Some notes on what’s open and closed on the long Victoria Day weekend.
Also, the weekend driving hazards and some notes on long weekend weather.
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Kate
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Kate
Paving done on the Met last year from TMR to Côte‑de‑Liesse will have to be redone because the quality of the asphalt has been judged sub‑par.
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Kate
A recent survey found that a 56% majority in Quebec wants the federal government to squelch the flow of people via Roxham Road because immigrants are a threat to French. François Legault is said to be comforted by this knowledge.
On Twitter, La Presse’s PA Normandin responds with contrary numbers about immigration and French.
This is against the Conseil du patronat (i.e., the bosses’ club) saying they want 100,000 immigrants a year in Quebec, not necessarily proficient in French, to work here. Capital has no nationality.
Ephraim
It clearly states that they could not calculate an error of margin because it’s based on a panel from LEO (Leger’s Online system that renumerates people to reply to such questionnaires). And states that it should normally compare to an error margin on a poll of ±3.1%, based on 1003 responders and then normalized to reflect the population.
That’s statistical legalese saying that should believe it, but in reality it’s based on NO reality, because we are paying people to answer these polls and therefore they can’t really be representative of the population, because there is hardly anyone from the middle to upper incomes who is really answering these things and of course with no error of margin the entire basis of the poll is useless and the error of margin could high as to make this really just the same as throwing a dart at the board and hoping it’s right… but we have to publish something or no one will pay us to pay these people to answer these questionnaires and our whole economic model would fail and we would have no jobs making you think that we are doing something productive with our lives when in reality, you could replace us with a dart board. 🙂
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Kate
Skimming through the Journal site just now, I was struck by this image. Unnecessary implication of violence?
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Kate
Ste-Justine’s emergency ward is under heavy pressure with parents bringing in sick kids, many of whom are not sick enough for hospital but have nowhere else to go. At the same time, CBC reports how parents want the pediatric hotline back: it was meant to be temporary but it met a need. Seems like something could be done here.
Joey
Odd that the CBC identifies a spokesperson for the “medical group” that established the hotline, but doesn’t name the group – was it a research institute? A for-profit clinic? A pilot team within one of the citywide health agencies? It’s crazy that they didn’t at least extend this very valuable service until the Guichet d’accès à la première ligne launches in September (allegedly). Feels like there’s more to the story – maybe some MSSS bureaucrats got upset that somebody somewhere actually did something to improve the healthcare system, even at a small scale.
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Kate
A report from the CNESST found many flaws in the operation of the Grande Roue on the Old Port. Chief among them, the failure to train workers properly and ensure their safety, led to the death of a young man working there on Christmas last year.
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Kate
Thirteen cases of monkeypox have been found in Montreal, following reports of the disease in other countries. Anyone old enough to have had a smallpox vaccination is already immunized, but that leaves a lot of people unprotected. Feeling itchy yet?
Ephraim
Basically they stopped giving it in 1972. But it’s not a once-in-a-lifetime vaccine, so it’s only partial coverage… from 3 to 5 years, with boosters needed. But since it hasn’t really been used since the early 70s… it’s based on a live vaccine… basically this is really old school vaccine, but no one bothers to update it, since we eradicated the disease behind it. The vaccine is 95% effective, but may have unknown side effects.
Poutine Pundit
The title of that article is somewhat misleading. Thirteen people who may have been exposed are awaiting test results, but it’s not that easily transmitted, might be syphilis or herpes, and, if you scroll down, the article says “pour le moment, le Québec n’a aucun cas confirmé.”
Kate
A public health presser revealed that there are 17 cases under investigation in the Montreal area. La Presse goes further and says the 17 cases are confirmed (I may be misunderstanding “La Santé publique de Montréal confirme 17 cas suspects” is probably saying there are 17 suspicious cases, not 17 cases confirmed.)
Bert
LOCKDOWN!!!!
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