University is supposed to be a time when we think critically about the world around us, learn how to conduct proper research and formulate personal opinions. The disinformation being spread throughout campuses proves the exact opposite.
I don’t expect much improvement given the people in charge.
Israel’s Supreme Court has unanimously ruled in a landmark case that ultra-Orthodox Jewish seminary students must be drafted to the military.
There have long been exemptions for conscription for young men registered in full-time religious study, but a legal arrangement allowing the practice to continue had expired.
The move looks set to send shockwaves through Israel’s governing coalition, which includes ultra-Orthodox, or Haredi, parties.
OTTAWA — Gen Z and millennials are split on whether Canada’s aggressive immigration targets are good for the country, and 70 per cent say the government should be ensuring new arrivals “share common Canadian values,” such as respect for minority groups, according to a new Postmedia-Leger poll.
Since 2021, Canada has been aiming for an intake of 500,000 new Canadians each year and the government plans to keep this steady until 2026. But only 11 per cent of Canadians aged 18 to 39 say this is overall a good thing, while 34 per cent say it is generally good for the country but has also created some problems.
For a few days, a subway station in Dalian, China, will be renamed. Instead of simply Congress Center it is now plastered with huge decals that say “Annual Meeting of the New Champions.”
Outside, the streets and sidewalks are sparkling clean, access roads all around have been cleared far and wide. Colorful flags flutter in the wind.
Dalian, a city on the Yellow Sea in northeast China, is the proud host of this year’s Summer Davos, as the meeting is more commonly known.
I wonder if Freeland will attend.
Here’s how bad a loss this Toronto byelection is for Justin Trudeau — and why Pierre Poilievre now has a new problem on his hands
Pierre Poilievre and his Conservatives went into Monday’s byelection of Toronto-St. Paul’s claiming that the odds were against them in this downtown riding.
So much for that: Don Stewart is the newest member of Poilievre’s caucus.
Now, with the victory in what has been a stronghold for the Liberals — solid red for the last 31 years — it is going to be harder for the Conservatives to claim they’re underdogs whenever the next election rolls around.
That Justin Trudeau is so clever! He orchestrated that loss to sink Poilievre!
This morning I issued the following statement on the results of the Toronto-St. Paul’s byelection. Once again, thank you to all of our volunteers and supporters, and everyone reaching out today. pic.twitter.com/qHrDXU9lO2
— Leslie Church (@lesliechurch) June 25, 2024
Tommy Robinson arrested last night after speech in Canada, in which he criticized the Trudeau government of censorship.pic.twitter.com/rnG6GlFEc6
— Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) June 25, 2024
h/t Mauser
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez defended her manic cameo at a weekend Bronx rally in support of fellow far-left Rep. Jamaal Bowman, saying the R-rated event had been “fun as hell.”
“Fox News is big mad that we’re for the many, not the money,” the “Squad” member wrote on X along with a clip of her on-stage gyrations at St. Mary’s Park in Mott Haven.
“We rallied 1,200 people in the Bronx to take on dark money, get fired up, and send busloads of volunteers to canvass and phone bank.
Never forget that this fraud never got this excited fighting for Julian Assange’s freedom.
And that her stand with Palestine 🇵🇸 is fraudulent because her and the “Squad” kowtow to Biden at every turn. pic.twitter.com/7vCJU4IE4U
— Danny Haiphong (@SpiritofHo) June 25, 2024
HOLY SHlT Y’ALL!!!🤣🤣🤣
I am absolutely ROLLING!!! This could not be more perfect!!!😂👇🏻
AOC in the Bronx on the Price is Right!!@Lauren3veMemes you are a genius!!😭 pic.twitter.com/5KterEIKOm
— SaltyGoat (@SaltyGoat17) June 25, 2024
For the past six or so months, Liberal MP Anthony Housefather has been an accidental maverick in his own party. It’s an unenviable position – lonely, polarizing, controversial – and one that, by his own telling, he didn’t seek to occupy. Indeed, Mr. Housefather didn’t have much of a reputation for dissidence before, with the exception of matters of English language rights in Quebec. But the events of Oct. 7, and more specifically, his government’s shifting position on Israel, changed things. Speaking on The Line podcast back in March, he accused his own government of “changing foreign policy on the fly.”
“The lack of support that has been shown to Israel since November by the Canadian government, to me, is disappointing,” he said. “Jewish Canadians feel truly betrayed.”
An influential Muslim campaign group seeking to “punish” Labour over Gaza has endorsed candidates who have spread antisemitic conspiracy theories and appeared to justify the October 7 terrorist atrocity.
The Muslim Vote (TMV), which is promoting dozens of pro-Palestine candidates in the general election, is backed by a cleric who has spread misinformation online about the attack by Hamas.
A TMV adviser has said the government’s decision to proscribe Hamas was “entirely and completely wrong”, comparing it to how Nelson Mandela was once labelled a terrorist.
“Good enough to work. Good enough to stay.”
“Extend post-graduate work permits.”
“Tens of thousands face deportation.”
“Let us in. Don’t let us down.”
Those are some of the slogans that guest workers and international students have been unfurling on protest banners and social media across Canada.
They should be deported. End of story.
More bosses are pulling the handbrake on costly and inconclusive diversity initiatives
Behind office doors, HR departments at some of Britain’s biggest businesses have recently been feeling defensive and on the backfoot.
Increasingly laid at their doors is the blame for allowing toxic identity politics to enter the workplace, and wasting millions of pounds on pointless diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) schemes.
Pointing the finger are belt-tightening senior leaders scrutinising their returns amid soaring wage bills, with some even feeling betrayed for being shepherded by HR into the vicious culture wars.
Jewish advocates have raised concerns with the Justice Minister about whether he fully vetted the new head of Canada’s human rights commission after it emerged that Birju Dattani posted links on social media to articles comparing Israelis to Nazis, and Palestinians to Jews incarcerated in the Warsaw Ghetto.
Shimon Koffler Fogel, president and CEO, Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs, met Justice Minister Arif Virani last week to express disquiet about his appointment of Mr. Dattani as chief commissioner of the Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC) earlier this month. The commissioner would play a key role in combatting hateful posts under the government’s online harms bill.
WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court agreed to decide whether states can restrict medical treatments for transgender minors, a case that puts the justices in the middle of a national debate over gender identity ahead of the November elections.
In a brief order on Monday, the court said it would hear the Biden administration’s challenge to a Tennessee law that bans gender-transition care, such as medications that can delay the onset of puberty and hormones that can cause physical changes such as the development of facial hair or breasts.
Conservative candidate Don Stewart has won the longtime federal Liberal stronghold of Toronto-St. Paul’s, a stunning result that raises questions about Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s future.
Stewart’s victory is shocking because the seat has been held by the Liberals for more than 30 years — even through the party’s past low points, such as the 2011 federal election that returned just 34 Liberal MPs to Parliament.
Before Monday’s vote, a Conservative candidate hadn’t been competitive in Toronto-St. Paul’s since the 1980s. The party hadn’t won a seat in urban Toronto since the 2011 federal election.
CTV – Conservatives take late lead to win Toronto byelection
Globe – Conservatives take Toronto riding in major upset for Liberals
NatPo – Byelection calamity for Trudeau as Conservatives scoop Liberal stronghold in Toronto
The Star – Conservatives score upset win Toronto—St. Paul’s byelection
Thank you Nasty Bitch Freeland!
Thank you Freeland this speech with your offensive & condescending labels ensured our victory in Toronto St Paul’s riding ! pic.twitter.com/sdmLNa7DEK
— Concerned Canadian (@Concern70732755) June 25, 2024
Prediction – All of Trudeau’s media who declared an LPC win to be a national endorsement of Trudeau will now declare St. Paul’s an insignificant loss in the grand scheme of things.
The University of British Columbia (UBC) is inviting youths aged 14 to 21 to join a queer campout this summer, complete with drag queen and identity classes.
The camp’s mentor stated his purpose is to “free” participants from “colonial notions” and “social constructions” like “gender,” “the nuclear family” and believing humans are “superior” to “the rest of nature.”
