Most Canadians worried euthanasia targets poor citizens but still support practice overall

A new poll has found that most Canadians fear the nation’s euthanasia regime unfairly targets those who are financially and socially vulnerable but still support the practice in general.

The poll, conducted by Angus Reid and released on November 21, showed that roughly three-in-five respondents, or 62 percent, “worry financially or socially vulnerable people will consider MAID (Medical Assistance in Dying) because they lack adequate care.”

Worryingly, the poll also found that 63 percent of respondents were fine with Canada’s current euthanasia laws.

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Canada Didn’t Live Up to Its Values on Immigration in Recent Years, Carney Says

Ignatieff but without the charm.

Canada didn’t live up to its values on immigration over the last few years as it allowed more people into the country than it could absorb, said former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney.

Carney, who is a special adviser to the Liberal party, made the comments at an event on Wednesday in Ottawa held by Cardus, a Christian think tank.

“I think what happened in the last few years is we didn’t live up to our values on immigration,” Carney said.

What a crock. He’s only sorry they got caught.

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The anti-drone tech used by UK troops to defend US military bases

Small units of British troops have been deployed to four US air force bases in the UK to operate a highly sophisticated system to detect, track and either defeat drones or find the pilots responsible.

The drones they are up against vary in size and configurations, according to the US military, and do not appear to be the work of hobbyists since their flights were co-ordinated over a series of days. They still continue to be flown in the vicinity of RAF Lakenheath, RAF Mildenhall, RAF Feltwell and RAF Fairford, according to a US air force spokesman on Wednesday morning.


Langley, Colorado and now this. More and more it’s starting to look like the US is testing its own tech. Is it breakthrough stuff?

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Public opposition to immigration surges amid rising tensions

Support for Canada’s record-high immigration levels has plummeted, according to new polling by the Department of Immigration.

Blacklock’s Reporter says the decline in approval comes as Canadians express concerns over the strain on housing, social services, and societal integration, coinciding with heightened tensions following anti-Israel protests and incidents of antisemitic violence.

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Does Labour back Islamic blasphemy laws?

What century is this again? Earlier today, at Prime Minister’s Questions, a Labour MP stood up in parliament demanding the introduction of Islamic blasphemy laws. Tahrir Ali, the MP for Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley, asked Keir Starmer whether he would ‘commit to introducing measures to prohibit the desecration of all religious texts and the prophets of the Abrahamic religions?’.

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The fading ‘pipe dream’ of Ukraine’s foreign legion

Even before he was taken prisoner by Russian forces last weekend, former British Army soldier James Anderson had had people warning him that going to fight in Ukraine might be a bad idea. His own family, for one, had begged him not to go, fearing he wouldn’t come back alive. But like thousands of other young men worldwide, the lure of life as a freedom fighter in the International Legion for the Defence of Ukraine proved impossible to ignore.

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Western Europe’s Muslim Problem

Radical Muslim gangs who harbor hatred for Western culture and believe that Islam is the answer for all bear a visceral and violent antisemitic hatred for Israel and Jews. The pogrom perpetrated by Arab and Turkish Muslims earlier this month on Israeli and Jewish fans of Maccabi Tel Aviv, a leading Israeli soccer team, in the streets of Amsterdam illustrates the point. The local (Amsterdam) authorities feigned efforts to contain the Muslim horde, which did not prevent the beating of scores of Israelis and Jews and the hospitalization of six. For many, it conjured up images of the evil perpetrated by the SS of Nazi Germany and the Kristallnacht pogrom of 1938. Attacks on Jews and Israel are now widely evident in other major western European cities, including Berlin, Brussels, London, Madrid, and Paris.

h/t kiki9

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Ireland’s migration election History shapes the nation’s populism

In many ways, Dundrum looks like the average Irish village. There’s a family butcher, a pub called Bertie’s, and rows of squatting slate-grey terraces. Yet walk down the R505, where Dundrum melts into the hedgerows of County Tipperary, and you’ll soon spot something else. There, outside Dundrum House, is an anti-migrant camp. Established back in August, locals are fighting the planned settlement of 277 refugees, with the former hotel set to be converted into an International Protection Accommodation Services (IPAS) centre.

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