Most also think social media companies, and the people who use them, bear a good deal of blame for the situation. But few are very concerned that they themselves might be responsible, according to a new poll from the Pearson Institute and the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
Many Canadians may not realize the investment transactions of everyone from President Joe Biden to Senator Bernie Sanders and every single member of Congress are easily searchable online. They’re entirely out in the open for the public to review. When it comes to preventing conflicts of interest and self-enrichment, this seems like a bare minimum standard of transparency.
Meanwhile, most Canadian politicians and public officials choose to keep their finances shrouded in secrecy — and the law allows them to do it, no questions asked, barring a rather weak conflict of interest code that says a MPs who have a private interest which may be affected by a matter before the House of Commons or a committee they’re a part of should disclose it and abstain from debating or voting on it. However, this relies on MPs correctly identifying and choosing to share conflicts, and only requires they disclose the “general nature” of the private interest, which still allows for a layer of obfuscation. There’s also no easily accessible public registry where viewing politicians’ potential conflicts is just a Google search away.
Those lacing up for indoor hockey, taking swimming lessons, or taking part in a range of other indoor sports activities in Toronto will soon have to show proof of vaccination.
On Friday, Toronto’s top doctor issued a letter of instruction requiring all people age 12 and older who take part in indoor organized sports to provide proof of vaccination.
The federal government has said its workers must be vaccinated by October 29 or risk being terminated. Now private companies are also looking at bringing in their own vaccination polices.
Labour lawyer Howard Levitt, Senior Partner with Levitt LLP Employment & Labour Law expects many employees who refuse to get vaccinated will leave their jobs or be terminated in the months ahead.
Government forcing employees working from home to be vaccinated, or universities requiring it for students taking online courses, is proof that it has nothing to do with the science. It’s a witch hunt.
— Maxime Bernier (@MaximeBernier) October 7, 2021
The Biden administration announced on Friday that it wants information on a wide range of biometric systems as part of the first step in creating what it called a “bill of rights” for the age of artificial intelligence.
The call by the White House’s Office of Science and Technology Policy seeks information “on past deployments, proposals, pilots, or trials, and current use of biometric technologies for the purposes of identity verification, identification of individuals, and inference of attributes including individual mental and emotional states.”
A newly-revealed video records the Proud Boys’ activities on January 6, 2021, at the U.S. Capitol, and appears to show leaders meandering aimlessly, showing the lack of any clear plan.
To most Americans throughout most of American history, democracy meant a system of government where we hold elections, cast votes, and choose lawmakers and leaders. For the left, however, democracy means something different. To them, “democracy” just means “the Democratic Party.”
Biden has said he hopes to resettle about 95,000 Afghans across the U.S. over the next 12 months. In a 21-day period from August to September, Biden brought more than 48,000 Afghans to the U.S. for resettlement — a population more than four times that of Jackson, Wyoming.
h/t Mauser98
The project was part of the Times’ “Snap Out of It, America!” series, which the Times has described as “A new series from Times Opinion exploring bold ideas to revitalize and renew the American experiment.”
h/t Marvin
50 years ago today, Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau announced multiculturalism as an official government policy. It was the first policy of its kind in the world, and it recognized and celebrated a fundamental characteristic of our heritage and identity – our diversity.
— Justin Trudeau (@JustinTrudeau) October 8, 2021
Big brother is watching. Granted, there are multiple ways government can track us. It’s no secret. Besides a super-secret FISA court that’s granted spy warrants on innocent Americans in recent years, you might want to be careful what you search for on Google. The search engine is working secretly with the government on “keyword warrants.” It’s essentially spying. The Feds have ordered them to track and disclose data on persons who search certain terms.
Ever seen Conspiracy Theory? When Mel Gibson checks out Catcher In The Rye?
A new Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday shows just 38 percent of Americans approve of the job Biden is doing, down from 42 percent in the same poll three weeks ago and 50 percent approval in mid-February.
BS. It’s half that.
The vast majority of Canadians have expressed interest in receiving a booster shot of COVID-19 vaccine, according to a new survey from Nanos Research.
According to the national survey, which was commissioned by CTV News, the majority are interested (69 per cent) or somewhat interested (15 per cent) in getting the third dose of vaccine.
It’s easy to go along with the trendy viewpoints when it seems like ‘others’ will deal with the cost. Now, that cost is going to hit all of us.
Joe Biden’s pitch to the American people in 2020 hinged on the simple fact that he was not Trump. Moreover, his election would reverse the previous four years of caustic division that had defined the Trump era.
“On this January day, my whole soul is in this: bringing America together. Uniting our people. And uniting our nation. I ask every American to join me in this cause … I pledge this to you: I will be a president for all Americans, and I promise you I will fight as hard for those who didn’t support me as those who did,” he promised in his inauguration speech.
We would become one America again.
Biden’s brand of unity, however, seems to demand the suppression of dissent.
All physicians, staff and learners at the Kingston, Ont. research and teaching hospital were required to provide proof of having received a first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, or a documented medical reason for not being vaccinated, by Sept. 21. Under the policy, all staff are required to be fully vaccinated by Oct. 22.
Maricopa County admits they DELETED and moved the election data to hide it from auditors AFTER they got a subpoena
This is a total cover up, and they admit it! pic.twitter.com/W6jD2X8NwP
— Liz Harrington (@realLizUSA) October 7, 2021
The Ministry of Health said since July, it has encouraged all doctors to resume seeing both kids and adults in person.
While August is usually SickKids emergency department’s quietest month, so far this year it’s the busiest with close to 6,000 patients — 40 per cent more than the same month last year, and 15 per cent more than in 2019, said division head Dr. Jason Fischer.
The hospital has also noticed an increase in patients with less serious or “low acuity” illnesses.
ESPN has suspended right-leaning host Sage Steele after she made what the sports network described as “controversial” comments about former President Barack Obama and the network’s vaccine mandate.
Startling testimony delivered this week by a former Facebook employee should spur Ottawa to rein in the social media giant with tougher and more comprehensive regulations, say technology experts and people fighting against online hate.
In Canada, many medical students aren’t taught specifically how best to treat Black patients and how to keep anti-Black racism out of health care — with patients suffering the consequences.
Now, a collaboration of prominent Canadian Black health researchers are coming together to change that, aiming to create the first health primer of its kind to educate health care providers and ultimately improve care for Black Canadians.
The first COVID-19 vaccine for kids under 12 could be in front of Health Canada’s review team in just days and the company expects to start shipping its new pediatric formulation of the vaccine shortly after it gets the green light.
I’m starting to think this guy may be one of the baddies. pic.twitter.com/opL2jUOkJh
— Michael Knowles (@michaeljknowles) October 6, 2021
Politicians and the legacy media should be able to know the real name and physical location of every individual who posts any negative comment about them on any online platform, said CNN’s Don Lemon on Tuesday night. He added that social media platforms should only allow people to post their “opinion” if it is “true.”
Twitter announced Wednesday it is testing a feature that will alert users that a conversation could be “heated” or “intense.” In a tweet, the company described the experiment as “a work in progress as we learn how to better support healthy conversation.”
In the years running up to the 2020 election, I posited that the Democrat Party was doing all it could to keep their mob angry, but only to a certain point. They wanted their base simmering, just short of a boil, but ready at a moment’s notice to goose step off to action wherever needed. It was a delicate line they walked, they needed people mad without inspiring violence that could be blamed on them, they had to avoid creating another James Hodgkinson. Now their objective has changed…slightly. Democrats appear to be doing all they can to provoke violence against their own. Anything, absolutely anything, for the cause.
