Roundup: An incompetent vaccine rollout

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In case you were under any illusion that the Ford government had somehow managed to get past their murderclown-level incompetence as the we’ve moved into the “ignore and hope it goes away” phase of the pandemic, well they haven’t. And the rollout of the latest round of COVID vaccines has proved this yet again as they have mishandled this spectacularly badly. Below is a thread from a Toronto-area pharmacist who is recounting that the Ford government had botched this so badly that they have to stop offering the vaccines. This is very, very bad, but like we’ve established, murderclown-level incompetence from the Ford government from top to bottom.

Way to go, Uncle Doug. Still managing to kill people after all this time.

Ukraine Dispatch:

Ukrainian forces continue to hold off Russian advances at Avdiivka, while Russians have started attacking energy systems again in advance of winter. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says that they can still deliver battlefield results before the year is out. He also pledged that they can ensure that reconstruction is free of corruption. Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia were told they are advancing in their desire to join the European Union, while Balkan states are being moved to the back of the queue. Russian state media claims they are using Ukrainian POWs as soldiers for their side, but it’s hard to take the claim seriously.

Good reads:

  • On his way to caucus yesterday, Justin Trudeau condemned the rise in antisemitism and Islamophobia that the Israel-Hamas conflict has been stoking.
  • Trudeau announced that he will be attending the APEC Summit in San Francisco next week.
  • The Star has a comprehensive look of where Canada stands one month into the Israel-Hamas conflict, and the tensions within the Liberals as a result.
  • No Canadians were able to cross the border from Gaza into Egypt yesterday as it was shut down yet again.
  • Bill Blair says that he told his staff to rejig the long-delayed defence policy update so that they can give industry “more clarity” on long-term spending plans.
  • The Royal Canadian Navy spent $3.5 million on spare parts for our aging submarines, so of course there will be cheap outrage over it.
  • One of the Canadian women repatriated from a Syrian detention camp for marrying an ISIS fighter has been given a peace bond with strict conditions.
  • Another international report calls us out for not meeting our climate targets and jeopardising the energy transition by not ramping down oil and gas.
  • The Star checks in on the “two billion trees” pledge, and why there is a concern its impact will be limited as other polluters will use it for greenwashing.
  • The National Post has an interesting longread on the controversy over genital surgeries and intersex children.
  • An assistant deputy minister told the government operations committee that CBSA’s chief technology officer lied to them about not knowing details about ArriveCan.
  • The NDP’s Supply Day motion on removing the GST from home heating went down to a decisive defeat, as it was always going to.
  • After centralising healthcare systems in the province, Danielle Smith announced that they will de-centralise them, but there are concerns about politicisation.
  • Kevin Carmichael points out Doug Ford’s incoherent railing at the Bank of Canada to stop inflation without rate hikes, while he aggressively increases spending.
  • Susan Delacourt wonders why the Liberals aren’t running an ad campaign against Poilievre in order to define him to Canadians.

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  1. After centralising healthcare systems in the province, Danielle Smith announced that they will de-centralise them…

    Oh, the grand old Duke of York
    He had ten thousand men
    He marched them up to the top of the hill
    And he marched them down again

    And when they were up, they were up
    And when they were down, they were down
    And when they were only half-way up
    They were neither up nor down

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