SunriseChampion
Senior Member
Congratulations, @Jasmine18
I was suppose to get married this october
What you guys think yeah or ney it will happen?
I had to take the mother in law to the emergency dentist across from Mount Pleasant last week, and to kill some time walked the cemetery. It was way too crowded with people not respecting the 6 ft rule. What is it with people, don’t walk up behind others and then pass at a few inches. I can see why they closed it. I expect the Necropolis will close too.I am sad to see Mount Pleasant Cemetery closed. My condo overlooks it and I did not observe any issues...but obviously others did:
Mount Pleasant Cemetery closing its gates due to lack of distancing amid pandemic
Mount Pleasant Cemetery closing its gates due to lack of distancing amid pandemic
One of the most historic cemeteries in Canada will be closing its gates to the general public due to lack of social distancing.ctv.news
I had to take the mother in law to the emergency dentist across from Mount Pleasant last week, and to kill some time walked the cemetery. It was way too crowded with people not respecting the 6 ft rule. What is it with people, don’t walk up behind others and then pass at a few inches. I can see why they closed it. I expect the Necropolis will close too.
This is a feature of extensive global trade (I hesitate to use the word 'globalization' since it is often spoken with a hiss); when the chips go down, the walls go up. There are obvious economic reasons why things are made offshore - including the US. It is obviously cheaper to make a mask in China and ship it than make it here.
Once the world returns to normal, I would hope Canada studies the strategic aspect of its manufacturing and supply chain. This is the stuff that is necessary for the continued functioning, protection and health of the nation, not whether we can get avocadoes in January. Strategic industries are usually thought of in terms of things like resources, banking, etc. to greater or lesser degrees around the world. For example, the US maintains a strategic petroleum reserve and procures virtually no military equipment offshore. Most national legislation and trade treaties include provisions to declare something to be of 'national importance'; it becomes a matter of what is on our list and our ability to defend it. Manufacturing and supply chains are easier to manage when they are domestic.
We could decide that N95 mask manufacturing is of national importance, but then it essentially becomes a subsidized industry and impacts the bottom line of the health care sector. Our $1.50 masks compared to $0.50 masks from China. In the afterglow of the pandemic everybody may think this is money well spent, but five years later when the Canadian Medical Mask Company and health care funding are under financial pressure, I'm not so sure.