People should not use colloquial phrases like “a piece of cake” and “kill two birds with one stone” because they are “very British-English” and may not be understood by foreigners, a university has suggested.
The University of Cardiff has told students that such idioms do not usually translate well with other cultures, “not because people have poor English skills but because this is very British-English”.
The future Chrystia Freeland has long feared is here. Now she thinks she’s the best person to confront it
OTTAWA—Even as she attempts to become Liberal leader and prime minister, Chrystia Freeland is still surprised she chose to run for office at all.
“Sometimes when I look back on that decision, I’m astonished that I made that decision,” she said in a recent interview with the Star.
“At a human level, it was really hard. The kids really didn’t want to do it. And actually, they still reproach me because we bribed them with an offer to get a pet, which we never actually did.”
It seems doubtful Freeland will win the leadership. Pity as we all looked forward to Kim Campbell 2.0.
On her way out the door, fired MSNBC host Joy Reid trashed Donald Trump for delivering “fascism” to America. She also attacked Elon Musk for bringing “apartheid” politics to the United States.
Over on CBS, 60 Minutes correspondent and ex-Evening News anchor Scott Pelley declared Trump was “in defiance of the Constitution.”
The importance of having Canada in an intelligence-sharing alliance with the United States and other countries was raised when ministers met last week with Donald Trump’s border czar, Tom Homan.
The meeting among Homan, Canada’s Public Safety Minister David McGuinty, Immigration Minister Marc Miller and other officials was staged to show the Trump administration Canada’s efforts to boost border security.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., argued that if there is a problem with mass illegal immigration, Republicans are the ones to blame.
As Democrats continue to reel from the November election loss to now-President Donald Trump, some have argued the party needs a fresh approach to the migrant crisis plaguing the southern border.
Others, like AOC, have urged citizens to find ways to resist the president and ICE agents’ efforts to deport illegal immigrants.
Can you guess how much Prime Minister Justin Trudeau bills Canadians every year for groceries at his home at Rideau Cottage in Ottawa? And you don’t have to include what it costs when he’s having an official dinner for the Sultan of Brunei or the Prime Minister of Norway. State dinners are covered by taxpayers by custom.
A psychotic Nigerian armed robber and crack cocaine dealer has been spared deportation because he would be considered “possessed” in the African country.
The criminal was jailed for seven years for carrying out an armed robbery on a brothel in 2011, and seven years later was jailed for supplying crack cocaine.
A deportation order was made more than 10 years ago in April 2014, but he appealed on human rights grounds.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent stated that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had already twice refused to sign a minerals deal with the United States.
“This has to be one of the greatest diplomatic mishaps of all time by President Zelensky,” Bessent said in an interview Friday with Laura Ingraham, host of Fox News’ “The Ingraham Angle.”
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— Melissa (@MelissaLMRogers) March 1, 2025
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 2, 2025
h/t PA Cat
Someone save that horse damn. pic.twitter.com/WhFrkOaC7n
— Defiant L’s (@DefiantLs) March 2, 2025
h/t Mauser
Chrystia Freeland joined the growing ranks of high-profile Canadian politicians taking to U.S. airwaves to spread their message to Canadian and American viewers since the election of U.S. President Donald Trump.
On Friday night, Freeland took swings at Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau while making her pitch to be Canada’s next prime minister on the HBO show “Real Time With Bill Maher.”
Hundreds of protesters gathered in Vermont Saturday to protest Vice President JD Vance’s visit to a local ski resort, less than 24 hours after his explosive exchange with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Vance, who brought his family to Sugarbush Resort in Warren, Vermont, was greeted by a half-mile gauntlet of protesters holding pro-Ukraine signs Saturday. There appeared to be hundreds in the crowd.
Unhinged pro-Ukraine protesters confront J.D. Vance and his family in Vermont, forcing them to relocate. All because he stood firm against Zelensky.
These people are out of control. pic.twitter.com/PciJuSnDWk
— Crazy Vibes (@CrazyVibes_1) March 2, 2025
h/t PA Cat
Buried because of the news about the Trump, Vance, Zelenskyy confrontation at the White House on Friday was the release of new economic data by Statistics Canada showing our standard of living has further deteriorated over the past two years.
StatsCan reported that Canada’s real GDP per capita, which measures economic output per person, adjusted for inflation, a widely accepted metric for measuring a nation’s prosperity, fell by 1.4% in 2024, following a decline of 1.3% in 2023.
This is what happens when your PM is an idiot unable to distinguish between a photo-op and governing.
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has said the UK and France are to work with Ukraine “on a plan to stop the fighting” with Russia – and will then “discuss that plan with the United States”.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is due at a summit of European leaders, two days after a fiery exchange with US President Donald Trump in the White House.
Sir Keir told BBC One’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg that his “driving purpose” right now was to act as a “bridge” between the two men.
I think the TDS -Zelensky crowd have sealed their fate.
America can’t be expected to carry Europe or Canada on its shoulders forever.
Canadians and Europeans alike appear to have an entitlement problem. Canadians keep getting angry at me for “insulting” them, but I’m just telling you the truth: progressive Canadians are incredibly smug, rude, and insulting towards Americans and America in general. Meanwhile,… pic.twitter.com/CDUaGvG8Wv
— Meghan Murphy (@MeghanEMurphy) March 1, 2025
BREAKING:
Polish PM Donald Tusk speaking before flying to London for today’s Ukraine emergency summit:
“500 million Europeans are asking 300 million Americans to defend them against 140 million Russians (…) Europe today lacks the belief that we are truly a global power” pic.twitter.com/TTE8CaWQnB
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) March 2, 2025
Liberal leadership contender Mark Carney has said he should have been more “precise” in his answer about whether he played a role in the decision to move Brookfield headquarters from Canada to New York.
Carney came under scrutiny by the Conservative Party following his claim that the decision to move Brookfield headquarters was made after he had no role with the company.
