Dark-money-funded leftist NGOs were at it again this weekend, attempting to stage a color-revolution-style regime change in Washington, D.C., right outside the White House. But as with every operation this year, dating back to “Tesla Takedown,” the only people these far-left groups, funded by rogue billionaires and some with taxpayer funds, managed to summon were the usual unhinged white baby-boomer liberal, serial protesters at best, with nothing else better to do
h/t DS
Roughly half of young renters and a third of tenants at all ages are spending the majority of their after-tax income on rent, according to a new report.
Experts say the survey, which was published by Rentals.ca this week, shows that the adage of limiting your rental expenses to one-third of your income is simply no longer possible for many Canadians – a situation that could threaten the ability of renters to adequately save for retirement.
I find it sickening that the Globe which advocates for continued mass immigration pretends to give a damn about anyone squeezed out of housing by corporate Canada’s imported scabs.
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Bolivia’s presidential vote headed to an unprecedented runoff after elections Sunday that ended more than two decades of left-wing dominance in the Andean nation but signaled voters’ trepidation about a major lurch to the right.
A dark horse centrist, Sen. Rodrigo Paz, drew more votes than the right-wing front-runners, although not enough to secure an outright victory, early results showed.
Paz, a former mayor who has sought to soften the edges of the opposition’s push for tough austerity to rescue Bolivia from a looming economic collapse, will face off against right-wing former President Jorge “Tuto” Quiroga, who finished second. Bolivia holds the presidential runoff — its first since its 1982 return to democracy — on Oct. 19.
h/t DS
A Haitian family was separated at the Quebec-U.S. border this spring due to what an immigration lawyer calls a “legal glitch” some fear could become a wider problem as more migrants flee the United States into Canada.
The family attempted to enter Canada at the official land crossing in Lacolle, Que., in March, according to immigration documents.
They are not in danger in the United States, we have no obligation to accept any of them.
In the end, the great Anchorage face-off was a muddled affair. But whatever Presidents Putin and Trump did or didn’t agree about the fate of Ukraine over nearly three hours of talks, one thing remains clear: Europe wasn’t in the room.
Sir Keir Starmer and other European leaders were reassured by Trump’s Alaska statement that the US is prepared to give security guarantees as part of a peace deal in Ukraine. The prime minister called this “important progress” and “crucial in deterring Putin from coming back for more”.
But the underlying trend remains: America’s uncoupling from European security continues and it is increasingly apparent that if Europe wishes to be the master of its own fate, it will need to completely transform its approach to defending itself.
Ford Motor calls its new electric vehicle initiative a “Model T moment” because of what the company says is its potential to revolutionize the sector the way its first car did for motoring more than a century ago.
But the automaker’s announcement last week that it will invest billions of dollars in a redesigned, value-priced EV pickup truck comes at a time when gale-force headwinds threaten to make the effort more of an Edsel moment – and not just for Ford.
It may be too dire to suggest Ford is walking into a propeller of anti-EV factors hampering the market. But the timing of its push could not be more challenging, as demand, sentiment and legislation are all going the wrong way.
A new report on Syrian refugees in Austria has ignited political controversy after suggesting that some migrants are deliberately failing the exam after completing German courses to avoid low-paying jobs.
The findings, published in daily Kronen Zeitung and based on the Austrian Labour Market Service’s (AMS) study, have prompted sharp criticism from opposition politicians, particularly the right-wing Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ).
When Parliament returns this fall, one bill should be at the top of the priority list: Ending the practice of giving lighter sentences to criminals who aren’t Canadian citizens. Conservative MP Michelle Rempel Garner has made it clear her party will bring forward legislation to close this loophole, and every Canadian who believes in fairness should be demanding that it pass.
Afternoon @CitImmCanada office party this Thursday includes “sexy drag rock star”, “pride potluck” and “drag bingo”. Public service pride week party notice did not include estimate of cost to taxpayers. https://t.co/pO1WR2D573@LenaMetlegeDiab #cdnpoli pic.twitter.com/JWcjcwtkkJ
— Holly Doan (@hollyanndoan) August 18, 2025
h/t Mauser
This Isn’t Compassion. It’s State-Sponsored Danger.
You can’t claim to protect women while placing unvetted illegal migrant men, whose criminal histories are completely unknown, into our towns and villages.
These aren’t refugees or tourists. They are men of fighting age, arriving without documentation, placed in communities at taxpayer expense, while British families struggle under soaring taxes.
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! @poopjeets @fancypants_s https://t.co/uJ3gQVGiN1
— Auntie Polly (@auntie_polly) August 18, 2025
h/t Auntie Polly
My friend Tom Mautner is the chair of the board of governors at a school in North London. This week, with students out for the summer, he took me for a tour. For a visitor from Toronto, where schools are run from the top down by a vast bureaucracy – a.k.a. the Toronto District School Board – it was an eye-opener.
Laurel Park is a public secondary school with around 600 students. It was built in the 1960s in what is now an area of mixed incomes and backgrounds. Until just a couple of years ago, it was faring poorly. School inspectors gave it low ratings. Ambitious families shunned it. Disciplinary problems were rife.
Given the state of Canadian education we could learn from anybody including chimps.
Donald Trump has said the Ukrainian president can end Russia’s war “if he wants to”, but there will be “no going into Nato by Ukraine” as part of a peace deal.
Hours before he was due to host Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House, Trump also said there would be “no getting back” the Crimean peninsula, which Moscow illegally annexed in 2014, eight years before launching its full-scale invasion.
Trump’s remarks follow his summit with Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Alaska that resulted in the US president dropping a demand for a ceasefire and calling instead for a permanent peace deal.
John Slipp took over his father’s duty-free store in 1994, which had been started more than a decade earlier.
This month, he closed the Woodstock Duty Free Shop Inc. as lower traffic at the U.S.-Canada border dealt the final blow to a business already weakened by the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, at 59, Slipp says he will have to find another source of income and is advocating for more government support for stores like his.
Originally meant to provide all Canadians with a simple way to protect their fundamental rights, Canada’s human rights commissions and tribunals have degenerated into a dangerous farce. Based on recent evidence, their main job appears to be offering easily offended people a low-cost way to seek vengeance on anyone who has ever hurt their feelings. When they aren’t doing that, the entire human rights industry is actively undermining our most important fundamental rights, including freedom of speech and religion.
The point of reform has long passed. It’s time to shut them all down.
