Trust the state rather than know-nothing parents to decide when to sexually mutilate a kids sexual organs says Globe

Politicians should stop using confusion over trans issues as dog whistle for intolerance

Scott Moe’s conservative government in Saskatchewan is emulating Blaine Higgs’s conservative government in New Brunswick by requiring teachers to obtain the consent of parents before a student may change their name or pronoun at school.

Polls suggest a large majority of Canadians support the measures. The majority is wrong. The politicians are wrong.

Conservative politicians are using confusion over trans issues as a dog whistle for LGBTQ+ intolerance. They should stop.

Well-meaning people can be forgiven for believing that parents, not the state, are best equipped to handle gender dysphoria among youth.

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Another Trudeau Lie: A million more non-permanent residents live in Canada than official figures, ministers told

A leading economist warned federal ministers at their cabinet retreat last week that there are around one million more non-permanent residents living in Canada, including foreign students, than government estimates suggest.

The warning came in a briefing from Benjamin Tal, deputy chief economist at CIBC Capital Markets. He told the Liberal government gathering in Charlottetown that the undercounting in the official statistics means Canada is underestimating the number of new homes required to meet the country’s increasing housing needs.

 

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What happened to Canada’s ‘mass graves’?

The story of ‘mass graves’ at Canada’s infamous residential schools continues to unravel.

Two years ago, ground-penetrating radar (GPR) surveys revealed what were said to be mass burial sites near or on the grounds of numerous former ‘residential schools’. These schools were set up at the end of the 19th century to educate Inuit and First Nations children, in order to assimilate them into Canadian society. Undoubtedly, many indigenous children were mistreated in residential schools, but mass killings had never been alleged before.

 

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When “Professionalism” Means Politics

An Ontario appeals court rules that Canadian psychologist Jordan Peterson must undergo social-media training because of the “harm” caused by his political speech.

An Ontario court has ruled that the College of Psychologists of Ontario can require Jordan Peterson to take social-media training with a board-chosen therapist. Failing to abide by the college’s orders could mean that Peterson would lose his clinical license.

The college had claimed earlier this year that several of Peterson’s tweets were “problematic, unethical or unprofessional,” leading it to demand that he take the social-media training. It also demanded that Peterson, who stopped practicing as a clinical psychologist in 2017, make the following public statement: “I may have lacked professionalism in public statements and during a January 25, 2022, podcast appearance [on The Joe Rogan Experience].”

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The Magical Thinking of Never Trump

Why do they believe the problems he has faced will miraculously disappear for their preferred candidate?

Why does the Never-Trump crowd, the earnest viewers of the Republican primary debate, believe that the tactics used against Donald Trump won’t be used against their preferred candidate? Why can’t they explain how Nikki Haley wins the primary, never mind the general election? Or how does Ron DeSantis overcome the structural fraud problems in every state with a Soros secretary of state?

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Fear and complacency in Taiwan

Taiwanese officials talk tough. Are they as prepared as they claim?

On a recent trip to Taiwan as a guest of its Ministry of Foreign Affairs, I knew that war with an increasingly belligerent China is a daily possibility. Chinese ships are in constant circulation in the Taiwan Strait. Chinese aircraft unceasingly fly near the island, getting close to Taiwanese air space. Beijing’s increasingly threatening language about forced “unification” seems to bring a catastrophic attack closer. Genuine fear fluttered in the wake of Nancy Pelosi’s visit in August last year when China launched three days of drills that paid no regard to what they called the “imaginary” median line, which divides Chinese from Taiwanese territory.

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Over 1,600 Scientists Sign ‘No Climate Emergency’ Declaration

International scientists have jointly signed a declaration dismissing the existence of a climate crisis and insisting that carbon dioxide is beneficial to Earth, contrary to the popular alarmist narrative.

“There is no climate emergency,” the Global Climate Intelligence Group (CLINTEL) said in its World Climate Declaration (pdf), made public in August. “Climate science should be less political, while climate policies should be more scientific. Scientists should openly address uncertainties and exaggerations in their predictions of global warming, while politicians should dispassionately count the real costs as well as the imagined benefits of their policy measures.”

h/t Mauser

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Civil servant loses sexism tribunal after colleague called her a ‘clever woman’

Calling a female civil servant a “clever woman” is not sexist, a tribunal has ruled.

Christine Rodgers tried to sue the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for sex discrimination after a senior Army officer made the comment.

Lieutenant Colonel Simon Watkins, the Commanding Officer at the MoD’s Defence School of Transport (DST), said Ms Rodgers was “a clever woman” but could be “manipulative”.

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Slavery: The Ostentatious Hypocrisy of BRICS towards Black Africans

In a garish example of anti-democratic, anti-West, collective state hypocrisy, leaders from the BRICS bloc — representing Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — meeting in South Africa over three days last week invited four Muslim states and two others to join the bloc, while keeping total silence over the racist and Islamist massacre by heavily armed Arab militias of black African civilians being carried out in West Darfur in Sudan over the preceding weeks.

Global news sources were clear about the racist character of the massacre, which resulted in black African survivors flooding across the border for refuge in neighbouring Chad.

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Study: Nothing Is a ‘Bombshell’ When It Comes to Biden

Journalists’ efforts to sanitize President Biden’s scandals extend beyond what they do or don’t cover. Take, for example, the media’s use of the term “bombshell” to describe political scandals. Journalists almost never use this descriptor in reference to scandals which are politically damaging to Democrats. Meanwhile, they apply the term liberally when discussing Republicans.

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Tesla under fire over ‘Elon mode’ that lets drivers take their hands off the wheel

Tesla is facing scrutiny of an alleged secret feature that lets drivers take their hands off the steering wheel while its cruise control technology is turned on.

Fans have discovered a secret setting on Tesla’s electric cars that has been nicknamed “Elon mode”. The feature allows drivers to engage Autopilot and take their hands off the steering wheel without triggering warnings.

The US highways regulator has now demanded Tesla hand over information on how this key safety feature can be disabled, amid concerns it could lead to more crashes.

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