Three years after a devastating wildfire nearly wiped out the picturesque B.C. hamlet of Lytton, residents say it may never be reborn because of costly, government-mandated archeological excavations.
Village Mayor Denise O’Connor — whose own house was destroyed in the June 2021 wildfire — said homeowners are getting individual quotes for archeological work that range from $26,000 to $48,000 to much higher, making the work prohibitive.
I was packing for a trip to Germany when the first reports of Hamas’ massacre of civilians began circulating online. Initially, what I saw fit the pattern of other Palestinian terrorist attacks against Israelis, and I went to bed that night believing the IDF would eliminate the perpetrators and that would be that.
Video shows Harper saying his warnings about Trudeau ‘have come to pass’
Update: The video was pulled.
@anilthapa7981 Close meeting with Rt. Hon #StephenJHarper, a #FormerPrimeMinister of #canada #windsorontario #CPCWindsorWest ♬ original sound – Anil Thapa
They are on the losing side
One year after the October 7 massacre by Hamas in Israel, protesters chanting anti-Israel slogans stormed and smashed buildings at McGill, one of Canada’s premier universities. Later that same evening, on the other side of the country in Vancouver, pro-Hamas demonstrators burned Canadian flags on the steps of the Vancouver Art Gallery in downtown.
I am not optimistic.
Brothers convicted in the United States of helping Iran evade sanctions were allowed to legally adopt new identities in Ontario, records released to Global News show.
Amin and Arash Yousefijam were sentenced in Michigan in the fall of 2021 for using shell companies to illegally export sensitive manufacturing equipment to Iran, where they were born.
I have spent the better part of 30 years in journalism misattributing to Voltaire the idea that I would defend free speech to the death, even if I disapproved of what was being said (it turns out it was a summary of Voltaire’s views by his biographer, Evelyn Beatrice Hall).
Yet, events since October 7th have revealed that there are, or should be, limits; that people cannot say things that incite real harm to others or society at large.
A demonstrator just lit a Canadian flag on fire… pic.twitter.com/btCfi1hku4
— Jarryd Jäger (@JarrydJaeger) October 8, 2024
Ten years ago, commentators were telling Americans their northern neighbor was a middle-class success story. Now, every province has lower median earnings than every state.
Last month I wrote a post about a comparison of GDP per capita between U.S. states and Canadian provinces. It found that Ontario would be the fifth-poorest U.S. state, Quebec would be second-poorest, and Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, or Prince Edward Island would each be the poorest U.S. state, as measured by economic output per person.
Like most Jews, I’m not the same person I was last Oct. 6. The magnitude of what happened the next day and since then has forever changed me and the reality for Jews in Canada and abroad.
A year ago, the darkest chapter in Jewish history since the Holocaust began with the invasion of southern Israel by Hamas terrorists who carried out wide-scale atrocities and kidnapped 251 children, women and men. That hit close to home for Jews everywhere including many who have family and friends in Israel.
Pierre Poilievre has called on the federal government to label Samidoun a terrorist group.
His announcement came following a night of anti-Israel protests across Canada on the one year anniversary of the October 7 attack, including in Vancouver, where the Western Standard caught attendees openly saying “we are Hamas” and burning Canadian flags.
BREAKING
Pierre Poilievre has called on the federal government to label Samidoun a terrorist organization.
The group is banned in numerous other nations, including Germany. pic.twitter.com/nOgxzHiaw4
— Jarryd Jäger (@JarrydJaeger) October 8, 2024
… Is there a political cost to being associated with hate? No, it turns out, as members of Parliament like Jenica Atwin and Ahmed Hussen continue to sit as senior members of the diversity-championing Liberal caucus despite being involved in antisemitic controversies.
Should Canada fund organizations that plausibly aid terrorist activities? Yes, according to our government, which restored financial support to UNRWA despite evidence that some of the organization’s employees participated in the October 7 massacre.
Trudeau was in the audience for this, by the way. pic.twitter.com/fr4Tfsvsyg
— Canada Proud (@WeAreCanProud) October 8, 2024
h/t Mauser
In 2015, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau declared that Canada was “back” on the international stage; not long after, his government promised to “renew Canada’s commitment to United Nations peace operations,” and pledged to send significantly more personnel. That’s important for UN peacekeeping, because it is only effective when countries from around the world contribute skilled military and police officers as part of broader political efforts to resolve the underlying causes of conflicts. And of course, many conflicts cry out for military observers and peace implementation forces around the world right now.
Our armed forces are no longer fit for purpose, lets look after Canada.
A 2021 analysis of China’s foreign interference operations intended to spark discussion among senior government figures did not make it to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau or cabinet ministers, the Hogue commission heard Monday.
The report, produced by the Privy Council Office (PCO) and the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) and delivered in January 2022, was stalled for months in the office of Trudeau’s then-national security adviser, Jody Thomas.
Some amount of conflict is inherent to democracy — particularly so in a political system that prominently features His Majesty’s Loyal Opposition. And hyperbole has probably existed for as long as humans have been able to communicate.
But has any Canadian politician in recent memory embraced rhetorical conflict as enthusiastically as Pierre Poilievre?
For the Conservative leader, there seems to be no such thing as overstatement. And he seems to feel it’s almost always worth going on the attack.
I am doubtful of Poilievre on the matter of mass immigration and it is likely I will vote PPC on that issue alone however he reaches Canadians for a very simple reason.
After years of Trudeau’s lies, the scandals, the graft, his lunatic obsession with changing the weather, and of course the destruction of our economic and social stability through his ruinous mass immigration policy Canadians have found a voice speaking in their defence.
Trudeau has never “listened” to Canadians instead he has governed like a high school tyrant, a ‘mean girl’ and a really stupid one at that.
If there is conflict in the land you can trace it back to Trudeau.
Trudeau’s media is resorting to tone policing because Poilievre resonates with Canadians and they fear the loss of press subsidies.
The Department of Canadian Heritage is being told that more than half of the 550 names on the Memorial to the Victims of Communism should be removed because of potential links to the Nazis or questions about affiliations with fascist groups, according to government records.
As originally planned, there were to be 553 entries on the Ottawa memorial’s Wall of Remembrance.
Communism killed well over 100 Million, making Hitler look a piker.
Was it really necessary to include any names at all?
“Death to Canada! Death to the United States! And Death to Israel!” said a #Vancouver Samidoun activist at the Art Gallery. She praised Oct 7th Hamas terrorists & said to crowd:“we must do it” in apparent call for violence. pic.twitter.com/nwEuXAum1X
— The New Westminster Times (@NewWestTimes) October 8, 2024
h/t Mauser
