Daring, even if thrown out there extemporaneously ...
Doug Ford floats idea of electing judges in rant on bail reform
Ontario Premier Doug Ford blasted judges in the province whom he perceives as being soft on crime, and floated ideas on Wednesday such as electing judges and offering them payoutswww.thecanadianpressnews.ca
For sure. But one has to be careful what one wishes for, though.
To them it is all traditional land to be defended. To them, a Reserve or treaty area is a white man's construct.First Nations getting a bit of a carve out for consultation on big projects ....
From the piece -- highlights mine:Ontario to amend mining bill, add Indigenous economic zones amid First Nations uproar
TORONTO - Premier Doug Ford's government is set to capitulate to some First Nation demands on a controversial mining bill, though it will not kill the proposed law outright, The
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Let's see how all sides define "meaningfully," "consults," and "First Nations in the area."
On that last bit on "in the area" and recent Queen's Park protests, one of the main groups doing the protesting is the "First Nations Land Defence Alliance," which includes one FN (whose former Chief is mentioned in at least one media report as chair of the group) that's about 640km as the crow flies from the Ring of Fire.
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True to a point, but it’s a bit of a stretch to include the Ring of Fire as areas traditionally used by a community historically located near Kenora.
100% - and they have had aggressive advocacy networks & partnerships in place for a long time. This is part of their rationale for Ring of Fire concerns.
Oh yeah …
None of this is new....30 years ago they were making revenue sharing agreements for a portion of crown timber dues in the Red Lake area being funneled to the local First Nations. But only for mills north of X Latitude and no revenue sharing for communities south of the magic lineFirst Nations getting a bit of a carve out for consultation on big projects ....
From the piece -- highlights mine:Ontario to amend mining bill, add Indigenous economic zones amid First Nations uproar
TORONTO - Premier Doug Ford's government is set to capitulate to some First Nation demands on a controversial mining bill, though it will not kill the proposed law outright, The
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Let's see how all sides define "meaningfully," "consults," and "First Nations in the area."
On that last bit on "in the area" and recent Queen's Park protests, one of the main groups doing the protesting is the "First Nations Land Defence Alliance," which includes one FN (whose former Chief is mentioned in at least one media report as chair of the group) that's about 640km as the crow flies from the Ring of Fire.
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To some, it's all Turtle Island and Mother Earth.
www.northernontariobusiness.com
Some of it might also be smaller, more isolated communities happy to have access to colleagues with experience (20+ years) of getting media/public attention at least at Queen’s Park to Indigenous issues.To some, it's all Turtle Island and Mother Earth.
Besides, it's an alliance of several FNTs - he just happens to be from Grassy Narrows.
First Nations 'take a stand together'
The First Nations Land Defence Alliance has welcomed Ojibways of Onigaming into the coalition
www.cp24.com
I suspect many stores will be re-thinking their liquor licence, particularly if sales aren't all that robust. Very few want to commit the staff and storage space (both usually in short supply) for deposit returns. I was grocery shopping today and had to ask a staffer where a certain item was and, after checking a few logical places, he said that with having to shoe-horn in shelf space for booze, the store ends up shoving other products wherever they can find space.A few places actually rethinking having a license to sell liquor?
From the piece ....Few Ontario grocery stores accepting booze empties, some weigh returning licences
TORONTO - Very few Ontario grocery stores that are required to accept empty alcohol containers are doing so, leaving the future of the deposit return program in question as The
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And since I suspect companies pay big money for shelf location, they might be less than pleased being moved about to maybe less desirable spaces.
True dat - and it would be interesting to see.
According to the Interweb, all provinces except Ontario and Manitoba have some manner of deposit-return system for beverage containers.
Its another case of beggar your neighbour. Instead of us fixing our own problems, we are hoping to pinch these individuals off the US.Here's hoping this works to get more health professionals into Ontario faster ....
Highlights from the info-machine:Ontario expediting process for U.S. doctors, nurses to work in province
Doctors and nurses licensed in the United States will soon be able to more easily practise in Ontario, under changes announced today by the minister of health.
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You're right, that would solve the input part of the equation. In the case of nurses, though, unless there's also mo' money put into staffing, say, hospitals and nursing homes, they end up getting trained and leaving.
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Another unnecessary impediment to expansion of trade. In other parts of Canada we have successfully demonstrated that there are alternatives for collecting beverage containers with refundable deposits.A few places actually rethinking having a license to sell liquor?
From the piece ....Few Ontario grocery stores accepting booze empties, some weigh returning licences
TORONTO - Very few Ontario grocery stores that are required to accept empty alcohol containers are doing so, leaving the future of the deposit return program in question as The
