Top defence official says China is a threat to Canadian Arctic
China is a growing threat to Canadian interests in the Arctic because of its need for natural resources, a top Defence Department official warned.
In frank comments to the Ottawa Conference on Security and Defence, deputy minister Jody Thomas said on Wednesday that Beijing is turning its attention to the Northwest Passage as melting ice opens up Arctic sea lanes to shipping and resource exploitation, including fish, petroleum and critical minerals.
COMMENTARY: The clues pointing to Justin Trudeau’s electoral ambitions are piling up
There was a time when the usual cycle of elections in Canada went something like this: The ruling party in power was typically the one feeling nervous about facing the electorate. Government scandals tend to accumulate and fester. Opposition parties are free to attack and inflict even more damage. And voters, by their nature, can be a fickle bunch, where familiarity with the politicians in power can breed contempt.
But the days of lean-and-hungry opposition parties demanding an election are a thing of the past.
Protesters in Montreal demand an end to nonsensical religious restrictions
With all due respect, Premier Legault, places of worship ARE essential!
At least that was the opinion of hundreds of demonstrators who showed up in Montreal last Sunday afternoon, marching to the summit of Mount Royal and clamouring for the province to relax attendance restrictions on churches, temples, mosques and other places of worship.
Through messenger, Trump warns Democrats ‘trying to rig’ elections with reform bill
A message from former President Donald Trump punctuates his disdain for a massive election reform bill being considered in Congress that is supported by Democrats.
Jason Miller, an adviser to Trump, conveyed the 45th president’s words from a recent phone call during a Wednesday appearance on former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon’s War Room Pandemic podcast.
NYC students sue to stop gifted programs citing racial ‘caste system’
“Nearly every facet of the New York City public education system operates not only to prop up, but also to affirmatively reproduce, the artificial racial hierarchies that have subordinated people of color for centuries in the United States,” alleges the Manhattan Supreme Court lawsuit filed Tuesday by 13 students and a youth activist group.
The Absurdity and Danger of the Cancel Culture
Today in America, this list of those having been the victims of “Cancel Culture” is a long list indeed. The most notable victim of this hideous display is the former President of the United States, Donald J. Trump. Before the evidence was in before anyone was arrested and before any serious witness statements were taken (because of the riots on January 6, 2021, on Capitol Hill), it was decided that President Trump was to be “canceled on Twitter, Facebook and most other social media mediums in the country.“
