Jamie Sarkonak: Liberals, again, use federal budget to advance demographic favoritism

Public spending should support the general public. But in Budget 2024, released Tuesday, the Liberals continued to opt for identity-based programs narrowly targeted to demographics of preference.

On affirmative action, the budget heralded the expansion of the Employment Equity Act, which currently sets employment “targets” for women, visible minorities, Indigenous people and the disabled in the federal public sector. In the fall, Labour Minister Seamus O’Regan announced that Black people and LGBT people will each get their own target (quota), so this isn’t new, but we can still expect it coming down the pipeline.

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Edmonton police knew vaccination may be harmful but insisted on it, anyway — report

A damning report on the Edmonton Police Service’s (EPS) COVID-19 response alleges leadership knew vaccines caused “serious” injury, then mandated them for officers and civilian employees, anyway.

EPS employees were discouraged from asking questions about safety and penalized — some severely so — for refusing the jab. Today however, documents released under information access requests show there are members on short or long-term disability due to vaccine-related injuries.

h/t Mauser

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Vote Whoring: Doug Ford calls on Ontario Speaker to reverse Queen’s Park keffiyeh ban and be inclusive of Hamas

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Ontario Premier Doug Ford is calling on Speaker Ted Arnott to reverse a ban on keffiyehs at Queen’s Park, describing the move as “needlessly” divisive.

“The decision to ban the keffiyeh was made by the speaker and the speaker alone. I do not support his decision as it needlessly divides the people of our province,” Ford said in a statement issued Wednesday evening.

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Declaring yourself a ‘non feminist’ is an act of discrimination, tribunal rules

Declaring yourself a ‘non feminist’ is an act of discrimination, a tribunal has ruled in a judgement against an Environment Agency manager.

The hearing accepted that the worker ‘genuinely’ believed in ‘non feminism’ but the tribunal was ‘slightly perplexed’ by the concept.

Kevin Legge, an experienced manager in his early 50s who was based in Peterborough, claimed he was resisting his female boss’s agenda to promote women over men.

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Transgender Military Chaplain Suspended After ‘Inappropriate Comment,’ DND Says

A transgender military chaplain who was celebrated by the Canadian Armed Forces on ‘Transgender Day of Visibility’ has been disciplined for making an inappropriate comment or request of another individual, according to the Department of National Defence.

Captain Beatrice Gale, was celebrated by the Department of National Defence (DND) in a video released in 2023 that discusses the chaplain’s gender transition.

What a sick joke.

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