OTTAWA — The Conservative Party is facing internal strife as some insiders want to see Erin O’Toole ousted as leader, while newly elected MPs hope for some semblance of unity.
After failing to dethrone the Liberals and pick up more seats this federal election, O’Toole must shift from fighting for Justin Trudeau’s job to fighting for his own.
However, Calgary Nose Hill MP Michelle Rempel Garner says she and her colleagues headed back to Ottawa are focused squarely on their role as opposition.
Canada was never a global superpower and, frankly, didn’t need to be. Where other nations had military might and economic weight to throw around, we had international goodwill, a reputation for doing the right thing, and an enviable relationship with the United States. Under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that relationship has now been squandered at the cost of our international credibility.
Which side of the velvet rope are you on? Are you one of the cool kids? Were you born on the right side of the tracks? Did your ancestors come over on the Mayflower? Are you on the Forbes 400 list of the richest Americans? And now another question to test your social standing: Do you have a high enough status so that you don’t have to wear a face mask?
Iconic British auction house Christie’s is set to auction off an NFT digital art piece of a white man being sold as a slave, with the artist describing the piece as a commentary on slavery’s role in “developing capitalism.”
White Male for Sale – a short video of a white man standing on an auction block in New York City – was created by 56-year-old American artist Dead Scott and will be auctioned by Christie’s and the Cristin Tierney Gallery on October 1.
Pakistan: Three Muslim gunmen forcibly abducted 16-year-old Muqadas, a Christian, from her family home and seriously injured her grandmother who tried to stop them. According to the report, “The whole incident was seen by a village of witnesses who ran out of their homes to see what was causing loud shrill screaming….” As usual, police initially refused to register the crime until three days later and after much pressure, including from a foreign human rights association.
“Even then, police visited the family home of the abductor Mohammed Azim Malik and failed to locate him or the missing child and instead of placing Mr. Malik on a wanted list, [they] allowed time for Mr. Malik to beat Muqadas into submission [and then to escape].”
Instead of offering to help locate them, the Muslim wife of the rapist, when approached by some local Christian women, proceeded to say that her husband had “done a good deed.”
A pogrom in the American House of Representatives.
A pogrom in the House?
Who knew that the debate over re-funding Israel’s Iron Dome would turn out to be a gut-wrenching emotional experience?
Who knew there’d be a debate at all?
Usually, these things are automatic. When it comes to partnering with our greatest ally in the region on matters of security, it’s a done deal.
The legal settlement Prince Andrew hopes will get his sex assault case dismissed will not protect him from a lawsuit filed by his accuser Virginia Roberts, two sources have told the Mail.
Lawyers for the Duke of York have asked to see a secret document signed in 2009 by Miss Roberts to resolve a civil case she brought against Jeffrey Epstein, claiming it will release the Queen’s second son from liability for her claims.
But two people close to the case insist the confidential agreement does not apply to him, dealing a potentially major blow to Andrew’s chances of avoiding a courtroom showdown over her claims.
The center-left Social Democrats are ahead of the conservative CDU/CSU bloc by around 1%, according to initial projected results. In such a tight race, the possibilities for a coalition are still unclear.
EDMONTON — Canada’s ambassador to the U.S. says the Chinese government initiated the dialogue to release Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor.
Speaking to CTV’s Question Period Sunday, ambassador Kirsten Hillman said that as the judicial negotiation of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou’s case with the U.S. Department of Justice came closer to a resolution, China began to bow to pressure to release the two Canadians.
I don’t doubt it. But it was done to suit China’s ends & not out of the goodness of their heart or fear of public opinion. It further serves to drive a wedge between Canada and its allies, especially the US. Trudeau is a useful idiot.
“A few days ago I wrote about the documents leaked to DRASTIC, the online coronavirus sleuths, which involve proposed coronavirus research in 2018. A group of researchers led by Peter Daszak of the EcoHealthAlliance submitted an application for DARPA funding, the goal of which was to identify dangerous coronaviruses in bats and then attempt to inoculate wild bats against some of those viruses. It was called Project DEFUSE and ultimately DARPA refused to fund it saying it was too dangerous and too close to gain-of-function research.”
A Picnic Protest opposing vaccine passports has taken over Stephen Avenue in Calgary.
Full story coming soon at https://t.co/w9zAH1MOnX. pic.twitter.com/uJjKtBlI0q
— Adam Soos ⳩ (@ATSoos) September 26, 2021
Iceland has become the first country in Europe to have more women than men in parliament, a day after a general election that left the future of the prime minister, Katrín Jakobsdóttir, in doubt despite her left-right coalition winning a clear majority.
Of the 63 seats in the Althing parliament, 33 – or 52% – were won by women, projections based on the final results showed on Sunday. No other European country has had more than 50% female lawmakers, with Sweden coming closest at 47%, according to data compiled by the World Bank.
In August, someone painted several racist and offensive slurs on a building at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. At the time, local news outlet WSBTV reported that the “Emory Autism Center has become the target of several crimes, including burglary and vandalism, including graffiti of racial slurs and swastikas.”
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is being urged by several experts on sexual misconduct in the military to name a new defence minister as he sets about building a new cabinet following Monday’s federal election.
The calls are based on a belief that Harjit Sajjan has lost credibility when it comes to addressing what senior commanders themselves have described as an existential crisis within the Canadian Armed Forces.
Justin could appoint himself.
