OK - lot's of news today. Carney likely to call the election next week, e-day possibly May 12th
Aggregate polls put LPC 8 points ahead, Carney net favourable 12+ points over PP, 20+ on handling Trump
CPC saying no media on campaign bus or plane, no pool cameras, strict access to events (they don't want hard questions, on the defensive)
Buckle up, it will be a ride folks!!
Confirming the con collapse trend first revealed by Ekos, then by Angus Reid yesterday, and today by Ipsos
IMO this isn't just a Carney bump, it's a fundamental shift on how Canadians are viewing the CPC, the Poilievre brand is tanking
Frank Graves at Ekos was largely derided, called an outlier for predicting a CPC collapse, LPC heading into majority territory weeks ago
Now Angus Reid has confirmed the trend, CPC continue to decline, NDP collapsing with the Carney effect and Trump's continuing threats fueling the Liberal surge
Supreme Court of Canada has left Twitter, good, now the rest of government, at all levels, should do the same
Well, fuck - Quebec considering limiting family doctors only for those seriously ill, basically we called it saying Covid would collapse Canada's health system
Primary care is vital, without it literally every other level quickly folds into critical care only, and that will be heavily triaged
Health collapses, then everything else from education to the justice system
The future of care is for the wealthy only
#CDNpoli #BCpoli #QUEpoli #Covid #Covid19
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/family-doctors-quebec-1.7349257
If you need a reason not to vote for PP and the entire Con list of shit candidates, look no further than their leader Poilievre refusing a security clearance since he took oppo leadership - he is a member of the Privy Council, and staff have to deny him documents and comms
That's not leadership, that's ghosts in the closet, and basically admitting he's compromised
Good!! Quebec court rejects injunction call brought by 2 students to end the McGill #Gaza protests
Police are also not acting on the university request to move in and clear the encampment
UBC encampment growing
The pandemic must for sure be over now that tax exemptions for masks and PPE have been repealed...
'The provincial finance ministry says in its news release that the Quebec Sales Tax (QST) system will also be modified to align with the federal measure by abolishing the temporary exemption for medical and non-medical masks and face shields'
#Covid #Covid19 #BCpoli #QUEpoli #BCpoli
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-increase-tax-on-capital-gains-1.7178355
The Quebec Health minister looked a tad freaked today announcing 10 confirmed cases of measles in the province with at least 3 determined to be community spread
1 case of measles can exponentially spread, R012-15, to 216 cases within 12 days - with each new case compounding
Quebec MMR immunization is 80% - far below the 95% considered necessary for community protection
Clusterfuck with Covid
1 confirmed measles case in BC