Conservatives call for Liberals to block ‘candy sentences’ for immigrants convicted of crimes

Conservatives call for Liberals to block ‘candy sentences’ for immigrants convicted of crimes

OTTAWA — Conservative immigration critic Michelle Rempel Garner reiterated her call Tuesday for the Liberal government to amend the Criminal Code to put an end to “candy sentences” that she says allow immigrants who commit crimes to avoid deportation.

Speaking to reporters in Ottawa, the longtime Conservative MP argued that a slew of recent headlines detailing how non-Canadians charged with various crimes but received reduced sentences so as to avoid deportation proceedings was “insane and disgusting.”

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The Myth of Black Female Exceptionalism

The Myth of Black Female Exceptionalism

Jasmine Crockett recently repeated a familiar talking point: that black women are the most educated demographic in America. However, this false claim is not supported by the data. Yet it continues to circulate in political discourse because it serves a psychological need rather than an empirical one. According to the Postsecondary National Policy Institute, Asian and white women hold bachelor’s degrees at higher rates than black women. Hence, black women are not the most educated group in the country. The statistic that black women are the most educated relies on selective interpretations of enrollment data among narrow age cohorts. It does not reflect overall degree attainment. But the media and political class refuse to correct this error because they are afraid of offending a powerful voting bloc.


Well this appears to be in a school

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In this Canadian city, rent gobbles up 95% of a full-time, minimum-wage earner’s working hours

In this Canadian city, rent gobbles up 95% of a full-time, minimum-wage earner’s working hours

Rents in Canada are so high that minimum-wage earners have to allocate much of their full-time work hours to cover the average cost an apartment, thereby jeopardizing their push for financial independence, according to a new report by Zoocasa Realty Inc.

“Financial independence and stable housing have long been seen as markers of adulthood, but for many young Canadians, these milestones are slipping out of reach,” the report released on Aug. 10 said.

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Holiday-hating Francesca “Crazy Eyes” Hong loses to David Crowley in Wisconsin Democratic gubernatorial primary

Holiday-hating Francesca “Crazy Eyes” Hong loses to David Crowley in Wisconsin Democratic gubernatorial primary

WASHINGTON — Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley narrowly upset Democratic socialist Francesca Hong in Wisconsin’s Democratic gubernatorial primary Tuesday night, despite polls showing Hong in front by double-digits in the final stretch before polling day.

Crowley’s campaign said the 37-year-old state legislator and member of the Democratic Socialists of America called Crowley early Wednesday to concede the race. Hong trailed her rival by more than 3,200 votes out of more than 787,000 ballots cast as of 6 a.m. ET., a margin of 0.41 percentage points.

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Thousands sign petition calling for Pete Hoekstra’s removal from Canada

Thousands sign petition calling for Pete Hoekstra’s removal from Canada

A petition set to be presented in the House of Commons this fall calls on the government to declare the U.S. ambassador persona non grata and remove him from Canada.

The online petition accuses Pete Hoekstra of making statements that undermine the Canada-U.S. relationship and of intervening in Canadian political discourse in a manner inconsistent with diplomatic protocol.

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Mamdani’s Wife Gets Brutal Response After Asking NYPD to Babysit Her in War Zones

Mamdani’s Wife Gets Brutal Response After Asking NYPD to Babysit Her in War Zones

Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s office recently claimed the NYPD had strongly recommended sending a security detail with his wife, Rama Duwaji, on her upcoming personal trip to Syria and Lebanon.

As is often the case with the communist mayor, that story fell apart rather quickly. The police department swiftly shut down any notion that they’d be sending officers to unstable conflict zones.

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Catholic Military Diocese Says Prayer Ban Violates Charter by Forcing Chaplains to Deliver Non-Religious ‘Spiritual Reflections’

Catholic Military Diocese Says Prayer Ban Violates Charter by Forcing Chaplains to Deliver Non-Religious ‘Spiritual Reflections’

The Roman Catholic Military Ordinariate of Canada says the military’s prayer ban at official events undermines the principle of state neutrality on religion and may violate the Charter in several ways, including by requiring chaplains to avoid mentioning God or using faith-specific language when delivering mandatory “spiritual reflections.”

The concerns were noted in a recent statement by Bishop Scott McCaig, who serves as Military Ordinary of Canada, the authority that oversees Catholic ministry and spiritual needs in the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF).


Pic courtesy – The Chaplain Kit

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Yes, it matters where and how the prime minister vacations

Yes, it matters where and how the prime minister vacations

The Carneys are living their best vacation lives in Tuscany. And back home, some of us are again debating a prime minister’s vacation choices. Or not so much debating as, mostly, kvetching, in roughly equal parts about the vacation itself and about anyone who would be so gauche and unworldly as to question the vacation. “Lots of Canadians go to Caribbean all-inclusives, right? So why shouldn’t the PM go to Tuscany?”

h/t Mauser

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Apocalypse soon

Apocalypse soon

Stop.

As a society, we need to stop and seriously think about where we are heading, or it will be too late to change direction.

We are about to cross the Rubicon, about to reach a point from which we cannot return. A point that seems almost as far removed as possible from where any sane and decent person would want to be. A point far from where our Founders intended us to be. The sad fact is, there is a (horribly) perfect storm coming, or should I say a (horribly) imperfect storm.

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Can Britain survive its petty-crime wave?

Can Britain survive its petty-crime wave?

This month marks a grim anniversary: 15 years since the London riots of 2011. Beginning with protests over the police shooting of Mark Duggan in Tottenham, the unrest spiraled into five days of carnage and looting in the capital and across the country. England’s urban centers, it turned out, were more of a tinderbox than most had realized. Once order had broken down, chaos metastasized at an incredible rate.

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The CCP Wants a Say in Who Leads Canadian Parties—and Has Worked Against O’Toole and Poilievre

The CCP Wants a Say in Who Leads Canadian Parties—and Has Worked Against O’Toole and Poilievre

OTTAWA – I joined Brian Lilley for a wide-ranging conversation that started with the machinery of Beijing’s foreign influence in Canada and Conservative leadership politics, then moved into MP Larry Brock’s departure and Brian’s explosive scoop: Brock disclosed to his party leaders that Mark Carney’s party had dangled a judicial appointment before him amid Carney’s floor-crossing campaign.


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h/t Hermes

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The migrant mega dinghy is a national humiliation

The migrant mega dinghy is a national humiliation

It looks like Andy Burnham has achieved what his predecessors could not. He has found a solution to the small-boats crisis…

In the early hours of Monday morning, a 49-foot dinghy carrying 230 illegal immigrants arrived on British shores from France. It is by some margin the largest number of migrants to have arrived in a single vessel. It surpasses by far the previous record of 165, a feat of human trafficking achieved late last month. As many people have already pointed out, the ‘small boats crisis’ may now technically be over, as we enter the era of migrant cruise-liners.

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A Famous English Beach is a Muslim Migrant Rape Hunting Ground

A Famous English Beach is a Muslim Migrant Rape Hunting Ground

“If one could but go to Brighton!” Elizabeth Bennett’s mother exclaims in Pride and Prejudice.

Today, if the female characters of the Jane Austen novel were to set out for Brighton, they would find not just the “little sea-bathing” that they were after, but far worse things than that after the 40% Muslim council backed the mass settlement of illegal Muslim migrants in the area.

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