Jamie Sarkonak: B.C. human rights tribunal rules conservatism not a real political view

Jamie Sarkonak: B.C. human rights tribunal rules conservatism not a real political view

While B.C.’s human rights code notionally protects people on the basis of political belief, this didn’t help a Simon Fraser University political science professor who was denied a job over his lack of support for DEI. Indeed, the tribunal decided in April not to give the matter a hearing.

Josh Gordon had taught at the SFU policy school from 2014 to 2021 on various contracts. He applied for a tenure-track position in 2021, but, despite having positive student reviews, a history of teaching in the faculty (contract renewals and pay increases indicated he was performing well) and a point of view that added diversity to the policy school, he was shut down.

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WTF?

WTF?

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Alex Murdaugh’s murder convictions of wife and son shockingly overturned, new trial ordered in wild twist

Alex Murdaugh’s murder convictions of wife and son shockingly overturned, new trial ordered in wild twist

Alex Murdaugh — the disgraced South Carolina legal scion who was found guilty of killing his wife and son — had his murder convictions sensationally overturned Wednesday by the state Supreme Court after it found that the local county clerk had “placed her fingers on the scales of justice.”

Murdaugh, 57, was serving two consecutive life sentences without parole for the grisly 2021 murders of his wife, Maggie, and their 22-year-old son, Paul, following a dramatic, six-week trial that gripped the nation in 2023.

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Expert Says Migrant Tidal Wave Makes Insolvency Rate Look Better Than Peak Year Of 2009

Expert Says Migrant Tidal Wave Makes Insolvency Rate Look Better Than Peak Year Of 2009

Are Canadians reaching their ‘breaking point’? New data shows more people filing for insolvency

More Canadians are filing for insolvency according to the latest data from the Office of the Superintendent of Bankruptcy, as rising costs stretch consumers to their limits.

Some 37,121 Canadians filed for insolvency in the first quarter of 2026 — the highest number of consumer insolvencies since 2009, when North America was reeling from the financial crisis.

Compared to the same time period last year, insolvencies are up 8.5 per cent.

However, the population now is higher than it was in 2009. Insolvency trustee Doug Hoyes says when that population growth is factored in, the rates of insolvency are much lower than 2009 levels.


Hmmm … Brampton Leads Canada in Mortgage Delinquencies

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Canada is fast-tracking citizenship certificates for trans Americans

Canada is fast-tracking citizenship certificates for trans Americans

Trans Americans with Canadian ancestry have been receiving expedited processing of their applications for Canadian citizenship certificates.

Proof of Canadian citizenship certificates, which are provided to individuals who qualify as Canadian citizens on the basis of their ancestry, have become a hot commodity this year in the United States, following changes to Canada’s Citizenship Act last December that removed the generational limit on inheritance.

h/t JL

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What was that thing about selling rope?

What was that thing about selling rope?

But …

Carney will be frozen out of China’s affection! h/t Mauser

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More public servants will be needed to administer Liberals’ military mobilization plan: documents

More public servants will be needed to administer Liberals’ military mobilization plan: documents

The Defence department will need more money to hire additional public servants and military personnel to handle the influx of 300,000 Canadians into a new mobilization force, according to federal government documents.

The mobilization plan now being developed is an initiative being pushed by Chief of the Defence Staff Gen. Jennie Carignan.

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Notoriously woke Virginia school district hit by third transgender scandal as student is accused of photographing FORTY schoolmates under bathroom stall

Notoriously woke Virginia school district hit by third transgender scandal as student is accused of photographing FORTY schoolmates under bathroom stall

A Virginia school district has come under fire again after a student was allegedly caught taking photos of classmates in the bathroom.

A student believed to be transgender is reportedly being investigated at Freedom High School in the Loudoun County Public School District (LCPSD) for videotaping and photographing over 40 classmates in the bathrooms, according to local ABC affiliate WJLA.

Sources told WJLA that the issue has reportedly been occurring for three years. The outlet reported that Principal Tania Brown sent an email to parents notifying them of the incident at the end of April.

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Ontario AG says a quarter of private trucking schools have never had a government employee inside

Ontario AG says a quarter of private trucking schools have never had a government employee inside

TORONTO — A quarter of Ontario’s private trucking schools offering mandatory entry-level training for commercial drivers have never been inspected by the provincial government, Auditor General Shelley Spence said Tuesday, raising concerns about oversight and road safety in the sector.

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