Donald Trump has done the unthinkable, he has made patriotism cool again among Canada’s ruling elite.
Yes, people like Justin Trudeau who have described Canada as a postnational, genocidal state with no core identity now want to boast about Canada.
The people of Canada have long wanted our nation’s leaders to stand up for this country. Average Canadians have remained patriotic, it’s our leaders who have lost their way.
On a windswept corner in the center of the Canadian Prairie, a haunting roadside memorial has weathered 6 years of the elements, the sun of northern summer and its likewise dark and cold winters, and the winds which blow all year. Crosses and hockey jerseys stand as sentinels, an analog to the crosses ‘row on row’ one might see in a similar field in Belgium or France, though the battle which the jerseys of these young men mark is purely economic, and the shots fired are silent and mostly unremarked on.
h/t Patti Jo
A Canadian criminologist who once worked on inland immigration enforcement for the Canada Border Services Agency said Canada needs to better track foreign nationals who arrive in the country on student visas.
Kelly Sundberg, a professor at Mount Royal University, said he was not shocked to hear that Indian law enforcement agencies are investigating links between Canadian colleges and a scheme to ferry international students across the Canada-U. S. border.
“I’m not surprised that our ridiculous honour-based immigration program is being gamed by transnational criminals. That doesn’t surprise me at all,” Sundberg said.
OTTAWA — Will he, or won’t he?
As the Liberals prepare for what’ll undoubtedly be a tumultuous new year, indications are growing stronger that the PM may hit the pause button on parliament.
Andrew Perez, a Liberal Party strategist and principal of Perez Strategies, said that prorogation is almost certainly fait accompli.
Proroguing parliament won’t help Justin but may benefit a new LPC leader to a limited degree but no matter as they’ll still be wiped out come an election.
Eventually, every woman must learn that being nice to an egomaniacal bulls—t artist won’t long protect her from him. It’s too bad Chrystia Freeland had to learn this lesson twice.
Last week, Trump learned that he wouldn’t be able to insult Freeland at the negotiating table anymore, so he insulted her online. Amateur. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau insulted her in her own ministry. No: he got leakers to insult her. He betrayed her, then demanded she betray herself, passing a bad idea of a budget off as her own so as not to embarrass the man he wanted to take her place. Trump’s treatment of women — of the many women who have accused him of sexual assault, of his wives, of Freeland — is hideous, but at least it’s honest in its hideousness. Trudeau’s sexism can feel worse because he pretends to be better.
The author sounds like a fun date. This is the latest effort to whitewash Homolka, I mean Freeland as a saint.
Industry Minister signals shift in Canada’s EV strategy, as era of chasing big new battery plants comes to an end
The era of Canada putting down big bets on massive new electric-vehicle battery plants is coming to end.
As Industry Minister, François-Philippe Champagne has led the strategy that’s seen Stellantis N.V., Volkswagen Group and Honda Motor Co. commit to new factories in Ontario that represent some of the biggest investments in the history of Canada’s auto sector.
A few months ago, Mr. Champagne was still talking up the possibility of landing one or two more such commitments from global automakers.
The fight for the future of the Liberal Party of Canada has begun.
It is no longer a question of whether Prime Minister Justin Trudeau should resign — for most of caucus, that question is settled. It may even be settled for the prime minister. He is in British Columbia, possibly taking the 2024 version of a walk in the snow, a run down the ski hill.
What is now up for debate is who should pick the next Liberal leader and what that means for the party.
Alberta Liberal MP George Chahal has sent a letter to his 152 caucus colleagues urging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to resign immediately, and a second letter to the party president, calling for leadership planning to begin.
“Prime Minister Justin Trudeau no longer has the support of caucus, and to maintain some dignity he should immediately tender his resignation,” wrote Chahal (Calgary-Skyview, Alta.) in a letter sent out this morning to all Liberal MPs, and obtained by The Hill Times.
Canada’s national security faces such major challenges, that its state of “crisis” is alarming and enraging.
“In December 2024 we find ourselves in a far worse situation across all areas of national security than we did in 2015,” said emergency response expert and retired Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) Lt.-Col. David Redman.
Could heightened external and internal threats result from not only Liberal government incompetence — but also by design?
Non-profit Transition Québec in Gatineau has opened a shipping container village that was built to manage a 268% increase in homelessness since 2018.
Meanwhile, many migrants who recently came to Canada have been housed in hotels with catering and security.
A former chief adviser and close friend to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he doesn’t think Trudeau will stay on to lead the Liberals in the next election.
Gerald Butts writes in a Substack newsletter today that Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s recent resignation from cabinet dealt Trudeau a staggering blow that loosened his already tenuous grip on the party.
Butt’s Substack – The Ballad of Justin and Chrystia
What can you say about the events of last Monday here in the Nation’s Capital? The spectacle of Chrystia Freeland taking Justin Trudeau out with the calculated precision of a Ukrainian drone strike had pundits and politicos reaching for their Shakespeare. Fitting, since both principals are now more likely to die (politically), and the scene set the stage for a perilous final act of the Liberal Party’s second Trudeau era.
Ms. Freeland is basking in the afterglow of an admittedly courageous act of politics. Her team feels it has done its party and country a favour by ringing a loud buzzer alarm into the ear of a Prime Minister who was sleepwalking toward electoral oblivion. They believe she will be thanked for it with his job.
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— Auntie Polly (@auntie_polly) December 27, 2024
h/t Auntie Polly
OTTAWA – Indian law enforcement agencies say they are investigating alleged links between dozens of colleges in Canada and two “entities” in Mumbai accused of illegally ferrying students across the Canada-United States border.
A news release Tuesday from India’s Enforcement Directorate — a multi-disciplinary organization that investigates money laundering and foreign exchange laws — said a multi-city search has revealed “incriminating” evidence of “human trafficking.”
The turmoil that’s threatening to topple Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has members of his political party poring over the rulebook for replacing him.
Trudeau is under mounting pressure from elected lawmakers in his ruling Liberal Party to leave after nine years in power. Some have warned that if he stays, they face the prospect of a crushing defeat to the Conservative Party in next year’s election.
I suggest it is time for the Liberal government to pull back on their charitable giving around the world and follow the old adage that ‘charity begins at home’ — meaning ‘charity exists because of the will of taxpaying Canadians’ as it should!
There! I finally said it!
Long overdue.
In 1974, the U.S. was consumed by the controversial matter of then-President Richard Nixon and the Watergate scandal. Pressure was coming from both sides of the political aisle for him to leave office, along with the media and many Americans. Nixon, facing the distinct possibility of becoming the first President to be impeached and removed from office, stepped down on Aug. 9. Gerald Ford, his Vice-President, included this famous line in his swearing-in speech, “Our long national nightmare is over.”
