Ever since the electoral reforms of the mid-19th century, the Mother of All Parliaments — the Westminster Parliament of the so-called United Kingdom — has been dominated by a party of the left(ish) and one of the right(ish). The latter calls itself “Conservative”. The “Liberal” party, as the former was known when W.S. Gilbert wrote those lyrics was supplanted in 1924 by the Labour Party, which, under Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, is now having its turn at bat.
During the most recent episode of HBO’s Real Time, host Bill Maher targeted the left for pivoting from supporting gun control to supporting Luigi Mangione and other alleged assassins.
He began this portion of his monologue by saying, “And finally, Luigi Mangione, Cole Tomas Allen, Tyler Robinson, and the ghost of Thomas Crooks must form a boy band called ‘New Kids on the Glock.’”
Conestoga College handed out pay raises with no justification, awarded contracts to higher bidders without explanation, allowed an executive to take part in recruiting their daughter into a management position, and had such poor oversight of procurements and purchase orders that one for $11,000 was recorded at $126 billion — and no one noticed.
These are among the damning details contained in a recent, confidential two-part audit of the Kitchener-area college that rates the school as “high” risk, according to executive summaries obtained by the Star.
The foreign student program was pure gangsterism made for Conestoga.
The trouble was a long time coming. More than a year ago, after the inauguration of President Trump, the United States stopped being the kind of partner it used to be for Ukraine in the war against Russia. But now, President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine seems to be stepping back from that relationship as well, distancing his country from what was once its biggest ally.
Call it a trial separation, largely set in motion by the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran. American-backed peace talks to end the fighting in Ukraine have been halted since late February, when the first bombs fell on Tehran. With the negotiations now on life support, Mr. Zelensky has publicly criticized the United States in ways that would have been unthinkable last year, when Ukraine was waging a delicate fight against the Trump administration’s push for a quick peace that favored Russia.
Can we talk about the crazy way that we let our political parties select their candidates and leaders.
Over the weekend, the Ontario Liberal Party held a nomination race to select their candidate for the upcoming provincial byelection in Scarborough Southwest. Ahsanul Hafiz took 718 votes on the third ballot to defeat current Liberal MP Nathaniel Erskine-Smith, who received 699 votes.
About 1 in 4 Americans think the April shooting at the White House correspondents’ dinner was staged, with a marked partisan divide, according to a survey published Monday.
Roughly 1 in 3 Democratic respondents said they believed the event was staged, compared with about 1 in 8 Republicans, according to a survey published Monday by NewsGuard, a company that rates the reliability of online news outlets. Respondents between the ages of 18 and 29 were also more likely than older people to think the incident was staged, according to the report.
Looks like the Dinner Shooter doesn’t believe it was real either!
WHCA dinner gunman pleads not guilty to attempted Trump assassination charges
A decline in travel to the U.S. may be more significant than it first appeared, according to Canadian researchers.
Initial estimates based on border crossings from Canada into the U.S. suggested a decrease of about 25 per cent, wrote researchers from the University of Toronto, citing data from Statistics Canada.
Recent findings, argue researchers Karen Chapple, Yihoi Jung and Jeff Allen, suggest that this year-over-year analysis of crossings doesn’t provide the full picture.
Heather Bacchus worried when her 15-year-old son started using marijuana. Randy Jr was a bright, precocious teenager doing well at his school in Minnesota, but like many children his age he experienced ADHD and anxiety.
He had turned to cannabis to quiet what Bacchus called his “overactive brain”. However, she noticed an almost immediate, worrying shift in his mood.
On May 31, 2001, a former Pakistan army captain named Tahawwur Hussain Rana swore the oath of citizenship in front of an Ottawa judge, who anointed him a Canadian.
But he is a fraudulent Canadian, according to hundreds of pages of government documents obtained by Global News that allege he obtained his citizenship through “deception.”
The documents show that an RCMP investigation uncovered considerable evidence that Rana lied on his citizen application form by claiming he resided in Canada, when he did not.
Donald Trump is expected to confront Xi Jinping about selling weapons to Iran when the pair meet for a pivotal summit in Beijing this week.
The US president will raise the ongoing war with the Chinese president, including Tehran’s attempts to rearm using Chinese hardware once a deal to end the war has been reached.
According to US intelligence, Beijing has considered shipping air defence systems to Iran via other countries to mask its involvement, something Mr Trump has threatened to punish with 50 per cent tariffs.
‘Colonial thinking’: Inuit criticize backlash to Gov. Gen. Mary Simon’s brand of bilingualism
Crystal Martin says it was “emotional” when she and her daughter watched Mary Simon be sworn in as Governor General in 2021.
“For me, it was this moment of she can see herself in that role if she wanted to,” Martin, an Inuk advocate, said. “[Simon] being in this role has really opened up a lot of imagination for Indigenous youth and children across Canada.”
Germany’s labour minister has been accused of denying reality after insisting “nobody immigrates into our social welfare system” despite government data showing foreigners are heavily overrepresented among welfare claimants.
The controversy erupted during a government question session on Wednesday, May 6th, when right-wing AfD MP René Springer asked why the government was not cutting spending “where it is obvious: immigration into our social systems” as Germany struggles with rising welfare costs and mounting budget pressure.
Labour Minister Bärbel Bas dismissed the claim outright, arguing instead that immigration was helping to address labour shortages.
This week in Ottawa, hundreds of Canadians gathered at the Canada Strong and Free Network conference to debate ideas, challenge assumptions, and discuss the future of the country. Contrary to the narrative often advanced by parts of the media and political establishment, the conservative movement in Canada is not fractured, exhausted, or retreating. It is alive, serious, intellectually engaged, and increasingly focused on the central question facing this country: how do we restore Canadian performance?
Not sure I entirely agree, but hey it’s Monday.
The repurposed prison van rammed through one security fence and then another as the activists inside — armed with sledgehammers and crowbars — readied themselves.
It was the early hours of August 6, 2024, and behind the wheel was Charlotte Head. The 28-year-old charity worker had been recruited by Palestine Action and tasked with breaking into the Israeli-owned Elbit Systems’ arms factory in Filton, near Bristol.
I spent last weekend crossing half the globe with Prime Minister Mark Carney, to spend a few hours with European leaders in Yerevan, the stunning Armenian capital, before crossing all the way back to Ottawa.
Mr. Carney was the first non-European leader to be invited to a meeting of the European Political Community, a grouping that brings together the 27 European Union member states with allies and neighbors, including Britain and Turkey, as well as aspiring members such as Ukraine and Albania.
