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I’m not sure but probably have to have it done at a drug store or at point of entry back into Canada. I remember in th past people who wanted to travel to the US getting rapid testing
testing done at the pharmacy and paying about $40.00.
 
anne25 said:
I’m not sure but probably have to have it done at a drug store or at point of entry back into Canada. I remember in th past people who wanted to travel to the US getting rapid testing
testing done at the pharmacy and paying about $40.00.
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Yeah, that's how it works for most countries. You have to get it at a clinic or pharmacy or whatever, they run the test and print off the results for you. Some places like the UK have a system where you can self-administer the test, but you need to like phone into a nurse who watches you do it and signs off on it.

Most countries around are fine with rapid tests as proof for travel or entry. Canada's one of the few who didn't.
 
UWHabs said:
Yeah, the headline is like "police allowed to use police powers". Kind of tired of headlines like that until they actually start to apply them.
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lol its like they are waiting for a critical mass of court orders. once you hit five court orders, then shit gets real.
 
Here’s Peter MacKay with an early attempt to hoist the Red Tory banner:





Some shots fired at the legality of the protest and at the likes of Poilievre, Scheer & Bergen:

But what we have seen in the occupation of Ottawa and blockages at border crossings is not the right of protest enshrined in our constitution, but illegal activity that represents a national security and economic threat to Canada. Leaving aside the stated manifesto of the organizers to overthrow the government, these protests are weakening our economy and disrupting the freedoms of law-abiding citizens.

No doubt the convoy of truckers and others who now control downtown Ottawa were buoyed by the welcome mat extended by elected officials; those who swore an oath to protect Canadian institutions. Hypocritically, one day members of Parliament clamour for rail blockades to come down and then the next they cheer on those who boast of their illegal intent and then paralyze supply chains, impede traffic and restrict ordinary citizens from the peaceful enjoyment of their lives.
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Support for invoking the Emergencies Act, and again drawing parallels between Native & Convoy blockages and arguing they should be treated the same:


As a rule, let’s affirm that negotiations with those committing illegal acts is a terrible precedent. National security threats, which we are now facing, need to be led by our national security force, the RCMP, through the use of the Emergencies Act, which the federal government invoked Monday. They have the strength, intelligence, methods and capability that no single municipality can muster.
We cannot be selective about what blockades we tolerate and those we resist. All illegal activity whatever the cause needs to be treated the same — regardless of the sympathies of the government of the day.

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It’s not just our capital and our borders that are under threat but the rule and law and how we function as a democracy. So far, we are setting a very bad precedent that has only emboldened copycats who have witnessed consequence-free anarchy. If we are serious as a country about our values, we need to stand up for them and not let lawlessness prevail.
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LeafGm said:
Here’s Peter MacKay with an early attempt to hoist the Red Tory banner:





Some shots fired at the legality of the protest and at the likes of Poilievre, Scheer & Bergen:




Support for invoking the Emergencies Act, and again drawing parallels between Native & Convoy blockages and arguing they should be treated the same:
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someone is still sour about losing the nomination. not that he is wrong.
 
manny said:
Peter MacKay. I believe he could win a general election and be PM.

But he probably has a better chance of winning the leadership for the Liberals than the Conservatives.
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That's like saying Dwight Eisenhower could win a general election. Unfortunately, the Republican Party which chose Ike as its leader back in 1952 no longer exists. If Ike were around today Trump would treat him worse than Ted Cruz and dismiss him as a RINO.

The same, unfortunately, is now true of the Conservatives. They removed the word "progressive" from their official name and that wasn't a semantic change. This is the Reform Party. This is the white grievance party. This is the bib overalls and straw hat party. This is the neo-fascist Harperite party. It isn't the party that Peter McKay belonged to or even the one that Brian Mulroney belonged to. The PC's don't exist anymore.

I do wish that McKay or some like-minded socially liberal, fiscal conservative types would try to re-establish the old PC Party.
 
manny said:
Peter MacKay. I believe he could win a general election and be PM.

But he probably has a better chance of winning the leadership for the Liberals than the Conservatives.
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Yeah, the CPC caucus booted O'Toole for being too moderate. In their current state, I can't see them turn to someone like MacKay.
 
manny said:
Peter MacKay. I believe he could win a general election and be PM.

But he probably has a better chance of winning the leadership for the Liberals than the Conservatives.
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It’s kind of fitting. He sold out the PC’s to a take-over from the Reform Party extremists, and has spent the rest of his political career having his attempts to lead the party stymied by them.

If he really wants back in, he’ll need to bring his career full circle and start some sort of revived version of the PC’s.
 
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