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The federal ethics commissioner has launched an investigation into the chair of the board of directors of a federal green fund after she participated in the approval of more than $200,000 in grants to a private firm she directed.
In a letter to Conservative MP Michael Barrett on Thursday, Ethics Commissioner Konrad von Finckenstein said he will examine the conduct of Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) board chair Annette Verschuren.
A new study has revealed the most significant US gender gap in life expectancy since 1996.
A team of scientists led by the University of California found women are now living 5.8 years longer than men – 0.2 years shy of the record.
The most significant contributor was the Covid pandemic, which took a disproportionate toll on men, followed by unintentional injuries and drug overdoses, accidents and suicide.
A group representing many of Canada’s largest employers says it’s troubling that Ottawa remains left out from a U.S.-led effort to expand economic co-operation among Indo-Pacific allies and partners as a counterweight to China.
Talks between Washington and 13 other Indo-Pacific countries yielded a partial agreement unveiled Thursday on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation summit in San Francisco, which Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is attending.
With members including India, Japan, South Korea and Australia, the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework For Prosperity (IPEF) announced co-operation on clean energy and anti-corruption measures Thursday.
No one likes Trudeau.
OTTAWA — Turns out “no glasses” may have been the right call.
When the team close to Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre mulled earlier this year over how to help him connect with Canadians, a debate ensued about whether to ditch the glasses he’d worn for years in favour of a different look.
The Star is getting weirdly obsessive.
Toronto police arrive at Scotia Plaza to kick out Pro-Palestine protestors pic.twitter.com/PkIYNm0JRc
— 6ixBuzzTV (@6ixbuzztv) November 17, 2023
This is horrific. Your reminder that not a single person has been held accountable yet for unleashing Covid on the world and lying about covid and the vaccine. They destroyed lives. pic.twitter.com/Q9X5hjJN6g
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) November 17, 2023
Trudeau says Israel hurting peace prospects in Gaza, decries Canadians ‘lashing out’
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Israel’s military actions in the Gaza Strip, meant to clear Hamas militants from the Palestinian territory, are making it harder to achieve long-term stability in the region.
Speaking to reporters at the APEC summit in San Francisco, Trudeau said the path to a viable two-state solution “is getting more difficult with all the hardship that Palestinians are going through.”
The prime minister said he is also disturbed by “Canadians lashing out in anger” against each other during the latest Israel-Hamas war, mentioning Jewish schools targeted by overnight gunfire and acts of Islamophobia.
This sort of crazy talk may mean he really is going to resign.
Tiktoker tells white people that their “whiteness is the heaviest thing about you” in anti-white racist rant.
She claims to be a college student on her account. Did she learn to think and speak like this in college?pic.twitter.com/07wI7ke1SZ
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) November 17, 2023
A pro-Palestinian activist group shared a frightening map of New York City newsrooms, businesses and landmark buildings — and called for “direct action” to “globalize intifada.”
In addition to news buildings, Within Our Lifetime, which describes itself as a Palestinian-led community organization, also called for followers to target the offices of technology companies
“Each of the locations on this map reflects the location of an office of an enemy of both the Palestinian people and colonized people all over the world. Today and beyond, these locations will be sites for popular mobilization in defense of our people,” the sickening Wednesday night post read.
You know how people like @peterbeinart and @RashidaTlaib and @marklamonthill love to pretend that "river to the sea" means a single state with equal rights for two peoples? Nothing genocidal about it?
That sure isn't how Palestinians view it.
The AWRAD poll says 75% of… pic.twitter.com/k4PNkFhvdP
— Elder of Ziyon 🇮🇱 (@elderofziyon) November 17, 2023
Here is a transgender dancer who was awarded a scholarship by the prestigious Royal Academy of Dance, and a ballerina who was not.
(The transgender dancer is on the right). #thursdayvibes #LGBT #ThursdayThoughts #TransAwarenessWeek pic.twitter.com/fXYrGr0M7O
— Dr. Jimmy Yam (@JimmyJoeYam) November 17, 2023
“For us, St. Nicholas must be environmentally friendly, respectful of religions, and intersectional,” the mayor said.
The mayor of the Saint-Gilles neighbourhood in Brussels has said he would like to make Saint Nicholas, the Christian saint associated with Christmas, more Moroccan in order to connect with the residents of his area.
Saint-Gilles Mayor Jean Spinette stated that he would be open for Saint Nicholas to embrace Moroccan culture during the annual December 6th event in which a man dressed as the saint visits local schools in the area, Sudinfo reports.
Spinette stated that his government has relations with the Moroccan city of Berkane and that many of the residents of his area originate from the region. “It’s a way to find a connection with the Muslim community in the town,” he said. “You should know that many people living in Saint-Gilles are from this region of Morocco.”
A TikTok influencer went viral this week for promoting Osama bin Laden’s “Letter to America.”
Online personality and pro-Palestinian activist Lynette Adkins urged her over 175,000 TikTok followers on Tuesday to read the words of the terrorist mastermind behind the 9/11 attacks.
MORE … Guardian forced to delete viral Bin Laden letter
Oh dear. It seems that the world’s wokest newspaper has blundered, again. The Guardian has today been forced to remove a letter by, er, Osama Bin Laden after it went viral on TikTok. The letter had proudly been up on the Graun’s website since 2002, explaining how the terror chief launched his war against the United States in part because of its support of Israel. But now in its place is a sign with the headline ‘Removed: document’ and a brief explainer…
Tiktokers are now justifying the 9/11 attacks and praising Osama Bin Laden because it was just “resistance” pic.twitter.com/5tqtFMWY5t
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) November 16, 2023
Not long after Russia began bombing Ukraine, Oleksii Martynenko packed his bags and fled Kremenchuk, a once-tranquil but now war-torn city roughly 190 miles (300 kilometres) from Kyiv. He moved to Stockholm and took a job as a line cook. One year later, as his work visa approached expiry, he relocated to Canada’s largest city.
h/t Mauser
LGBTQ education organization encourages teachers to be trans activists in their classrooms by using pronouns and removing gendered language pic.twitter.com/s7RcH54ul1
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) November 15, 2023
