Just the CPC engaging in UCP behaviour. This nutjob sits on PP's shadow cabinet and was a contender for the leadership role, so CPC supporters can't really dismiss her as some random backbencher.
Conservative MP Leslyn Lewis is backing a petition for Canada to pull out of the United Nations and its subsidiary organizations like the World Health Organization.
Lewis represents the Ontario riding of Haldimand-Norfolk and sits on Opposition Leader Pierre Poilievre’s shadow cabinet.
Lewis, a former Conservative leadership hopeful and current Opposition critic of infrastructure and communities, expressed her support for Canada’s removal from the UN and the WHO Wednesday on social media.
“Over 60,000 Canadians have now signed a petition calling on Canada to protect our national sovereignty by withdrawing from the UN and its subsidiary organizations,” Lewis wrote on X.
It's weird claiming these world organizations have control over local government policies and thinking the simple step of withdrawing from them will stop the so called control and influence they have.
Liberals, led by Steve MacKinnon and Mark Gerretsen, seemingly quite upset that Poilievre has done some interviews they deem too friendly, used the platform available to them at CPAC / parliament to hold a press conference simply to voice their displeasure of doing year end 'fuzzy' interviews and Poilievre's lack of plan.
It goes...poorly. 26:50 questions start.
Steve MacKinnon looked visibly upset multiple times.
Pretty funny considering Trudeau just did a softball year-end interview with his buddy Terry Dimonte.
I seem to be late to this but pp thinks electricians capture lightning with a copper wire in order to make electricity? He has said it multiple times now. Wtf?
Looks like the Feds/Parks Canada is taking away one of the best recent developments in Banff which are the patios along Banff Ave. It seems like a really stupid decision and apparently it is because the patios represent over-commercialization of Banff.
Looks like the Feds/Parks Canada is taking away one of the best recent developments in Banff which are the patios along Banff Ave. It seems like a really stupid decision and apparently it is because the patios represent over-commercialization of Banff.
I don’t think that decision is final. All I read about was a weird letter the Banff superintendent wrote to town council.
He says that the use of public space for things like patios is against some sort of law related to national parks.
He’s referring to the management plan which states that all commercial development of Banff is already allocated and can only be redeveloped, not expanded.
Technically, this means you can’t “extend” commercial areas beyond their limits. But it his letter doesn’t seem to be in the spirit of the management plan since it’s just taking over roadway.
Either way, they aren’t taking them away yet. The letter was a request to meet and town council didn’t seem particularly convinced the letter made sense.
Though worth noting it still only exists as a temporary fixture. Council voters on whether to do it again every year, so it could end at any time.
From a residents perspective, closing the main thoroughfare through town has a very detrimental impact on traffic through residential neighborhoods. It also effectively cuts off a section of town from quick access to emergency and evacuation lanes.
They could just as easily close down Bear Street to be pedestrian only, but then it becomes a pissing contest between the lesser Bear Street businesses and the more expensive restaurants and shops along Banff Avenue.
Just in terms of logisitcs, it makes more sense to shut down Bear, between Moose and Caribou. Or as a secondary option, shut down Banff Avenue between Moose and Caribou and then reopen for the last block before the bridge, but that creates the same serious access problems for busses and trucks as shutting down all of Banff Avenue, although it opens up the emergency access more.
Basically shutting down Banff Ave is just an economic play, and does some pretty serious harm to traffic flow.
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From a residents perspective, closing the main thoroughfare through town has a very detrimental impact on traffic through residential neighborhoods. It also effectively cuts off a section of town from quick access to emergency and evacuation lanes.
They could just as easily close down Bear Street to be pedestrian only, but then it becomes a pissing contest between the lesser Bear Street businesses and the more expensive restaurants and shops along Banff Avenue.
Just in terms of logisitcs, it makes more sense to shut down Bear, between Moose and Caribou. Or as a secondary option, shut down Banff Avenue between Moose and Caribou and then reopen for the last block before the bridge, but that creates the same serious access problems for busses and trucks as shutting down all of Banff Avenue, although it opens up the emergency access more.
Basically shutting down Banff Ave is just an economic play, and does some pretty serious harm to traffic flow.
I’d argue it’s a pedestrian experience improvement at the expense of the car which also helps businesses.
Ideally you make one way streets on either side and get rid of all street parking and expand the shuttle buses from the big parking a lot near the highway.
From a residents perspective, closing the main thoroughfare through town has a very detrimental impact on traffic through residential neighborhoods. It also effectively cuts off a section of town from quick access to emergency and evacuation lanes.
They could just as easily close down Bear Street to be pedestrian only, but then it becomes a pissing contest between the lesser Bear Street businesses and the more expensive restaurants and shops along Banff Avenue.
Just in terms of logisitcs, it makes more sense to shut down Bear, between Moose and Caribou. Or as a secondary option, shut down Banff Avenue between Moose and Caribou and then reopen for the last block before the bridge, but that creates the same serious access problems for busses and trucks as shutting down all of Banff Avenue, although it opens up the emergency access more.
Basically shutting down Banff Ave is just an economic play, and does some pretty serious harm to traffic flow.
From what I remember, busses still use the closed section of road they just go really slow and ring an annoying bell to tell pedestrians to get out of the way so realistically the occasional emergency could use it as well.
It's about time, but is it too late? Schools and provinces have milked that teat for so long, they have become economically dependent on it. It should never have been allowed to get to that point.
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It's about time, but is it too late? Schools and provinces have milked that teat for so long, they have become economically dependent on it. It should never have been allowed to get to that point.
What choice did they have when their core funding was being choked off? In addition international students bring a lot to the campus in terms of diversity and background, and many stay or come back, becoming strong members of our society. International students aren’t really the problem per se, and them being blamed for the housing situation is unfortunate in my opinion.
What choice did they have when their core funding was being choked off? In addition international students bring a lot to the campus in terms of diversity and background, and many stay or come back, becoming strong members of our society. International students aren’t really the problem per se, and them being blamed for the housing situation is unfortunate in my opinion.
Nobody is blaming the students. They’re blaming the people who ramped up immigration to rates far higher than Canada’s infrastructure can handle.
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Nobody is blaming the students. They’re blaming the people who ramped up immigration to rates far higher than Canada’s infrastructure can handle.
To clarify my thoughts a bit, the shortage of housing in some markets and the only solution we can come up with is capping international students seems like we are being fooled that someone is doing something.
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