Microsoft founder Bill Gates admitted that 2.8 million Americans working in the oil and gas industry would be negatively affected due to Climate Change policies.
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“People are afraid to speak about liberty” | Manny Montenegrino on lockdowns & Charter rights
Civil liberties has been a common topic of discussion during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms seems to be facing a new challenge on a regular basis, with numerous restrictions being added, modified, removed, or reimposed.
Those who speak out about protecting Canadians rights are quick to be criticized by those in favour of strict preventative measures at the expense of the Charter, oftentimes by mainstream media as well.
Dead Last On Jobs, Falling Behind On Vaccines, For Canada To Move Forward, We Need To Move On From Justin Trudeau
Talk is easy in politics, and results are what truly matter. And when it comes to results, the Liberal government has been appallingly bad.
CBO Study Says $15 Federal Minimum Wage Would Destroy Economy
According to a new study by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), a $15 federal minimum wage would destroy at least 1.4 million jobs, expand the deficit, and decrease U.S. living standards. In other words, the current campaign to more than double the federal minimum wage would inflict severe economic and social harm.
Bill Gates owns largest ownership stake at CN
The fourth richest man in the world has quietly become by far the biggest shareholder in Canada’s largest railway.
‘Like Wartime’: Canadian Companies Unite to Start Mass Virus Testing
A consortium of some of Canada’s largest companies, representing 350,000 employees nationwide, has launched a rapid testing program aimed at reopening the country’s economy.
Justin Trudeau is Happy to let Joe Biden lead him by the Nose
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau could have quite easily fought to keep the Keystone XL pipeline project alive; it may have only taken a bit of pushback against President Joe Biden to make it clear the pipeline project is vital in maintaining the Canada-US trade relationship, but Trudeau provided zero resistance.
The other day Trudeau when called by Biden to discuss the Keystone XL pipeline cancellation simply said that he understood Biden needed to fulfill a campaign promise and was “disappointed” that his administration was cancelling it.
John Ivison: Alberta is owed and it’s time for the federal government to pay
The bones of the oil industry cannot be left lying around the province like rotten dinosaurs, while the survivors are left to fend for themselves.
Why The Conservatives Should Make Decentralization Their Core Idea
It has the benefit of appealing to all aspects of the party, being a real alternative to what the Liberals and others are offering, and being an idea that is increasingly essential in a rapidly changing world.
3 Harmful Consequences of Biden Killing the Keystone XL Pipeline
President Joe Biden wasted no time after Wednesday’s inaugural ceremonies before getting to work. He signed 17 executive orders and memorandums—by far the most in history on a president’s first day—one of which halted construction of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, which would have carried crude oil from Canada through the US.
Canada pushes back on Biden plan to cancel Keystone XL pipeline
Canada is pushing back on President-elect Joe Biden’s reported intention to cancel the permit for the Keystone XL pipeline, which bridges the U.S. and Canada’s main oil-producing province, Alberta.
In an effort to save the project, Canada is threatening to seek damages over the pipeline, which has been in construction for the past half-decade.
Biden is facing a major confrontation with Canada is his first days in office
US president-elect Joe Biden plans to cancel the Keystone XL pipeline permit, the fourth phase of a major oil transportation system between Canada and the US, by executive order during his first day in office. Canadian politicians are already expressing their concerns about how it could affect the country’s economy.
Public opposition growing: Petitions against Alberta coal mines top 100K signatures
More than 100,000 signatures have been collected on two petitions opposing the move, one addressed to the federal government and one to the province.
I’m Sure It’s Nothing to Be Concerned About
Japan plans to collect data from people who become infected with the novel coronavirus even after they receive vaccinations to assess how vaccines may help prevent the spread of the virus, sources close to the matter said Sunday.
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Suicide rates in Japan have jumped in the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly among women and children, even though they fell in the first wave when the government offered generous handouts to people, a survey found.
The July-October suicide rate rose 16% from the same period a year earlier, a stark reversal of the February-June decline of 14%, according to the study by researchers at Hong Kong University and Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology.
“Unlike normal economic circumstances, this pandemic disproportionately affects the psychological health of children, adolescents and females (especially housewives),” the authors wrote in the study published on Friday in the journal Nature Human Behaviour.
The early decline in suicides was affected by such factors as government subsidies, reduced working hours and school closure, the study found.
But the decline reversed — with the suicide rate jumping 37% for women, about five times the increase among men — as the prolonged pandemic hurt industries where women predominate, increasing the burden on working mothers, while domestic violence increased, the report said.
The study, based on health ministry data from November 2016 to last October, found the child suicide rate spiked 49% in the second wave, corresponding to the period after a nationwide school closure.
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The death of a Montreal Inuit man is being investigated after his body was discovered in a portable toilet just 25 metres from the homeless shelter he used to frequent.
The La Porte Ouvert shelter, which translates literally to “the Open Door shelter,” normally operates 24 hours a day, but was closed due to “plumbing problems and a major COVID-19 outbreak,” reports CBC Radio-Canada.
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China’s economy exceeded its pre-pandemic growth rates in the fourth quarter, propelling it to a stronger-than-expected expansion of 2.3% for the full year and making it the only major one to avoid contraction in 2020.
Gross domestic product climbed 6.5% in the final quarter from a year earlier, fueled by industrial output, the statistics bureau said Monday. Economists surveyed by Bloomberg had predicted 6.2% growth for the quarter and 2.1% for the full year.
“China has more than returned to trend growth,” said Raymond Yeung, chief economist for Greater China at Australia and New Zealand Banking Group. The strong rebound means authorities can “prioritize structural reforms rather than economic reflation” in 2021, he said.
‘Morally and ethically wrong:’ Court to hear challenge to Alberta coal policy removal
First Nations, ranchers, municipal officials and environmentalists hope to persuade a judge this week to force Alberta to revisit its decision to open one of the province’s most important and best-loved landscapes to open-pit coal mining.