The CRA spent $18M on ‘Charlie,’ a new tax information chatbot that is wrong most of the time

OTTAWA — The Canada Revenue Agency paid $18 million for a chatbot the auditor general says gave her team the wrong answer 66 per cent of the time.

In February 2020, then-National Revenue Minister Diane Lebouthillier proudly announced a new tool she promised would help taxpayers better navigate the labyrinth of Canada’s sprawling tax code: Charlie the Chatbot.

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Truck Driver Arrested in Deadly Crash in Washington State is an Indian Illegal Alien

The semi-truck driver who was arrested in a deadly crash in Washington state is an Indian illegal alien who was released into the US by the Biden Regime.

25-year-old Kamalpreet Singh killed a 29-year-old man on the morning of December 11 after he crushed the victim’s vehicle between two trucks while driving northbound on SR 167.

h/t kiki9

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Tories accuse Liberal government of concealing Laith Marouf settlement details

Justin and fellow racist Laith Marouf

OTTAWA — The Conservatives are accusing the Mark Carney Liberals of concealing details of a deal reached in efforts to recover over $122,000 in government money paid to an antisemitic “anti-racism” contractor.

In the summer of 2022, the Department of Heritage cancelled a $122,661 contract with Laith Marouf’s Community Media Advocacy Centre, money meant to further the government’s anti-racism agenda.

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Bob Rae: America is sending out a grim warning, with Trump as Big Brother. Canada must keep its moral integrity

Just a few short weeks ago, I was sitting in the United Nations listening to statements from the Trump administration emphasizing that the United States would never agree to anything that limited state sovereignty.

This assertion — echoing the recent use of sovereignty as a fig leaf by autocratic states to justify a multitude of sins against international law and, most ironically, sovereign countries — ignores the reality that any treaty or agreement signed, whether bilateral or multilateral, is such a limitation.

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Why the U.S. Is Going After Antifa’s Money in Europe

The U.S. Department of State on Friday announced rewards of up to $10 million for information leading to the disruption of the financial networks of several European Antifa organisations, marking a turning point in Western security policy.

For the first time, the U.S. government is directly, formally, and decisively targeting violent far-left groups operating in Europe, treating them as an international terrorist threat, rather than a mere radical protest movement. The decision reflects a shift in U.S. security policy under the new administration, following its National Security Strategy, which identifies violent ideological movements as a growing transnational threat.

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Michael Higgins: Statistics Canada seems to think that 2-year-olds can be transgender

Statistics Canada doesn’t appear to trust Canadians when it comes to gender diversity, according to a troubling consultation document compiled by the agency.

Statistics Canada is secretly reaching out to “subject-matter experts” for help on using data related to very young people and their “gender fluidity,” which has been collected, but not yet published.

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No front line, just a chaotic mishmash of two opposing armies

In the city of Pokrovsk, territory is constantly changing hands. Amid the ruins, Ukrainian troops risk their lives to deliver supplies and rescue comrades

When Joseph saw the explosives-laden drone barrelling straight towards his flatbed lorry, his vision darkened and the world switched into slow-motion. His thoughts turned to the two young soldiers riding in the back alongside a mountain of ammunition and drones bound for Pokrovsk.

“You don’t have fear in those moments, you just think of the lives you have to save,” Joseph recalled. He remembered swerving left in a split second, dodging the full impact of the drone, which crashed into the window frame and exploded, blowing out the windows. From the back he heard one of the soldiers shout: “I’m 300, I’m 300.”

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Cowichan case blamed for sinking B.C. property deals, including luxury hotel purchase

An Ontario company that put down a deposit to buy a luxury hotel in Richmond, B.C., pulled out of the deal worth tens of millions of dollars weeks later because of “uncertainty” caused by the landmark Cowichan Tribes Aboriginal title ruling, according to the marketers of the property.

Court documents show that the 14-storey Versante Hotel, close to Vancouver International Airport, was instead bought by a Hong Kong purchaser in October for the lower price of $51.5 million.

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Alarming figures show the number of asylum seekers falsely claiming to be children has quadrupled in the past decade

The number of asylum seekers falsely claiming to be children has quadrupled in the past decade, the Daily Mail can today reveal.

Home Office statistics show the number of asylum seekers found to be lying about being under 18 was 224 in 2014 but has now spiralled to more than 1,000 as record numbers now pretend to be minors.

Campaigners warn that many arrivals destroy their identification documents before reaching Britain in a desperate attempt to cheat the system.

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