2 weeks Ago
, Why were the police standing watching this disgraceful behaviour and not intervening? I don’t doubt that this altercation was a result of Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s constant combative messaging. We get it, he wants to bring down the government. Will anything get done until this happens? His followers think this is an invitation to disrespect the institution of government and politicians who are not Conservative.
Why do police and security people stand by in these incidents? No wonder politicians are leaving the job. What kind of country are we becoming when a leader of a federal political party has to be accosted by these hooligans? It is worth pointing out that most identify as part of Leader Pierre Poilievre’s Conservative base. Poilievre and his members should be ashamed that these are the type of Canadians who will support him.
This incident shows that most of these hecklers, though I call them something far less flattering, are just sucks in big boy pants when confronted. , Recently, Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet stated that he will not support a non-confidence vote solely based upon the carbon tax and questioned the point in replacing one government that doesn’t support Quebec with another. The Bloc does not want to deal with a Conservative majority government.
Blanchet made clear Wednesday he does not want Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre to be prime minister and believes he can push Trudeau’s Liberal minority government on Block priorities. As well, the NDP will likely abstain from voting as they don’t wish to be seen as supporting the current Liberal government. The reign of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will last another day and Poilievre will look foolish for wasting everyone’s time! , I find it more than a little ironic that our federal and provincial Conservative parties are entertaining the idea of an election sooner than planned.
I always thought that right wing parties were the protectors of the common purse. Yet, according to the Elections Canada website, the . I couldn’t find the cost of the last provincial election, but it certainly is up there.
It seems to me that rather than trying to work things out with their political opponents and reach a compromise, the federal Conservatives would rather spend taxpayer money in a naked grab for power. As for the provincial Progressive Conservatives, there is absolutely no need for an election except to serve Premier Doug Ford’s fear of losing his majority government. A general election, either federal or provincial, is unnecessary at this time.
Why not spend the money on something more practical, like affordable housing? , Elon Musk’s is a simple reminder that money does not make the man. The comment about Swift is beyond embarrassing, but it pales in comparison to when Musk followed this misogynistic statement with the (now-deleted) Joe Biden or Kamala Harris. Does he not realize that may incite someone? It’s unfortunate that we seemingly cannot do anything to prevent people like Musk from using inflammatory language.
, Some roll their eyes when I reminisce about “those good ol’ days,” but there is some truth in the saying “nostalgia is a file that removes the rough edges.” A generation ago, I envied the young. Life seemed so promising.
Not today. University students are now advised to budget a whopping $1,000 to $2,500 a year for books and supplies. As reported, that is money that “can equal one month’s rent or several months’ worth of groceries.
” When I attended university in the early 1960s, all my textbooks came from the campus used bookstore. I doubt cost ever exceeded $30. And I, from a working-class family, graduated debt free, thanks to very frugal budgeting.
I didn’t need any financial education in high school. I understood the value of the dollar. As a kid in school, when bored, we doodled in textbooks or passed notes.
Now, in Ontario, teachers have the Herculean task of exorcising cellphone demons from students. Adults themselves are addicted to those amazing devices, but apparently for adolescents they are considered distracting gizmos. Go anywhere in Toronto, and many a scurrying passerby has a cellphone glued to an ear or fingers fluttering as they text.
It’s the age-old “do as I say, not as I do” message to our youth. Bob Dylan once sang how the times “are a-changin’.” It was a powerful tribute to protest during those turbulent times.
Well, for young Canadians, times are certainly changing and there is no silver lining on the horizon. I whole-heartedly agree with NDP MPP Wayne Gates — prostate-specific antigen (PSA) tests should be covered by OHIP. If PSA testing was covered and mammograms were not I am sure there would be protests in front of the Ontario Legislature.
Men have for years sat quietly and paid for the tests but now, with the economy where it is, many cannot afford the fee for the test. Come on, Premier Ford, have the PSA test covered by OHIP and save lives..
