If we needed proof that there are too many women in charge… @fancypants_s https://t.co/yRJuOHSsbk
— Patti Jo (@TheSupeHero) March 26, 2026
Perennial laggard Canada now the equal of Albania after clearing NATO’s 2% bar
Canada crossed the politically significant threshold of meeting NATO’s defence spending benchmark of two per cent of gross domestic product, according to the Western alliance’s annual secretary general’s report and compilation of statistics released on Thursday.
It is the first time since the late 1980s — toward the end of the Cold War — that the country has met the target, which has in recent years taken on enormous political and symbolic significance.
France: Rapey Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan gets 18 years for sexual assaults
A Paris court has sentenced in absentia Swiss Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan to 18 years in prison for the rape of three women.
On Wednesday evening, the former Oxford University professor was found guilty of all three counts that took place between 2009 and 2016, marking his latest fall from grace.
Ramadan has continuously denied the allegations brought to the French court but later admitted to having had contact with the women.
… However, since Switzerland does not extradite its citizens to other countries, it is unclear how the well-known academic will be brought to justice.
GOLDSTEIN: Wishful thinking by the Liberals damaged our economy
When it comes to energy policy, Canada is under duress from two decades of Liberal governments that — to reverse the popular phrase from Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Davos speech — treated the world “as they wished it to be, not as it is.”
The Liberals wished for the world to run on wind, solar power and biomass, while in the real world it runs on oil, natural gas and coal.
British factories brace for an energy crisis worse than the 1970s
Europe’s fuel supplies could be squeezed within days, and governments need to act.
That is the ominous warning from Wael Sawan, the boss of Shell boss, who this week said “a ripple effect” could see the continent’s energy security hit “as we get into April”.
A growing number of governments across the world are already introducing exceptional measures to limit the amount of fuel people use as the world reels from the Middle East energy supply shock triggered by war in Iran.
RCMP, CSIS reviewing Vancouver company accused of ties to Hezbollah, minister says
Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree says Canadian national security agencies are looking into a B.C. company accused of financial ties to the Iran-backed Hezbollah group.
The RCMP and Canadian Security Intelligence Service are “reviewing the situation and then they will have more to say,” the minister, who oversees the agencies, said on Wednesday.
And once again we learn of skullduggery from our neighbor to the south.
Who wants what and why from US-Iran peace talks?
When one side, the US, says there are ongoing, productive negotiations to end the war and the other side, Iran, says “no, there are not”, then who to believe?
What exactly is going on behind the scenes? Should we believe that peace in the Gulf is just around the corner? Or are both sides settling in for a costly, protracted war that will keep energy prices high, affecting the whole world right through the summer?
Messages are certainly being passed from the US to Iran, but indirectly, via intermediaries like Pakistan that enjoy good relations with both governments.
U.S. forces are striking targets to degrade the Iranian regime's military infrastructure and capabilities that have threatened American troops and regional partners for decades. pic.twitter.com/wPIR1c6kA0
— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) March 25, 2026
The Pendulum of Canadian Immigration Policy Swings Again
Canadian immigration policy continues to swing back and forth, with the federal government already moving to ease certain restrictions only months after sharply cutting targets last fall.
In the latest swing, Ottawa announced on March 13 a relaxation of rules for the Temporary Foreign Worker (TFW) program in rural Canada. At the request of any premier, it will boost the allowable share of low-wage TFWs in rural workforces from 10 percent to 15 percent.
The move highlights a growing tension at the heart of Canada’s immigration system: Ottawa is trying to reduce overall immigration levels and respond to a more skeptical public, while managing millions of temporary residents already in the country and accommodating employers who complain of labour shortages. The result is a policy that loosens even as it tightens.
Nottingham police ‘too worried about being called racist to catch dangerous criminals’
Police are too worried about being labelled racist to tackle dangerous criminals, the inquiry into the Nottingham attacks has heard.
Emma Webber, whose 19-year-old son Barnaby was one of three people killed by Valdo Calocane, a paranoid schizophrenic, said officers were “spending far too much time worrying about discrimination and segregation and doing the wrong thing because somebody’s of a certain colour or certain religion”.
The inquiry previously heard that Calocane was not sectioned after a previous violent attack because he was black.
Should voting be mandatory in Canada? The NDP plan to make it an issue at their convention
The NDP will debate calling for mandatory voting in federal elections at its Winnipeg convention this weekend, a long-shot move that could make Canada the first G7 nation to compel its citizens to hit the polls.
It’s one of 70 policy proposals that grassroots New Democrats will be mulling over when they gather, according to documents obtained by the Star, that include pitches touching on a wide range of issues, from industrial strategy and Donald Trump’s trade war to overhauling the Senate and electoral reform.
WTF?
🚨 Paramount has cancelled the show https://t.co/fLJ1RFs7Xu
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) March 23, 2026
h/t Patti Jo
Vice May Be Tightening on Jack Smith as GOP Senators Expose Staggering Scope of His Secret Surveillance of Trump Allies
The sweeping scope of the surveillance of Republican lawmakers and Trump advisors by Special Counsel Jack Smith during the Biden Administration is only now coming into clear view — and Republicans are seething anew at the hard charging prosecutor.Documents shared on Tuesday — a secret memorandum prepared by Mr. Smith’s office and appended emails — by the Republican-controlled House Judiciary Committee as well Senator Charles Grassley provide the fullest glimpse yet of both of the special counsel’s cases against Mr. Trump.
WTF?
The traditional gavage practice of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania is a custom that forcibly fattens girls aged 5-15 for marriage.
They are force-fed milk or high-calorie foods several times a day. If they refuse, they are subjected to torture and having their toes crushed. pic.twitter.com/hg8dxSYK53
— Dr. Maalouf (@realMaalouf) March 25, 2026
Gay Pride leaders say they need $9 million from Liberals to fund parades
Pride leaders across Canada are asking the feds for $9 million to fund their festivals.
At a press conference on Tuesday, Callie Metler, Executive Director of Ottawa’s Capital Pride, claimed the money given to pride organizations in Budget 2025 was not enough.
WTF?
Now this is wild
Man in Cuba shows that the whole country is dark, there isn’t any electricity anywhere, except one place
The one place with electricity is where the liberals are staying that flew over on a private jet paid for by a NGO to protest Donald Trump pic.twitter.com/xdH1LCDXLs
— Wall Street Apes (@WallStreetApes) March 25, 2026