Trudeau’s address to European Parliament focuses on the rising threats to democracies
PM Trudeau, in recent months, under your quasi-liberal boot, Canada 🇨🇦 has become a symbol of civil rights violations. The methods we have witnessed may be liberal to you, but to many citizens around the🌎it seemed like a dictatorship of the worst kind. pic.twitter.com/FZuc6aDZ1I
— Mislav Kolakusic MEP 🇭🇷🇪🇺 (@mislavkolakusic) March 23, 2022
h/t Clink
Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson refused to define the word ‘woman’ during the fiery second day of her confirmation hearing conducted by the Senate’s Judiciary Committee.
The moment came during a tense exchange with Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) who pressed Jackson on sex and gender issues amid the fallout of biological male swimmer Lia Thomas storming to victory in the NCAA championships against female competitors.
Sen. Marsha Blackburn: “Can you provide a definition for the word woman?”
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson: “I can’t… I’m not a biologist.”
— Benny (@bennyjohnson) March 23, 2022
Another transgender woman — born as a biological male — has been turned back by Ukrainian officials at the Polish border and told to fight for the country.
TORONTO – Unifor says former national president Jerry Dias accepted $50,000 from a supplier of COVID-19 rapid test kits that he promoted to employers of Unifor members, several of whom purchased those test kits.
After an internal investigation, Unifor national secretary-treasurer Lana Payne says he stands charged with violating the code of ethics and democratic practices of the Unifor constitution.
The lines for sugar in Saratov were hard not to compare to the Soviet era, part of a recent run on Russian staples that have revived fears that the Kremlin’s invasion in Ukraine will lead to a virtual slide back to the shortages or endless queues of the Soviet Union.
Bags of sugar and buckwheat began disappearing from local markets in early March, just a week after Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine. And when the local mayor’s office announced that it would hold special markets for people to buy the staples last week, hundreds showed up.
One of the many unexpected effects of Russia’s unprovoked and brutal attack on Ukraine is that Canada’s (perennially) low defence spending is attracting renewed attention, including numerous calls for it be to increased. As long-time observers of Canadian defence policy know, convincing governments to act on this file is no simple task. Perhaps these calls will result in significant and permanent changes. But I’m not holding my breath.
The Taliban are using detentions, repression, censorship, and killings to tighten their grip on power.
While the world’s attention is focused on Ukraine, Afghanistan has plunged into darkness. The Taliban are tightening their control amid growing reports of detentions, rapes, and summary executions of minorities, rights advocates, women, and people associated with the old government or the new resistance.
In the weeks since Russia’s Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine, the Taliban have extended bans on many parts of what was once normal life before they took over the country last summer. Clampdowns on media, entertainment, and traditional holidays have been extended as the Taliban revive old practices, such as kidnapping foreigners for political leverage.
I remember the new and improved “Taliban light” yarn the media was telling just last year.
Behind the scenes of the removal of residential schools memorial from Parliament Hill
OTTAWA — The federal government had originally hoped to remove a Parliament Hill memorial dedicated to Indigenous children who died and went missing from residential schools months earlier than actually happened last year, according to newly released documents.
Hundreds of tiny shoes, stuffed animals and flowers began appearing around the Centennial Flame in front of Parliament’s Centre Block last spring, after the Tk’emlups te Secwepemc Nation announced ground-penetrating radar had found the possible remains of about 200 children on the site of a former residential school near Kamloops, B.C.
Maybe they could put the items in a church and burn it down!
A California man suspected of taking part in the US Capitol riots last year has been granted asylum in Belarus.
Evan Neumann fled the US after being charged in connection with the riots.
The 48-year-old first settled in Ukraine, before reaching Belarus where he asked for asylum – claiming he faced “political persecution” in the US.
A Belarusian official said Mr Neumann has been granted permission to remain in the country “indefinitely”.
If history is any guide, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau got the better of the deal he made with NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, ensuring the survival of his Liberal government until June 2025.
It’s not surprising since Trudeau, as PM and the senior partner in the negotiations, was playing from a position of strength.
Singh’s hand was much weaker — as the junior partner — and it showed in the final agreement.
Three in 10 Canadians say they would never vote Conservative: Nanos survey
Recent polling from Nanos Research shows Canadians believe a more socially progressive and economically centrist Conservative Party would make it more appealing.
According to the latest poll, commissioned by CTV News, when asked what would be the best path forward for the Conservative Party to make it a more appealing voting choice, 29 per cent of respondents said “be socially progressive and more centrist on economic issues.”
Meanwhile, 30 per cent said they would never vote Conservative.
It would appear the CPC braintrust is ahead of the curve in their quest to be the Liberal party.
Anastasia Taran, a 30-year-old waitress who escaped Irpin, described how the invasion of the Russian forces has turned the city into “hell,” Euromaidan Press reported.
“There are plenty of Russian soldiers out there who just shoot people who enter private homes and, at best, just kick people out of their homes,” said Taran who now provides tips on Instagram on how to get out of the city.
“They rape women and the dead are just being dumped. They open the basements where people are hiding and shoot them.”
Surging inflation has a growing number of Canadians concerned they won’t be able to stretch their dollars far enough to keep food on the table, according to the latest polling from Ipsos.
In a survey conducted exclusively for Global News from March 11-16, Ipsos found that six in 10 Canadians say they are concerned they might not have enough money to feed their families.
A woke Colorado school district announced that it will stop recognizing class ranks and valedictorians at their high schools, starting with the class of 2026. The school district cited “outdated” practices, and claimed that “learning is not a competition.”
Almost one month removed from the most disturbingly authoritarian moment in Canadian history, the Trudeau-Singh Emergencies Act, and there was only one asset that the Canadian government could not get its hands on – Bitcoin.
