to check. Totally normal.
— Keean Bexte (@TheRealKeean) March 4, 2021
Analysts see Canada’s new push for permanent residents as a short-term solution
Canada’s recent move to offer permanent residency to more foreigners living and working in the country is a short-term solution to the economic problems spurred by a pandemic-related immigration slowdown, analysts say, while critics argue the strategy excludes too many vulnerable people.
Ontario is reporting another day below 1,000 new cases
#BREAKING: Ontario is reporting another day below 1,000 new cases. There are 994 new cases today with more than 65,600 tests completed. There are 298 new cases in Toronto, 171 in Peel and 64 in York. More details to come re: deaths, hospitalizations and vaccinations. #onpoli
— NEWSTALK1010 (@NEWSTALK1010) March 4, 2021
Why mandatory hotel quarantine is almost certainly doing nothing to curb COVID-19
Everything Should Be Better: Canada tried to copy New Zealand’s mandatory quarantine policy, but the government did it with staggering ineptitude.
Whistleblower laws in Canada nearly dead, says lawyers’ group
Canada’s whistleblower protection is nearly dead and lies dead last among other countries surveyed on their “track record for compliance with best practices” behind Albania, Bangladesh, Latvia, Pakistan, Romania, Tanzania, Uganda and Vietnam.
The International Bar Association said Tuesday federal whistleblower protection law is “nearly entirely dormant.”
Doctors Call For Safer Cocaine Supply
As drug toxicity deaths and overdoses in Canada continue to soar to unprecedented levels due to the increasingly volatile illicit market, advocates and doctors are calling for more stimulants including cocaine to be part of safe supply efforts.
‘Racism is a real problem’: Muslim women fearful following attacks in Edmonton
Edmonton’s Al-Rashid Mosque began offering Muslim women self-defence lessons following the recent attacks. The classes are full.
Keean Bexte is in a Canadian COVID jail
I have been detained in a COVID jail.
It’s not a surprise to me — we knew that Trudeau was doing this to innocent Canadians, even though the CBC lied and said that it was a conspiracy. I entered the belly of the beast to document firsthand what it is like in these facilities.
Allegedly, people were being assaulted, denied water and all-around treated like animals. It seems like the situation is more dire out east, but where I am it is no cakewalk either.
Canadian economy posts worst showing on record in 2020
The Canadian economy posted its worst showing on record in 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic swept across the country shutting down businesses and putting people out of work.
Statistics Canada says real gross domestic product shrank 5.4 per cent in 2020, the steepest annual decline since comparable data was first recorded in 1961.
“We made a mistake”: Peel Health apologizes for advising parents to confine children
Peel Public Health has apologized after telling parents to keep their young children in separate rooms with no contact with the rest of the family during isolation.
Calgary committee seeks to recruit two “anti-racist feminists” to achieve equality
“This report proposes an increase to the composition of the committee by the addition of two members who can bring expertise in an anti-racist feminist perspective,” writes the Anti-Racism Action Committee report.
The Conservative Party’s Problem Isn’t Policy, It’s Charisma
Erin O’Toole is a good public speaker, and has relatively strong communication skills.
However, he is certainly not a charismatic and telegenic politician.