A very special musical interlude for a very special almost-quitter.
This song was meant for Justin (not safe for the office or some such thing):
Canadian content but just as apt:
Does anyone remember the 16 tons of personal protective equipment Justin handed to his Chinese bosses?
I do:
“Canada’s healthcare system is struggling to provide timely care,” Mackenzie Moir, a study co-author, told True North in an interview. “Long delays for care can result in increased and prolonged suffering for patients, alongside a decreased quality of life.”
He said long wait times for medical care could also lead to a loss of productivity and, in the worst cases, disability or death.
Federal Immigration Minister Marc Miller says he’s eyeing changes to Canada’s asylum system “that could potentially address” people who take advantage of the Safe Third Country Agreement.
Under the revised deal, Canada and the United States can turn away people who cross from one country into another through unofficial points of entry and try to claim asylum within 14 days. Until early 2023, the agreement only applied to official points of entry and did not include a 14-day rule.
Immigration lawyers and refugee advocates say the change has forced people to make more dangerous choices, like rely on human smugglers to bring them across the border in undetected ways, and to remain hidden until two weeks pass in order to make an asylum claim.
Speaking at an event put on by the Halifax Chamber of Commerce, Trudeau said that’s because Trump’s team is coming in with a much clearer set of ideas of what they want to do right away than after his first election win in 2016.
Even still, Trudeau said the answer is not to panic and said Canada can rally together to address the tough scenario the nation will face following Trump’s inauguration in January.
Speaking to the Halifax Chamber of Commerce on Monday, Mr. Trudeau said that tariffs at this level would have a “devastating” impact on the Canadian economy, while also damaging the U.S. economy and driving up prices for American consumers.
Last month, Canada’s unemployment rate grew by three-tenths of a percentage point.
That might not sound like much, but it is the largest one-month jump since the worst months of the pandemic in late 2020 and early 2021.
Donald Trump belittled the leaders of the United States’ closest neighbours, Canada and Mexico, at a Fox awards ceremony intended to celebrate his role as America’s greatest “patriot”.
Two weeks after threatening the two countries with 25% tariffs on their imports for supposedly failing to prevent drugs and migrants from crossing the border, the president-elect took evident pleasure in an audience chant that taunted Canada as the 51st US state.
Voters under 30 were once the progressive prime minister’s base. Now, they’re turning conservative as they struggle to make ends meet.
Maintaining support from the NDP was the Liberals’ “main impetus” behind the GST/HST holiday, Canadian Federation of Independent Business president Dan Kelly told The Ezra Levant Show.
Four criminal organizations based in Western Canada are considered high-level threats to the security of the country, according to a new report by Criminal Intelligence Service Canada.
The federal agency, which is responsible for collecting information from police across the country, said that “organized crime remains a preeminent threat to Canada’s security, contributing to thousands of deaths annually from overdoses due to illicit drugs, as well as firearms and gang violence.”
The lack of confidence was prevalent across the country, in rural and urban areas, in every age group, and among both men and women.
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says he agrees with NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh on one thing: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberals are too weak to fight for Canadians.
Canada is on a “clear path” to hit NATO’s defence spending target over the coming years, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said, as pressure ramps up on Ottawa in the wake of the U.S. election.
Addressing the annual NATO Parliamentary Assembly in Montreal on Monday, Trudeau said Canada has so far made sure that its investments in targeted NATO spending “are as concrete as possible,” but added that more needs to be done.
Federal officials have declined to answer questions about the immigration status of Muhammad Shahzeb Khan, citing privacy laws, and said only that they are reviewing how he came to Canada.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he’ll remain as leader of the Liberal Party, despite his government facing an uphill battle, according to an interview given to Quebec media.
“There is no doubt for me that yes, I continue, I have to keep going, and I still have a lot to offer,” Mr. Trudeau told online media La Presse on Dec. 7. “I still have a place in politics.”
Not if we can help it.
