A lot of the commentary about the Liberal government that will succeed Justin Trudeau’s assumes that it will be short-lived. That’s probably the best bet over the coming weeks. With the Bloc Quebecois, Conservatives, and New Democrats committed to voting non-confidence against the government at the first opportunity, it’s seemingly only a matter of time before we’re subjected to an election.
Thu Nguyen, a nonbinary city councilor for Worcester, Massachusetts with they/them pronouns, announced she is taking a month-long leave due to the unsafe and toxic culture after she was misgendered. She also filed official complaints with the city. pic.twitter.com/GHAK8CufuB
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) January 16, 2025
The problem Mark Carney, likely Liberal leader-to-be, will always run into is this: his fate doesn’t depend on a successful Canada.
Carney will be announcing his leadership run Thursday. Odds are good he’s going to win. He’s not as recognizable as his only real competition, potential candidate and former finance minister Chrystia Freeland, but he doesn’t share her bruised record of inflating the deficit to multi-billion dollar highs, and last week’s polling shows that more people are open to voting for him than for her.
If you read between the lines, you can understand what she’s saying. Explain it to me, please. pic.twitter.com/Xyr69bfSq4
— Dr. Jebra Faushay (@JebraFaushay) January 15, 2025
I’ve been saying for a while that Pete Hegseth’s confirmation process was going to mark a major change in American politics that was facilitated and caused by the election of Donald Trump on Nov. 5.
It’s pretty clear that the Democrats in the Senate haven’t been listening. Which is fine — they and their ideological bed-buddies can stay out of touch and in the political wilderness as long as they’d like, and the rest of us won’t mind a bit.
HILARIOUS! Sen Markwayne Mullen CALLS OUT Senators for Cheating on Their Wives and Showing up to Vote Drunk While Attacking Pete Hegseth for Alleged Affairs and Alcohol Use pic.twitter.com/zimCWJMa5T
— Jordan Conradson (@ConradsonJordan) January 14, 2025
If you want to know how far the Sussexes’ star has fallen in America, consider this. The other day, Harry and Meghan visited Pasadena in LA to offer hugs and sympathy to survivors of the wildfires. Surely even the couple’s sternest critics, you might have assumed, would give them credit for that.
Far from it. “Meghan Markle and Harry are no better than ambulance chasers,” fumed the Hollywood film-maker Justine Bateman, in a social media post that has been enthusiastically shared by thousands of other users. “What a repulsive ‘photo op’ they achieved. They are ‘touring the damage’? Are they politicians now? They don’t live [in Pasadena]; they are tourists. Disaster tourists.”
A recent Angus Reid poll found only half of Canadians feel a deep connection to their country. This reflects a sharp decline in the past decade, and a stark contrast to the 85 per cent of Americans who, according to Statista, consider themselves very patriotic.
There are many reasons why Canadians might be ambivalent: Does the duality of our English/French history, or strong provincial jurisdictional powers make it difficult to hang on to a national narrative?
Never happen.
The Washington Post on January 15 reported that President-elect Donald Trump is thinking of issuing an executive order suspending the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act. The law is often and incorrectly referred to as the “TikTok ban.”
Trump has no power to suspend the law by executive order. In any event, a delay in enforcement, even in accordance with the law’s provisions, would be a grave mistake.
Some big figures in federal politics are having themselves a Linus moment, dragging around their ideological security blankets while making their case to the public, like the anxious little brother in Peanuts.
Seems like the thing to do right now is to seek out a comfy media perch from which to trot out your message, knowing you and the host share a common outlook and the spiciest question might be, “How are you great and/or good? Please be specific.”
If the state of the legacy media as 2025 begins were put to music, the only appropriate soundtrack would be the iconic theme from “Jaws.”
There’s blood in the journalistic water, and viewers and readers are fleeing the same way beachgoers did on Amity Island the moment they saw that ominous fin emerging from the sea.
Underscoring that visual, this week we’ve seen MSNBC president Rashida Jones running for the exit and the Washington Post making even more cuts to a staff that has shrunk almost as fast as its subscription base.
The man charged in a shooting outside a London hospital emergency room is also facing charges from an armed home invasion and a gun-point bank robbery in the Toronto region in the weeks following the gunfire here.
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has come under fire for hiring George Achi in a senior position after he previously instructed journalists at Canada’s state broadcaster not to refer to members of the internationally designated terrorist organization Hamas as “terrorists.”
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre will soon lay out his own strategy to confront U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats to Canada as part of a broader economic agenda that, if he becomes prime minister, will include a promise to roll back the capital-gains tax increase.
Mr. Poilievre told The Globe and Mail in an interview that he believes Canada must respond with tariffs of its own to counter Mr. Trump’s promise that he’ll levy 25-per-cent tariffs on Canadian goods.
We’re all excited about Trump’s coming inauguration, but in light of the recent attempts on his life, it’s a fair question to ask if all the necessary safety precautions are being taken to ensure his safety.
