Can Canada avoid the mistakes of past submarine deals?

Can Canada avoid the mistakes of past submarine deals?

Submarines are sleek and stealthy watercraft, designed to glide silently and undetected beneath the surface while an often oblivious world goes about its business hundreds of metres above.

When it comes to buying submarines, there’s a similar hidden undercurrent. The vessels often cost billions of dollars. In the competitive world of lobbying, government relations and “success payments,” submarine manufacturers have often come under fire for less than ethical practices to secure those lucrative government contracts.

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‘It’s not harming anyone’ — the rise of the middle-class thief

‘It’s not harming anyone’ — the rise of the middle-class thief

You wouldn’t steal a car. You wouldn’t steal a handbag. But would you keep a £450 paddleboard delivered to you by mistake?

For a growing number of the usually law-abiding middle class, the answer is “yes”. While many would draw the line at slipping something into their handbag at the shops, they have no qualms about claiming that a product wasn’t delivered so they could get a refund, or “forgetting” to scan an item at the self-service checkout.

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Jamie Sarkonak: At a human rights tribunal, it’s better to be a transwoman

Jamie Sarkonak: At a human rights tribunal, it’s better to be a transwoman

Human rights tribunals have drastically expanded society’s obligations to accommodate transwomen — but biological women seeking sex-based protections aren’t extended the same courtesy.

One of those regular women, known only as J, had moved into transitional housing on the women’s floor of a B.C. Salvation Army building back in the fall of 2020. She lived there for two years without issue, but when her tenancy ran out in 2022 and she hadn’t found a new place to live, the Salvation Army extended her term and offered to place her in a different building. The problem: that building was trans-inclusive. For this, J filed a human rights complaint.

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Yet Another Lesson from WWII for Today’s Democracies

Yet Another Lesson from WWII for Today’s Democracies

History has a way of offering its lessons time and again.

During the Second World War, the United States learned a costly lesson about the vulnerability of its oil tankers to enemy action. Today, the world is being offered the same lesson at the Strait of Hormuz, and we need to heed it.

When America entered World War II, nearly all of its petroleum products meant for the Northeast were put aboard ocean-going tankers leaving Gulf Coast refineries and then traveling the Atlantic alongside the eastern seaboard.

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Toronto Police division at core of major Project South probe has history of data breaches

Toronto Police division at core of major Project South probe has history of data breaches

The Toronto Police division whose officers’ alleged misuse of law-enforcement databases gave rise to a high-profile corruption probe has a documented history of data breaches.

In the eight years before the recent Project South takedown led to the arrests of several officers from 12 Division, unlawful database breaches prompted sanctions against four other constables from that division, according to a review of disciplinary records by The Globe and Mail.

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PROPAGANDA: Trump-Deranged ABC Gives Aid and Comfort to the Castro Regime

PROPAGANDA: Trump-Deranged ABC Gives Aid and Comfort to the Castro Regime

The Elitist Media continue to provide aid and comfort to Cuba’s communist regime ahead of a potential action by the United States. This time, it’s Trump-deranged ABC News performing crisis communications for a brutal regime on its last legs.

Watch as correspondent Matt Rivers whitewashes the regime, hypes its May Day anti-American march, and propagates the idea that the energy embargo is the source of Cuba’s ills…

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Mark Carney compares his sovereign wealth fund to Norway’s. Canadians are smart enough to see it’s far worse

Mark Carney compares his sovereign wealth fund to Norway’s. Canadians are smart enough to see it’s far worse

Back in August 2015, while still trailing the NDP in some polls, Justin Trudeau pulled off an impressive political feint. Having committed himself to a balanced budget just a few weeks earlier, Trudeau abruptly reversed course and started channelling the language of Keynesian economics instead. His rhetoric was appealing and, in the Liberal pledge to invest tens of billions in (mostly unspecified) “social infrastructure,” what many Canadians heard was the promise that the state would once again be used for progressive ends.

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China cover-up after pilot killed 132 by flying plane into mountain

China cover-up after pilot killed 132 by flying plane into mountain

The Chinese authorities have known for four years that a pilot of a China Eastern Airlines jet deliberately crashed the aircraft, killing all 132 aboard, according to data from the United States.

The data, released by the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), confirms earlier leaked US accounts that Flight 5735, a Boeing 737, was intentionally crashed into mountains in Guangxi province in March 2022.

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Miranda Devine: Dems seek a blue-collar MAGA man to win back Trump voters — but need to look in the mirror

Miranda Devine: Dems seek a blue-collar MAGA man to win back Trump voters — but need to look in the mirror

Democrats have a Nazi problem.

They’ve spent the last 10 years accusing Donald Trump of being the second coming of Hitler and melting down when Elon Musk or anyone else perceived as close to Trump made a hand gesture that they pretended was a Nazi salute.

It was all just a hilarious troll that fooled their more gullible acolytes.

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Ottawa gives billion-dollar lifeline to steel and aluminum sectors as Trump tightens tariffs

Ottawa gives billion-dollar lifeline to steel and aluminum sectors as Trump tightens tariffs

The federal government announced on Monday another package to prop up the hard-hit steel, aluminum and copper sectors after U.S. President Donald Trump tightened his tariff regime to apply to more products, hammering Canadian industry.

At a plant in Vars, Ont., Industry Minister Melanie Joly said the government will establish a $1-billion loan program through the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) so companies most affected by the Trump scheme can get the money they need to stay in business.

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The Comey Indictment Is About Something Far Bigger Than Seashells

The Comey Indictment Is About Something Far Bigger Than Seashells

When a federal grand jury indicted former FBI Director James Comey last week, the story that dominated headlines was the infamous Instagram post — specifically, the image of seashells arranged to spell out “86 47,” which prosecutors say a reasonable person familiar with the circumstances would interpret as a serious expression of intent to harm President Donald Trump.

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Ford government to give transit constables power to arrest as part of crackdown on drug use

Ford government to give transit constables power to arrest as part of crackdown on drug use

The Ford government is introducing legislation cracking down on drug use on public transit while also targeting illegal drug production.

Under the new law, special transit constables employed by Metrolinx, the TTC and OC Transpo in Ottawa would have the same powers as police officers to make arrests if anyone uses illegal substances in transit areas.

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2 dead in Leipzig after car is rammed into crowd

2 dead in Leipzig after car is rammed into crowd

Car runs into crowd in German city of Leipzig, with fatalities reported

Two people have been killed and two severely injured when a car ran into a crowd in the centre of the eastern German city of Leipzig, local broadcaster MDR has reported, citing police.

Leipzig police confirmed to Reuters that there were injuries from a driving car but could not give more details.


 

This tweet shows the perp being arrested, they seem to be limiting access to video of the perp.

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