And the Rest of It

A lot going on ...




It's just an economy:

According to a CP report, the C.D. Howe Institute has said the agreement will actually reduce Canada’s economic consumption.


The study says Canada will lose the equivalent of 0.4% of GDP, and household consumption will drop by over $13 BILLION in lost economic output.

Mexico will lose 0.79% of GDP, while the US loses the least, down 0.1%.

Justin made a huge issue of infrastructure during the 2015 election, something he didn't live up to, and is now blaming everyone else for being a total failure:

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is becoming increasingly vocal in blaming Conservative premiers for stalling a long list of infrastructure projects, part of an ongoing dispute over Ottawa’s $190-billion spending plans that has already delayed major new developments ahead of a looming federal election.

But the Conservatives are hitting back, denying they are causing delays and accusing Trudeau of forcing through legislation that will critically affect energy projects and hurt the Canadian economy. The rift plays into a larger battle between the prime minister and a newly-elected bloc of Conservative premiers on everything from carbon taxes to infrastructure spending. ...

Ottawa has blamed provincial leaders for causing much of the delays in its spending plans, while critics contend they are part of deeper structural shortfalls. The program was spread across more than 30 federal agencies and departments, which led to sizeable gaps in the reporting of which projects had been selected for funding.

Trudeau announced his roughly $190-billion spending plan as part of a 2015 campaign promise, aimed at boosting the Canadian economy by expanding roads, bridges, public transit, telecommunications lines and other infrastructure.

But frustrations have been mounting in Ottawa over delays in rolling out those plans, which federal officials claim is a direct result of dithering by provinces — particularly Quebec, Ontario and Alberta — due to a failure to approve proposed federal projects. ...

Ontario rebutted Ottawa’s claims.

“Any suggestion by the federal government that Ontario has delayed infrastructure projects is categorically, unequivocally false,” a spokesperson for Ontario infrastructure minister Laurie Scott said in a statement.

The province has approved 15 major public transit projects in Toronto and other major urban centres, spokesperson Christine Bujold said, as well as another 144 road, bridge, air and marine projects.

Well, so much for that accusation.




It's not like the government actually cares about tackling foreign influences or its place on the world stage or anything:

Egyptian-Canadians are incensed over an Egyptian cabinet minister’s promise to “slice up” critics of her country, saying what might have been meant as a joke struck them as a serious threat from a repressive regime.

Those of both Coptic-Christian and Muslim backgrounds — who rarely see eye to eye otherwise — condemned Wednesday the comments made by Immigration Minister Nabila Makram on a visit to Mississauga, Ont.

They cite Cairo’s record of arbitrary detentions, violence against political opponents and other human-rights abuses since President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi seized power six years ago.

Some have complained to police, and the Peel Regional force in Mississauga says it is investigating the matter.

“No one in his or her right mind should take this — although it might be said in a joking manner — as a joke,” said Ehab Lotayef of the Egyptian Canadian Coalition for Democracy. “It really represents the mindset of the current Egyptian government and is totally unacceptable by a minister in a country that respects itself.”

Saskatchewan, which has challenged the carbon tax in court, leads the country in teaching the propaganda that spawns such a dubious tax:

A new study co-authored by a PhD candidate at the University of British Columbia analyzed the high school curriculums of every Canadian province to determine how comprehensive their content on climate change was. Surprisingly, the oil-rich prairie provinces ranked high on the list.

Seth Wynes, a former high school science teacher who studies climate change mitigation at UBC, said his team went through the curriculums of every province and interviewed some of their creators to see if their climate change content accurately communicated all facets of the issue. ...

But according to the study’s parameters, Saskatchewan — which employs 18,320 people in the oil and mining industries as of May 2019, as well as accepts donations in the tens of thousands from energy companies — had the most comprehensive climate change curriculum in the country. It included content on how the climate is warming, how to fix it, and the most information on how experts are in agreement.

Stop making excuses for your little monster:

Alan Schmegelsky says his son, 18-year-old Bryer Schmegelsky, had a troubled upbringing. He struggled through his parents’ acrimonious split in 2005 and his main influences became video games and YouTube.

“A normal child doesn’t travel across the country killing people. A child in some very serious pain does,” Schmegelsky said in an emotional interview Wednesday in Mill Bay, B.C., near his home in Victoria.

RCMP charged Schmegelsky and his longtime friend, 19-year-old Kam McLeod, with second-degree murder Wednesday in the death of Leonard Dyck of Vancouver.