The Carney government’s Canada Day conundrums

The Carney government’s Canada Day conundrums

Prime Minister Mark Carney spoke at Holy Blossom Temple in Toronto several weeks ago and denounced antisemitism and stated that, “Unity is not uniformity … our differences are strengths to be nurtured, not risks to be managed.” All Canadians of at least the age of seven have heard similar remarks by public figures, but they do not address the requirement of the comprehensive defence of minorities, and in particular the Jewish population. Carney flattered himself and his government for introducing Bill C-9, the Combating Hate Act, which has been described in this column before and has raised more concerns about the curtailment of freedom of expression than comfort for threatened minorities.

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Europe’s most dangerous gangs swell ranks to 400,000

Europe’s most dangerous gangs swell ranks to 400,000

Europe’s most dangerous gangs have dramatically expanded their ranks with hundreds of thousands of members running “corporations of crime” in plain sight, an intelligence report has found.

A 54-page dossier from Europol, the police agency, has laid bare the scale of drug trafficking, cyber crime and migrant-smuggling operations across the Continent.

An estimated 400,000 gangsters work for criminal syndicates, a five-fold increase in only two years.

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Public nudity at Toronto pride event draws criticism after live television incident

Public nudity at Toronto pride event draws criticism after live television incident

CALGARY — A man walking through the opening day of Toronto’s Pride festival weekend without pants and exposing his genitals during a live television broadcast has sparked criticism and questions over age-appropriateness at Pride events.

The incident occurred on Friday during a live report by CTV News anchor Lyndsay Morrison from downtown Toronto, where, as she was reporting on the event, a man came into frame and was seen casually walking in the background of the shot with his genitals exposed.

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Investors Pick America over Europe

Investors Pick America over Europe

The American economy is leaving Europe behind. It is happening in real time, and nothing can stop it. America has chosen the future; Europe has chosen its own demise.

This is not just a slogan. It is the cold, hard truth visible in stack upon stack of economic statistics. The fact that Europe’s political leadership remains blind, deaf, and willfully ignorant of the economic decline of their continent is one of history’s many self-imposed tragedies.

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The US that World Cup fans didn’t expect to love

The US that World Cup fans didn’t expect to love

In the build-up to this summer’s Fifa World Cup, much of the attention was on the host cities and stadiums where the matches would be held. But after two weeks, something I never expected is happening: social media is flooded with feel-good videos of fans discovering the US that exists between skylines.

Some travellers were so struck by Costco and Walmart that they declared, “I’m in love with America.” As soon as a Norwegian man entered a Bass Pro Shop, he said, “Oh, gawd damn!” And when a Brit first laid eyes on a Buc-ee’s convenience store, restaurant, petrol station and supermarket wrapped in one he said, “This place is absolutely insane.”

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Your tax dollars make the world safe for Ukraine’s Drag Queens

Your tax dollars make the world safe for Ukraine’s Drag Queens

On Saturday night in Kyiv, you could hear the beat of techno music coming from behind the thick line of trees along a busy road as an air-raid siren wailed, warning of a possible attack.

A path winding through the wooded area led to an open-air industrial site where people danced in the fog of artificial smoke to a DJ performing on a stage that flashed red and gold lights. It was only 6:30 p.m. − the whole party being held under a bright blue sky.


So your tax dollars are being used to make the world safe for Ukraine’s Drag Queens. That’s just swell.

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Germany: Afghan migrant committs mass groping and attempted rape against underage girls at swimming pool, judge has already released him

Germany: Afghan migrant committs mass groping and attempted rape against underage girls at swimming pool, judge has already released him

A 21-year-old Afghan migrant has been arrested for a mass groping attack and attempted rape against underage girls at a German swimming pool in Schwäbisch Gmünd.

At least four girls aged 12 to 14 were victims of sexual assaults last Saturday afternoon at the swimming pool, where the 21-year-old suspect reportedly groped their buttocks and thighs as well as trying to pull off their bikinis.

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Who is the billionaire donor family said to be behind Trump’s delay in opening Gordie Howe bridge?

Who is the billionaire donor family said to be behind Trump’s delay in opening Gordie Howe bridge?

The Detroit-based trucking family that has owned and operated the Ambassador Bridge between Detroit and Windsor since the 1970s appears to have found powerful backing for their business interests.

The billionaire head of that family is Matthew Moroun. He made a million-dollar campaign donation to MAGA Inc. back in January, according to campaign finance reports. In early February, Trump pushed back on the opening of the bridge, saying on Feb. 9 that he would block it.

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Germany considers reintroducing military conscription

Germany considers reintroducing military conscription

Germany is considering reintroducing compulsory military conscription for all men by 2027.

The country has attempted to bolster its armed forces through volunteer schemes to counter the growing threat from Russia, but lawmakers fear this is insufficient.

Thomas Röwekamp, chairman of the German parliament’s defence committee, warned that Berlin would have little choice but to revive conscription if ambitious recruitment targets were not met.

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Douglas Todd: The brain drain from B.C. — and Canada — is worsening

Douglas Todd: The brain drain from B.C. — and Canada — is worsening

The glittering images the World Cup is rolling out of Vancouver are likely to induce envy.

The visions that TV is spreading around the world spotlight the green trees of Stanley Park, the blue waters of Burrard Inlet, the silver highrises of Vancouver and the North Shore, and the sunshine-drenched Coastal Mountains.

No wonder so many from afar yearn to move to this province, as they have in the past. The problem is the pictures are no longer worth a thousand words: The alluring images fail to tell the more ominous, inside story of this province and country.

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Afghans who groomed 17-year-old girl with vodka and cigarettes before gang-raping her then fleeing UK in back of a lorry are found guilty

Afghans who groomed 17-year-old girl with vodka and cigarettes before gang-raping her then fleeing UK in back of a lorry are found guilty

Four Afghans who groomed a teenage girl with alcohol and cigarettes then gang-raped her have been found guilty.

Mehrab Safi, 21, Salman Habibkheil and Awal Ahmadzai, both 19, and a boy, 17, who cannot be named, attacked the 17-year-old girl at a house in Bristol in November last year.

Safi, Ahmadzai and Habibkheil left the UK in December – concealing themselves in the back of a lorry – following the incident and were later discovered by French authorities in Calais.

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WARMINGTON: Critics worry Palestinian displacement exhibit in Winnipeg missing full context

WARMINGTON: Critics worry Palestinian displacement exhibit in Winnipeg missing full context

They are billing it as the opening of an exhibit in Winnipeg to show decades of mistreatment of Palestinians.

But there does not seem to be any reference to a display on the execution of Palestinian people by Hamas firing squads on the streets in Gaza in 2025.

All the blame for the plight of Palestinians, instead, seems to be aimed at Israel – all paid for by Canadian taxpayers.

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US and Iran trade strikes as both sides accuse the other of endangering ceasefire

US and Iran trade strikes as both sides accuse the other of endangering ceasefire

The US military has launched further strikes on multiple targets in Iran, a day after it struck Iran in retaliation for a drone attack on a cargo ship in the strait of Hormuz.

US Central Command (Centcom) said its strikes were in “direct response to continued Iranian aggression against commercial shipping” and that it had targeted Iran’s “military surveillance infrastructure, communication systems, air defense sites, drone storage facilities, and minelayer capabilities” in response.

h/t Mauser

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NAVARRO-GENIE: Canada’s self-destructive war on success

NAVARRO-GENIE: Canada’s self-destructive war on success

Elon Musk became the world’s first trillionaire on June 12, his fortune crossing the line as SpaceX listed on the Nasdaq. Lost in the noise was a fact most Canadians would rather not dwell on.

Elon Musk is Canadian.

Musk acquired his citizenship in 1989 through his mother, Maye, born in Saskatchewan. He cleaned a boiler room near Vancouver, laboured on a cousin’s farm, and spent two years at Queen’s University in Kingston before transferring to the University of Pennsylvania and never moving back.

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