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Premier Doug Ford's Ontario

Richard White said:
Awww but I wanted troops in the streets arresting people at will!
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Man shot dead in Philippines for flouting coronavirus rules​

Country’s first reported case of police shooting a civilian for refusing to follow restrictions to curb coronavirus.

From link.

A 63-year-old man was shot dead in the Philippines after threatening village officials and police with a scythe at a coronavirus checkpoint, police said on Saturday.

The man is believed to have been drunk when he threatened village officials and police manning the checkpoint in the town of Nasipit in the southern province of Agusan del Norte on Thursday, a police report said.
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“The suspect was cautioned by a village health worker … for not wearing a face mask,” the report said. “But the suspect got angry, uttering provoking words and eventually attacked the personnel using a scythe.”

The suspect was shot dead by a police officer who was trying to pacify him.

The incident is the first reported case of police shooting a civilian for refusing to follow restrictions to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus.


Duterte’s warning​

President Rodrigo Duterte had warned on Wednesday he would order the police and the military to shoot anyone who created trouble.

“Follow the government at this time because it is critical that we have order,” he said in a late-night televised national address.

“And do not harm the health workers, the doctors … because that is a serious crime. My orders to the police and the military, if anyone creates trouble, and their lives are in danger: shoot them dead.”

The Philippines’s main island of Luzon has been under a month-long lockdown since March 16, prohibiting people from leaving their homes except for essential trips to the grocery or the pharmacy, or if they are front-line workers.

Many provinces outside of Luzon have also imposed their own restrictions in a bid to prevent the virus from spreading.

The department of health reported 76 new confirmed cases of infection in the Philippines, bringing to 3,094 the total tally in the country.

Eight additional deaths were also recorded, pushing the death toll to 144, while 57 patients have recovered.

Duterte defended his warning against troublemakers in another late-night televised address on Friday, saying the public needed to realise the gravity of the situation because anyone can get sick of the disease.

“Without these restrictions, this will not end,” he said. “So if you don’t want to follow, then I will finish you to protect the lives of the innocent who don’t want to die.”


‘Attacking freedoms’​

Amnesty International lamented the fact that strongmen leaders around the world like Duterte have been using the COVID-19 pandemic “to further stifle criticism and dissent”.

“This is an unprecedented health crisis, but President Duterte is focusing on attacking freedoms of speech and assembly,” said Butch Olano, a director for Amnesty International in the Philippines.

“He is downplaying the nation’s plea for better services when the priority should be to fulfil the government’s obligation to provide healthcare and vital relief to all persons without discrimination,” he added.

The government has begun to distribute cash assistance to poor families and workers affected by the lockdown under a 200 billion peso ($4bn) amelioration package.

But there have been persistent complaints of delays in the delivery of assistance, especially food packs.

On Wednesday, a commotion broke out in a Manila suburb when a group of slum residents gathered outside their shanty homes after hearing rumours that donations would be distributed.

Village security officers and police urged the residents to go back to their homes, but they refused.

Twenty-one of the residents were arrested and various criminal charges have been filed against them.
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adma said:
What I find amusing (albeit in a black-humour way) is how when it comes to this Ford/Trump kind of tinpot right-populism, it doesn't even seem to configure in their heads as "corruption"; more like little boys who are so proud to know all of these big shots and have them on hand. Like the macro-world is nothing more than a fantasy projection of their own micro-world. Not so much that they're ethically bankrupt; more that they chose to never grow up and learn what "ethics" was all about...
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There's always been something weirdly sloppy about the Fords' level of small-time crookedness, an almost raw-boned lack of bullshit when it comes to blatantly doing whatever the hell they please, rules or the law be damned. And they bring the same brand of cheap, small-time perfidy to the (surprisingly) higher offices they've somehow managed to slime they way into, whether it's the Toronto Mayor's or Queen's Park. It's downright bizarre to witness unfolding in real time. I mean, for Chrissakes: Did anyone not think he'd be this transparently self-serving if he slithered his way into the Premiere's office? This sort of thing could almost be endearing, in a bad comedy-sketch way, if Thug also wasn't such a stupid, mean, hateful pig on a personal level. Reading the details of the ties between Ford and the developers of Highway 413 is nothing short of eye-popping. But is anyone honestly surprised by this?
 
The Ford Follies have always reminded me of Boardwalk Empire. Police in your pocket, the “little people” come to you for you to bestow your favour, and there is no social media or investigative journalism. Simpler times. 🤣
 
Don't think this has been the subject of an announcement; but the Ontario government has quietly posted the minimum wage increase effective October 1st, 2021.

A whole .10c per hour!

The general rate will rise to $14.35.


As at October, based on current announcements, that will see Ontario behind both BC and the North-West Territories at $15.20 per hour.
 
So, we're now getting word on the extent of cuts at Laurentian University; and they are substantial.

From the article linked below:

roughly 100 professors lost their jobs and dozens of programs were cancelled

Brutal cuts, including the Environmental Programs credited with re-greening Sudbury; a lot of the French programs, and Indigenous ones as well.


Aside from protests and discontent, I expect the cuts to the French programs may lead to litigation.
 
Northern Light said:
So, we're now getting word on the extent of cuts at Laurentian University; and they are substantial.

From the article linked below:

roughly 100 professors lost their jobs and dozens of programs were cancelled

Brutal cuts, including the Environmental Programs credited with re-greening Sudbury; a lot of the French programs, and Indigenous ones as well.


Aside from protests and discontent, I expect the cuts to the French programs may lead to litigation.
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See also https://www.thesudburystar.com/news/local-news/black-monday-for-laurentian-university and https://www.laurentianu.info/program-closures/
 
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