Since Hamas’s horrific assault on Israeli civilians on 7 October, we’ve been told again and again about a precipitous rise in anti-Semitism in the United States. Pundits, politicians, community leaders and influencers say that anti-Semitism has reached levels not seen in generations. The problem is, outside of elite circles, it’s just not true.
Liberals confident deal with NDP to keep them in power will hold until June
Government House Leader Karina Gould said Tuesday she’s confident the NDP supply-and-confidence agreement that keeps the Liberal government in power will hold until its expected end date in June 2025.
That agreement, first signed in March 2022, allows the government to carry on without fear of falling on a confidence vote. If the two parties abide by the deal, there would be no federal election until next summer at the earliest.
Canada’s fixed-date election law dictates that a vote will happen in October of next year — but the prime minister could call one earlier than that if he wanted.
I wonder what these people are so afraid of me exposing in Ohio schools… they seem super nervous and triggered! pic.twitter.com/agQe7xNvi2
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) August 27, 2024
Everyone agrees that Canada faces a housing shortage. But it’s not a shortage of homes: it’s a shortage of homes people can afford. In Toronto, for example, there is currently a glut of condos on the market. Prices have fallen as investors offload properties: high interest rates mean their mortgage payments exceed the rents they can get.
Homes have become unaffordable because of the disconnect between wages and prices. Why? Because there’s a disconnect between wages and prices. The average price-to-earnings ratio in Canada more than doubled from 3.2 in 1980 to 6.7 in 2020. Vancouver currently has the highest price to earnings ratio , at 12.3, followed by Toronto at 9.3. To put that in perspective, to buy an average house in those cities in July 2024, you need a household income of $208,000 and $226,000 , respectively. Not exactly middle-class.
This is an example of an educated voter who took time to read policies and determine the best option.
In short, she’d vote for a bologna sandwich over Trump. pic.twitter.com/b0hui7QUlA
— Dr. Jebra Faushay (@JebraFaushay) August 27, 2024
The alliance between Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Donald Trump is many things. But first it’s an all-clear signal to a large class of less-than-fully brain-damaged Americans that it’s okay to quit being insane. As you know, this election is no longer a battle between the political Left and Right. It’s an epic struggle-session between the sane and the insane.
h/t Mauser
Here we go again. On Tuesday afternoon, special counsel Jack Smith filed a new indictment against Trump related to alleged interference in the 2020 election.
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced reductions to the temporary foreign worker program Monday, but there are many exceptions to the clampdown that could still see thousands of people brought to Canada for short-term work.
Trudeau said the program needs to be reined in as the country’s unemployment rate rises.
In a recent national poll, more than half of responding Americans believe that China is deliberately exporting fentanyl to the United States for the purpose of harming, or even destabilizing our nation.
Were that true, some might reasonably describe that strategy as an act of war.
For China, it would be historic payback time.
Having lost a generation, a nation, and an empire to opium introduced by Imperial Britain during the 1800s, no one knows better than the Chinese that a drug scourge can bring a country literally to its knees.
Why are you gov't clowns afraid to mention Islam? Or the fact the decision to import an incompatible culture, (that's Islam Deb), into Canada has caused deep societal harm. Ordinary Canadians pay a steep price for your cruel elitist values. You have no right to lecture anyone.
— Fancypants Maloney (@fancypants_s) August 27, 2024
Here’s a warning for Pierre Poilievre and the Conservatives: Don’t take Justin Trudeau for granted, the prime minister is currently in fighting form.
Trudeau showed up to his cabinet retreat in Halifax on Monday morning and went right into answering questions from the media.
Trudeau was immediately asked about his future as party leader, about the Toronto-St. Paul’s byelection loss in June, his sagging polls numbers and whether he should pull a Joe Biden and exit stage left.
Last week, we reported that Ford was canceling its plans for a three-row electric crossover as part of an adjustment to its electric strategy because of cooling demand for EVs. Now we are getting a better look at just how much that strategy is changing and what it’ll end up costing The Blue Oval. Chiefly, Ford is expected to take on $1.9 billion in related charges and write-downs.
The cancelation of this three-row EV comes after Ford said in the Spring that it would be delaying plans for the model by two years to 2027. It also comes during mounting pressure to restore aggressive discounts to get their current EVs off dealer lots.
h/t Mauser
In July, Victoria firefighter Josh Montgomery wrote a letter to British Columbia Premier David Eby, imploring him to stop the city from relocating a homeless hub where people are expected to use drugs to a new space next to a senior’s residence — and only steps from his own home, where his young daughters play outside.
Ukrainian forces have launched a new attack on Russia’s border, attempting to break through the Belgorod region southeast of the Kursk region they entered and occupied three weeks ago.
Russian Telegram channels with links to the security services said Ukrainians attacked the Nekhoteyevka border checkpoint, prompting Russian artillery to fire back. The Mash Telegram channel said that about 200 Ukrainian troops and infantry fighting vehicles had attacked the checkpoint at Nekhoteyevka.
Business groups are raising concerns about Ottawa’s decision to restrict the number of temporary foreign workers coming to Canada, warning that certain industries that are struggling to find workers could be adversely affected.
On Monday, Ottawa announced that employers will not be able to bring in foreign workers through the low-wage stream of the Temporary Foreign Workers Program (TFWP) in regions where the unemployment rate is six per cent or higher from Sept. 26 onwards.
That 6% figure was chosen for a reason, I bet unemployment figures will be jiggled accordingly.
