OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau does not appear willing to budge on his plan to send a $250 rebate to “hardworking Canadians,” despite pressure from the opposition to give the money to seniors and people who are not able to work.
The rebate is one of two affordability measures the Liberals announced this month, along with a plan to temporarily cut the federal sales tax on a list of items that are popular over the holidays.
JUSTIN TRUDEAU, SON OF FIDEL CASTRO, ARRIVES IN MAR LAGO.pic.twitter.com/jXSQTMoWz6
— Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) November 29, 2024
He’ll leave with a 40% tariff. h/t DS
The Russia-North Korea-China relationship is not an equilateral triangle but an evolving alliance with conflicting interests, and reportedly beginning to show signs of fracture and lack of trust.
Now that North Korean troops have joined Russian forces in fighting a democratic country, Ukraine, the global ramifications of this East-West coalitional warfare have darkened. An alliance of aggressive dictatorships are directly confronting the free West.
I've been hesitant to talk about this publicly, but if you're going to stand in solidarity with people who have raped women and murdered parents in front of their children, and children in front of their parents, you've got to expect some blowback.
I went to school with Sarah… https://t.co/SYwEqOMamF
— Casey Babb (@DrCaseyBabb) November 29, 2024
This is so Canadian for all the wrong reasons.
h/t Patti Jo
Politicians love to gamble with your cash but, based on their record, you’d think they were rookies getting fleeced by a card shark at a shady bar.
The latest epic failure is the gamble on electric vehicle battery manufacturer Northvolt.
The Legault government bet buckets of cash. And now the company is broke.
Hollywood actor-director Rob Reiner has deleted his X / Twitter account in the wake of President-elect Donald Trump’s resounding victory. His exit marks the end of an era for Reiner who had spent years using the platform to spread false claims and wild accusations aimed at Trump and his supporters — including repeatedly smearing them as white nationalists.
It’s official. Starting Dec. 14, the federal government’s two-month GST/HST holiday will temporarily reduce the tax to 0%, offering Canadians a reprieve until Feb. 15.
While this initiative appears to be a gift for consumers during the holiday season, it comes with unintended consequences that could harm consumers, retailers, and the broader economy.
Germany will promote the inherent value of its “dominant culture” and make migrants assimilate, an MP from the country’s government-in-waiting has said.
In a clear shift from the Angela Merkel era, the centre-right Christian Democrats Union (CDU) has made the concept of “Leitkultur” a key pillar of its manifesto ahead of snap elections in February.
In an interview with the Daily Telegraph, Alexander Throm, the CDU interior affairs spokesman, said Leitkultur was fundamentally the principle that foreigners should adopt German cultural values and not vice versa.
This is a win for the AfD. h/t DS
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s willingness to cut a trade deal with the U.S. alone came as a betrayal, says Mexico’s lead trade negotiator, adding that it has already proven to be a mistake.
Any desire by Canada to divert blame toward Mexico for U.S. problems with illegal immigration and imported narcotics was “erroneous,” Luis Rosendo Gutiérrez Romano said in an interview this week.
A Maryland husband and wife who have a young child who has been taking puberty blockers declared they would seek asylum in Canada if President-elect Donald Trump implements the promised nationwide ban on minor sex change procedures. The Haluf family said they already had to move from Missouri to Maryland after the conservative-run state banned hormone therapy and puberty blockers for anyone under the age of 18. Now, the family is making another reassessment.
h/t patthedog
In-house research by the Department of Immigration says 47% of Canadians feel there are too many immigrants coming into Canada, according to Blacklock’s Reporter.
The 2024 IRCC Online Tracking Survey, conducted over a two-week period in November 2023 that coincided with street protests and antisemitic crimes following the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel, found the anti-immigration stance as high as 58% in Saskatchewan, 56% in Prince Edward Island, 52% in Ontario and 48% in Alberta.
A New Zealand naval ship that sank after smashing into a coral reef in the South Pacific was left on autopilot, an inquiry has found.
An interim report into the incident said human error was to blame for the sinking of HMNZS Manawanui, the first ship that New Zealand has lost since the Second World War.
Yvonne Gray, the vessel’s British-born captain, is originally from Harrogate, Yorkshire, and previously served in the Royal Navy before moving to New Zealand with her wife.
In June, the terrorist group Jemaah Islamiyah announced it was disbanding, laying down arms, renouncing violence and removing extremist teachings from madrassas.
An operationally independent ally of al-Qaida, JI had for decades fought to establish a radically pure Islamic state inside Indonesia, which is 87 per cent Muslim but constitutionally secular. The group also promised to turn over to the government names of its military wing members. It was a full-bore capitulation.
Britain and its allies may face a “reckoning” as a new generation of potential terrorists are radicalised over the war in the Middle East, the head of MI6 has warned.
Sir Richard Moore, also known as “C”, said the world was in a more dangerous state than it has been in four decades and the threats facing Europe “could hardly be more serious”.
In a speech at the British embassy in Paris, he said that if President Putin and his “morally bankrupt axis of aggression” were able to reduce Ukraine to a vassal state, “he will not stop there”.
Immigration Minister Marc Miller was admonished in the House of Commons during question period Thursday when he told Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre to “grow a pair” and get his security clearance.
Miller withdrew the comment but has yet to apologize for the language.
I CAN’T believe that Marc Miller just told Pierre Poilievre to ‘grow a pair’ in response to the Liberals being questioned on their failed border security! The audacity. Marc Miller better be kicked the F out. NOW. #cdnpoli pic.twitter.com/dFKY1MKy7k
— That Curious Cat (@ThatCurious_Cat) November 28, 2024
