The rising tide of opposition to Pride celebrations by religious groups has exposed a deep divide, in which the basic rights all Canadians enjoy have collided in acrimony.
Canada pledges $450 million for UN climate change fund
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Canada will contribute $450 million to the United Nations’ main fund to help developing countries cope with climate change, the country’s climate minister said on Wednesday.
The pledge comes as countries prepare for this year’s UN COP28 climate negotiations. Questions around finance are already looming over the talks on how to cut CO2 emissions, which poorer nations say they cannot do without more support to cope with spiralling costs from climate change-fuelled disasters.
People can’t afford a roof over their head but what’s a few hundred million when you can virtue signal.
I can’t help but feel that Guilbeault and his fellow grifters slosh our money around to their friends to buy a cushy job for themselves once they leave office.
h/t Mauser
Fox News is sued for defamation by January 6 protestor Ray Epps after Tucker Carlson branded him a federal agent who ‘helped stage-manage the insurrection’
A former Marine and Trump supporter is suing Fox News for defamation over claims he helped incite the January 6 riots.
Ray Epps, 61, claims in a new lawsuit that he became the subject of various conspiracy theories after comments by the network’s former host Tucker Carlson.
The suit states: ‘Just as Fox had focused on voting machine companies when falsely claiming a rigged election, Fox knew it needed a scapegoat for January 6th.
Beijing Donated Communist Propaganda Books to City Library in Quebec
BROSSARD—Beijing made an unsolicited donation of Chinese language books to a municipal library in Quebec, which included a piece praising the accomplishments of the Communist Party.
The Chinese consulate in Montreal donated 300 books to a city on the south shore of Montreal in 2017, and attempted another donation in 2019, as first reported by the Journal de Montréal.
‘They’re Coming for Your Cars’
Even if politicians can push us all into e-vehicles, they will have to be small and scarce to achieve emissions goals.
“The Impossible Dream” is the title of a new report on electric vehicles from the Manhattan Institute’s Mark Mills. After reading the particulars one wonders whether that title is too optimistic. One issue that probably hasn’t received enough attention is that even if politicians can manage to force all of humanity out of cars with internal combustion engines, it will still be extremely hard to meet political emissions targets unless the surviving electric vehicles are small and scarce. What also may not be appreciated given all the alleged innovation surrounding EVs is that production of the minerals needed to make them may become less environmentally friendly, not more.
Ontario projected to see 5,000 euthanasia deaths in 2023 alone
The Canadian province of Ontario has seen deaths by state-sanctioned euthanasia skyrocket by 25 percent in the first five months of 2023, meaning the province is on track to see a whopping 5,000 die via the grim procedure this year alone.
According to up-to-date information posted online by the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition (EPC), Ontario saw some 1,866 deaths by medical assistance in dying (MAiD) from January to May 2023. By comparison, in the first five months of 2022, 1,488 people died by MAiD.
Seattle public schools will offer ‘gender affirming care’ to students as young as 11 years old at no cost
Schools in Seattle are currently offering free ‘gender affirming care’ to students as young as 11, a prominent parental rights organization has found – already enraging parents.
The service, laid bare in documents obtained by Parents Defending Education (PDE) this week, is provided by medical provider Country Doctor Community Health Centers – a facility that already offers hormone therapy and sex-change surgeries for adolescents.
PDE announced the arrangement Tuesday, singling out two health centers in particular – both of which are set in Seattle public schools.
Doug Ford not impressed with Olivia Chow’s threat to take the province to court
WINNIPEG— Premier Doug Ford is not impressed with comments made by new Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow — but says he expects she’ll work “collaboratively” with the province.
“The comments are disappointing — you know, already her first comments are about going to court,” he said Wednesday.
Chow has said the city will sue the province if it expropriates land for its Ontario Place plans, while also calling the province and federal governments “reluctant partners” when it comes to funding for Toronto.
Google Slapped With Giant Data Theft Lawsuit
Google is facing a class-action lawsuit for allegedly scraping the personal data of millions of users without consent and violating copyright laws to develop its AI products, CNN reported on Tuesday, July 11th.
The lawsuit was filed at the federal level by the California-based Clarkson Law Firm, the same company that brought a similar case against ChatGPT’s OpenAI last month. Google is being sued together with its parent company Alphabet and its AI subsidiary, DeepMind.
Boom!
Woke up to a lightning strike around 5:30 am.
Everything in the joint turned on due to a power surge.
Now I have power in half my unit.
Waiting for Hydro to do their stuff.
This happened once before and we lost K’s Apple computer and the TV, we had a surge protector installed in the breaker box after that episode.
So far everything that has power is working.
And now for a fridge update …
Thanks to everyone for their help.
In the end it seemed prudent to write the fridge off.
Not only had the fresh food section ceased to work but the door seals are also failing and I just couldn’t justify spending more on a unit we had paid around 1200 bucks for over a decade ago.
11 years seems a long lifespan for an appliance these days. Right now it doesn’t have power.
I hope the replacement lasts longer, I opted for a basic top freezer model from Frigidaire, one they’ve been making for years, lots of good reviews and I’m sure the internet never lies.
Cost is reasonable after a discount with taxes and delivery charges it’s just under $1100.00 Bucks
Delivery is Saturday. That was a motivator, other models I looked at had an August delivery “estimate.”
The ministers who can’t explain why they weren’t told
It is mid-July now, but there are a couple of cabinet ministers who have owed us explanations for months.
Both Bill Blair and Marco Mendicino haven’t adequately answered a question about why they didn’t know something important. Government officials tried to tell them, and somehow, neither was told.
But now the bigger issue is that there are no explanations.
One-Third of Canadians Report Being Unable to Pay Bills, Debts: Survey
One-third of Canadians say they cannot cover their bills and debt payments, while more than half state they are $200 or less away from being unable to cover their financial obligations, according to a new survey.
The latest results from the MNP Consumer Debt Index—gauging Canadians’ attitudes toward consumer debt and their ability to pay bills, cope with unexpected expenses, and adapt to interest rate fluctuations—were released on July 10 and indicate that Canadians’ concerns about debt and their ability to pay bills have reached unprecedented levels of concern.
Jim Jordan Slams FBI Director for Refusing to Tell Congress ‘Who Wrote’ and ‘Who Approved’ Anti-Catholic Memo
FBI director Christopher Wray appeared before the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday morning to address allegations from House Republicans that the federal agency has been politicized and is disproportionately targeting conservative Americans.
Within hours of the Covid jab I had brain damage
I AM 52 and I got brain tissue damage from my AstraZeneca vaccine on February 22, 2021, with a prognosis of seeing MS in my not-too-distant future by two consultants on the hospital ward. And this was after spending two weeks battling my GP surgery to be seen after developing serious symptoms within hours of having my dose.
No official diagnosis was given though I had and still have so many symptoms that align with Guillain–Barré syndrome, LMN, encephalitis and more which they have investigated and that I have since seen in my medical records but never told me they were going to look into.
Two-Tiered ‘Justice’ Intended to Incite Rebellion
John and Nisha Whitehead over at The Rutherford Institute always write compelling essays documenting America’s descent toward tyranny. “A State of Martial Law: America Is a Military Dictatorship Disguised as a Democracy” is no exception and deserves reading.
In that essay, the legal duo reminded me of something John Lennon once warned: “When it gets down to having to use violence, then you are playing the system’s game. The establishment will irritate you — pull your beard, flick your face — to make you fight. Because once they’ve got you violent, then they know how to handle you.”