As a young boy, I reserved a special place in hell for whichever ad executive decided it was time to launch the “back to school” marketing blitz in the midst of my carefree late summer.
The reminder was, in a word, unwelcome.
So, at the risk of being “that guy” for Canada’s Members of Parliament and their hardworking staff, let me join the “back to Parliament” commentary train for Ottawa’s upcoming fall session, which kicks off Sept. 15.
National flags have started lining our streets. They may say something more
Driving through the south west of Birmingham, it’s hard not to notice something about the lampposts.
For more than a mile, almost every one has a St George’s or union jack flag attached – thousands of them.
In one district, Weoley Castle, the BBC found two men carrying a ladder and shopping bags. A DIY trip this was not, because as we stop to talk to them one rests the ladder against a lamppost, the other pulls a union jack flag from the bag, and the next minute it’s flying high.
The BBC to my knowledge has never published a negative piece about the Palestinian flags that litter the UK. But that’s an upper class thing so it’s OK. Only proles would fly a Union Jack.
Hands up, who made this? pic.twitter.com/yG7b5uxPLl
— Donna Louise (@DonnaLouise1212) August 23, 2025
OTTAWA — Canada only has two women from the military deployed on United Nations peacekeeping missions right now, raising concerns Ottawa is failing to lead by example and may be called out by the international body for missing its targets.
In 2017, former prime minister Justin Trudeau launched a big push to have Canada become a leader internationally promoting women in peacekeeping. It was part of the his government’s feminist foreign policy.
But statistics show the number of female Canadian Armed Forces members contributing to peacekeeping has dwindled so much it recently hit rock bottom.
The UN mandates 22% of “Peace Keepers” be Wimmins.
A man in a camouflage jacket, baseball cap and football shirt whizzed across Cardiff Central Square on an e-bike on Thursday morning. Fifty yards away, in a blacked-out police van decked out with leather chairs, a desk and screens, an alarm was sounding.
His face had been matched with one on a criminal “watchlist”, and officers from South Wales Police’s live facial recognition team were mobilising to arrest him. He was wanted for breaching court-imposed conditions and, helped by this new technology supported by artificial intelligence, the police had him in handcuffs in a matter of minutes.
With a review of the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) looming amid President Donald Trump’s trade war, National Post spoke this week with Canadian political and trade policy expert Laura Dawson. Dawson is the former director of the Canada Institute at the Wilson Center in Washington, D.C., where she focused on bilateral economic issues, including NAFTA/CUSMA. She is now the executive director of the Canada-U.S. Future Borders Coalition and a regular media commentator. Much of Dawson’s work involves advising governments, businesses, and organizations on cross-border trade.
A man has said he was attacked with a firebomb while putting up St George’s cross flags. The man said he was hit in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, as he and his pals were attaching flags to lampposts in the town just after midnight on Saturday (August 23).
Video posted on social media from an account named Thyme to Crusade shows something burning on the road close to the back tyres of a stationary car. The person behind the camera can be heard saying: “Putting flags up, got petrol bombed”.
… The prime minister is meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the two leaders discussed details of Canada’s additional $2 billion commitment of military aid as well as opportunities for joint production of defence equipment.
In his speech, Carney said more than $1 billion will be used to finance ammunition, as well as advance drone and armoured vehicle production from Canadian suppliers.
No wonder Carney stopped by …
WATCH THIS CLIP. Trump thanks every leader at the table — by name. Every. Single. One.
The only leader who didn’t get a seat or even a PHONE CALL?
MARK CARNEY
Canada sent nearly $20B to Ukraine. We got ZERO INVITE. ZERO INFLUENCE.
Canada is completely irrelevant onstage pic.twitter.com/zI3gERFmAj
— Marc Nixon (@MarcNixon24) August 18, 2025
Joint statement on Ukraine’s Independence Dayhttps://t.co/VklImAgScV
— GC Newsroom (@NewsroomGC) August 24, 2025
Is there financial corruption in the Ukraine under Zelensky?
Financial corruption in Ukraine under President Volodymyr Zelensky remains a significant issue, as it has been for decades, rooted in the country’s post-Soviet transition and oligarchic influence. Evidence from various sources indicates persistent challenges despite Zelensky’s pledges to combat graft.
Update: Carney not ruling out Canadian troops on ground in Ukraine
Masked protestor vs water cannon pic.twitter.com/Tmr6qW9DXi
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) August 23, 2025
American good Samaritan stabbed by Syrian immigrant in Germany after stepping in to stop harassment
An American has been stabbed by a Syrian national in Germany after allegedly stepping in to help two female passengers being harassed on a tram, according to reports.
The young man was attacked at around 12:25 a.m. on Sunday after intervening when “two men from a group harassed female passengers” on the tram in the eastern German city of Dresden, police spokesman Luka Reumund told Bild.
Pictures from the scene show blood spattered over the tram. The unidentified American was rushed to the hospital where his condition is unknown.
August 24, 2025
From August 15 to 19, 2025, Abacus Data surveyed 1,915 Canadian adults on the state of federal politics. The poll captures public opinion just as Air Canada flight attendants initiated strike action but it’s important to note that many of the interviews were completed prior to that event, and thus this wave does not fully reflect its impact. The same is true for Pierre Poilievre’s byelection victory on Monday.
Mulcair admits what few in the Canadian MSM will
"As the dust settled on the histrionics and bluster of team Trump, it became clear that the Americans had been careful not to breach the Canada-U.S.-Mexico trade agreement (CUSMA).
On that, the Americans were right. How could… pic.twitter.com/y5k6mGIbBh
— cbcwatcher (@cbcwatcher) August 24, 2025
A mother asks a couple if they can move their car from the disabled parking spot because her daughter is disabled.
Watch their reaction. pic.twitter.com/yoIh2iFi3m
— Defiant L’s (@DefiantLs) August 23, 2025
Ten years ago Germans were putting balloons on lampposts to greet a multitude of foreigners. The popular tabloid, Bild, screamed the headline ‘Refugees Welcome’ as a million or more migrants began to flow over the border.
Warehouses in Berlin were stacked high with donated clothes, food parcels and toys for the new arrivals. Camp beds to house the guests filled sports halls, while housewives, business owners, students and social workers volunteered to help in a nation still compensating for its Nazi past.
On August 25, 2015, Germany’s immigration ministry announced that Syrians fleeing civil war would be waved in with few checks or questions. Then came the moment that changed Europe for ever.
How long before the staff start going mental with their attitude? pic.twitter.com/73aEdorSIi
— Dark Side (@not_rekt_11) August 23, 2025
How Mark Carney could fix Canada, in two sentences… “Give up the net-zero scams. Give up the ESG and DEI programs — they’re luxury beliefs that don’t mix with manufacturing.”
Thus Andrew Hale, tonight’s guest on The Hannaford Show. Hale is a senior trade-policy analyst at the Washington-based Heritage Foundation. And while he speaks for a conservatively inclined organization, plenty of Canadian Liberals would tell Carney the same thing.
