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Author: Rita Smith

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Andrew Lawton’s “Freedom Convoy” book shakes up fake media and Ottawa politicians

Rita Smith

Andrew Lawton is a brave man.

He has taken the time and invested the energy into writing a thoughtful, balanced mini-history of the 2022 Freedom Convoy before the ink is even dry on the various Parliamentary hearings and reports studying it. This means that his book essentially has had to be published as a cliff-hanger; we all know there will be more to the story. We also know will have to wait months or years to find out how the story ends.

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Ottawa's "Equity and Inclusion Lens" handbook features prominently in the Taxi court case. Image: City of Ottawa
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Ottawa’s version of equity and inclusion studiously ignores the industry composed of 90% immigrants

Rita Smith

“This exchange – the clever words, the hidden agenda, the implied privilege attributed to Ottawa regulators, the arrogant attitude – was a painful echo of how members of the Taxi industry were treated with Uber’s arrival. They were treated with contempt.”

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Canada’s medical assistance in dying program is a dangerous way of thinking

Rita Smith

As a Dale Carnegie business coach, I often kicked off the New Year with January workshops on goal setting and stress reduction. Both workshops focused on helping people use their time and energy to get the best results possible. Both were predicated upon the principle that all accomplishment begins with thinking: “Our life is what our thoughts make it.”

This year, I am horrified to realize that some Canadians are now wondering whether they should include suicide in their plans.

Listening to Justin Trudeau, you could the idea that Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) is mainly around the idea of “choice.” Some Canadians are being given the opportunity to choose whether they want to live or to die. Canada won’t tell them which to choose; the choice is theirs. When you position it that way, it seems so helpful, respectful and dignified.

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Ottawa’s “Taxi mistakes” date back to 1971: Denley

Rita Smith

The City of Ottawa’s biggest Taxi mistake dates back to1971, according to PostMedia columnist Randall Denley.

Denley was interviewed by CityNews’ reporter Rob Snow on January 12, and provided listeners with a succinct historical summary of the situation that has landed Ottawa in court this month.

The big mistake, Denley explained, occurred  in 1971, when the then-City of Ottawa decided to “fix” the number of Taxi licenses that would be issued; any more Taxis than that would be too many. Ottawa then perpetrated that system for decades.

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“This is the first I’ve heard of it” Doug Ford says of LCBO plan to deliver booze through UberEats

Rita Smith

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Premier Doug Ford told reporters he had received no information on the recent announcement that UberEats would be delivering alcohol products for Ontario’s Liquor Control Board (LCBO).

“This is the first I’ve heard of it,” Ford admitted in answer to a reporter’s question at a lengthy press conference on January 11th.

“I’ll have to give a call over to the LCBO and see what they’re up to.”

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