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Slowly but surely, Canada's Totalitarian government is loosening it grip on its citizens.
TTC to drop COVID-19 vaccine mandate for workers, reinstate terminated employees -
The Toronto Transit Commission is ending its mandatory COVID-19 vaccination requirement for workers and offering to reinstate employees who were terminated as a result of the policy without back pay.

The transit agency said this week its vaccine mandate will be lifted on Nov. 27, though it is continuing to encourage employees to stay up-to-date with COVID-19 immunizations.

The TTC said the mandate, introduced on Sept. 7, 2021, came after consulting with public health officials and was based on "the best available science at the time."
[cbc.ca]

BDair 8 Nov 18
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'Jordan Peterson Says COVID Vaccine Mandates Imitate Totalitarian States'
"The thing that surprised me the most, probably, was how rapidly we stampeded to imitate a totalitarian state in the immediate aftermath of the release of COVID," Peterson said. "You know, if you think it through a little bit, no one really knew how serious the virus was going to be. And so, it was an unknown threat."

"A herd will stampede because the most neurotic member of the herd jumps first, and then [the rest of the herd will] instantly follow them," he added. "And that's kind of what we did in the early stages of the pandemic. The Chinese acted first. Now, unfortunately they are a totalitarian state. And we all followed."
[newsweek.com]

BDair Level 8 Nov 21, 2022

@AnneWimsey You may need to back up a little more quickly, lest information overrun you.

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Someone else's opinions ....
'Trudeau’s totalitarian turn'
'It was the hot tub that did it. Photos of Canadian convoy supporters relaxing in a hot tub on a downtown Ottawa street last weekend were splashed all over the news. Now Justin Trudeau is mad and he’s gone and invoked war measures, known as the Emergencies Act. He wants that hot tub off the streets, pronto, and he needs wartime powers to get it done. Civil liberties remain ‘temporarily’ suspended… just for two weeks, while we flatten the protesters!
On announcing the ‘state of emergency’, (state of emergency piled upon pre-existing state of emergency), Trudeau’s government immediately declared that banks are allowed to freeze personal and business accounts on the mere suspicion of involvement with the protest, without obtaining a court order. They cannot be sued for such actions. Police, intelligence agencies and banks are authorised to share ‘relevant information’. Banks are now required to report financial relationships of persons involved in the protests to the Canadian Security Intelligence Service.
The Act also allows the government to force businesses (such as tow trucks) to provide services against their will, to ban public assembly and travel, to forbid the use of a specific property, and to secure specific areas. Its implementation was opposed by four provincial premiers.'
[spectator.co.uk]

BDair Level 8 Nov 21, 2022

'This civil disobedience is all Trudeau can cite in justification of the Emergencies Act. The rationale is that ongoing protest and peaceful civil disobedience constitute a threat to national security and to the economy. Yet a credible government would have avoided this situation entirely by addressing, or at least expressing a willingness to evaluate, the suffering it is inflicting on its own people. The Emergencies Act is only supposed to be invoked as a last resort in a genuine crisis — the War Measures Act, its predecessor, was last invoked under Pierre Trudeau in response to actual terrorism involving numerous bombings and the kidnapping and murder of a cabinet minister.'

'These are totalitarian methods, not the methods of a justly governed, civilized nation. What is particularly notable in government discourse over the last couple of weeks is that Covid has become an afterthought. Nobody in power appears genuinely concerned about anything other than maintaining control and saving face. Two-thirds of the Canadian population now support dropping all mandates.
It is starting to become clear that the mandates have nothing to do with Covid. The measures don’t work, and travel restrictions are pointless when Covid is already widespread within the country. But the government won’t let go. Over 80 per cent of Canadians are vaccinated. They want 100 per cent to get vaccinated. Why? So they can move the goalposts and demand another proof of compliance? The message is plain: participation in normal life is a privilege, not a default. Only those ‘in compliance’ get to participate.'

'Canadians don’t want participation in normal life to become a privilege granted only on government say-so. That’s what these protests are about. But their goal will not be secured until the vaccine passport system is gone. Even though some provinces say they are dropping the pass, they’re maintaining the existence of the system. It remains legal for businesses to enforce it for employees or clientele. But the QR code system must be dismantled and its use made illegal. It is the backbone of a potential social credit program — a totalitarian’s dream. Don’t let it come true, Canada.'

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Someone's opinions -
'Canada’s totalitarian approach to Covid (Ft. Dr. Julie Ponesse)'
[tnc.news]

BDair Level 8 Nov 21, 2022
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We’re actually teetotal-itarian. Different word entirely.

Maybe if they made better beer......

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"Canada's TOTALITARIAN government", uh huh, whatever you say.....
backing slowly away

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That’s going to piss a bunch of big government liberals off.

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