Go ahead. Let’s play this game.
A Stanley Cup for the Talentless
Whether you have the best written constitution on the planet (the US) or you have an unwritten constitution (the UK) or you have a constitution that is no more or less than an act of the Imperial Parliament (Canada) or you’ve had 157 constitutions since 1789 (France), we’re all heading off the cliff. And it may be that for some, when we’re all splattered among the rocks at the bottom, which dead society had the best constitution may afford a certain pleasure in our final moments. But to some of us it’s like re-arranging the premium seating lounge on the Titanic.
Let Them Eat Taser
“Nobody’s afraid of anybody down here,” he told me, with a renewed happiness in his voice that had been missing for months. “They’ve fully moved on.”
They’ve moved on not because Americans are in denial, and not because they’re that dreadful term “covidiots,” but because the United States has embraced the painstakingly obvious truth that while you need to minimize the harms from COVID-19, you also need to find ways to learn to live with it and let low-risk people get on with their lives.
That is, after all, the approach that’s laid out in Canada’s various pandemic preparedness guidebooks, the latest one having been compiled by Dr. Theresa Tam’s office in 2018.
Related: Artur Pawlowski arrested in Calgary
(h/t Jeff)
Covid Canada
I’m bringing this one from the morning back up top because I think it deserves more attention. Have a look if you haven’t already.
Multi-generational unemployment for $200, Alex…
Not to be outdone by Sleepy Joe’s faltering stimulus programs south of the border, Shiny Pony and his provincial counterparts demonstrated last month that they can destroy jobs at a blistering clip too.
Ontario, grappling with a vicious resurgence of COVID-19, lost 153,000 jobs while British Columbia, under its “circuit breaker” restrictions, saw a decline 43,000.
Pandemic restrictions that tend to limit high-contact services meant retail, food services, information, culture and recreation sectors were hit the hardest, losing a combined 169,000 jobs in April.
Pallister Needs Some Gum
New lockdown restrictions for the Gulag Manitoba.
Let Them Eat Taser
Leper Island: “Public health officials in Toronto say they won’t fully shut down a federal quarantine hotel for international travellers where more than a dozen staff members have tested positive for COVID-19. (h/t Daivd Murrell)
The Gulag Archipealbertico
Three week hard lockdown.
Details
Postcards from Montreal
Seems a bit underwhelming at first but stick with it.
View from above. And the sarcasm award goes to…
h/t first timer
Doctors Shouldn’t Think
and no opinions either!
The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario has been taken over by Facebook fact checkers.
Is there a better way to undermine the public’s confidence in their health care professionals than making sure they can’t be honest with their patients?
And The Vaccines Will Manufacture Themselves
COVID-19 vaccine maker Providence says it’s leaving Canada after calls for more federal support go unanswered
Brad Sorenson, the CEO of Calgary-based Providence Therapeutics, told CBC News he’s had enough of the “runaround” from federal and provincial governments and he’s working with the company’s board of directors to move its operations overseas to focus on developing a vaccine for people in the southern hemisphere.
“I’m moving on, that’s where I’m at now. I’ve prostrated myself at the altar of government in Canada for a year and I’ve received nothing for it. I’m tired of begging and pleading,” Sorenson said.
“I can’t tell you how much this pains me. The reality is, I can do more good for the world outside of Canada than I can in.”
Sorenson said the company will be “redomiciled” but he hasn’t settled on a country yet.
Because you’re not WEPharmaceuticals with a head office in Montreal and a brown bag in hand.
Let Them Eat Taser
Between April 7 and April 24, the public health agency identified 165 flights from 19 countries, with at least one passenger who later tested positive for COVID-19.
Forty-three of the flights came from India, 29 from the United States, 30 from Europe and 17 from the United Arab Emirates. Only one flight originated in Pakistan.
The One Trick Pony that just won’t die
It’s back to effective house arrest for every single Manitoban in the latest episode of “Micromanage my Life” starring Brian Pallister and Brent Roussin. Watch as our two anti-heroes impose another round of baffling edicts in an effort to postpone the death of socialized medicine.
After months of seeing ads on Facebook admonishing the province to bear restrictions for “just a little bit longer”, Manitobans are finding out what “a little bit longer” actually means:
The latest changes to the orders, which include a ban on both indoor and outdoor visits between households, kick in Wednesday and will last at least four weeks, Manitoba’s chief public health officer said Monday.
Under the new orders no indoor gatherings will be allowed, and outdoor gatherings will be capped at 10 people. Faith-based gatherings will be limited to 25 per cent capacity or a maximum of 10 people,…
It’s now illegal for our daughters to visit us at home, even if outdoors, but if we all went to a park, that’s okay. My golf partner can’t visit my house, but it’s perfectly legal for us to sit in the same golf cart on Men’s Night. Oh, wait, I don’t want to give these clowns any more ideas…..
Beatings Will Continue
Even if moral improves.
And remember, it’s all your fault. Anthony Fury
The Public Health Agency of Canada now says lockdowns will need to remain in place throughout the summer unless 75% of adults have a single dose or 20% have their second dose and that masking must continue even after those numbers are reached.
It’s Probably Nothing
h/t Ezra
Legal Questions
Runkle of the Bailey, Canadian lawyer dives into Ontario’s new covid inspired police powers. Take a look.
h/t Colonialista
Ontario Goes Full South Park
You should never go full South Park
Global: “The Ontario government has unveiled several new COVID-19 restrictions aimed at curbing record-high cases in the province, including increased police powers, provincial border checkpoints and restricting outdoor gatherings.”
And The Vaccine Will Manufacture Itself
Ouch. Jake Tapper.
Old Montreal Curfew Protest
Grace Life Church
Just another Sunday in the Great White North.
As James Lindsay likes to say the asymmetry is the story.
200 cops for a church!!!! pic.twitter.com/Go0pqbpiRa
— Real Canuck News 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 (@RealCanuckNews) April 11, 2021
And as Michael Malice likes to say these cops are the good apples.
More here.
Update-Maybe it wasn’t 200 but there were a lot of cops and equipment there.