Premier Doug Ford could have saved himself a lot of political grief from the usual suspects if he had simply done what Quebec premiers have done for years when passing French-language legislation.
He should have included a clause in his bill to restrict third-party advertising in election campaigns beyond what the previous Liberal government had done, invoking the Canadian constitution’s notwithstanding clause.
The only complaints are from our Public Service Union Predator Class and their media buddies.
With Parliament ending June 23, Bill C-10 is on the clock.
The bill was tabled on Nov. 3, purportedly to modernize Canada’s 1991 Broadcasting Act and meet challenges and opportunities presented by the global, online era. Many (including myself) assessed C-10 as lacking astute analysis and bold vision. Then things got worse. A clause that exempted user-generated content from regulation was removed, igniting debate by top experts about C-10′s impact on Canadians’ rights to free speech and an open internet. Last week,the bill was further politicized and made even more controversial when the Liberals and Bloc Québécois limited committee debate, and then, with the NDP, introduced amendments without making them public, in an attempt to rush the bill to the House of Commons, pass it and send it to the Senate.
Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin is challenging the federal government’s decision to publicly terminate his secondment to lead Canada’s vaccine rollout, arguing the process was unfair and tainted by politics.
Last month, the Department of National Defence issued a terse three-line statement on a Friday night saying that Fortin would be leaving his post with the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) and his future would be decided by the acting chief of the defence staff.
Documents related to the firing of two scientists from the high-security laboratory in Winnipeg, and the transfer of viruses to a research facility in Wuhan are too sensitive to hand over to the special committee on Canada-China relations, Health Minister Patty Hajdu said Monday.
“In this particular case, the information requested has both privacy and national security implications,” Hajdu said. “Compliance with the order without proper safeguards in place would put sensitive information at the risk of public release.”
Ontario is reporting fewer than 300 new COVID-19 cases for the first time since mid-September.
Provincial health officials logged 296 new COVID-19 cases today, down from 447 on Monday and 530 on Sunday.
Not all experts keen on federal guidance for Canadians fully vaccinated against COVID-19
As provinces accelerate their efforts to get their populations fully vaccinated against COVID-19, there are calls for the federal government to issue clear guidance on what people can do once they receive both shots.
Some politicians and experts have said Ottawa should provide a framework spelling out which behaviours are considered safe for vaccinated adults, similar to what was issued by the U.S.-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, but opinion is divided on whether it’s a good idea.
“If they were on the dance floor they had to raise their hands after every three songs so their numbers could be recorded by other underclass students for contact tracing purposes. There’s even more to the story, but this alone is surprising to us,” a concerned constituent told Rep. Melissa Litchfield (R-New Hampshire), according to a June 8 Facebook post.
Canada has contracts to buy more than 251 million doses of seven different vaccines from vaccine makers, more than three times what it needs to fully immunize every Canadian.
But the doses Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Sunday will be donated to COVAX are only those Canada was buying from the global vaccine sharing alliance itself.
Donald Trump Jr., former President Trump’s son, said during his interview on “The Truth with Lisa Boothe” podcast that Dr. Anthony Fauci is not the only one who is responsible for making the COVID-19 pandemic worse than it needed to be.
A planned movie focusing on the 2019 Christchurch massacre titled They Are Us has drawn criticism across New Zealand, with tens of thousands of people signing a petition demanding an immediate end to the project.
The national spotlight on residential schools is also highlighting a difficult question facing some communities over what to do with the buildings that have been left behind.
British Columbia’s Okanagan Indian Band penned a letter last week to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau asking the federal government to remove three former day schools for Indigenous children that the chief called “symbols of trauma.”
Listen to top scientists and editors from esteemed medical journals and you can’t help but conclude there is such a thing as a “scientific establishment.” And it’s been as corrupted by politics and misinformation as many in politics and the media.
Bill C-10 is the first in Canada to regulate legal internet content. The bill would see the CRTC monitor as public broadcasts all YouTube videos intended for private viewing.
If you wondered whether human activity really contributes to global warming, wonder no more.
Buried inside editions of the Washington Post and a few other newspapers last month were stories reporting that despite sharp declines in carbon emissions during the COVID-19 pandemic, carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere remained virtually unchanged.
FUREY: Don’t forget about the government’s ridiculous public health measures
As many Canadians begin enjoying life out of lockdown, it’s important to remember the government enforced ridiculous public health measures throughout the pandemic – and many are still in effect today.
Trudeau government to recognize French as the official language of Quebec, report says
The recognition is to be contained in an amendment to the Official Languages Act tabled before the end of the session of Parliament.
Trump releases list of claims he says he got right and media missed: ‘Right about everything before election’
In a pair of emails, Trump said he was “right about everything” leading up to the election and that legacy media outlets had disingenuously “lied” about his claims to make him look bad.
Oil Prices Surge As Wall Street Pumps Trillions Into Green Energy
Oil prices are projected to surge to $80 per barrel or more this summer as demand comes roaring back, while some investors argue Wall Street’s push to invest trillions in green energy could lead to supply shortages and higher fuel prices.
A Muslim school board member urges jihad at a Virginia high school graduation
Justice High School, a school that’s part of the Fairfax County Public Schools District in Virginia, has traveled a long way since its founding in 1959. Back then, the school board opposed racial integration and named it JEB Stuart High School after the Confederate general. Today, the school is 50.3% Hispanic, 23.4% White, 13.6% Asian, 10.1% Black, 0.2% Native American, and 2.4% mixed race. It also has a Muslim school board member who, after giving an exceptionally woke commencement speech in English, switched to Arabic to urge that the students engage in “jihad.”
