I am so pleased to be the journalistic avenue to reveal a massive, indeed, revolutionary turn in the operation of some of Ontario’s most progressive — so progressive — school boards.
Author: Blazingcatfur
France minister: ‘Over 1,000 officers injured in unrest’
More than 1,000 law enforcement officers and firefighters have been injured in demonstrations and riots across France, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin told local media on Sunday.
In an interview with France’s Journal du Dimanche, Darmanin said since March 16, “1093 police officers, gendarmes and firefighters have been injured.” He added that there have also been “2,579 arson attacks and 316 attacks on public buildings.”
He did not reveal how many protesters have been injured but told the weekly newspaper that 36 officers were being probed on charges of excessive use of force.
You have to give it to the French though. They sure know how to protest.
This is Le Havre, France. pic.twitter.com/Nol3wlYhsC
— Hassan Mafi (@thatdayin1992) March 23, 2023
6 children will return to Quebec from Syrian detention without their murderous psychopath ISIS mother
Six Canadian children are set to leave a Syrian prison camp and fly to Canada without their mother, who cannot come with them because federal officials have not completed her security assessment, advocates for the family say.
The federal government gave the Quebec woman until today to decide whether her children would join other Canadians on the repatriation flight, expected to depart any day now, or remain with her in Syria, said Alexandra Bain of the group Families Against Violent Extremism.
“I’m shocked. It doesn’t make any sense,” Bain said Saturday in an interview. “It’s not how I expect Canada to behave.”
BOO FRICKIN HOO ! She’s a Muslim terrorist who forfeited all rights when she signed on for the Mohammedan murder cult’s ISIS branch.
It’s not how I expected Canada to behave either. They should just put a bullet through the terrorists head.
Varmints, soldiers and looming threats: See the ads used to sell the AR-15
The Colt AR-15 looked more like a laser blaster than dad’s trusty rifle when it hit the market in 1964.
It was made from aluminum and plastic, not the heavier metals and wood used in traditional firearms. Its cartridges were tiny compared with typical hunting ammunition. And it was all black — a dour monochrome far from the rich walnut accentuating many guns at the time.
Trudeau proves he’s a jet-setting carbon-tax hypocrite
Most Canadians know Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is fond of flitting around the globe in RCAF jets, attending global leadership conferences at which he can profess his commitment to reducing carbon emission (from, for instance, flying around in private jets).
How the West rolled up a network of Russian ‘sleeper spies’
When a young Brazilian named Victor Muller Ferreira, with a master’s degree from a top American university, landed at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport in April last year to take up an internship at the International Criminal Court in the Hague, things did not go quite according to his plan.
The Dutch authorities had been tipped off by the FBI that he was not who he claimed to be. He had been identified as Sergey Cherkasov, an officer in the GRU, Russia’s military intelligence service. They promptly put him on a flight back to Sao Paulo, where two months later he was jailed for 15 years for identity fraud.
Far-Left Canadians Susceptible to Russian Influence Too
Researchers found that on Twitter, members of Canada’s far left joined those on the far right in embracing pro-Russian messages created by a two-year Russian influence campaign.
While the torrent of leaks about possible interference by China in Canadian politics seems to have ebbed, the uproar over them continues and the federal government presented a budget this week containing some measures it hopes will deal with such meddling.
The budget sets aside 13.5 million Canadian dollars to establish a National Counter-Foreign Interference Office, and it will give the Royal Canadian Mounted Police 50 million dollars to counter harassment of Canadian immigrants by their authoritarian home countries.
Note that this study was government funded.
British self-styled ‘danger tourist’ captured by Taliban secret police
A British Youtuber and self-styled “danger tourist” is among three British men being held by the Taliban’s feared counter-intelligence unit in Kabul, it has emerged.
Miles Routledge, a 21-year-old from Birmingham who goes by ‘Lord Miles’, has over 140,000 followers on Twitter, where he brands himself as a person who will “go to the most dangerous places on Earth for fun.”
So now resources will be demanded to secure his release. Good work.
Guilbeault admits Trudeau Government lied about carbon price says ‘average household will pay more,’ even after rebates
Canada’s environment and climate change minister acknowledged that the average household may eventually pay more for the carbon price than it gets back in rebate payments, but says the Liberal government has other programs to help Canadians lower their energy costs overall.
The carbon price increased this weekend, from $50 to $65 per tonne. According to the Canadian Taxpayers’ Federation, the change will translate to a higher cost for consumers at the gas pumps, from the current 11.05 cents per litre, to 14.31 cents per litre, among other impacts.
Milley says Ukraine unlikely to retake all of its territory this year
Gen. Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Staff, believes it’s unlikely that Ukraine will accomplish its goal of recapturing all of its territory that’s under Russian occupation by the end of the year.
Milley’s assessment, which is in line with a similar assessment of his from the fall, is a stark one given Kyiv’s stated goals of pushing all Russian forces out of Ukrainian territory, Crimea included.
Billboard Chris assaulted; police take side of trans attacker
Billboard Chris is on a quiet mission.
A father of two girls in Canada, he is worried about the effects that gender ideology is having on both his children and his society. In response he has gone on a simple, quiet, and to the trans community very threatening mission: he visits cities in North America and walks around wearing a sandwich board that simply reads: “children cannot consent to puberty blockers.”
Bad policing.
Vancouver Police lie about Billboard Chris and claim he was “screaming” at the trans militants and that he had it coming because his sign incited their violence. pic.twitter.com/gIil7horGi
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) April 1, 2023
Vancouver police seek witnesses to violent confrontations at transgender rally
I gave my goat to the state fair and they barbecued it — now I’m suing
They got her goat – literally.
A California woman sold her daughter’s pet goat to her local county and district’s state fair — but now she’s suing them after they allegedly slaughtered and barbecued it.
Tom Flanagan: Indigenous Programs and Payouts Help Drive Federal Deficits
When Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland presented the federal budget, the most obvious fact was the size of the deficit. It came in at $40.1 billion, after having been forecast at “only” $30.6 billion in the fall economic update less than six months ago. What caused the deficit to shoot up $9.5 billion in such a short period of time?
Some analysts pointed to supply-and-confidence deal between the Liberals and the NDP, which has led to increases for health and dental care. Others pointed to lower-than-expected tax revenues caused by an unexpected slowdown in the economy. Both lines of analysis are correct, but many things can be true at the same time in the complex world of public finance.
The backlash has begun against net zero’s relentless war on driving
A fanatical obsession with congestion charges, low traffic zones and electric cars is ignoring the needs of the majority of ordinary people
Emergency services rushed to the scene, but struggled to make their way through the protesters. Barricades were thrown up across the streets, and the mood was turning ugly quickly as torches set fire to the hastily assembled pyre, and the flames snarled high into the cold night air. It sounds like a scene from Paris, as strikers fought back against President Macron’s hated pension reforms. Or perhaps from Iran, or Algeria. Instead, it was Rochdale, on the outskirts of Manchester, last Thursday night. As a Low Traffic Neighbourhood was installed, restricting the movement of cars around the area, angry residents denied any meaningful say over a decision that would profoundly change their daily lives took matters into their own hands, setting fire to planters across the road as the only way left of expressing their anger, while other motorists started driving across the streets to get around the bollards blocking their way.
Canadian Navy offers ‘no strings attached’ program amid recruitment woes
The Royal Canadian Navy is offering a one-year trial period for Canadians to join with “no strings attached” as it faces a major recruitment challenge and unprecedented personnel shortage.
Under the new program launched Friday, Canadian citizens and permanent residents can join the navy on a year-long contract – either full-time or part-time – and then leave if they wish to after that.
Those who decide to stay on will be transferred to a naval trade.
I wonder how this will be received.