“We need a Democratic Party that farts harder for us.” – AOC
Swalwell isn’t enough?? pic.twitter.com/oU7kbXIHGk
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) March 21, 2025
h/t Hermes
10 reasons fewer newcomers are becoming Canadian citizens
Douglas Todd: How do we explain the 40 per cent drop in permanent residents choosing to move onto citizenship? COVID-19, the devaluing of Canada and grim economics are among the factors.
Canada is witnessing a dramatic drop in newcomers choosing to become citizens.
There has been a 40 per cent decline in the past 25 years in the proportion of recent immigrants choosing to move on to citizenship, according to Statistics Canada’s Feng Hou and Garnett Picot.
Only 46 per cent of recent immigrants to Canada are applying for citizenship, say the researchers. That compares with 74 per cent in 1996. Most of the drop took place between 2016 and 2021.
WTF?
Totally stable opinion incoming based solely on hair color and septum piercing.
She loves to tell MAGA that she is a veteran and they have paid for two of her degrees because they are against free education. pic.twitter.com/tW8bDCHh8b
— Dr. Jebra Faushay (@JebraFaushay) March 16, 2025
Trump won’t kill Nato, the alliance is already dead
President Trump is considering giving up US command of Nato, held by American generals since Dwight D Eisenhower became the first supreme commander 75 years ago. This has further shaken those already panicking about the prospect that Trump might be contemplating pulling out of the alliance altogether. They are right to panic about the state of Nato – but not because of Trump.
We hear never-ending boasts that Nato is the most successful defensive alliance in history. Perhaps it was once, although that was never really put to the test.
Why Maui Still Hasn’t Recovered
A year and a half since fires devastated the historic town of Lahaina on the island of Maui, Hawaii, only six houses have been rebuilt—six out of more than 2,000.
Why is the recovery effort taking so long? Initially, the biggest hurdles were the pace of debris removal and damage litigation. Both were overcome only last month. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers cleared the final lots on February 19, while the Hawaiian Supreme Court ruled that a $4 billion settlement for victims can begin to move forward.
The main challenge now is dealing with a crushing permitting regime that slows or outright bans construction. But local political dysfunction has discouraged state and local leaders from taking emergency action to cut through this red tape.
Antisemitism in Toronto today is so much more sinister than vile graffiti and discriminatory rhetoric
Talk about a dubious distinction for a big city with world-class aspirations. I’m increasingly asked by people both in Canada and abroad about Toronto’s antisemitism problem. Indeed, at conferences I attended in New York and Ottawa earlier this month, many delegates, Jews and non-Jews alike, commiserated with me over this deplorable situation.
… What Jews are now facing in Toronto shouldn’t be happening in this city. Not in 2025. Jews shouldn’t be living in fear, compelled to hide their identity for their safety. Lamentably, much to its own detriment, Toronto has changed when it comes to antisemitism. For this corrosive, downward spiral to end requires a commitment from non-Jews. How long are Jews supposed to wait? How long can we wait?
Toronto has changed when it comes to antisemitism. It is rapidly transitioning into a majority-minority 3rd world city.
Toronto’s new people are either by faith antisemitic or are indifferent to Jews at best sharing nothing of Canada’s Judeo-Christian tradition.
No one I know invited this deluge of incompatible cultures.
When I and others spoke against Islamist immigration we were called racists and Islamophobes by our government and also by some of the same people who are wondering about that wait.
Our white skin alone makes us some sort of Hybridized Islamophobic Nazis we’re told.
Our government and all the very best people say so.
What people? The ones who demand we protect the Jewish community from the Muslims they invited here. Our elites Dear reader!
The smart people aren’t waiting. They’re leaving. The GTA is lost.
The EU Must Stop Undermining Efforts to Save it
The European Union has spent years enriching Iran by choosing economic gain over security, morality, and strategic interests.
While the Iranian regime continues to fuel war, repression and terrorism, the EU has clung to its trade partnerships and business deals, while refusing to take meaningful action against a regime that actively threatens the continent’s stability as well as that of the globe.
Guelph artist using meat as a medium for fun and therapy
A difficult diagnosis and an odd request have come together for a Guelph artist who has found new inspiration and a form of therapy.
Barbara Salsberg Mathews made a name for herself by creating realistic architectural paintings but when she began to notice a tremor in her hand and weakness in her arm, she went looking for answers.
‘Provocative’; CBS’s J6 Reporter Pooh-Pooh’s Trump Admin Tagging Drug Cartels Terrorists
With January 6 cases having evaporated, CBS’s Scott MacFarlane has been looking for a new area to channel himself and being the Justice correspondent (i.e. Deep State liaison) has suited him well. But Thursday’s CBS Evening News showed MacFarlane dismissing the Trump administration’s labeling of drug cartels as terror groups, denouncing it as a “controversial,” “provocative,” and potentially harmful.
Doug Ford says his ‘absolutely swamped’ MPPs won’t have time to campaign for Pierre Poilievre
Premier Doug Ford is reminding Progressive Conservative cabinet ministers and MPPs they will be too “swamped” with their day jobs to help Pierre Poilievre in the federal election campaign.
Asked at the first ministers’ meeting in Ottawa on Friday if he would “let your MPPs campaign with Mr. Poilievre,” Ford did not mince words.
“I want to make sure our MPPs are fulfilling our mandate. We are going to be absolutely swamped,” said the premier, whose Tories were re-elected Feb. 27.
Denmark and Finland urge caution for US-bound transgender people
Denmark and Finland have updated their US travel advice for transgender people, joining the handful of European countries that have sought to caution US-bound travellers in recent weeks as reports emerge of ordeals at the American border.
Denmark said this week it had begun advising transgender travellers to contact the US embassy in Copenhagen before departure to ensure there would be no issues with travel documents.
The change came after Donald Trump made a priority of rolling back trans and non-binary rights, announcing that the US would only recognise two genders and signing off on executive orders that sought to exclude transgender people from the US military, limit their access to sport and curtail gender-transition procedures for people under the age of 19.
Non-Stop Winning!
‘We don’t have enough workers’: Business owners fear deepening staff shortages in immigration squeeze
As Canadian businesses try to roll with an ever-changing tariff policy south of the border, there’s another issue creating challenges at home: recent changes to Canada’s immigration policy.
“The biggest threat to our business is immigration policy, and the lack of available workers,” said Blair Hyslop, co-owner of Mrs. Dunster’s Bakery in Sussex, N.B.
In the decade since Hyslop and his wife took over the business, it’s expanded, and he wants it to keep growing. “I can find alternative markets for my business, but as I set out to double our business again in three to four years, I can’t find alternative markets for my labour.”
Maybe he should pay his workers more? Funny how that never gets a mention in these stories.
Canadians will head to the polls April 28, following snap election call: sources
Canadians will head to the polls on Monday, April 28, sources have confirmed to CTV News.
Prime Minister Mark Carney will ask Governor General Mary Simon to dissolve Parliament Sunday, plunging the country into a snap election.
United Nations decries that photos of employee’s Nazi Tattoos were taken without consent!
A widely distributed photo of an unidentified United Nations employee in Gaza whose arms display pro-Nazi tattoos is “deeply concerning” to Israel. While UN officials tell the Sun they are looking into the matter, they also protest that the incriminating photo was taken without the Nazi sympathizer’s consent.
WTF?
The American Embassy has been vandalized in Canada. The same paint colour was used to vandalize Tesla Dealerships. pic.twitter.com/Xchp5eH1ZU
— Liz Churchill (@liz_churchill10) March 22, 2025
H/T Mauser