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In preparation for the #PEI election, PoP PEI member @ntqrt invited Island @saltwire readers to complete a survey and provide input on Covid-19 and the privatization of healthcare. Here's what he found:
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"Over 50 percent of respondents supported the need for government mask mandates in public buildings (9 percent more were uncertain, while 40 percent disagreed)."
"Regarding mask-wearing, there was a roughly even split between those who reported they always masked when grocery shopping versus those who did not. This may reflect the fact that about half of respondents thought COVID is like a flu, with little or no severe long-term impacts."
As of Jan 21, an estimated 7547 Canadian children have lost a primary or secondary caregiver to Covid-19.
24% of those have been since protections were removed in individual provinces.
Individual provincial impacts are in this thread.
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#canpoli #cdnpoli
24% of those have been since protections were removed in individual provinces.
Individual provincial impacts are in this thread.
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#canpoli #cdnpoli
As of Jan 28, an estimated 117 NB children have lost a primary or secondary caregiver to Covid-19.
57% of those have been since protections were removed.
#NewBrunswick #nbpoli
57% of those have been since protections were removed.
#NewBrunswick #nbpoli
As of Jan 21, an estimated 107 NS children have lost a primary or secondary caregiver to Covid-19.
68% of those have been since protections were removed.
#NovaScotia #nspoli
68% of those have been since protections were removed.
#NovaScotia #nspoli
In March 2022, Higgs said COVID was like the cold or the flu. Over the coming days I'll be combing through the @PoPNB_kindness RTI to find out what was known by GNB about long COVID by March 2022 that shows they knew COVID was not like a cold or flu. cbc.ca/news/canada/ne…
From July 30, *2020* they already knew this from PHAC: protectnb.ca/rti/SAC%20upda…
I guess it took them until Nov 2022 to vet this info and decide long COVID was relevant to the public tho
I guess it took them until Nov 2022 to vet this info and decide long COVID was relevant to the public tho
Again this is from July 2020 - looks like they well knew it wasn't a typical "respiratory" illness. Next slide from the link in previous tweet.
The last time a Lieutenant Governor unilaterally vetoed a bill occurred on April 19 1945 in PEI.
This was over a bill to allow physicians to prescribe a 6 month supply of alcohol. The @PEIGuardian reported LG Lepage was lobbied by Temperance Federation #peipoli #cdnpoli
This was over a bill to allow physicians to prescribe a 6 month supply of alcohol. The @PEIGuardian reported LG Lepage was lobbied by Temperance Federation #peipoli #cdnpoli
PEI LG LePage stated to the Temperance Federation a few days prior to his witholding of Assent to that he was a staunch prohibitionist all his life and was concerned about the bill. He refused to state whether he would veto the bill.
Conveniently the group had a legal opinion!
Conveniently the group had a legal opinion!
The logic of the federation was that since the bill to relax prohibited laws was not approved by the people (referendum?) they were calling on the LG to veto the bill as a matter of fairness #peipoli
1/ Poilievere is Harpers sock puppet. He follows and shares the same ideology. Here are some famous Harper quotes, many before being elected.
"If Ottawa giveth, then Ottawa can taketh away."
#cdnpoli #onpoli #peipoli
"If Ottawa giveth, then Ottawa can taketh away."
#cdnpoli #onpoli #peipoli
2/ "My own views on abortion, I'm not on either pole of that and neither of the interest groups on either end of this issue would probably be comfortable with my views."
3/ "We'll support the government on issues if it's essential to the country but our primary responsibility is not to prop up the government, our responsibility is to provide an opposition and an alternative government for Parliament and for Canadians."
A fun post for us oldies. From Facebook, brings back memories.
1/Checking out at the store, the young cashier suggested to the much older lady that she should bring her own grocery bags, because plastic bags are not good for the environment.
1/Checking out at the store, the young cashier suggested to the much older lady that she should bring her own grocery bags, because plastic bags are not good for the environment.
2/ The woman apologized to the young girl and explained, "We didn't have this 'green thing' back in my earlier days."
The young clerk responded, "That's our problem today. Your generation did not care enough to save our environment for future generations."
The young clerk responded, "That's our problem today. Your generation did not care enough to save our environment for future generations."
3/ The older lady said that she was right, our generation didn't have the "green thing" in its day. The older lady went on to explain: Back then,we returned milk bottles, soda bottles and beer bottles to the store.The store sent them back to the plant to be washed and sterilized
THREAD: Today, the PEI Legislative Assembly voted down the Election Age Act, which would have granted the right to vote to 16 & 17 year olds in provincial and municipal elections. Some thoughts… #peipoli
cbc.ca/news/canada/pr…
cbc.ca/news/canada/pr…
2. PEI was already a bit of a leader when it came to lowering the voting age—it was the first province to allow 16 & 17 year olds to vote through its Plebiscite on Democratic Renewal. The justification provided then applies today. docs.assembly.pe.ca/download/dms?o…
3. (...nevermind Island political parties, which already allow members younger than 18 to participate and vote in party affairs. In some cases, one could theoretically vote for the next Premier but not for their local MLA. Democracy!)
🧵 Far-right, anti-choice #Conservatives in public office.
This is Michael Barrett, #CPC shadow minister for “ethics”. Barrett routinely sends profoundly dishonest mail-outs to his constituents, which only occasionally get challenged by the targets of his disinformation #cdnpoli
This is Michael Barrett, #CPC shadow minister for “ethics”. Barrett routinely sends profoundly dishonest mail-outs to his constituents, which only occasionally get challenged by the targets of his disinformation #cdnpoli
Barrett is cut from the same broad cloth as #PierrePoilievre, Derek Sloan & other #Conservative members across 🇨🇦. All of them helped into power by far right anti-choice organizations like Campaign Life Coalition & “RightNow”. #cdnpoli #CPC
Both CLC & RightNow are far right disinformation dispensing anti-choice groups whose members oppose abortion even in the case of rape & incest. Their extremist positions even target #Conservatives with less extreme views. #cdnpoli
Today we start to see some form take shape around the shadows of ideas put forward 2 weeks ago in the #PEI throne speech. Honestly I thought from the start there were a lot of interesting mentions there, which may or may not turn into the policies / programs they suggest.
In health care, more details around the province's move to collaborative health care, perhaps where these 3 'medical neighbourhoods' will be located (where the patients on the registry are). Details around the seniors health strategy & new programs to facilitate aging in place...
We've learned since throne speech day the commitment to add 300 childcare spaces this year is just govt fulfilling its 2-year-old promise on pre-k, which, well I think there's a case to be made to go beyond that. Maybe we'll learn what govt means by a "fixed rate" for ECE centres
Some reflections on the past year under COVID from the premier to get us started @peileg today.
We've got the operating budget coming tomorrow, then the house breaks for our first "legislative planning week." #peipoli
We've got the operating budget coming tomorrow, then the house breaks for our first "legislative planning week." #peipoli
Bevan-Baker starts off QP asking the premier what he'll do to "reign in" minister who provide false statements in the house. I think both his examples are Myers. Including the time he told the house the process for special warrants is to spend the money, then apply (it's not).
And over to said minister, with a question stemming from debate around a Green bill yesterday. Bevan-Baker asks Myers what role small modular nuclear reactors will play in getting #PEI to net zero? We don't know, answers the minister. We'll be having convos with NB.
1/x The point of a carbon tax is to make it costlier to burn fossil fuels, thus by comparison making actions that harm the environment less (biking, taking the bus, working from home etc) more cost-competitive...
2/x When former premier Wade MacLauchlan came back from the Paris climate summit in the first year of his mandate, he was gung-ho about the "war effort" required to combat climate change, talk of tightening belts etc.
Set for a new week here @peileg. This is day 7 of the sitting, and after this week the house will break for March break. A break week is a (dare I say exciting?) new development here at the #PEI legislature. Of course in prior years the house wouldn't be sitting this time of year
Anyway, the new legislative calendar includes a break week every 4th sitting week. assembly.pe.ca/sites/www.asse…
.@nicolammacleod is joining the small but mighty @CBCPEI leg team today. She wrote this story, based on debate we heard last Friday in the house:
cbc.ca/news/canada/pr…
cbc.ca/news/canada/pr…
Am I interested in a debate about sitting hours of the Legislature in a global pandemic while Black, Indigenous, and people of colour are crying out for justice at the systemic discrimination that is murdering them? #peipoli 1/…
No. I am not. It is unfuriating to have to expend energy on sitting hours again. But let’s look at the debate dynamic for a sec for clues to how systemic discrimination functions. 2/
Eleven years ago, the Coalition for Women in Gov’t put out a report on systemic, structural changes needed to reduce barriers to women in gov’t. A full suite of recommendations. 3/
1/43 So far I've supported @fordnation's response to the #COVID19 pandemic in #ONpoli, but this marks a turning point that recklessly plays with fire & a return to partisan agendas that will explode the death rate in rural Ontario
See #THREAD for details
cbc.ca/news/canada/to…
See #THREAD for details
cbc.ca/news/canada/to…
2/43 #THREAD Re #COVID19 in #ONpoli #CDNpoli cc @fordnation
Although I appreciate the political pressures on Premier Ford to re-open the economy, he's become insulated in a #TOpoli bubble that is utterly tone deaf & detrimental to Conservative strongholds in cottage country
Although I appreciate the political pressures on Premier Ford to re-open the economy, he's become insulated in a #TOpoli bubble that is utterly tone deaf & detrimental to Conservative strongholds in cottage country
3/43 #THREAD Re #COVID19 in #ONpoli #CDNpoli cc @fordnation
I'm speaking in these partisan terms in an effort to get through to Premier Ford, that his predetermined decision to send urban Ontario to cottage country for the May 2-4 holiday is so mistaken it will cost him votes
I'm speaking in these partisan terms in an effort to get through to Premier Ford, that his predetermined decision to send urban Ontario to cottage country for the May 2-4 holiday is so mistaken it will cost him votes
THREAD: There’s another huge anoxic event happening in Wheatley River Estuary right now. This is one of the PEI estuaries most impacted by agriculture. How does this happen?
When an estuary is highly impacted by nutrients, we get algae blooms. Big mats of sea lettuce form and float to the surface. They block out all of the light and prevent plants like seagrass from photosynthesizing. Without photosynthesis, oxygen levels plummet.
Soon the sea lettuce grows so thick it starts to shade itself and decompose. The bacteria breaking it down also use oxygen. Oxygen levels plummet further.
Welcome to LIVE coverage of the #peipoli election day by @repdonsman456 bringing you the earliest and most accurate race calls!
We've seen a whirlwind campaign, and now it's finally time to sit back, relax, and enjoy the initial returns, as they continue to flow in.
We've seen a whirlwind campaign, and now it's finally time to sit back, relax, and enjoy the initial returns, as they continue to flow in.
Here's some early analysis for you, coming in the form of small tidbits: if the @ndp_pei somehow do end of holding the balance of power (and have to negotiate a coalition/cross-party, power-sharing agreement) they're likely going to...
...insist on respecting any successful or near-passing #PRonPEI referendum vote, albeit unlikely. And they will MOST PROBABLY get their way: the issue is far more of a priority for the island's NDP than it could ever go in the other direction!
🚨 FINAL #peipoli PROJECTION 🚨
The big question is, can the @PEIgreens achieve a governing majority on Tuesday?
If the @PEIPCParty outperforms its polling next week – which has happened in the last few elections – they are in big trouble!
The big question is, can the @PEIgreens achieve a governing majority on Tuesday?
If the @PEIPCParty outperforms its polling next week – which has happened in the last few elections – they are in big trouble!
Seat count:
Green – 14
PC – 7
Liberal – 6
NDP – 0
Green – 14
PC – 7
Liberal – 6
NDP – 0
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