How long can a nation endure the presence within it of people who hate it and everything it stands for? It looks as if we’re going to find out.
Why did our “elites” think Islam, a violent supremacist murder cult, would be be a good fit in Canada?
Which Poilievre will show up for the French debate?
There are two big questions about who will show up for the first leaders’ debate this week: Which Pierre Poilievre will we see? And how forgiving will the audience be?
The Pierre Poilievre who appeared on the Radio-Canada talk show, Tout le monde en parle, was a creature that had rarely been spotted in front of TV cameras.
The Conservative Leader was smiling, self-effacing, foregoing attacks on his Liberal opponent and talking to people rather than at them. It was style rather than substance, but it left a warmer impression than his usual too-hot-for-TV, aggressive style.
Trans Canadian Singer Bells Larsen Forced to Cancel US Tour Dates Over Visa Sex Rules
Transgender Canadian singer Bells Larsen canceled U.S. tour dates over visa rules stipulating travelers need to have their actual sex listed on their documentation.
Wait till he/she/it/whatever finds out about Britain’s Supreme Court Ruling on transgender nonsense.
Pierre Poilievre is taking a beating from conservatives who should have his back
Doug Ford and Pierre Poilievre agreed on one subject this week: change is needed.
The federal Conservative leader is saying that Canada needs change. The Ontario premier is saying that Poilievre needs to change his campaign team.
It is a remarkable feature in an already remarkable Canadian election campaign, this public airing of differences between Poilievre and Ford. Two conservatives, who would normally be allies against the federal Liberals, are openly at odds over who is best placed to win the April 28 election.
This *with us or against us* attitude is going to cost PP and the CPC the election.
*My way or the highway* combined with *I will burn down your village* may even cost him his seat.
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— realNickKouvalis (@NickKouvalis) April 16, 2025
France: Multiple prisons attacked by gangs wielding Kalashnikovs
Prisons across France have been targeted with gunfire and arson in co-ordinated attacks that ministers have said were a response to a crackdown on drug dealers.
At least nine jails were targeted along with a training centre for prison officers in a carefully planned operation designed to strike fear into staff without causing injury, prompting an investigation by antiterrorism officials.
John Ivison: The swan song of NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh could find its audience yet
MONTREAL — There is an air of resignation, if not acceptance, about Jagmeet Singh these days.
He seems to know that his time in federal politics is coming to an end.
As he came down the steps of his campaign plane for the cameras, after landing in Montreal on Monday, he cut a dejected figure. I said to him that Justin Trudeau would have waved at the non-existent crowd. He laughed it off.
Anti-white racism has been embedded into the public sector in the same way as trans rights
The quest for diversity for diversity’s sake enfeebles the NHS, the police and the Armed Forces – which makes it a matter of life and death
A friend who is a hospital consultant has been warning me for a while about NHS “diversity” hiring, which means doctors and nurses trained here in the UK are often rejected in favour of less well-qualified medics from overseas. It gets worse. Twenty-five years ago, when Amir did his training, it was extremely competitive to get into medicine in India. Indian doctors were the best of the best, my friend says, even recalling with pride the high ranking he had among thousands of applicants. Today, rich parents can just buy a medical school place for their kids, some of them none too bright. “Everything has a price tag,” Amir says. “Not just undergraduate degrees; postgraduate degrees as well.”
Mark Carney undermines his ‘adult in the room’ aspirations by keeping button-making staffers
Liberal Leader Mark Carney made absolutely clear Monday morning: dirty tricks will not be tolerated in his campaign. Sorry, wait, that should be: they will not just be tolerated – they will also be minimized and excused.
The Liberal Party apparatus first signalled as much when, after a CBC News report that Liberal staffers planted phony buttons at a conservative event last week, it released a statement saying its staffers merely “got carried away.” Mr. Carney drove that point home when he announced that the guilty parties would be reassigned within his campaign. This is a slap on the wrist that, in practice, actually feels more like a hot oil massage and cuticle treatment.
Racially charged row between Musk and South Africa over Starlink
The tussle between Starlink boss Elon Musk and South Africa over the company’s failure to launch in the country stems from the nation’s black empowerment laws, and could be one factor behind the diplomatic row between the US and Africa’s most industrialised nation.
To his more than 219 million followers on his social media platform X, Mr Musk made the racially charged claim that his satellite internet service provider was “not allowed to operate in South Africa simply because I’m not black“.
But the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (Icasa) – a regulatory body in the telecommunications and broadcasting sectors – told the BBC that Starlink had never submitted an application for a licence.
Alleged wheelman in Pearson gold heist strikes plea deal in U.S.
The alleged wheelman in the 2023 heist at Toronto’s Pearson airport has agreed to plead guilty to arms-trafficking charges in the U.S., which prosecutors allege stemmed from an effort to spend some of $20 million worth of stolen gold on guns.
Durante King-McLean of Brampton, Ont., who has been in custody in Pennsylvania since state troopers pulled him over in September 2023, signed the deal earlier this month before it was filed on Friday — pleading guilty to conspiracy to traffic firearms, which carries a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison or a fine of $250,000.
Suspected arsonist Cody Balmer targeted Pa. Gov. Josh Shapiro’s home over what pol ‘wants to do to Palestinian people’: report
The suspect in the arson attack on Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro’s residence said he targeted the Jewish politician over “what he wants to do to the Palestinian people,” according to documents.
The alleged firebug Cody Balmer called 911 following the Sunday attack, identified himself by name, and delivered the chilling message addressed to the governor over the phone, according to a search warrant obtained by PennLive.
Green Party dropped from leaders’ debates for not running enough candidates
The Leaders’ Debates Commission, which is tasked with organizing the French and English debates, has removed the Green Party from federal leaders’ debates for failing to meet participation requirements.
“Deliberately reducing the number of candidates running for strategic reasons is inconsistent with the Commission’s interpretation of party viability, which criterion (iii) was designed to measure,” the Commission said in a statement Wednesday.
Nothin left but for Liz to open an Only Fans account.
China Would Lose a ‘Trade War’ With the US—’Gradually, then Suddenly’
China’s trade war bluff may backfire as the U.S. pushes allies to choose between a rogue economic actor and a flawed but fairer partner with unmatched global power.
No one wants a “trade war” with China, or for that matter with any nation. Nonetheless, China has been waging one for years and is now locked in a tariff recalibration with the Trump administration.
In this American effort to find trade parity and equity, China can do some short-term damage to the U.S., especially in terms of ceasing exports of some pharmaceuticals, phones, and computers. But ultimately, it cannot win—and will eventually lose catastrophically. It will likely accept that reality sooner rather than later.
We are only in the first week of the escalating rhetoric and tariffs. But already China is appealing to its Asian rivals, Australia, and the EU to join in fighting the supposed American bully.
UNIPARTY agrees not to discuss immigration in English debate
Organizers of @Debates_CA omit #immigration from tomorrow’s English debate but not French debate scheduled this evening. Provinces outside Québec have seen highest rates of immigration and most opposition to record quotas.https://t.co/RkObWi7Nda@ChuckTCBC #cdnpoli pic.twitter.com/PmQvhYXKDT
— Holly Doan (@hollyanndoan) April 16, 2025
This looks bad on all of them. h/t Mauser
The Liberals are ensnared by dirty politics
The Liberals’ cynical brand of politics is nothing new—and Carney clearly doesn’t care about accountability
The Liberal Party has always done a good job creating a vague sense that they’re the proverbial “adults in the room,” more technocrats than politicians, above the fray, distinct from the Conservatives with their ideological fixations. To people who’ve seen the Liberal machine up close, this is laughable—just ask Jody Wilson-Raybould.