One nation, one flag.
In Canada, that would be the Maple Leaf. Just as it is. Just as it has been since it replaced the Union Jack in February 1965.
A recent federal government-endorsed, altered version of Canada’s flag, designed to appease minority demands, is contemptibly arrogant and disrespectful.
This year marks the 60th anniversary of Canadian philosopher George Grant’s Lament for a Nation: The Defeat of Canadian Nationalism, a seminal work that reshaped Canadian political discourse. Published in 1965, Grant’s critique of American cultural dominance and technological modernity challenged Canadians to reconsider their national sovereignty and identity. To mark the occasion, this summer, The Hub will feature a series of essays from big thinkers exploring the book’s enduring legacy and how its insights remain vital to understanding Canada and its relationship with the United States today.
WASHINGTON (AP) — It was a surprising statement from Attorney General Pam Bondi as the Trump administration promises to release more files from its sex trafficking investigation of Jeffrey Epstein: The FBI, she said, was reviewing “tens of thousands of videos” of the wealthy financier “with children or child porn.”
The comment, made to reporters at the White House days after a similar remark to a stranger with a hidden camera, raised the stakes for President Donald Trump’s administration to prove it has in its possession previously unseen compelling evidence. That task is all the more pressing after an earlier document dump that Bondi hyped angered elements of Trump’s base by failing to deliver new bombshells and as administration officials who had promised to unlock supposed secrets of the so-called government “deep state” struggle to fulfill that pledge.
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s election promise to cut $13-billion from the federal budget by 2028-29 could result in the worst spending cuts in modern history that would “inevitably diminish the quality of the public service,” a new report from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives warns.
“This isn’t about attrition, or being more efficient,” David Macdonald, senior economist with the CCPA and the author of the report, said in an interview with The Hill Times. “These are deep cuts to staffing, deep cuts to services that will absolutely be noticed by regular Canadians.”
I bet he’s forgot all about it.
Men want beautiful women like this in their space so why are they calling her “sir” and “boss?”
Make it make sense. pic.twitter.com/K3vwjjZETD
— Dr. Jebra Faushay (@JebraFaushay) July 1, 2025
The digital services tax was bad policy, but killing it now makes us look terribly weak
Maybe Prime Minister Mark Carney’s elbows were getting tired. He kept them up the entire campaign, and well, that was enough to get the job done (the job, notably, being winning the election – not standing up to U.S. President Donald Trump). And now that the election is over, Mr. Carney has allowed himself some moments of rest.
I've posted this persxn before- I hope fae is ok by now.
I am thinking probably not. pic.twitter.com/wViyagm1tg
— Dr. Jebra Faushay (@JebraFaushay) June 27, 2025
In the Marine Corps of my father and uncles, the term “Feather Merchant” referred to marines who were considered to be lightweights. These usually were folks who were “in the rear with the gear,” such as clerk-typists and supply types along with staff officers with no front-line combat experience.
The dewy-eyed trio of former Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush alongside singer Bono all mourned the passing of USAID on Monday, with the U2 frontman embracing his inner Robert Frost and reciting a sad poem he wrote to lament the occasion.
Four decapitated corpses hanging from a bridge are the latest symbol of a civil war tearing apart the violent global drug powerhouse, the Sinaloa Cartel.
And the bloodshed has dire implications for Canada, where the cartel has been allowed to fester and grow in a twisted branch plant endeavour to fuel the world with fentanyl.
20 bodies found in Mexico after horrific cartel violence — including 4 headless corpses hanging from bridge
NEW YORK (AP) — The jury deliberating at Sean “Diddy” Combs ‘ sex trafficking trial asked Tuesday to review critical testimony from one of the prosecution’s most important witnesses: the hip-hop mogul’s former longtime girlfriend Cassie.
Jurors requested the testimony about 75 minutes into their second day of weighing charges that Combs used his fame, wealth and violence to force two girlfriends into drug-fueled sex marathons with male sex workers known as “freak-offs” or “hotel nights.”
The panel of eight men and four women asked for Cassie’s account of Combs beating, kicking and dragging her at a Los Angeles hotel in 2016 — an assault captured on now-infamous security camera footage.
Dreams do come true. U.S. President Donald Trump wished for Canada’s tax on U.S. tech companies to disappear on Friday, and by Sunday, it had.
Mostly, there was a sense of surprise that the federal government would play such a valuable card this soon. The digital services tax (DST), which Ottawa was supposed to start collecting on Monday, was unpopular with the U.S. government and the tech giants it targeted — Meta and Amazon, for example — and, conveniently, was not especially liked by business groups at home.
… “If the current government looks like it’s going to introduce a bill threatening supply management, this could create a lot of political headaches.”
Bill C-202 was sponsored by Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet as a nod to the party’s base in Quebec, where the dairy farming industry is heavily concentrated. The Conservatives are also looking to expand in the province while maintaining their rural base in Ontario.
“This is where the issue becomes existential for the political fortunes of Carney’s Liberal government,” said Hampson.
The e-commerce giant now counts more than one million of the machines at its facilities
The automation of Amazon.com facilities is approaching a new milestone: There will soon be as many robots as humans.
The e-commerce giant, which has spent years automating tasks previously done by humans in its facilities, has deployed more than one million robots in those workplaces, Amazon said. That is the most it has ever had and near the count of human workers at the facilities.
Company warehouses buzz with metallic arms plucking items from shelves and wheeled droids that motor around the floors ferrying the goods for packaging. In other corners, automated systems help sort the items, which other robots assist in packaging for shipment.
As Montreal prepares for its traditional moving day, the housing crunch reached alarming new heights — with hundreds of households still searching for a roof over their heads and advocates calling for urgent action.
“We see a lot of people who are low income and very vulnerable tenants struggling to figure out how to pay rents,” said Gary Saxe, executive director of Project Genesis, a housing rights organization based in Côte-des-Neiges. “And every year is getting worse as rents go higher and higher.”
Saxe said rents have gone up “astronomically” over the last few years — and it’s not just a problem on July 1, but all year round.
