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https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/trudeau-not-declaring-national-state-of-emergency-for-covid-19-yet-1.4862715

In the interview above, precisely between 6:31-7:25 minutes, we hear Mr. Trudeau lecturing us about racism in the middle of a “tsunami” of a pandemic of a small, yet mean, virus already progressing in Canada.

Mr. Trudeau, your government finally moved and took good decisions and measures. A bit too late but at least it is done now. Thank you!

Why did you feel the need to add irrelevant comments? What you said is contrary to evolutionary survival. It was a turn off for Bambi.

What a contrast between your press conference and your provincial counterparts’. They talk about facts and curves, about preparedness and prevention. They reassure. They don’t guilt.

Why do you feel the need to always show us how much of a good boy you are? Just walk the walk of goodness. No need to talk about it. Sometimes silence is more precious.

As far as your people are concerned, they are MAINLY worried about the virus, that same stressor across the world, as you know. Related to it, they are concerned about their safety, their health, the availability or access to food and medication, their jobs, their money, their loved ones, patients, clients, students, pets, toilet papers even… before racism.

Please let Canadians care about their OWN survival and others’ well-being. Period.   

This question is based on this MTV report (Arabic content):

https://www.mtv.com.lb/en/programs/prime_time_news/2020/videos/21_mar_2020/

Lebanon called the army for help with staging patrols and erecting checkpoints on the roads in order to enforce people’s adherence to the taken measures. Violators will be prosecuted.

Of note, in Jordan, the government is imposing a severe fine, including a one-year-jail term.

To come back to Lebanon, a young child was infected with the coronavirus for the first time today, along with several healthcare providers related to this case, which did not present the usual symptoms of COVID-19. These healthcare providers are now quarantined.

Why do careless citizens insist on moving on with their lives, as if it were business as usual? For instance, according to MTV, in one neighborhood of Beirut, a couple got married today whilst other citizens were observed socializing or selling fruits/vegetables, without any protective measures!

All this happened whilst the (four) deceased patients were buried without funerals, as per this article by l’Orient Le Jour: https://www.lorientlejour.com/article/1211421/-chacun-a-pleure-seul-dans-son-coin-les-funerailles-au-temps-du-coronavirus.html

Of course, this is hard for the families’ grieving process (Bambi’s family went through a similar event during war when Beirut was besieged by the Syrian army).

First, here is Mr. Robitaille’s article (Journal of Montreal, March 21, 2020):

https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2020/03/21/la-pensee-de-trudeau-minee-par-la-covid-19-1

Second, here is the translation of the article in question. It is worth reading, as food for thought:

“Justin Trudeau who closes the borders of the Dominion, including the famous Roxham road.

If we needed another proof that the world is changing with this damn virus, here is a spectacular change.

Trudeau really said yesterday: “People who arrive at the border irregularly will be returned [to] American authorities. Until the end of the crisis.

It seems so far away the time when the same Trudeau wrote on Twitter “To those fleeing persecution, terror and war, know that Canada will welcome you …” It was on January 28, 2017.

Let’s not look down on the underlying generosity here. The problem is its totally unrealistic aspect. At the time, Ottawa had, among other things, to ask Haitian-born MP Emmanuel Dubourg to explain to nationals of the West Indies in the United States that they would not automatically acquire citizenship in Canada.

Borderless

The current pandemic has weighed heavily on the philosophy of borderlessness, which is dear to Trudeau. The latter took centre stage with the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and the end of the USSR [Soviet Union] in 1991.

At the time, an American thinker, Francis Fukuyama, had developed the “end of history” thesis. There was no longer, he argued, an alternative model to liberal democracy and a market economy.

Other thinkers, like Kenichi Ohmae, proclaimed the end of the nation state. Free trade treaties and major commercial logics were now to supplant politics. The World Trade Organization would soon govern.

Since then, several events have given a rather significant denial to these ideas. The “alterglobalization” movement, with its major demonstrations: Seattle (1999), Québec (2001).

The State

After September 11, 2001, Fukuyama, again, concluded that the story would restart. Against libertarian thinkers, who globally reject the state, he rightly pointed out that this entity which taxes “citizens and uses this money in the collective interest” had forgotten virtues in the borderless era.

“It is only the state and the state that can be counted on to send firefighters to burning buildings or to fight terrorism, or to control passengers at airports. Not on the market or on individuals. The same can be said in 2020 of the fight that each nation state is currently waging against COVID-19.

Countries cannot be “hotels” where you enter and exit as you please, according to the beloved image of writer Yann Martel when describing Canada. Image taken over in 2016 by Justin Trudeau’s post-national thinking. If only to organize the redistribution of wealth, the nation state must realistically have a closed aspect.

Borderlessness is currently being replaced by “stay home!”, as noted by author Sylvain Tesson in an interview with Le Figaro yesterday. However, “staying at home does not mean hating your neighbour. The walls are protective membranes, not just hostile armour. They are pierced with doors, you can choose to open or close them.”

Kind of like Roxham Road.”

A quick post from Bambi to tell her mom how much she loves her and misses her (it is Mothers’ Day at her end). She is SO grateful to life because she had the chance to spend time with her in December.

This being said, this pandemic will end. Yes, after the storms, there is always a spring.

May everyone find the patience to go through this journey. May all the people be safe and sound. Across the world, we are all in the same boat.

Talking about boats, here is a song for you, hoping it will make you smile :).

Whether in Brooklyn (USA), Jerusalem (Israel-Palestine), or Tripoli (Lebanon), over-religious people are literally a danger public to others in times of pandemics.

The pictures below show people defying strict measures of social distancing, social isolation, and as of tomorrow internal regional isolation (in Lebanon).

Why don’t these people pray at home, virtually (in groups, as needed) or by themselves (meditating)?

We can always think that this may not be a good evolutionary strategy. However, it is not just about them. They are putting others at risk and this is unacceptable in the circumstances.

First, here is Mr. Robitaille’s article published in the Journal de Québec:

https://www.journaldequebec.com/2020/03/19/fermez-le-chemin-roxham-1

Second, here is its translation into English:

“If there is a place in this crisis where the imperiousness of the Trudeau government appears, it is at Roxham Road.

Yesterday, when the Canada-US border was announced to be closed, Ottawa refused to block this crossing near Lacolle customs, famous since the 2017 migrant crisis.

Through this, 30 to 80 “irregular” refugee claimants still enter every day (the figures vary depending on whether it is Ottawa or the customs union speaking).

The dispute

During a pandemic, what to do with migrants who come from a country where they are not in danger within the meaning of international conventions? For health reasons, wouldn’t it be better to block them?

This is what the Legault government is arguing. He recalls this “patient 31”, in South Korea, who canceled the efforts of the first 30 by not respecting the confinement instructions.

Welcoming migrants mobilizes nurses, police, etc., who could be useful elsewhere in times of crisis. Currently, asylum seekers are housed in a YMCA in downtown Montreal.

The Trudeau government believes, on the contrary, that it is better to let them in. Thus, the “traceability” of possible infected will be easier. Better than if they smuggled through the woods. (Isn’t there still a lot of snow in the forest? And hasn’t Ottawa placed thousands of cameras along the border?)

It is unclear whether Ottawa is really asking the migrants what is required of returning citizens: 14 days of isolation.

Tuesday morning was no. A symptom test would suffice. Later, Ottawa turned around to promise the opposite. TVA News clearly demonstrated on Tuesday that isolation was relative, with asylum seekers leaving and continuously entering the YMCA.

” Not acceptable “

This is what enrages François Legault, who seems to hold back with both hands to let people know. Yesterday, in a press briefing, he still allowed himself this: “Regarding Roxham Road, this is not acceptable. Minister Chrystia Freeland had just promised to “take care” of the migrants? But where? In Trenton? Nothing was yet clear.

Legault, as we know, never liked the federal management of Roxham Road. In August 2017, he deplored that the border was a “colander” under Justin Trudeau, and that the latter had made a mistake by inviting “all the misery of the world”.

At the time, the declaration was daring. Philippe Couillard had accused him of “stirring up concerns”. But today, with the COVID-19 tsunami coming, the picture has changed. As proof, in the Liberal caucus, we support the CAQ PM.

The former minister of the Couillard government, Gaétan Barrette, hastened to tweet yesterday: “About Roxham road @francoislegault is right. Unacceptable. Federal responsibility. New York State is the most contaminated. These people may also come from contagious areas. “

Should Québec send the Sûreté du Québec to Roxham Road to take care of the border, as Valérie Plante [Mayor of Montreal] was forced to send agents to the airport?

Yesterday, Bambi received this very short video from her cousin. She would like to share it with you.

Mind you, at first, she thought the guy was her cousin himself (OK just 30 years younger :). It is not him, she can assure you.

Second, the young man in the video is making fun of how people are becoming too germaphobe due to their fear of contracting COVID-19. He is saying in Arabic: “The situation is not that dramatic. People are becoming too germaphobe. It is a bit too much”. However, whilst saying these words, he is drinking Dettol 🙂 (we can hear the sound of ambulances in the background).

His joke may not be funny to you as much as it was to Bambi who laughed a lot.

Well, just like this guy, Lebanese people are used to laugh at their misery. Silly humour can be quite entertaining at all times, perhaps especially during a scary pandemic.

To be serious now, may this young man be safe as well as all his loved ones. May everyone around the world be safe, including us here in Canada and the Maritimes.

Disclaimer: This is a joke ONLY. The guy is most likely drinking apple juice or something. Please do not drink Detoll. It cannot protect you against COVID-19 and, trust me, it is not meant to be used in that way!