Advice to Canadians from a Chinese immigrant: don’t take Democracy for granted
She’s knows. pic.twitter.com/77Q47vwIiq — Chicken Gate (@ChickenGate) June 29, 2022
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Laugh a Little
Yes, the news is important and serious. But geez, can we laugh a little now and then? It’s good for your mental health, which is very serious.
“Landing the whole snotball” for new COVID rules is exactly as gross as it sounds
“We always have bad news we have to get out there,” she said. “If we send bad news out all on its own, it will attract too much negative attention. So, we want to bury it as one short sentence in a good news release.
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Canada’s climate delegation wins “Lifetime Achievement Award” for wasting taxpayers’ dollars
The “Teddy Waste Awards” celebrate the best of the worst in government waste uncovered over the past year. 2022 marks the 24th anniversary of the Teddy Awards. Photo: CTF
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation hosted its 24th annual Teddy Waste Awards ceremony celebrating the best of the worst in government waste uncovered over the past year.
“The National Capital Commission wins a Teddy Waste Award for wasting millions on a backup cottage for the prime minister to use while it wasted millions more on the prime minister’s country retreat,” said Franco Terrazzano, Federal Director of the CTF.
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Lessons from Geese: are you following the right leader?
eese are like sausage and democracy: if you are inspired by them, you should not spend too much time observing them closely. Not in a shared urban environment, anyway.
Read MoreHow to find a job – in case you really want to
by Hans Wienhold Editor’s Note: All dollar figures in this article are listed in 2002 dollars. I had a job once where I would interview a random sampling of people to get information about their labour market participation. A number
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Ottawa Police sending out non-ticket, non-legal proceeding letters
In what appears to be a brand-new tactic developed to persuade Canadians to “change your driving habits,” the Ottawa Police Service is sending letters to drivers about whom there were complaints during the recent Freedom Convoy 2022 event in February.
Read MorePropaganda Watch: what exactly does Doug Ford mean by removing “almost all restrictions”?
Rita Smith is a professional copywriter who written for municipal, provincial and federal levels of government in Canada for 35 years.
Propaganda Watch© is a an occasional feature designed to help trusting Canadian voters question, decode and interpret political language designed to persuade and sometimes, confuse.
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Meanwhile in Coutts, the shinny game is on
Meanwhile in Coutts, Alberta, at the border crossing to Sweetgrass Montana, volunteers and donors have dropped off hockey equipment to protesting Truckers. Photo: Jessica Bianchi, FB
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What’s happening at the US border on January 22nd? It may be dramatic
Searching fruitlessly for any mention of the words “COVID” or “vaccine” in CBW #56, I was amazed and amused to come across the above introduction to an opinion by Judge Vaden. He is writing on a lawsuit brought against Porche Motorsport North American Inc. by the United States government, Slip Op. 21–176, Page 33 of the bulletin.
Turns out, Team Porche has been trying to pull a fast one on US Customs by crossing and re-crossing the border between Canada and the US with a giant trailer full of products and parts required by teams on the racing circuit. While it appears Porche was replenishing the trailer often, it was not accurately claiming the value of product on the trailer to US border agents.
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