A very special musical interlude for a very special almost-quitter.
This song was meant for Justin (not safe for the office or some such thing):
Canadian content but just as apt:
Does anyone remember the 16 tons of personal protective equipment Justin handed to his Chinese bosses?
I do:
Given the uncertainty that hangs over its leadership, it’s not hard for Canadians to imagine a country without a fully functioning government.
Opposition parties are clamouring for an election, and no one knows if Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will stay on or resign or if Parliament, assuming it resumes, will be dissolved following a vote of non-confidence. Public support for Mr. Trudeau’s Liberals is at an all-time low—16 percent according to the latest Angus Reid poll—while the wounds inflicted by Chrystia Freeland’s resignation from cabinet still fester.
From the slopes of Whistler, Antony Vo is beginning to explain how he ended up in Canada, when he’s swiftly interrupted by a ski patrol.
“Can I call you back? My binding is loose,” he tells a Star reporter over the phone.
Probably the only time you’ll see the Star upset about a refugee to Canada.
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre gave a lengthy interview to psychologist and media personality Jordan Peterson, touching on his vision for Canada and how he plans to implement it.
The interview was recorded on Dec. 21, five days after former finance minister and deputy prime minister Chrystia Freeland resigned from the Liberal cabinet.
Since then, opposition parties like the Conservatives and the NDP have vowed to bring down the government at the earliest opportunity through a vote of no confidence, which would likely trigger a snap election — something Poilievre briefly discussed with Peterson.
Thanks to Dr. @jordanbpeterson for taking the time to talk with me about restoring Canada’s promise.
— Pierre Poilievre (@PierrePoilievre) January 3, 2025
Green Party Leader Elizabeth May says Canada should not go into a federal election with a second Donald Trump administration about to take office in Washington — an administration that could follow through on Trump’s threat to impose punishing tariffs on Canadian goods entering the United States.
“What happens with an election is that there is then only a caretaker role for whatever government is in place during the time the Trump White House is forming,” May told a press conference Friday morning.
The FBI is investigating terrorist Shamsud-Din Jabbar’s visit to Canada as they revealed new details into his planning of the New Orleans attack.
Investigators said they are now probing leads across the country and abroad of Jabbar’s movements leading up to the attack that killed 14 people and injured dozens.
Special agent in charge of the New Orleans Field Office Lyonel Myrthil told a press conference on Sunday: ‘We have tracked that Jabbar traveled to Cairo, Egypt, from June 22 until July 3 of 2023.
The Canada Revenue Agency has waived nearly $2.5-billion in interest and penalties related to Ottawa’s tax on vacant and underused homes held by foreign owners, a figure that dwarfs the projected annual revenue of the new levy.
The underused housing tax (UHT), which took effect in 2022, imposes an annual tax of 1 per cent per year on residential properties owned by foreign nationals that are left underused or vacant, with the aim of boosting housing availability. But the levy’s complex reporting requirements initially also embroiled many Canadians, leading the CRA to repeatedly provide relief for late filers. The government eventually largely scrapped filing obligations for Canadian homeowners and corporations starting with the 2023 tax year.
h/t Mauser
The hunt is on to determine just where a radical Islamic conference aimed at defeating the “colonialists” is set to take place in Mississauga.
While scheduled to be held Jan. 18, so far the location is a secret. What isn’t secret is the meeting’s theme.
They should allow it to go ahead. One more reason backing Mass Deportations.
Hizb has been around for awhile in Canada but aside from the occasional eruption like this does not seem have found much traction.
OTTAWA — In an effort to recover the cost of removing inadmissible foreigners from Canada, the CBSA is increasing what it charges deportees to ship them back to their home countries.
In a press release Friday, the Canada Border Services Agency — which requires deportees to pay transportation costs for their removal from Canada — will be increasing their cost recovery framework as of April.
Half a million collected annually? I expect that to rise by leaps and bounds.
A “significant number” of cases were closed without investigation last year, investigators say.
Financial crime investigators say they can’t keep up with the “overwhelming” amount of reports filed to Toronto police each day.
In part due to an increase in digital fraud over recent years, a growing caseload forced the Toronto police to close “a significant number” of cases last year without investigation, while others were backlogged over a lack of available detectives.
OTTAWA — Canada’s three westernmost provinces won’t see a cent of the record $26.2 billion in federal equalization payments earmarked for 2025-26, a snub that isn’t sitting well with the region’s premiers.
“The federal government has announced equalization payments for 2025 and once again, SK, AB and BC will be helping support the rest of Canada,” tweeted Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe on Thursday, in a message that was quickly amplified by Alberta Premier Danielle Smith.
OTTAWA – After six years of costly indecision, the federal government will spend more than $400,000 to dispose of a Canadian Coast Guard vessel that spent more years as a “dead” ship than a seaworthy vessel.
Built in 2013, CCGS Corporal McLaren M.M.V. will have the unfortunate honour of having spent the majority of its 10 years of service as a boat-shaped hunk of metal more accustomed to dry land than swelling seas.
The New Year began in America with news that a Ford F-150 Lightning pick-up truck had been driven into crowds on Bourbon Street, in New Orleans’ French Quarter, killing 15 and injuring 35 more. The suspect then exited the vehicle and opened fire, wounding two police officers, before being shot dead. The assailant has been identified as 42-year-old Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a US army veteran born in Texas. While this had all the hallmarks of an Islamist attack, the FBI were quick to have a barely-literate confirm “it is not a terrorist event”. This was then recanted, when it was revealed that Jabbar was flying an ISIS flag from the trailer hitch of the truck, and that two improvised explosive devices were found near the scene. Now, the FBI suspects Jabbar did not work alone.
While the FBI hunts Canadian fugitive Ryan Wedding, U.S. authorities are warning he remains a threat and likely still has a team of contract killers at the ready.
Wedding, who competed for Canada as a snowboarder at the 2002 Olympic Games, is accused of running a violent, $1-billion US transnational criminal enterprise. He remains on the lam while facing murder and drug trafficking charges in California.
Between them, Wedding and his top lieutenant, fellow Canadian Andrew Clark, are accused of orchestrating at least four killings in southern Ontario, including the mistaken-identity shootings of the Sidhu family in November 2023.
Well I hope they’re sustainable hitmen!
