Covid-19

[rob love]

Seems like our current minority government may be trying to overeach a bit and take advantage of the Covid-19 situation:

The federal Liberals are proposing to grant themselves the power to spend money, borrow, and change taxes without parliamentary approval through to Dec. 31, 2021, according to a draft copy of legislation the government is expected to table Tuesday as it passes COVID-19 emergency economic measures.

Here is hoping public outcry over the next few days puts a stop to this. Something tells me the $200 a ton carbon tax is very near on the horizon.

[Bruce Parker (RIP)]

Originally Posted by rob love

Seems like our current minority government may be trying to overeach a bit and take advantage of the Covid-19 situation:

Here is hoping public outcry over the next few days puts a stop to this. Something tells me the $200 a ton carbon tax is very near on the horizon.

No kidding. This covid things is allowing the Liberals to duck and hide from every one of their screw ups, while making our minority PM come across (through careful stage managing) as some kind of a responsible leader in crisis. Watch his now daily updates and see if you can find anything in them other than soothing, but meaningless words.

[Robin Craig]

I really think that we will see a ban on inter-provincial travel fairly soon. It is a logical step

[Bruce Parker (RIP)]

Originally Posted by Robin Craig

I really think that we will see a ban on inter-provincial travel fairly soon. It is a logical step

PEI and Nova Scotia already have restrictions and I heard Ottawa and Gatineau are talking about it, so yes. It seems that if one country or jurisdiction does something it's only a matter of time before they all do.

What is more worrying is that some American police forces are saying publicly they will no longer respond to a long list of 'non-violent' crimes including theft, so don't call. What an open invitation to our criminal friends.

[Bob Carriere]

ALL travel should be restricted.......... provincial borders may not be practical
in Canada........ imagine if Ottawa people could no longer get their cheap beer in Gatineau, Prov Quebec just a few KM away but you could drive to Thunder Bay to see a friend some 1000 KM and drag Toronto dust as you go by.....

Very eerie outside right now....... went to the nearest drugstore for prescriptions..... nobody talks...almost a hush as in a church...... no trucks on the road...... no construction...... regular stores are all closed .....

....and that is how it should be in MHO.

Still wearing rubber gloves while sending emails.....

[Phil Waterman]

Hi All

Hay, Bob tried typing with rubber gloves but my touch screen didn't know I was there.

Wife and I went out at 5:30 a.m. this morning to the special Old Foggies shopping hours at the grocery store. Around here that means anybody who looks 60 or older, who is willing to come out and shop between 5:30 and 7:00 am.

This is only our second grocery shopping trip since the beginning of this. Last time it was spooky with lots of shelves empty. In particular, eggs, meat, stripped clean frozen food, bread were picked clean.

But what was of particular note was the paper products isle that had only 12 roles of paper towels, no TP or Kleenex. That was the bad news. The good news was they had filled empty paper product shelves with cases of BEER and it was on sale.

Well that was last time today it was a little better with at least a limited selection in all areas, paper products were stll a little thin. Accept for some strange reason the had lots of the jumbo paper napkins packages. Now only the bottom two shelves had case of BEER and it was still on sale. ( To be clear they didn't move the beer from it's normal isle, that isle was still full as well. )

Other observations almost everybody in the place shoppers and employees alike were wearing rubber gloves. Many wearing masks, or had their scarves covering nose and mouth. Everybody was also respecting the social distancing space.

Other than that living in a rural area not much, effect on us , we really feel for people living in high density area.

Cheers from the woods of New Hampshire Phil


Oh yes we have had to cut way down on watching the news, you can only take so much talking political heads, who really have nothing to say. No matter which side of political devide.

[Andrew Rowe]

I wonder if in the future and with hindsight, this "Crisis" will end up being like the Y2K event, where we were all told that the World was going to end and we had to spend heaps of money at the accountant to become compliant?
Probably why Trump will re-start the American economy before anyone else?
Cheers Andrew.