Why North American electric vehicle mandates are destined to fail

According to reports, the Trudeau government will soon unveil regulations meant to phaseout the sale of new internal combustion vehicles and compel Canadians to buy zero-emission vehicles. The Biden administration is also mandating a similar shift. T

These initiatives, however, overlook two realities — consumer preferences are not easily swayed by top-down government directives and the unrealistic timeline for minerals crucial for electric vehicles (EV) raises serious doubts about the likelihood of success.


Surprising article from the Star.

It makes the case that Trudeau’s EV nuttery is doomed to failure without even touching on the unrealistic development expectations of the electrical power infrastructure needed to charge his childish wishdream.

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170 of Jeffrey Epstein’s high-profile associates will be named in court documents set to be unsealed in 2024

Dozens of Jeffrey Epstein’s high profile associates are in for a New Year’s surprise as they will be named in court documents set to be released in the first days of 2024.

The pedophile’s powerful friends are set to be exposed as part of a vast unsealing that a judge ordered on Monday will take place in 14 days.

That will take the release day to January 1 – but as that is a holiday it is likely the files will be made public the following day.

h/t Mauser

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Canada’s population grew by more than 430,000 in Q3: StatCan

Canada’s population grew by more than 430,000 during the third quarter, marking the fastest pace of population growth in any quarter since 1957.

Statistics Canada released its population estimates as of Oct. 1, which shows Canada’s population topped 40.5 million.

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Fire at will …

This stunt is deliberately made to insult the Canadian public while licking Hamas ass for votes.

h/t Mauser

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Michael Taube: The Ill-Advised Fight Against Henry Dundas Ends in Partial Defeat, Total Confusion

Another stupid idea from our stupid city government.

Toronto’s political left fought tooth and nail to change the name of Dundas Street and eradicate the legacy of the individual that the name honoured, Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville. This controversial battle has ended in partial defeat and a state of total confusion.

Let’s explore why.

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Alec Baldwin gets in shouting match with anti-Israel protesters who targeted him, ‘tanking’ career in NYC: ‘Shut your f—kig mouth’

Alec Baldwin was berated by anti-Israel protesters on Monday evening after hundreds of agitators flooded into Penn Station and Grand Central Station during a fiery demonstration where they told Israel to “go to hell.”

The irate “30 Rock” star jawed out the protesters who told him he has “no f—king shame” and belittled his “tanking” career while hundreds descended on the major Big Apple transit hubs during the protest opposing Israel’s military campaign in Gaza against Hamas.

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Farmers Across Germany Protest Diesel Tax Break Cuts

The German establishment has been caught off-guard by the sudden emergence in force of major agrarian discontent as thousands of farmers took to the streets of Berlin and other regional centres Monday morning to protest the abolition of diesel fuel subsidies by the country’s green-left government.

Hundreds of tractors were seen simultaneously in the cities of Berlin, Leipzig, and Chemnitz as farmers rallied against government plans to abolish subsidies on agricultural diesel and introduce new taxes for their vehicles with farmers’ groups proclaiming the matter a clear red-line issue for their industry.

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Tampon Dispensers in Men’s Military Washrooms Being Vandalized as Soldiers Question Policy

The Department of National Defence says some menstrual product dispensers in male washrooms have been vandalized, as members of the Canadian Armed Forces question the necessity of the new government policy.

“Unfortunately, vandalism has already been observed on some dispensing/disposal units installed in DND occupied buildings,” wrote Colonel A.J. Delhommeau in an internal email obtained by The Epoch Times.

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Stakes rise for Ukraine and its Canadian volunteers as world interest in war with Russia wanes

As they stood shivering on the streets of Kupyansk, just eight kilometres from the Russian front line, Dave and Justin Smith worried that the war they’d come to Ukraine to fight is slowly being lost.

Not because the two Canadians have any doubts about the bravery or the commitment of the Ukrainians they fight alongside, but because they feel the West is becoming distracted and losing interest in the grinding conflict here.

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