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And I thought JT was spendy. NDP has gone completely nuts. They want to remove all criteria for CERB. If you feel you are in financial distress you qualify. Moron.

www.ctvnews.ca

Singh calls for universal access to CERB

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says he wants the government to lift all criteria for the Canada Emergency Response Benefit to allow any Canadian who is in financial distress due to COVID-19 to qualify for benefits.
www.ctvnews.ca
 
looks like BC is getting a handle on things
flattening the curve on all metrics except recoveries
talk of relaxing movement a bit, this needs to be our goal in Ontario


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J_F said:
wonder how many young couples are trying to get their wedding money back?
multi-billion $ racket not known for being too flexible with their customers
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Ask me, my wedding was supposed to be July 24th.
 
GreyGhost said:
And the answer is? Congrats amd good luck.
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so far so good, since we aren't cancelling and just changing the date it seems everyone is on board.
 
RobVN said:
I am in the flower business and I can tell you that almost all weddings are being cancelled and/or postponed. Even funerals are extremely small if at all. And a lot of events are cancelled also. So the florists are losing a lot of business in these cases. Some have stayed open and operate because they can have no contact ordering and delivery. And in that department business has been good. Flowers are a safe way of expressing your feelings during this time when we can't gather with friends and family.
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Our neighour across the street passed away a couple weeks ago from cancer. No funeral except for immediate family. We would have liked to go but understand why they decided against it.
Invited to a 2day wedding on Victoria Day weekend - now cancelled.
Liquor is another good way to express feelings.
 
J_F said:
went to store, received my stuff, including the blender
that looked like the box had been dragged behind a truck
so they are using this situation as an opportunity to unload unattractive stock
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HD was bad enough when you bought in person. Had several purchases that were used returns. Dirty weed eater Hot water tank with non stock fittings. I check the box before I go home.
 
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I was keeping in touch with a housebound friend who told me he had been watching a live basketball game from Florida and the arena was full. He said live but I think a replay. I hope I'm right but in Florida who knows.
 
nobbie48 said:
I was keeping in touch with a housebound friend who told me he had been watching a live basketball game from Florida and the arena was full. He said live but I think a replay. I hope I'm right but in Florida who knows.
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I doubt it was live, I would hope even Florida gets it by now. I got excited this morning when I turned on the tv and F1 was on, then realized it was last year's qualifying
 
shanekingsley said:
Our neighour across the street passed away a couple weeks ago from cancer. No funeral except for immediate family. We would have liked to go but understand why they decided against it.
Invited to a 2day wedding on Victoria Day weekend - now cancelled.
Liquor is another good way to express feelings.
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Same here. A good family friend passed away yesterday morning. No funeral as it’s limited to 10 people max. So just a short mass.
Maybe we will have a funeral for the ashes when things return to ‘normal’ but who knows when that’ll be.
 
shanekingsley said:
Our neighour across the street passed away a couple weeks ago from cancer. No funeral except for immediate family. We would have liked to go but understand why they decided against it.
Invited to a 2day wedding on Victoria Day weekend - now cancelled.
Liquor is another good way to express feelings.
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Haha. Liquor can also give you no feelings if you drink enough of it. Lol. And yes it is very sad when you can't pay your respects because there is no funeral. What is even more sad is that people are dying in the hospital and they are not even allowing in some cases spouses or immediate family to be with them at their last moments in this world. And it is not just in covid cases. I find that completely wrong.
 
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die alone and then buried in a mass grave, crematoriums can't keep up
I suppose when it's safe the families will be able to have some sort of service


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J_F said:
wonder how many young couples are trying to get their wedding money back?
multi-billion $ racket not known for being too flexible with their customers
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Some are lucky, some are not with venue's with getting their deposits back or rescheduling, which is very frustrating, and shameful for those business's. Also a lot of clients planned well in advance for this year, it's a numbers thing (2-0 2-0, beginning of the centry etc) and don't want to see it slip away. Many clients/couples are trying to reschedule for after the summer to hang on or salvage what they can. But as a vendor I am taking the wait and see response, as there is no indication of when this might be over, but happy enough try and reschedule if possible, and return deposits if needed. The rest of 2020 might be a complete right off, and 2021 might get back to normal events etc. Just the sense I am getting.
 
Having a S-I-L in Panama I've been watching their situation. One American stuck there on a sailboat commented Panama is really shutting down hard because Panama doesn't have a good health care network like they have in the states. Facepalm

Some interesting regs. Men and women go to town on alternate days. Some services are regulated by the last number of your s/s number or passport.

No liquor sales.
 
ifiddles said:
nationalpost.com

"That is a surprise": Doctors still waiting for feared surge of COVID-19 patients in Canadian ICUs

Doctors, nurses and other staff who run the nation’s intensive-care units have feared for their own safety, too, amid shortages of protective equipment
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That's awesome. Shows we all performed our social duty better than other countries/states:

“I’m cautiously optimistic that we are going to see a sort of slow trickle with this concept of flattening the curve,” said Dr. Michael Detsky of Toronto’s Mount Sinai Hospital. “We’ll still see patients getting admitted to our ICU, but not that surge like we saw first in Wuhan, then in Italy, Iran, Spain, New York City – and now some other U.S. cities.”

Doctors say they’re unsure exactly why they have not seen more cases, but point to both the mass, at-home social-distancing measures still in place,
 
sburns said:
Some are lucky, some are not with venue's with getting their deposits back or rescheduling, which is very frustrating, and shameful for those business's. Also a lot of clients planned well in advance for this year, it's a numbers thing (2-0 2-0, beginning of the centry etc) and don't want to see it slip away. Many clients/couples are trying to reschedule for after the summer to hang on or salvage what they can. But as a vendor I am taking the wait and see response, as there is no indication of when this might be over, but happy enough try and reschedule if possible, and return deposits if needed. The rest of 2020 might be a complete right off, and 2021 might get back to normal events etc. Just the sense I am getting.
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The seemingly never ending boom lulled people into thinking it would never end, business owners and clients alike. They bought maxed out houses and leased top line cars.

In the early 1990's I was picking up some parts at a wholesaler and the owner excused himself to answer the phone. It was obviously a collection call. After putting the caller off he came back to me and explained he that when he bought the business he didn't count on this. His comment "If someone's going to lose their house it won't be me." pretty much sums up the attitude of most people.

If you were doing the eat, drink and be merry thing last December and you saw this coming, other than the stock market what could you have done? Sold the house? Dump the BMW? Would it have made a difference?

Ok bought toilet paper and sanitizers. What else?
 
nobbie48 said:
The seemingly never ending boom lulled people into thinking it would never end, business owners and clients alike. They bought maxed out houses and leased top line cars.

f you were doing the eat, drink and be merry thing last December and you saw this coming, other than the stock market what could you have done? Sold the house? Dump the BMW? Would it have made a difference?

Ok bought toilet paper and sanitizers. What else?
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What would i have done different ?? not much really. Sell the house ? why I own it. The BMW? nope its only a 2018 and my wife loves that car. Juggle some stocks? I was pretty much out of energy sector last yr anyway.
I might have bought in some piles of rough lumber for some furniture projects, helps pass the time. I'm getting use to not working on the boats, or the motorcycle really and I wouldnt have done much different.
Wife works in a hospital, her job is beyond solid, my business is just fine so far, and will boom when the 'crisis' is over.
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