During one of his 2023 broadcasts, Joe Rogan declared “Canada is communist,” and recently, author Kim Thuy claimed Canada is “more communist than Vietnam” while Olympian-turned-pundit Theo Fleury stated, “the Communist takeover of Canada is complete.”
Some Canadians might be alarmed and wonder how people could say such things, but could there be some truth to these remarks?
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David Eby’s government in British Columbia is reeling after two recent court decisions put private property rights in jeopardy.
In August, the B.C. Supreme Court’s Cowichan Tribes decision declared that titles to certain properties in the city of Richmond are “defective and invalid.” Adding to Eby’s headache is the Court of Appeal’s ruling in Gitxaala v. British Columbia (Chief Gold Commissioner) , which held that every law and regulation in B.C. must align with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP).
U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday insisted Ukraine and Russia are “closer than ever before” to a peace deal as he hosted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at his Florida resort, but he acknowledged that negotiations could still break down and leave the war dragging on for years.
The president’s statements came after the two leaders met for a discussion that took place after what Trump described as an “excellent,” two-and-a-half-hour phone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin, whose invasion of Ukraine launched the war four years ago. Trump insisted he believed Putin still wants peace, even as Russia launched another round of attacks on Ukraine while Zelenskyy flew to the United States for the latest round of negotiations.
“Russia wants to see Ukraine succeed,” Trump said during a late afternoon news conference following a meeting with Zelenskyy, whom he repeatedly praised as “brave.”
Trump says he offered to speak to Ukraine’s parliament to get the war ended:
Zelensky: “You are welcome”
Trump: “Yeah… I know.” 🤣pic.twitter.com/MceyKtTgWf
— johnny maga (@_johnnymaga) December 28, 2025
Trump says "very close" to Russia Ukraine peace deal after Zelensky meeting
"Some say we are 95% there, probably 🅱️iggest since WW2"
Called European leaders, commissioner and UK PM during Mar-a-Lago talks
Discussed security guarantees, territorial issues and economic recovery pic.twitter.com/CB48SHtLgi
— Boi Agent One (@boiagentone) December 28, 2025
Attend a public event in Canada and you will likely hear it open with a land acknowledgment. In the city of Vancouver, for example, the script might read:
“This place is the unceded and ancestral territory of the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh speaking peoples, the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations, and has been stewarded by them since time immemorial.”
I’ve been present for many of these recitations, which are common in liberal areas of the United States too. They are usually received by their audiences as a Christian invocation might once have been: a socially required ritual in which only some believe, but at which it would be rude to scoff. After all, what harm does it do?
(David Frum Warning)
Have you been using more inclusive language in your singing?
Here’s how to avoid using alto, tenor, soprano, castrato, when talking with emotionally sensitive people. pic.twitter.com/XmO2eyCmlx
— Dr. Jebra Faushay (@JebraFaushay) December 25, 2025
See attractions, get attracted: This is one way Canada is trying to help new immigrants decide to stay
The Canoo app gives newcomers and new citizens free access to more than 1,400 cultural attractions and national parks to make exploring easier.
On a week-long road trip to Canada’s East Coast, newcomer Eduardo Santana didn’t expect a potato museum to become one of his favourite discoveries.
In Prince Edward Island, the 41-year-old software engineer from the Dominican Republic — who says with a laugh that he “really loves potatoes” — found himself wandering through antique and modern potato cultivation machines and many varieties of spuds he never knew existed, grown in the province’s iconic iron-rich red soil.
Santana said he learned about a surprisingly “rich history of potatoes,” and it helped him feel a little closer to a country he was still getting to know and now calls home.
The Institute for Canadian Citizenship, yet another government grift.
When the filter moves, and you realize you were watching a video of Obama dancing. pic.twitter.com/fZ1CBPe3w8
— Dr. Jebra Faushay (@JebraFaushay) December 28, 2025
Is this the year that ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas’ – the charity song written by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure in 1984 to provide relief for the victims of famine in Ethiopia – finally died? The song has been condemned for its broad-brushstrokes lyrics about Africa, and it feels increasingly like the work of a naïve and distant past. But the truth is that it has always been better music than critics would like us to think. The question that matters most though is the hard one: did Band Aid improve the world?
Urging the public to ‘feed the world’, Band Aid created the modern association between fame and philanthropy and sparked a global movement culminating in the Live Aid concert the following summer. In combination, the song and the concert raised over £100 million in today’s money for the famine, and placed Africa on the Western agenda. Geldof’s lyrics call for thought for the ‘world outside your window’, but they were inspired by the world as it appeared on the TV. Geldof watched BBC coverage of the famine on a Friday night in November, as his fame in the Boomtown Rats dwindled.
The big question on everyone’s mind right now must be, “When will Gov. Tim Walz (D-Minn.) face indictment for the fraud that didn’t merely take place on his watch, but was allegedly allowed to continue unchecked?” It’s a fair question to ask, given the circumstances. The political ground beneath Walz is looking increasingly shaky. Between mounting scrutiny and unresolved allegations, things are not breaking in his favor.
Alberta politics became ever more divisive and emotional this year, with a string of controversies over trans rights, the teachers’ strike, use of the notwithstanding clause, and much more.
But 2025 might look tame by the end of 2026.
In some of the ancient civilizations, each year was designated with a label rather than a number. For example, there was a Year of the Locust, a Year of the Flood, or a Year of Golden Harvest.
Following that tradition, what label do you think would suit 2025?
One suggestion is: the Year of Impressions. That label could be justified with reference to a dozen abortive attempts at peace-making across the globe, shaky compromises on tariffs and trade, and inertia disguised as hyperactivity. In the year ending, leaders have spent more time flying from one place to another, making speeches, giving TV interviews, cutting ribbons and pressing flesh than coming to grips with core issues here and now.
OTTAWA — Sandra Demontigny knew something wasn’t right when she couldn’t remember buying herself a new pair of boots. They were a splurge — a little out of character for the mother of three — and she had been excited about bringing them home.
“I saw them near the door and I asked my kids, ‘Who bought these boots? I’ve never seen them,’” she said.
“The kids were saying, ‘No, (they’re) yours. You bought them and you really like them.”
Sliding her feet inside, she realized she couldn’t remember buying them. “I started crying,” she said.
A sweeping new policy requiring the collection of facial recognition data from all noncitizens entering and leaving the United States went into effect on Saturday.
The policy takes effect as U.S. airports handle a massive influx of holiday travelers. The Transportation Security Administration estimates more than 44 million travelers will pass through airports between December 19 and January 4.
The Department of Homeland Security says the measure is designed to curb visa fraud, identify criminals, detect overstays, and prevent illegal reentries.
A British-Egyptian man released from prison in Egypt made violent and offensive remarks in social media posts.
On Friday Sir Keir Starmer expressed his “delight” that Alaa Abd El-Fattah, a pro-democracy activist and former political prisoner, had been reunited with his family in the UK after Egypt lifted a travel ban on his movements.
On Saturday, however, a large number of historic messages, which appear to have been published on an X/Twitter account belonging to Fattah from over a decade ago, were being shared widely online. They appeared to show him endorsing the killing of “zionists” and “police.”
Meanwhile in Oz
🚨SHARE! Footage from Sky News Australia shows Anthony Albanese, the current Prime Minister of Australia, participating early in the early 2000s in a “Free Palestine” protest against Israel, condemning the IDF through a megaphone, with a yellow Hezbollah flag beside him. pic.twitter.com/dAEjvCDmUa
— Raylan Givens (@JewishWarrior13) December 27, 2025
h/t Mauser
