Canadian politics

In the 1970's we protested.  We never broke any laws, threatened anyone but just stood up for what we believed in.  Today Canadians still have the right to protest.  Agree or disagree with them, they crossed the line:

This is the Terry Fox Memorial in downtown Ottawa!   

Why would you do this to the statue a Canadian hero?

The weather in Ottawa was very cold.  The low was -35C.  

I'm not sure how "warm" it got but this guy must be very cold. 

There were two pictures, one had an upside down Canadian flag with a swastika painted on it.  

I thought this picture was less offensive:

 

The protest originated by BC truckers who want the Canadian government to remove the mandatory vaccine requirement to cross the US/Canada border.  Don't they know the US Government has the same vaccine mandate so even if they are successful they still can't cross the border?  90% of truckers are vaccinated so the protesters are a minority.

The protest had turned into a bunch of other "gripes".  Maybe it's good people are venting their disapproval of the federal government.  We just had an election so voting them out at the polls won't happen for another few years.

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How low can Surrey Mayor Doug McCallum go?  Well, here's the latest:

The City of Surrey’s ethics commissioner could find himself prohibited from investigating any new ethics complaints before the next election, should a bylaw amendment be approved at Monday’s city council meeting.

The proposed change to the city’s Council Code of Conduct Bylaw would “suspend the processing and investigation of complaints by the Surrey Ethics Commissioner in the period leading up to the 2022 Local General Election,” according to Monday’s agenda.

Monday's council meeting should be another riveting one.  It will be interesting if the councillors that always vote with the Mayor will actually let this bylaw change pass.  If it passes, it's about time out provincial government gets involved!

The Ethics Commissioner is reviewing why Mayor McCallum is allowed to chair the police board and sit in the Mayor's chair while he has been criminally charged.  He's only been charged, not convicted but during the legal process, he should recuse himself off the police board and council chambers.  Does the Ethics Commissioner have a recommendation or are they hiding something?