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The Pass system was in place from 1886 until it was phased out in the 1930s and 1940s. During that time FN people needed a pass from am Indian agent to leave the Reserve. In addition due to remoteness, lack of infrastructure and poverty on many reserves, travel was difficult if not impossible on many reserves. For a long time it was mandatory. For a ling time after that it was technically a “choice” but a choice with negative consequences for the family or the community. School survivors who were forcibly taken away to school by Police and Indian agents against the will of parents are still alive today. Bullshit it doesn’t go hand in hand with anything in a democracy. White people who are on welfare or are unemployed are allowed to vote. Also you exaggerate their “freebies”. What few services they receive from the government is of 3rd world quality and an embarrassment all on its own. Again that standard isn’t applied to white people individually or to white towns and provinces where public services cost more than the tax revenue those particular places they generate. Why apply it only FN people?

LMAO the TWO who died escaping? Residential schools operated for 100 years and you think there’s only 2. The TRC identified 33 known and confirmed cases of runaway deaths just from the very limited records they are able to discover after so many decades Many/most of these kids couldn’t afford to go home for the summer especially in the 1800s and early 1900s Don’t mix up the 1980s with the 1880s Next you are implying that the thousands of known and documented deaths of kids are ok since they were documented. Note that this is already a reversal of your original assertion that there were not thousands of deaths. In some cases government health records recorded TB death tolls of 25% of the student body and in one case more than 60%. Malnourishment was so prevalent the federal government did nutritional experiments on the kids. And again the number of records that survived into the modern era is very limited. In many cases the schools kept no records or very minimal records and much of what was recorded was lost due to the passage of time. And yet the TRC still was able to catalogue more than 4,100 child deaths from those records and from reports of student deaths that occasionally appeared in local newspapers (when there was a notable event such as fire, a structural collapse or a communicable disease outbreak). The TRC now estimates the death toll could be much higher. Second many of the deaths and on-site burials recorded by the school records themselves don’t even name the child or identify them by gender or community of origin or cause of death. In addition some of the records that survived from some schools are ledgers that provide an “accounting” of kids in attendance: number enrolled, number graduated and number who died but yet actual death records from that school either don’t exist or only include some of the student deaths counted in the ledger. The TRC found that about 1/3 of the child deaths found in school records were for unnamed children. There is known burial place for nearly half the deaths recorded in school records. Of the locations where the death is recorded, 2/3 list either “School” or “Sanatorium” Half the records don’t list a cause of death Many of the deaths were discovered in government or church records but were missing from the school’s own records It was official policy to bury the kids in a graveyard onsite given the cost and difficulty associated with transporting corpses long distances especially before the mid 20th century. Look it wasn’t a secret If you could travel back in time and visit a school the headmaster would probably give you a tour and say “ that’s the cafeteria, that’s the chapel and that’s the graveyard where we bury kids who have been called to Heaven”. In many if not most cases the graves were even marked at the time. There was no shame or secrecy about it back then. People like you deny it TODAY because it doesn’t jive with our 21st century values and you feel the need to believe you are descended from a noble and angelic race that can do no wrong. But back then nobody would have batted an eyelash. Child Graves at residential school sites have been found and confirmed by excavation before and as I said the discoveries announced to much media fanfare in 2021 were only news to people who were not paying attention previously Here are a handful of examples of confirmed graves found in the past: Battleford Battleford, SK - 1883 -1914 In 1974, five students from the Department of Anthropology and Archaeology at the University of Saskatchewan excavated 72 graves at the Battleford school cemetery, constituting nearly all of the 74 children who died while attending the Battleford Indian Industrial School between 1883 and 1914. In 2019, the cemetery was designated Provincial Heritage Property by the Government of Saskatchewan. Sacred Heart Fort Providence, NT-1906 -1960 From 1992 to 1994, Albert Lafferty, a Métis resident of Fort Providence, led research into the old community cemetery, located near the site of the former Sacred Heart Residential School . Lafferty identified 298 people buried at the site in unmarked graves, 161 of which were children from across the Dehcho who attended the Sacred Heart Residential School. In July 2021, Deh Gáh Got’ı̨ę First Nation confirmed that they would try to complete a further search of the former school grounds. Dunbow (St. Joseph’s) High River, AB - 1884 -1922 During a flood in 1996, the caskets and remains of some of the 73 children known to have died while attending Dunbow Industrial School were exposed along the banks of the Highwood River. In May 2001, the remains of 34 children were identified and reburied at a site further from the river, following First Nations, Métis, and Christian traditions Regina Regina, SK - 1890-1910 Since 2012, the Regina Indian Industrial School Commemorative Association has identified 38 graves outside the Regina Indian Industrial School by using ground-penetrating radar. Muscowequan Lestock, SK - 1889 -1997 Between 2018-2019, a team of the Muskowekwan First Nation, researchers from the University of Saskatchewan and the University of Albert have identified 35 unmarked graves on the Muskowekwan Indian residential school site. The Muskowekwan First Nation had plans to continue searching the area for more graves.

As a point of actual fact 2nd amendment does not include concealed cary. No court has ruled that it does and plenty of places don’t allow it and never have You may wish that it did and you may think that it should, but have to learn how to tell the difference between your opinions, your wishes and actual established reality. Not that ignorant vulgar thugs like you are capable of or interested in learning anything Nothing derogatory about beavers. Beavers are awesome! Maybe you don’t know what “derogatory” means.

The info in your OP is misleading. France has a universal public system. On the service delivery side not unlike Canadas where service is mostly privately delivered but publicly managed (although significant differences including more government control in some areas such as setting quotas and limits on the number of medical students while also having less government control in other ares). On the insurance/ coverage side there is universal public coverage which in many cases doesn’t cover 100% of the cost therefore is supplemented by private coverage which is primarily obtained through employers. . Up until the year 2000 it appears to have been more like an Obamacare type insurance system (ie coverage was primarily through mandatory private workplace coverage with state-funded coverage only for specific groups such as retirees) but since then it has been universal government-provided coverage. The funding model appears to be more like what we have for CPP and EI, which is to say fixed payroll contributions and a dedicated investment fund In Canada the healthcare budget is simply taken from general revenue each year and not from a dedicated and separate fund : The French government sets the national health strategy and allocates budgeted expenditures to regional health agencies, which are responsible for planning and service delivery. Enrollment in France’s statutory health insurance system is mandatory. The system covers most costs for hospital, physician, and long-term care, as well as prescription drugs; patients are responsible for coinsurance, copayments, and balance bills for physician charges that exceed covered fees. The insurance system is funded primarily by payroll taxes (paid by employers and employees), a national income tax, and tax levies on certain industries and products. Ninety-five percent of citizens have supplemental insurance to help with these out-of-pocket costs, as well as dental, hearing, and vision care. How does universal health coverage work? Universal coverage was achieved over seven decades by extending statutory health insurance (SHI) to all employees (in 1945), retirees (in 1945), the self-employed (in 1966), and the unemployed (in 2000). In 2000, the Couverture maladie universelle(Universal Health Coverage), or CMU, was created for residents not eligible for SHI, although the program required yearly renewals and entitlement changes whenever a beneficiary’s professional or family situation changed. After the implementation of CMU, fewer than 1 percent of residents were left without baseline coverage. In January 2016, SHI eligibility was universally granted under the Protection universelle maladie (Universal Health Protection law), or PUMa, to fill in the few remaining coverage gaps. The law also replaced and simplified the existing system by providing systematic coverage to all French residents. It merged coverage for persons previously covered by the Universal Health Coverage and immigrants covered by the state-sponsored health insurance.1 Role of government: The provision of health care in France is a national responsibility. The Ministry of Social Affairs, Health, and Women’s Rights is responsible for defining the national health strategy. It sets and implements government policy for public health as well as the organization and financing of the health care system. Over the past two decades, the state has been increasingly involved in controlling health expenditures funded by SHI.2 It regulates roughly 75 percent of health care expenditures on the basis of the overall framework established by Parliament. The central government allocates budgeted expenditures among different sectors (hospitals, ambulatory care, mental health, and services for disabled residents) and regions. The Ministry of Social Affairs, Health, and Women’s Rights is represented in the regions by the Regional Health Agencies, which are responsible for coordinating population health and health care, including prevention and care delivery, public health, and social care. Role of public health insurance: Total health expenditures constituted 11.5 percent of GDP in 2017, which amounted to EUR 266 billion (USD 337 billion); 77 percent of those expenditures were publicly financed.3,4 SHI financing is supplied as follows5,6: Payroll taxes provide 53 percent of funding, with employers paying 80 percent of the tax and employees paying the rest; contributions are calculated from the actual salaries, capped at EUR 3,311 (USD 4,191) per month. A national earmarked income tax contributes 34 percent of funding. Taxes levied on tobacco and alcohol, the pharmaceutical industry, and voluntary health insurance (VHI) companies provide 12 percent of funding. State subsidies account for 1 percent of funding. Coverage is compulsory, and is provided to all residents by noncompetitive statutory health insurance funds; historically, there have been 42 funds. Annual contributions are determined by Parliament. The SHI scheme in which workers enroll is based upon the type of employment. Unemployed persons are covered for one year after job termination by the SHI scheme of their employer and then by the universal health coverage law. Citizens can opt out of SHI only in rare cases, such as when they are employed by foreign companies. The state finances health services for undocumented immigrants who have applied for residence. Visitors from elsewhere in the European Union (EU) are covered by an EU insurance card. Non-EU visitors are covered for emergency care only. Role of private health insurance: Most voluntary health insurance (VHI) is complementary, covering mainly copayments and balance billing, as well as vision and dental care, which are minimally covered by SHI. Complementary insurance is provided mainly by not-for-profit, employment-based associations or institutes. Private for-profit companies offer both supplementary and complementary health insurance, but only for a limited list of services. Voluntary health insurance finances 13.5 percent of total health expenditures.7 Ninety-five percent of the population is covered by VHI, either through employers or via means-tested vouchers (see more under “Safety nets,” below). As of 2016, all employees benefit from employer-sponsored VHI, for which employees pay at least 50 percent of the cost. The extent of coverage varies widely, but all VHI contracts cover the difference between the SHI reimbursement rate and the official fee on the national fee schedule. Coverage of balance billing is also commonly offered. In 2013, standards for employer-sponsored VHI were established by law to reduce inequities stemming from variations in access and quality. How is the delivery system organized and how are providers paid? Physician education and workforce: Once a year, the Ministry of Social Affairs, Health, and Women’s Rights determines the maximum number of students that can be admitted to medical, dental, midwifery, and pharmacy schools, which are all public by law. Tuition fees are approximately EUR 500 (USD 633) per year. The number of medical professionals is controlled at the point of entry into medical education. In addition, 12 percent of the current medical workforce are foreign-trained medical professionals. To date, there are no limitations on the number of practicing physicians by region. However, since 2013, outpatient physicians can enter into contractual agreements that guarantee a monthly salary of EUR 6,900 (USD 8,734) if they practice in a region with insufficient physician supply and agree to limit extra billing. For physicians who work full-time in medical centers in underserved areas, the guaranteed salary is approximately EUR 50,000 (USD 63,290) per year. Primary care: There are roughly 102,299general practitioners (GPs) and 121,272specialists in France (a ratio of 3.4 per 1,000 population). About 59 percent of physicians are self-employed on a full-time or part-time basis (67% of GPs, 51% of specialists).9 More than 50 percent of GPs, predominantly younger doctors, are in group practices. An average practice is made up of two-to-three physicians. Seventy-five percent of practices are made up exclusively of physicians; the remaining practices also include nurses and a range of allied health professionals. The average patient panel size is about 900 patients for GPs. There is a voluntary gatekeeping system for people aged 16 and older, with financial incentives offered to those who opt to register with a GP or specialist. About 95 percent of the population have chosen a GP as their gatekeeper, but specialists can also serve as gatekeepers. Self-employed GPs are paid mostly on a fee-for-service basis, with fees determined by SHI funds and the Ministry of Social Affairs, Health, and Women’s Rights. In 2018, GP fees were EUR 25 (USD 32) per consultation. GPs can also receive a capitated per-person annual payment of EUR 40 (USD 51) to coordinate care for patients with chronic conditions. In addition, GPs receive an average of EUR 5,000 (USD 6,330) a year for achieving pay-for-performance targets. In 2014, the average income of primary care doctors was EUR 86,000 (USD 108,860), 94 percent of which came from fees for consultations and the remainder from financial incentives and salary.10 GPs can bill above the national fee schedule, and 25 percent do. Specialists earn, on average, 1.3 times what GPs earn. https://www.commonwealthfund.org/international-health-policy-center/countries/france#:~:text=Enrollment in France's statutory health,charges that exceed covered fees.

If true it will be struck down by the courts. If not then it won’t

More of your dumbass know-nothing nonsense and hot air. 2nd amendment doesn’t extend to concealed carry that’s a fact, nit that someone like you cares at all about facts. You just might have to join R10 ob my ignore list. Meanwhile stay away from women and children.

Actually I meant to post that as a comment on the OP not as a reply to your post The premise of the OP is that the public ‘worships a golden calf’ because the Greenbelt is popular with the people of Ontario and the Sun commentator just can’t stand that fact

Total BS. They did lose children. Some died escaping and in some the school just said “oh they probably ran off” or they said nothing at all and the family couldn’t get answers. Especially in the early says when FN were not even allowed to leave the reserve without permission from the Indian agent and as a practical matter couldn’t even communicate directly with anyone except through the agent. Did you know that it was illegal for FN people to hire a lawyer prior to 1951 and they did not have the right to vote until 1960? So you expect me to believe that people with no legal rights, who were forbidden from leaving their remote communities, often communities where there were limited methods of communication available in the first place, and who had no legal protections or means of any recourse under the law whatsoever were given first class red carpet treatment by the people who had absolute life and death control over them? That would be a first in human history. Its not how humans work.

It’s been known for generations that children died at those schools. Many of the deaths were documented at the time and the records still exist today. Many others simply never returned home. There are over 4,000 registered deaths at residential schools despite their only being partial records from the 150+ years they were in operation Stop trying to whitewash history just because you think it makes ”our side” look bad. Everyone’s ancestors did horrible things no matter what “race” or nationality they claim to be so let’s stop living in denial and move forward.

How vulgar just because she passed a civil law you don’t like for a city you’re probably never going to visit anyway?

There’s no constitutional right to concealed carry, Dumbass. Never has been either. Also Your constant use of words like “c-nt” and “slut” to describe anyone with opinions you don’t agree with show you’re an awful human being and probably a risk to women and children. People who like to talk like that are often the ones who end up getting busted with kiddie porn and:or sadistic sexual content on their computers. Write any rape fantasy stories lately?

Stupid public. Caring about things that you personally don’t care about. How dare they! Don’t worry one day you’ll get a strongman in power who will teach that dumb a public a lesson and will do the things that you want, whether that good-for-nothing public likes it or not!!

Trudeau and Canadian G20 delegation still in New Delhi after plane grounded …The prime minister's trip took a turn Sunday when his office announced the delegation's plane — the Canadian Armed Forces-managed CFC001 — is experiencing "technical issues" and will not leave as scheduled tonight. "These issues are not fixable overnight, our delegation will be staying in India until alternate arrangements are made," said PMO spokesperson Mohammad Hussain in a statement to reporters. Canada's air force is in the midst of a process to replace the existing plane used to shuttle the prime minister on international trips, a CC-150 Polaris, with a more modern Airbus A330-200 transport plane. The military recently signed a $3.6-billion contract with Airbus to replace its transport fleet. https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/g20-communique-russia-trudeau-1.6962198

Omg you’re just a parrot repeating kremlin lies. You think America’s elections are rigged and Putin’s elections are fair. You are truly Putin’s useful idi0t and clearly the cult member with the fringe minority beliefs and wild conspiracies.

The original Asov militia was one small group of private citizens resisting the 2014 Russian occupation not the entire population of the and its Jewish PM. It has since been absorbed by the Ukrainian military and purged of it’s original members not doesn’t mean all Ukrainians or its PM Meanwhile Putins regime enjoys the support and close ties to Russian neo-nazi groups, many of whom are fighting in his war and you say nothing That is a lie and also show you lnow nothing about how the world actually works. First of all the Russian-controlled separatists attacked Ukraine with weapons and soldiers supplied by Russia first, not the other way around. Second of all a referendum especially a corrupt and rigged Russian one doesn’t automatically entitle a state to leave it’s country. No the feds were prepared to start negotiations on separation terms but they weren’t obligated to do anything. And even if Québec votes to separate it certainly wouldn’t have entitled France or any other to invade and arm a secessionist rebel/terrorist army. As above BS. Russian is no juggernaut it ranks 52 in the world in GDP per capita well below Canada and most of the developed world. It is already struggling financially to continue this war and its military resources are steadily degrading. Even in Putin’s brutal dictatorship the public doesn’t have infinite tolerance for ongoing crushing economic sanctions, conscription and casualties in the hundreds of thousands. Sooner or later someone is going to take Putin out.

The sad but inevitably Canadian result is coming to pass: National Defence to roll out spending cuts over next three years - officials say extent of impact 'yet to be confirmed' Chief of the Defence Staff Gen. Wayne Eyre said the process to find savings has started, but job losses are not expected. Published Sep 08, 2023 • Last updated 20 hours ago • 3 minute read Gen. Wayne Eyre. Photo by Adrian Wyld /The Canadian Press National Defence will roll out spending cuts over the next three years with senior officials acknowledging they don’t fully know the impact the reductions will have on the military or department. In a new message to employees, Deputy Minister Bill Matthews and Chief of the Defence Staff Gen. Wayne Eyre said the process to find savings has already started. But the two noted that job losses are not expected. Story continues below “Reductions related to operating expenditures will be phased in over three years and are not expected to result in job losses outside of normal attrition, or reallocation, ensuring that our people’s work is focused on high-priority initiatives,” Matthews and Eyre noted in the Sept. 6 message. “Similarly, reductions identified related to professional services and travel will have no impact on employment levels. The extent of impact is yet to be confirmed.” In August, Treasury Board President Anita Anand informed her fellow federal cabinet ministers that they will be required to cut $15.4 billion in government spending. An initial deadline of Oct. 2 was provided. Anand has said the Liberal government wants to ensure public funds are spent wisely while delivering on key platform promises like dental and child care. Matthews and Eyre said the federal government intends to bring the growth of government spending back to a pre-pandemic level. “As one of the largest federal departments, National Defence has an important role to play in effective and efficient government operations,” they told staff. “Early efforts are now underway across the Defence Team to address our part in this initiative by developing spending reduction options.” Story continues below The effort to cut spending is separate from the Defence Policy Update, they noted. That process, to chart a future course for National Defence and the Canadian military, has been underway for more than a year. No date for the release of that update has been made public. The quest for spending cuts “will entail hard decisions,” Matthews and Eyre informed military staff and public servants. “However, this is not about doing more with less or arbitrary cost-cutting. It is about ensuring the defence budget is directed toward top defence and government priorities.” June Winger, national president of the Union of National Defence Employees, said the department has been wasting large amounts of money hiring contractors and consultants. She argues that such a policy provides fewer services to the department for the amount of money being spent. “Hundreds of millions of dollars are spent in this shell game, with substantial profits going to private corporations in Canada, and across the globe,” Winger noted. “If National Defence is serious about ensuring budget cuts will not negatively impact the ability of the CAF to perform its functions, the best way to do that is by providing a budget to hire an adequate number of employees.” Story continues below She said the union has provided National Defence senior management with a comprehensive report that shows contracting out is more costly and offers the military less flexibility. “I challenge the National Defence leadership to open their minds to addressing these budgetary restraints not as those before them have attempted and failed at, but with effective long-term plans to build the public service not only meet the budgetary goals, but benefit the Canadian economy,” Winger added. Over the last several months, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has faced a public relations barrage from defence analysts and retired senior officers, many with links to National Defence or military equipment firms, to boost military spending. They, along with NATO officials, have been pushing the Liberal government to add another $20 billion a year to the existing $29 billion defence budget. The Liberal government has resisted such a massive increase, pointing out that Canada is the seventh largest spender in NATO and is ranked 14th in the world for military spending. David Pugliese is an award-winning journalist covering Canadian Forces and military issues in Canada. To support his work, including exclusive content for subscribers only, sign up here: ottawacitizen.com/subscribe https://ottawacitizen.com/news/national/defence-watch/national-defence-to-roll-out-spending-cuts-over-next-three-years-officials-say-extent-of-impact-yet-to-be-confirmed

Given that he’s already a convicted criminal who is already barred from fundraising in many states including Florida due to his criminal background I’m actually betting on jail.

That’s not what you do when there’s an accusation against any liberals or Democrats. Why do you MAGAs always insist that everyone else follow the rules when you make a deliberate point of not doing that yourself? You MAGAs wanted to throw out the results of an election and install your leader as president without “an actual verdict”…. inf act despite more than 60 “actual verdicts” that said your election claims wee total BS and without any merit whatsoever. Talk about shit stained fingers! Hypocrite

Opinion: The future of 24 Sussex Drive should be based on facts, not fiction A construction worker walks past the front entrance to 24 Sussex Drive in Ottawa on May 29.Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press Sheila Copps is a former deputy prime minister and former minister of the environment and climate change. Ken Grafton is a Quebec-based writer and director of Historic Ottawa Development Inc. A trial balloon floated last week in Ottawa has everyone talking. It was an anonymous leak, first reported by the CBC, of the government’s intention to drop 24 Sussex Drive as the prime minister’s official residence in favour of constructing a shinier, more secure new build at a different site in Ottawa. Unnamed sources suggested the new building would be larger and have upgraded security, in order to permit the prime minister to host major events, including state dinners, without fear of air, sea or land attack. The idea of building a new prime ministerial residence really started to pick up steam in 2021, when a report from the National Capital Commission estimated it would take almost $37-million to restore the rodent-infested premises at 24 Sussex. The home has now been vacant for almost a decade and is said to require major security updates, according to the CBC’s sources. But the estimate of $36.64-million, as quoted in the 2021 NCC report, simply does not pass muster. How could it possibly cost this much to renovate an 11,000-square-foot house? We decided to dig a bit deeper to find some clarity on the matter, and the result is, well, murky at best. I’m putting in an offer for 24 Sussex. You’re welcome, Canada In its 2021 report, the NCC attributed much of its 24 Sussex renovation estimate to “deferred maintenance” costs, a term that refers to the restoration work required when a property has been left to rot. To arrive at this number, the NCC referred to its “2018 Asset Portfolio Condition Report,” which stated that its cost estimates include “site overhead and profit,” a 30-per-cent “allowance for soft costs,” a 15-per-cent “construction contingency,” and a 25-per-cent additional, seemingly general “contingency” item. So, 70 per cent of that huge, $37-million number is based on contingencies and soft costs. From an architectural perspective, it’s simply not a real number. The 2021 NCC study indicates that “costs were validated by Turner & Townsend,” a Canadian infrastructure consultancy firm. Through an Access to Information request, we were able to obtain a January, 2017, report that Turner & Townsend submitted to the NCC, entitled “Final Report: Cost Assurance and Benchmarking Exercise, 24 Sussex Drive.” The NCC had asked the firm to take a look at previous cost estimates for renovating the prime minister’s residence, which sat at $10-million in 2008. Turner & Townsend found this estimate to be “reasonable and based on a sound and best practice approach to developing cost estimates.” The question is, how did the cost jump from $10-million to $37-million between 2008 and 2021? Even with deferred maintenance, which can cause costs to soar (the longer a building dilapidates, the worse its condition becomes) we still don’t have clarity from the NCC on why the cost has skyrocketed, what “contingencies” they are apparently planning for, and how much those individual costs are estimated to be. Without this clarity, how can we say that it makes more sense to build an entirely new prime ministerial residence, instead of renovating the original? Similar holes exist in the security argument for moving from 24 Sussex. The prime minister’s home and the Governor-General’s residence at Rideau Hall are around the corner from one another and currently occupy the same security footprint. The addition of another residence in a different location would likely increase security costs. Desiring a new build with more room for state dinners also ignores the fact there is already a huge entertainment space at Rideau Hall. The proposed scenario would also likely have taxpayers picking up the bill for two properties, one a new build and the other a renovation to prepare 24 Sussex for sale or another use. The idea of a new building also runs roughshod over the fact that the prime minister’s residence is designated by an act of Parliament and enjoys the highest level of heritage building classification. Multiple levels of government review would be required to build a new one – meanwhile, 24 Sussex would continue to degrade. Not to mention, any demolition or tree removal involved at a new-build site would have a far higher carbon footprint than the known environmental benefits of restoration. It would be difficult to make the argument that this project is fostering sustainability during a climate crisis. Any decision as to the future of Canada’s prime ministerial residence should be based on real security concerns and sound financial information. The future of 24 Sussex Drive should be based on facts, not fiction. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-the-future-of-24-sussex-drive-should-be-based-on-facts-not-fiction/

Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s approval dips to historic low in wake of Greenbelt controversy Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s approval ratings have dipped to a historic low following the release of two bombshell Greenbelt reports, according to a new poll released Friday morning. A survey by Angus Reid suggests that fewer than three in 10 Ontarians, or about 28 per cent, approve of the premier. This marks a five-point drop from Ford’s approval ratings in June, and represents the lowest rating he has ever received since being elected in 2018. Download our app to get local alerts on your device Get the latest local updates right to your inbox More than half of respondents also said they believe the premier should resign in the wake of the Greenbelt controversy. This included about a quarter of respondents who identified as Progressive Conservative voters. Ford’s support among PC voters has also dropped, from 80 per cent approval in June to 63 per cent approval in September. A poll by Angus Reid shows that approval for Ontario Premier Doug Ford has dropped drastically over the last few months. The online poll of 799 Ontario adults was conducted between Aug. 31 and Sept. 6, starting one day after a damning report by the province’s integrity commissionerfound that a lack of supervision and leadership led to certain developers with ties to the housing ministry gaining an advantage in the selection process. It was also conducted after an auditor general’s report found the process for selecting the 15 Greenbelt sites to open for development was deeply biased and flawed. Steve Clark resigned from his position as housing minister following the release of both reports. His chief of staff, who was the individual at the center of the decision-making, has also resigned. The fallout hasn’t stopped the Progressive Conservatives from moving forward with their plans to develop those sections of the Greenbelt. In fact, the government appears to be leaning into their decisions, pledging to re-evaluate all two million acres of the protected land, as well as hundreds of applications for land removal. The majority of survey respondents—about 71 per cent—said they believed the Greenbelt should be protected and should not be open for development. A little more than half of PC voters who responded to the survey said the same. About 22 per cent of respondents said the province needs more housing, even if it means developing the Greenbelt. An Angus Reid Poll released on Sept. 8 shows the majority of Ontarians believe the Greenbelt should be protected. The majority of respondents also said they believe the Ford government did give preferential treatment to certain developers. About 21 per cent said they weren’t sure while only six per cent said they did not believe the PCs favoured developers. LIBERALS AND NDP NOT GAINING TRACTION Despite lower approval rates, the PCs appear to still have a significant lead over their opposition. The Angus Reid poll suggests that about 43 per cent of Ontarians still don’t have an opinion about the new NDP Leader Marit Stiles. About 38 per cent of Ontarians say they would still vote for the Progressive Conservatives, with about 28 per cent saying they would vote NDP and about 22 per cent pledging support for the Liberals. The Ontario Liberals are in the early days of a leadership race. More than half of party voters told Angus Reid they aren’t sure who they find most appealing among the five registered candidates. However, Mississauga Mayor Bonnie Crombie appears to be the one with the most name recognition. The margin of error for the Angus Reid poll is about +/- three percentage points, 19 times out of 20. https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/ontario-premier-doug-ford-s-approval-dips-to-historic-low-in-wake-of-greenbelt-controversy-1.6552625

Speaking of which more incestuous dealings between Ford government and developers comes to light Ford government’s appointee to Greenbelt Foundation had family ties to developer 
KAREN HOWLETT and JILL MAHONEY
The Globe and Mail
Published September 8, 2023 Updated 1 hour ago


A property at 12045 McCowan Rd in Stouffville, Ont., on the right, was removed from the Greenbelt and proposed as housing development by the Ontario government. Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail


The former vice-chair of a foundation set up to safeguard the Greenbelt, who was appointed to its board by Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s government, has close family ties to one of the select group of developers whose land was opened up for housing construction in the environmentally protected region.
The government appointed Susan McGovern in 2019 to the board of the Greenbelt Foundation, which describes itself on its website as “the only organization solely dedicated to ensuring the Greenbelt remains permanent, protected and prosperous.” Her three-year term ended on Nov. 20.
Ms. McGovern’s brother and husband operate The Rice Group, one of the handful of developers whose land Mr. Ford’s government removed from the Greenbelt last year, making the property no longer subject to the protected zone’s restrictions on building.
She is the sister of Michael Rice, the chief executive officer of The Rice Group, who during Ms. McGovern’s term as vice-chair lobbied the Ontario government to allow development on the company’s Greenbelt land. That lobbying was detailed in a report released last week by Ontario’s Integrity Commissioner. Ms. McGovern’s husband, John McGovern, is the company’s senior vice-president of policy and planning.

 …In interviews, the foundation’s chief executive officer and its chair said they were unaware that Ms. McGovern’s brother had been lobbying the government on Greenbelt development while she was vice-chair – an activity at cross-purposes with the foundation’s mandate. “We certainly appreciate the optics of these circumstances,” foundation CEO Edward McDonnell said. “We can appreciate why people would look askance at it.” In January, after Ms. McGovern left the foundation, she became an executive adviser to Peter Bethlenfalvy, Ontario’s Finance Minister. She, her brother and her husband did not respond to multiple requests for comment. …Ms. McGovern’s brother, Mr. Rice, purchased 280 hectares of Greenbelt land in the township of King, north of Toronto, for $80-million on May 3, 2022, according to the Integrity Commissioner’s report. The sale closed on Sept. 15, 2022, the report says. On Sept. 14, the night before the closing, Mr. Rice and Mr. Amato attended a gala sponsored by a development industry association. During the event, Mr. Rice mentioned that parcel of land to Mr. Amato, describing it “as a good candidate for removal from the Greenbelt,” the report says. Mr. Rice met with Mr. Amato later that month and gave him a document containing a rationale for removing the land, along with a map of the area, according to the report. John McGovern, Ms. McGovern’s husband, confirmed to the Integrity Commissioner that he had “pulled together this package of information” for Mr. Rice’s meeting with Mr. Amato, which took place on either Sept. 27 or Sept. 28, the report says. The Greenbelt Foundation held a board meeting on Oct. 3, which Ms. McGovern attended. She did not disclose anything about her brother’s connection to land in the Greenbelt or his lobbying, Mr. McDonnell, the foundation CEO, told The Globe and Mail. …. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-ford-governments-appointee-to-greenbelt-foundation-had-family-ties-to/

Nope. You don’t have your fats right. First of all the Aga Khan was not a lobbyist and did not receive any special treatment from the Trudeau government. Yes the AK foundation is a charity that like many many charities has been receiving some government funds SINCE LONG BEFORE TRUDEAU WAS PM and there was no change to that funding after Trudeau became PM. Trudeau And the suggestion that he would get something special just in exchange for an airplane ride is just ridiculous. The AK was a longtime friend of Pierre and one of Pierre’s pallbearers at his funeral. JT has been vacationing with the AK since his childhood including riding on the AK’s plane. So you’ve got an apparent “quid” but no “pro quo” and the supposed “quid” is something that’s been going on privately since childhood. That said traveling in a private aircraft is a clear violation of ethics rules even though there was no ill intent and it was a rookie mistake by the neophytes JT brought into office with him and it wouldn’t surprise me in the least to learn that JT himself might be the over-entitled type who is hard to say no to anyway That is generally true of most political and business leaders anyway but I get the sense it might be especially true for JT As for WE scandal: it definitely is the most serious of the JT scandals and seems inappropriate but if it was “a fact” that it was “bribery” which is a crime we would have charges and a conviction There’s a lot that I don’t like about JT personally and his inner circle more generally. You can say “in your opinion” it was bribery but opinions aren’t facts and until there’s a charge let alone a conviction its not a fact. We all know that in every democracy and under every political party these kind of insider arrangements happen and are tolerated under the rules and neither party fixes them when in office because the party in power always wants to work with like-minded people they know and trust rather then than strangers who might challenge their ideology or blow the whistle. Incestuous relationships abound: lobbyists and donors have family members working for cabinet ministers and MP/MPPs and vice-versa Meanwhile as criminal charges pile up against republicans south of the border somehow the conservatives still say “it’s a fact” that their innocent….once again an inability to differentiate between facts and opinions and not grounded in reality

Acid rain was a real problem and bi-partisan government action put a stop to it without making it political. The Reagan-Bush administrations partnered with Brian Mulroney to sign the Acid Rain Accord with Canada. Of course that was back in 1980s before mega corporations owned the political right wing parties of western nations.

Density is also a factor. Its not just enough to have a few poor people or a widely dispersed population of poor people. High crime areas occur where there is a critical mass of poor people, creating a zone of poverty and lack of economic opportunity and shortage of positive peer role models .