A new poll has found that a majority of Canadians are against businesses forcing employees to get mandatory COVID-19 vaccine booster shots.
The Harris Poll survey commissioned by Express Employment Professionals found that over half of Canada’s population did not support such a mandate.
“Should employers require their employees to receive a COVID-19 vaccine booster shot?” the poll asked respondents.
The poll was conducted between September 2 to September 6, 2021 and included 1,012 adult Canadians.
In response, 52% of people polled were either totally against the idea or preferred that employers recommended a booster shot instead of making it mandatory.
When broken down even further, 34% opposed mandates but supported recommending booster shots while 18% were against employers having any kind of stance on COVID-19 booster shots.
On the other hand, 48% of those polled said that they would support a mandatory booster shot if their employer required it.
Recently, the National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI) stated that more Canadians who were at-risk of COVID-19 infection should consider getting a third booster shot.
“This is not unusual for immunocompromised groups, where we often recommend different vaccine schedules to help them achieve better protection,” said NACI Chair Dr. Shelley Deeks.
“This is different from a booster dose, which would be used to boost an immune response that has waned over time.”
With regard to other groups of the population, NACI says that more time is needed before it can comment on the evidence for booster shots.
A previously unseen photograph of Liberal Party Leader Justin Trudeau in blackface makeup and costume has emerged one day before Canadians head to the polls for the 2021 election.
On Sunday, the third party group Canada Proud published the photo featuring Trudeau embracing another individual while dressed in an Arabic themed outfit.
A new photo of Trudeau in blackface has leaked.
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According to reports, the photograph dates back to a 2001 Arabian Nights event while Trudeau taught at a BC private school.
Ahead of the 2019 election, a number of photos emerged of Trudeau in blackface. At least four photographs of Trudeau in various blackface dress exist.
When confronted about his penchant for dressing up in racist and stereotypical costumes, Trudeau apologized for his actions.
“Darkening your face, regardless of the context of the circumstances, is always unacceptable because of the racist history of blackface,” Trudeau told reporters at the time.
Very few Canadian outlets covered the new blackface photos, however, several international media publications like The Spectator and The Daily Mail wrote feature articles on the incident.
Throughout his mandate, Trudeau has presented himself as a progressive left-wing leader to Canadians but repeat scandals have damaged the credibility of his claims.
Recently, the Liberal Party Leader has had to confront numerous sexual harassment allegations levelled against Liberal candidates.
One Toronto-area candidate, Kevin Vuong, was forced to step down from his Liberal candidacy after it was revealed that Vuong was charged with sexual assault in the past. According to Vuong, the charges were later dropped.
Canadians are heading to the polls on Monday and while the polls indicate that Trudeau has a slight lead over Conservative Party Leader Erin O’Toole, the Liberals are not polling well enough to guarantee a majority government.
It’s Election Day, and the polls still show a dead heat between the Liberals and the Conservatives.
Are the polls rights? What are they missing?
On today’s episode of the Candice Malcolm Show, Candice is joined by True North pollster Hamish Marshall to analyze the latest polls and help interpret what they mean.
How will low voter turnout, high advance polls voting, the rising PPC and the total collapse of the Greens impact the results? Tune in to today’s episode to find out! And don’t forget to tune in at 8:30pm ET / 5:30 PT for our LIVE ELECTION NIGHT BROADCAST!
Earlier this week, Liberal leader Justin Trudeau was endorsed by former U.S. president Barack Obama and former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.
The year 2015 is calling, and it wants its political strategy back.
The mere fact that Team Liberal sought these endorsements — and thought they would help Trudeau’s re-election cause — shows how staggeringly out of touch they are with the world around them.
For starters, recall that Trudeau vainly triggered this unnecessary election on the day that Afghanistan’s capital Kabul fell to the Taliban.
While images flooded our televisions and computer screens of poor Afghan citizens desperately trying to flee, Trudeau shrugged it off and callously made the case for why he deserved more power.
Rather than spending our time, attention and limited resources on rescuing Canadian citizens and our allies, Trudeau chose a $600 million vanity election instead.
A man who once claimed to be a feminist stood silently while the most repressive and anti-woman terrorist network on earth violently took control of a country Canadians died to protect.
It wasn’t a good look for Trudeau, and having Clinton and Obama send their endorsements only reminded Canadians of how hapless he is on the world stage.
As conventional wisdom goes, foreign policy doesn’t tend to impact federal elections in Canada.
But Canadians took notice of the monumental blunder of U.S. President Joe Biden — who seemed caught off guard by the Taliban’s surge, ill-prepared for the fallout, indignant about his responsibility (or lack thereof) and cold-hearted to the fact that dozens of Americans were killed in the process.
The idea that getting an endorsement at this moment from Biden’s partisan ally and career catalyst Barack Obama, seems pretty ill-advised.
Obama is little more than a wealthy American celebrity these days.
Likewise, Clinton’s endorsement came just hours before her campaign lawyer was indicted by a grand jury for lying to the FBI over the Trump-Russia probe, reminding us of the distrust and corruption that prevented Clinton from becoming president.
Why on earth would Trudeau want these endorsements? Because it’s all he has.
This entire campaign has felt like a bad rerun of the out-dated Liberal playbook.
They’ve trotted out the same lines of attack against the Conservatives that we’ve seen for decades — including old favourites like accusing the Tories of wanting to bring in American-style two-tier health care, re-opening the abortion debate and allowing assault weapons back on our streets.
And while an endorsement from Obama may have had some cultural sway the first time around, at this point, aligning with American politicians seems like a liability.
To add insult to injury, while these endorsements were coming in from Trudeau’s elite friends in Washington, the world learned of a new political alliance — one that Canada is noticeably absent from.
Australia, the U.K. and the U.S. announced a formal strategic defence partnership against China. What was once the Five Eyes — these nations, plus Canada and New Zealand — apparently is now down to three.
This is a monumental blow to Canada, proving that, under Trudeau’s watch, we’re no longer even given a seat at the table.
While Trudeau tried to brush it off — misleading reporters by saying this new strategic partnership was only about “purchasing nuclear submarines” — the truth is much more painful.
As retired Vice-Admiral Mark Norman said to the Globe and Mail, Trudeau “doesn’t understand what is going on internationally and he doesn’t understand what the significance of an arrangement like this is as it relates to international security.”
“I don’t think our allies think we are serious when it comes to defence,” said the senior Canadian naval officer.
Our allies are right. Trudeau is not a serious leader. His foreign policy focuses on seeking the endorsement of fading politicians, rather than working to ease the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan or doing the hard work alongside our allies to neutralize the growing threat of China.
Despite the fact that we’ve been dealing with COVID-19 for almost two years, some small businesses in Canada continue to enforce restrictive health measures on their customers.
When customers receive poor customer service, it usually doesn’t bode well for the business. Will this be the case post-COVID?
Last time we spoke to Banff—Airdrie Maverick candidate Tariq Elnaga he invited us to stop by his ranch if we were ever in the area. So we did. True North’s Andrew Lawton visited Tariq to talk about his Maverick campaign, the western lifestyle, and why the federal government needs to get out of the West’s affairs.
With one day to go until the federal election the People’s Party of Canada says it’s the only viable option set apart from the other parties that have led Canadians to where we are now. PPC candidate in Banff—Airdrie Nadine Wellwood sat down with True North’s Andrew Lawton to discuss her campaign for freedom and fairness, which she says only the PPC can deliver.
With growing western alienation and the oil and gas sector in decline under Justin Trudeau, the Maverick Party — formerly Wexit Canada — is seeking to put the western agenda front and centre as the Bloc Québécois has for Quebec. Maverick interim leader Jay Hill joined The Andrew Lawton Show to explain.
Retired General Rick Hillier and retired Vice-Admiral Mark Norman have endorsed Conservative leader Erin O’Toole to become Prime Minister on September 20th.
In a video posted to the Conservative Party’s Twitter, Norman urged Canadians to vote Conservative.
“In just a few days, we Canadians have an important responsibility. To choose the person we want to lead us for the next few years,” said Norman. He pointed out that “Canada is facing a lot of challenges right now. Some form beyond our borders, and many from within.
“On Monday, we need to choose a leader of substance. A leader who will face these challenges with courage, integrity, reason and a solid plan for what’s in the best long-term interest of this country.” Norman said he believes that “Erin O’Toole is the leader that Canada needs now.”
Norman claims to have been the victim of “politically motivated” prosecution by the federal government. Norman was suspended from his position in 2018 by General Jonathan Vance after allegedly playing a hand in leaking the shipbuilding contract information. After a lengthy legal battle with the government, Norman was cleared of any wrongdoing after all charges against him were dropped. The government’s failed prosecution cost taxpayers over $1.4 million.
Hillier previously commanded the NATO International Security Defense Force in Afghanistan. Recently, Hillier was the head of Ontario’s COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution Task Force.
Hillier says he believes O’Toole has a vision for leading Canada.
“I believe we have many divisions in our country right now and we need somebody to unite them and I believe Erin can do that,” Hillier said.
“Vote for Erin O’Toole and make him the leader of our country, and make him the leader we want to have in Ottawa for the next [few] years.”
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While the Conservative leader received glowing endorsements from high profile Canadian figures, the Liberals and NDP received endorsements from popular figures south of the border.
Earlier in the week, former US president Barack Obama and 2016 Democratic Presidential candidate and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton endorsed Liberal Party Leader Justin Trudeau. In a Twitter post on Thursday afternoon, Obama referred to Trudeau as an “effective leader” and “strong voice” for democracy.
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh was endorsed by U.S. Senator and former Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders. Sanders took to Twitter, saying that the NDP is the “one party that stood up for working people in the pandemic,” and Singh is the “one leader who has the courage to make the wealthy pay their fair share so everyone gets the medication they need.”
What if everything changes during this election and no one noticed?
A seismic change is happening in the Canadian energy industry that will affect everything for our global energy systems and the planet. And it’s happening in Europe and now in the United States, too.
In general, every party in this federal election continues to support the idea of a transition away from hydrocarbons. They are largely different only in the timeline they propose – some want to move faster, some slower.
Yet there has been sparse chatter about the emerging option of an energy transformation. This article aims to address that gap in the policy conversation – which should feature this significant shift in the energy sector.
In Calgary, the petroleum industry has worked to reinvent itself using its foundation as a world energy centre to become a world carbon-tech centre. Like in other places around the world, innovative energy companies have realized that reducing emissions can be achieved in ways not yet imagined by our political leaders. Using the principle of the three R’s (reduce, reuse, and return), Canada can create a circular economy in energy. If mother nature can recycle carbon dioxide why can’t we? CO2, just like tin cans and cardboard, can go from a waste disposal problem to valuable feedstock in the new circular economy.
In the circular economy for energy, oil and gas produce energy with net-zero emissions. Fully implemented, this brings the total environmental impacts of oil and gas below that of alternatives such as wind or solar.
So if oil and gas can be net-zero emissions then why would we need a transition away from them?
Some are projecting a multi-trillion-dollar market in rolling out the new carbon recycling technologies and the carbon capture infrastructure to make it effective. It’s a huge up-front investment. As demonstrated by numerous announcements, many leaders, including those in Alberta, plan to take a big share of this market.
And Canada’s well-positioned to do so.
Whether the political masters in Ottawa like it or not, our country’s ambitious climate targets for 2050 are unachievable without the involvement of the oil and gas industry – and most savvy observers know it. 80% of our energy and energy systems are run by fossil fuel companies and their STEM-trained employees. They have the talent, experience, innovation, and infrastructure necessary to transform Canada’s energy sector. Change is not going to come from the ivory towers of power in Ottawa or the chattering classes. Nonetheless, the industry historically has been slow to address the impacts of continuous population and GDP growth on the global environment frustrating governments and Canadians alike.
And I can say unequivocally that has changed.
Alberta is vaulting from laggard to leader on carbon-tech solutions, some of which are commercially available already. Billions of dollars have already been invested and new project announcements for energy transformation are coming every day. And the rest of the world is taking note of these carbon-capture innovations. Elon Musk recently announced a global $100 million XPRIZE for carbon tech demonstrating the worldwide interest in these new solutions.
So, what say the applicants for Prime Minister?
Jagmeet Singh has confirmed he will eliminate all assistance for oil and gas even if it is essential to making oil and gas with net-zero emissions.
Justin Trudeau wants to make “transitioning off oil and gas” a law with his “Just Transition” which promises to legislate hundreds of thousands of workers into new career paths.
Only Erin O’Toole stands as the sole supporter of carbon capture and storage. However, not even O’Toole has talked about carbon recycling and turning CO2 into a feedstock for an emerging trillion-dollar market.
With billions pouring into carbon tech in Alberta and around the world, why aren’t these innovations part of the solutions our leaders are bringing forward this election?
Maybe with the right questions, the politicians campaigning to govern this country will finally take note of this worldwide seismic shift.
Michael Binnion is the executive director of the Modern Miracle Network, whose mission is to encourage Canadians to have reasoned conversations about energy issues, and CEO of Questerre Energy Corporation, which is seeking to apply circular economy technologies to a natural gas discovery in Quebec.
