Young people and people with pre-existing medical conditions are having a particularly hard time, with 60% and 61% reporting a decline in mental health, respectively.
Canada
What Canadians can expect now that Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine has been approved
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Dec. 7 that up to 249,000 doses of the two-dose Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine will be ready before the end of the year following approval from Health Canada. That means about 125,000 people will be vaccinated. However, over the first few months during the first stage of the rollout, officials estimate that about three million Canadians could be inoculated.
The vaccines will be distributed to jurisdictions on a per-capita basis, so each province will receive vaccine doses in numbers proportionate to their share of the population.
Quebec will be first.
Canadians feel safer shopping at small businesses: poll
According to a new poll by Maru/Matchbox, 72% of Canadians say they feel more protected from the coronavirus by shopping at small businesses, compared to chains like Walmart or Costco.
Furthermore, 93% of respondents say governments should not create restrictions that shut down small businesses.
SECRET MILITARY DOCUMENTS: Trudeau invited Chinese troops to train at Canadian military bases
Justin Trudeau invited China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) to send its troops for cold weather training at CFB Petawawa in Ontario — and Trudeau raged at the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) for cancelling the training after China kidnapped Canadian citizens Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig.
This is only one of many bombshell revelations in The China Files, a 34-page access to information document released by the Trudeau government to Rebel News.
Documents that normally would have been completely blacked out by government censors were instead greyed out — the documents remain completely readable. Rebel News has chosen to black out a very small portion that would otherwise compromise the safety of an individual.
Canada the biggest hoarder of COVID-19 vaccine pre-orders in First World, NGOs say
Dozens of poor nations could miss getting the COVID-19 vaccine next year because rich countries have hoarded far more than they need, the People’s Vaccine Alliance says.
Two Alberta churches launch constitutional challenge of public health orders
The lawsuit, which was filed by the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF), names Heights Baptist Church and Northside Baptist Church as the two applicants. The churches are located in Medicine Hat and Calgary, respectively.
According to the JCCF, the government violated the following rights of churchgoers by implementing coronavirus-related lockdown orders: the right to peaceful assembly, the right to travel, the right to conduct a business to earn a living, the right to visit family and friends and the right to peaceful assembly.
Health Canada approves Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine
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.
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.