344 – Covid Restrictions and the Effectiveness of Lockdown. Fines and Throne Speech and More!

BREAKING: Ford Govt. introduces new fines for breaking indoor/outdoor social gathering rules:

$10,000 up to $100,000 for individuals, possible jail.

$10,000 up to $50,000 for a director/ officer of a corp.

$10,000 up to $10,000,000 for a corp​. #onpoli #cdnpoli #covid19

— NEWSTALK1010 (@NEWSTALK1010) September 17, 2020

An ethics breach fine is $300. But hosting my wife's 50th could cost be $100,000?

There's a word for that.

— Syl Carle 🇨🇦 (@syl20carle) September 18, 2020

The pandemic is over. Calling all these positive PCR and antibody tests “new cases” is disingenuous and can only be deliberately misleading. This nonsense has gone way beyond what’s reasonable pic.twitter.com/uESba0LfsN

— daniel (@leitourgiastica) September 17, 2020

People are asking me if I will support the throne speech

But the throne speech is just words on paper

It doesn't mean anything if the Liberal government doesn't back up their words with action

We will keep fighting so that people get the help they need during this pandemic pic.twitter.com/0Koj4LUnhV

— Jagmeet Singh (@theJagmeetSingh) September 17, 2020

Uh, that's interesting. Ien announced her candidacy today. She wasn't the only one running. Scotiabank economist Brett House was seeking the nomination as well.

A byelection hasn't even been called yet, but it seems the Liberal Party has already picked a candidate? https://t.co/wyMQozAKL6

— Justin Ling (@Justin_Ling) September 17, 2020

Liberals select CTV’s The Social host to run in Morneau’s former riding https://t.co/IWrGXCWO1u via @TrueNorthCentre

— Candice Malcolm (@CandiceMalcolm) September 18, 2020

If able to, wearing masks is one of the best ways to help keep those around you safe. At the cabinet retreat this week, I wore a mask from a local Waterloo company that I’m proud to support: @unlearn_com.
Learn more about this company here ➡️ https://t.co/9xJV7UrqbN pic.twitter.com/97T1EdAlOv

— Bardish Chagger (@BardishKW) September 17, 2020

.@VassyKapelos asked Environment Minister @JonathanWNV when the gov't will reveal its updated climate plan.

“The major junctures are probably within the next 12 months,” said Wilkinson. “The budget is obviously an important thing… I will be bringing a new plan to COP26.” pic.twitter.com/gq3lGeC6Ic

— Power & Politics (@PnPCBC) September 17, 2020

In this exclusive interview, @CandiceMalcolm and @PierrePoilievre discuss all the problems in Ottawa and a Conservative vision for a better Canada.

Watch the full interview: https://t.co/CVeXkZUcjx #cdnpoli pic.twitter.com/2eloyFUFiY

— True North (@TrueNorthCentre) September 17, 2020