I wonder if Dougie being professionally "handled" now after his initial plummeting popularity prior to the pandemic. He needed to climb out of the s**t abyss.
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They’re not talking points, they’re agreed upon protocols for what needs to happen where...steps for opening to be loosened or retracted as the cases are monitored, until the vaccine. The vaccine can’t come fast enough. Your railing against a vaccine for this is crazy. As if you don’t care how many it kills, just don’t tread on your precious free-dumb. If the virus spiked where you are and started killing people you know, you would be pointing the finger toward some other conspiracy, but not your own folly. Like a typical American libertarian republican. I’m so tired of their selfishness and how it’s like a freakin cult.Justin Trudeau is a prime example of the kind of 'leader' that pay to play politics creates ... foundation to foundation.
...Echo?
May 1, 2020
Today, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke with Bill and Melinda Gates to discuss the latest developments regarding the COVID-19 pandemic.
Prime Minister Trudeau thanked Bill and Melinda Gates for their leadership, and for the strong support of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in mobilizing expertise and funding as part of the global response to COVID-19.
They spoke about the need for strong international coordination in response to the pandemic, including through close collaboration among government, private sector, civil society, and philanthropic actors.
Discussions focused on ways to accelerate the development of diagnostics, treatments, and vaccines, and to ensure equitable access to them around the world.
They welcomed the international pledging effort starting on May 4 to promote cooperation on urgent efforts toward these goals.
Could the influence-peddling of Big Pharma have something to do with that?
Premier Doug Ford has bragged that there is “no reason a vaccine can’t come from Ontario”.
Also noteworthy is Bill 160. This is the Health Sector Payment Transparency Act, passed in late 2017 by then Premier Kathleen Wynne. As the name implies, it would have forced pharmaceutical companies to disclose all spending and gifts offered in return for favourable treatment. The Liberals passed the bill, but never formally enacted the measures. It seems that Ford’s Progressive Conservatives never bother to enact it either.
CV #11: Pharma Lobbying In Ontario - Good Thing Bill 160 Was Never Implemented - Canuck Law
Bill 160 passed Third Reading in the Ontario Legislature at the end of 2017. However, since it never received Royal Proclamation, it’s not officially law. This will become important soon. Like so many pieces of legislation, it was packed so full that it was impossible to properly sort out...
Notice that they all seem to be pushing the same talking points ...
Keeping some form of restriction or lockdown until ... The Vaccine.
I participated in a 'phoney' survey the other night when I was asked:
When a corona virus vaccination becomes available do you think it should be Mandatory in Canada?
I tend to agree with you about Kenney. One thing I will say in his favour, though, is that he's been one of the first to put clearly on the table one point that most seem afraid to talk about: eventually, we have to move from a strategy of avoiding risk to a strategy of managing risk and deciding what acceptable risk is. It may not be the right time to make that shift, but it does need to be acknowledged. Most seem to be focussing their hopes on either a vaccine or so-called herd immunity that will solve the problem, but there's no guarantee of either happening. So unless the plan is to keep everybody locked down or social distanced for eternity (and people - I'm not talking about the "yahoos" out there protesting now but just average every day people who so far are patiently abiding by the guidelines - won't put up with that forever) there has to be a point when we learn how to live with the risk. Kenney's the first I've heard really say that quite bluntly and I applaud him for that if for little else.
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I see these as hurdles to jump and not necessarily insurmountable. And this excuse about the US's culture needing to affect our laws is getting lame.....there are many borders in the world that have distinct cultures from one another.