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RideFair community discussion May 10, Revue Cinema: what’s the price of convenience?

Photo: HotDocs Join RideFair, HotDocs and the Westend Phoenix at the Revue Cinema for an evening of short film and community discussion about ride-hailing corporations and their impact in Toronto. The event will be held May 10, 7pm To register, visit: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/all-hail-convenience-tickets-321357397627 #FreeEvent 

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Average Trucker has more integrity “in his pinky finger” than Charest had in his entire “scandal-plagued Cabinet” Poilievre says in May 5 debate

PAC (the Canadian Parliamentary Access Channel) hosted the first of two all-candidates to be held in the Conservative leadership race last night. The Truckers’ convoy provided a contentious debate point between former Quebec Premier Jean Charest and Pierre Poilievre, Carleton MP.

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June 2nd election called in Ontario; Ford promises to “end gridlock” on 401 in eastern Ontario

Ontario’s election has been called, as Premier Doug Ford announced that Elizabeth Dowdeswell, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, has accepted his advice to sign a proclamation dissolving the 42nd Parliament of the Province of Ontario, effective as of 4:00 p.m. May 3rd. The election will be held on June 2nd.

The provincial budget which was released on April 28th now essentially serves as the Progressive Conservative’s election platform: the Budget was not debated or voted on in Parliament. However, if the PC Party is re-elected to a second majority government, they will be able to point to the general election results as a mandate to implement their Budget, which includes particular focus on roads and highways.

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“We are ready” for first week of professional driver training, AMB Driving School promises

The first firm approved to deliver vehicle-for-hire driver training in Toronto says “We are ready” for the flood of drivers expected to sign up for the May 3rd program start.

As the first private sector firm identified by Toronto to provide vehicle-for-hire driver training, Advanced Motoring Bureau (AMB) is now gearing up for the flood of drivers anticipated to sign up beginning this week: “We are ready. Staff have been meeting on a daily basis and will continue to do so; the curriculum, which meets all of the requirements set by Toronto, has been developed with expert drivers in mind, not novice drivers,” says Shafique Malik, who founded ABM in 1993.

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The new rules of medicine

“Misinformation” is any information that contradicts the current mainstream narrative, even if it is true.
Never agree to debate any misinformation spreaders; they are evil people.
Expert opinion, formerly the lowest level of evidence, is now at the top of evidence-based medicine when the experts are from a government agency
You don’t need any clinical evidence to prescribe a drug or vaccine if the CDC says it is safe.

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