Canada
Shock therapy: Curfew to curtail COVID-19 spread might just worsen public mental health, morale
Putting people under curfew, prohibiting them from leaving their homes without a defensible reason, doesn’t do a lot to brighten their sense of solidarity — that “all in this together” spirit, says clinical psychologist Steven Taylor.
FUREY: The shifting goalposts of Canada’s public officials
Since the pandemic began, we have learned a lot about the coronavirus, including who the most vulnerable are – residents and staff of long-term care homes.
The government has rightfully prioritized the most vulnerable to receive the vaccine. But once they’re vaccinated, how can the government justify continuing the lockdowns?
Canada begins vaccinating inmates in federal prisons with no active coronavirus cases
The first 40 federal inmates to be vaccinated against the novel coronavirus in Canada were given their inoculations inside facilities without any active cases, Global News has learned.
If Your Rights Are Subject To The Whims Of Politicians, You Don’t Have Those Rights At All
Are we really going to accept the fact that politicians get to decide where we can go, who we can gather with, when we can go outside, and then give ‘exemptions’ to whoever they choose?
Lawyers, Guns and Money: How To Stop Trudeau’s Gun Grab
Although many firearms owners can be quite pessimistic about the future of firearm rights in Canada everything is far from over as things currently stand.
Canadians opposed to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and Bill Blair’s “assault-style” rifle ban, and proposed local handgun bans, need to understand that one cannot just simply sit at home voicing opposition to the government’s attempts to seize people’s firearms because with that strategy it will eventually happen sooner or later.
Senator co-signed order barring international travel during pandemic — then went to Mexico
Conservative Sen. Don Plett — who sparked controversy by travelling to Mexico on vacation over the holidays — co-signed a directive last year barring all MPs and senators from traveling outside Canada as part of interparliamentary delegations.
Should voters be able to fire politicians between elections?
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney has promised to move ahead with voter recall legislation, which would give voters a mechanism to oust their municipal and provincial elected officials without having to wait until the next election, assuming certain criteria are met.
Seniors ARRESTED while filling medical prescription at Manitoba grocery store
Mary-Ann and George are a soft spoken married couple who are both medically exempt from wearing masks. They went together in the evening — to avoid the crowds — to their local Superstore, to fill a prescription for the very condition that makes Mary-Ann mask exempt. In the end, the cops were called and they were both detained and threatened with criminal charges, before being released with $1,300 coronavirus tickets.
Toronto’s UHN won’t receive more COVID-19 vaccines this weekend as it’s expected to run out of doses today: Hillier
Hillier spoke to CP24 Friday morning and said the province is in need of more COVID-19 vaccines as vaccination sites ramp up efforts to administer the shots to as many people as possible.
Trudeau says ‘shocking’ riot in Washington was incited by Trump
“What we witnessed was an assault on democracy by violent rioters, incited by the current president and other politicians,” he said during an address outside his residence at Rideau Cottage.
Rising cases ‘frightening,’ PM Trudeau says, vows vaccine rollout will ‘scale up’
“Quantities of both the Pfizer and the Moderna vaccine will scale up in February. Remember that Canada has the most vaccines secured per capita in the world, which means that, by September, we will have enough vaccines for every Canadian who wants one,” he said during his national update on the COVID-19 response on Friday.
The Far-Left Hypocrisy of Press Progress
Press Progress is a Canadian online media outlet that presents itself as a left-wing publication with the goal of “holding the rich and powerful to account” and a counterbalance to “right-wing think tanks.” The sort of ‘progressives’ who are just looking to push back against conservative arguments and narratives.
However, many people view Press Progress as a far-left activist blog that sets out to smear conservatives and others who oppose their political orthodoxy by using innuendo and uncharitable characterizations. They seem to have a well-ingrained in-group out-group mentality in their reporting, if you aren’t with them you become a lefist hate-symbol.
LILLEY UNLEASHED: Trudeau’s plan to give inmates vaccines before grannie
Sun columnist Brian Lilley reviews who is getting the first COVID-19 vaccinations rolled out by the federal government.
What do YOU think? Is this fair?