Circuit breakers, emergency brakes and no brakes as provinces deal with spiking covid cases, which is all us young people’s fault.
Links
- BC Three-week circuit breaker begins now to bend the curve, protect people
- Ontario Implements Provincewide Emergency Brake
- Three Quebec cities head back into lockdown as COVID-19 variants spread
- Kenney pleads with Albertans to follow public health orders, but won’t add restrictions
- Job-protected leave for workers to get COVID-19 vaccine
- Rob Shaw for The Orca: Wrong message, worst time
- Andrew Kurjata thread on being gaslit by the province
- Gavin Dew Twitter announcement
- Political strategist Gavin Dew announces B.C. Liberal leadership bid
BC Housing
- More homes coming for people in need in Vancouver
- Revelstoke – 24 on-bed units being built
- Prince George – new build with 50 affordable rentals & 50 supportive to be built
- Victoria – 70 new temporary spaces for homeless from renovated building
- Victoria – 192 permanent homes for homeless in 4 buildings to be built
- Langford – 120 new affordable homes open
- Whistler – 45 affordable rental homes for >100 residents open
- Haida Gwaii – 19 new supportive homes open
- Rapid Housing Initiative in Capital Region to support 91 new homes for homeless
Quick takes
- It’s time for Canada to focus on expanding our population
- PolitiCoast Ep 203 with Century Initiative interview
- Border and Rule – Fernwood Publishing
- Former prime minister Jean Chrétien part of secretive project to store nuclear waste in Labrador, emails show
- Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Announces Sanctions on Relevant US and Canadian Individuals and Entity
- China sanctions MP Michael Chong, federal subcommittee