Britain’s defence secretary delivered a polite but pointed reminder Thursday of NATO’s expectations of its member states — including Canada — when it comes to defence spending.
And Ben Wallace did it in front of his Canadian counterpart, Defence Minister Anita Anand.
The two met in London as part of Anand’s visit to the United Kingdom this week ahead of the July 11-12 NATO leaders’ summit in Vilnius — where the issue of defence investments is expected to be a major topic of discussion.
The Competition Bureau’s call for increased competition in the Canadian grocery sector is stating the obvious. Canada is home to numerous oligopolies that dominate various industries, with only a few companies holding significant market share. In the grocery sector specifically, five major players control nearly 80 percent of the food retail market. While some oligopolies function more effectively than others, their success depends on the companies behaving ethically, which is precisely the issue plaguing the grocery sector in Canada.
Shareef Abdelhaleem, dubbed a “principal architect” of a terror plot to blow up several Greater Toronto Area landmarks in 2006, has been granted full parole as he is no longer considered an “unacceptable risk to society.”
In a decision Wednesday by the Parole Board of Canada, Abdelhaleem will no longer be under correctional supervision and only has two conditions that he must abide by: not to be in a position of responsibility or leadership in any religious or spiritual groups, and not to associate with any person known to be involved in criminal and/or radicalized activity.
Canada recently reached a milestone of 40 million people after growing by more than one million people in one year for the first time in 2022. But while we’re adding people at record levels, the same can’t be said about homes.
According to recent research, while the number of people Canada-wide has accelerated in recent years, the number of housing units completed has stagnated and even fallen to levels well below previous peaks. Specifically, from 1971 to 1980, Canada’s population grew by 283,737 people annually on average while an annual average of 226,524 housing units were completed.
“Generals always fight the last war” – Canada does not need mass immigration.
Canadians’ pride in their nationality, like most things these days, seems to be divided down partisan lines, a new poll suggests.
While a strong majority of the 1,512 respondents to the survey by Leger said they were proud to be Canadian — 81 per cent — the poll suggests the feeling is less common among Conservative supporters than their Liberal counterparts.
Experts say that while the results of the survey may be surprising given Conservatives’ reputation as a patriotic party, it reflects their discontent with the direction in which Canada is headed.
#Brampton : Crime minister @JustinTrudeau was filmed waiving to swear words that’s shows someone who does not have any self respect. He sure does move fast😂 I can't remember the last time he got to stop for selfies with #Canadians #CanadaisBurning #Canada #TrudeaMustGo pic.twitter.com/xSDpHdwmzF
— truthseeker (@chaosismygoal) June 29, 2023
h/t XC
An independent military administrative tribunal has determined that a Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) veteran had not shown a “conduct deficiency” in refusing COVID-19 vaccination and was therefore wrongfully expelled from the organization.
“I find that refusing vaccination should not have been considered a conduct deficiency since it was an exercise of a right protected by the Charter and recognized by existing laws and regulations,” wrote Nina Frid of the Military Grievances External Review Committee (MGERC) in a June 20 decision.
Refugee who first fled Afghanistan then Trump’s America graduates U of T with goal to help others
… However, his stay in the U.S. didn’t last long. He arrived in the country in 2018, during the Donald Trump administration, and Malikyar said it “wasn’t a good idea for me to stay” because of the then-president’s anti-immigration agenda.
During his month-long stay in the U.S., Malikyar heard his hometown was under attack by the Taliban, so he reckoned his next best option would be to cross into Canada through Roxham Road and claim asylum. And so he did.
What horseshit.
Upperdate: University of Waterloo stabbing was hate-motivated related to gender identity, cops say
UPDATE: Suspect in University of Waterloo stabbing identified
The attacker is a member of the university community, police said on Thursday.
Geovanny Villalba, 24, is now charged with aggravated assault, three counts of assault with a weapon and three counts of weapons dangerous.
University Of Waterloo: 2 Students And A Professor Stabbed During Gender Issues Class
Two students and a university professor have been stabbed during a class on gender issues, police said.
The incident occurred at the University of Waterloo in Canada — located approximately 70 miles west of Toronto — when authorities from the Waterloo Regional Police Service were called at 3:35 p.m. to a “report of a stabbing inside a classroom at Hagey Hall,” police said in a statement detailing the attack.
I can’t make out what this is.
I love all the baseless accusations that the stabbed at the University of Waterloo was a RWNJ or that the attacker is actually male.
If it’s actually a male then he isn’t a real man and either way they are scum. pic.twitter.com/CY5wEUho3i
— 🇨🇦 Cpl Canuck (@Bannedforlife69) June 29, 2023
More… The attacker — who was “quickly” arrested — has only been identified by police as a “confirmed member of the university community.”
h/t AL
But Charlebois also points the finger at the Competition Bureau, arguing its policing of the industry “devalues” Canada’s reputation as a good place to do business.
A push to bring more competition into the Canadian grocery sector in the form of discount European brands such as Aldi and Lidl would face steep obstacles in Canada’s fragmented marketplace, experts say.
The Competition Bureau’s probe into concentration among Canada’s grocers released Tuesday highlighted the role international competitors could play in lowering prices as food inflation continues to cause pain at the grocery store.
When you let Billionaires off with a slap on the wrist for a 14 year long price fixing grift foreign competion gets the message that the hometown Oligopolies rule in Canada.
Smoke from Canada wildfires is increasing health risks in Black and poorer U.S. communities
DETROIT – Smoky air from Canada’s wildfires shrouded broad swaths of the U.S. from Minnesota to New York and Kentucky on Wednesday, prompting warnings to stay inside and exacerbating health risks for people already suffering from industrial pollution.
The impacts are particularly hard on poor and minority communities that are more likely to live near polluting plants and have higher rates of asthma. Detroit, a mostly Black city with a poverty rate of about 30 per cent, had some of the worst air quality in the U.S. on Wednesday, prompting the Environmental Protection Agency to warn that “everyone should stay indoors.”
I guess poor White people or Chinese or Himalayans don’t merit special mention other than to be relegated to a 2nd class “othering”.
They must think Blacks need the Great White Weather Girl’s benevolent guidance.
Oh look! The EPA has an excuse to desensitize you to the prospect of a climate lockdown! Once a genie is out of the bottle….
h/t Mauser
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Join @JasonLavigneMP and me as we discover the conditions in the remand jails where the #Coutts4 are waking to day 501.
I know from personal experience that #SolitaryConfinement is torture. Some of the #CouttsFour are in solitary. I want to know more. https://t.co/LhYlvNyVhp
— DonaldBest.CA * IT ENDS WHEN WE DO NOT COMPLY (@DonaldBestCA) June 29, 2023
A group of demonstrators marched to the Chinese military anthem on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on June 24 during a protest that was advertised as marking the 100th anniversary of the Chinese Immigration Act, which restricted virtually all Chinese immigration to Canada.
However, the organizers have used the act and its anniversary to promote opposition to proposed legislation to create a foreign agent registry in Canada, with one calling the bill “Exclusion 2.0,” a reference to the 1923 legislation, which is also known as the Chinese Exclusion Act.
Trudeau says ‘full buy-in’ from opposition needed before launching new foreign interference probe
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government won’t be announcing any next steps on probing foreign interference until the Liberals get “full buy-in” from the opposition parties, to avoid the process devolving as it did under former special rapporteur David Johnston.
“As we put forward proposals to the other parties on how we can move forward to restore Canadians’ confidence in our abilities to fight foreign interference, we will ensure before we launch any next process, that there is full buy-in by the other parties on how it will be done, and who will do it,” Trudeau told reporters on Wednesday.
OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says the country welcomed more than 145,000 immigrants during the first three months of the year.
That’s the highest number for a single quarter on record, since comparable data became available in 1972.
No one in the PC Party has spoken out about this assault on Canada.
Joseph Brean very recently wrote an excellent article about a school in crisis in Mississauga, Ont. The substance of his article was a cri de coeur about rampant violence in the hallways, threats against staff, and the school board’s heavy-handed response to a teacher who dared to speak out. It is a frightening account.
The article included comments from a Peel District School Board spokesperson. It is these remarks I’d like to deal with, particularly the jargon-infested, warm-dough language, non-substance reply to Brean’s questions.
