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19 Feb 2021
An anti-lockdown MP proposed reducing political salaries in solidarity with ordinary Canadians forced onto benefit payments by the government’s pandemic response, only to have the bill rejected and the legislature vote to reduce his salary instead.
Ontario member of the provincial parliament (MPP) Roman Baber introduced a bill in the Ontario parliament this week to reduce MPP salaries to $500 a week, the amount given to Canadians under the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB). This ‘We Are All in This Together Act’, he said, would give lawmakers an incentive to end lockdown by leaving them in the same situation as the public.
Backlash builds against Toronto business owners who plan to reopen in spite of lockdown
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Nearly 200 small Canadian businesses have now publicly indicated that they ll be reopening their stores, salons, restaurants and other services deemed non-essential on February 11, regardless of any COVID-19 restrictions.
Called We Are All Essential, the group describes itself as a support network for small Canadian businesses that are currently closed, either partially or fully, by orders of their respective governments.
Founder Vladislav Sobolev told blogTO earlier this week that the campaign s webste was intended to be something like a Yelp directory for businesses choosing to stay open despite pandemic closure orders.
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Hildebrandt, 57, then runs over and hugs Adam Skelly, the Toronto barbecue restaurant owner who became a hero in the anti-restrictions movement after being charged for opening his eatery.
The crowd gathers around Hildebrandt while he continues his sermon before he invites the people inside the church building for “a tour.”
The congregants move inside the church, where they sit in the pews, pray and sing before the video ends.
Police received multiple complaints about the incident and have viewed footage of the gathering, Aylmer police Chief Zvonko Horvat said.
“We are going to be laying appropriate charges with respect to the breaches. Our intent is to charge everyone who has been in attendance,” Horvat said Monday.