Manitoba Chiefs decry reduced federal funds for fake graves gravy train

OTTAWA – The Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs criticized the federal government for reducing funds to search the grounds of former residential schools, saying in a statement they are profoundly disappointed and outraged.

Communities could previously receive up to $3 million per year through the Residential Schools Missing Children Community Support Fund, but funding will now be capped at $500,000.

“The decision to cut back substantial funding for this critical initiative is not only disheartening but also disrespectful to the survivors and families affected by the residential school system,” said deputy grand chief Betsy Kennedy in a statement.

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Trump supporter, 80, putting up political sign in his front yard is run over in politically motivated attack

An elderly Trump supporter has been seriously hurt in a ‘politically motivated’ incident after being run over by an ATV while he was putting up a campaign sign in his yard.

The 80-year-old Michigan man sustained critical injuries after the vehicle plowed into him in front of his home in Hancock on Sunday.

The suspect was identified on Monday after he called police to confess to ‘a crime involving an ATV driver in the last 24 hours’, according to their statement.

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Jamie Sarkonak: Canada needs the wake-up slap Trump is preparing to deliver

Between Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump, the former is often thought to be the better pick for Canada. If that’s the case, that’s a problem of our own making.

Harris is the likely Democratic candidate for November’s United States election now that President Joe Biden has announced on his X account that he will not be running for another term. He endorsed Harris, his vice-president, instead; her candidacy isn’t set in stone, but she’s the likely contender.

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Megyn Kelly says it’s ‘fair game’ to question Kamala Harris’ past relationship with ex-San Fran Mayor Willie Brown: ‘That affair is sus’

Vice President Kamala Harris’ past relationship with ex-San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown is “fair game” for media scrutiny now that the former is the overwhelming favorite to be the Democratic Party’s nominee for president, according to Megyn Kelly.

“I’m going there,” Kelly said on her SiriusXM podcast “The Megyn Kelly Show” on Monday, noting that there was a “debate on Twitter … on whether Willie Brown” boosted her career during their brief romance decades ago.

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The Liberal ship is adrift. If the captain will not change course, will the crew?

One begins to long for the decisiveness and efficiency of the American political system. One day the president, behind in the polls and given no chance of recovering, decides not to seek re-election. The next day his replacement as the party’s standard-bearer has been proposed, seconded and confirmed.

Compare the state of play in Canada. The Liberals, under Justin Trudeau, are as much as 20 points behind in the polls, and have been for more than a year. There isn’t any doubt as to the cause: It is the policies and persona of the leader. Neither is there much doubt about the solution. Either the policies must change, or the leader, if not both.

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Trump plans to stop holding outdoor rallies after assassination attempt … Deep State hardest hit

Former President Donald Trump plans to stop holding outdoor rallies like the one where he was shot during an assassination attempt this month in Butler, Pennsylvania, according to two sources familiar with his campaign’s operations.

The sources said current plans are to hold indoor rallies, but they also said it’s possible Trump will participate in smaller outdoor events or larger rallies in facilities where entrances are more fully controlled and there are not issues with high ground nearby, like stadiums.

h/t DS

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John Ivison: There’ll be no DEI gimmes for Kamala Harris in a face-off with Trump

When Julia Louis-Dreyfus’s fictional Veep, Selina Meyer, ran for the U.S. presidency, the TV comedy’s writers settled on the most meaningless election slogan they could think of: “Continuity with Change.”

As yet more evidence that America’s politics are stranger than satire, continuity with change is the essence of Kamala Harris’s bid to become the 47th president of the United States.

From a Canadian perspective, the more traditional approach to trade and security that Harris represents would be welcomed in Ottawa.

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Joe Biden was compelled to stand down — could Trudeau go next?

On Sunday afternoon, Justin Trudeau praised Joe Biden as an American patriot.

“He’s a great man,” the prime minister wrote on social media, “and everything he does is guided by his love for his country.”

That sentence could be read broadly as expressing admiration for Biden’s career of public service. It also could be read as praise specifically for the decision Biden took this weekend to relinquish the Democratic party’s nomination for president — that was the message Barack Obama offered in his own statement, released about an hour earlier.

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Seized Mexican cartel ‘monster trucks’ destroyed

Officials in Mexico have destroyed 50 “monster trucks” used by cartels in their gun battles.

The vehicles, which are also referred to as “Frankenstein trucks” because of the modifications made to them – such as adding gun turrets and armoured plates – were seized by the security forces.

They belonged to a number of criminal organisation, including The Scorpions, a group of hitmen working for the Gulf Cartel.

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David Mulroney: Foreign Minister Joly, Xi Jinping’s China doesn’t do ‘dialogue’

Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly’s visit to Beijing last week was built around an understanding of China that’s at least a decade out of date.

The minister and more than a few media analysts lauded the opportunity (the first by a Canadian foreign minister in almost seven years) for “dialogue” with China’s leadership. But dialogue involves a conversation, a shared approach to illuminate or resolve an issue. It’s what happens when senior officials from normal countries meet. But China hasn’t been a normal country since Xi Jinping ascended to paramount leadership in 2013. Xi’s China doesn’t do dialogue.

Justin’s backers are in love with Xi’s dollars.

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