Michael Higgins: Mark Carney fails his own grocery test

Michael Higgins: Mark Carney fails his own grocery test

It’s been a year since Prime Minister Mark Carney said the cost of living was a key priority for his Liberal government — and every month since food prices have gone through the roof.

The Liberals will put the blame on Ukraine, or Donald Trump or tariffs or climate change or just about anything, but what they won’t do is accept responsibility for a crisis that they most certainly have control over.

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Fact-checking PM Carney’s claim that government buying 2,200 condo units will help affordable housing crisis

Fact-checking PM Carney’s claim that government buying 2,200 condo units will help affordable housing crisis

Last Thursday, Prime Minister Mark Carney stood alongside B.C. Premier David Eby in Vancouver, and made a major announcement: the federal and B.C. provincial governments would step in to absorb thousands of vacant condominium units and repurpose them as affordable housing for Canadians. It was, his government declared in the press release, “one of the fastest and most efficient ways to increase housing supply.”

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GM replaces more than 1,000 workers with just 50 robots at flagship Detroit factory

GM replaces more than 1,000 workers with just 50 robots at flagship Detroit factory

General Motors has sparked outrage after sidelining more than 1,000 workers at its flagship Detroit assembly plant on Friday and announcing they’d be installing 50 new robots.

The so-called ‘cobots’ were installed on the assembly line at GM’s Factory Zero in Michigan as the automaker slashes costs amid weakening demand for its electric vehicles, according to reports.

The robots now work alongside the remaining employees, helping attach vehicle body panels as cars move down the production line, AutoBlog reported.

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One in Four Europeans Back Parties Labelled “Far Right”

One in Four Europeans Back Parties Labelled “Far Right”

Almost one quarter of European voters now back parties labelled “far-right” by a partisan research network that has repeatedly been criticised for weaponising the term.

According to a new report tracking election results across Europe, the share of voters supporting national conservative parties has increased nearly fivefold since the mid-1990s, with particularly rapid growth over the past three years. The findings were enthusiastically reported by the UK’s left-wing Guardian newspaper, which also happens to be a partner organisation of the researchers behind the study.

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Surging Bradford suddenly within reach of Chow for Toronto mayoralty: poll

Surging Bradford suddenly within reach of Chow for Toronto mayoralty: poll

A new survey shows a close race between incumbent Toronto mayor Olivia Chow and her rival, Brad Bradford, ahead of the election on October 26.

Data from Mainstreet Research revealed that, when undecided voters were removed from the equation, close to 38 per cent of respondents said they would vote for Brad Bradford if the election were today, putting him within six points of Chow’s 43.6 per cent.

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Rape Crisis Org Says It’s ‘Racist’ To Notice Muslim Rape Gangs Abusing UK Girls

Rape Crisis Org Says It’s ‘Racist’ To Notice Muslim Rape Gangs Abusing UK Girls

When Jen was 17, she was introduced to a gang of Iraqi Kurdish Muslim men who called her and other girls “white trash” and “English pig‑dogs” while they raped and trafficked them across the U.K. to rape gang ”parties.”

Jen decided to speak up in the Rape Gang Inquiry Report “so that religiously-motivated coercive abuse is properly recognized and confronted, even when doing so is politically, culturally, or socially controversial.”

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Thunderclouds are on the horizon in Carney’s long, hot political summer

Thunderclouds are on the horizon in Carney’s long, hot political summer

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney is going to be doing much more this summer than flipping burgers and pancakes.

With the looming deadline of Alberta’s pipeline application, a referendum on the horizon, trade discussions to decide the future of the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) and several MP resignations in the coming weeks which will lead to byelections, he is bound to have a lot on his plate.

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Two Americas: Black Rednecks and Karmelo Anthony — and Civilization

When thinking about poor Austin Metcalf, I sometimes wonder about his reactions during those last fatal moments on April 2 of last year. When murderer Karmelo Anthony drew that knife, could he not, being young and athletic, have avoided at least a deadly strike? Perhaps Anthony was just too quick. But then I realize something:

The two boys were from vastly different worlds.

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