{"id":41251,"date":"2020-08-17T21:39:04","date_gmt":"2020-08-18T02:39:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/prefblog.com\/?p=41251"},"modified":"2020-08-17T21:39:04","modified_gmt":"2020-08-18T02:39:04","slug":"august-17-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prefblog.com\/?p=41251","title":{"rendered":"August 17, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m pleased to see that – after a long, long time – the G-20 protesters have been vindicated<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Roughly 1,100 protesters caught up in the largest mass arrests in Canadian history a decade ago are eligible to receive between $5,000 and $24,700 each in the proposed settlement of a class-action lawsuit against the Toronto Police Service.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

They’ve come a long way and suffered serious indignities, as I mentioned on August 23, 2010<\/a>:<\/p>\n

The (alleged) G-20 protesters had their day in court today<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Over 300 people facing G20-related charges appeared at a Toronto courthouse Monday, a legal tidal wave resulting from the largest mass arrests in Canadian history.<\/p>\n

The court’s hallways are only designed to hold 176 people. Officers have been tasked with regulating the intake of defendants to ensure the building doesn’t break fire code. The court’s legal aid office brought in extra staff, including French-speakers.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I don’t know the name of the petty, vindictive ratshit who decided to make the scheduling an extra-judicial punishment … but I have a message for him: You have held the courts in contempt, and you have done more damage to the rule of law than any of those charged. Asshole.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And the protesters were also poorly served by the politicians, as mentioned on August 31, 2010<\/a>:<\/p>\n

I’m still upset about police actions during the G-20 meeting. So are some others<\/a>, but there are few who really couldn’t care less, one way or another:<\/p>\n

The largest mass arrest of Canadians in history and the Grits primary concern is that the cops were overwhelmed.
…<\/b>
At a wintry moment in the history of Canadian civil rights, the Liberal Party is AWOL.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

We are poorly served by our politicians of all stripes. Still, with the pseudo-opposition being led by Torture Boy, I suppose we should be grateful nothing worse than vindictive time-wasting seems to have occurred. This time.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I still haven’t regained any of the respect for the police I lost during the G-20 police riot. There are too many clowns in the ranks, too hopped up on steroids to know or care what they’re doing. Management is extraordinarily weak … I’m sure everybody remembers that the police removed the identification from their uniforms prior to their G-20 frenzy and not a single sergeant and not a single higher-ranking officer either noticed or cared.<\/p>\n

The first step is to set up a new organization to respond to mental health calls<\/a> and welfare checks. Sure, have regular cops with their steroids and guns available to be called on short notice; but they don’t need to be there first, if at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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YTW<\/td>\n		Median
Average
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Mod Dur
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\nMaturity Type : Limit Maturity
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\nMaturity Type : Limit Maturity
\nMaturity Date\t: 2050-08-17
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\nMaturity Type : Limit Maturity
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\nMaturity Type : Limit Maturity
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\nMaturity Type : Limit Maturity
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\nMaturity Type : Limit Maturity
\nMaturity Date\t: 2050-08-17
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\nMaturity Type : Limit Maturity
\nMaturity Date\t: 2050-08-17
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\nEvaluated at bid price : 15.75
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\nMaturity Type : Limit Maturity
\nMaturity Date\t: 2050-08-17
\nMaturity Price : 12.70
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\nMaturity Type : Limit Maturity
\nMaturity Date\t: 2050-08-17
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\nEvaluated at bid price : 17.40
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\nMaturity Type : Limit Maturity
\nMaturity Date\t: 2050-08-17
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\nMaturity Type : Limit Maturity
\nMaturity Date\t: 2050-08-17
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\nMaturity Type : Limit Maturity
\nMaturity Date\t: 2050-08-17
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\nMaturity Type : Limit Maturity
\nMaturity Date\t: 2050-08-17
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IFC.PR.C<\/td>\nFixedReset Ins Non<\/td>\n3.87 %<\/td>\nYTW SCENARIO
\nMaturity Type : Limit Maturity
\nMaturity Date\t: 2050-08-17
\nMaturity Price : 16.10
\nEvaluated at bid price : 16.10
\nBid-YTW : 4.88 %<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TD.PF.E<\/td>\nFixedReset Disc<\/td>\n5.72 %<\/td>\nYTW SCENARIO
\nMaturity Type : Limit Maturity
\nMaturity Date\t: 2050-08-17
\nMaturity Price : 19.79
\nEvaluated at bid price : 19.79
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\nMaturity Type : Limit Maturity
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\nMaturity Price : 23.23
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SLF.PR.C<\/td>\nDeemed-Retractible<\/td>\n79,285<\/td>\nYTW SCENARIO
\nMaturity Type : Limit Maturity
\nMaturity Date\t: 2050-08-17
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TD.PF.H<\/td>\nFixedReset Prem<\/td>\n52,690<\/td>\nYTW SCENARIO
\nMaturity Type : Limit Maturity
\nMaturity Date\t: 2050-08-17
\nMaturity Price : 23.88
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\nMaturity Type : Limit Maturity
\nMaturity Date\t: 2050-08-17
\nMaturity Price : 19.65
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CM.PR.P<\/td>\nFixedReset Disc<\/td>\n41,460<\/td>\nYTW SCENARIO
\nMaturity Type : Limit Maturity
\nMaturity Date\t: 2050-08-17
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\nMaturity Type : Limit Maturity
\nMaturity Date\t: 2050-08-17
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