Sorry - just saw this. Yes, I do recommend it, but I am not sure how effective it'd be in a large room. I believe there are other portable ones that are rated for larger rooms. I'll see if I can dig up some.

Public health must be reframed as infrastructure for solidarity, not just crisis response. The challenge isn’t that we don’t know what to do. It’s that we’ve been told we no longer need to care. That’s what we must resist.

Change won’t come from awareness campaigns alone. It starts with communities already leading: unionized workers, disabled people, healthcare and elder care advocates who know what's at stake and are still organizing for safety.

We’re now facing more than fatigue. We’re up against a politically convenient indifference. Disinformation and the erosion of collective responsibility have normalized neglect, especially of those deemed “expendable.”

The early push to label COVID as “endemic” was not science. It was politics. It gave cover for institutions to withdraw and seeded public apathy that still shapes resistance to even simple, effective health measures.

Here's another real life example: the First Nations Health Authority, the first and only provincial First Nations health authority in Canada, is still doing COVID surveillance and prevention programming: www.fnha.ca/what-we-do/c...

To ground this thread in a real-life example: New Brunswick used workplace safety laws to implement ventilation practices informed by the pandemic. This wasn’t a coincidence - workplace safety is a key driver of broader public safety progress.

I can't imagine working in a factory and rejecting workplace safety protections just because you think you'd be okay or because you are just tired of it.

Even if you think you can do without sensible, science-backed COVID protections, you should fight to keep them in place until no one is left behind. Mask not just for yourself, but in solidarity with those who have no choice.

I'm thinking of mutual aid communities, Indigenous nations with communal health traditions, the disability community, and labour unions with strong health advocacy legacies. The privileged left is deeply unreliable.

I think the only viable path for a socially progressive vision of public health is to root its momentum in communities where a culture of safety, health, and collective welfare is already deeply ingrained and resilient.

What she powerfully reveals is that leftism is only skin deep when leftists cut and run simply because they can afford to. If social or political progressivism only advances up to the point where the privileged remain comfortable, then all progress is ultimately doomed.

The NDP is not likely to form government, and in my view, this Liberal platform is a million times better than what the CPC is offering. If the polls show your riding is a close call between the CPC and any other centre/left leaning party, consider voting against the CPC.

Overall, I'd say the platform is socially progressive, economically nationalist, institutionally centrist. I prefer the NDP platform because it places a stronger emphasis on systemic reforms, grassroots empowerment, and economic equity.

Centrist in commitments to strong military rearmament, fast-tracked project approvals, and law-and-order measures (tougher bail, sentencing, and border security). Pro-growth, pro-trade, and aims to keep Canada attractive to capital while insulating it from U.S. volatility.

Deeply nationalist platform. It frames U.S. tariffs as economic warfare, promotes “Buy Canadian” policies, and pushes to unify the internal economy. There is a clear protectionist edge and emphasis on economic sovereignty.

On equity and culture, promises stronger CBC/Radio-Canada, protections for LGBTQ2+ rights, anti-hate measures, Indigenous economic inclusion, & climate justice. Backs the Charter as protection against rising discrimination and global democratic backsliding.