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Conrad Black: Let’s make a bonfire of Canada’s ghastly wokeness

It is irritating and distressing to see Canada robotically following the British and French and two other countries in imposing sanctions on two Israeli cabinet ministers over their comments related to the West Bank. It is also annoying that our new prime minister, who squeaked to a minority victory through a histrionic imposture of a modern Churchill against Donald Trump’s Hitler, trying to reconcile the extreme green zealotry of a lifetime with absolute commercial and political necessity, offers nonsense about “decarbonized” oil. Their Canadian and Britannic Majesties the King and Queen were recently dragooned into making a 24-hour visit to this realm to read the prime minister’s platitudinous throne speech, ritualistically beginning with what amounts to a false acknowledgment that we are occupiers of another people’s land. The king was allowed to present this fake confession of stealing the country from the then 200,000 indigenous people, almost all of them nomads, as “shared history as a nation,” (like the shared experiences of Poland, Germany, and the USSR from 1939 to 1945). We shout defiance at the Americans for reducing their trade deficit but prevail upon the King to tell us that we have no right to be here.

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‘Handmaid‘s Tale‘ Star Bradley Whitford Blames Trump for Minnesota State Speaker, Husband Assassination: ‘Lawless Traitor‘

Hollywood actor Bradley Whitford, known for his roles in The West Wing, Get Out, and The Handmaid’s Tale, said President Donald Trump “set the stage for” a Minnesota state representative and her husband being murdered at their home on Saturday morning and a state senator and his wife who were also attacked and shot multiple times. The suspected assassin has been identified as Vance Luther Bolter, appointed by Governor Walz to the Workforce Development Board in 2019 and whom Minnesota police say had Anti-Trump “No Kings” fliers in the vehicle he left behind as he fled officers on foot.

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Trump warns America ‘could get involved’ directly in Israel-Iran conflict

President Trump warned Sunday that the US could get directly involved in the Israel-Iran conflict if things continue to escalate.

While Trump predicted that Iran and Israel will “make a deal” to end the deadly violence that has seen the Jewish state and Islamic republic exchange countless missiles since Friday, the president said the US may find itself involved if a truce doesn’t happen.

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MORGAN: Canada… what’s the point?

The entire point of a federation is to have a mutually beneficial relationship between relatively autonomous provinces. The central government is expected to stick to interprovincial and international issues, while provincial governments are supposed to be left to manage their own affairs. In Canada, that relationship has been turned on its head.

The federal government has inserted itself into provincial and even municipal jurisdictions, while it has refused to assert its genuine authority in facilitating interprovincial infrastructure and trade. This has led to a lopsided federation where provincial leaders are at each other’s throats while the federal government milks the division for political benefit.

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Thousands of protesters march through the streets of Montreal in support of Gaza

Several thousand demonstrators gathered on Saturday afternoon in the streets of the city centre to denounce the “numerous red lines crossed by Israel in Gaza.”

They were responding to a call from more than 50 organizations, which invited the public to dress in red and join a march denouncing the ongoing humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip and calling on the Canadian government to increase pressure on Benjamin Netanyahu’s government to reach a ceasefire.

Around 1:30 p.m., the protesters gathered at Norman-Bethune Square, near the Guy-Concordia Metro station. Escorted by Montreal police (SPVM) officers in cars and on motorcycles, they began marching east toward Place des Montréalaises, which was inaugurated last month near the city’s downtown core.

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Trump vetoed Israeli plan to kill Iran’s supreme leader – report

President Donald Trump vetoed an Israeli plan in recent days to kill Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, two US officials told Reuters on Sunday.

“Have the Iranians killed an American yet? No. Until they do we’re not even talking about going after the political leadership,” said one of the sources, a senior US administration official.

The officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said top US officials have been in constant communications with Israeli officials in the days since Israel launched a massive attack on Iran in a bid to halt its nuclear program.

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Canada is sovereign, says Starmer in rebuke to Trump

Sir Keir Starmer has described Canada as an “independent, sovereign nation” ahead of his trip there in a clear rebuke of Donald Trump.

Sir Keir will become the first British prime minister to visit Canada in eight years as he travels first to Ottawa and then to Kananaskis for the summit of the G7 group of nations.

Mr Trump, the US president, has repeatedly talked about making Canada the 51st state of America, insisting his interest is not a joke. It has forced Mark Carney, Canada’s new prime minister, to hit back, leading to a deterioration in relations.


I bet Trump is just shakin!

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“F–k Gaza”

Montreal police investigating after a mosque was defaced with hateful graffiti

The Montreal police hate crimes unit is investigating after a mosque in the city’s downtown was defaced with anti-Palestinian graffiti earlier this week.

The words “F–k Gaza” were painted multiple times on the exterior walls of The Canadian Institute of Islamic Civilization, at the intersection of Belmont Street and Union Avenue, Tuesday evening.

I suggest the police make better use of their time and listen to what is said in mosques.

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Investigating Catholic NGOs’ Role in Immigration Invasion

At no point has the Church ever stipulated that one must abandon one’s homeland to tens of millions of lawless insurgents.

Under the presidency of self-described Catholic Joe Biden, Catholic individuals and organizations were ruthlessly targeted, prosecuted, and persecuted for their devotion to Catholic truth. Whether it was forcing LGBT propaganda and rainbow standards down the whole world’s throats, raiding, arresting, and imprisoning pro-life Catholics, infiltrating and spying on Catholic parishes, or allowing activists to deface and destroy Catholic churches across the country with impunity, the Biden regime took a punitive approach to the faithful practice of Catholicism. Under President Donald Trump and the Republican trifecta, Catholic organizations are once again under the microscope — but for the right reasons, this time.

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School Shootings No Longer Viewed As ‘Uniquely American’

I’ve always thought the concept of mass shootings, such as those in schools, were “uniquely American” was a rather American-centric form of ignorance. These things happen all over the world, after all, and have for ages. Most Americans who like to think of themselves as worldly, though, tend not to be as well-versed on what happens elsewhere as they like to believe.

But I had to acknowledge that it looked like we had a much bigger issue than most places.

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A $6.6 billion climate boondoggle

One of the least controversial and most effective ways to address climate change is to adapt to it.

The other strategy — mitigation — is a long-term program that will have no discernible effect on the frequency of severe weather for decades, and is reliant on global action rather than initiatives by Canada alone.

This is the scam Carney loves most.

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