At seven-and-a-half years in office with no short- or medium-term prospect of removal, Justin Trudeau can already safely claim a reasonably impressive tenure as prime minister of Canada. At this point it’s entirely possible he could win a fourth consecutive election, which would put him in rare company indeed. That would be all the more remarkable due to his unique combination of terrible political instincts and limitless confidence to follow those instincts wherever they lead him.
Canada’s spy network warned Western governments to brace themselves for radical and sometimes violent attacks as the pandemic began.
Such warnings were outlined in documents prepared by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) and stamped “TOP SECRET,” “Confidential” and “SECRET/ CANADIAN EYES ONLY.”
Heavily redacted copies of the reports from mid-2020 were obtained by the Toronto Star under the Access to Information Act.
With global birth rates in free fall, Silicon Valley’s ‘pronatalists’ are aiming to halt the decline – by having as many babies as possible
At the beginning of March, Aria Babu quit her job at a think tank to dedicate herself to something most people have never heard of. Having worked in public policy for several years, the 26-year-old Londoner had come to an alarming realisation about the future of the UK, the world – and the human species.
‘It became clear to me that people wanted more children than they were having,’ Babu says. ‘Considering this is such a massive part of people’s lives, the fact that they were not able to fulfil this want was clearly indicative that something was wrong.’
Armageddon, is it really such a bad thing?
If the Biden White House thought it had emerged from the scandalizing sacrifice of American service personnel and national prestige in Afghanistan largely unscathed, it should think again.
America’s disastrous withdrawal from Central Asia may be little more than a memory today, but the special inspector general for Afghanistan reconstruction (SIGAR), John Sopko, still has his hands full. Speaking to a House Oversight Committee hearing on Wednesday, Sopko accused the Biden administration of being evasive amid his efforts to secure records about where American aid to Afghanistan is going now that the Taliban is in charge. The “abject refusal” of some executive agencies to allow him to conduct oversight of American aid dollars has led him to some unsavory conclusions, per the New York Times…
Journalists are transitioning from speech to censorship.
Twitter no longer bans users who refer to people using biologically accurate pronouns. Instead, it now allows accountholders to determine how they express themselves. This victory for freedom of speech won scorn from outlets existentially dependent on freedom of speech.
After years of baseless investigations alleging that President Trump colluded with Russians to steal the 2020 election, the FBI has busted some real Russians for U.S. election meddling — and their real colluders, who were radical leftwing black nationalist groups, not Republicans.
On Feb. 16, President Joe Biden signed Executive Order 14091, titled “Further Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government.”
Biden’s sweeping order multiplies and muscles up government diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) diversity-crats — the diversity-industrial complex — and makes their power bases virtually permanent.
The order also bestows special status and benefits on favored groups, called “underserved communities,” while excluding everyone else. Why now?
Fleeing millennials have caused manpower shortages
Last June, a trio of uniformed Russian teens clutching a Soviet-era banner goose-stepped past a memorial to victims of Nazi fascism. Next to them, a dozen younger children stood awkwardly to attention as they watched soldiers and local politicians coat the memorial in fresh flowers. “The history of our country will never be forgotten,” announced a local functionary. “Never forget that you are citizens of a mighty nation!”
‘This project . . . is backed by big finance, big pharma, big tech and all the corporations, international corporations, international finance houses, international law firms – they’re all driving the same narrative. And you have to ask yourself, why would this happen in the span of ten years?’ – Jennifer Bilek in an interview with James Patrick
The BBC’s naff sermons make for joyless, predictable television.
I loved Doctor Who as a kid. Especially the monsters. From the Autons, those plastic animated shop dummies which burst through glass storefronts everywhere in the very first episode of the 2005 reboot, to the unstoppable Daleks, the thought of which kept me awake for nights on end. In later series, thrilling terrors included the Weeping Angels – ‘Don’t blink; blink and you’re dead’ – and the Vashta Nerada, flesh-eating shadows that can move.
Sad that good shows are ruined by woke idiots who think their craziness will be embraced if it is packaged just so.
It never fails.
I’ve pointed out that Kamala Harris had a history of covering up sexual harassment. So did a number of other top Democrat feminists. Like most forms of leftism, identity politics offers the power to commit the abuses it claims to fight. Why should the Smithsonian’s American Women’s History Museum be any different?
The Liberal-Left is Harvey Weinstein.
In the reckoning over Canada’s history, those who would see the preservation of statues and place names have frequently been on the losing side of the debate. Now, they’re organizing, with a new not-for-profit dedicated to promoting Canadian history, warts and all.
Violence against women is still prevalent in our society. Hope in Heels is an event that spreads awareness on violence against women while encouraging men and boys to be part of the solution. We wore their signature pink heels in support to this important cause. @HaltonWomensPl pic.twitter.com/5qngxQ6Myu
— Omar Alghabra (@OmarAlghabra) April 20, 2023
Wander around the downtown streets near the state capital buildings, and you marvel at how pristine they are. No homelessness problem here, you think.
But venture a little further afield, closer to the borders of the downtown core, in the parks and overpasses that ring California’s sixth-largest metropolitan area (population: 525,041) and that image changes. You begin to see in jarring detail just how pervasive homelessness is in Sacramento, Calif., ranking it among the worst in the state.
The federal government needs to start taking stock of whether its climate-change regulations are actually cutting greenhouse-gas emissions or not, Environment Commissioner Jerry DeMarco said Thursday
DeMarco published the results of a new audit looking at the impact of five specific climate change policies, which found that Canada doesn’t know how much those regulations are contributing to any reduction in emissions.
