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  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739

    Quebec mosque shooter's sentence cut from 40 to 25 years before possibility of parole






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  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739
    Colin D'Mello CTVNews on Twitter: "NEW: Health Minister Christine Elliott says Ontario is no longer expecting to receive vaccines in early 2021 -- because the deals haven't been finalized by the federal government. "This is very concerning," Elliott says. #onpoli" / Twitter
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  • oftenreading
    oftenreading Victoria, BC Posts: 12,856
    Although light on specifics, Moderna chairman says that Canada  "is guaranteed to receive a certain portion of the company's initial batch of doses — as long as the vaccine proves safe and effective and is given regulatory approval", due to early pre-order.

    https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-vaccine-moderna-covid-19-hadju-health-1.5821166
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  • dignin
    dignin Posts: 9,478
    Great news about the beginning of the vaccine rollout here in Canada. Way sooner than I thought.
  • DarthMaeglin
    DarthMaeglin Toronto Posts: 2,988
    dignin said:
    Great news about the beginning of the vaccine rollout here in Canada. Way sooner than I thought.
    It’s something, but a very small something, with fewer than 125,000 getting these doses. After that there’s a 3-month window (possibly) to get another 1.5 million vaccinated. As I said it is something, but not very reassuring as I sit in (supposedly) locked down Toronto. One upside is it will serve as a (very) small test of the distribution systems/infrastructure.

    I’ve been very disappointed that all levels of government have dropped the ball on vaccines. They wait until arrival of the vaccines is imminent to start putting systems for distribution in place? Admittedly some factors were unforseeable such as the deep freeze storage but much of the work could have been done in the last several months since vaccines were always the goal.

    https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-announcement-otoole-vaccine-motion-1.5830938
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  • dignin
    dignin Posts: 9,478
    DarthMaeglin said:
    dignin said:
    Great news about the beginning of the vaccine rollout here in Canada. Way sooner than I thought.
    It’s something, but a very small something, with fewer than 125,000 getting these doses. After that there’s a 3-month window (possibly) to get another 1.5 million vaccinated. As I said it is something, but not very reassuring as I sit in (supposedly) locked down Toronto. One upside is it will serve as a (very) small test of the distribution systems/infrastructure.

    I’ve been very disappointed that all levels of government have dropped the ball on vaccines. They wait until arrival of the vaccines is imminent to start putting systems for distribution in place? Admittedly some factors were unforseeable such as the deep freeze storage but much of the work could have been done in the last several months since vaccines were always the goal.

    https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-announcement-otoole-vaccine-motion-1.5830938
    We are less than a year into this pandemic. The fact that we are in the process of getting a vaccine now is astounding.

    Let's have some perspective, today is a great day.
  • DarthMaeglin
    DarthMaeglin Toronto Posts: 2,988
    dignin said:
    DarthMaeglin said:
    dignin said:
    Great news about the beginning of the vaccine rollout here in Canada. Way sooner than I thought.
    It’s something, but a very small something, with fewer than 125,000 getting these doses. After that there’s a 3-month window (possibly) to get another 1.5 million vaccinated. As I said it is something, but not very reassuring as I sit in (supposedly) locked down Toronto. One upside is it will serve as a (very) small test of the distribution systems/infrastructure.

    I’ve been very disappointed that all levels of government have dropped the ball on vaccines. They wait until arrival of the vaccines is imminent to start putting systems for distribution in place? Admittedly some factors were unforseeable such as the deep freeze storage but much of the work could have been done in the last several months since vaccines were always the goal.

    https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-announcement-otoole-vaccine-motion-1.5830938
    We are less than a year into this pandemic. The fact that we are in the process of getting a vaccine now is astounding.

    Let's have some perspective, today is a great day.
    I won’t go quite as far, but I will agree it’s a good day for sure.
    "The world is full of idiots and I am but one of them."

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  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739
    Ontario’s share will go to fatty fords buddies...

    Ontario is now Alabama of the am north now that Ford passed legislation allowing his homo phobe, racist buddies Christian University the opportunity to offer degrees...what a joke Ontario had become...
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  • Meltdown99
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    Liberals dismayed that military exercises with China were cancelled, secret documents reveal | National Post

    WTF...

    Trudeau is an idiot...

    See the source image
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  • Spunkie
    Spunkie i come from downtown. Posts: 7,095
    Not necessarily my opinion 99, but this ones for you!
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    Animals were hiding behind the Coral 
    Except for little Turtle
    I could swear he's trying to talk to me 
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  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739
    Trudeau and the liberals are chinas lapdog...

    Image may contain text that says Among the recipients of the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy Air China Bank of China Canada China Business Council China Mobile China Southern Airlines First China Tobacco Co Industrial and Commercial Bank of China and Petrochina Source Government of Canada CEWS Employer Search How did the Liberals allow China-based China- companies to recieve CANADIAN relief money SR CML
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  • oftenreading
    oftenreading Victoria, BC Posts: 12,856
    Meltdown99 said:
    Trudeau and the liberals are chinas lapdog...

    Image may contain text that says Among the recipients of the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy Air China Bank of China Canada China Business Council China Mobile China Southern Airlines First China Tobacco Co Industrial and Commercial Bank of China and Petrochina Source Government of Canada CEWS Employer Search How did the Liberals allow China-based China- companies to recieve CANADIAN relief money SR CML
    Did they use the money to pay wages to Canadians, as per the rationale  for the program? 

    If so, I have no problem with it. If you have evidence that they didn’t, post it. 
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  • oftenreading
    oftenreading Victoria, BC Posts: 12,856
    Here’s a little bit of info, to help you understand the program better. 

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  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,473
    edited December 2020
    nm
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    By The Time They Figure Out What Went Wrong, We'll Be Sitting On A Beach, Earning Twenty Percent.




  • oftenreading
    oftenreading Victoria, BC Posts: 12,856
    I'm far more peeved that white nationalist organizations obtained CEWS funds.

    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/paul-fromm-white-nationalist-covid-19-relief-funds-1.5852700
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  • erebus
    erebus Posts: 612
    Happy New Year all

    and Jason Kenney starts the year off as the double talking weasel that he is. Do as we say, not as we do 

    this guy will never be PM who he coincidentally makes the same criticisms of

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    2003: St. Paul
    2005: Thunder Bay
    2008: West Palm Beach, Tampa
    2009: Chicago I, Chicago II
    2010: Boston
    2011: Toronto I, Toronto II, Winnipeg
    2012: Missoula
    2013: London, Pittsburgh, Buffalo
    2014: St. Paul, Milwaukee
    2016: Quebec City, Ottawa, Toronto I, Toronto II
    2022: Hamilton, Toronto 
    2023: St. Paul I, St. Paul II
    2024: Vancouver I, Vancouver II
  • 1ThoughtKnown
    1ThoughtKnown Posts: 6,155
    edited January 2021
    Letter I sent to Tracy Allard upon learning she decided to take a “family vacation” in Hawaii. I encourage any other Albertan to send your own email to grandeprairie@assembly.ab.ca

    Let us all tell her what we had to give up. She should be rightfully admonished for her actions. 

    Re: Tracey Allard trip to Hawaii
    To whom it may concern,

    I have no political affiliation. I vote for the party I believe will lead us in the right direction. 
    Having said that I would like to inform how disappointed I was to learn a member of MY provincial government decided it was acceptable to take a vacation in another country while the rest of us law-abiding citizens did what was asked. Stayed home. Did not visit with other friends or family. 
    How out of touch can politicians be? The premier takes blame for not explicitly telling his caucus to stay home? I am not is government but I think this member of the legislature wanted to take this vacation and hope to “not get caught”.  Now the premier it sweeping this under the rug. 
    I can tell you for certain I will not forget during the next election. 
    Some of things I have had to give up for the better of society as a result of the pandemic:
    - trip to Denver, Phoenix and San Diego last spring
    - Trip to Italy, England, Slovakia and Hungary last summer
    - Spending Xmas without my mother or in-laws
    - no celebration of life for my brother in law who passed away last March
    - no visit to my grandmother 
    Those are the things off the top of my head. You see, I am employed by the largest privately owned transmission company in Canada. I know my responsibility is to ensure that I do not get the virus and inadvertently infect the workers responsible for ensuring power stays on for all Albertans. That includes the hospitals and those front-line workers who are over-worked, tired and asking (no begging) for our help. 
    That is called responsibility, which this member of the legislature showed absolutely none of. 
    I wonder what would have happened to me if I went to Europe for a couple weeks last summer and came back to work and tried to “not get caught”.  How is the government any different than the private sector? How can she keep her job? 
    I’ve used my democratic right and have spoken out. My voice will be loud and clear during the next political election.  






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  • erebus
    erebus Posts: 612
    edited January 2021
    up to 5 elected and 3 high ranking members of the UCP so far.....

    and they are not the only party or province, ALL people in positions of power should be scrutinized and sanctioned accordingly 
    this is why politicians get a bad wrap

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    1996: Toronto
    2003: St. Paul
    2005: Thunder Bay
    2008: West Palm Beach, Tampa
    2009: Chicago I, Chicago II
    2010: Boston
    2011: Toronto I, Toronto II, Winnipeg
    2012: Missoula
    2013: London, Pittsburgh, Buffalo
    2014: St. Paul, Milwaukee
    2016: Quebec City, Ottawa, Toronto I, Toronto II
    2022: Hamilton, Toronto 
    2023: St. Paul I, St. Paul II
    2024: Vancouver I, Vancouver II
  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739

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  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,473
    Meltdown99 said:

    lol. that's actually pretty funny
    By The Time They Figure Out What Went Wrong, We'll Be Sitting On A Beach, Earning Twenty Percent.




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