Roundup: Waiting for the modelling to show up

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If you weren’t convinced up until now that Ontario is being run by a group of incompetent murderclowns, there was a tacit admission yesterday from Solicitor General Sylvia Jones that the government held off on increasing restrictions because they wanted to see the modelling show up in hospitals first.

Let that sink in. Fourteen gods damned months into this pandemic, they still don’t understand that the modelling is a warning, not a prediction. They decided to wait until the lagging indicators – hospitalisation – was prevalent before “locking down” (but not really), which means that by this point, the spread of the virus is out of control. How they could not understand this fourteen gods damned months later is a sign that they are either wilfully ignorant, or they just don’t care. They were content to let people die because they couldn’t be arsed to stop the spread of the infection that they knew was coming for some wrong-headed notion about trying to “balance” the economy rather than ensuring people wouldn’t die – never mind that the economy would come back faster if they squashed the spread of the virus and it we wouldn’t any more lockdowns.

https://twitter.com/mattgurney/status/1380194055112511490

I’m still mad about this. I was mad about it all day since the interview hit social media. I would say it’s unbelievable, but given this particular posse of murderclowns and everything they’ve done in this pandemic, it’s unfortunately all too believable.

Good reads:

  • In a “fireside chat” at the Liberal convention, Chrystia Freeland said that the pandemic created the political opportunity for national childcare.
  • Senior Government Sources™ are pointing to child care being at the centre of the upcoming budget, while pharmacare seems to be moving to the backburner.
  • Canada’s first batch of AstraZeneca doses from COVAX arrived, while COVAX is delivering to 100 other countries (thanks to Canada’s participation).
  • The Deputy Chief Public Health Officer is warning that even once people are fully vaccinated, it may still mean restrictions or masks because of variants.
  • Marc Garneau says they are considering expanding the list of “essential workers” eligible to cross the Canada-US border.
  • Here is a look at the need for culture change in the military from the LGBT perspective (because apologies are not the be-all and end-all of change).
  • The Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions wants to tighten up the stress test for mortgages to help cool the overheated housing market.
  • British pensioners living in Canada and Australia are not getting those pensions indexed, even though the UK does for pensioners living in the US.
  • As the Liberals begin their policy convention, they are hoping for it to be a more tame affair than those of the Conservatives or NDP, with their controversies.
  • One thing the NDP need to tackle at their convention is trying to regain their foothold in Quebec, which has eroded over the past couple of election cycles.
  • Green Party insiders are disputing the story that there is resistance to Annamie Paul’s leadership in the ranks.
  • Some 17 UCP backbenchers plus the Speaker are speaking out against increased restrictions – but Jason Kenney warned them not to encourage disobedience.
  • Heather Scoffield looks over the list of spending wishes at the Liberal policy convention, but wants a discussion about where the revenues will come from.
  • Colby Cosh has doubts about the proposed “global minimum” tax on corporations, or more properly, or their more proper descriptor of interlocking accounting rules.

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