A majority of Ontarians rank the cost of living as a more pressing concern higher than protecting the environment, according to a new poll. It also suggests that a plurality of residents are willing to dump the Trudeau government’s carbon emission pricing regime even if it means giving up the carbon rebate.
The poll comes amid renewed calls for an emergency televised meeting between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the country’s premiers over an annual increase to the federal carbon price.
Texas should secede. Alaska should come home to Mother Russia. It’s presidential election time again in America, and Kremlin leaders again are preaching the breakup of the United States.
Russia’s former president, Dmitry Medvedev, recently joined a Kremlin chorus supporting Texas independence. A Russian state television host, Tigran Keosayan, said of Alaska, which Russia sold to America in 1867: “Secession from the United States is half the battle. The main thing is to join Russia.”
Live by the gun. Die by the gun.
Sadly, Ibrahim Abdikarim, known on the street as Jason GGG, is the latest example of just that.
A judge has told the Metropolitan Police it cannot stop an Iranian dissident who displays a sign branding Hamas as terrorists from attending pro-Palestinian protests.
Under strict bail conditions imposed by the force, Niyak Ghorbani, who has been arrested three times during his counter-protests, would have been prevented from going near any central London demonstrations relating to Israel and the conflict in Gaza.
If one thing from the public inquiry into foreign interference is clear, it’s that China attempted to meddle in the 2019 and 2021 elections.
But the evidence is hazy on whether or not it succeeded. Here’s what we learned over the past 10 days of fact-finding hearings, which ended Friday and included testimony from politicians, bureaucrats and representatives from several intelligence and security agencies …
NEW: Protester who threatened to murder Bakersfield City Council members weeps in court as she faces over a dozen felony counts.
This is incredibly satisfying.
"I hope one day somebody brings the guillotine & kills all of you motherf**kers," Riddhi Patel said.
Hours later, she… pic.twitter.com/t9ajA8eZJv
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) April 13, 2024
British authorities have accused China of attempting to flood the country with fake postage stamps, a form of industrial sabotage and “economic warfare” often associated with the days of the Second World War.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau swept to power in 2015 with the help of younger Canadians captivated by his positive messaging and socially progressive views. That same group of voters may eventually be his undoing.
Trudeau’s chief rival, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, has been making huge gains with younger voters since he began attacking the prime minister forcefully on the cost of housing. In public opinion polling, the Conservatives now lead Trudeau’s Liberal Party by a 2-to-1 ratio among voters 18 to 29.
As the Greater Toronto Area confronts an auto theft crisis, some residents are considering bold – or arguably radical – action.
Kamran Hussain, who moved to Canada from India on an international student visa in 2017 and has completed the arduous process of becoming a permanent resident, said he has thought about leaving the country after he woke up on the morning of Jan. 11 to find nothing but the shattered glass of his car window on his east Toronto driveway.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have detained a container ship near the Strait of Hormuz, Iran’s official IRNA news agency reported on Saturday.
Footage provided to the news agency Associated Press showed commandos rappelling down from a helicopter and raiding the ship.
The vessel has been linked to Zodiac Group, a shipping company owned by Israeli billionaire Eyal Ofer.
Where did Bill C-63 come from?
Lobbying is a reality in politics. Special interests groups lobby money to get certain agendas pushed, and to get money for their causes. This is hardly news. Searching the Federal Lobbyist Registry, the following names come up:
The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs, CIJA, has been prolific in lobbying Ottawa for changes to the Human Rights Act, and to the Criminal Code. This group has pushed for stricter definitions around so-called hate crimes and antisemitism. Their recent efforts include making Holocaust denial punishable by prison time, and removing religious protections. See here and here.
The National Council of Canadian Muslims, NCCM, specifically lists Section 13 of the Canadian Rights Act. They want laws against Islamophobia, and condemn “white supremacy”. Other efforts include anti-racism initiatives, such as Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.
Something is off when both the “Official Muslims” and the “Official Jews” are both pushing to undermine our right to free speech.
I could watch this all day. pic.twitter.com/P2BGKpmRdv
— James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) April 13, 2024
German farmers and meat producers could soon feel the brunt of yet another government decision that punishes meat-eating in the name of green policies and climate change.
According to local media, a panel of advisers on agriculture, the Zukunftskommission Landwirtschaft (ZKL) is proposing to raise the value added tax (VAT) on meat products from 7% to 19%, which would significantly burden consumers and thereby meat producers.
What.. the f*ck is going on?
The new Pro-Hamas rector of @UofGlasgow Ghassan Abu-Sittah just declared in front of students:
“Our will be the laughter of our children”
Abu-Sittah declared “utmost loyalty” to Hamas on social media and was caught at the… pic.twitter.com/Z30jDVIo95
— Kosher (@KosherCockney) April 12, 2024
h/t Patti Jo
