Was watching on the news last night that they randomly tested a 1500 folks with no symptoms and 50 tested positive.

https://globalnews.ca/news/6956785/c...tic-testing-2/

Just like I said a month ago the only way for any country especially Canada to recover from this is by doing the same thing.


I'm sure Trudeau will do something similar LOL!

Will be building pipelines everywhere. Joe Biden says his first order of biz is to kill Keystone XL

Go Trump

2 cases in BC!!! Probably some long weekend effects going on, but still that's awesome.

So there kinda, sorta, maybe is an argument for keystone in canada. Something along the lines of "**** global warming because we need those jerbs and tax dollars" but the ratio is definitely worse in the US.

Only way we can get our Dead Oil to market Though that does highlight one of the problems with politics.
Administration 1 approves pipeline
New Admin kills pipeline
new admin brings back pipeline
Next admin kills pipeline

Not just pipelines, most likely a bunch of manufacturing and obviously nuclear plants. So jealous.

My nephew is in Grade 8 and asked how it's going with the online stuff. Hasn't logged in once, noone is checking. Parents are druggies. It's all good, teacher is enjoying an extended vacation I guess.

What, exactly, should a grade 8 teacher do for a student of druggie who doesn't log in once? I mean the teacher could be working 80 hours a week making amazing engaging content, but it doesn't sound like it's going to reach your nephew.

That's unfortunate it. I really feel bad for the kids that have a terrible home life, especially during this time.

That is what social services is about. If the teacher knows the child is in a harmful environment than its her duty to call them as it is yours morally . Teachers are still working hard creating online learning but parents are now realizing what a tough job teaching is and many kids currently hate their home school teacher. Sadly parents treat teachers like glorified babysitters not all but many

Why are you not calling social services than?

Child abuse and domestic violence increase when there is a lockdown. Its tragic. We had a 35 year old stab a 7 year old to death yesterday. Tragic

I really like my daughter's teacher and wish he could teach her every grade. But I wouldn't say he's working hard, his job is definitely easier right now than before.

It's going to be interesting to see what happens with schools next year. I'm preparing for it to be mostly from home. I won't be and I know a lot people that won't be sending their kids to school if strict social distancing rules are being enforced.

You know a lot of people who have the ability to stay home and home school: there's an opportunity cost for staying home and it's one most households cannot make.

Indeed, if we look at the economy as a building, part of the foundation is parents being able to leave their kids for 8 hours a day worry & guilt-free.

As for the discussion above: that's a terrible situation, but CPS should never be the first call you make. Parents and discussing it with the child should come before entering the child into the bureaucratic morass which is child protective services.

No, most households can they just choose not to. There are plenty of options but it's easier for people to just say no we can't afford it and go to work.

I don't know any good parents that are able to leave their young kids for 8 hours a day worry/guilt free, especially if strict social distancing is being enforced at the school.

There aren’t “plenty of options”: while working from home is possible with a percentage of the population and a percentage of households can get by with only one salary, being able to home school is a luxury.

Now if you were to say “I won’t be sending my children to school, I’ll also be downsizing our house, not going out to eat, cancelling our cable subscription, only buying no name brands and only buying groceries with coupons.” then I’d agre: yes, most households can make sacrifices and maybe afford to have one parent stay home. But saying that going to work is “easier” than the aforementioned isn’t some incisive opinion.

Look at the salaries of people that we claim to be heroes; that we claim to be “essential” and try to figure out a budget where they are the sole earner at home while their spouse home sechools. It’s not a choice most have.

Yes most families can make those sacrifices so most families could have one parent stay home if they really wanted so it is a choice people have. There is also help from family/friends, homeschooling groups and a bunch of other things you could do. God forbid you have to cancel your cable subscription to avoid sending your young kids to a prison. (This is assuming strict social distancing is enfoeced)

Single mothers do it everyday and many without child support. Yes you may only have one car and not $90,000 pickup and live in a townhouse but it can be done. The toughest expenditure has to be food.

The post wasn’t questioning if cutting costs to have someone stay at home was possible, rather it was in reply to a throw-away (if not flippant) statement that families can just keep their kids at home, while relying on the largesse of their friends, in order to keep their children safe from an unspecified threat in school. Day-drinking and posting in combination is a terrible thing...

Single parents are an excellent example of why I’m right. Choosing to stay home with the kids is a luxury.

I don't day drink. I said I won't be and a lot of people I know won't be sending their kids to school if strict social distancing rules are being enforced. Not from a threat of COVID at school but because it will be traumatic on young kids. You then came at me saying only privileged people can do that. I then pointed out that if you felt it was necessary to not send your kids to school for next year there are lots of different options to make it work, which there obviously is.

I get why parents would just choose to not send their kids back this year. I do not have any kids but though Jason Kenney made the call early that they were not going back next year. It baffles me as how Quebec makes the opposite decision and Trudeau refuses to call them out.

Though if I was a parent they would be going back next year and Id drop 20-40 lbs over the summer to get out of that underlying condition in case the rug rats bring it home.


On the bright side my company now qualifies for the $40,000 loan

Lot of privilege ITT. I seem to remember a study form the US where a majority didn't have 500 dollars of saving to cover emergencies. "one parent can stay hope" is not a realistic options for a lot of people, particularly single parents, or people where one parent has a disability or other care duties, or just two people who are poor with low wage or inconsistent work, and need to take whatever they can. A lot of people are really suffering, and needing the option of kids going back to school isn't an issue that can be replaced by cutting their ****ing cable bill or selling a 90,000 truck.

I was the one day drinking and I’m glad someone understands where I’m coming from...

I’m not on Facebook so I’m unaware if the fear of letting your kids out of your sight is widespread. Or if assuming that schools will be hotbeds of infection come September is a given. What it does shine a light on is the largest gap in getting back to ‘business as normal’: testing is great, but until there is tracing done on the cases, telling me that 400 people got covid yesterday is pointless. I want to know if they caught it at a store, at the LCBO or walking their dog. Subtracting the cases from long term facilities only goes so far. If we’re going to reopen everything this summer, we need to figure out how to trace the cases and report that to the general public.

I am talking Canada only on this point. Yes the stat is correct and I do think its they do not have savings to handle an unexpected $500 bill. Keep in mind here we have free healthcare and Trudeau has gotten the CERB and biz bailouts pretty much correct. The question will be he need to extend the CERB another 4 months. As well how many jobs just are not coming back period as we open.

So as CDN's when will you think we will able to travel to the USA for vacations without a 14 day quarantine upon returning? Keep in mind its a big shxtshow down there

Part of me thinks other destinations will be safer than the USA

What dumb arguments. Obviously there are unique situations that don't make it possible for everyone. The median household income for families in Canada is pretty high according to Google. If your average family really wanted to make it work for a year they could. I've made plenty of sacrifice to allow my wife to stay home since we had kids and would shovel **** and work 3 jobs if it meant doing what's best for my kids. So yeah unique and shitty circumstances aside I roll my eyes when people say they can't afford for both parents not to work.

I think it'll be beginning of August.

Obviously the second thing is true, as nearly any other country is safer