A little mouse of truth

Vincent J. Curtis

16 Jan 21 

RE: Ford ousts MPP who called for end to lockdown.  Report by Shawn Jeffords of The Canadian Press. 

Premier Ford was utterly wrong to cancel a Tory MPP who called for an end to the lockdown.  He was not spreading misinformation and was certainly not being irresponsible.  Roman Baber, MPP, for was arguing his case on the basis of inconvenient information and science, which is the responsible thing to do.

That lockdowns after about two weeks are counterproductive to the health of the population as a whole was conclusively established last April by, among others, Dr. Scott Atlas of the Hoover Institution, whose findings were published in respectable journals in the U.S.  The truth in the argument is found, for example, in British Columbia where the excess deaths from drug overdoses alone was nearly double the number of COVID deaths in that province when last reported in November.  Never mind the other illnesses that go untreated and undiagnosed because of the lockdown and the fear that supports it.

Premier Ford is not infallible and neither are his medical advisors.  Ontario is still a representative democracy, and the Ontario legislature is not a Soviet Duma.  Mr. Baber speaks for a lot of people, and is not subject to cabinet solidarity.  Mr. Baber’s respectable argument ought to be met with respectable counter-arguments by Mr. Ford’s medical advisors.  That Ford cancelled Mr. Baber is a sign of the weakness of the case for locking the province down.  Let loose a little mouse of truth, and the mightiest of potentates go frisking in fear.

Doug Ford is an embarrassment to conservatives who believe in free speech, the Charter, and the rule of law.  He is the one who needs ousting.

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