Dave’s ticker may be malfunctioning.
Jim Warren: Carney Liberals could provide opponents of petroleum and pipelines with a $1.0 billion war chest
And so it begins. Environmentalists and Indigenous groups have launched the first protests and legal actions threatening conventional energy production since Mark Carney became prime minister.
A few small protests have been held in Ontario and Quebec and a lawsuit was filed by nine First Nations this summer in response to Bill C-5 (the Building Canada Act). And environmentalists have filed suit for an injunction to reverse the Government of Saskatchewan’s decision to operate its coal-fired electrical power stations beyond the federal government’s 2030 shutdown deadline.
From the KGB to Gaza: How Soviet ‘Active Measures’ Still Manipulate the West
In 1984, Yuri Bezmenov, a former Soviet KGB officer turned defector, issued a chilling warning to the West. As a specialist in the USSR’s propaganda and subversion, he revealed how Moscow’s “active measures” were designed not only to mislead but to fundamentally destabilize societies from within. The West, convinced that victory in the Cold War would be purely military or economic, ignored his words. Yet Bezmenov understood what few in Washington or Brussels could grasp: the battlefield was psychological, cultural and moral.
Ford calls on Carney to keep 100% tariff on Chinese electric vehicles
Canada needs to maintain its 100 per cent tariff on Chinese electric vehicles, Ontario Premier Doug Ford said in an open letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney on Wednesday.
Ford said the measure is critical to securing a trade deal with the U.S. and protecting Canada’s auto sector.
“If the federal government removes its tariffs against Chinese-made EVs, you will contradict and undermine months of engagement with U.S. officials and lawmakers about the need to protect and enhance our highly integrated cross-border automotive supply chains,” Ford writes.
The China class will have the final word. My guess is 50-50 we’ll be driving Xi-Mobiles.
WTF?
It's a good metaphor for the entirety of Western Civilization. Most people are being emotionally manipulated by one fake photo op after another. @fancypants_s https://t.co/UZozd6oQsw
— Patti Jo (@TheSupeHero) September 18, 2025
h/t Patti Jo
French jet circles for an hour as sole air traffic controller sleeps
A French airliner was forced to circle for an hour over Corsica while ground staff tried to wake up the sleeping air traffic controller.
The Air Corsica Airbus A320 was descending shortly after midnight on Tuesday towards Napoléon Bonaparte airport in Ajaccio, capital of the French Mediterranean island, when the control tower failed to respond to radio calls.
‘Highly unlikely’ attrition will be enough to reduce public service size: interim PBO
The government’s plan to reduce the size of the public service through attrition is “highly unlikely” to be enough to meet the fiscal targets it outlined in the election, according to interim parliamentary budget officer (PBO) Jason Jacques.
“For the order of magnitude that you’re looking at, it would be highly unlikely that you’d be able to close a deficit or reach a number that big without the path going through personnel costs, so without some sort of reduction or substantial changes in the composition of the public service,” Jacques said in an interview on CTV Power Play with Vassy Kapelos on Tuesday.
Despite warnings from experts that the federal government will have to make deep cuts to the public service if it hopes to meet its promises to reduce operational spending, the prime minister most recently insisted the plan is to rely on retirements and resignations.
The civil service is a very important LPC vote bloc.
Venezuela starts days of military and ‘electronic warfare’ drills after US strikes on alleged drug boats
Venezuela says it has begun three days of military exercises on its Caribbean island of La Orchila as tensions soar amid US military activity in the region.
Forces deployed for what Washington called an anti-drug operation have blown up at least two Venezuelan boats and a combined 14 people allegedly transporting drugs across the Caribbean this month – a move slammed by UN experts as “extrajudicial execution”.
The strikes and a deployment of US warships in the region have raised fears of an invasion in Venezuela, whose president, Nicolás Maduro, has been accused by Washington of being a cartel leader.
After ICE raids, Canada sees surge in benefit shoppers crossing border through New York
Canada is seeing a sharp increase in asylum-seekers entering through a border crossing between New York and the province of Quebec, as President Donald Trump’s policies drive away migrants and even some U.S. citizens.
Canadian officials have received more than 5,500 asylum claims since the beginning of July at the Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle border crossing, south of Montreal. That’s a 263% increase from the same period last year, according to data from the Canada Border Services Agency.
Founder of Armed Queers group investigated in Charlie Kirk shooting is radical trans leftist who advocated violence
The founder of Armed Queers SLC, a pro-gun LGBTQ group being investigated by the FBI for possible ties to accused Charlie Kirk sniper Tyler Robinson, has been identified as a radical transgender political organizer with ties to communist politics.
Armed Queers SLC quietly scrubbed its online presence after Kirk was assassinated, but a law enforcement source told The Post that all open-source information on the group was downloaded and handed over to the FBI.
Watching the man who divided America try to back pedal when his mob cheer against Charlie Kirk is rich. He and his leftist mob have painted themselves into a corner with a hate brush.
Let them rot there. pic.twitter.com/UBekXqWb3O
— James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) September 18, 2025
Diversity stabbed a man in the throat making him stronger
2 suspects charged after man stabbed in the throat during test drive in Brampton
Two men are facing charges after a man was stabbed and seriously injured during a car sale in Brampton earlier this year.
Peel police said a man selling his Dodge Challenger on Facebook Marketplace met with two people on May 10 for a test drive.
During that time, one suspect allegedly brandished an edged weapon and threatened the seller.
And …
3 feral animals charged following 2 armed home invasions on same street in Vaughan: police
Judge Orders Mahmoud Khalil Deported to Algeria or Syria for Lying on Immigration Form
A federal judge ordered Wednesday that immigrant Mahmoud Khalil, a pro-Palestinian activist behind some of the radical protests at Columbia University, be deported — either to Algeria, or to his native Syria.
What to Know About the North American Summit Taking Place Without the U.S.
The leaders of Canada and Mexico, the United States’ two largest trading partners, will meet on Thursday — without their U.S. counterpart — after eight months of chaotic trade talks and threats of tariffs.
The talks, between Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada and President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico, are expected to focus on trade, as well as investments in areas like mining, agriculture and natural gas.
Both leaders will also discuss preserving their free trade partnership with the United States, which has so far limited the effect of President Trump’s tariffs on their economies. On Tuesday, the three countries opened public consultations on the trade pact, the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Free Trade Agreement, or the U.S.M.C.A., the first step in a review of the agreement.
Hate Crimes?
With the recent murder of Charlie Kirk and that of the kids at the Annunciation Catholic Church, the subject of “hate crime” has come up again. I suggest that people who can’t control the conversation by other, more logical means generally put forward the concept of hate speech. I’ll go further and suggest that we should be removing all hate crime legislation from the books because it is so very arbitrarily enforced.
“Go suck a sawed-off shotgun”
“You’re a Nazi piece of shit”
“We kill Nazis”This is what @usacycling’s Connor Wolfe says to women standing up for female sports. Men don’t belong in women sports!
USA Cycling has kids as young as 6 years old in the sport!pic.twitter.com/F4Qb7GcuGB
— Gays Against Groomers (@againstgrmrs) September 16, 2025
Not just the F-35: Canada’s many U.S. military deals will be a tough sell to boycott-minded Canadians
Defence Minister David McGuinty is clearly getting tired of being asked about the soon-to-be-completed review of Canada’s purchase of F-35 fighters from the United States.
“You’ve heard me on this before,” he told journalists on Tuesday, with uncharacteristic frankness. “The F-35 review is continuing. It’s — I have nothing else to say at this stage.”
The poor man hasn’t been able to poke his head out in public over the last few months without facing questions about the politically charged review in one form or another.
My suspicion remains that other states have steered clear of doing business with the Carney government.
His Big International Success has been to promise Zelensky’s forever war more of our money while Canadians can’t afford homes and Carney’s Corporate Welfare pals swamp the nation with 3rd World cheap labour.
Fear of Trump? Canada’s unreliability? Carney’s Climate Craziness? Lots of reasons why.