Tag: public safety
-
610CKTB: Authorized for Abuse: The Math Behind Canada’s Medical Cannabis “Loophole”
Jon Liedtke joined The Gene Valaitis Show on Niagara’s 610 CKTB to discuss his latest StratCann article, Authorized for abuse: The math behind Canada’s medical cannabis “loophole” about large medical cannabis grows and the issues they cause for various levels of authority.
-
StratCann: Authorized for abuse: The math behind Canada’s medical cannabis “loophole”
Canada’s medical cannabis laws are being exploited by illicit growers using high-volume prescriptions as a “paperwork shield.” These massive, uninspected residential grows pose severe fire and safety hazards. While local municipalities and police struggle with enforcement loopholes, advocates argue that restricting personal production violates patients’ constitutional rights to affordable medicine.
-
Canada’s Price of Neutrality: When ‘Never Again’ Becomes ‘Not Our Problem’
Jon Liedtke examines the alarming rise of antisemitism in Canada since October 7. By contrasting the administrative failures of Toronto’s leadership and federal policy shifts with the proactive measures in Vaughan and Windsor, the piece argues that official neutrality and “strategic de-escalation” are effectively enabling a systemic campaign of intimidation.
-
Open for Business or Armed for Business?
Premier Doug Ford’s proposal to legalize pepper spray and empower private security is a “Mad Max” admission of policy failure. Instead of fixing a broken justice system or addressing bail reform, the government is outsourcing public safety to $18-an-hour guards. We need data-driven policing, not mall-level “Delta Force” fantasies.
-
610 CKTB| Buck-a-Beer to Boutique-Bounty-Hunters: Premier Ford’s Wild West Retail Security Plan
Jon Liedtke joins Gene Valaitis to discuss Premier Doug Ford’s controversial retail security plan. Liedtke critiques the proposal to arm security guards with pepper spray, calling it a “Mad Max” policy shift that ignores proven, data-driven policing methods used successfully in cities like Windsor to combat retail theft.
-
No, Alabama isn’t Better than Canada
Jon Liedtke joins Gene Valaitis to dismantle a Globe and Mail story comparing Canada’s economy to Alabama’s. Calling the argument “bunk,” Liedtke highlights Canada’s sovereign advantages and contrasts its social safety net and low crime rates against Alabama’s high firearm mortality and lack of universal healthcare protections.
-
The risks and dangers of pointing lasers at airplanes
OPP Constable, Steven Duguay discusses a laser beam was shone at an airplane in Windsor Essex and the risks and dangers of pointing lasers at airplanes.