Ep 233: Get off my lawn energy

Circuit breakers, emergency brakes and no brakes as provinces deal with spiking covid cases, which is all us young people’s fault.

Links

• BC Three-week circuit breaker begins now to bend the curve, protect people
• Ontario Implements Provincewide Emergency Brake
• Three Quebec cities head back into lockdown as COVID-19 variants spread
• Kenney pleads with Albertans to follow public health orders, but won't add restrictions
• Job-protected leave for workers to get COVID-19 vaccine
• Rob Shaw for The Orca: Wrong message, worst time
• Andrew Kurjata thread on being gaslit by the province
• Gavin Dew Twitter announcement
• Political strategist Gavin Dew announces B.C. Liberal leadership bid

BC Housing

• More homes coming for people in need in Vancouver
• Revelstoke - 24 on-bed units being built
• Prince George - new build with 50 affordable rentals & 50 supportive to be built
• Victoria - 70 new temporary spaces for homeless from renovated building
• Victoria - 192 permanent homes for homeless in 4 buildings to be built
• Langford - 120 new affordable homes open
• Whistler - 45 affordable rental homes for >100 residents open
• Haida Gwaii - 19 new supportive homes open
• Rapid Housing Initiative in Capital Region to support 91 new homes for homeless

Quick takes

• It’s time for Canada to focus on expanding our population
• PolitiCoast Ep 203 with Century Initiative interview
• Border and Rule – Fernwood Publishing
• Former prime minister Jean Chrétien part of secretive project to store nuclear waste in Labrador, emails show
• Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Announces Sanctions on Relevant US and Canadian Individuals and Entity
• China sanctions MP Michael Chong, federal subcommittee