Western Standard - June 15, 2022


The NewsRoom： Vast majority of passport staff still working from home.

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Corey Travis Billings Pierre Poilievre Edmonton
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Episode Stats


Length

2 minutes

Words per minute

170.29

Word count

386

Sentence count

29

Harmful content

Misogyny

1

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Summary

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It's Tax Freedom Day, which means you can now work for yourself! We talk about the truckers who are ruining the economy, and why it's a good thing you don't have to work for the government anymore.

Transcript

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00:00:00.000 You know what day it is today, Corey?
00:00:02.040 Which day is it today?
00:00:03.240 It's Tax Freedom Day.
00:00:04.860 Oh, wow.
00:00:05.640 That means every day of the past few months, six months, I guess, you've been working to pay the government.
00:00:12.200 Now, as of today, you can work for yourself. Isn't that a good feeling?
00:00:15.300 Well, we know we're getting such value for service or payment out of that, yeah.
00:00:19.520 God bless the CRA.
00:00:21.600 Anyway, lots of good stuff on the website, including the Tax Freedom Day.
00:00:25.860 Okay. Calgary's Rocky View Hospital had to shut down its emergency surgeries last night because there were no doctors available.
00:00:34.760 So it's a bit of a problem when the hospital doesn't have doctors.
00:00:38.120 We've got a story on that.
00:00:40.000 Pierre Polyev, a Conservative leadership candidate, says if he becomes Prime Minister, he'll introduce a Freedom of Speech Act,
00:00:47.380 which will basically cancel the current Liberal Bill C-11, which seeks to regulate the Internet.
00:00:53.960 What else do we have going on?
00:00:56.960 We've got the Deputy Prime Minister, Christina, or Chrystia Freeland, excuse me. 0.55
00:01:02.260 She was testifying last night into the committee investigating the Emergencies Act,
00:01:06.920 and she says all those nasty truckers really caused some economic damage to the country and asked to provide proof.
00:01:13.780 She couldn't, but she did say she had the figures in her head.
00:01:17.460 And so I don't know what else is in there with her figures, but there you go.
00:01:24.260 So we've got lots of other stuff coming up just about to hit publish on.
00:01:28.460 Travis Billings, one of the key convoy organizers, pleaded guilty in Ottawa court today to mischief,
00:01:36.200 and he's been granted bail while sentencing.
00:01:38.500 And, you know, about all these long passport lines, Calgary yesterday was a four-hour delay to get into an office.
00:01:46.880 In Edmonton, I believe it was three hours.
00:01:49.380 Well, I think we may have discovered the reason for it, Corey.
00:01:52.180 70 percent, 70 percent of all passport employees are still working from home, believe it or not.
00:01:59.540 So is there any wonder why poor Canadians are stuck in these long, long lineups and literally waiting for months for passport renewals?
00:02:08.900 It looks to me like it's because they're all enjoying working from home and really don't want to go back to the office.
00:02:15.060 And who can blame them?