A few weeks ago, maritime analysts sitting at a desk in London spotted an anomaly with the tracking data used to identify vessels on the high seas.
Petersburg, an American government-owned tanker built in Bethlehem Steel in 1963, had shown up at Russia’s Black Sea port of Novorossiysk, a major hub for exports which had come under attack from the Ukrainians. What the experts were seeing was impossible.
It’s become crystal clear why there have been four ministers of foreign affairs in the past five years under the Trudeau government: it is are a rudderless ship with no vision for how Canada should be represented on the world stage. The prime minister’s leadership has been catastrophic for Canadian foreign policy.
The Liberals have failed to meet our NATO commitments, leaving our allies questioning our ability and our resolve. They’ve failed to stand with our Israeli allies, who are facing an existential threat. They’ve left Canada’s image degraded, tarnished and nearing the point of total collapse.
Prepare to read a remarkable statement: “everything is broken in this country.”
According to a recent poll, 70 percent — seventy! — of Canadians agreed with that assertion. Those surveyed say that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s (radically) Liberal government is too focused on climate change and the war in Ukraine, and not dealing with issues important to them, such as the high — and rising — cost of living.
Border Patrol apprehensions of illegal immigrants at the northern U.S. border have jumped from 916 in fiscal year 2021 to 10,021 in fiscal 2023.
HIGHGATE, Vt.—At dawn or dusk, Kristy Brow used to enjoy alone time walking in the woods on her 21-acre property in Highgate, Vermont, a small rural town near the U.S.–Canada border.
Lately, however, she’s cautious—she’s worried about potential encounters with illegal immigrants along the remote logging trail.
“I don’t go out by myself anymore—especially at night,” said Mrs. Brow, who runs a dog obedience business from her home.
“It’s unsettling. You can’t feel relaxed anymore,” she said. “You want to be safe in your own house and on your property.
Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre has shot back at B.C. Premier David Eby’s comment that his plea to halt a federal carbon price increase is a “baloney factory” campaign tactic.
Poilievre told The Roy Green Show on Saturday that Eby’s “constituents can’t even afford to buy baloney after eight years of him, and the NDP and Liberal coalition.”
OTTAWA — Prime ministers always say they leave their political legacies to historians. But it’s their successors who largely write that history by deciding what parts of any governing agenda survive.
So what should we glean from the reflections about Brian Mulroney’s legacy? His successors left most of the former Progressive Conservative leader’s important accomplishments intact, even those they once adamantly opposed.
And what might it tell us about which parts of Justin Trudeau’s agenda will survive, or what lessons Pierre Poilievre has taken?
OTTAWA — MPs are set to vote Monday on an NDP motion calling on the government to officially recognize a Palestinian state, testing deep splits in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal caucus over the Israel-Hamas war.
The motion also calls on the government to advocate for an end to what it calls the “decades-long occupation of Palestinian territories.” It calls for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and the release of all hostages, an arms embargo against Israel, unimpeded humanitarian access to Gaza and a lifting of the “arbitrary cap” on the government’s temporary resident visa applications from Gazans.
Immigration without limits enriches some but also strains important parts of the economy.
Thurston Howell III went off on Gilligan now and then. In one episode the fictional tycoon got so mad he referred to the sailor as “probably not even a Republican.” That was when many pre-literate boomers got their first inkling of well-heeled northeasterners as stereotypical stalwarts of the GOP. Howell belonged to all the right clubs, knew the right people and graduated Harvard. A remake of Gilligan’s Island that fit in with modern times would switch Howell to the blue party and amp his rage up to eleven.
FIFA requested that employees working on the 2026 World Cup be exempt from certain labour laws as part of Toronto’s bid to co-host the tournament, a concession that raised the concerns of then-mayor John Tory, internal documents show.
Emails to and from city staff that the Star obtained through a freedom of information request confirm that FIFA, soccer’s global governing body, requested governments provide specific guarantees as part of Toronto’s application to hold the tournament.
What a rip off.
Former Mountie William Majcher has made a career out of deception and dancing on the edge of danger. As a young officer, he nearly died after being jumped from behind and smashed repeatedly in the head with a steel bar. After transitioning into undercover work, Majcher was planted in the same cell as an Air India terror suspect. He infiltrated the Medellin drug cartel and was warned he was on a hit list after a $100,000 bounty was put on his head.
His subterfuge maximized his easy-going demeanour and commerce degree from St. Mary’s University, allowing him to pose as a clean cut expert in money laundering. This work in the shadows came in handy when he was tasked to run the B.C. office of the RCMP’s financial crime unit before retiring in 2007.
A strong majority of Canadians want to see U.S. President Joe Biden re-elected in November, but many expect a Donald Trump return is more likely, according to a Nanos Research survey.
The poll conducted for The Globe and Mail shows 69 per cent of Canadians say they are hoping for Mr. Biden to win the next U.S. election.
Are you on Katy Telford's rolodex? This smells like a Trudeau Re-Election gambit. I'm certain Canada's compliant media has already booked time for your 'Poilievre is just Like Trump' rants. Talk about foreign interference in our elections. #cdnpoli https://t.co/uMuyE97F3z
— Fancypants Maloney (@fancypants_s) March 17, 2024
Two weeks ago, I was hearing a disturbing message from two young Canadians while having lunch at a downtown Toronto cafe.
They were questioning whether it’s still safe to be a Jew in Canada.
This week, I was sitting with two rabbis in Thornhill as they raised the same questions for themselves and their congregations.
I don’t blame them for feeling that way.
But to be clear politicians count votes not principles and the police are a militia who follow the orders of our pols.
Neither politicians or the police were ever your friend.
That cutline is insulting. I haven’t abandoned anyone. Also, white Christians have been subject to systemic demonization for years, and there’s been no organized response from the Jewish community. Should I feel “abandoned” by them?
— Patti Jo (@TheSupeHero) March 17, 2024
Some in the Jewish community have a legitimate beef with our politicians & police, they saw the Islamist writing on the wall. Others called non-Jews like myself Islamophobes or racists for warning about Islamist migration. Few spoke up about DEI when whites were the public target
— Fancypants Maloney (@fancypants_s) March 17, 2024
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he has a “crazy job” and he thinks about quitting all the time, but, “I couldn’t be the man I am and give up the fight at this point.”
By rights, these two right-wingers should be soul mates.
Yet they are anything but.
Premier Doug Ford and federal Opposition Leader Pierre Poilievre barely know each other. Nor are they in a hurry to get better acquainted.
They have no private conversations to speak of. Nor any public interactions to take stock of.
A reporter with Rebel News has been arrested a second time in just over two months.
David Menzies was attempting to interview someone at a pro-Palestinian rally in Toronto when he was told by members of the crowd to back down and allow the individual to pray, according to a video posted by the news organization on March 15.
Video of arrest starts at 0:36 ⬇️ David Menzies asks a question, the demonstrators and supporters tell him they’re about to pray, Menzies stands his ground and police move in to remove him and, apparently, arrest him. https://t.co/jI5RvpjNaT
— Lorrie Goldstein (@sunlorrie) March 16, 2024
