King Charles Undercuts Canada’s Sovereignty While Trying to Affirm It

By all accounts, King Charles III’s major address on Tuesday in Ottawa was meant to be a rebuke to Donald Trump and all his taunts about Canada becoming a 51st state if it had to depend on money from the U.S. in order to survive. Yet when Charles finally delivered his highly anticipated address, he ended up undercutting Canadian sovereignty more than supporting it.

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Michael Bonner: We need an immigration policy that will serve all Canadians

Canadians deserve an immigration system that serves the national interest. This is exactly what we once had when most Canadians agreed with the economic and cultural arguments in favour of immigration.

For a long time, Canada avoided the sort of backlash seen in many places abroad. But the economic argument for immigration has collapsed during a time of stagnant wages, housing shortages and high youth unemployment. Likewise, cultural arguments about diversity and multiculturalism have given way to doubts about our ability to integrate newcomers.

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The Blatant Lie of Germany’s Elite

Parties opposed to the Alternative for Deutschland (AfD) continue to block it from exercising its rights—all in the name of stopping “fascism.”

Germany’s self-proclaimed democracy defenders are at it again: blocking a law-abiding party from exercising its rights—all in the name of protecting democracy.

The Alternative for Deutschland (AfD), a pro-free market, anti-EU, anti-mass migration party, placed second in Germany’s recent parliamentary elections, earning nearly 21 percent of the vote to the top vote-getter’s, the Christian Democratic Union’s, 28 percent. The AfD placed well ahead of the once-dominant Social Democratic Party (16 percent) and the Greens (11 percent).

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Regulation Making Homes Unaffordable Around the World

Next to inflation, Americans ranked housing as their top financial worry in a Gallup survey last May. It’s only gotten worse. January home sales were down 5% from last year’s dismal numbers. Record numbers of first-time buyers are stuck on the sidelines as housing affordability stands at the lowest level ever recorded, while one in three Americans now spend over 30% of their income on mortgage or rent.

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Brookfield firms seek help from Carney days after he takes office

Just two days after the Liberals won the federal election, executives from companies linked to the new prime minister’s former employer, Brookfield Asset Management, began asking for his help.

On April 30, two oil and gas companies owned by Brookfield joined 36 others in signing an open letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney. The group urged him to speed up resource development by easing regulations and fast-tracking approvals.

For Brandon Anderson, the CEO of the Brookfield-controlled natural gas company NorthRiver Midstream Inc., it was a first, according to federal records. In more than 14 years of overseeing and contributing to lobbying efforts, he had never before contacted a prime minister directly.

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‘Foxes in the Vineyards’: Israel’s Very Own Subversives

When Yair Golan, an IDF reserve Major-General and former member of Israel’s parliament, falsely implies that the nation’s soldiers “kill babies as a hobby” in Gaza, something is serious amiss among Israel’s leaders at this critical time of an existential war.

Golan continued in his May 20 remarks, “[I]t is time to replace this government as soon as possible so that this war can also come to an end.”

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Tasha Kheiriddin: Mark Carney’s quest for a majority

With Parliament now back in business, pundits and politicos are focused on this session’s agenda. What will the government do about Trump and tariffs? How will Mark Carney perform in Question Period? When will Pierre Poilievre return to Parliament? And how will the NDP survive without party status?

But not much will happen on the Hill in the next few weeks: the PM will be busy hosting the G7 at Kananaskis, and the House will rise in late June. No, the real intrigue lies just over the horizon in the fall. The big question: can the Liberal minority morph into a majority by then, to secure four years of power and avoid tangling with the opposition?

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Crowd is fired on at chaotic Gaza aid-distribution site, killing at least 1 and wounding 48

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — A crowd was fired upon while overrunning a new aid-distribution site in the Gaza Strip set up by an Israeli and U.S.-backed foundation, killing at least one Palestinian and wounding 48 others, Gaza’s Health Ministry said Wednesday.

Meanwhile, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his country killed senior Hamas leader Mohammed Sinwar, apparently confirming his death in a recent airstrike in Gaza. Speaking before parliament, Netanyahu included Sinwar in a list of Hamas leaders killed in Israeli strikes. He was the brother of Yahya Sinwar, one of the masterminds of the militant group’s Oct. 7, 2023, attack, who was killed by Israeli forces last year.

h/t Mauser

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MANDEL: AI ‘hallucinations’ hit second GTA court case in a month

They’re called AI “hallucinations” and the made-up citations generated by artificial intelligence chatbots have just landed a second Ontario lawyer this month in hot water.

The latest case involves Ontario Court Justice Joseph Kenkel rejecting written final arguments by defence lawyer Arvin Ross in an aggravated assault trial because he relied on a case that apparently doesn’t actually exist.

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Liverpool crash suspect is businessman father-of-three

The man arrested on suspicion of mowing down dozens of people with a car during the Liverpool FC victory parade is a middle class father-of-three who lives in a detached suburban home.

According to social media, the 53-year-old business owner has competed in triathlons, climbed Kilimanjaro, and enjoyed holidays to exotic locations.

The man, who has not been named, has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, dangerous driving offences, and driving while unfit through drugs.

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Bono says more stupid stuff …

Bono transitions to Lesbian

Bono says ‘the whole world is in awe’ of Canada, takes shots at Pierre Poilievre and Donald Trump

U2 frontman Bono had some kind words to say about Canada during a TV appearance on Global News on Monday.

“I was always a fan of your mosaic, your culture, your … kind of reason, and never more so than now,” the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame singer said on “The Morning Show.”

He then shared some thoughts about the recent Canadian federal election, in which Prime Minister Mark Carney‘s Liberals defeated the Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives.

What a buffoon.

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Quran burning prosecution in effect ‘reintroduces blasphemy law’

The decision to prosecute a man for burning the Quran is “tantamount to reintroducing a blasphemy law” in Britain, a court has been told.

Hamit Coskun, 50, a former political prisoner, allegedly shouted “f*** Islam”, “Islam is religion of terrorism” and “Quran is burning” as he held the flaming Islamic text aloft outside the Turkish consulate in Knightsbridge in February, Westminster magistrates’ court heard on Wednesday.

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