‘Shock after shock:’ Ontario’s automaking heartland devastated after Stellantis’ Brampton bombshell

Canada’s automotive heartland is reeling a day after Stellantis delivered a blow to hopes it will restart its assembly plant in Brampton.

”I am very concerned, very concerned for the future of the auto industry in Ontario,” said Oshawa Mayor Dan Carter Wednesday.

On Tuesday, Stellantis announced a $13-billion U.S. manufacturing expansion, and is moving production of its popular Jeep Compass from Brampton to Illinois.

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China condemned over arrest of 30 Christians

Mass – “House church” China

Foreign governments and human rights groups have condemned the arrest of leaders of one of China’s largest underground Christian churches at a time of growing tension between Washington and Beijing.

The US and Germany have called for the release of 30 pastors of the Zion Church, including its founder, Jin Mingri, known as Ezra Jin. He was arrested on Saturday, seven years after the authorities imposed travel restrictions that have prevented him from visiting his family, who live in exile in the US.

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Ottawa threatens to sue Stellantis over move to shift Jeep production to U.S.

The Government of Canada is threatening to sue automaker Stellantis NV over its move to shift production of the Jeep Compass to Illinois from Brampton, Ont.

Industry Minister Mélanie Joly issued the warning in a letter to Antonio Filosa, chief executive officer of Stellantis, which on Tuesday unveiled a US$13-billion plan to boost auto production in the United States by 50 per cent over four years.

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Tommy Robinson joins Tel Aviv tour on illegal migration issues

British right-wing activist Tommy Robinson arrived in Israel on Wednesday and held a tour in southern Tel Aviv focused on the issue of illegal infiltration. The tour was led by Sheffi Paz, an activist with the “Front for the Liberation of South Tel Aviv,” together with Dudu Laniado, a Likud member of the Tel Aviv City Council, Israeli rapper Hatzel, Im Tirtzu activists, and others.

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Lapu-Lapu festival suspect should have been in hospital before attack, experts say

The man accused of driving an SUV through a crowded street festival in Vancouver this spring, killing 11, should have been hospitalized by his mental-health team in the days before the attack, say four past and present members of a tribunal that oversees involuntary hospital detentions.

These members of the Mental Health Review Board of British Columbia say Kai-Ji Adam Lo’s behaviour before the April 26 attack on the Lapu-Lapu Day Festival should have raised multiple red flags for members of his health team, who are trained to recognize them.

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Entertainment Arts’ New Saudi Owners Will Be Less Insufferable Than Old Woke Ones

Last month, leftists erupted when it was announced that former gaming titan Electronic Arts (EA) had been sold to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and a firm owned by Jared Kushner. Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund joined Kushner’s Affinity Partners to acquire the studio behind the “Madden,” “Battlefield,” and “Sims” franchises in a $55 billion deal.

EA had long been gamers’ preferred corporate villain. A pivot to live-service models in contrast to well-crafted single-player narratives alienated core fans, ballooning budgets meant that the company had to squeeze every penny out of consumers through predatory practices like loot boxes, and activist influencers within the company began poisoning content with their woke ideology. By the time the Saudis and Kushner appeared, shareholders were desperate to ditch a dying company.

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Radical Academics Seed the Ground for Violence

If my gentle attempt at open dialogue led to vilification from intolerant academics, then violence against influential non-radicals is foreseeable.

Critics observe that the increasing polarization of many Western societies and frequent violence against dissenters are due in part to leftwing indoctrination in their educational institutions. In my experience, few radical leftwing academics advocate violence. Yet many of them helped build an environment that condoned violence through their blind adherence to dogmas.

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Electric-vehicle companies urge Ottawa to stay on the communist path and keep sales mandate

Electric-vehicle companies urge Ottawa to maintain EV sales mandate

The electric-vehicle industry says the federal government’s move away from EV sales targets undermines the Canadian sector while threatening investment and job creation.

The government said in September it was dropping the requirement that 20 per cent of car sales be EVs in 2026, and launching a review of the entire program, which raised the requirement to 100 per cent by 2035.


I wonder who has lined up dealership rights for ChiCom EV’s?

h/t Mauser

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Fashion Turns: Trans and Queer Labels Fade Among U.S. Youth

Transgender and queer identification among young Americans has dropped sharply in just two years, according to new research.

Drawing on large-scale survey data, Professor Eric Kaufmann of the University of Buckingham found that the share of students identifying as a gender other than male or female has fallen from nearly 7% in 2023 to just 3.6% this year. In his report, he described this as a “startling and unanticipated post-progressive development.”

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The truth about Sharia law in Britain

Islamic law has a far more pernicious influence than our political class will admit.

In an incendiary speech to the United Nations General Assembly last month, Donald Trump claimed that the UK wants ‘to go to Sharia law’. UK prime minister Keir Starmer called the claim ‘nonsense’ and ‘ridiculous’. But could there be a grain of truth behind the US president’s bluster?

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Team Canada shoots on its own net in trade talks with China

There goes Team Canada.

The rock-solid group of premiers fighting as one in a trade war are being chipped apart, their united front undone not just by the threats of U.S. President Donald Trump but by the promises of the Chinese ambassador Wang Di.

Now Canada, caught in a trade war with two capricious superpower partners, is negotiating against itself. This country might as well put up a sign inviting bigger players to come to fleece us.

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