Finally, Ontario is cracking down on drug use on public transit. But then what?

Finally, Ontario is cracking down on drug use on public transit. But then what?

Ontario Premier Doug Ford is engaging in a bit of creative communications with his announcement that special constables will soon be able to arrest those using illicit drugs on public transit.

The reality is that special constables, who patrol transit systems including the TTC in Toronto and OC Transpo in Ottawa, are already authorized to perform arrests for Criminal Code violations based on the way their roles are defined by their specific employers (in Ottawa, for example, as peace officers appointed by the Ottawa Police Services Board). What the Ford government is proposing is to allow these special constables new, simplified provincial authority to make arrests and lay charges via an amendment to the Restructuring Public Consumption of Illegal Substances Act, which was passed last year. It’s just complicated enough to distract everyone from Mr. Ford’s private-jet purchase.


I don’t see anything getting better.

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Fired B.C. teacher wins job back after pro-Freedom Convoy presentation

Fired B.C. teacher wins job back after pro-Freedom Convoy presentation

On Jan. 28, 2022, Richmond, B.C., teacher Nicole Kowal-Seafoot told a colleague before a class presentation that, “I might be losing my job today.”

More than four years after she lost her job, for a presentation that was in favour of the self-styled “Freedom Convoy,” which protested vaccine mandates at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, a labour arbitrator ruled that the Richmond School District’s decision was excessive.

Kowal-Seafoot’s presentation to her Grade 6 and 7 students featured a caricature of former prime minister Justin Trudeau with his head on a chicken.

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Tragedy in Memmingen: Rejected Asylum Seeker Murders 14-Year-Old Girl

Tragedy in Memmingen: Rejected Asylum Seeker Murders 14-Year-Old Girl

The city of Memmingen is in mourning following the discovery of 14-year-old Jermaine B., whose body was found in a dilapidated building after a massive weekend manhunt.

The case took a violent turn on May 4th, when the primary suspect—a 37-year-old rejected asylum seeker—was shot dead by police after attacking officers with a knife.

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Conservatives blame Liberal EV strategy after Honda plant suspension report

Conservatives blame Liberal EV strategy after Honda plant suspension report

OTTAWA — Conservatives are blaming the federal government’s electric vehicle strategy after reports that Honda is indefinitely suspending plans for a $15 billion electric vehicle project in Ontario.

Prime Minister Mark Carney acknowledged Wednesday that Canada’s auto sector is facing pressure from U.S. tariffs, though he did not directly address the Honda reports.

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Beryl Wajsman: Arbour’s appointment is a slap in the face for Jewish Canadians

Beryl Wajsman: Arbour’s appointment is a slap in the face for Jewish Canadians

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s appointment of Louise Arbour as governor general is not a neutral choice. It makes a statement — one that many Jewish Canadians will read with deep unease.

Arbour’s resumé is formidable: former justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, a figure of global stature. But Rideau Hall is not a lifetime achievement award. It is a test of judgment — and of the ability to embody fairness in the eyes of all Canadians.


She’s pissed off a lot of Canadians.

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Poll: 60 Percent Of Voters Blame Trump-Hating Media For Latest Assassination Attempt

Poll: 60 Percent Of Voters Blame Trump-Hating Media For Latest Assassination Attempt

The conscienceless monster that is left-wing political violence has a voracious appetite. And the Trump-hating media are feeding it.

A new Rasmussen Reports poll finds a majority of likely U.S. voters — 60 percent — believes that the constant barrage of negative coverage of President Donald Trump likely contributed to the latest assassination attempt. The national telephone and online survey of 1,076 Americans, conducted April 27-29, shows 41 percent of those surveyed think it “very likely” the media’s one-sided treatment had some influence. A mere 13 percent of respondents said it’s “not at all likely” that the media has some culpability.

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Canada’s Spy Agency Names Iranian Hacking Group But Omits the DOJ Case That Exposed Its Cartel Bounty on a Canadian Politician

Canada’s Spy Agency Names Iranian Hacking Group But Omits the DOJ Case That Exposed Its Cartel Bounty on a Canadian Politician

OTTAWA/WASHINGTON — Canada’s intelligence service has, for the first time, named the Iranian-linked cyber operator at the center of a U.S. federal criminal case that exposed Iran’s issuing a $250,000 bounty death threat directing Mexico’s Jalisco New Generation Cartel to behead a high-profile former Ontario politician at her Ottawa home.

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Tracking Dr. Fauci’s Fallout

Tracking Dr. Fauci’s Fallout

Last month the Justice Department filed criminal charges against Dr. David Morens of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) for using his private email to conceal official activities from the public.

According to federal prosecutors, Dr. Morens tried to keep taxpayer dollars flowing to the EcoHealth Alliance, headed by Peter Daszak. He was the middleman in NIAID’s dealings with China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV), which also, prosecutors charge, handed out gifts to Dr. Morens.

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Today in Corporate Scumbags …

Today in Corporate Scumbags …

Full story … Telus using AI to alter the accents of customer service agents

“Other companies that provide a similar feature say it helps speed up calls and help customers find solutions, while protecting service agents from harassment or discrimination.”

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Germans deserve answers after the Leipzig car attack

Germans deserve answers after the Leipzig car attack

Monday afternoon’s car attack in a pedestrian zone in Leipzig – a city celebrated for its Bach choir and its proud history of pro-democracy demonstrations before the fall of the Berlin Wall – has left two people dead and dozens injured. A 63-year-old woman and a 77-year-old man were killed, while three others are in a serious condition.

The suspect, a 33-year-old man born and raised in Leipzig, was arrested at the scene. Authorities were swift to announce he had no terrorist affiliations – a declaration greeted by some commentators almost as a relief. But the relief is premature. The hard questions are only just beginning.

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How Carney is trying to appeal to the men who were ‘alienated’ under Trudeau

How Carney is trying to appeal to the men who were ‘alienated’ under Trudeau

OTTAWA — When it comes to the federal government’s plan to recruit upwards of 100,000 more people into the trades, there stands one demographic likely to benefit the most.

Men, and more specifically, young men.

Those inside Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government say the pledge, announced last week as part of the spring economic update, reflects commitments he has made around building more homes and getting major infrastructure projects off the ground. It’s also coupled with the need to fill persistent labour gaps in key trades at the same time as the government cuts back on immigration and battles high youth unemployment.

White males? Bullshit.

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