Terence Corcoran: Canada’s cost of pandemonics tops $1.5 trillion

Terence Corcoran: Canada’s cost of pandemonics tops $1.5 trillion

The Trudeau Liberals’ fall economic statement stumbles through 200-plus pages of verbal political unreadable claptrap about building back better COVID-19 resilient green gender prudent fiscal stimulus affordable jumpstarted racial equality childcare climate solutions and employee stock option decisive dynamic Indigenous inclusive net-zero cross-border digital tax cut increases. At the end of this onslaught, which is all too typical of annual federal budgetary documents, Canadians are left with two big numbers.

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LILLEY: Trudeau tries to spin his government’s lack of detail on vaccines

LILLEY: Trudeau tries to spin his government’s lack of detail on vaccines

After a week of being battered over the issue of Canadians getting COVID-19 vaccines later than other countries, the Trudeau Liberals attempted some defence on the issue. I’m not sure it worked.

The problem began last Tuesday when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that COVID vaccines are being produced in other countries and that Canadians would not get the first doses because, “Canada no longer has any domestic production capacity for vaccines.” That claim about Canadian vaccine production is false but let’s set that aside for now.

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Rex Murphy: Adamson Barbecue and the epidemic of snobbery

Everyone faces the health risks of this moment, but not everyone risks losing their business

People have picked up on some of the outside or secondary dimensions of the BBQ standoff.

The tight COVID regime has much to do with it, certainly. But leaking through the high thoughts about public health and personal responsibility are strands of comment and observation far distant from either.

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Ontario reports 1,707 new COVID-19 cases

Ontario reports 1,707 new COVID-19 cases

Ontario reported 1,707 new COVID-19 cases and seven new deaths on Tuesday, as positivity province-wide climbed above 5 per cent and Toronto hit a new single-day record high.

“Locally, there are 727 new cases in Toronto, 373 in Peel and 168 in York Region,” Health Minister Christine Elliott said on Twitter.


9 out of 10 Canadians to change, cancel holiday plans amid coronavirus: poll

Canadians are preparing to make some big changes to their holiday plans this year, with a new poll showing that nine in 10 are planning to either modify or cancel this season’s events amid the country’s rising surge of new coronavirus cases.

According to new polling from Ipsos, over five in 10 Canadians said they would either reduce their contacts or socially distance more during the holidays, while a whole 34 per cent said they would be cancelling their holiday plans altogether.

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‘Go Ahead and Do It’: Restaurant Owner Urges Small Businesses to Open After Being Released on $50,000 Bail

‘Go Ahead and Do It’: Restaurant Owner Urges Small Businesses to Open After Being Released on $50,000 Bail

Adamson Barbecue owner Adam Skelly urged small businesses to “open up” and “fight for freedom” after he was released on bail on Nov. 27.

Asked in an interview on Nov. 28 whether his message to “small business was open no matter what” still stands, Skelly told independent reporter Leigh Stuart he would stand by it.

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48% of Canadians not concerned that other countries get coronavirus vaccine 1st: poll

48% of Canadians not concerned that other countries get coronavirus vaccine 1st: poll

A new poll suggests most Canadians aren’t currently worried that people in other countries might get a COVID-19 vaccine first.

Thirty-seven per cent of respondents to a survey conducted by Leger and the Association for Canadian Studies say they are very concerned that Canada may not receive doses of a new COVID vaccine as early as the United States.

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Former Doug Ford Conservatives lobby to keep Walmart OPEN — while Adamson BBQ gets CLOSED

Commenting on Adam Skelly’s chant of “Small business! Small business!” after being handcuffed and led away by police for attempting to enter his own restaurant in Etobicoke, Ontario, Ezra recalled that Walmart’s CEO, “at a very high expense, hired two of [Ontario premier Doug] Ford’s [former] staff” Melissa Lantsman and David Tarrant to get a private meeting with the premier.

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We all break lockdown in France – Swerving the Covid rules has become the new national sport

We all break lockdown in France – Swerving the Covid rules has become the new national sport

As soon as Macron appeared on TV to declare the new Covid-19 measures, I knew we were in trouble. Manu suffers from what poker players call a “tell”: an unconscious physical gesture that betrays the working of the mind. With President Macron it is the hands: he makes an Eiffel Tower of his fingers when stressed. When the tower of digits tumbled I said, “Full lockdown.”

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