[Canada] Canadian Politics Redux

[viper37]

A comparison of Statistics Canada data against FBI data shows that a Jew in Canada is significantly more likely to be the target of a police-reported hate crime than a Jew in America."

Please, show me those statistics 

oh, that's right, the US doesn't compile data anymore for hate crimes. 

Silly me.

[viper37]

Trade deal struck with China to lower tariffs on EVs and create quotas (3% of market), the same for Canola etc.

Carney calls China more predictable than the US.  Says Chinese EV plant in Ontario in the future might be possible.

Interesting deal, very curious to see where this goes in the long run.  Some argue we should just allow Chinese EV in but we can't kill our own sector like that without some kind of transition gameplan.

I believe it's a very good trade deal.

We have no quota for our exports, lobsters, canola, wood, but China does have for its cars.

For now, the government and the industry will see if China abides by the terms of the treaty.  And I think, they will for now.

They seem weaker than they let appear.  The deal is very favorable to Canada.  We don't make electric cars in Canada, we only import them, so it's not costing us jobs.  The tarif reduction is mostly for cars below 35k$, so it's good for car inflation.  It lets China export it surplus electric cars after it's trade wars with other countries.

Obviously, they'll cheat in the future.  But the US isn't reliable at all and Europe is very slow to move.  Only Germany and France seems to be ready to move without the US for now.  UK still seems to want to dance with the orange man, for now.  The others are still a bit anti-trade.

[viper37]

And unfortunately the Chief of Police in Ottawa chose the do nothing option

My question is more what can be done when the Chief of Police refuses to move?

Should it be up to the city council to demote him and replace him with an emergency session?  This applies not only for this situation, but any future disruptive protest.  

You can be sure unions are taking notes for their next strikes right now.  The next time they have a complaint against any government, for whatever reason, they'll feel free to engage in any disruptive action without fear of retaliation, send goons to disrupt the peace knowing any police action will be slapped down by the courts.

Any protest group willing to stage a violent protest will now be emboldened to take action too.  I fear there is no end in sight.

[viper37]

And at this point I'm fully expecting the end of CUSMA...

It's a valid expectation, imho.