The leaders of France and the U.K. on Friday welcomed the announcement by Iran and the U.S. that the Strait of Hormuz is open, but said freedom of navigation must be permanently restored to the key oil route choked by the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran.
Had to be done
The key to democracy is showing up in large numbers
I don’t see Canada joining the EU. But the King of Canada is a separate legal person from the King of the United Kingdom. It just so happens that the same individual serves in both capacities.
An interesting article by @lefthandstu.bsky.social, but my only comment on it is that Dr. Carney is the 24th, not the 45th, Prime Minister of Canada.
#Pandantic
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Happy March 15. Here is my favorite Ides of March meme:
Table-sized bust of Julius Caesar as a pen holder. A number of pens are sticking out of Caesar’s back. This would make a lovely gift for the post’s author for anyone feeling particularly generous. You can find gifts like this on Etsy and other websites.
“I told him, Julie, don’t go. Don’t go, Julie, I said. If I told him once, I told him a thousand times. Julie, don’t go I said. It’s the Ides of March. Beware already.”
Yes. I didn’t include investment companies since they aren’t deposit-taking financial institutions. Because they aren’t engaged in banking or banking-like business, different policy objectives apply to how they are regulated.
Credit unions and other provincially regulated deposit-taking institutions are not CDIC members (the deposits of those institutions is insured provincially instead), and so any failures of those institutions are not included. Likewise, failures before CDIC was incorporated in 1970 are not included.
The claim only two banks have failed since 1923 is wrong. Five banks have failed since 1970 alone (there have also been failures of trust companies and other non-bank deposit-taking financial institutions). A list of failures of CDIC member institutions can be found at www.cdic.ca/about/our-hi...
In Nunavik, building a home has usually meant flying in materials and specialized workers and racing against a short construction window. Tinybox's pilot project was assembled by two locals who had never seen the system before in 10 days for $90,000. www.nationalobserver.com/2026/03/06/n...
Today!
Fortunately, this is the kind of Administration that avoids doing rash things that can make things worse.
Currently locked out of my Twitter account. Have emailed them but seems cutting that many staff has an impact to response times.
Swimmers urged to dress in bright, visible colours to make it easier for sharks to see, and therefore be able to avoid, them.
I defer to those with more appropriate knowledge as to what extent the U.S. navy can protect tankers transiting the strait.
Assuming, of course, that the Trump administration can figure out how to deliver on this commitment before supply disruptions are either resolved or result in material economic losses.
So, American taxpayers may assume potentially very large risks that a sophisticated private-sector market is unwilling to take so as to moderate the price shock the military action is having on oil consumers worldwide.
But at least OC Transpo fares are only $0.80 more per ride than in Toronto, and $0.40 more than the most expensive fare option in Montreal.
Because paying more for less is the way things work here.
4. My ability to number my tweets remains remarkable for its inconsistency.
/fin
2. IFHP is a small, albeit rising, amount of total healthcare spending in Canada, and only a portion of that going to failed (not even fraudulent) asylum seekers;
3. Denying these people healthcare coverage raises Charter concerns. There may be other ways to better remove them from Canada.
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The main points are (TL;dr):
1. Provincial coverage is largely limited to citizens, permanent residents and temporary workers living in the province (and paying taxes there);
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Alternatively, the government may opt to find other strategies for removing persons who have no need of protection (are not at risk if removed) and have no legal right to be/remain in Canada.
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Following the election of the LPC in 2015, the appeal of that decision was discontinued.
Of course, the current or a future government could try to amend the IFHP again, trying to find a way that avoids running afoul of the Charter.
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The 2012 changes were challenged in court and in 2014, the Federal Court ruled that they constituted cruel and unusual treatment and hence contravened s. 12 of the Charter.
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The purpose of the changes was to manage the rising costs of the IFHP, to discourage “bogus” refugee claims and to provide incentives for failed claimants to voluntarily leave Canada.
Critics raised that it was unjust and inhumane, among some other objections.
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Of particular note, in 2012, amendments to IFHP were proposed that reduced the amount of coverage available to certain types of persons. In some cases, such as failed applicants, coverage was only provided for diseases that posed a public health or public safety concern.
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Note that those who have failed in their application for asylum are still eligible for coverage under IFHP (until they have left Canada).
While IFHP costs have been rising fairly quickly, the cost was almost $91 million in 2009–10; a very small portion of total Canadian healthcare spending.
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Not eligible for IFHP are:
1. Those who have “no credible basis” for a claim;
2. Those who have abandoned or have been deemed to have abandoned their claims; and
3. Those who had the means to pay for healthcare.
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