Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s plan to fix immigration in Canada depends on the biggest exodus of people since at least the 1940s — one that many economists doubt is feasible.
Slamming the brakes on record-setting population growth requires 2.4 million non-permanent residents to leave or change status over the next two years, according to the government’s forecasts, which also see 1.5 million new temporary arrivals during that time.
Trump said, “I don’t want to be breaking up families. So the only way you don’t break up the family is you keep them together, and you have to send them all back.”
Biden pledges to send aid to Syria while Hurricane Helene victims are still homeless.
America last. pic.twitter.com/NgTArTScmj
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) December 8, 2024
Quebec Premier François Legault met up with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, U.S. president-elect Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk while visiting Paris this weekend.
On Saturday, Legault posted a photo of himself shaking hands with Trump on social network X. “With U.S. President-elect Donald Trump to discuss Canadian border control and tariffs on Canadian products,” he wrote.
Later in the evening, he posted another photo of himself clasping elbows with Zelenskyy, saying Ukraine has Quebec’s support and solidarity. “Quebec is with Ukraine and will be until the war is over,” he said, adding that the province has welcomed thousands of Ukrainian refugees.
Legault also said he met with Musk, Tesla’s CEO, “to discuss, among other things, international trade and electric vehicles.”
President-elect Donald Trump refused to pledge prosecutorial vengeance against President Joe Biden and special counsel Jack Smith.
Less than three weeks after Trump bested Vice President Kamala Harris in the Nov. 5 elections, Smith dismissed his case that centered on Trump’s actions on January 6, 2021, and his case of Trump’s handling of classified documents. Smith faced accusations of political lawfare online after his filing, but Trump skirted a question on Meet the Press Sunday about whether he’d retaliate with lawfare.
“Make Canada Serious Again,” is the rallying cry of former Conservative leader Erin O’Toole. As far as slogans go, it may not be great. But for Canadians seeking a way through the current trade imbroglio with U.S. president-elect Donald Trump, it is apt.
The regime of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad has fallen. On November 27, a rebel coalition led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) launched a rapid-fire offensive against Assad’s forces. Barely a week later, Aleppo and Hama — Syria’s second and third largest cities respectively — were under rebel control. Emboldened by these successes, Syrian opposition forces carried out offensive operations targeting Homs and came knocking on the outskirts of Damascus, dreaming of regime change.
By the time he fled the country, ending a 24-year rule that veered from optimism to brutal repression and death, Assad was facing a revolt on three fronts. There was the HTS advance from the north, via Homs; an uprising in the east, where a US-backed alliance led by Syrian Kurdish fighters seized the city of Deir el-Zor; and in the south, where rebels said they seized control of the southern city of Daraa on Saturday.
Trudeau’s Syrians should now head home as well …
This is Dortmund, Germany.
One million Syrian refugees came to the country in 2015 to escape Assad.
As of today, they are no longer refugees. Assad is gone. They can now all move back to Syria and take part in this new government.
Germany should not be their home any longer. pic.twitter.com/KCy5Yo4x7W
— ♛ ✡︎ (@NiohBerg) December 8, 2024
I wonder if our cities will see combo Hamas and Syria celebration riots?
Syria’s Bashar al-Assad and his family have arrived in Russia and have been granted asylum by the Russian authorities, Russian news agencies reported on Sunday, citing a Kremlin source.
As Premier Doug Ford mulls gambling on an early election, a new poll suggests that might be a safe bet.
The latest Abacus Data monthly tracking survey for the Star found Ford’s Tories at 43 per cent — well ahead of Bonnie Crombie’s Liberals at 25 per cent, Marit Stiles’ New Democrats at 21 per cent and Mike Schreiner’s Greens at six per cent.
I hope the Libs die for good this election.
In recent weeks, a wave of unusual aerial phenomena has captured global attention, challenging both official explanations and conventional understanding of drone capabilities. From military installations to civilian airports, these incidents have raised significant questions about airspace security and the nature of these unidentified objects.
… This modern incident bears striking similarities to the events of July 12 and 29, 1952, when a wave of UFO sightings over Washington DC prompted military intervention. The key difference between these cases lies in the response: while the 1952 incidents saw military jets scrambling to intercept the objects (unsuccessfully), the current sightings have generated no apparent military response despite occurring in what should be some of the most closely monitored airspace in the world.
Abu Mohammed al-Golani, the rebel leader whose stunning insurgency toppled Syria’s President Bashar Assad, has spent years working to remake his public image, renouncing longtime ties to al-Qaeda and depicting himself as a champion of pluralism and tolerance. In recent days, the insurgency even dropped his nom de guerre and began referring to him by his real name, Ahmad al-Sharaa.
The extent of that transformation from jihadi extremist to would-be state builder is now put to the test.
Israel Prime Minister Netanyahu, visiting the Syrian border on Sunday, hailed the collapse of the Assad regime, “a central link in Iran’s axis of evil,” describing it as a “historic day in the history of the Middle East.”
Netanyahu said the fall of Syrian President Bashar Assad, who fled the country after a coalition of rebel groups stormed Damascus on Sunday, was the direct result of blows Israel inflicted on Iran and Hezbollah, “the main supporters of the Assad regime.”
Netanyahu on the fall of the Assad regime:
“This is a historic day for the Middle East. The collapse of the Assad regime, the tyranny in Damascus offers great opportunity, but also is fraught with significant dangers. This collapse is a direct result of our forceful action… pic.twitter.com/gYyixHkmXQ
— Open Source Intel (@Osint613) December 8, 2024
Western Canada is home to four criminal organizations considered high-level threats to national security, according to Criminal Intelligence Service Canada.
The federal agency released its 2024 Public Report on Organized Crime, which contains data from law enforcement across the country.
The report found that “organized crime remains a preeminent threat to Canada’s security, contributing to thousands of deaths annually from overdoses due to illicit drugs, as well as firearms and gang violence.”
As I reflect on the sordid details we know (and I wouldn’t presume to claim we know everything), one truth becomes glaringly obvious: Hunter Biden isn’t just unraveling Joe Biden’s presidency. He’s exposing the tangled web of narratives the establishment has spun since 2016. Whether it’s the laptop labeled a “hoax” by more than 50 intelligence officials — despite its now-confirmed authenticity by Biden’s own DOJ — or Hunter’s role at Burisma, Ukraine, and the Russian interference charade, his involvement has been the common denominator in scandal after scandal. The pardon issued by “the Big Guy” isn’t just a get-out-of-jail-free card for Hunter; it’s a desperate attempt to prevent further unraveling.
Canada’s spy agency says it will disclose “some information” about foreign interference to Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, who has resisted getting the national security clearance he needs to review classified documents about the issue because it would muzzle him.
The Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) told CBC News on Saturday that it’s determined “the disclosure of some information to the leader of the Official Opposition through a threat reduction measure is appropriate.”
Classified information is typically shared only with people who have an appropriate security clearance and a relevant need to know, CSIS said in a statement.
