Jamie Sarkonak: The Liberals’ illiberal diversity plan for government purchases

If you’ve dismissed identity politics as frivolous, artificial and American, you may want to reconsider. For Canadian businesses dealing with the federal government, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) is very real, and its impact can be very expensive. Not only that — it’s unfair and illiberal.

The good news is that Trudeau and his ministers will be sentenced to lengthy prison terms at the future Truth and Reconciliation hearings covering Liberal Party Acts Of Racism against Canadian Citizens.

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Just Stop Oil activists target MI5 and Home Office buildings

Environmental activists have sprayed orange paint on buildings in central London, calling for the government to halt new oil and gas licences.

Just Stop Oil targeted buildings used by the Home Office, MI5, the Bank of England and News Corp.

The group said the buildings were chosen as they represented “the four pillars that support and maintain the power of the fossil fuel economy”.

The Metropolitan Police said six people have been arrested.

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Shanghai Disney shuts over COVID, visitors unable to leave

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Oct 31 (Reuters) – Shanghai’s Disney Resort abruptly suspended operations on Monday to comply with COVID-19 prevention measures, with all visitors at the time of the announcement directed to stay in the park until they return a negative test for the virus.

The resort said at 11:39 a.m. local time (03:39 GMT) it would immediately shut the main theme park and surrounding areas including its shopping street until further notice to comply with virus curbs.

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OPP profiled Randy Hillier, convoy organizers and far-right group during protests, documents show

The Ontario Provincial Police’s intelligence efforts during last winter’s convoy protests included preparing a detailed profile of a provincial politician who was advocating against pandemic restrictions, along with similar profiles of a former RCMP sniper, a far-right group, several convoy organizers and others, newly released documents show.

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Greta Thunberg admits COP27 all about “greenwashing, lying and cheating”

Greta Thunberg: COP27 an opportunity for “greenwashing, lying and cheating”

LONDON, Oct 30 (Reuters) – Climate activist Greta Thunberg on Sunday called out next month’s United Nations climate summit in Egypt for being “held in a tourist paradise in a country that violates many basic human rights.”

Speaking at the London Literature Festival at the Southbank Centre where she was promoting her new book, “The Climate Book”, 19-year-old Thunberg dismissed the looming climate summit, known as COP27, as an opportunity for “people in power… to [use] greenwashing, lying and cheating.”

That sums up the green-scam in general.

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RCMP review prompted by employee’s arrest urges changes to bolster internal security

OTTAWA – A confidential RCMP review, conducted after the arrest of a senior employee for allegedly leaking classified information, calls for a fundamental shift in the security culture of the national police force to be led at the highest levels.

The newly disclosed report makes 43 recommendations, including training updates, stricter adherence to federal security screening standards and the possible introduction of random physical searches.

The review “confirms gaps in the security practices of the RCMP that could be closed or at least narrowed,” says a message in the report from the joint chairs of the exercise.

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Pierre Poilievre urges Chrystia Freeland to make good on her internal missive that new programs be funded by budget cuts

Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre is challenging Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland ahead of Thursday’s fall economic statement to make good on the instructions she gave cabinet ministers to fund new government programs with budget cuts.

In a note to Freeland Sunday citing Canada’s high inflation rate, interest rate hikes and the steep cost of living, Poilievre warned “the bubble is finally bursting and the bill is finally coming due.”

“For years my warnings that out-of-control spending would balloon inflation, and then interest rates, were ignored,” he wrote. “Now in a leaked letter the government seems to now agree with me.”

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‘Freedom Convoy’ organizers to testify at Emergencies Act inquiry this week

OTTAWA – It was a scene of chaos and confusion in the upper tiers of the police service and local government when a convoy of big rigs and protesters arrived in Ottawa to demand an end to pandemic restrictions last winter.

That’s the picture witnesses have painted over the first couple of weeks of hearings at the Public Order Emergency Commission, which is investigating the federal government’s use of the Emergencies Act in February to bring an end to the weeks-long demonstration.

The inquiry also heard about the plight of the capital’s downtown residents, who recounted their suffering as lawlessness and around-the-clock blaring truck horns took over their community, and businesses that were forced to shut down.

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$7K hotel suites. $93K catering bills. Trudeau’s buying himself a populist backlash

Forty-eight-hundred pounds a night was far, far too much for Canadian taxpayers to shell out for any hotel room for any member of our delegation to the Queen’s funeral. It was too much at $6,000 Canadian — the converted figure the Toronto Sun’s Brian Lilley reported, based on documents received through access-to-information — and it was even more too much at $7,300 Canadian, which is what £4,800 was actually worth on the day of the funeral.

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If minorities abandon them, wokeists are over

The NYT, NBC, Time, are in a panic. The Republicans are fielding a list of 67 black, Latino, Asian and Native American candidates.

There was that English cartoon in which a Labor candidate approaches two voters of the working class and asks them: “Why don’t you racist fascists vote Labor?”. Something similar is happening in America among the leaders of the Democrat Party. Minorities, a historic pool of votes for progressives, are moving to the right.

The New York Times is in a panic. The Republicans are fielding a list of 67 black, Latino, Asian and Native American candidates. NBC is panicking to report that Republicans are winning among Hispanics. Bloomberg is panicking: “Republicans have the record [votes] of black and Hispanic candidates despite Trump …”. Time Magazine is panicking because in California (where the “woke revolution” has sickened minorities) Asians are looking to the right. The Washington Post panics: “The Hispanic voting margin for the Dems shrinks.” Again the New York Times: “Hispanics are shifting to the right.”

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What Is America’s Interest in the Ukraine War?

RUSSIA’S INVASION of Ukraine in February 2022 has produced an outpouring of international support for Kyiv. The United States has led these efforts. Even before Russian forces surged across the border, the United States and many of its allies signaled their opposition to Moscow’s predatory ambitions by warning of a range of potential sanctions Russia would incur, working to mobilize a potential diplomatic coalition against Moscow, and bolstering Ukraine’s military forces. Since the invasion, the United States has taken the lead in providing Ukraine with military equipment and training, economic aid, a near-blank check of diplomatic support, intelligence of use for stymying Russia’s offensive, and threatening draconian consequences should Russia use nuclear weapons in its campaign. Increasingly fervent bipartisan calls to penalize Russia, Ukraine’s lobbying efforts for additional aid, mounting calls from many think tankers and pundits to do more on Kyiv’s behalf, and the Biden administration’s gradual increase in support for Kyiv since February all suggest the American commitment may only grow in the future.

They’re in with both feet now, abandoning an “ally” won’t play well on the world stage.

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Elon Musk Mocks Twitter’s HR Bots After Getting ‘Management 101’ Note

Who’s going to tell the HR bots at Twitter that the new guy is not a mere middle manager?

Elon Musk, who closed out his $44 billion deal to take the social media platform private on Thursday, used the occasion to share auto-generated messages he got helpfully advising him how to be a better manager and inspire his team. The note came after the new boss sent the former CEO and a handful of other bigwigs packing his first day on the job.

“Hey Elon,” the message began. “It’s time to start Managing @Twitter (M101)!”

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