Canada has taken step after step to expand citizens’ access to euthanasia ever since 2016, when it first legalized the practice it euphemistically labeled “medical assistance in death,” or MAID.
Officials recently announced that the Canadian government will be delaying a further expansion of the program, which would have allowed those suffering from mental illness to commit suicide. The expansion, which was slated to take effect on March 17, will not be considered again until March 2027.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday his government isn’t ready to announce it’s restoring federal funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), the UN agency that has been delivering aid to the people of Gaza.
“We’re not making any announcements today but we will continue to make sure Canada does the right thing in this situation and puts the protection of civilian life at the forefront,” Trudeau said at a media event in Toronto about his government’s pharmacare plan.
For the prime minister’s security detail, this was a slippery slope.
Sure the polls may show the prime minister going downhill, but this was one case where he was doing it with style!
Yes, that was Justin Trudeau on a snowboard being accosted by pro-Palestinian demonstrators on a skill hill. But the prime minister gave them, and his close protection team, a little demonstration of his own – his wicked snowboarding skills.
Justin getting harassed while skiing in T-Bay by a couple of the pro-Hamas crew.
I guess none of his 12 dozen+ security detail don’t ski?
Diversity is no longer Justin’s ‘strength’.— CrazyWoman/Sanda (@CrazyWomanFU) March 6, 2024
As others have noted this seemed almost staged, as if Trudeau’s security detail was warned not to offend the Muslims.
Emotions flare between protesters and counter protesters as crowds thin. #cdnpoli #Thornhill #Palestine #Israel #Gaza #ProtestMania pic.twitter.com/0xquN2zbrg
— Caryma Sa'd – Lawyer + Political Satirist (@CarymaRules) March 8, 2024
Pro Hamas supporters threatened violence against the BAYT Synagogue in Thornhill pic.twitter.com/8mENsfR0sI
— neveragainlivepodcast@gmail.com (@neveragainlive1) March 7, 2024
Fewer Canadians than at almost any point since the party was elected with Justin Trudeau as leader are considering voting for the federal Liberals, according to the latest tracking by Nanos Research.
Can someone call for help? There’s a wild animal in the road. pic.twitter.com/jESldENHsj
— Dr. Jebra Faushay (@JebraFaushay) March 6, 2024
The Canadian Forces is facing “a death spiral” when it comes to recruitment, even as the government is “constrained” on more defence spending, Defence Minister Bill Blair says.
Blair made those remarks after speaking to a crowd attending the Ottawa Conference on Security and Defence on Thursday, though stressed the government’s commitment to spend more on defence.
But the CAF will pay if you want to add a penis or cut one off!
It’s hard for kids to understand the concept of “man” and “woman.” pic.twitter.com/p7rPqQnxXZ
— Dr. Jebra Faushay (@JebraFaushay) March 7, 2024
Elite colleges are engaged in a balancing act: They are trying to maintain their reputation for having the best students while also giving an admissions advantage to their preferred races. In recent years, the desire for racial diversity has trumped academic excellence. This reality was clearly demonstrated in the Supreme Court cases Harvard v. Students for Fair Admissions and University of North Carolina v. Students for Fair Admissions. The cases numerically showed the extent to which these universities choose less-qualified black and Hispanic students over better-qualified Asian and white students. At Harvard University, for instance, black applicants in the fourth-lowest decile of academic achievement had a greater chance of admission than Asian students in the top decile of academic achievement.
The few enquiring minds still left occasionally ask me what the most underreported stories of the current Israel-Hamas conflict are. I tend to reply that there are two.
The first is the issue of Israeli refugees. They are not called that inside Israel, where the authorities prefer to refer to them as ‘internally displaced people’. But while the world rightly concerns itself with the internally displaced people inside Gaza, the lack of notice paid to this other story is strange.
Michael Spavor has reached a settlement with the Canadian government over his detention in China.
Says it all.
@fancypants_s https://t.co/rk3VUWkCuY
— Patti Jo (@TheSupeHero) March 7, 2024
h/t Patti Jo
Despite the presumed murder of more than 31 of the roughly 134 hostages remaining in Hamas captivity and the continued refusal of Hamas to free any more, the Biden administration nevertheless continues, embarrassingly, to thank the Islamist, terror-sponsoring Gulf state of Qatar for its “efforts” since October 7.
In December, US Vice President Kamala Harris thanked Qatar’s Emir, Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani, “for his efforts in securing a deal between Israel and Hamas that provided an extended pause in the fighting which resulted in the release of more than 100 hostages, including Americans.”
One of the past vice-chairs of Canada’s official broadcast regulator, Canada’s Radio-Television Commission (CRTC), has sounded the alarm over recent Conservative-backed federal legislation working its way through the system which looks to severely regulate the internet under the appearance of “protecting children.”
Peter Menzies, who served as the CRTC’s vice-chair for a time after an extensive career in the newspaper industry, and who is not known for being very conservative, wrote in a recent blog post in The Hub that the “[s]tate has no business in the WiFi of the nation,” criticizing in particular Senate Bill S-210.
Remember how totalitarian the CHRC was under Section 13? They’ll be even worse.
The UK’s first transgender national news anchor has reported “Harry Potter” author JK Rowling to the police for “misgendering” her as a “man” on social media.
India Willoughby, 58, reported having “contacted Northumbria Constabulary” over a series of X posts Sunday by the outspoken author.
Rowling, also 58, called Willoughby “just a man reveling in his misogynistic performance of what he thinks ‘woman’ means: narcissistic, shallow and exhibitionist.”
… Febrio De-Zoysa, 19, is facing six counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted murder. He cannot have contact with five people, including the surviving husband and father.
De Zoysa did not have a lawyer when he appeared in court Thursday afternoon. He was represented by duty counsel.
Police say De-Zoysa is a Sri Lankan national who is believed to be in Canada as a student.
