Canadian export agency ‘hit by big losses after lending to Thames Water’

Canada’s state-backed export credit agency is reportedly nursing steep losses after lending debt-ridden Thames Water hundreds of millions of pounds.

The British utility, which has said it could run out of cash by next June, received two loans from Export Development Canada (EDC) in 2018 and 2019 after the Canadian pension fund Omers had invested.

EDC sold the loans at a deep discount in recent weeks, according to the Financial Times, which cited unnamed investors.

Thames Water has been pushed to the brink of collapse in recent months after struggling under the weight of debts built up over years by successive owners and could fall into government-handled administration if it fails to find new financing within the next 10 months.

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This Genteel Country Is Now the Rape Capital of Europe

An explosion of violent crime in the United Kingdom has made England and Wales into what one economist calls “the rape capital of Europe by a sizeable margin.”

The figures are “pretty grim,” according to UK economist and podcast host Philip Pilkington. “Looks like Britain is becoming a pretty unsafe place.”

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Manitoba Chiefs demand Charles Adler’s Senate appointment be revoked over First Nations comments

OTTAWA — The Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs is asking Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Governor General Mary Simon to reconsider the appointment of veteran broadcaster Charles Adler to the Senate in light of comments he made about First Nations leaders in 1999.

That Trudeau government! They’re so weirdly racist!

h/t Mauser

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Avoid meetings in ‘racist’ buildings, librarians told

Librarians should avoid holding meetings in “racist” buildings, decolonisation training experts have advised.

Libraries across Wales have been given the task of becoming “anti-racist”, in line with the devolved Labour government’s pledge to “eradicate” systemic racism by 2030.

Training is being devised as part of a £130,000 project to instruct local librarians in “critical whiteness studies” and how to deal with issues like the “dominant paradigm of whiteness”.

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Snow White star Rachel Zegler derails remake’s ad campaign with another woke outburst

Snow White remake star Rachel Zegler has triggered another storm of controversy while promoting the long-delayed Disney film.

The 23-year-old, who has repeatedly sparked anger with her woke views, waded into the Israel-Palestine conflict on X while promoting the blockbuster movie, despite branding experts warning that such antics could trigger a boycott.

The New Jersey native took to X on August 12 – two days after posting the trailer – to reply to her own post by saying: ‘And always remember, free Palestine.’

This is yet another addition to my “How does this creep have a career?” list.

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New Liberal-appointed senator Adler called indigenous people unemployed ’boneheads

Liberal-appointed Sen. Charles Adler in a radio broadcast once called Indigenous people uncivilized “boneheads” who should “get a job.”

Adler’s remarks on Radio CJOB Winnipeg were so vulgar they prompted a formal complaint by the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs, records obtained by Blacklock’s Reporter show.

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Canada should prosecute Muslim terrorist Ahmed Eldidi for war crimes … Before or after he’s appointed to the Senate?

Immigration Minister Marc Miller said he is as “disgusted as any Canadian” that Ahmed Fouad Mostafa Eldidi found his way into Canada. A House of Commons committee will now study how an alleged former Islamic State fighter became a citizen only to be caught planning a terrorist attack with his son Mostafa Eldidi on July 31.

While Ahmed Eldidi faces charges of aggravated assault in a foreign country, the allegations have the hallmarks of a war crime. Canada should prosecute them – and it has the laws and the obligation to do so.

Justin will likely appoint him to the senate.

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Singh urges Liberals to stay out of rail dispute as deadline to avoid massive shutdown looms

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says his party would oppose any government intervention in the ongoing labour dispute between Canada’s two main rail companies and unions as the deadline to avoid an unprecedented service shutdown approaches.

Both the Canadian National Railway and the Canadian Pacific Kansas City remain at loggerheads with the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference union. The union has been demanding better wages and benefits — including better crew scheduling — for workers.

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