In case Justin Trudeau’s new policy is too subtle, let this detail draw the picture: His government is lifting the GST on Christmas trees.
In the New Year, the trees will be dumped on the curb, the dead needles will be swept up, and soon afterward, by Feb. 15, the GST holiday will be over too.
But an election will soon be at hand.
To whoever did this, thank you for the opportunity to once again, prove our point.
And that's Congresswoman Nancy Mace, to you. Don't worry, we put this trash where it belongs. pic.twitter.com/LsEk312fw9
— Rep. Nancy Mace (@RepNancyMace) November 21, 2024
The French media regulator has fined the conservative channel CNews €100,000 for, during a Catholic programme, saying that abortion is the world’s leading cause of death. The episode reveals the extent to which the debate on abortion is deadlocked in France.
In February 2024, presenter Aymeric Pourbaix, during the Catholic programme “En quête d’esprit,” broadcast every Sunday on the conservative channel CNews, showed an infographic on the causes of death, ranking abortion as the leading cause, with 73 million deaths each year worldwide. That translates to 52% of annual deaths, far ahead of cancer (10 million) and smoking (6.2 million).
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Post-Election Blues, an original song
How touching pic.twitter.com/LnJaWM5YgE
— Chief Trumpster (@ChiefTrumpster) November 20, 2024
MIND WASH
One of the greatest to ever do it! pic.twitter.com/sjWI9PbJtj
— RyanFJBLGB (@RyanPatrick1991) November 20, 2024
One of the first politic polls of Canadians since the latest U.S. presidential election has found no evidence of a so-called “Trump Bump” for Canada’s governing Liberal party. What’s more, for the first time since the Liberals were elected in 2015, they are tied in second place with the New Democratic Party, far behind the opposition Conservatives.
Over the period from Nov. 14 to Nov. 19, Abacus Data conducted a national survey of 1,915 Canadian adults exploring several topics related to Canadian politics and current events, one of the pollster’s regular national omnibus surveys.
DOCUMENTS: @MarcMillerVM reneges on promise to restrict 1M foreigners in the workforce, OKs regulations @CitImmCamada admits will cost Canadian students jobs. https://t.co/lQ7jM60BN6 #cdnpoli pic.twitter.com/QTSq4JjN5G
— Blacklock's Reporter (@mindingottawa) November 21, 2024
“Immigration Minister Marc Miller yesterday enacted new regulations he acknowledged will cost Canadian jobs, a first for any federal cabinet. Miller’s department in a legal notice quietly reneged on a public promise to limit foreign students in the workforce: “This may result in increased competition for Canadians.””
The European way of life is in danger from Nato’s adversaries, the head of the German army warned as his French counterpart said that poorer countries were beginning to acquire destructive technologies that could overtake the West.
Military leaders have issued a series of warnings recently about Europe’s ability to defend itself as Ukraine loses ground to Russia in the east and Donald Trump’s imminent return to the White House piles pressure on America’s allies.
General Alfons Mais, the German army chief, said the time had come to be frank with the public about the price that would have to be paid to ensure their future safety, in the form of considerably higher defence spending.
My intent is to offer some criticism of the status quo so that we can learn and then perhaps some sort of question period to get into some solutions. Essentially, in my opinion, ‘“Strong, Secure, Engaged”,’ the precursor to the current defence policy, delivered nothing substantive in terms of modern military equipment, which saw Canada, in fact, become weaker, more insecure, and essentially absent from the deployable stables of troops required for either United Nation missions, or, of course, NATO.
In 2012, the Tesla tycoon Elon Musk took a Boris bike on a tour around London bathing in the Olympics love-in, declaring to his Twitter followers that “I really like Britain!”.
Musk had good reason to be pleased that year, having made his first appearance on the prestigious Forbes Billionaire List – with a modest £1.58 billion fortune.
Twelve years later, Musk’s fortune is valued at $251 billion (£191 billion), thanks to Tesla becoming the world’s largest car company. But, jarringly, his valuation of the UK appears to have gone into reverse gear.
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has announced his cabinet pick to fulfill his campaign promise to impose broad tariffs. Though the ramifications for Canada remain to be seen, here is what the appointment could indicate.
Trump announced on Nov. 19 that Howard Lutnick will become secretary of commerce in his administration acceding to the White House in early 2025.
Trump said Lutnick, CEO of financial services firm Cantor Fitzgerald, will be leading the “Tariff and Trade agenda” and that he will also have direct responsibility over the Office of the United States Trade Representative. Lutnick is also serving as co-chair of Trump’s transition team.
The Cartels should be concerned.
Tory leader Pierre Poilievre debunked Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s grand gesture of a two-month GST break on restaurant bills, processed food and children’s toys.
The Liberals announced Thursday morning the federal government would suspend GST on selected items from mid-December to mid-February, plus send all Canadians who filed a tax return, worked in 2023 and made less than $150,000 a $250 rebate in the spring.
What you’re going to hear now and in the coming days from the national media is that there are “graphic” details in a police report related to an alleged sexual assault involving Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming nominee for Defense secretary. It’s certainly graphic, but the media will bet you won’t bother reading the report, which in reality looks really bad for the alleged victim and effectively clears Hegseth of criminality.
THESE days it feels to me as though the very things that define our once-great country are constantly under attack.
Our proud history. Our national identity. Our unique culture. Our shared values. Our distinctive way of life.
And now, as shocking events this week reveal, our belief in free speech, free expression and individual freedom.
Back to Biblical times and beyond, great floods and storms were the promised punishments for those who sinned against the fashionable orthodoxies and beliefs. It is of course a natural go-to for modern day prophets of climate doom. Needless to say, inconvenient scientific facts are unwelcome in the Latter Day Church of Net Zero, so alarmists are cautioned to stop reading here. The rest of us can digest recent research by Paul Homewood on the British climate in 2023 and published by the Global Warming Policy Foundation. This notes that sea level rises are showing no acceleration over multi-decadal scales and rainfall is not becoming more extreme, while storms have become less powerful over recent years.
