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Windsor mayor told feds things were “smooth” on bridge before Emergencies Act invoked

Rita Smith

The text messages, sent on February 13th and the morning of February 14th, included Dilkins reporting that “police have full control of the area now” and that activities on the Ambassador Bridge were “smooth so far.” Some hours later on February 14th, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau invoked Canada’s Emergencies Act despite the fact that the Windsor situation had been resolved by police using existing legislative powers.

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Climate change science is not “settled” and net zero C02 targets are superstitions: Clintel

Guest Contributor

Here are three suggestions for you, the global political leaders:

  1. Depoliticize climate science, discarding computer models that do not match reality, focusing instead on real-world climate observations and the latest climate science, listening carefully to objective interventions from independent experts.
  2. Change climate policy from the senseless mitigation approach to the successful adaptation method. Mitigation is prohibitively expensive and has never saved a single human life and will do very little to alter an ever-changing climate. Adaptation, on the other hand, is affordable, can be precisely focused and has already saved millions of lives. Adaptation is without a doubt the way to go in climate policy.
  3. Invest in extending and replenishing the world’s oil & gas reserves. Be realistic, the world will still need oil and gas for several decades. In parallel, go full steam ahead with developing nuclear power, the energy source of the future.

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“Suicides in my home town were so numerous, they stopped reporting them” Lich tells Commission

Rita Smith

Freedom Convoy organizer Tamara Lich provided testimony to the Public Order Emergency Commission (POEC) on November 3rd. Lich, one of the earliest and most involved organizers, was arrested and imprisoned for five months after last winter’s protest. She under very strict bail conditions which forbid her from speaking with many of her friends and fellow Convoy organizers.

When asked about her frustrations and motivations for helping to organize the Convoy, Lich tearfully described the pain and suffering she had personally witnessed as a result of federal and provincial COVID mandates.  

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Teachers’ strike vs. Truckers’ convoy – have we lost the will to fight unpopular government?

Rita Smith

The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) may be mis-reading the mood of the public and the press in planning for an illegal strike on November 4th. 

CUPE represents school custodians, administrative staff and educational assistants in Ontario. 

While in years past these workers might have hoped for automatic support from parents, the public and the mainstream media, they may find out that 2022 is a tough time to ask for sympathy – or money. 

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