The Liberal Party’s caucus chair Brenda Shanahan told MPs late Thursday that a full caucus meeting is “impossible” this summer due to “scheduling logistics,” despite a flurry of requests from parliamentarians after a shocking byelection loss in a Toronto-area riding.
“Nevertheless, we will continue the conversations this summer about the changes you and Canadians want to see,” Shanahan said in an email to colleagues that was obtained by CBC News.
Insane hit & run from yesterday captured on camera in Toronto near Danforth Ave and Dawes Rd. pic.twitter.com/U172H5F59n
— 6ixBuzzTV (@6ixbuzztv) July 5, 2024
AI speed cameras which can “spy inside” cars are set to be rolled out nationwide to catch motorists using mobile phones at the wheel or failing to wear seatbelts.
New AI technology is enabling police not only to catch speeding drivers but also clampdown on motorists “distracted” by their phones even if they have them on their lap while at the wheel.
The move has raised privacy concerns while the AA has warned that AI cameras must not become a substitute for traffic officers stopping suspect motorists who might also be drink driving – an offence which would not be caught by simply snapping images.
Opposition leader Pierre Poilievre went to church last Sunday, not once, not twice, but three times — to three evangelical churches in the Toronto area where he briefly participated in the services, made a short political speech and moved on.
The three churches are all in ridings held by Liberal MPs and the congregants are mostly members of ethnic minority communities, which makes these visits smart politics for a campaigning Conservative leader.
After several days of quiet griping and hoping that President Biden would abandon his re-election campaign on his own, many wealthy Democratic donors are trying to take matters into their own hands.
Wielding their fortunes as both carrot and stick, donors have undertaken a number of initiatives to pressure Mr. Biden to step down from the top of the ticket and help lay the groundwork for an alternate candidate.
The efforts — some coordinated, some conflicting and others still nascent — expose a remarkable and growing rift between the party’s contributor class and its standard-bearer that could have an impact on down-ballot races, whether or not the donors influence Mr. Biden’s decision.
With Pride celebrations in St. John’s about to get underway, the announcement of the grand marshal for this year’s parade has been met with mixed reactions.
On July 21, Palestine Action YYT will lead the annual parade, which will wind its way through downtown St. John’s and end at Bannerman Park for the Pride in the Park event.
President Biden told a gathering of nearly two dozen Democratic governors at the White House Wednesday night that he needs to get more sleep and work fewer hours — and even avoid events held after 8 p.m. — despite previous reports he can only fully handle the job between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.
The 81-year-old’s acknowledgment was reported by the New York Times, citing two people who took part in the high-stakes meeting and others who were briefed on the comment.
Achieving “net zero” carbon emissions in Canada will reportedly cost billions more than what the federal government has claimed.
On Wednesday, the Budget Office said a calculation error was uncovered for tax credits intended for a green economy by 2050, according to Blacklock’s Reporter.
I don’t believe it was an “error”. The Liberals always lie.
Joe Biden’s old classmate barely recognised his friend at the presidential debate. Staring gormlessly into the camera and struggling to finish his sentences, it was not the razor-sharp orator Robert Markel had come to admire over the years.
“I don’t know that Joe Biden. There must have been some reason for it, but I’d never encountered that Joe before,” said Markel, a friend of Biden since their days at the private Catholic school Archmere Academy in Delaware.
Former foreign affairs minister Marc Garneau says Canada has lost its standing in the world under the tenure of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, whom he criticizes as an ill-prepared leader who prioritizes politics and makes big pronouncements without any follow-through.
“I believe Justin Trudeau has overestimated Canada’s impact abroad,” Garneau writes in his autobiography, A Most Extraordinary Ride: Space, Politics and the Pursuit of a Canadian Dream, which is scheduled to be released in October by Penguin Random House.
US Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) has been slapped with an ethics complaint by the American Accountability Foundation (AAF), a conservative watchdog group, for holding an event with former Somali Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire.
Last weekend, Khaire took the stage with Omar in support of her reelection campaign. AAF argued Khaire’s presence at Omar’s campaign rally constituted a violation of the US Federal Election Campaign Act and demanded the congresswoman step down from office.
Ilhan Omar smiles as the Prime Minister says that she’s in Congress to serve the interests of Somalia, NOT Americans.
This translation describes a foreign asset. She should be thrown out of Congress over this and investigated for acting as a foreign agent.pic.twitter.com/FFGwbgaXkS
— Robby Starbuck (@robbystarbuck) June 30, 2024
Justin Trudeau looked like a million bucks in a white shirt and a bright blue blazer as he made a funding announcement in his own Montreal riding in his usual energetic style.
Then he dodged a bunch of questions. Including the big one.
Sir Keir Starmer has become the UK’s first Labour prime minister since 2010 after his party’s landslide general election victory.
Labour is returning to power with a huge parliamentary majority of 174, following a collapse in support for the Conservatives.
Sir Keir has been formally appointed by the King at Buckingham Palace, replacing Tory leader Rishi Sunak, and will soon make his first speech in Downing Street.
Sir Keir Starmer has walked out of Buckingham Palace as the UK’s new prime minister, after holding an audience with King Charles III.
He will now travel to Downing Street to give his first speech as PMhttps://t.co/fT2zvfjYxd pic.twitter.com/pJekFHLI7Y
— ITV News (@itvnews) July 5, 2024
Nigel Farage understands the zeitgeist better than anyone – and the people of Clacton know it
In the end it was a walk-over. Having tried, and failed, on seven occasions to win a seat in Parliament, the most controversial, disruptive, and in many ways most significant, British
politician of the last 25 years finally won the opportunity to fulfil his promise to sit in the House of Commons and “make a bloody nuisance” of himself.
Wearing a mid-blue suit and tie and a Cheshire cat grin, Farage, 60, overturned a Conservative majority of 24,702 to win the Clacton seat, displaying an undisguised glee not only at his own result, but at the performance of Reform candidates across the country exceeding even Farage’s most optimistic expectations, and at the cost of the Conservative party that he clearly despises.
The donation account for the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party was shut down on Wednesday after activists gathered names on a petition in opposition to the populist group, media reported on Thursday.
The civil initiative Omas gegen Rechts, which translates as Grannies against the Far-right, collected more than 33,000 signatures in an online petition, which they then handed over to the Berliner Volksbank and called for the bank to close the party’s donation account.
The German newspaper TAZ first reported on the account closure on Wednesday, with events later being confirmed by other outlets on Thursday.
The federal government now says Birju Dattani, the new head of the Canadian Human Rights Commission, did disclose the alias he used to make controversial social media posts — after it initially claimed that information was never shared before he was hired.
Justice Minister Arif Virani’s spokesperson confirms that Dattani did pass on the alias to “public servants as part of the security assessment of Mr. Dattani.” The minister’s press secretary, Chantalle Aubertin, added that the name was not provided to Virani’s office.
Gee, he’s almost over qualified.
We are a 3rd world shithole.
