Political analysts and organizers used to be obsessed with the “gender gap” between male and female voters. If a candidate or party did noticeably better among men, that was seen as a bad thing.
There is, of course, often still a gender gap. In the 2024 U.S. presidential election then-candidate Donald Trump did so much better among male voters under 35 and among Hispanic men that their support contributed considerably to his win.
Nobody wants to talk about it, because the subject is still politically touchy.
But countries that were, not so long ago, implacable enemies of Israel have not just made their peace with the existence of the Jewish state, but (almost) openly allied with it both economically and militarily.
A majority of Canadians say members of Parliament should not be allowed to cross the floor to another party and should face an “immediate” byelection if they do so, a new poll suggests.
However, Wednesday’s Ipsos poll conducted exclusively for Global News found Canadians’ displeasure with floor-crossing MPs has not hurt the overall approval for Prime Minister Mark Carney or his Liberal government.
Operation Epic Fury has revealed something that defense planners have worked toward for decades. Directed energy weapons have moved beyond research programs and test ranges. They’re now stopping real missiles in combat.
h/t Canuknucklehead™
OTTAWA — Nearly half of Canadians say they would vote Liberal if an election were called today, giving Prime Minister Mark Carney’s party its largest lead since 2016.
Forty-nine per cent of decided voters would vote for the Liberals, while 35 per cent would vote Conservative, according to the Postmedia-Leger poll that was taken between Feb. 27 to March 2. That’s a two-point jump for the Liberals and a three-point drop for the Conservatives since late January.
Swedish pop star Zara Larsson responded to a fan who said she had an abortion after attending the singer’s concert, declaring, “I killed the performance and then you killed it after.”
When Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada called on the world’s “middle powers” to band together and resist President Trump, perhaps the most obvious ally for Canada was Australia, another sprawling, former British colony.
As Mr. Carney pulled up in front of the Australian Parliament on Thursday, there was a subtle sign of the two countries’ mutual understanding. A row of Australian Army howitzers boomed out a 19-gun salute. The countries’ shared political system meant that Australia knew that a 21-gun salute is reserved for the governor general, Canada’s head of state as King Charles’s representative.
True Story!!!🤣🤣🤣
Wild thing, you make my heart sing, you make everything groovy, wild thing ~~~~~~~
❣️Wild Thing❣️ pic.twitter.com/5NfKXd97fv— Toni Young (@moosiewa_tusi) March 5, 2026
Iran spent decades constructing underground bunkers to shield its vast missile arsenal from destruction. Less than a week into the war with its two most powerful adversaries, the strategy is beginning to look like a blunder.
U.S. and Israeli war planes and armed drones are circling over the dozens of cavernous bases, striking missile-carrying launchers when they emerge to fire. Meanwhile, waves of heavy bombers have dropped munitions on the sites, apparently entombing the Iranian weapons below ground in some locations.
Satellite imagery taken in recent days shows the smoldering remains of several Iranian missiles and launchers destroyed in U.S. and Israeli airstrikes near entrances to the “missile cities,” as Iranian officials call the subterranean sites.
Pierre Poilievre, leader of His Majesty’s loyal opposition, is visiting the King’s home turf this week, where he gave a keynote speech at Margaret Thatcher’s think tank of choice. The visit comes at a good time for Poilievre to open his ears as well as his mouth.
For the United Kingdom is deep into a period of political turmoil, one that is seeing the fragmentation of the country’s vote, with the mainstream and historically dominant Conservative and Labour parties ceding ground to insurgents from either extreme.
This year’s estimates include $1.38-billion in funding for the CBC, representing a marked decrease from the $1.58-billion allotted to the public broadcaster during the 2025-26 fiscal year.
🚨CBC INTERNAL NUMBERS🚨
CBC’s own documents reveal the scale of the problem.
📉 Views are down nearly 30% year over year.
💰 Expenses exceed revenue by roughly 70%.
Audience collapsing.
Advertising collapsing.
Costs still soaring.And this is from their own internal reports. pic.twitter.com/GlO17zfQYi
— Northern Perspective (@NorthrnPrspectv) March 5, 2026
The cuts are weak sauce and I bet the money will be replaced by some hidden top-up or other.
There are plenty of reasons to worry about Donald Trump’s war on Iran, starting with the U.S. President himself.
This is, after all, a leader who appears to lack a moral compass, circumspection and democratic values. He has consistently abused his power by seeking retribution against his political enemies. His immigration purge tears a page out of the 20th-century fascist playbook.
I’d seek vengeance if I were Trump. The Deep State tried to destroy him but he beat them and he has flourished.
And here we have the Globe who even when praising Trump must first display their TDS Elbow fides.
A prominent Shiite organization in Dearborn, Michigan, held a memorial for the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei over the weekend, honoring him for his “martyrdom” while accusing Americans of being led by Satan.
Dearborn Shiite Mosque Memorial for Khamenei: This Country Was Built by Devil-Worshipers; Statue of Liberty Is Lucifer; Khamenei Was the Great Leader of Our Time, Received Martyrdom After 86 Years of Jihad – We Want Our Children to Grow Up with This Culture pic.twitter.com/PDYfHMi9A4
— MEMRI (@MEMRIReports) March 3, 2026
Within the massive federal government bureaucracy, there are only two independent offices that can be relied upon to give Canadian parliamentarians and taxpayers objective, independent, non-partisan evaluations of government spending.
One of them is the auditor general.
Top military officials told lawmakers in a closed door briefing on Tuesday that they may not be able to shoot down every Iranian drone being launched against US military installations and assets in retaliatory attacks, according to two people familiar with the matter.
The officials, led by the chair of the joint chiefs of staff, Gen Dan Caine, said Iran has been deploying thousands of one-way attack drones and while they have capacity to take down the vast majority but not all of the barrage.
Who’s Zoomin Who?
Alberta is not ready to deal with the threat of online disinformation coming from foreign actors in a possible referendum campaign on separation this fall, according to national security experts.
“Alberta is excessively vulnerable to American interference,” Jean-Christophe Boucher, a professor of political science at the University of Calgary, told Radio-Canada.
Boucher, whose research focuses on foreign interference, is unequivocal: “If there were a referendum in Alberta, there would be no one within the Alberta government who could analyze and collect data to ensure that the conversation about the referendum is not being manipulated by foreign actors.”
