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O’Toole starts with some pluses. His bio is much closer to that of ordinary Canadians than Trudeau’s and even features military service. He’s certainly no right-wing firebrand and his calm style should not spook the floating voters the party needs. In addition, he’s got the Ontario connections where the battle may be lost and won. One challenge will be keeping the social conservatives happy and quiet.

Wait what? If you raped somebody you get released because they don’t want you to catch covid? But if you’re a business owner and open up without authorization or something, you can be jailed and they don’t care if you catch covid? Wtf is going on with society?

Taxes on CO2 emissions are the most economically efficient way to reduce emissions. This is because it allows for competition between different ways of reducing emissions and doesn't pick winners and losers like crony-capitalism does. Admittedly, they can lead to some emission spillovers to jurisdictions without taxation of CO2 emissions. That's why it would be optimal to have a global pigouvian tax on CO2 emissions, that applies to other countries. In the meantime, spillovers could be countered with either CO2 tariffs on imports or CO2 emission taxes that only apply at the margin for sectors of the economy that are more at risk of relocating to other countries. Alternatively, if the goal is to reduce global emissions rather than meet Stephen Harper's goal of 30% emission reductions by 2030, then beyond a minimal level of taxation of CO2 emissions in Canada, it could be more economically efficient to buy emission credits from other countries and pay other countries to reduce emissions. But then if the CPC disagrees with reducing domestic CO2 emissions as the goal, then why did Stephen Harper create that as the target? And why don't any of the candidates or MPs criticize the decision by Harper? It's almost like the CPC doesn't actually care about climate change, but they will say whatever to be elected. So in 2010, they would gladly agree to a 30% CO2 emission reduction target in 2030, because that is in the distant future and the Harper would be long out of power before he has to do anything to meet the target. Similarly, in 2020, all the MPs in candidates will agree to the net-zero CO2 emission target for 2050, because 2050 is in the distant future and they don't have to actually do anything today to meet that target. Even if they do win the next election, they will be long retired before 2050. Agreeing to a ridiculous target several decades in the future has the appeal that you don't have to do anything now, but you can pat yourself on the back at how green you are, and maybe get a few more votes. But it isn't good policy. The level of mitigation that society should do should be determined by weighting the various costs and benefits of different policy. Maybe that means more mitigation than the CPC wants today, but less mitigation than they promise in 2050. But by opposing the most economically efficient way to reduce emissions (CO2 taxes) the CPC has no path forward to make a coherent and believable position on climate change. But I guess it is to be expected from an economically illiterate party that worships the Dairy Cartel.

I gave you a cite already.

800K sounds like a lot but out of 7 billion people its tiny. And lets keep in mind that 80-90 percent of deaths are people over 70 and especially 80 already with serious health conditions. How many of these people would have been alive in 6 months or a year..I know it sounds cruel..but it is what it is. I feel the government could have spent far less money that they have and instead funnelled tens of billions of dollars into the nursing homes to properly deal with COVID-19. Wit more staff, better trained staff, better supervision, higher paid staff, and proper protocols and equipment many countries including Canada would have cut the death rate by over 50 percent while at the same time keeping most of the economy going. The reality from all the numbers out there..just have a look..is that people under 50 and even 60 have very low risk of anything serious from this virus so why is everyone paying the price for this. We cant afford to throw 400 billion dollars out the window to pay young people to do nothing while small businesses struggle to survive. How many health procedures were cancelled because of COVID which indirectly will kill countless other people. How many people have lost their jobs and businesses because of the lockdown which will also cause some people to die or become sick. A lot of people die from other things than COVID but when you have the media talk nonstop about it of course everyone will freak out. How many children were deprived of an education when they have next to no risk from this virus. Meanwhile the swine flu which can be quite serious for young people we did nothing..nothing. How do you think the health care system in Canada will be funded over the next 20-50 years now that we just added 400 billion dollars to the debt. You dont think that maybe that might compromise health care and other social programs which will actually kill people. Instead lets all freak out and obsess about COVID while we burn our house down..bravo..

"Though he has repudiated racism and anti-Semitism in some of his writings and speeches, he has also made statements that have openly denigrated nonwhite cultures," writes Alan Feuer in the profile of McInnes published in the New York Times on Tuesday. Feuer cites one example: McInnes praised white men for bringing "roads and infrastructure" to India and Australia, claiming that the people who lived there first used those amenities as toilets and beds Right...."infiltrated" lol

Please, all of you who don't trust the MSM (including The National Post, FOX and The Sun) go to those YouTube sites with retarded content, such as QAnon, Flat Earth, and The Rebel. We do need you to remove yourself from the conversation so that normal people can discuss actual politics. (I liked the doofus allowing himself to be punched while he proudly yelled 'Cocoa Puffs, Frosted Flakes !'. There's your alt-right free expression in a nutshell...)

Oh, wow I disagree. Gaffes and platitudes are Sominex to drowsy publics.

Where did I say these effects aren't worthy of acknowledgement ? You do acknowledge the damage caused by government crackdown then? Can we agree these measures have done more damage than the virus? All governments do this. Are you saying that common practice excuses government oppression? Being cited often does not make a quote invalid. since you failed to answer the question here is some background for you. While Canadians struggle with government-imposed restrictions on their movements, their businesses and their employment, and face fines or even jail time for failing to quarantine properly, the Liberal government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau continues to do its best to shield itself from parliamentary accountability during the pandemic. Rather than finding creative ways of allowing Parliament to function under the circumstances, the Liberals — aided and abetted by the NDP — have instead opted to suspend all regular House of Commons sittings until at least Sept. 21, thus keeping debate, scrutiny, and accountability severely limited. After five years in power, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has succeeded in normalizing corruption in Canadian politics. That was a key finding in a Global/Ipsos poll of 2,000 Canadian adults, taken Aug. 17-18 and released last week. Most Canadians surveyed — 56% — agreed, “The WE charity scandal shows that Prime Minister Trudeau and his government are corrupt It seems wrong that in a minority government, the opposition should be so sidelined and hobbled — even in a pandemic situation. After five years in power, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has succeeded in normalizing corruption in Canadian politics. That was a key finding in a Global/Ipsos poll of 2,000 Canadian adults, taken Aug. 17-18 and released last week. Most Canadians surveyed — 56% — agreed, “The WE charity scandal shows that Prime Minister Trudeau and his government are corrupt

Thank you very much for digging that all out. Bennet I could see, but I am shocked that Trudeau - a genuine card carrying communist - would ever stoop to recognizing that the people of Canada might want to have some rights and privileges not exactly in line with his "Just Society" (which generally meant once he was finished with Canada, there would be nothing left, just society).