The department announced the approval Wednesday. Public health and government officials will hold a briefing to discuss details of the vaccine rollout plan at 1 p.m. ET in Ottawa.
Canada
Teachers needed from more diverse backgrounds, says Ottawa school board report
The Ottawa-Carleton District School Board should promote the hiring of teachers who are from diverse backgrounds, says a draft policy under consideration by trustees.
The document sets out general principles to be considered when hiring, including “promoting the hiring of staff from under-represented groups and staff with demonstrated experience, including lived experience, working with Indigenous people or equity seeking groups.”
Braid: Non-compliance forced the lockdown, only compliance can end it
The extreme limit on outdoor gatherings (you can just move about with your household) is perhaps the harshest social control measure ever introduced in Alberta, even in wartime.
It will be illegal over the holidays to socialize with anyone outside the immediate household. Returning kids are only legal if the home is their permanent residence.
Key Architect Of Toronto 18 Terrorist Bomb & Beheading Plot Has Been Granted Parole
In a stunning and disgraceful decision, the Canadian Parole Board has granted Muhammad Shareef Abdelhaleem day parole, 14 years into his life sentence for being a key architect of the Toronto 18 terrorist plot.
Debt Disaster: This Chart Shows How Canada’s Stunning Debt Surge Outpaces Comparable Nations
Charts are usually boring.
But once in a while, they speak volumes, and sum up a situation in a way endless words never could.
Nearly one-third of Canadians plan holiday gatherings despite pandemic restrictions: poll
Despite a second wave of COVID-19 infections that threatens to climb to 20,000 daily cases across Canada, a new poll found that about one-third of Canadians plan to visit friends and family for the holidays anyway.
Ontarians could face restrictions if they refuse to get COVID-19 vaccine, health minister says
While Christine Elliott said the vaccine will not be mandatory in Ontario, things like travel and access to communal spaces like movie theatres could be restricted.
MERTA: The media sets their sights on people of faith
While Canada is home to a large number of religions and religious people, some journalists cannot help but deride and attack people of faith.
The mainstream media fails to realize that Canadians of faith are defying the government’s arbitrary coronavirus rules because they have a right to worship freely under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Church CHARGED $6,000 for DRIVE-IN services; bylaw wait until Media Party leaves to issue tickets
The Church of God, just south of Steinbach, MB, has met the cold rubber of Brian Pallister’s cold boot.
On Sunday, the widely disliked premier dispatched uniformed officers with “Manitoba Justice” emblazoned on their backs to the small church in the countryside.
The Church of God cancelled indoor services this weekend, out of an abundance of caution. Instead, church leadership asked congregants to remain in their vehicles outside, and tune in to 88.5 FM.
NDP will fight for ‘massive investments’ in northern housing
Singh recently discussed northern priorities with Northwest Territories Premier Caroline Cochrane. He told Cabin Radio: “What we’re hearing from people in the North is housing is the most important thing – making sure they have access to housing, making sure people have quality places they can call home.”
Government spent $570 million on foreign-made sanitizer while Canadian companies produced for free
According to CBC, companies across Canada answered Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s plea to help meet the hand sanitizer shortage in the spring. However, as these companies produced sanitizer at no-cost, they later learned that the government opted to purchase from foreign companies instead.
Of the $570 million, $252 million went to BYD Canada Co., a Chinese company with only a handful of employees in Canada.
Food report shows groceries will cost Canadian families an additional $695 in 2021
The average Canadian family can expect to spend an extra $695 on food next year, as the pandemic, wildfires, and changing consumer habits will increase grocery bills to the highest increase ever predicted by the annual food price report.
FERNANDO: The ‘Great Reset’ Is No Conspiracy, It’s Happening Now
“An opportunity for a reset.” – Justin Trudeau
“A ‘great reset’ of capitalism.” – Klaus Schwab, World Economic Forum
“I want ideas on how the government can ‘unlock’ your savings.” – Chrystia Freeland
‘The Great Reset’ – literally a presentation from the Bank of Canada on their website.
You can see a common theme here: Using this crisis to promote and discuss how to expand the power of an already overbearing government, reshaping the world in the political image of the elites, and imposing an agenda they couldn’t get support for otherwise.