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GOLDSTEIN: Long waits for life-saving drugs harming Canadians: report

Canadians wait 15 months longer on average for new and potentially life-saving medications compared to Americans and Europeans, according to a study released Thursday by the Fraser Institute.

The report by the fiscally-conservative think tank — Timely Access to New Pharmaceuticals in Canada, the United States and the European Union — found that for 218 new drugs approved in both Canada and the U.S. between 2012-2013 and 2018-2019, approval was granted an average of 469 days earlier in the U.S. than in Canada.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, USA

Court dismisses CBC copyright infringement lawsuit against Conservative Party – no evidence craptastic reputation sullied

Court finds no evidence broadcaster suffered reputational damage

A lawsuit launched by the CBC against the Conservative Party of Canada in the final days of the 2019 federal election accusing the party of copyright infringement for using the broadcaster’s footage in an online ad and tweets has been dismissed by a federal court.

In his written decision released Thursday, Federal Court Justice Michael Phelan found that the use of such material fell under “fair dealing,” and that there was “no objective evidence of the likelihood of any reputational damage” to the CBC.

“There was no evidence presented that a broadcaster’s segment disclosed in a partisan setting reflected adversely on the broadcaster,” Phelan wrote. 

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, CBC, CBC Scandals, Conservative Party

Ted Morton: Canada may win the Line 5 battle, but we’re still losing the war

The Enbridge Line 5 pipeline confrontation is political theatre at its best and worst. But this doesn’t mean it’s inconsequential. There is virtually zero chance that the Governor of Michigan can unilaterally close down an existing pipeline that crosses both state and international boundaries. This type of issue is way outside any one state’s jurisdiction. But this doesn’t mean that Canada will have won. We may win this battle, but we are still losing the war to Blockadia — the well-organized, well-financed crusade to block oil pipelines out of Canada, and, by extension, to shut down the Canadian oilsands.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, Green-Scam, USA

Guilbeault defends censorship bill by citing Trudeau government-funded groups

It is my contention that Guilbeault is slightly more punch worthy than Trudeau.

Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault attempted to advocate for his controversial Bill C-10, citing multiple Canadian cultural organizations as supporters. Guilbeault failed to mention, however, is that many of the organizations he listed were recipients of government funding.

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by Sarcasticat••0•Posted inCanada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Censorship, Censorship in Canada

Doctor who said Canada doesn’t need COVID vaccine calls online critics ‘hyenas’ in $6.8M libel suit

When an Ontario doctor argued publicly that Canadians need neither a vaccine nor lockdowns to combat COVID-19 but should rely instead on a controversial malaria drug, some of the response was sharp.

Fellow physicians, academics and journalists called out Dr. Kulvinder Kaur Gill on social media last summer for peddling what they alleged was anti-scientific misinformation and conspiracy theory.

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by Sarcasticat••0•Posted in"China eats weird animals disease", Canada, Health care, vaccine controversy

Beyond C-10: Inside the government’s plan to suspend Internet users and block website access

While we’ve all been distracted by the government’s bumbling overreach with Bill C-10, they’ve launched yet another attack on our online rights and freedoms: a Bell-backed proposal to give the government sweeping censorship powers to demand ISPs block websites, and have ISPs suspend our Internet, or even ban us permanently. All this any time that litigious rights holding companies like Rogers, Disney or Bell claim we’ve improperly accessed their copyrighted materials.

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by Sarcasticat••0•Posted inCanada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Censorship, Censorship in Canada, Internet

Canada: Stall Line 5 shutdown due to treaty discussions with U.S.

…The government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau asked the court to stop the closure until the United States and Canada have considered its effect on a 1977 treaty between the two countries that barred either nation from interfering in the operations of international oil pipelines. Canada has started discussions with the Biden administration in an effort to resolve the situation, the amicus brief said.

Nothing is going to happen until the judge renders a decision and that’s weeks away.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, Green-Scam, USA

CSIS first alerted Ottawa to national-security concerns of two scientists at top disease laboratory

Justin Trudeau Xiangguo Qiu Keding Cheng – Everybody say Xi

Canada’s spy agency urged the removal of security clearances for two scientists who were later dismissed from the country’s top infectious-disease laboratory because of national-security concerns relating to their work with China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology, according to two sources.

In January of this year, Xiangguo Qiu, who headed the Vaccine Development and Antiviral Therapies Section, and her biologist husband, Keding Cheng, were fired from their positions with the National Microbiology Laboratory (NML) in Winnipeg.

(Go incognito)

Public Health Agency refusing to disclose uncensored documents on Winnipeg virus lab links to Wuhan Lab and mysteriously fired Scientists

As the Public Health Agency of Canada refuses to release uncensored internal documents, a Conservative MP says he wants to know how far Canada’s collaboration with China on Level-4 pathogens went — and why two federal scientists were let go by the National Microbiology Lab in Winnipeg in January.

“We need these documents. We need to know what the Government of Canada was doing through the National Microbiology Lab in Winnipeg with respect to cooperating with the Wuhan Institute of Virology in Wuhan, China,” Conservative foreign affairs critic Michael Chong said during a special parliamentary committee hearing on Canada-China relations Monday night.

Our China class wanted to enhance Global relations.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"China - Communist Slave State", "China eats weird animals disease", Canada

Canada is virtue signalling while waffling on global access to COVID-19 vaccines

Based on public statements, it’s easy to come to the conclusion that Canada is working to improve global access to COVID-19 vaccines.

This quote comes from an opinion piece in the Washington Post on July 15, 2020; the lead author, none other than Prime Minister Justin Trudeau:

“…we must urgently ensure that vaccines will be distributed according to a set of transparent, equitable and scientifically sound principles. Where you live should not determine whether you live, and global solidarity is central to saving lives and protecting the economy.”

The person being quoted here in early May of this year is Mary Ng, the International Trade Minister in Trudeau’s cabinet:

“The work we have been doing and the leadership we have been providing is very much about removing all barriers to vaccine access, whether it be production or supply chain or export restrictions…We’re trying to remove all barriers to access to vaccines.”

But despite what Trudeau and Ng said, Canada is not doing all that it can to improve access. Far from it.

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by Sarcasticat••0•Posted in"China eats weird animals disease", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Canada's Virtue Signalling Class, Justin Trudeau - Pissant, vaccine controversy

Canada could see 50% cut in fuel capacity if Line 5 pipeline shut down … or is it all all just Whitmer ignoring pipeline treaty obligations for show?

Experts are painting a grim picture of what Canada could face if the Line 5 pipeline gets shut down, with some saying the country could see its fuel capacity get cut in half.

The pipeline, which serves as a vital artery for North America’s energy infrastructure, is facing a looming shutdown threat from Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, who set a Wednesday deadline last November that owner Enbridge has said it has no plans to meet.

But not so fast Whitmer…

Michigan orders closure of pipeline in escalating dispute with Canada

… In February, a federal court ordered Michigan and Enbridge to enter mediation. Recently, Michigan has argued that the case should be heard by a state court, which could give it a more favourable judgment.

But international trade lawyer Lawrence Herman says that the United States, not Michigan, is legally bound to keep the pipeline running.

He points to the 1977 Transit Pipelines Treaty between Canada and the United States, which was ratified by the US congress.

“Regardless of what the state of Michigan may or may not want to do, the treaty is binding on the United States as a whole,”said Herman. “It’s a matter between the two governments: Canada and the United States.”

It’s possible the treaty obligations could be ignored by the Biden Admin and so far the White House’ position does not look promising for Canada: 

Canada warns Michigan oil line shutdown could undermine U.S. ties

“We don’t weigh in on that … it will be decided in court,” U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm told reporters on Tuesday when asked about the White House’s position on Line 5.

I don’t think worry about Canada keeps the White House awake at night. Looks like the CBC has been tasked with softening the blow:

Biden is unlikely to come to Canada’s rescue in Line 5 dispute with Michigan

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, USA

Canadian University Music Society publishes demands to ‘decolonize’ music, including abolishing ‘rudiments of music’ and scales

Queen’s University professors Margaret Walker and Robin Attas wrote a guest editorial for the Canadian Music Society, in which they argue for “decolonizing” music.

In their editorial, addressed “to all who should be concerned,” the co-authors argue that Canada’s music education systems contain “white supremacist and settler colonial structures.”

h/t Marvin

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by Sarcasticat••0•Posted in"Critical Race Theory" Crackpot Communism, Batshit crazy lefties, Batshit Crazy Social Justice Warriors, Batshit crazy Universities, Canada, Cultural Marxism, Music, White Supremacy

Ottawa steps into legal dispute over Michigan’s order to shut down the Line 5 oil pipeline

OTTAWA—In a bid to keep a crucial oil pipeline flowing into Ontario, the federal government has stepped into the legal battle over Enbridge’s Line 5, arguing the threatened shutdown raises “grave concerns” about Canada’s relationship with the United States.

Natural Resources Minister Seamus O’Regan announced the move on Tuesday, one day before Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s May 12 deadline to shut down the portion of the pipeline that runs under the Straits of Mackinac between Lake Michigan and Lake Huron.

“Line 5 is essential to our energy security,” O’Regan said in a statement Tuesday.

Seamus O’Regan? Not reassured.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, USA