Typical for Canada is that government holds information closely.
Compared to other countries citizens have little access to what should be public taxpayer funded information. This is going to be more the case if and when the coronavirus pandemic hits us hard. We see it now. They are going to say silly things, they'll tell a few lies to protect their slipshod approach to governing and keep information from the public.
Case in point. At a March 13, 2020 update, Federal Health Minister Patty Hajdu offers up sentence fragments and word-salad to highlight what her department was doing. I didn’t hear any specific science mentioned. What she offered was more of the yada-yada seen form the Trudeau government to cover for, if not negligence, the continued gross incompetence of this government. The same broad ineptitude exhibited since 2015.
Let's hear from Fed Health Min Hajdu (I transcribed her Mar 13 presser comments. The transcribed piece starts at timestamp 1:16:32 at this link: https://youtu.be/YD6kp5hNDCI?t=4592 Archived: http://archive.vn/2cJB7
At any rate, here is the transcription of Min Hajdu’s comments beginning at the indicated timestamp.
Minister Hajdu: “Canadians think that we can stop this at the border, but what we see is a global pandemic; meaning that border measures actually are highly ineffective and in some cases can create harm”
Is she suggesting Canadians are stupid, about our understanding of borders?
Hajdu: “and we see that in some of the countries that have the worst expression; who had the tightest borders; if I point to our dear friends in Italy; the fact they had, as you recalled, some very early restrictions on international travel—in-fact shutting down borders—and what they found was an escalation of cases because of course borders don’t stop travelers”Again, hammering this borders don’t work narrative. She goes on to say travelers lie. (Side bar: Mmm, we have heard that term, travelers somewhere recently.)
Hajdu: “and travelers find other ways into countries and travelers become less honest about where they’ve come from; where they’re travelling to; what they’re particular symptoms may be; so Canada’s approach from the very beginning as been to use science and evidence to make these decisions to keep Canadians safe”Quick recap. The good Minister says borders don’t work, travelers lie, and now she claims decision making to be reliant on science and evidence. Try squaring that circle, folks. Let’s continue:
Hajdu: “the reason why we took the measures early on was because the science says that when you provide the screening and the information at the border; especially as you understand how the pandemic is travelling across the globe …”Well, aren’t borders a device of isolation, albeit large scale societal and sovereign control of if not a full walling-off of outsiders? In other words, a form of threat protection. Back to it:
Hajdu: “… you can actually have those conversations with travelers; you can actually follow those travelers depending on the severity of the illness in their particular country; which we have been doing; with public health at local public health levels”
Except for one key thing. No one is tracking anyone entering Canada.
Unless you are in hospital there is zero local public health tracking. Notice she didn’t say government is tracking, but “you can track.”Sure, but that requires decision-making and release of resources. That didn’t happen. Back to it:
Hajdu: “you can track and actually even consider—and we have—adding mandatory isolation; and that allows you to contain the spread within your country”
Look how she slips in one thing that probably was discussed by this government: mandatory isolation.
Hajdu wants you to believe borders don’t work to block out foreign threats. Now she admits consideration of forced confinement. That sure sounds like she wants to put a border around citizen’s movements (which may be apt and correct). She is willing to let possibly infected foreigners enter our country and once sick, only then consider restriction movement. Welcome to progressives’ crazytown! But wait, there’s more:Hajdu : “now that we see cases in Canada; borders become less important”
The globalism is strong in this one.
Hajdu: “and the relationship with the United States is going to be critically important so that we can continue that work together”What? I’ve seen nothing substantial in the public sphere indicating collaboration. Trudeau and Freeland seem to have tag-teamed to destroy relations with our most important ally. To that very point, when POTUS announced the European travel ban (effective 16/03/20) our officials were not contacted prior to the announcement. There is likely any motivation Washington to provide information, beyond the very basics, to our officials. Can you blame them? And Hajdu plows on to the wrap-up:
“because we have people with coronavirus in the United States and we have people with coronavirus in Canada; undoubtedly we have people with coronavirus in Mexico …”Finally, the last bit of Pablum is spooned out: “… and so those conversations as a continent are going to be what continues to keep us safe.”
Did she say that with her outside voice? We were told rather disingenuously by the minister of health—she is not a doctor or medical professional, not a scientist either, but a graphic designer— about science and evidence. When nothing she has said bears that out. Instead, we are told, “conversations will keep us safe.” I'd settle for science, thank you.
No. What we’re seeing is baffle-gab from this corrupt government. Regardless of your views on this pandemic, if you are extremely worried or quite skeptical you can see how fast and loose progressives are with truth. What they do not fail to do is inject the revealing globalist talking points into public utterance. Makes you wonder what they’re saying behind closed doors.
Bottom line: what we are seeing is the government of a G7 country Canada crumbling in real time.
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