Your Idiotic Government And You

We get the government we vote for:

Ontario New Democratic Party MPP Laura Mae Lindo proposed a bill on Thursday to embed “anti-racist strategies” in the province’s education system.  

“Students, parents and education workers should never experience racism in Ontario’s public schools and post-secondary institutions,” said Lindo. “Yet every month we learn about new incidents of racism that leave students, families and their communities reeling.”

Lindo stated that the proposed bill “makes sure Ontario schools have the tools they need to develop anti-racist strategies that promote racial equity in Ontario from kindergarten to Grade 12 as well as throughout the post-secondary sector."

 

I hope that this addresses black-on-Asian racism.

I'm sure that Miss Lindo wants to get to the bottom of that!

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When you are this useless and this unqualified, why NOT build a monument to yourself?:

Cabinet yesterday invited taxpayers to vote for their favourite design of a multi-million dollar tribute to the Department of Foreign Affairs. The monument will commemorate the “daily sacrifices” of diplomats, said Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly: “It is essential.”

 

Only if you accomplish something.

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Yes, she is rather tiresome, isn't she?:

Governor General Mary Simon delivered a horrendous, lackluster and monotone Throne Speech, a Conservative MP said yesterday. Other MPs protested the critique was a breach of rules akin to insulting the Queen: “I found the words offensive.”

 

If that hacking of Rideau Hall didn't happen, who would know that she was there? 

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When is Gray Shirt Day and do I get a day off?:

The Manitoba government is considering whether to make the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation — also known as Orange Shirt Day — a provincial statutory holiday.

Premier Heather Stefanson says her government will consult with businesses and Indigenous leaders before any decision is made.

"It's part of reconciliation and moving forward on that front, if we do go in that direction," Stefanson said Thursday.

"We need to ensure that we talk to the business community and see what this means to them, we talk to Indigenous communities and see what it means to them. We haven't had a chance to do that."

 

It means a day off, stupid.

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No kidding:

The European Parliament accuses the Liberal government of being asleep at the switch since 2018 when it comes to levelling harsh sanctions on some of the world’s worst human rights offenders. 

 

Like Justin's best friend, China, for example.

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You don't say:

Cabinet’s promotion of electric vehicles sounds good but is impractical, says an internal briefing note at the Department of Industry. Management said converting its own fleet of cars, trucks and vans to electrics was unrealistic despite federal climate change targets: “Green technology is not readily available.”

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640,000 animals didn't have to die?:

The B.C. government was warned more than a decade ago that a critical staffing shortage at its River Forecast Centre could put the public at risk by not getting flood information in time to get out of harm’s way.

The warning is contained in a 2010 report written by Jim Mattison , a former senior-ranking member of the Ministry of Environment, and highlighted in a new investigation published Wednesday by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA).

Postmedia News has sent a request for a response to this report to the B.C. government.

The report said staffing at the centre needed to more than double to a minimum of 12 employees from 5.5 employees if the centre was to provide effective critical warnings to vulnerable communities threatened by floods.

The CCPA said the River Forecast Centre’s employee levels remain unchanged to this day.

 

But at least addicts have their drugs.

Priorities.

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Why do the takers have more votes than everyone else?:

The Member of Parliament for Canada’s most populous riding yesterday said weighting of votes is frustrating electors. Conservative MP Mike Lake (Edmonton-Westaskiwin) noted in his riding nearly 89,000 voters cast ballots while in rural Atlantic Canada Liberals won seats with as few as 9,700 voters: “Each of those votes should matter as much as any other.”

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Are there any resources to prevent churches from being burned to the ground?:

Ontario students and teachers now have access to a set of online resources aimed at combating Islamophobia in schools.

The Muslim Association of Canada, a national non-profit organization, launched a website Thursday that features three courses, four workshops and six hours of educational videos to help address anti-Muslim biases that teachers and students may have.

Memona Hossain, a member of the association’s team that developed the site, said the resources on offer are important to help schools address Islamophobia.

“This is definitely necessary work,” said Hossain, who is also a PhD student at the University of Toronto. “Our hope is that this type of work will inform long-term change, not just short term.”

 

Imagine the same efforts to combat anti-semitism.

What do you mean you can't?