It was elbows down once again for Prime Minster Mark Carney on Wednesday as he announced new measures to support Canada’s beleaguered steel industry in the face of President Donald Trump’s 50% tariff on Canadian steel imports into the U.S.
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Carney promises First Nations leaders prosperity for ‘generations to come’ with your money at summit on major projects
Prime Minister Mark Carney promised First Nations rights-holders wealth and prosperity for “generations to come” at a summit Thursday designed to allay leaders’ concerns about the government’s major projects law, which has ignited criticism because it allows for fast-tracked approvals.
Carney said the law, known as Bill C-5 before its passage through Parliament in June, is designed to “connect and transform our national economy” at a time when the country is facing threats from U.S. President Donald Trump.
He said the potential benefits that come from building new railways, ports and energy “corridors” will flow to First Nations because “Indigenous economic growth is at the centre” of this new framework.
Oh c’mon it’s always the tax payer who picks up the tab.
Carney Bets Bigly On Trump’s Administration: Blind Trust comprised of 91.6 per cent of U.S.-based companies.
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s investment portfolio includes three Canadian firms out of 567 entities, according to an analysis conducted by the Investigative Journalism Foundation.
Carney’s assets were released July 11th to comply with the Conflict of Interest Act, which requires public disclosure within 120 days of his appointment as prime minister in March.
Among the 567 funds held in an investment account managed by a third party, over which Carney had no control or influence, about 91.6 per cent are U.S.-based companies.
Did federal workers cost Poilievre his job? Top union boss says it’s more about Trump
A major union leader says Pierre Poilievre’s claim that he lost his seat because of his pledge to cut the public service is “simplistic” and should also be attributed to voters linking the Conservative leader to U.S. President Donald Trump.
“I think what people saw was too many similarities. People see the platform that was presented. They see past decision-making and they link it to what’s happening down south in an extreme manner,” said Sharon DeSousa, national president of the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC), the largest federal public sector union.
Mohammedan Climate Nutter Latest Flavor of “Canadian Terrorism”
Ex-pilot called himself messiah on climate-change mission, day before alleged hijack
The day before the suspected hijacking of a light aircraft triggered a security scare at Vancouver’s airport this week, former commercial pilot Shaheer Cassim posted on social media that he was a “messenger of Allah” sent to save humanity from climate change.
A 39-year-old man with the same name has now been charged with hijacking, constituting terrorism, over the incident on Tuesday that saw Norad scramble F-15 fighter jets before the light plane safely landed.
h/t Auntie Polly
Anthony De Luca-Baratta: Canada cannot afford to pivot away from the U.S.
Many commentators hailed the Canada-European Union defence pact, which was signed by Prime Minister Mark Carney in late June, as Canada’s pivot away from the United States. That same month, however, Carney pledged to increase defence spending to five per cent of GDP by 2035, acceding to U.S. President Donald Trump’s demand, and he continues to pursue a comprehensive trade and security agreement with Washington. Despite what his critics may say, the prime minister is living in reality.
Jordan Peterson puts Canadian mansion on market as he prepares to move to America
Controversial Canadian author Jordan Peterson has put his Toronto mansion up for sale ahead of his re–location to the United States.
Peterson, 63, and his wife Tammy Roberts, 60, listed their five–bedroom, three–bathroom home for $2.2million last week.
The house is located in Toronto’s Seaton Village, and the couple’s ownership was confirmed by their daughter, Mikhaila Fuller.
Nice place.
CHARLEBOIS: Canada got fatter since the pandemic. Pharma noticed.
A new study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ) confirms what many suspected: obesity rates in Canada have surged since the onset of the pandemic. Prior to 2020, the trend was gradual. But since April of that year, the pace has quickened — and now, one in three Canadian adults lives with obesity.
More than 50 candidates registered in Alberta byelection where Pierre Poilievre hopes to win back a seat
Dozens of independent candidates have already registered in the rural Alberta riding of Battle River—Crowfoot byelection, where Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre hopes to win back a seat in the House of Commons.
The list stems from a co-ordinated effort by electoral reform advocacy group the “Longest Ballot Committee,” which is aiming to break records during this byelection by registering hundreds of candidates.
While the vast majority of candidates in the riding are running as independents, hopefuls from the United, Libertarian, Christian Heritage and Conservative parties have also put their names forward.
BARBER: Canada’s economic warning from across ‘The Pond’
‘As the UK spirals under debt, high taxes, and net-zero delusions, Canada risks the same fate under Carney’s leadership — unless it changes course on spending, energy, and trade.’
The UK finds itself in serious economic trouble. The cost of its debt is approaching unmanageable levels. It faces high taxes after recent increases, a shrinking economy, declining job growth, and rising unemployment. The UK’s Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) reports that debt is predicted to reach 270% of GDP by 2070 (“Fiscal Risks and Sustainability Report — July 2025”.) The EU’s Stability and Growth Pact recommends a debt-to-GDP ratio of 60%. The UK’s current ratio is around 100%, with annual interest payments projected at £105.2 billion.
Canada’s income gap reaches record high, Statistics Canada finds
Statistics Canada says the income gap between the country’s highest and lowest income households reached a record high in the first quarter of 2025.
The agency says the difference in the share of disposable income between households in the top 40 per cent of the income distribution and the bottom 40 per cent grew to 49 percentage points in the first three months of the year.
Statistics Canada says the measure has increased each year following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
This is why it was so important to import unskilled labour from incompatible cultures by the millions.
‘Youth-cession’ sees young Canadians struggling most, poll data shows
Michael A. Sachs: Why I’m moving my family to the United States
After 30 years as a proud Canadian citizen, a die-hard Canucks fan and someone who has deeply loved this country, I’ve made the hardest decision of my life: I have moved my family of four to the United States.
I want to be clear that this decision wasn’t made lightly and I never imagined leaving our community, our family and our friends. And yet, here we are. The decision comes after years of watching the country I love erode into something unrecognizable.
Report warns of growing Muslim Brotherhood influence in Canada, calls for terrorist designation
A new report by the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP) warns that Canada faces an escalating national security threat from Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated organizations that have embedded themselves across civil society, politics, academia, and finance.
The report urges the federal government to immediately designate the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization, citing a broad and troubling infiltration that could expose Canada to future terror attacks.
Business, pleasure or surgery? Medical travel booms as more Canadians look for cheaper procedures abroad
When you picture yourself on summer vacation, are you on a beach? Or an operating table? For some travellers, the answer is a bit of both.
Call it a medical vacation. About 432,000 Canadians, faced with rising treatment costs at home, are expected to seek medical care abroad this year, 44 per cent more than two years earlier, according to the Medical Tourism Association. They travel for dental work, cosmetic surgeries, and fertility treatments, as well as more serious procedures like knee and hip replacements.
Canada: Stupid Judge Does Stupid Thing Because Trump
Judge halts deportation of non-binary American in landmark ruling after Trump’s gender edicts
A Federal Court justice has halted the deportation of a non-binary American in a ruling that criticized Ottawa’s Immigration Department for not properly considering the situation of LGBTQ Americans since U.S. President Donald Trump took office.
Angel Jenkel, a 24-year-old multimedia artist from Minnesota who is engaged to a Canadian, can now remain in Canada while their case is judicially reviewed, in a judgment that their lawyers hailed as precedent-setting.