Detailed in the report from Premier Andrew Furey’s Economic Recovery Team report is an extensive list of recommendations to reduce the debt load of the province and many of the solutions mean higher taxes for Newfoundlanders. “The most urgent task assigned by the Premier was to review the financial state of the province and recommend actions to improve the fiscal situation.”
Category Archives: Analysis
*Opinion* Overrun hospitals are not a Covid issue – the problem is not new
We have allowed our politicians to create a moral panic. The most important thing in our society is now Covid. All other matters of public concern now pale in comparison to Covid. Overrun hospitals have been an ongoing issue for many years and now the fault is being squarely placed on the shoulders of “selfish Canadians” who dare speak out against an ever involving narrative that has continually shifted the goalposts.
NY Post updates article after incorrectly identifying victims of a prior gas leak as COVID deaths instead
The New York Post received criticism after using a photo of an unconscious woman from a 2020 gas leak in their article on the COVID situation in India.
B.C. Ombudsperson states emergency orders “cannot be legally justified”
British Columbia Ombudsperson, Jay Chalke, released ‘Special Report No. 44’ titled “EXTRAORDINARY TIMES, EXTRAORDINARY MEASURES: Two ministerial orders made under the Emergency Program Act in response to the COVID-19 pandemic” in June of 2020.
However, we believe it is important to discuss the details and concerns contained within the report.
*Analysis: Where do people get their news from on social media?
A Pew Research Center study titled “News Use Across Social Media Platforms in 2020” shines a light on where Americans were getting their news from on social media in 2020. The report also breaks gives some interesting insights into what social media platforms were most popular among Democrats and Republicans.
Mandatory vaccines, admission of isolation camps, forceful removal from your home – “Campaign Research, the chief polling firm of Doug Ford and his party” sends out terrifying survey
In the survey, they ask if the survey taker would support the suspension of civil rights and freedoms for the duration of the pandemic. That’s right whoever commissioned this poll wants to know if you support the draconian overreach of the government.
Read this article to find out all the questions that were asked!
0.8% Covid Fatality Rate in Ontario – putting Covid in context
This problem isn’t only today’s problem – it’s an issue that must have the future health of our nation included in the decision making process. The health of our nation’s future seems to be an afterthought in the fight against Covid from all levels of Government.
U-HAUL: North Bay, Ont. is the No. 1 growth city in Canada for 2020
North Bay is the No. 1 growth city in Canada, while British Columbia and New Brunswick are the leading growth provinces, according to U-Haul data analyzing 2020 migration trends.
Lockdown incoming for Boxing Day – 2.38 hospitalized patients with Covid per hospital in Ontario
Currently, there are 915 hospitalized in Ontario with Covid. There are roughly 384 hospitals in Ontario. This means that per hospital (numbers vary at each hospital) there are an estimated 2.38 patients in Ontario with Covid per hospital – where’s this number in the media reporting? In addition, Ontario has long struggled with having enough hospital beds. Ford even ran on ending hallway medicine…
Retail and gyms aren’t driving Covid cases, Long-term care and workplaces are – so why are we locking everyone down?
This article is going to be short and sweet – straight to the point with the data. Why are we locking down all Ontarians when we know that the vast majority of cases are from Long-term care and workplace settings?
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