I saw a video on YouTube that had 800 views in ten hours. Only 24 hours later, it had skyrocketed to over 5,000 views.
The incendiary title (for many church people) of the YouTube video is “Pastors Should not be Afraid to Speak up about Alberta Independence.”
A person you probably have never heard of is one of the bravest pastors in the province and quite possibly the entire nation.
After eight years of development and more than $8 million spent by the city of Madison, Wisconsin, Maurer’s Urban Market will open in the Bay Creek neighborhood later this month. Local officials have pitched the store as a measure to prevent a “food desert” in that part of town.
The truth: Maurer’s is right across the street from another grocery store. And within a mile of three others. How this glut came to be is a good illustration of why the government is not cut out for the grocery business.
Four provinces and the federal government are dialling back their freedom-of-information (FOI) laws, moves that ominously mirror one another.
British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario, Nova Scotia and Ottawa are tightening transparency legislation, or proposing to do so, to make internal government documents harder for citizens, journalists and others to obtain.
Timelines for governments to provide responses to such requests are being extended, for example, and more records are being declared off-limits.
Two years ago, world-class researcher and analyst “Sundance” posted an alarming essay on his website, The Conservative Treehouse. Taking a look back at the previous years’ severe COVID tyranny, the rise of the Biden administration’s censorship regime, and the false media narratives pushing a NATO-Russia war in Ukraine, “Sundance” soberly concluded that “We the People” are in an abusive relationship with government. Within that essay, he embedded a picture of a woman holding a sign that reads: “DANGER: You are being conditioned to view your freedom as selfish.”
It’s not just the ostriches. Farmers of all sorts of animals are doubting the competency of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.
Cattle, elk and poultry farmers have all raised concerns with government-ordered cull operations. It turns out that the CFIA has a reputation for bad communication and inconsistent decision-making when it comes to culls.
The Ford government’s automated speed enforcement legislation will become law just two weeks after it was first introduced, compelling municipalities to remove speed cameras before roundabouts, speed bumps and flashing lights have been installed.
Transportation Minister Prabmeet Sarkaria said an omnibus red tape bill, which includes the speed camera ban, will receive royal assent next Monday, with municipalities then required to remove the cameras by Nov. 14.
From sea to shining C-minus, the authorities do not trust Canadians, and we trust them not to. Nova Scotia banned walking in the woods lest we dunces set the place ablaze with incandescent hiking boots, while Vancouver banned teaching your own kid to swim in city pools. Welcome to government of the expert, by the expert, for the expert.
It’s a dangerous convergence of bog-standard public-sector arrogance with a general modern attitude of Machbarkeit, the notion that anything developed through trial-and-error, human or even evolutionary, can be done better by experts using abstract logic and linear algebra. Hence, meat from factories, or the bizarre recent item saying “Scientists Create ‘Living’ Material That Sucks Carbon Dioxide From The Air.”
Let’s clear something up: There is no such thing as “government-funded.” That phrase gets thrown around too often in press releases and campaign speeches, as if it describes some magical pot of money the government pulls from the clouds. But every cent the government spends comes from you. It’s taxpayer-funded. It’s money taken from your paycheque, your gas tank, your grocery bill, your property, your business. Every government “program,” every “announcement,” every “investment” they brag about is done with your money.
Subsidies are in the news. Two in particular: film tax credits and EV support. It’s a sordid tale of doomed subsidy competitions among governments.
Film and movie subsidies have existed for over three decades. The blockbuster Minecraft , released April 4, had brought in US$409 million in ticket sales by May 19, almost 15 per cent of total North America sales over that period. On average in the past four decades, the top 1,000 movies have generated two to three times their production costs, a handsome return to the producers who own the intellectual property rights. Big money is clearly involved, especially for Hollywood producers.
In a world where parental rights are increasingly under attack, one question looms large. Who truly owns your children?
I’m not talking about ownership like a refrigerator or a pet. I mean, who bears the responsibility, the authority, and the accountability for raising your child? Who teaches them morality? Who tells them what’s right and wrong? If you’re a parent of faith—particularly a Christian—the answer should be obvious. You do.
This week, UK prime minister Keir Starmer pledged to make communities safer by putting more police officers on the streets at certain times of day. This forms part of the Labour government’s wider plan to intervene more forcefully in community life, including bringing in so-called Respect Orders to clamp down on the ever more broadly defined category of ‘anti-social behaviour’.
Telling someone to “Speak English” is considered a hate crime in England.
You must say “Speak clearly.” Keep this in mind if you’re headed to the UK. pic.twitter.com/PB8KQ7hqfI
— Dr. Jebra Faushay (@JebraFaushay) April 13, 2025
Today on Pansexual and Panromantic Pride Day, everyone deserves to feel seen, respected and supported—no matter who they love. Create a world where everyone feels proud to be themselves! #PansexualPrideDay pic.twitter.com/4sZjulnJjs
— HHS.gov (@HHSGov) December 8, 2024
Oh, so you meant to tell me that the area of the nation that subsists entirely off the backs of the American working class, has been enriching itself? They live in D.C. because they work in D.C. How could we have ever known that the scum of Washington weren’t acting in our best interest?
In a recent “PBS NewsHour” panel discussion, Washington Post Associate Editor Jonathan Capehart criticized President-elect Donald Trump for selecting cabinet nominees designed to “wreck Washington.” Underlying Capehart’s critique is his assumption that Washington in its present form doesn’t need “wrecking.” The majority of Americans disagree with that assumption.
In Canada we also work to support a bloated and entitled liberal-left vote bloc called the public service.
There are 306,110 federal government-issued smartphones in circulation right now. Canadians can be assured that many government decisions are being made on these devices, particularly through messaging apps.
But how many of these discussions are taking place on disappearing messaging apps, which evade the country’s transparency laws?
