The CEBA loan program would not have been necessary if all businesses would have told the Gov’t to go fekk yourself and refused to close BUT they didn’t and instead “borrowed” money they KNEW had to be repaid, well 50% anyways. That was a $20,000 gift out of the taxpayers purse for businesses thank you very much. NOW all the boohooing commences because business owners aren’t paying back their debts and leaving it to the taxpayer to shoulder their default resulting rampant inflation and impending poverty. I can’t tell you how annoyed I am at the moment
https://www.westernstandard.news/news/canadas-pandemic-loan-program-faces-31-billion-in-defaults/55091
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BREAKING - Conservative MP Stephanie Kusie has launched a petition to reinstate the freedom to prayer during Remembrance Ceremonies.
SIGN HERE: https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-7902
The Petition E-7902 reads as follows.
Whereas:
Canada has had a longstanding tradition of including prayer in military ceremonies, such as Remembrance Day, where members of all faiths have been invited to reflect and/or pray the way they wish;
Despite a unanimous motion passed in the House of Commons on November 8, 2024, affirming Chaplains’ right to pray during such ceremonies, the Department of National Defence under the Liberal government issued Military Personnel Instruction 03/26 in 2026 prohibiting military chaplains and personnel from reciting traditional, faith-specific prayers, mentioning God, or wearing explicit religious symbols during official, mandatory public events;
“Military Personnel Instruction 03/26” dishonours the legacy of Chaplains who have served Canadian ...
Okay…first, I’m glad we are not doing the twice-yearly time change, HOWEVER, I’m finding it comes with its own set of challenges. I’m finding there are so many things that are set to automatically shift from MDT to MST:
Everything that does an automatic adjustment twice a year now has everything out of whack. I wonder if we’ll have to do ...