Elections & an Interview with PQ Gym Owner Dany Laflamme: The October 29th, 2020 Age of Ingenuity

We’ve just come off a heavy political week in Canada, with provincial elections in Saskatchewan and British Columbia and two Federal by-elections in Toronto. We’re going to talk about that.

We're also going to note that most of those vying for public office didn’t talk about business closures, the ongoing lock downs or anything especially relevant to the electorate and voter turnout was low because of that.

Unlike the politicians, we will be talking with Dany Laflamme, the owner of Nova Gym Centre Fitness in Quebec. He’s decided he can either open his business in defiance of the Quebec government's new lock down edicts or go bankrupt. This blog feels his pain and wishes him the best.

Sources cited during the episode include the following:

• The constantly updating “October 26th, 2020 Elections Canada Toronto By-Election Results.” Retrieved October 27th, 2020.

• The January 2nd, 2020 CBC News post, "What the 2017 Conservative leadership race told us about what it takes to win."

• The October 25th, 2020 CBC News post, "Here's what you need to know about 2 federal byelections in Toronto today."

• The "Right Honourable Kim Campbell, Canada's 19th Prime Minister" website. Retrieved October 28th, 2020.

• The October 25th 2020 CP 24 post “Liberals manage to hang on to two ridings in tougher-than-expected pair of Toronto byelections,”

• The October 26th, 2020 Deadline post, "Canadian TV Anchor Marci Ien Elected In Toronto As Member Of Justin Trudeau’s Government."

• The October 25th, 2020 Vancouver Sun post, “BC election results: BC NDP win historic majority government.”

• The October 25th, 2020 CBC News post, “10 reasons why the B.C. NDP had its most successful election ever.”

• The October 26th, 2020 Vancouver is Awsum post, “B.C.'s top doctor bans house gatherings – except for family and 'your safe six'.”

• The October 26th, 2020 CBC News post, “BC election turnout sinks to all-time low.”

• The October 27th, 2020 CBC News post, “Saskatchewan election delivers historic win for Sask. Party, decisive defeat for NDP.”

• The October 28th, 2020 CBC News post, "Opioid deaths skyrocket, mental health suffers due to pandemic restrictions, new federal report says."

Citations for the Dany Laflamme interview include the following:

• The October 26th, 2020 CTV News post, “Quebec's red-zone restrictions extended another 28 days: Legault.”

• The October 28th, 2020 update to the Province of Quebec webpage on "Map of COVID-19 alert levels by region."

• The October 26th, 2020 CTV News post, “Hundreds of gyms and fitness studios threaten to reopen -- unless Quebec ponies up COVID-19 data.” 

• The October 28th, 2020 CTV News post, "Flashpoint fitness: Quebec gyms face fines for defying government orders to close." 

• The October 27th, 2020 The Logic post, “Working up a sweat: The pandemic has forced small fitness businesses online, where they’re at a huge disadvantage against startups like Peloton.” 

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