Western Standard - July 20, 2022


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2 minutes

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328

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17

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Inflation in Canada has hit 8.1% and is on track to be the highest in 39 years. Also, Canadians are rising against the federal government's push for more passport and vaccination restrictions. And Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez faked wearing handcuffs at a pro-abortion rally.

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00:00:00.000 One of the biggest stories today is inflation in Canada is now up at 8.1 percent.
00:00:06.300 It pains me to say that's the largest jump Canada's had in the largest, you know, that's the highest inflation rate we basically had in 39 years.
00:00:15.960 And those are stats that are coming out of Stats Canada.
00:00:18.380 The press release said that Canadians are paying 54.6 percent more on gas, which is kind of tough when most Canadians are now spending so much time in their cars as they drive around trying to enjoy the summertime, going out on vacation and because they want to avoid the airports.
00:00:36.480 The agency also said that accommodation prices are up a whopping 49.7 percent, which is, of course, making those vacations even more expensive.
00:00:48.380 And there seems to be no end in sight.
00:00:50.880 So that's some news on the website today.
00:00:55.860 Also, Canadians are rising against the federal push for vaccine passports and other health related mandates.
00:01:02.800 A new Angus Reid poll surveyed Canadians across the country and reported that less than a year ago, Canadians, 70 percent of them, said that they supported vaccine mandates.
00:01:15.280 And that's actually now down to 25 percent.
00:01:17.700 Which is quite a significant drop and mask mandates are apparently more palatable, but not not a great deal more, but not spectacularly, you know, popular.
00:01:30.440 But around half of most Canadians say that they would accept a mask mandate.
00:01:35.780 Most of the pushback is coming from men, mostly most of them under 55, and they're basically saying that they wouldn't be happy about further health restrictions.
00:01:47.900 Two out of three of those of that demographic basically saying, no, thanks, no more.
00:01:55.780 Democrat Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, best known to most of us as AOC, actually faked wearing handcuffs at a pro-abortion rally on Tuesday in front of the U.S. Supreme Court. 0.99
00:02:11.260 Who knows why they would want to do that answers on a postcard, please, to the Western Standard.