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Corporate watchdog was still accepting complaints as Carney abruptly closed it down

Corporate watchdog was still accepting complaints as Carney abruptly closed it down

A corporate watchdog was still accepting complaints right up until the point Prime Minister Mark Carney announced its dissolution — seemingly out of nowhere — despite saying the decision to discontinue the office was made “months” earlier.

The Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise (CORE) was introduced under former prime minister Justin Trudeau in 2019 to investigate potential human rights abuses committed by Canadian companies operating abroad.

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The rise of eco-fascism

The rise of eco-fascism

Alfie Coleman was 16 when Britain went into Covid lockdown and, like many teenagers, he spent more time online than he should have. Doomscrolling in his bedroom, he found much to trouble his young mind – including apocalyptic warnings about climate change.

But while other worried youngsters might have been tempted to join Extinction Rebellion (XR), Coleman favoured an even more extreme form of direct action.


Right-Wing Eco-nutters? New to me.

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Trump has ‘won the argument’ on NATO defence spending, Carney says at summit

Trump has ‘won the argument’ on NATO defence spending, Carney says at summit

NATO countries are bolstering their militaries after U.S. President Donald Trump “won the argument” on defence spending, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Wednesday.

Trump has long said allies don’t spend enough on defence and that the U.S. has carried more than its fair share of NATO’s defence spending burden.

Carney told reporters in Turkey on the last day of the summit that Trump is looking to shift that burden – something former U.S. president Barack Obama had sought as well.

h/t Hermes

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WTF?

h/t Patti Jo

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About That Black Woman Photographed With a Bunch of Supposed White Nationalists in DC…

About That Black Woman Photographed With a Bunch of Supposed White Nationalists in DC…

The fact that this didn’t get any traction says a lot. Dear members of the media, no one cares or fears the Patriotic Front, a supposed white nationalist group, which many online have mocked as an FBI stunt. They appear periodically. There was one stop in Idaho where I believe the number of these supposed white supremacists outmatched the town’s population. It’s a clown show.

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How California Effectively Legalized an Open-Air Sex Market

It’s midafternoon outside KIPP Academy of Opportunity, a charter school serving children in fifth through eighth grade on South Figueroa Street in residential Los Angeles. As children inside prepare for their futures, a young female struts by in high heels, wearing nothing but a bikini and a jacket.

“We’ll see some police officers roll by and some young women out here just prostituting. They’re walking right by, and the police drive right by them,” the school’s gun-toting security guard said. “It’s normal.”


Not for the squeamish

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LILLEY: United Arab Emirates unlikely to walk away from plan to invest $70B in Canada

LILLEY: United Arab Emirates unlikely to walk away from plan to invest $70B in Canada

When Prime Minister Mark Carney visited the United Arab Emirates last November, he was looking to expand trade. What he didn’t expect was an offer by the U.A.E. to invest $70 billion in Canada over the coming years.

Jean Charest, the former Quebec premier and current co-chair of the Canada-U.A.E. Business Council, was there when the Emiratis made the offer.

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