A survey of perceived safety in cities ranks Quebec City as the safest, while Winnipeg is considered the least safe. The survey found that Edmonton, Vancouver, Toronto, and Winnipeg are clustered at the bottom of the list, indicating a decline in perceived safety compared to 2017 results. In related news, biological males identifying as women have dominated women's golf championships in Alberta and B.C., with one expert arguing their wins may be unfair due to competition rules. The article also covers various other topics, including Canadian trade policies, Indigenous lawyer Leighton Grey's advocacy for a binding provincial referendum on Alberta separation from Canada, and an immigration case where a human smuggler was deemed admissible after an appeal.
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A recent survey on perceived safety in Canadian cities has ranked Quebec City as the safest, while Winnipeg is seen as the least safe. The survey, conducted by Liaison Strategies, asked residents to rate their perception of city safety, with 57% of respondents considering Quebec City very or somewhat safe and only 17% considering it unsafe. In contrast, Winnipeg scored a net safety rating of -22%, meaning that more people consider it unsafe than safe.
In related news, a pair of biological males who identify as women have dominated women's golf championships in Alberta and British Columbia, winning five titles between them this summer. The golfer Amy Hamm argues that these individuals are "only partly to blame" for their wins, suggesting that the issue lies with the rules allowing them to compete in the women's category.
In another article, economist Vincent Geloso critiques Canada's approach to trade tariffs, suggesting that instead of retaliating against the US, the country should pursue policies like unilateral trade liberalization and business deregulation.
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It’s Friday, September 4.
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Here are the top stories we’re following today.
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Survey on perceived safety in cities puts Quebec City on top, Winnipeg at the bottom
While Quebec City surged in a positive direction, Edmonton, Vancouver and Toronto were all perceived as much less safe than they were in a similar survey done in 2017.
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Those cities are clustered at the bottom of the list, along with Winnipeg.
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Biological males dominating in women’s golf in B.C and Alberta
A pair of transgender-identifying golfers who have won five women’s golf championships in Alberta and B.C. between them this summer “are only partly to blame for their unfair wins,” Hamm argues.
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Alberta allows golfers to compete in the category corresponding with their professed gender, and B.C. allows persons to play in whatever category they choose.
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A century ago, Canada tried tariff retaliation.
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It did nothing
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“If counter-tariffs failed to change American policy the first time, why remake such a tired script?” Geloso asks.
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He suggests a better approach “would be to find policies that minimize the economic harm to Canadians,” such as unilateral trade liberalization, elimination of interprovincial trade barriers, business deregulation and tax cuts.
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Meet the Indigenous lawyer who’s shaking up Alberta’s independence movement
Leighton Grey is encouraging others to vote in favour of holding a binding provincial referendum on Alberta separation from Canada.
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But he admits that “the best we can hope for is to send Ottawa a message…
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I happen to think that we already have a pretty good Constitution.
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The problem is that we’re not governing ourselves in accordance to it.”
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Jamie Sarkonak: Why one man’s migrant-running operation was excused by Canadian officials
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Sarkonak writes about a man who was deemed inadmissible to Canada by Public Safety Canada because they deemed him to be a human smuggler.
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The man admitted to transporting people “near the Canadian border,” where they made refugee claims.
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An immigration board tribunal ruled that was legal as long as he didn’t cross the border and ruled him to be admissible to Canada.
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