Will Trudeau Be The First PM Forced To Go Into Hiding Upon Re-Election?

The anger is visceral. The evidence damning. To say that things have not gone Justin Trudeau’s way thus far in the 2021 election campaign is the understatement of the year.

Campaigning in small town Ontario last week, Trudeau was served up a hot-plate of voter antagonism. Mandatory vaccine issues were the order of the day, as our ruling PM was forced into running hundred yard dashes to the safety of the campaign bus. Trudeau fared no better on a recent visit to rural British Columbia.

Share

Catholic Church charity set up to pay residential school survivors spent $6.46-million on expenses

A Catholic Church organization formed to compensate residential school survivors spent more than a quarter of its funds on expenses, and returned nearly $600,000 to church organizations after a 2015 court settlement, financial records obtained by The Globe and Mail reveal.

Share

Outspoken doctor quits group advising Doug Ford on COVID

“More recently, I find myself increasingly uncomfortable with the degree to which political considerations appear to be driving outputs from the tables, or at least the degree to which these outputs are shared in a transparent manner with the public,” Dr. David Fisman, an epidemiologist at the University of Toronto’s Dalla Lana School of Public Health, said in a resignation letter he shared on Twitter.

Share

Manitoba Doctors Call For COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate For All Healthcare Workers

An organization representing physicians in Manitoba is calling for mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations for healthcare workers.

Dr. Kristjan Thompson, President of Doctors Manitoba, says vaccines should be necessary in healthcare, where all workers have a duty to protect their patients.

Share

Don’t let Trudeau ‘reset’ Canada

“This pandemic has provided an opportunity for a reset,” Trudeau said last November. “This is our chance to accelerate our pre-pandemic efforts to reimagine economic systems that actually address global challenges like extreme poverty, inequality and climate change.”

h/t Marvin

Share

Here’s what the main federal parties are promising seniors

Out of the gate, most of the parties have made promises to help seniors, largely focused on fixing the vulnerabilities exposed in long-term care homes by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Bill VanGorder, chief operating officer of the seniors advocacy group CARP, said it’s an important issue, but the top concern he hears from members is financial security.

Share

Mr. Popularity: Everywhere He Goes, Justin Trudeau Is Being Booed

It began in Cobourg, Ontario, before moving forward to Aurora, Ontario. Not that the phenomenon is limited to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s tour of his “voter base” in Canada’s most populous province.

On the fringes of British Columbia, a crowd went ballistic on Trudeau, chanting derogatory terms like they are going out of style. Throughout these daily developments, one can’t help but notice a recurring phenomenon.

Witness as masked man Justin Trudeau whispers not a word to the crowd. Instead, he makes what has become a typical mad dash to the security of his campaign bus.

Share