Continental Breakfast

Pancake, Sausage and Egg Sliders

Global tax accord could earn Canada up to $4.5 billion per year, says Freeland

Finance minister says Canada willing to impose digital services tax if the accord fails.

Chris Selley: Conservatives still need to stop the Liberals’ anti-internet agenda

Wherever one personally draws the line on free speech, one simple fact ought to be obvious: The Liberals’ plans to target ‘online harms’ would create an unholy mess.

Government bracing for surge in passport renewals

Urgent passport services have been available throughout the pandemic, but with borders closed and public health measures in place most people had little use for them.

Parents Announce ‘Not Domestic Terrorists’ Rally In Front Of The Justice Department

Northern Virginia parents plan to protest in front of the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. Sunday, according to a flyer posted online.

A flyer reveals plans for a “Parents Are Not ‘Domestic Terrorists’ Rally Oct. 17. “Stand up, speak up, fight back!” the memo reads. “Bring friends, be heard … you can make a difference!”

Twitter Mob Alert! Everyone Knows Too Much of ‘Airplane!’ Couldn’t Be In a Movie Today

Just before the world shut down, Paramount held a screening at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood, followed by a Q&A in which an audience member asked a question we never used to receive: “Could you make ‘Airplane!’ today?”

My response: “Of course, we could. Just without the jokes.”

The Unvaccinated Are Looking Smarter Every Week

There is a massive propaganda push against those choosing not to vaccinate against COVID-19 with the experimental mRNA vaccines. Mainstream media, the big tech corporations, and our government have combined efforts to reward compliance and to shame and marginalize non-compliance. Their mantra says that this is a pandemic of the unvaccinated. Persons who choose not to vaccinate are characterized as unintelligent, selfish, paranoid people who don’t read much and live in a trailer park in Florida (or Alabama, or Texas, or name your state). Never has there been such an effort to cajole, manipulate through fear, and penalize people to take an experimental medical treatment.

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Social Media Blisters ‘Bare Shelves Biden’ As President Struggles To Manage Supply Chain Crisis

President Joe Biden spoke Thursday on efforts to handle a growing supply chain crisis, suggesting that White House partnerships with private companies could alleviate product shortages and break shipping and processing bottlenecks — but consumers on social media appeared less than thrilled with the president’s plan, tweeting photos of empty store shelves and labeling the president, “Bare Shelves Biden” and “Empty Shelves Biden.”

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Beaumont, Alta., bakery ordered to close over ‘vaccine passport’ rules remains open

A Beaumont, Alta., bakery owner says she’d rather lose her business than stick her nose into that of her customers by asking for their proof of vaccination.

“I refuse to ask for the vaccine passports. It’s not any of my business,” Jen Foster from Bake My Day told CTV News Edmonton Wednesday.

As of Sept. 20, only restaurants that ask for vaccine proof, or a negative COVID-19 test, are allowed to stay open for in-person dining.

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White House Tells Governors to Get Ready to Vaccinate Young Kids, Even Though FDA Hasn’t Approved It. Pediatrician Says, Not so Fast.

The White House on Tuesday told states to prepare to vaccinate children as young as 5 by early November, even though the U.S. Food and Drug Administration hasn’t yet authorized Pfizer’s COVID vaccine for children under 12, and despite safety concerns expressed by scientists and pediatricians.

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Continental Breakfast

Cheesy Tater Tot Breakfast Casserole

New report warns of ‘new normal’ of government spending

As people pursue a return to pre-pandemic life, a new report warns that government spending will remain at all-time highs. A Fraser Institute review of government spending finds that Trudeau was already incurring record-breaking expenditures before the pandemic, and shows no sign of slowing down now.

Canada among highest energy consumers as countries move to net zero emissions

The International Energy Agency’s World Energy Outlook published Wednesday shows Canadians used more than 300 gigajoules of energy per person last year, more than three times the world average and among the highest in the world.

David Wells: The Canadian flag should not be used as a political prop

Rather than permanent acts of symbolism, our attention would be better given to addressing the boil-water orders and the housing crisis on reserves. There’s so much work to do; focusing on the flag is merely a distraction.

Report shows Babbitt not a deadly threat

A DC Metropolitan Police Report on the Ashli Babbitt shooting was obtained by Judicial Watch. It shows one thing clearly. There was no legitimate justification for Lt. Michael Byrd to shoot and kill Ashli Babbitt.

The standard requirement for use of deadly force was in effect which requires an imminent threat of death or serious bodily injury. None of the statements by officers at the scene show that standard was met.

What is the NSBA, and why is it trying to shut down parents?

A special interest group unfamiliar to many outside education circles has prompted Washington to investigate parents who attend school board meetings.

Parents and policymakers should be asking what this group is, where it gets its money from, and if its members agree with intimidating families. The answers will surprise you.

School cancels Halloween parade because event ‘marginalises people of colour’

Costume parties could become uncomfortable for some students and distract them from learning, school tells parents.

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