Trolling or part of a larger plan?: Why Elon Musk waded into the separatism debate

Trolling or part of a larger plan?: Why Elon Musk waded into the separatism debate

When Elon Musk called for Quebec, Alberta and Saskatchewan to separate from Canada earlier this week, it may have been nothing more than the trillionaire engaging in some anti-Canadian trolling.

But it’s also possible, according to one Musk observer, that the Tesla and Space X CEO had something else in mind.

“I think with Musk, there’s often usually another game being played at the same time,” said Quinn Slobodian, a professor of international history at Boston University who co-authored the book: Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed.


I wonder if Musk like many of us recognize “Canada” is a near failed state ruined by the Liberal Party.

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LYTLE: Mark Carney — the man who would be king

LYTLE: Mark Carney — the man who would be king

A friend of mine has a habit of calling our Prime Minister “the man who would be king.” I politely laugh. But after recent events in Strasbourg, I think he may be on to something. Mr. Carney, who smiled alongside Ursula von der Leyen after announcing their intention to bring Canada into a special relationship with the EU, looked for all the world like “a man who would be king.” A king of clapping seals, perhaps, but a king, nevertheless.

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Victor Davis Hanson: The Trump Doctrine – No More Free Defense for Ungrateful Allies

Victor Davis Hanson: The Trump Doctrine – No More Free Defense for Ungrateful Allies

“… But if you think about it very quickly, Canada keeps doubling down. [Mark] Carney just won’t stop. And now he’s announced that he’s going to … The 5% trade partner is the EU, and he’s gonna have a special relationship with it, a special relationship with China that’s about, I guess, 15% or 20% of its trade, which is … We know how China treats inferior powers militarily and economically.”

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A Hong Kong Bounty, a Liberal Lawmaker’s Toronto Consulate “Joke” and a RCMP Safety Warning Upended Joe Tay’s Federal Campaign. Now He’s Running Against the Same Man, With the RCMP File Unresolved

A Hong Kong Bounty, a Liberal Lawmaker’s Toronto Consulate “Joke” and a RCMP Safety Warning Upended Joe Tay’s Federal Campaign. Now He’s Running Against the Same Man, With the RCMP File Unresolved

MARKHAM, Ontario — Joe Tay reacted viscerally when a campaign volunteer sent him the photograph last week. On a strip of grass beside his yellow placard for Markham regional councillor stood a dark blue sign for Paul Chiang, the retired police officer and former Liberal member of Parliament who quit the 2025 federal election after suggesting to Chinese-language journalists, gathered in his constituency office in Markham–Unionville, that Tay be handed to China’s consulate in Toronto for a Hong Kong bounty.

Even though no one stood in that photo, just two signs, side by side, Tay said a chill ran down his spine.

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Seven Canadian provinces trail behind most U.S. states on economic performance: study

Seven Canadian provinces trail behind most U.S. states on economic performance: study

A new study comparing economic performance in all of the Canadian provinces and U.S. states has found that, of the 60 jurisdictions, seven of the 10 lowest-ranking are in Canada.

The research by the Fraser Institute looked at living standards, incomes, private sector employment and labour productivity to compare the economic growth of the two countries. It found that, in every category, Canadians have fallen further behind Americans.

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Canadian taxpayers fund vile pro-October 7 poet who wrote: ‘Praise the paragliders… their triumphant descension’

Canadian taxpayers fund vile pro-October 7 poet who wrote: ‘Praise the paragliders… their triumphant descension’

A Canadian literary journal funded by taxpayers published a poem that suggested support for the October 7 attacks and praised Hamas paragliders for ‘their triumphant descension’ on Israel.

The piece titled ‘FLOOD’ by Toronto poet Bahar Orang appeared in a new edition of online journal The Ex-Puritan.

‘Praise the paragliders, their gentle ascension, their unbroken morning, and of course their triumphant descension, their feet touching down,’ Orang wrote.


Canada is a dumpster fire.

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‘HOW IS THAT NOT CORRUPT:’ Carney faces conflict of interest allegations over $2 billion heat pump rebate program

‘HOW IS THAT NOT CORRUPT:’ Carney faces conflict of interest allegations over $2 billion heat pump rebate program

Prime Minister Mark Carney is facing accusations of a conflict of interest after announcing a $2 billion expansion of federal heat pump rebates that could benefit companies in which he previously disclosed financial holdings.

Conservative MP John Brassard (Barrie-South-Innisfil, Ont.), chair of the Commons ethics committee, questioned whether Carney’s financial ties to Brookfield Asset Management and several heating and ventilation companies could result in personal financial gains from the taxpayer-funded program.

“How is that not corrupt?” Brassard asked in the House of Commons.

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“The future of Canada will be decided by Canadians” says some guy who’s probably in Canada less than Elon Musk

“The future of Canada will be decided by Canadians” says some guy who’s probably in Canada less than Elon Musk

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney is the latest Canadian politician to rebuff statements by a high-tech billionaire that provinces would be “better off” seceding from Canada.

Speaking at a press conference in Sherbrooke, Que., on Thursday, Carney addressed Musk’s comments — made Wednesday on X in reply to a post quoting newly elected Quebec Premier Paul St-Pierre Plamondon as saying Quebec’s independence “will be realized one day.”

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Canada sheds 68,000 jobs, unemployment rate up to 6.5% in September

Canada sheds 68,000 jobs, unemployment rate up to 6.5% in September

Canada’s economy posted a second consecutive month of job losses in September, pushing up the unemployment rate and offsetting what had been a hot streak for the labour market earlier in the year.

Statistics Canada said Friday the economy lost 68,000 positions in September, coming off a loss of 42,000 roles in August. Economists had expected a gain of 9,200 jobs in the month.

StatCan said job losses were nearly evenly split between full- and part-time work and were concentrated in the public sector.

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Canada Drops Nine Places to 18th in Global Economic Freedom Ranking

Canada Drops Nine Places to 18th in Global Economic Freedom Ranking

Canada has tumbled nine places down the international economic openness index within just one year, according to a newly released report.
Canada dropped from ninth to 18th place in the global economic freedom index published this week by the Fraser Institute. This year’s Economic Freedom of the World report relies on data from

2024, the last available year for which data can be compiled across 165 countries.

Canada’s nine-place drop is concerning, Fraser Institute senior fellow and report co-author Matthew Mitchell said.

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Search of alleged NATO spy’s online presence was not required for security clearance check, committee hears

Search of alleged NATO spy’s online presence was not required for security clearance check, committee hears

The government department responsible for granting secret clearance to the NATO intern arrested in July by Belgian police on suspicion of espionage was not required to look at her social media accounts or presence online before issuing her security clearance, a committee of MPs was told on Wednesday.

Global Affairs Canada granted former federal public servant Biwei Zhang security clearance before she took up her role at NATO last year, following vetting by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service and criminal record checks by the RCMP.


Sounds like enabling.

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1 in 3 food banks, shelters forced to turn away people due to demand: survey

1 in 3 food banks, shelters forced to turn away people due to demand: survey

Even as more Canadians turn to them for help, food banks and shelters say they’re struggling to keep up with a new survey showing some are having to turn people away.

The State of Food Charity in Canada, produced by the National Network of Non-Profits and conducted by Ipsos, shows 89 per cent of non-profits across the Second Harvest network saw an increase in demand for food in the past year.

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GOLDSTEIN: Canada’s bottomless climate change money pit

GOLDSTEIN: Canada’s bottomless climate change money pit

We’ll never know the total cost Canadians paid to fund former prime minister Justin Trudeau’s failed climate change policies that Prime Minister Mark Carney has largely abandoned.

That’s because in addition to the upfront costs, there were the lost opportunity costs caused by putting a damper on the expansion of Canada’s oil and natural gas sectors for a decade.

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Blistering

Blistering

h/t Clink9

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