In fighting COVID-19 we relied on a blunt instrument, b/c gvt failed to acquire safer, surgical tools. That may big + long-term side effects for health.

Ontario's lockdown is now harming health more than it’s helping, some experts say thestar.com/news/gta/2020/… via @torontostar

When Liberals are in power, Conservatives get this isn't how democracy works. When Cons in power, Liberals get it. If only there were some underlying, non-partisan principles we could all agree on....

Liberals to Parliament: We’ll govern without you, thanks dlvr.it/RXQ1q8 Globe Opinion

Reasonable questions.

Joshua Wong 黃之鋒 😷 A joint statement by UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne & Canadian Foreign Minister François-Philippe Champagne, responding to China’s new security law plans for #HongKong .

Full story: hongkongfp.com/2020/05/22/bei…

What does Beijing’s national security law for Hong Kong cover, and who should worry? scmp.com/news/hong-kong… via @scmpnews

A closer look at #COVIDー19 daily changes in #Ontario 🎢

New cases: 441
New deaths: 28
New resolved: 258

Thicker line is 7 day moving average.
#COVID19 #COVID19 ON #covid19Canada #onhealth

Trudeau says federal government will fund COVID-19 testing, tracing and data-sharing /via The Globe and Mail theglobeandmail.com/politics/artic…?

Globe editorial: Where is all the testing and tracing our politicians keep promising, but haven’t delivered? /via The Globe and Mail theglobeandmail.com/opinion/editor…

This article should leave you with a well-founded sense of worry about Ontario's continued lack of ability to fully test/trace/isolate, and gather data to analyze and improve. 'No one seems to be aware of anything' sez David Fisman

'Saying no to Keystone has obvious political upsides for Mr. Biden. The downsides are all borne by Canada.'
/via The Globe and Mail theglobeandmail.com/opinion/editor…

Globe editorial: A recession is a great time to go back to school. Governments must help make that possible /via The Globe and Mail theglobeandmail.com/opinion/editor…

Worth your time to watch Paul Krugman analyze for academic audience the likely path of recovery, and the historical similarities/anomalies/knowns/unknowns/recommended responses of our situation
'The audacity of slope: How fast a recovery?' youtu.be/h1ZiTIou0_8 via YouTube

Taiwan has tested 158 people per confirmed COVID-19 case.
Canada:17
USA: 8.
Number of COVID-19 tests per confirmed case, May 18, 2020 ourworldindata.org/grapher/number…

Globe editorial: Hong Kong stopped a pandemic at the border. The Trudeau government has to do the same /via The Globe and Mail theglobeandmail.com/opinion/editor…

Taiwan rejects accepting it is part of China, which is Beijing’s main condition for WHO participation /via The Globe and Mail theglobeandmail.com/world/article-…

Please feel free to bring your favorite battlefield weapon to the Michigan State Capitol. So long as you don't 'brandish' it, we cool.

Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs to sign deal that entrenches their governance system in B.C. /via The Globe and Mail theglobeandmail.com/canada/british…