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   From: katt@gmail.com   
      
   Canada Minister Marc Miller is questioned about their new bill under the   
   Liberal government led by Prime Minister Mark Carney that would EXEMPT ALL   
   MINISTERS FROM ALL LAWS.   
      
   This faggot must be Ski Bunny's brother. Watch the way he plays bullshit   
   liberal semantics when trying to explain this.   
      
   But why should one minister, individual minister, be allowed to bypass 150   
   years of Canadian law and exempt a person or company of their choosing?   
      
   Look, that may be your view, but I don't think that is what's happening here.   
      
   Well, that's how it's written.   
      
   It doesn't SAY PEOPLE ARE BEING EXEMPTED FROM 150 YEARS OF LAW.   
      
   (pure liberal semantics bullshit - Ski Bunny MUST be proud)   
      
   It says from any federal law except the criminal code.   
      
   Right. There's no mention of years. (liberal semantics bullshit)   
      
   It's any federal law. So it's any federal law that has been passed over the   
   last 150 years.   
      
   Right. I'm not going to parse this out with you. (YOU already "parsed this   
   out", faggot)   
      
   So just to be clear, you don't need it to do your job, but you want to keep it   
   nonetheless.   
      
   I think it's helpful to have.   
      
   Do you see the potential of abuse, though, in that companies or people will   
   have to lobby you personally, and not care about the law itself?   
      
   No one's asked me to overturn any laws.   
      
   You would have the ability to.   
      
   In some context, perhaps, but again, this is something that would have to be   
   used very judiciously.   
      
   How could you possibly think that this would not undermine the trust in our   
   Democracy, then?   
      
   I think (you THINK) Canadians expect us to act reasonably, I think Canadians   
   expect us to be judicious in our decision-making. Passing a law like C-15,   
   which all members will have the opportunity to vote on, is something that is   
   inherently accountable in and of itself.   
      
   Well, it has this particular clause that is very problematic. It is all over   
   the news. I have a letter with 43 organizations asking for you to strike it   
   because of the potential of abuse, but you still want to keep it.   
      
   I think I've answered that question about three times now. (run, faggot...   
   RUNNNNN!)   
      
   I just don't find it reasonable for you to have the powers of a king,   
   essentially.   
      
   I certainly don't have the powers of a king.   
      
   If you are allowed to exempt any entity from any federal law, it is like the   
   powers of a king.   
      
   Is that a statement or a question?   
      
   Well, it's a fact.   
      
   https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/2021515265239117824/vid/avc1/720x1280/vG   
   JYn8a2DXUn6J8I.mp4   
      
   Yes, you heard that correctly.   
      
   Hidden in the omnibus budget implementation bill, section 208 or clause 12   
   amends the Red Tape Reduction Act to grant federal cabinet ministers broad   
   discretionary powers   
      
   Ministers would be able to temporarily exempt any individual, company,   
   organization, or entity from the application of almost any provision of any   
   federal law (or regulations made under those laws) that the minister is   
   responsible for administering or enforcing, with the sole exception of the   
   Criminal Code.   
      
   They can themselves, and deem anyone they choose exempt from ALL laws. The   
   only exception is the criminal code.   
      
   He says you can trust them because "Canadians expect us to act reasonably".   
      
   Then, WHY have it in the bill?   
      
      
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   Canada:   
      
   'Worst In The World': Here Are All The Rankings In Which Canada Is Now Last   
      
   Most Unaffordable Housing, Highest Cell phone Bills And Worst Rate of Acute   
   Care Beds, To Name A Few   
      
   If you spend any time on social media, it's likely that you've seen this   
   graphic compiled by columnist Stephen Lautens that assembles 11 international   
   indices which feature Canada near the top spot. "Canada is broken? I don't   
   think so. Neither does the world," reads a caption.   
      
   Next time someone rants on how about how "broken" Canada is; or how badly we   
   are doing on the international stage share some facts.   
      
   Numbers don't lie, Felicia.   
      
   https://archive.is/o/LnFRL/https://twitter.com/DIGuideBradley/status/155454507   
   9314010112   
      
   Naturally, it only tells a partial picture. While Canada may dominate abstract   
   indices such as "quality of life" and "peace," there are plenty of far more   
   empirical indicators in which we measurably rank as among the worst in the   
   developed world.   
      
   There's plenty to like about Canada, but below is a not-at-all comprehensive   
   list of all the ways in which we are indeed very broken.   
      
   WE HAVE THE MOST UNAFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE OECD   
      
   The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development is essentially a   
   club of the world's 38 most developed countries. And when these 38 are ranked   
   against each other for housing unaffordability, Canada emerges as the clear   
   champion. OECD analysts rank affordability by comparing average home prices to   
   average incomes, and according to their latest quarterly rankings Canada was   
   No. 1 for salaries that were most out of whack with the cost of a home.   
      
   Housing by price to income ratio for the second quarter of 2022. That's Canada   
   on the extreme right.   
      
   https://archive.is/LnFRL/840da40d6fa3b7fef6fcccdfc1637d24e0786760.webp   
      
   WE HAVE THE WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE WIRELESS COSTS   
      
   Every year, the Finnish telecom analyst Rewheel ranks the world's most   
   expensive countries for wireless services. And last year, Canada once again   
   dominated. Across several metrics, Canada was found to be the most expensive   
   place in the world for mobile data. Analysts found that it would cost the   
   average Canadian the equivalent of at least 100 Euros to obtain a cell phone   
   plan with at least 100 gigabytes of mobile data. Across much of the EU, that   
   kind of cell phone plan could be had for less than 40 Euros.   
      
   https://archive.is/LnFRL/822bcfe750687b1ef6288ee7df5606fd15629289.webp   
      
   Canadian telecoms charge more than 10 times as much for 100 gigabytes of   
   mobile data as companies in France or Ireland.   
      
   Canadian telecoms charge more than 10 times as much for 100 gigabytes of   
   mobile data as companies in France or Ireland. Photo by Rewheel   
      
   WE HAVE THE LOWEST RATE OF ACUTE CARE BEDS AMONG PEER COUNTRIES   
      
   Canada's health system was particularly walloped by COVID-19 due to the simple   
   fact that most of our hospitals are at the breaking point even in good times.   
   Multiple times during the pandemic, provinces were forced into shutdown by   
   rates of COVID that had barely been noticed in better-prepared countries. A   
   ranking by the Canadian Institute for Health Information provides one clue as   
   to why. When ranked against peer countries, Canada's rate of per-capita acute   
   care beds was in last place, albeit tied with Sweden. Canada has two acute   
      
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