…On Monday, U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson said in widely reported remarks that it is “shameful” Canada still hasn’t hit the two-per-cent target.
He accused Canada of “riding America’s coattails” — an echo of criticism by former president Donald Trump, whose tenure in the White House was coloured by his declarations that America’s allies were free-riding under the U.S. security umbrella.
The Quebec RCMP is actively investigating allegations of criminal activity related to foreign interference by the China Communist Party (CCP).
Authorities on Tuesday launched a public “awareness campaign” and are “seeking public assistance in connection with Chinese foreign interference in Quebec.”
The Trudeau compromised RCMP is investigating Trudeau’s boss XI in Quebec. Sure that really inspires confidence.
A growing number of Canadians are struggling financially, with nearly half stressed by housing costs and other living expenses, according to a recent survey.
One-in-three Canadians (32 percent) now fall into the “struggling” category, up from one-quarter two years ago, said the Angus Reid Institute (ARI) in its July 9 report. In addition, the number of Canadians in the “comfortable” category has decreased to 23 percent, down from 29 percent in 2022.
Canada is a cheapskate. We’re that friend who always “forgets” their wallet when they join you for dinner, who never splits the bill evenly because they “only had an appetizer,” who never treats their pals to a round but always drinks when someone else buys. Most us have had friends like this, and after a while, you stop inviting them out, leaving them to stare at the walls of their studio apartments alone.
TORONTO – A new survey says Canadians are feeling less optimistic about their finances, with respondents worried about inflation, income levels and a potential recession at the midpoint of the year.
TransUnion’s Canada consumer pulse study for the second quarter of 2024 found 57 per cent of Canadian households said their incomes are not keeping up with the current inflation rate, while 38 per cent expect payments for bills and loans to increase over the next three months.
The Privy Council Office (PCO) says it did not search the aliases Birju Dattani, the new head of the Canadian Human Rights Commission, used to make controversial social media posts.
A spokesperson for the PCO said in a statement to CBC News on Monday that “an administrative oversight resulted in the aliases not being searched by PCO.”
In June, Dattani was named the CHRC’s chief commissioner, making him the first Muslim or racialized person to head the organization.
Entirely possible they didn’t search because that would have been “racist”.
A month after Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland did her best to talk up a class war, her boss now appears intent on using the housing crisis to pit young Canadians against the old.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says older Canadians who “scrimped and saved” to own homes don’t understand the hardships of a younger generation who can’t get a foot on the housing ladder.
There was an unscripted moment during a panel debate in Toronto last month that could go a long way toward explaining Canada’s long-term reluctance to publicly and wholeheartedly embrace NATO’s guideline for members’ defence spending.
Appearing on a panel at the Eurasia’s group’s U.S.-Canada Summit, the typically unflappable Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly was asked pointedly how Ottawa could be considered a reliable ally when it appears unable — or unwilling — to meet the western military alliance’s benchmark of spending at least two per cent of GDP on defence.
Big tranny army.
Canada’s ambassador for climate change has charged $254,000 in travel expenses in less than two years on the job.
Catherine Stewart billed for stays at luxury hotels ranging up to $623 a night, according to Blacklock’s Reporter, citing access to information records.
Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault appointed Stewart to the role on Aug. 2, 2022, saying she had done “exemplary work” as assistant deputy environment minister.
How many teat suckers like this are on the government payroll? Nothing this woman does will ever benefit citizens or the environment or anything else beyond her taste for high living.
At the crux of economic immigration policy is the question of whether immigrant selection should prioritize current labour market needs or the human capital of applicants. Does Canada need more farmhands and delivery riders, or do we want more scientists and tech workers?
For economists, the answer is simple.
Governments should rely on competitive markets to allocate labour to where it is most productive and focus immigration on raising the average skill level of the population.
We no longer live in that world.
Mass immigration is a weapon to keep wages depressed and citizens afraid & malleable.
The Great Replacement is not a conspiracy theory.
Housing Minister Sean Fraser in his housing design plans has done away with detached single family homes and determined Canadians will live in townhouses and walk-up apartments.
The department has released its Housing Design Catalogue for builders and designers, per Blacklock’s Reporter. No designs for detached single family homes are welcome.
Standing by the side of his RV in a bright blue T-shirt, Donald (Gator) Varnador proudly shows off his manicured garden.
“I hear people always talking about more affordable housing. Well, this is affordable housing.”
Gator, a senior, lives in the Riverbend Cottage and RV Resort just outside Parksville on Vancouver Island.
OTTAWA — On the eve of a major NATO summit, the federal budget watchdog says the government is overestimating defence spending and that Canada will be even further than expected from its 2 per cent military investment commitment by the end of the decade.
A year ago, the Liberal plan to fight the 2025 election was based on making Canadians fear Pierre Poilievre. Now, they can’t even get a large portion of the population to think about the Conservative Leader – because their feelings about Justin Trudeau get in the way.
The Liberals want to tell people that Mr. Poilievre is too right-wing, or bent on launching an era of austerity, or uninterested in climate change. They want to make people question whether a prime minister Poilievre is really what they want.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is refusing to accept the demand by some of his MPs for an in-person national caucus meeting to discuss the recent devastating Toronto-St. Paul’s, Ont., byelection loss, and the strategy going forward, but MPs and political insiders say that ducking the issue won’t help.
