It’s been said that “Success has many fathers, but failure is an orphan.” By that standard, the Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC), more commonly known as the green slush fund), is a failure. No one in the Liberal government or the federal bureaucracy even admits to knowing about the widespread misspending of taxpayer dollars – nearly $1 billion – nor the handing out of rich contracts to friends of the fund’s directors and the directors themselves.
“The attempt to block economic cooperation under all sorts of pretexts and break up the interdependence of the world is nothing but backpedaling,” declared China’s President Xi Jinping at the just concluded APEC summit in Peru.
“Stand up to protectionism and unilateralism,” said Ren Hongbin, a former Commerce Ministry official and now chairman of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, also at APEC. “There is the rhetoric of the decoupling and derisking,” he warned. “The artificial severance of the global supply chain is detrimental for everyone”
New provincial legislation will target “bad-actor” immigration consultants who prey on newcomers with fines and lifetime bans as punishment.
Announced Wednesday in Brampton by David Piccini, minister of labour, immigration, training and skills development, the measures will set out new, tougher rules for immigration representatives that could require them to issue written contracts, show proof of their licence, and give applicants the right to see their files.
With temperatures dropping, nights growing longer and decorations starting to appear in store windows, the holidays are on their way. One of the season’s stalwarts, however, is feeling a little less cozy for some people: Coca-Cola, known for its nostalgia-filled holiday commercials, is facing backlash for creating this year’s ads with generative artificial intelligence.
The three commercials, which pay tribute to the company’s beloved “Holidays Are Coming” campaign from 1995, feature cherry-red Coca-Cola trucks driving through sleepy towns on snowy roads at night. The ads depict squirrels and rabbits peeking out to watch the passing caravans and a man being handed an ice-cold bottle of cola by Santa Claus.
The AI Genie is not going back in the bottle.
He’s back.
Rob Reiner has posted his first message to X / Twitter following Kamala Harris’ loss to President-elect Donald Trump two weeks ago. In his brief message, he urged the left to build a “competitive information distribution system” to combat “disinformation” — a baffling suggestion since the left already controls the vast majority of the corporate news media and nearly all online search engines.
h/t Mauser
Northvolt, a Swedish battery maker, has filed for bankruptcy.
The company received millions from Quebec taxpayers and was promised billions from the Liberals. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau referred to the company’s Canadian activity as a “win–win–win.”
Based on photos and artist renderings found online, the company didn’t build much on its site southeast of Montreal.
Amid the furor over the 2024 election, many leftists abandoned pro-free speech X for a social media alternative, and the results are stunning.
Platform Bluesky is attempting to cater to its most anti-free speech users, claiming it will increase censorship to “max capacity,” but apparently it can’t crush speech fast enough to satisfy its user base. Many leftists, especially after the 2024 election turned into a landslide victory for Republicans, lashed out at President-elect Donald Trump’s ally and X owner Elon Musk, leaving X behind.
Greenpeace activists chained themselves to a mockup of oil-extraction equipment outside the official residence of the Official Opposition leader Thursday morning.
It’s not clear whether Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and his family were at home at the Stornoway residence at the time.
Two protesters chained themselves to replica pumpjacks to call out what Greenpeace says is Poilievre’s “anti-climate agenda.”
UPDATE: two peaceful activists from @GreenpeaceCA have just been arrested at Stornoway, the official residence of the Leader of the Opposition @PierrePoilievre, while calling out Poilievre's anti-climate agenda. #Poilievre #PolCan pic.twitter.com/leeLk1lz92
— Greenpeace Canada (@GreenpeaceCA) November 21, 2024
If nothing else, at least David Strom got an answer to his question earlier today. At least one person has noticed that no one seems to be in charge, and that’s Nate Silver. He also wonders why no one has done anything about it yet.
Heading into America’s election day, the mainstream media wrote repeatedly that the race was neck-and-neck, a dead heat. When Donald Trump won decisively it was another standout example – remember his 2016 win over Hillary Clinton? – of him making the American media wrong again.
For all the beatings Mr. Trump has laid on the Washington establishment, few can match the thrashing he has given the traditional media complex.
Canada would arrest Israeli PM if he came to Canada: Trudeau
The absolute NERVE of this little pr*ck. @fancypants_s https://t.co/Xjv2YsGnPh
— Auntie Polly (@auntie_polly) November 21, 2024
Twitchy is killing me!
h/t Auntie Polly
The Illinois Supreme Court overturned disgraced Empire actor Jussie Smollett’s hate crime hoax on Thursday, ruling that he cannot be tried again.
Cook County’s State’s Attorney Kim Fox had initially struck a plea deal with Smollet, requiring the actor to forfeit his $10,000 bond and complete 15 hours of volunteer community service.
Shitty deal for a shitty human who is guilty as shit.
President-elect Donald Trump plans to revive the long-delayed Keystone XL pipeline on his first day back in the White House.
Sources close to Trump’s transition team told Politico that the president-elect wants to signal his commitment to pro-oil policies by declaring the 1200 mile Canada-to-Nebraska crude pipeline project active again.
h/t DS & Mauser
BREAKING: Matt Gaetz withdraws himself from being Trump's Attorney General pick, says his confirmation was becoming a "distraction to the critical work" of the Trump transition. pic.twitter.com/9Sq54lOBv1
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) November 21, 2024
More … Gaetz Withdraws
h/t patthedog
