Governor General Louise Arbour is the latest political actor to give voice to the idea that Indian Residential School “denialism” is such a plague in this country that it must be stamped out.
If that means criminalize it, as others have demanded, then the former Supreme Court judge is doing nothing for truth and even less for reconciliation.
The New York Times released a new poll displaying startling numbers for the statewide races across Texas, showing that the long-time governor of Texas Greg Abbott is trailing behind his Democrat opponent by three points. If accurate, the poll would represent a massive eight-point swing away from other recent polls.
The pitch began with a prayer.
On an afternoon in late January, Mitch Sylvestre, the leader of Alberta’s most prominent separatist organization, gathered with three of his lieutenants in a boardroom not far from the executive hangars at the Calgary International Airport, where private jets shuttle in and out of the city away from prying eyes.
It was a few hours before thousands of Albertans would gather near the city centre at a rally to launch the separatist campaign. But this meeting, convened behind closed doors a half-hour drive away, was invite only.
And Carney has hired his pal Maia Johnson who just happens to be an ex Democrat party operative.
Calgary, Alberta:
Indian woman swipes at a man’s phone saying “it’s not legal to make a video” after the car she was a passenger in failed to yield to a pedestrian. She then attempts to drag him back across the street by his backpack. Police arrive and she is arrested. pic.twitter.com/6hpy31tk4R— AwareBears (@bears_aware) October 3, 2026
It’s history’s first robotic airborne landing operation. Last week, Ukraine dropped grenade- and machine gun-firing robots behind Russian lines to assault logistics and command bunkers for ground troops moving quickly against positions at the front, threatening the fortress belt city of Sloviansk, dealing what some analysts interpret as a major blow to Putin’s strategy to take eastern Ukraine.
80 % de nos problèmes seraient réglés en faisant ça : pic.twitter.com/7q2sLbSqqq
— Le Crapaud (@Le_Crapaud47) October 3, 2026
Problem solved
This week’s announcement by Cleveland Cliffs to indefinitely idle certain Stelco operations in Hamilton is a tragedy.
Losing 400-500 well-paid union jobs will impact thousands locally, and losing critical value-added manufacturing capacity makes Canadians collectively poorer.
Unfortunately, members of the United Steelworkers (U.S.W) have seen this before.
Moderates in the Democratic Party increasingly worry that the far-left faction could undermine the party’s electoral competitiveness and eventually take control of the party itself. Yet the response from moderates so far has emphasized accommodation over confrontation. From their perspective, it may be better to welcome Democratic Socialists of America (DSA)-aligned candidates into the fold and hope that the demands of governing temper their revolutionary fervor. This strategy of containment and assimilation rests on the assumption that the radical elements remain sufficiently distinct from the rest of the Democratic Party.
AND SO IT CAME TO PASS that after years of liberal overreach, identity politics, open borders and international timidity, a non-politician was swept to power promising to make his country great again, restore its global prestige and put the economy first.
Yes, Mark Carney and Donald Trump have more in common than either of them would thank you for pointing out. The relationship between their two nations will dominate Canada’s domestic political landscape long after the present incumbent of the White House has left the scene.
Coming from a Muslim family and being raised in Syria and Iran, I am all too aware of politicians and influencers such as Abdul El-Sayed, Zohran Mamdani and others who carry that same formative identity.
Americans should be clear-eyed: Islamist politicians and influencers in the United States will never place their first loyalty with America. It will not happen. Do not even think about it.
It’s bad form, in writing, to mix your metaphors. But this summer, speaking to an array of people in and around the Carney government, there were two I kept hearing used to describe how things work in Ottawa these days, both of them apt.
One is the ancient parable of the blind men and the elephant. Each man touches a part of the pachyderm, and each comes to a different conclusion about what the mysterious object really is. The man who grabs the trunk think it’s a snake, the one holding a tusk thinks it’s a spear and so on.
PBS anchor Christiane Amanpour rewound to 2023 on Friday as she welcomed author Giridharadas to promote his new book on the Daniel Penny case. According to Giridharadas, the case represented a cautionary tale of what happens when people develop a “sense of desertion” that they feel forces them to take matters into their own hands, which is also why some people on the left support Luigi Mangione. The fact that the two cases are wildly different was of no consequence to Amanpour or Giridharadas.
The federal and provincial governments bet billions on the rapid rise of the electric vehicle industry. But major EV and battery projects in Ontario, Quebec and British Columbia have since been delayed, cancelled, suspended, substantially changed — and in one case, gone bankrupt — as automakers and suppliers adjust to weaker-than-anticipated demand.
The latest is Volkswagen’s massive PowerCo battery plant in St. Thomas, Ont., where production has been pushed back two years to 2029, because of “evolving market demand.”
It was too much period.
Dear DSA:
You and I — are we really so different? Why, I think not! We both live on planet earth, and… well, I’m sure we have lots of other stuff in common, too.
Enough to build a friendship.
OTTAWA — Stephen Harper is warning Albertans against setting the province on a path toward secession by using their votes in an upcoming referendum in an attempt to send Ottawa a message.
In an essay published Friday in the Calgary Herald, Harper also expressed optimism over how he sees the Liberals under Prime Minister Mark Carney turning a page from the “anti-Alberta” policies of Carney’s predecessor, Justin Trudeau.
“As a former prime minister of Canada, staying silent on the upcoming referendum on Alberta secession is not an option. But I wish it were,” he wrote.
