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15 hours ago, Warhippy said:
So yet another member of Alberta's cabinet went on vacation. Why is this an issue.
There are 4 now 4 highest ranking members of Alberta's government that shut their province down and then left.
But. one of those who left? Literally the person in charge of administering and distribution of the covid vaccine.
Jason Kenney called a press conference today, showed up almost 90 minutes late. Said that nobody did anything wrong, then claimed he knew nothing about it. Micro manager Jason Kenney had no idea that during a pandemic the person in charge of getting the vaccine out left the country.
Immediate responses from across the country and political spectrum were immediate. When such a high ranking member leaves office for vacation, business or personal reasons there is immediately people put in place to facilitate their roles and keep things working.
Honestly, the people in Alberta should be absolutely furious about this. Instead...I keep reading how it could be worse, someone could have worn blackface...
The majority of social media posts ive seen show people in Alberta are pissed off and are calling for her resignation. Regardless of what political party you follow, there needs to be accountability. As long as governments are in charge of self discipline, there never will be any true punishment. I havent seen any blackface comparisons but i have seen plenty of people pointing out that Trudeau did break his own health recommendations last Thanksgiving when he traveled across province to his cottage to go visit his family. At the time there was no traveling permitted into other provinces and he was the one who told Canadians they need to zoom family members if they havent been living under the same roof which he wasnt. Or just last October when Patty Hajdu was caught at the airport not wearing a mask.
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1 minute ago, MikeyD said:
When Green submitted to being the weaker team that can't compete and told his team not to forecheck, just defend the middle of our defensive zone.
pretty much..... 1 guy deep , 4 guys back but somehow vegas still has no issue gaining our zone and playing with the puck
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how did our team become so pathetic ? this is embarrassing to watch
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looks like a fathers vs sons game out there......
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1 minute ago, WZRD said:
At least Boeser’s been noticeable. I’ve seen him get plastered into the boards about 10 times now.
and whiff on 3 one timers
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Just now, DarthMelvin said:
Old man Edler cannot put weight on anyone anymore. Just a heavybag in the way.
He's been terrible this entire playoffs..... not throwing any checks, getting beat 1 vs 1 , and providing very little offense
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snapped this while diving in mexico
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get some nice sunsets here in Calgary..... not sure if anyone remembers when Calgary had a tornado a few years back but i grabbed a couple shots from my blackberry phone
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On 4/10/2020 at 9:20 AM, Jimmy McGill said:
sounds like that may be off again. We just have to wait for the actual delivery announcements if they do show up.
We happen to be a materials supplier to the US for much of their PPE needs. Should be cut them off, just in case we need it too? stop our medical staff from working in the US? or just use common sense and allow our integrated systems to do what they do best and help all of us?
It also seems that Trump doesn't really have a clue how to leverage the DPA (https://www.politico.com/news/agenda/2020/04/09/trump-defense-production-act-175920)
With a financial crisis looming, there is no reason for Canada to stop exporting raw materials. If it was a case that we were running short of those materials because we needed them for our own supplies then yes, we should. Its great to be helpful but at the end of the day, this government has to be mindful of its citizens/ tax payers and must do everything it can to keep us safe.
On a side note, Alberta is stepping up to help other provinces with PPE
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14 minutes ago, Jimmy McGill said:
the difference is our trade agreements with the US require us to supply each other in times of emergencies, and Trump is choosing to ignore that. On top of that, companies like 3M can produce more than the US actually needs, so its restricting access for purely political reasons. Thats why you hear about it.
I dont know enough about American Law but when he invoked the DPA, Ive heard that gives him the right to keep medical equipment . Maybe someone with a bit more legal expertise would know..... however at the time, America was the hardest hit country with cases and they had there own shortages of medical equipment so even though im an essential worker and my company didnt have masks for us, I understood why a country would want to make sure they had enough. Ive also heard of other rumors with the 3M/Trump feud , ( 3M not fulfilling there orders to the US but basically selling to the highest bidder ) but whether they are true or not I dont know. But it could explain why 3M went public with the story.... Either way, it sounds like Trump and 3M came to an agreement and they are still exporting to other countries .
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6 hours ago, Jimmy McGill said:
culture is a powerful thing. Politics has become a culture as well, we see it here with Canadians that support Trump even though the orange clown is happy to cut off supplies to us.
Not that I support Trump and there is certainly enough things to trash him on but there are 68 countries who have heavily restricted there exports and mainly medical equipment yet we only hear about how Trump was doing it. Even a couple days ago Karina Gould told the media that Canada wont be sending medical supplies out to other countries until we know we have enough. Isnt that what every leader should be doing ? Making sure there own country is looked after first ? Looks a bit more of a deflection from the Canadian government to get people angry at Trump instead of admitting that the mistake was made by sending medical equipment to China in the first place that left us short and scrambling to buy more from other countries.
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3 hours ago, skolozsy2 said:
How can highest ranking official in the state be that out of date on his information? Does he get his news from carrier pigeons?
Oh well, just makes me appreciate my own govenor more and more.
Nothing surprises me anymore especially considering Teresa Tam just announced a couple days ago that you dont need to wear a mask if you arent infected.
"Putting a mask on an asymptomatic person is not beneficial, obviously, if you're not infected," Tam said Monday.
This has been refuted by almost every other expert on the subject and the few countries who have the better success have all said that wearing masks are a key factor
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6 hours ago, Jimmy McGill said:
I guess I need to see what the alternative would have had to be, shut down all border and ways of entry into Canada mid-January? strand 1 million Canadians abroad? thats the only way we could have "closed" the border to this thing.
I guess the first question would have to be if we knew people were sick do we allow them back and if we do, could we have set up self quarantine areas for people ? Then could it have been feasible to have people return scattered out instead of all at once ? And for me its not even about shutting the borders completely, its about not just allowing everyone in/back without a proper system in place to not spread this virus around. Canada's approach, according to Teresa Tam, was to allow our health systems to deal with it once they got here. I dont believe its hindsight to say this was a terrible decision . She several times made comments about the racist impacts on the Chinese communities if we took drastic measures. Again, this was wrong because it will now impact an entire country and we ended up taking these measures anyway, but at what cost at the fact we were a month late ?
Either way, when this is all over and done with I really hope our government can put aside this right/left battle and start working together to make sure things are in place for this to be handled better in the future.
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6 hours ago, DeNiro said:
Pretty much every country was slow to react and no one is escaping this thing.
At least when they started taking the threat seriously they acted professionally and with purpose. We could be a lot worse off right now (See the UK and America)
We could be alot worse off for sure, especially considering we still have access to food, medicine, water, etc ( except toilet paper ) and we will have to wait and see what the final numbers are before we set judgement however I still have concerns that we arent taking it serious enough. 3 days ago my parents flew in from Australia after being on a cruise ship ( left in december before the virus was known ) They landed in vancouver and had a touch screen to answer to then transferred to calgary where they were asked where they came from and if they had a fever and told they should go home to isolate. Thats it.... no other screening process or testing or warned about punishment if they went shopping first, etc. This message about social distancing is great but we could have been much more diligent about stopping new cases from entering in.
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5 hours ago, Gawdzukes said:
Here's to living in the past.
so that makes it ok ?
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54 minutes ago, Ryan Strome said:
Very long read, as it's a timeline so I will just attach the link.
The road to Canada's COVID-19 outbreak: timeline of federal government failure at border to slow the virus
read this as well, it shows that even Liberal MP's were questioning things that were going on..... people can make all the excuses they want, but Canada was very slow to act and political correctness was a key factor in the decision making
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2 hours ago, nucksnavsfan said:
I wish the panic buying would end. I am trying to stay home but need a few items . Went to 2 stores trying to find toilet paper , paper towels, Tylenol etc. Nada can’t find this stuff anywhere. I just want to re supply like normal not hoard it geez, this is insane. I’m having to split my supplies for 3 households one of which is my parents in their 90’s . News keeps saying that supplies are coming in as normal , really cause there are empty shelves everywhere . Panic buyers are now turning us non panic buyers into them .
they tell us to stay home , which I am happy to do , I unknowingly supplied before all this started ( sales
) I have enough food but keep having to go out and hunt for basic supplies, putting myself at risk when I really wouldn’t be doing if there were supplies on the shelves .
you dont happen to be in Calgary are you ? I found a full package from costco in my garage so there is plenty to share if you are close by....
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voted bure, nominating Mogilny
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So in the last few days Trudeau has closed the doors for non Canadian citizens , he created a bail out package that will help all Canadians, and stopped allowing illegal asylum seekers from crossing our borders..... Welcome to becoming a Conservative Justin !
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2 minutes ago, HKSR said:
Maybe... I'd assume there'd be lots of insurance payouts too? (ie. health)
Banks are losing out on interest and deferral of payments?
Have yet to know about law and legal claims... that'll probably come later.
On scotia bank's web site, they say that people can make deferred payments but the interest over those payments will still be added up and will be on the payments that are made in the future
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21 hours ago, Dr. Crossbar said:
I was out briefly this morning downtown, and was surprised by the amount of people outside. It wasn't crazy but definitely more than the last time I was out. I wasn't expecting anyone to be around.
Of all the times in Vancouver to have a long stretch of sun. From a quarantine standpoint, it would actually be better if we had the typical long stretch of rain to keep people inside.
I'm guessing the seawall will be packed tomorrow if the weather is still beautiful. Especially with the messages to get out for walks and exercise.
same thing in calgary yesterday..... wed and thursday was cold and snowy and the streets were empty. Yesterday was sunny and warm and everyone was out shopping, playing in the park, having picnics. It was a bit frustrating to see.... still a bit of the " it wont happen to me " mentality
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77 cents at costco in calgary yesterday
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28 minutes ago, debluvscanucks said:He's quarantined himself for 2 weeks...probably couldn't care less about the rest of us. "I'm good".
FTR, this is just an angry rant from someone who trusts him to look after the well being of the average Joe here in BC as much as I do a rabid raccoon trying to get into the garbage bin.
No, change that...I'd trust the raccoon more...
My daughter's friend's family get test results back today...we've offered to do supply drops at their door if they test positive. They're a little frantic as it was unexpected...daughter returned from Japan then started feeling sick. Fingers crossed for them....
Praying my car doesn't get broken into with 3 jumbo rolls of TP and two PT showing. Not for me...I have a neighbour in the biz who gave me two big bags of it in the New Year. Got Dad and the kids covered too.
I'll double your rant... a close friend here in Calgary works at the childrens hospital. A co -worker came back to work 2 days ago after a 6 WEEK VACATION in China and wasnt even so much as asked a question when she got off the plane. No quarantine , no testing, nothing .... and now she is back to work. My friend and co workers complained to there boss and they were told there was nothing they can do because she has the legal right to work and there are no mandatory quarantine periods. That is absolutely ridiculous and while i dont want to turn this into a political rant or a right vs left, Trudeau has absolutely dropped the ball on this. Instead of heading the warnings he pulled his standard ' racism/ discrimination ' card out of his pocket as a reason not to close the borders from planes arriving from hot zones. There could have been safety measures put in place but he chose to wait too long
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) I have enough food but keep having to go out and hunt for basic supplies, putting myself at risk when I really wouldn’t be doing if there were supplies on the shelves .
Coronavirus outbreak
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and how many of them decided to travel over the Christmas holidays to places like Mexico , Hawaii, etc . . . Hard to take the government serious when there seems to be more restrictions on its own citizens yet have allowed international flights to continue to pour in during this pandemic. We would have never had these new variants if our borders were closed and remained closed during this