October 31 deadline for submissions to Public Order Emergency Commission
Today, October 31st, is the last day members of the public can make submissions to to the Public Order Emergency Commission (POEC).
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The quality of longevity: instant gratification seems to mean near-instant breakdown, too
We, as a country that formerly manufactured things like freezers, lawnmowers, drills, vehicles and a lot of other things, traded our “quality control” overseeing for “ease of convenience” strategies.
Things are not built to last anymore. They are built to give us a sense of immediate gratification, only to be followed by that horrendous sound of silence. That thing we just bought won’t turn on, light up or go whoosh when the switch thingy is flicked.
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Millions of Americans Were Assigned ‘COVID-19 Violation’ Scores Based on Cellphone Data Collected During Lockdowns
A voter analytics firm harvested data from millions of Americans’ cellphones during the 2020 COVID-19 lockdowns and used the data to assign phone users a “COVID-19 decree violation” score and a “COVID-19 concern” score, according to a whitepaper released by PredictWise, the firm that harvested the data.
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CCF summary of Sloly’s Commission Testimony
Christine Van Geyn Photo: YouTube Christine Van Geyn, Litigation Director for the Canadian Constitution Foundation, provides her summary of former police Chief Sloly’s testimony at the Rouleau Commission on October 28th.
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Ford ends autonomous project: “profitable, fully autonomous vehicles at scale are a long way off”
In its Q3 earnings report, the section headed “Shifting Timelines, Priorities for ADAS at Scale” notes that “profitable, fully autonomous vehicles at scale are a long way off.
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Uber “sold a lie” to governents, media, drivers says former executive-turned-whistleblower
Former Uber executive, now whistleblower, Mark McGann presents information to a committee of the European Parliament. Photo: Twitter Mark McGann, the former Uber executive who became a whistleblower and provided a great deal of the information which formed the basis
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Autonomous vehicles: cross jurisdictional regulatory perspectives update
Since the release of our regulatory perspectives article in 2021, there have been a variety of regulatory and policy developments around the world regarding the use of autonomous vehicles (AV or AVs).
In addition to highlighting recent developments for the operation of AVs in Japan, the U.K., the European Union, the U.S., and China, jurisdictions of South America, Australia, New Zealand and India are poised to make significant strides in developing regulatory landscapes conducive to the development of autonomous vehicles.
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Former Chief Sloly testifies at Rouleau Commission
The Public Order Emergency Commission will be live streaming proceedings every day until the Commission completes its work in November. Road Warrior News will post the link here when it becomes available around 9:30 each morning. Beginning October 21, Road Warrior News will also post the link to the Canadian Constitution Foundation’s daily summary of the most recent Commission hearing. Christine Van Geyn is the Litigation Director for the CCF, which has standing at the Commission.
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New Carbon Tax, Same Price Tags
Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government keeps insisting on one new expensive energy policy after another, and all of these efforts are designed to make energy unaffordable for Canadians.
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