Gun control is one of those ideas pushed by many of the same people who claim to be the champions of the poor. It’s amazing to me how often those denigrating the wealthy and calling for more effort to help the poor, then take on positions that negatively impact those very same poor people.
Smuggling migrants into the U.S. earns cartels and others involved in the practice as much as $6 billion a year, a senior Homeland Security official told Congress.
That staggering figure is much higher than other public estimates, though experts said they wouldn’t be surprised if the actual amount were higher still.
So much for being non-partisan.
A prominent doctor who sits on the Ontario Science Table is expected to be acclaimed later this month as an Ontario Liberal candidate for next year’s provincial election.
You may have met Geoffrey already, an adorable pink robot with hearts for eyes. A chunky, cheery droid who uses the pronouns “they/them” and reminds you to buy local, Geoffrey traverses downtown Toronto offering low-contact, low-cost food delivery at the tap of a smart phone.
How do they do it? In some cases, the answer isn’t local at all: while you may see Geoffrey ambling down your street, their driver might well be based in the Philippines — a 17-hour flight away.
The Canadian brainchild of ex-Uber engineers, Geoffrey is part of a wave of autonomous vehicle innovation that could — quite literally — change the face of the gig economy. For some human delivery couriers, that raises a question now international in scope: what are the implications for workers?
Cute but impractical in the planned urban dystopia of the future where roving gangs of unemployed deliverymen plunder at every opportunity.
A group of Brooklyn elementary-schoolers celebrating diversity through art got a tough lesson in adult politics after administrators deemed their cafeteria mural too divisive and had it removed, furious parents and teachers say.
Two women who stole a “Make America Great Again” hat from a President Trump supporter at the Democratic National Convention have pleaded guilty to hate crimes in connection to the viral confrontation.
Olivia Winslow and Camryn Amy were caught on video on Aug. 20 destroying Trump signs and snatching a red MAGA cap outside the DNC in Wilmington, Delaware, as Joe Biden gave his acceptance speech.
ZURICH (Sputnik) – Swiss prosecutors on Wednesday charged a Libyan imam with a hate crime over a sermon in which he called for attacks on people of other religions or ethnicity, media said.
Climate czar John Kerry’s family jet has flown 16 times this year alone amid what Kerry alleges to be a “climate crisis.”
“The climate crisis is the test of our own times and, while it may be unfolding in slow motion to some, this test is as acute and as existential as any previous one. Time is running out,” Kerry said in July.
Quebec Premier François Legault says his government will impose a vaccine passport system following a recent rise in COVID-19 infections.
Legault says Health Minister Christian Dubé will announce details in the coming days about how the system will work and when it will begin.
This comes as the province reported 305 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday as Quebec continues to see a daily surge in infections.
More… Trudeau suggests mandatory COVID-19 vaccines under review for some workers
Tracing the Chinese regime’s attempts to control the scientific discourse and push policy
From the World Health Organization’s early China-friendly messaging on the virus outbreak to influential papers dismissing the theory that the virus originated in a laboratory, Beijing’s sway over scientific discussions has come under increasing scrutiny during the pandemic. Some observers are also pointing out the communist regime’s footprint in the push for one side of the debate on the science and policy of lockdowns, which have had significant economic ramifications in the West.
As with many Canadians, I was delighted to see former prime minister Stephen Harper in the news pages and on video last week, after he did an interview with Joe Lonsdale for the “American Optimist” podcast.
OTTAWA – Federal Health Minister Patty Hajdu has sent a letter to her Alberta counterpart saying she shares concerns about the province’s plan to lift all of its COVID-19 health restrictions.
In the letter, addressed to Alberta Health Minister Tyler Shandro, Hajdu says she agrees with the Canadian Paediatric Society’s description of the move as an “unnecessary and risky gamble.”
She says recent modelling for Alberta forecasts a more serious resurgence in cases fuelled by the Delta variant, and all governments need to take reasonable steps to protect Canadians.
Why is Canada’s health minister backing up China’s lies?
Science expert Hajdu on coronavirus: ‘The risk remains low to Canadians’
Police in Virginia have classified Chris Chan, 39, as female because he says he’s a trans woman, but he is biologically male and has allegedly admitted to raping his mother, 79, who suffers from dementia. We live in a sick world.
Long the ubiquitous lecturing and hectoring federal minister of the environment, she hasn’t let her most recent portfolio keep her from preaching from the climate pulpit
Another plunge in ad revenue. Another threat to chop services. Another plea for more taxpayer bailout money.
Blacklock’s Reporter says CBC advertising revenues fell again last year by 18% and the state broadcaster said it will require more federal grants to offset commercial losses.
“Advertising revenue from conventional TV will continue to be under pressure,” management wrote in a CBC Corporate Plan Summary 2021-2025.
h/t Mauser
