Canada’s carbon dioxide emissions 2019: 556.2 million tonnes

Change from 2018: -1.7%

U.S. carbon dioxide emissions 2019: 4,964.7 million tonnes

Change from 2018: -3.0% [1]

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July percentage increase in COVID-19 cases United States: 150%

July percentage increase in COVID-19 cases Canada: 26%

July percentage increase in COVID-19 cases India: 878%

Brazil: 402%

Bangladesh: 374%

Mexico: 350%

Number of U.S. states with increase in COVID-19 in excess of 100 per cent in July: 19

Number of those states with Republican Governors: 14

State with highest percentage increase in July: Montana 310% (Democrat Governor)

State with second highest percentage increase: Idaho 252% (Republican) [2]

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Percentage of Canadians agreeing there is some truth to theory that COVID-19 escaped from a lab in Wuhan china: 25%

Percentage of Conservative party voters who agree: 42%

Percentage of Canadians agreeing there is some truth to theory that Bill Gates is using COVID-19 to push a vaccine with a tracking microchip: 9%

Percentage of Conservative party voters who agree: 18% [3]

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Number of automobile trips by U.S. residents through Canadian land ports July 2019: 2,029,400

During July 2020: 70,500

Number of automobile trips by U.S. residents through New Brunswick land ports July 2019: 113,700

During July 2020: 3,300 [4]

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Total unique applicants for Canada Emergency Relief Benefit (CERB) to Aug. 2: 8,510,000

Canada’s July labour force: 20,029,500

CERB applicants as percentage of Canada’s labour force: 42.5%

Total unique applicants for CERB from Nova Scotia to Aug. 2: 201,010

Nova Scotia’s July labour force: 489,200

CERB applicants as percentage of Nova Scotia’s labour force: 41.1% [5]

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Reduction February-April in provincial and territorial jail population from pandemic-related releases: 25%

Reduction in Nova Scotia provincial jail population February-April: 41%

Nova Scotia’s rank in reduction of provincial and territorial jail population: first

Pandemic-related reduction in federal prison population February-April 2020: 1% [6]

 

 

[1] Bp Statistical Review of World Energy

[2] Worldometer

[3] Institute for Research on Public Policy

[4] Statistics Canada

[5] Canada.Ca

[6] Statistics Canada