Canada - A Government that cares

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Canada - A Government that cares

... to kneel on your neck after it's knocked you down.

Also: How to keep your private parts private.*


CBC: Civil action seeks court declaration that COVID-19 laws 'are not rational'

• A group of 19 Ontario police officers has launched a constitutional challenge against the provincial and federal governments and several police chiefs, claiming that enforcing sweeping pandemic health restrictions puts them at odds with their oath to uphold the charter.
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(Didja notice how the CBC demeaned the Charter by not capitalizing the "C"?  Doing its best to support the new world order?)

• Fifteen active and four retired members of law enforcement agencies — including the Toronto Police Service, York Regional Police Service, Ottawa Police Service, Niagara Regional Police Service, Hamilton Police Service and the RCMP — are behind the civil action. 
• It was filed in the Superior Court of Justice against the premier, the attorneys general of Canada and Ontario, as well as five police chiefs.
• The challenge has yet to be tested in court. It seeks these declarations: 
•     Canada's pandemic laws "are not rational" and have "no force or effect." 
•     Lockdowns, stay-at-home orders and curfews are "forms of martial law." 
•     Wearing masks, social distancing and lockdowns are "ineffective" and "not scientifically or medically based" because they're based on coronavirus cases the legal documents claim "are 96.5 per cent false."
• The lawyer for the officers is Rocco Galati, executive director of the Toronto-based Constitutional Rights Centre. He didn't respond to a request for comment on Monday, but the legal challenge was detailed in a virtual news conference posted April 30 to YouTube. 

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I admit that I have a tiny bit of a crush on Rocco Galati. At my advanced age, I doubt he'd be flattered to know that, but it's pathetic how needy people can become when the world as they thought they knew it comes crashing down like an outhouse shot out of a tree.

It's also a blessing to know that Don Rogers' CountMeOut* is still advising the public on how to get through a census, and there's, reportedly, a particularly invasive one coming down the tube right now!  Talk about smacking you when you're already down, eh?

Or "kneeing the neck", as some eager-beaver, not-so-responsible police officers have been doing with apparent alacrity.  I like that word: "alacrity".  It means: "liveliness and eagerness". Take from that what you will with regard to this particular incident:

• All he did was scream': Father reacts to video of police officer dropping a knee onto son
• Alberta Justice says Calgary prosecutors are reviewing the file
• VIDEO included: The man shown lying on the ground as an Edmonton police officer drops his knee into his back during an arrest was homeless at the time, according to his father.
• In the video from August 2019, Elliot McLeod is lying still, face down, and it appears his arms are being held behind his back by an officer who is kneeling beside him. A second officer approaches and suddenly drops, driving his knee into the man's upper back.
• McLeod, who according to his father is a member of Bigstone Cree Nation, screams in pain and begs them to stop.
• He said his son told him about the arrest and being injured by police, but he didn't provide much detail. The father was recovering from a surgery and his son told him he would tell him about it later.
• "He came in there with a bruised head, black eyes, cuts on his head," he said.

Time for a " Cree lives matter" event?

There's something a little too up-close-and-personal about the pleasure cops seem to derive from carrying out this particular "serve and protect" procedure.

All the more reason to praise and support the Ontario Officers who have put themselves forward on behalf of true Justice and decency.

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*  How to keep your private parts private -
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..... 2021 census arriving amid pandemic

CBC:

• [Chief Statistician Anil] Arora said data collected from the previous census played a role in shaping the current national vaccination effort, while this census could potentially inform future public health campaigns.
• Canvassers could still knock on doors in areas where the response rate has been low, but they'll be wearing masks and keeping their distance.

I'd prefer they kept my distance: say, a mile or two?

How much do you want to bet they'll be knocking on a whole lot more doors than they used to have to?

Time to consult the doubters' loyal standby: CountMeOut.ca

Some general advice:  (There's lots more advice on the site, and I've copied it all in case the site gets mysteriously struck down. It hasn't in the past, but we're in a whole nother ball game now.)

1. Don't do the 2021 Census online. Request paper forms. Provide your mailing address, but not your name.

2. Provide only Minimum Cooperation with the Census. This is crucial.

3. Make noise. Complain. Network. Get others involved. Start now. Silence is consent.

Full instructions on how to proceed (or not, as you wish) are provided in detail.

Below Image is from "Count Me Out" website: