The far right in Canada is following the exact same playbook as the far right in the United States, and what you see today is going to be worse tomorrow. Meanwhile, the federal conservatives are fighting over who wants to align with Max’s crowd
It’s not surprising that Canada has enough victims of misinformation or hate or inchoate anger to form this so-called Freedom Convoy. But the way Canada’s conservatives are embracing all of that - or enough - is a sad, clarifying show of where we’re going. thestar.com/opinion/star-c…
According to a memo and multiple sources, this week Ontario intends to expand its booster campaign almost any way it can, and faster 18+ eligibility will follow. It’s a huge lift, and welcome. And in the age of Omicron, that may not be enough. thestar.com/opinion/star-c…
This is a central issue: the province is treating vaccination like an all-out emergency, but there are no accompanying restrictions. Which tells me the provincial government remains exceedingly reluctant to impose any province-wide restrictions, again
“This is the scariest it has been since the pandemic started.” I didn’t want to write this, and you probably don’t want to read it. But Omicron is here, and it is almost certainly a force unlike anything we have seen. This will be very hard. thestar.com/opinion/star-c…
I fear this is going to develop faster than we can react to it: holiday parties, holiday travel, an exhausted populace that doesn't want to hear it, and isn't really being told anyway. Omicron will spread so fast, and unless it's strangely easy on the unvaccinated, it will hurt
Vaccination still protects against sever outcomes: that is the good news. But again, unless it is oddly weak against naive populations, this will spread so fast and find people who aren’t protected