Merry Saint Nicholas Day!
Let us remember the real man and not the Coke version, but the one who embodied true generosity and adherence to belief.
To get one in the festive mood:
Tasha Kheiriddin: Catherine Tait makes the case for abolishing the CBC
Who needs Pierre Poilievre when you have Catherine Tait? If CBC was worried about the Conservative leader making the case for its demise, their president did it for them Monday night, on live television, no less. Appearing on The National with host Adrienne Arsenault, Tait was asked what Canadians will notice after CBC cuts 600 jobs, a full 10 per cent of its workforce, over the coming year.
‘I would be a dictator for one day if elected,’ says Donald Trump
Democrats immediately seized on former president’s comments, citing it as evidence that he is unfit for re-election next November
Donald Trump has said that he will become a dictator for a day if he is re-elected.
During an interview with Sean Hannity, the Fox News host, Mr Trump was asked if he would abuse his power to seek revenge on political opponents if he returned to the White House.
“You are promising America tonight, you would never abuse power as retribution against anybody?” Mr Hannity asked during a televised town hall event in Iowa.
Unprecedented decline in Canadians standard of living
Another study confirms this. The standard of living of Canadians is in constant decline. The situation is even worse than before the pandemic.
The indicator comes from GDP and its variations per hour worked and per capita, from which we can make a nod to productivity and standard of living. On this basis, it is known and documented that productivity growth in Canada has lagged behind countries with so-called developed economies for decades. Particularly compared to the United States. “ What is new is that productivity has actually reversed itself over the last five years, has declined, taking real GDP per capita with it on a downward trajectory. » Douglas Porter, chief economist of BMO, even speaks of a sustained decline in recent years without precedent since the post-war period.
Note – Google translate.
WHO calls for higher taxes on alcohol, sugary drinks
The World Health Organization (WHO) called on governments around the world to increase taxes on alcohol and sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs).
After studying taxation rates, the WHO said Tuesday that it believes the average global tax rate on “unhealthy products” was too low, while items such as wine are completely exempt from tax in some European countries.
Sounds like the globalist bug eating agenda is attempting a more subtle approach.
John Robson: When They Come for the Menorah, Don’t Think It’s Only About Jews
Can you think of a better time to tell Jews to keep their symbols out of our public spaces than while Hamas supporters roam Canada chanting “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free?” Moncton City Council apparently couldn’t.
For the first time in 20 years, no Hanukkah menorah in front of city hall for you. Council has now commendably backed down, and will install the menorah (and the nativity scene they had also nixed). But here it’s important to understand that, as Queen’s history professor Don Akenson once said, people may have small ideas, but “big ideas have people.” Including that sophisticated, inclusive respect for “religion” requires forbidding any actual religious practices.
University presidents is dumb
Let me help them out here: “Calling for the genocide [death] of anyone obviously constitutes harassment.” https://t.co/GH7lXLxxd6
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 6, 2023
Israel takes out half of Hamas’ battalion commanders
Israel’s army has killed half of Hamas’ battalion commanders since the war in Gaza began — including one caught on eerie video roaming the terror group’s tunnel network before his death, Israel said Tuesday.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamim Netanyahu reaffirmed his nation’s goal to eradicate Hamas when speaking to reporters — and claimed that the terrorist group has already lost about a dozen leaders of its estimated 24 battalions fighting in Gaza, the Times of Israel reported.
“We are settling accounts with all those who kidnapped, participated, murdered, slaughtered, raped and burned the daughters of our people,” Netanyahu said. “We will not forget, and we will not forgive.”
Duelling housing messages showcase different Conservative, Liberal strategies
OTTAWA – Every week now for more than a month, cabinet ministers have been appearing in front of cameras on Parliament Hill in an effort to convince Canadians that the Liberal government has the housing crisis in hand.
Ever since Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s summer cabinet shuffle, they’ve been scrambling to be seen making the cost of living a top priority, hoping to catch up to the runaway Conservatives on the issue of affordability.
Like clockwork, Housing Minister Sean Fraser appeared Tuesday alongside Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, this time to announce millions in spending to build or upgrade thousands of co-operative homes.
FBI says U.S. is facing highest risk of attack in YEARS: There are ‘blinking lights everywhere’ and warns terrorists will ‘exploit’ the southern border
FBI director Christopher Wray has warned that the United States is facing the highest risk of a terrorist attack in years in the aftermath of the October 7 Hamas atrocity in Israel.
Wray warned the Senate Judiciary Committee that there are ‘blinking red lights everywhere’ when asked to assess the ‘threat matrix’ faced by the U.S.
‘The threat level has gone to a whole ‘other level since October 7,’ Wray said.
Not sure whether he means Catholics or Mohammedans.
Tom Mulcair: Poilievre keeps scoring into the Liberals’ empty net
There really does appear to be a surliness in the land, perhaps fuelled by pent-up sentiments after several years of lockdowns, isolation and kids at home from school. The sudden return of high inflation(opens in a new tab) has no doubt contributed to the resentment.
Several premiers who were riding high after the pandemic have landed with a thud.
Doug Ford and Francois Legault were easily elected to second majority terms as their provinces exited the health crisis. Blaine Higgs of New Brunswick had earlier turned his minority government into a majority.
French Media Hide True Identity of Paris Attacker
The dark series of crimes inflaming French public opinion continues with a murder in the heart of the capital on Saturday night, December 2nd. Once again, controversy has erupted over the identity of the assailant, which the media and the political class were at pains to conceal in order to avoid facing up to the harsh realities of Islamism and immigration.
The attack took place in southwest Paris, not far from the Seine and the Eiffel Tower. A German tourist was killed, and two other people were injured. The German tourist suffered several blows to the head, back, and shoulders. Two other people were injured in the attack. One of them, an English tourist, was hit in the eye with a hammer.
Conservatives say credibility of foreign interference probe undermined by denying them full standing in first phase
The Official Opposition is criticizing the judge running the public inquiry into foreign interference for not granting the Conservative Party full standing in the first phase of this probe, a decision that means they cannot ask questions of witnesses or gain access to any secret evidence gathered.
The first part of the foreign interference inquiry will examine foreign interference by states such as China in the 2019 and 2021 federal elections. The second phase will examine what reforms are necessary to fight foreign interference.
‘War on Christmas’: Movement to Cancel Holiday in Canada Seen Before in Communist Regimes
The Canadian Human Rights Commission said in a recent report that having statutory holidays for Christian celebrations such as Christmas is “a form of discrimination … deeply rooted in our identity as a settler colonial state.”
It’s the latest shot across the bow in what’s often called a “war on Christmas,” primarily driven by those seeking to secularize public life, says Christmas expert and historian Gerry Bowler of the Frontier Centre for Public Policy.
Kamala Harris’s Performative Scolding of Israel
With Israelis in a grueling fight against a dangerous terrorist enemy, Vice President Kamala Harris was dispatched to Dubai to deliver a scolding of our close ally for the benefit of Arab leaders. Her remarks were morally weak and untethered from reality.