RE: @felixtennis is setting himself up very nicely to be named this year's winner of the #LionelConacherAward, given annually to Canada's male athlete of the year by the sports writers of the @CanadianPress.
While Felix is doing well (now ranked #9 in the world), Denis Shapovalov has advanced to his second final this month (to go along with a semi-final, as well, and now ranked #16).
And in this tournament, he defeated higher ranked Taylor Fritz, which was the player to who he had lost the semi-final a few weeks ago.
Rebecca Marino, once ranked 38th in the world before she suddenly left the game for about five years, had to get through fellow Canadian Leylah Annie Fernandez to earn a semi-final appearance (she lost), which now puts her at #65 in the world.
And at a 25-level ITF even in St Augustin, Québec, up-and-comers Justin Boulais has advanced to the semi-final while Marko Stakusic and Jaden Weekes will be playing for the doubles final title!
@CheriDiNovo@Sflecce 1. A little flashback to what happened when an Ontario government tried to pull this with #Bill115:
Ontario Superior Court Judge Thomas Lederer ound that the provincial government “substantially interfered” with teachers’ right to collective bargaining.
@CheriDiNovo@Sflecce 2. The government was forced to pay:
- $103.1 million to the province’s elementary teachers
- $50 million to the Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation
- $56.7 million to the Canadian Union of Public Employees.
AND
@CheriDiNovo@Sflecce 3.
- $2.75 million to the Ontario Public Service Employees’ Union.
ALTOGETHER:
The Putting Students First Act — which forced contracts, froze pay and ended the practice of banking sick days — has cost the province more than $212.5 million.
1. To all the Conservatives and pro-CON journalists saying the EA wasn't necessary because Trudeau.
To all #TheLoudmouths calling the dismantling of the Ottawa Occupation the worst violation of human rights in Canadian history.
Flashback to 2010.
2. Flashback to when, thankfully-former-PM Harper was in charge...
Stuff like this didn't need get to the 4th weekend before police had a very clear plan and plenty of resources for kettling, riot gear, cages for protestors, tear gas...
3. Culminating in a class action suit, settled for $16.5M, because pretty much everything about how this was handled was wrong...
Journalists, pundits, member of the CPC? Have you all been stricken with #Harpernesia?
1. Finally some movement in QC election polls following the debate during which PLQ leader Dominque Anglade and CAQ leader Franky legs performed poorly whilst Québec Solidaire leader Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois and Parti Québecois leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon impressed.
2. In the race for 2nd place Québec Solidaire takes the lead, the PQ gets a bump, the Parti Conservateur du Québec is flat, and the PLQ drops.
3. When it comes to projected seat count, it looks like QS might gain seats (it had 10 at dissolution), PCQ leader Éric Duhaime may not win his, and the PQ might get more than the single one predicted at the start of the campaign (it had 7 at dissolution).
Several polling companies (Nanos, Abacus, Léger) have issued results of late stating that the Conservatives are leading in the polls, but there are certain things I've noticed about these result that are of interest.
2. In the Nanos numbers, the NDP is up nearly 6% over the past 4 weeks... But there is no apparent reason for this. Had Bill C-31, with the start of the national dental care program been tabled a month ago, and Canadians were super excited about it, that could explain it.
3. But the bill was tabled just 2 days ago (though Canadians were told within that 4 week period that it would indeed be tabled on the 20th, so perhaps that did have *some* impact).
Neither the NDP nor Mr. Singh had done anything particularly noteworthy from Aug 16 - Sept 16.