A Tunisian man serving a life sentence in Canada for plotting to kill passengers by derailing a VIA Rail train has convinced a Federal Court judge to delay immigration authorities from deciding if he’s allowed to stay here because it could harm his mental health.
The proceeding at issue was an admissibility hearing for Chiheb Esseghaier before the Immigration and Refugee Board. Because of his 2015 convictions, the likely result would have been an automatic deportation order.
U.S. President Donald Trump says Canada is a “serious contender” to become America’s 51st state as he launched into a fresh round of digs aimed at outgoing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
… Trump then floated the possibility that the U.S. could withhold military protection for Canada.
“They don’t have any military protection,” the president told reporters. “You take a look at what’s going on out there. You have Russian ships, you have China ships, you have Chinese ships. You have lot of ships out there. People are in danger. This is a different world today. It’s a different world, but they need our protection.”
President Donald Trump declares that the U.S. will no longer provide military protection unless Canada becomes the 51st state pic.twitter.com/1JLqT6mZl0
— 6ixBuzzTV (@6ixbuzztv) February 14, 2025
In the words of former Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz, Canada’s failure to remove interprovincial trade barriers is like “free money lying on the sidewalk but nobody will bend over and pick it up.”
Could Trump tariffs cause COVID-19-like run on toilet paper? Leading Canadian producer thinks so
Americans could face toilet-paper shortages and price hikes if U.S. President Donald Trump makes good on his threat to enact sweeping 25-per-cent tariffs on all goods from Canada and Mexico, this country’s leading maker of bathroom tissue is warning.
Canada Day's 'evolving,' says @CdnHeritage, cites with approval the cancellation of traditional July 1 activities to reflect "the history of colonialism in Canada." https://t.co/6xqyLZ0L95 #cdnpoli pic.twitter.com/oivpJnumaW
— Blacklock's Reporter (@mindingottawa) February 14, 2025
The same bastards staging a faux patriot flag day tomorrow are the real enemy, the real cancer.
h/t Patti Jo
OTTAWA — U.S. President Donald Trump repeatedly singled out Canada in announcing his plan to increase tariffs to match the tax rates that other countries charge on imports.
Speaking in the Oval Office on Thursday, Trump reiterated that Canada would be better off as the 51st state, repeating the false claim that his country is paying “subsidies” to its northern neighbour, and called Prime Minister Justin Trudeau “Governor Trudeau.”
Few topics in Canadian agriculture generate as much debate as supply management in the dairy sector. The issue gained renewed attention when former U.S. President Donald Trump criticized Canada’s protectionist stance during NAFTA renegotiations, underscoring the need to reassess the system’s long-term viability.
Niccolò Machiavelli once said, “Never waste the opportunity offered by a good crisis.”
The comment could be a line in the Liberals’ playbook given Canada’s recent history.
At a campaign event, Mark Carney, who is on the cusp of becoming Canada’s next prime minister going into a federal election, said he supports the use of “emergency powers” to fight back against the Americans in a trade war.
I’m still in shock that this globalist said this out loud. I hope people who consider voting for him listen to this and wake the hell up. And just imagine what he’s been saying behind closed doors. pic.twitter.com/QxVfoJWNqX
— Ryan Gerritsen (@ryangerritsen) February 13, 2025
Abacus Data Poll: Conservatives lead by 19 as Liberal vote share rises at the expense of the NDP
If an election were held today, 46% of committed voters would cast a ballot for the Conservatives, 27% would vote Liberal, and 15% would support the NDP. The Bloc Québécois sits at 7% nationally, while the Greens are at 3% and the People’s Party at 2%. Since our last survey two weeks ago, the Conservatives are up 3, the Liberals up 5 while the NDP is down 3.
Police believe there may be more victims after a 21-year-old Toronto man was arrested and charged in connection with alleged sexual offences involving a minor.
Last Friday, Durham Regional Police Service’s Human Trafficking Unit launched an investigation after learning that a 14-year-old girl was being “groomed for human trafficking.”
Hammad Abowath, 21, of Toronto, has been charged with sexual Interference with a person under 16 years of age and invitation to sexual touching under 16 years of age. He was held in custody pending a bail hearing.
There is an old saying in American politics: “If you want a friend in Washington, get yourself a dog.” Canada’s problem with U.S. President Donald Trump is clear: there isn’t a Canadian breed that would stay with him.
No one knows at this point whether or not Trump will go ahead with his punitive tariffs on Canada (and Mexico), thus risking a continent-wide trade war. But one thing is certain: Canada is no longer a special case in Washington, and the mutually beneficial relationship between Canada and the United States is almost dead.
Canada’s digital services tax is in Donald Trump’s crosshairs.
The U.S. president signed a presidential memorandum Thursday afternoon calling for a “fair and reciprocal” trading plan, and one of his targets is Canada’s digital services tax.
“Though America has no such thing, and only America should be allowed to tax American firms, trading partners hand American companies a bill for something called a digital service tax,” a White House fact sheet on Trump’s memorandum said, adding that France and Canada collect $500 million (U.S.) a year in DST from American firms. The memo gives U.S. trade officials 180 days to study trade and come up with a plan for reciprocal tariffs.
Now that it's been exposed that Thomson Reuters was being paid by the American govt through USAID, we know why Andrew Coyne has been screaming like a lunatic at Trump and Musk.
The Globe and Mail is owned by Thomson Reuters. Coyne's newspaper is in deep shit. pic.twitter.com/LhNY9HBamV
— Dean Skoreyko (@bcbluecon) February 13, 2025
h/t Mauser
Palestinian flags wave wildly in the air. Students hiding their faces call for divestment from Israel, and accuse the Jewish State and the McGill administration of genocide.
Chalk graffiti boasts that “zionism=facism.” Somewhere on the bright green grass, a person has laid what looks like a bloodied sheet down, and placed disfigured dolls on top. It is August 29th, and this is the first walkout at McGill during the 2024 school year.
President Trump will hold a major news conference on reciprocal tariffs at 1 pm EST on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025
Trump set to impose sweeping reciprocal tariffs within hours: ‘The big one’
Donald Trump is going to impose reciprocal tariffs on Thursday afternoon, the U.S. president said in a post on his Truth Social platform.
“NEWS CONFERENCE ON RECIPROCAL TARIFFS TODAY, 1:00 P.M., THE OVAL OFFICE. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!” Trump said in the post.
He posted earlier in the day, saying it was going to be a “big one.”
We’re all going to feel outrage at the 25 per cent tariffs that President Donald Trump just slapped on Canadian aluminum and steel — if we haven’t started already.
No one will take joy in the work slowdown that has already hit Hamilton, Ont. and the job losses, immediate and downstream, that ensue. Nor will anyone be happy to pay the higher price of American-manufactured items that spike in price due to the higher cost of raw materials within their country.
Consequences? That’s for the “Little People”.
