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They did say that raising the price on natural gas in Europe where home heating prices are extremely high and unaffordable to many, especially the elderly, reduced natural gas consumption by 20%. Duh. Basically they’re saying people should risk their health and be reduced to poverty in the name of saving the planet. Cruel and sick.

This is not about climate change. It's about global control. Centralized world government.

The excuse of fighting climate change is being used to justify an all out assault on the poor and middle class. Carbon taxes and all “climate action” charges on energy and fuel are evil. Carbon taxes are existence taxes that impact the costs of all goods, not just home heating and transportation, but food and other necessities. The WEF’s rich ideologues are willing to sacrifice the health and prosperity of billions to achieve their deluded dream of climate purity.

Freeland must provide recordings of her meetings with these unelected people. I’m going to agree with Eyeball here. Why are Canadians paying for Freeland’s Alpine vacation so she can plot the next phase of unaccountable government overreach? All government employees are there on the public dime. Really they shouldn’t be there. We certainly shouldn’t be funding these cabal meetings. Freeland can go on her time off at her expense, though I don’t think she should be permitted to attend as long as she holds public office.

Well the group of psychopaths are meeting again to discuss how they alone are going to save humanity. Freeland will be speaking. What crazy nonsense will these loons be imposing next?

Tell us some more about how uncomfortable and conflicted this makes you feel.

Mike...they ARE the political parties. The upper elites of politics, corporate businesses, and governments. These folks MAKE policy and its obvious they're making policy based of the edicts of this...harmless lobby group. Is there something about this that escapes you?

Wow. A Republican politician gives a Democrat a grade of F. The Republicans would give Jesus Christ an F if he said he was a Democrat.

The moe rons who make those state lists are from inferior blue states. Like anyone is going to take them seriously. So far I haven't seen any RELIABLE documentation. As far as RELIABLE SOURCES: https://www.fldoe.org/newsroom/latest-news/governor-ron-desantis-proves-once-again-florida-is-the-education-state.stml Florida Department of Education’s 2020 Accomplishments Investing in Florida’s Students At the direction of Governor Ron DeSantis, Florida became the first state to completely eliminate common core by creating and adopting Florida’s B.E.S.T. (Benchmarks for Excellent Student Thinking) Standards. These standards, created by over 100 Florida education experts with a combined experience of over 1,500 years, improves the quality of curriculum, streamlines testing, prioritizes civics, and outlines a pathway for Florida to become the most literate state in the nation by bringing Florida’s standards back to the basics and building a foundation, starting with our earliest learners. Secured a total commitment of $21.5 billion ranging from Florida’s early learners through postsecondary students. Notably the Florida Education Finance Program (FEFP), supporting K-12 public education, increased by a total of $641 million, including giving districts greater spending flexibility with a $137 total per student funding increase that includes a significant increase of $40 per student in the Base Student Allocation (BSA). Secured a $9.9 million increase for Voluntary Prekindergarten, the highest BSA since 2011-12 and first increase since 2014-15, for a total of $412 million Secured a $20.3 million funding increase for our public and private Historically Black Colleges and Universities, representing a historic total investment of over $124 million. Increasing Student Achievement and Measuring What Matters Florida’s education system moved up from 4th to 3rd in the nation in the Quality Counts national ranking for K-12 Achievement. Florida continues to have the 3rd highest Advanced Placement (AP) student success rate and the 3rd highest improvement rate over the last 10 years. Florida ranked 2nd nationwide on the Parent Power Index by the Center for Education Reform. Florida’s 2018-2019 graduation rate continued to climb to an all-time high of 86.9%, an increase of 0.8 percentage points over 2017-18 and a jump of 27.7% points since 2003-04. Additionally, students with disabilities also reached an all-time high of 80.6%. As part of Florida’s CARES Act plan, $8 million in funding has been provided to offer public high school students the opportunity to take the ACT or SAT assessment at no charge to them during the 2020-21 school year. It is expected that over 200,000 students will take these assessments in spring 2021 during a school day in order to qualify for admission to a postsecondary institution and/or qualify for a Bright Futures scholarship. Announced massive enhancements to the KnowYourSchools portal that will make it easier for families to access information on school- and district-level educational outcomes. Additionally, enhanced the VAM Visualization Tool with additional functionality based on user feedback. A public-facing site was developed that can be used in conjunction with Know Your Schools to get even more information on school performance. A statewide teacher search report was created to assist district and school administrators with recruitment, retention, and to ensure that their most fragile schools are staffed with the highest-performing teachers available. Surgical, Not Sweeping Response to COVID-19 Completed Helped school districts move to distance learning and hosted over 75 live webinars throughout COVID-19 to ensure Florida’s students could continue receiving a world-class education. The Florida Education Foundation Awarded $300,000 in Distance Learning Mini-grants to 44 public schools, school districts and non-profit organizations to support and create innovative solutions for distance learning during the spring and summer semesters. Provided more than 32,000 laptops to 34 small and rural school districts to quickly serve Florida’s students as they transitioned to distance learning. The Florida College System (FCS), State University System (SUS), and private institutions across the state announced more than 130 ventilators have been donated to local hospitals, community medical centers and other facilities. Additionally the FCS, SUS and other private institutions donated, tens of thousands of boxes containing gloves, masks – including N95 masks – gowns, caps, shoe slippers and other PPE supplies to assist medical personnel as they care for patients, and food pantries and other social services available for students. Provided comprehensive distance learning resources in partnership with Florida Virtual School to ensure students continue learning while school campuses were closed and created best practices for distance learning throughout the state which was shared directly with more than 2+ million parents, and a complete best practices guide for distance learning, which they shared with 175,000+ teachers. Additionally, Florida Virtual School Provided 100 free digital course to all Florida schools. Issued Emergency Order 2020-05 and Executive Order 20-212 that extends the deadline for students graduating in the 2019-20 school year to earn the minimum qualifying SAT or ACT score to earn a Bright Futures scholarship until December 1, 2020. Supported the Florida Department of Children and Families, and the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to distribute Pandemic Electronic Benefits Transfer (P-EBT) for households with children who have temporarily lost access to free or reduced-price school meals due to pandemic-related school closures. Increased and expedited access to child care services for 26,000 children of ?rst responders and health care professionals. 87% of these children were new enrollments. Over 4,000 eligible early learning/child care providers, received a monthly incentive of $500 per child for a total of almost $77 million. Allowed VPK Flexible Innovative Options, in alignment with school district reopening plans, for 447 private and public school providers with 8,360 children to ensure that VPK programs are open to enable learning to continue and for parents to be able to rejoin the workforce. Governor Ron DeSantis and Commissioner Richard Corcoran announced recommendations for local communities to consider as they planned to re-open safe and healthy schools. This extensive, 140 page plan outlines the nearly $475 million in state directed education financial assistance provided to Florida through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. In total, more than $2 billion in education-related aid was provided through the CARES Act. Created the #COVIDStopsWithMe Toolkit designed to assist Florida’s education family in lowering the impact in Florida’s education institutions and slowing the spread of COVID-19. This guidance and tools helped all of Florida’s education institutions make decisions, protect their students and staff, and communicate with their local communities. For the fall semester, Issued Emergency Order 2020-EO-06 to ensure all Florida schools could re-open five days a week to serve students that choose to receive an in-person education, and created new innovative options for families to have the choice to decide what worked best for the health and safety of their student and family, while also ensuring the full panoply of services that protected Florida’s most vulnerable students. Chancellor of the K-12 Division of Public Schools at Florida Department of Education fought tirelessly as a member of the Florida State High School Athletic Association (FSHAA) Board to ensure sports could and would continue in the fall and spring of 2020 as Florida school districts reopened. Published Emergency Order 2020 – EO-07 for the spring semester, which expands upon the critical flexibility and assurances outlined in FDOE Order No. 2020-EO-06 - Reopening K-12 Schools, and continues full parental choice. Additionally, extending the deadline for teachers to obtain their reading Endorsement to June 30, 2021 from December 31, 2020 (EO-02). Elevating and Celebrating Educators Marked 2020 as “The Year of the Teacher” with a bold step to move Florida to #5 in the nation in terms of minimum teacher pay with an historic $500 million pay increase for teachers to increase their minimum base salary to $47,500 and raise salaries of Florida’s veteran teachers (HB 641 and HB 5001). Allocated $2.7 million for teacher professional development to help our educators become experts in Florida’s new Benchmarks for Excellent Student Thinking (B.E.S.T.) Standards for English Language Arts (ELA) and Math. Hired 21 statewide regional literacy directors serving 16 regions throughout the state, an integral component to increase reading proficiency to 90% through the CARES Act. Covered the $850,000 cost to provide all educators with liability insurance to allow them to focus on doing what matters most – educating and inspiring their students to succeed in life. Secured $10 million to certify educators to teach computer science courses, and to provide bonuses to teachers who hold educator certificates or industry certifications in computer science. Continued the Federal School Improvement Grant funding to give highly effective and effective state teachers in D and F rated schools a recruiting allocation of $15,000 or $7,500, respectively. Provided Florida teachers a free fee waiver for teacher certifications that resulted in almost 125,000 free teacher certification exams, saving stakeholders more than $16 million to ease the financial and professional stress on Florida’s teachers. Additionally, the Department delayed teacher certification test requirements and will provide teachers with the opportunity to take those tests at no cost, so far eliminating the test costs for more than 22,000 teachers. Offered teacher training to prepare for online learning environments in the event of school closures, with a $200 stipend to teachers who completed the training through Florida Virtual School. Hit a major milestone, by lowering the operation time to process teacher certifications to less than 20 days to complete the teacher certification process, the lowest since 2009. In 2021, the Department will be implementing additional professional development resources at no additional charge to FTCE examinees in order to help prepare for and pass teacher certification exams. Prioritizing Educational Choice Options for Florida’s Families and Students Expanded access to educational choice opportunities, while continuing to prioritize low-income families to ensure a world-class education is in reach for every student regardless of race, zip code or socio-economic status for school choice programs like the Family Empowerment Scholarship and Florida Tax Credit Scholarship (HB 7067). Increased the Family Empowerment Scholarship maximum enrollment cap to allow 47,000 students to benefit from Florida’s world-class school choice options (HB 7067). Fully funded the Gardiner Scholarship Program and its waitlist of 3,000 students at $190 million delivering on the commitment to our most vulnerable students with unique abilities. Provided 15,000 public school students in grades 3-5 with access to Reading Scholarship Accounts with $7.6 million to improve their literacy skills and ensure they read on grade level as they matriculate through middle and high school. Competitively awarded $78 million grant from the federal Charter Schools Program to support the start-up of new charter schools over the next five years, as well as provide technical assistance to charter operators and their school district sponsors. Waived the common placement requirements for college students wishing to participate in dual enrollment courses, allowing students who met the GPA requirements to participate in fall dual enrollment, and also waived the developmental education course allowing students to demonstrate their readiness for college through alternative methods. Adopted an amendment through the State Board of Education that allows students to use a passing score on the FSA Geometry EOC as a comparative score as yet another way for students to satisfy the Algebra 1 EOC graduation requirement. Aligning Education to the Goals of Lifelong Learning, Civic Literacy and Support for our Military Completed the Florida civics standards review at the direction of Governor Ron DeSantis. Developed Florida’s Holocaust Standards. (SB 1628 and HB 1213). Revitalized and prioritized the Commissioner’s African American History Task Force and Holocaust Education Task Force. Extended the Early Childhood Music Education Incentive Pilot Program that will assist selected school districts in implementing comprehensive music education programs for students in kindergarten through second grade (HB 156). Received $60 million in additional funding to serve children and families on the School Readiness Waitlist and $50 million to increase payments to School Readiness providers in selected areas. Florida was awarded one of the highly competitive Preschool Development Renewal grant. This grant provides an additional $13.4 million in funding each year for three years to build on existing framework and infrastructure to increase the quality, alignment and efficiency of Florida's early childhood care and education mixed-delivery system of programs and services. Launched the statewide Florida Civics and Debate Initiative (FCDI) which will expand speech and debate programs throughout the state and engage students in civil discussions with the Legislature's support of $925,000 and a $5 million multi-year commitment from the Marcus Foundation (HB 5001). Since FCDI’s inception, Florida has seen an increase of 83% in the number of students participating in speech and debate. Ensured that service members and veterans are able to earn a degree conveniently and efficiently by implementing a process to award postsecondary credit for training and education acquired during their military career at each of Florida’s public colleges and universities will help our heroes transition back to civilian life (HB 171). Modified school district residency requirements to accommodate military families with greater flexibility to enroll in school will give families peace of mind and make their transition to Florida easier (SB 662). Nearly 900 veterans, active military personnel, and their spouses registered for free FTCE exams under the Don Hahnfeldt Veteran and Military Family Opportunity Act of 2018. Under this program, almost 1,500 free FTCE exams have been administered, saving military personnel, veterans and their families $206,220 this year alone. Established the ability for military members or veterans of the United States armed forces to receive postsecondary credit or clock hours for prior military experience.

Which Trudeau? There's the father and son. IMHO, the son is a front man. Elected by family name - such is the Liberal Party. Pierre Trudeau was no hatemonger: A remarkable Canadian. ====== If you want to know about the Trudeaus, I suggest looking at the situation of the Quebec Liberal Party. Under Trudeau Snr, it had Claude Ryan. Now, it is bereft.

According to this article the WEF is a threat to democracy, freedom, and capitalism or private business. "For years, the World Economic Forum, an unholy alliance of political leaders, corporate elites and wealthy aristocrats, has championed ESG , the “environmental, social, and governance” model of business administration, whose central premise is that private business should be compelled to achieve social good." Bruce Pardy: ESG will kill capitalism, and freedom along with it (msn.com) But we know you approve of the liberal, neo-Marxist model of globalist world control of everything and everyone. That is what the primary purpose of the WEF is.

He has openly stated that obedience to authority is imperative and that he does not believe authorities have anything but our best interests at heart. So, ya. Very child-like.

They’re sick control freaks who think they deserve to micromanage populations. The WEF is an unelected mob of kleptomaniac disaster capitalists who use the cover of solving world crises to commodify every aspect of human existence in order to accumulate more power and money for themselves. Trudeau and Freeland are ardent supporters to the degree that they will foist policies on the public without a public mandate then give us a sell job. It’s gross but most people are simply too removed, gullible, exhausted, and/or disempowered to do anything about it. Make no mistake though, the fascist ESG alignment of big business with government is overriding national constitutions and sovereignty. People generally aren’t getting it and are toeing the party line by calling anyone who calls attention to the undermining of democracy a “conspiracy theorist”.

Is Trudeau's "just transition" going to be a national disaster? So absolutely no discussion on how, why or if? Only the usual climate denier babble, Trudeau hate and berating over what TV station people should watch? Grow up FFS

Maybe Biden should threaten everyone with lawsuits like the Orange Oaf until he gets a $1M fine too! Come back after you take your anti-psychotic meds for the day, boys.

He could just be a low info cbc watcher too

The liberals are a national disaster. They are unable to manage our economy, housing, the health care system, passport offices, air travel, the building of the military, and countless other things; yet they think they can control the climate which nobody has ever been able to do. Rex Murphy: The Trudeau Liberals are coming for your jobs (msn.com)

Is that your face when you are drooling over the drags???

It is not a lie. In the first place, you don’t know what you’re talking about when you say that 70 percent of the Federal Budget is entitlements. That’s just you now knowing what the F you’re talking about. You heard it from a commentator and you believe it’s true, but that doesn’t make it true. Go to Treasury.gov and read the data from the primary source. Second, the deficit data is correct. Again, go to treasury.gov and learn from the primary source instead of the right wing commentators who feed you BS. You might learn something. You keep talking about facts. Facts come from primary sources, and the primary source of the US Federal Budget is the US Treasury Department. Anything else is secondary, tertiary, or worse.

https://www.flgov.com/2022/12/12/florida-ranked-1-in-nation-for-parent-involvement-in-education/ TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Today, Governor Ron DeSantis announced Florida’s ranking as the number one state in the country for parent empowerment, according to the Center for Education Reform’s Parent Power! Index. The annual Parent Power! Index debuted in 1999 and measures the extent to which states have policies in place that put students first, value the unique needs of every family, and empower parents to oversee their child’s education. Each state was ranked using three criteria: choice programs, charter schools, and innovation. Overall, Florida scored 94.6%, leading all 50 states and the District of Columbia. For more on the index and methodology, click here. “Parental involvement is important to a child’s success both in school and in life, and in Florida we are proud to protect parents’ right to be involved in a child’s education,” said Governor Ron DeSantis. “This recognition continues to show that Florida is a national leader in school choice, parent empowerment, and education as a whole.” “Florida will always protect the right of parents to raise their children how they best see fit,” said Department of Education Commissioner Manny Diaz, Jr. “We are proud to offer a variety of educational options for parents without limitations due to location or income. As the rest of the nation follows the leadership of Governor Ron DeSantis, the Department of Education will continue to support initiatives that uphold parental rights and expand school choice.” Florida Rankings by Category #1 in nation for digital and personalized learning #1 in nation for choice programs #2 in nation for charter schools #3 in nation for teacher quality Florida also received high scores for leadership, COVID-19 response, and transparency For the full 2022 Parent Power! Index Report, click here. In addition to today’s recognition, Florida ranked number one in the nation on the Heritage Foundation Education Freedom report card, which analyzes both the quantity and quality of a state’s school choice offerings. Nearly half of Florida students have chosen an educational option outside of their zoned traditional public school, such as open enrollment, Family Empowerment Scholarships, charter schools, virtual education, vouchers, education savings accounts, and more. To see the full Heritage Foundation Education Freedom report card, click here. Florida is ranked tops in the nation by those who matter, by those who know.

Awwww.

Because you'll see links within her links that take you to even crazier things.

Ugh. When are people going to see that the "models" on which pandemic responses such as lockdowns, masking, school closures, etc were based on, were VASTLY wrong. Can we please stop basing the response on these "models"? GIGO - garbage in, garbage out.

I think we have forgotten that this has always been the case with influenzas and pneumonias. Some are back to normal quickly, others have fatigue and brain fog for weeks or months. This isn't specific to covid.

Canadians have always funded necessities. Nothing new.

This elite, speaking at the WEF, said it. Just scroll to 3:10 and listen for yourself.

Man, are some of you capable of looking out your windows while being so paranoid?? LOL

As time passes I see more and more how dangerously uncritical much of the population is towards oppressive government policies. It starts to make sense of the idea of mass hypnosis or the power of persuasion through propaganda from the state and state-funded media. It’s how dictators get and maintain power. The climate change fear machine is already a tool of oppression and we should be very worried about future “solutions” from these “young global leaders”.

In a record inflation year, federal tax credits were indexed at 2.4%. How was the number determined? Was it the same factor by which MPs index their salaries, straight out of public's pocket? Why is the number different, what could be rational reasons, in a democracy? Who is this arrangement working for best, really?

You can watch the clip above.. they talked about increasing energy costs so that people don't consume

Because the monarchy has no real power, and because Queen Elizabeth (and now her son) don't make people mysteriously fall out of balconies, get shot while walking outside, or be poisoned with radioactive materials if they speak out against them. ?

I expect a more on-topic reply from a bot.

They were literally talking about hiking your energy bill so high you can't afford to heat your home lol

As long as he doesn't read stories to toddlers in his attire, I don't really care

Hint: Doug Ford has not dealt with anything much before.

A lot of caterwauling over the doctors at clinics being allowed to try to 'upsell' patients for things like better quality lenses when doing cataract surgery. Until now I didn't even know OHIP didn't use the best lenses. I have two of them in my skull and wonder if I could have had slightly clearer/better vision if I'd gone to a private clinic...

Should have been done long ago. It's ridiculous that being a nurse/doctor in one province doesn't automatically allow you to move to another province and work there. Now open up the border to registered, trained healthcare workers from the US and western Europe, too.

You only like compliance.

A wrench is useful; you're more like a can of spray paint during an Antifa riot.

Exactly. Thanks mooner for providing a perfect illustration of the WEF.

This thread:

https://stevekirsch.substack.com/p/the-faa-has-very-quietly-tacitly The FAA has indirectly admitted pilot ekg’s are no longer normal: On October 24, 2022, the FAA quietly, without any announcement at all, widened the EKG requirements necessary for pilots to be able to fly. The PR (a measure of heart function) used to be in the range of .12 to .2. It is now: .12 to .3 and potentially even higher. This is a very wide range; it accommodates people who have cardiac injury.

Higher angels like...continuing to tax folks to death and stomping on our abundant natural resources? @Mr. Polievre...Sir...stay the course! For Canada's sake.

Mr. Poilievre is very good at the slick rant about what people are upset about. I already know what bothers me. I don't need someone to tell me what I already know. I would like to see him tell us what his solutions are. He focuses on the little irritants like line ups for things, but he is dead quiet on the big issues of climate change solutions and healthcare. Where does he plan to get the money to pay for these solutions.

Looks like even the cdc is raising concerns about strokes in those 65+ via the Pfizer vaxx https://www.foxnews.com/health/cdc-identifies-possible-safety-concern-certain-people-receiving-covid-vaccines

Actually, I'm right and you're wrong. I have an education and you don't. I have the ability to stay on the subject and debate intelligently. You barely have the ability to think of more than one item without drooling all over the place. And when cretins like you lose arguments, WHICH YOU HAVE DONE EVERY TIME WITH ME, you call names. Oh, and those names you rattled off, we're STILL waiting for some proof that they actually happened. Just a retard like you saying they happened is not a valid resource. If you produce FoxNews stories documenting them, then they would have credibility. So far, you have produced NOTHING, which now makes you out to be a numbskull AND A LIAR