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  • Trudeau concedes there is too much immigration to Canada

    04/02/2024 2:13:10 PM PDT · by yesthatjallen · 28 replies
    Gray Mackenzie Twitter ^ | 04 02 2024 | Gray Mackenzie
    "PM Trudeau says immigration to Canada has "grown at a rate far beyond what Canada has been able to absorb," adding that "temporary immigration has caused so much pressure in our communities," in relation to housing" Gray_Mackenzie Twitter (2 min video)
  • Non-binary person, 33, in Canada wants taxpayers to fund $70k surgery to give them a vagina AND keep their penis

    04/02/2024 11:59:20 AM PDT · by Angelino97 · 86 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | April 2, 2924 | Connor Boyd
    A person in Canada wants taxpayers to fund surgery to make them a vagina while also keeping a functional penis, in a first-of-its-kind case. The Ontario resident, 33, was born male but identifies as non-binary, meaning they are not exclusively male or female 'but literally a mix', court documents show. Ontario's Health Insurance Plan (OHIP) initially denied the request on the grounds that the procedure is experimental and is not performed in Canada... Now the case is with Ontario's Superior Court of Justice, which is due to issue its ruling in the coming months. It is unclear how much the...
  • N.L.'s Liberal premier calls for emergency meeting with PM as anti-carbon tax protests snarl highways

    04/02/2024 9:21:40 AM PDT · by yesthatjallen · 4 replies
    CBC ^ | 04 01 2024 | Meredith Healey
    Protests erupted across the country against the federal carbon tax on Monday — the same day it rose by 23 per cent — while Canada's only Liberal provincial leader pressed for an emergency meeting to discuss alternative ways to cut emissions. In a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Andrew Furey called for an emergency meeting of leaders throughout Canada, arguing the program is too costly for his province and doesn't work as intended. Instead, Furey is urging the federal government to make "bold investments" in infrastructure and incentives akin to the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act...
  • 'A rain tax. Seriously, they want to tax the rain': Critics blast proposed charge for Toronto homeowners

    03/31/2024 9:19:03 AM PDT · by Twotone · 42 replies
    The Blaze ^ | March 26, 2024 | Dave Urbanski
    Critics are blasting a "rain tax" Toronto is proposing to charge homeowners, Newsweek reported. City officials are proposing to hit homeowners with a "stormwater charge" according to how much their properties' water runoff would impact the storm sewer system, the magazine said, adding that it's an attempt to encourage citizens to keep grass and plants on their properties rather than paving outdoor square footage. Newsweek, citing Toronto city authorities, said the charge would be based on each property's hard surface area, including roofs, driveways, parking lots, and other concrete landscaping. "Stormwater is rain and melted snow. When not absorbed into...
  • Secret police report warns Canadians may revolt once they realize how broke they are under Trudeau as 'many under 35s are unlikely ever to buy a home'

    03/28/2024 8:26:10 PM PDT · by MinorityRepublican · 23 replies
    The Daily Mail ^ | 28 Mar 2024 | Dominic Yeatman
    Police have warned Canada's leaders they will struggle to contain the fury at its deteriorating economy and a generational revolt by young people unable to ever buy a home. The secret report by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police paints an apocalyptical picture of the future for America's northern neighbor, predicting it will be riven by economic crisis, ecological meltdown and territorial disintegration. The report has caused a sensation in the Great White North after a heavily redacted version was released following a long-running access to information request by a Canadian academic. Described by its authors as a 'scanning exercise', the...
  • Canada: Assisted Suicide for Girl With Autism and ADHD?

    03/27/2024 9:30:56 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 4 replies
    Hotair ^ | 03/27/24 | David Strom
    I have always understood and sympathized with the argument for assisted suicide for people facing terminal disease near the end of life. I think hospice care is the appropriate path, but most people can at least understand the impulse to ease the path for a suffering loved one. But I have also feared that the slippery slope would lead us to this point: assisted suicide for anyone at any time for any reason. And, eventually, outright medical murder, as happens in some Nordic countries where doctors sometimes decide for patients without consent. Canada is at the second stage after legalizing...
  • Calgary judge rules 27-year-old can go ahead with MAID death despite father's concerns (Canada's legalized suicide)

    03/25/2024 1:11:50 PM PDT · by jerod · 20 replies
    CBC News ^ | Mar 25, 2024 | Meghan Grant
    'Dignity and right to self-determination' outweigh parent's concerns, judge saysA Calgary judge has issued a ruling that clears the way for a 27-year-old woman to receive medical assistance in dying (MAID) despite her father's attempts through the courts to prevent that from happening. A publication ban protects the identities of the parties and the medical professionals. CBC News will identify the daughter as M.V. and the father as W.V. While Justice Colin Feasby acknowledged the "profound grief" that W.V. would suffer with the death of his child, he ruled the loss of M.V.'s autonomy was more important. "M.V.'s dignity and...
  • Canada should be ashamed of its 'arms embargo' on Israel - FM Israel Katz said history “will judge the Canadian government’s current move harshly." He is correct. Tuesday was not Canada’s finest hour.

    03/22/2024 7:21:11 AM PDT · by SJackson · 12 replies
    Jerusalem Post ^ | MARCH 21, 2024
    Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly’s announcement Tuesday that Ottawa will halt arms sales to Israel made headlines worldwide. Israel’s supporters predictably blasted the decision, while pro-Palestinian progressives libelously accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza hailed it. The decision also undoubtedly put a smile on the faces of the hate marchers who have taken to Canada’s streets since October 7, threatening and intimidating Jews as they call for a “free Palestine” “From the river to the sea.” It also surely came as a sorely needed piece of good news to Hamas leaders holed up in their tunnels far underground as they...
  • ANALYSIS: Cashless Transition Steamrolls Ahead After Major Bank Closes All Branches. ( Australia )

    03/24/2024 5:44:54 PM PDT · by george76 · 21 replies
    Epoch Times ^ | 3/12/2024 | Rex Widerstrom
    Australians made $746 million in digital payments in 2018—that number soared to $93 billion in 2022.. A new all-in-one mobile app will offer what its developers claim is Australia’s first end-to-end digital banking platform for the country’s 2.4 million businesses with fewer than 10 employees. The announcement comes a day after Bankwest announced that it is closing 45 of its branches and transitioning the remaining 15 to Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) branches, going digital-only by October 2024. Bankwest is a subsidiary of the Commonwealth Bank, which trades on the Australian Stock Exchange. ... The new app, called Business+, was...
  • Preparing Canada’s Future as North Korea

    03/24/2024 5:00:19 PM PDT · by Twotone · 11 replies
    PJ Media ^ | March 2, 2024 | David Solway
    One scarcely knows where to begin in documenting the errors, scandals, and misadventures of Justin Trudeau’s Liberal regime. The problem is, one scarcely knows where to end. The outrages just keep on coming. Advertisement Trudeau has come in for much caustic criticism of late, as a growing number of ordinary citizens and the independent media have expressed their justified suspicion and resentment of an overbearing and increasingly despotic administration. The issues at stake are features, not bugs. The list of noxious measures, lapses, and deeds that tarnish Trudeau’s record include: 1. the selling-out of Canada’s national identity 2. the daunting...
  • This Is How Metastatic Immigration Kills a City - This is Everyone's Future

    03/23/2024 6:32:30 AM PDT · by Twotone · 38 replies
    Elizabeth Nickson.Substack ^ | March 3, 2024 | Elizabeth Nickson
    One of my mentors was a cousin by marriage who was a biophysicist, prominent too - he was terraforming Mars with NASA when he died. He and his wife Jane were founding professors at York University. Jane had travelled by bus to Idi Amin’s Uganda to research her doctorate from the London School of Economics, proceeded to a law degree, and he ended his career as head of the Royal Society. God gave me my terrifying parents, but he also gave me Bob and Jane and I would fall on them periodically, sleep in his basement study, lined with tribal...
  • Canada ranks last in primary health care access among 10 wealthy countries: report

    03/21/2024 4:11:40 PM PDT · by yesthatjallen · 27 replies
    Canadian Press via Yahoo ^ | 03 21 2024 | Staff
    Canada ranked last in access to primary health care in a survey of 10 high-income countries released by the Canadian Institute for Health Information on Thursday. Eighty-six per cent of Canadians aged 18 and older said they had a doctor or a place they usually go for medical care in the 2023 survey by the Commonwealth Fund. That's down from 93 per cent of those surveyed in 2016 — and means that an estimated four million Canadian adults did not have access to primary care last year, the study said. The percentage of people who had access to primary care...
  • Canada Links Citizens’ Bank Accounts to Social Credit Score

    03/21/2024 11:54:18 AM PDT · by Jan_Sobieski · 71 replies
    Slay News ^ | 03/18/2024 | Frank Bergman
    In a major push to seize control of the public’s financial freedom, Canada is radicalizing its banking system by linking citizens’ bank accounts to a tyrannical social credit score.The Canadian banking system will soon be transformed by a so-called “open banking” framework.Proponents are framing this as a more “inclusive” way for banks to easily share information and access user data.However, the move will merge social standings with banking to provide governments and unelected bureaucrats with complete control over our finances.The organization Open Banking Excellence (OBE), a World Bank partner that originated in the UK, boasts that it will incorporate social...
  • Canada - No Confidence Vote Called March 21st To Throw Trudeau Out

    03/20/2024 5:40:24 PM PDT · by davikkm · 37 replies
    There's some serious political drama unfolding up north in Canada. It's all eyes on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government as a no-confidence vote is looming large on the horizon, set for March 21st. Now, the mainstream media might be downplaying it as a joke, but there's a twist in the tale that could shake things up. Rumor has it that tomorrow, the Bloc Québécois might just throw a curveball by siding with the conservatives in this crucial vote. Trudeau's grip on power is looking increasingly shaky, especially with Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre leading the charge. Poilievre isn't mincing words -...
  • ‘We’re So Sick of It’: Northern Border Crisis Gets Worse

    03/18/2024 4:33:21 PM PDT · by george76 · 23 replies
    Epoch Times ^ | March 17, 2024 | Allan Stein
    Border Patrol apprehensions of illegal immigrants at the northern U.S. border have jumped from 916 in fiscal year 2021 to 10,021 in fiscal 2023.. HIGHGATE, Vt.—At dawn or dusk, Kristy Brow used to enjoy alone time walking in the woods on her 21-acre property in Highgate, Vermont, a small rural town near the U.S.–Canada border. Lately, however, she’s cautious—she’s worried about potential encounters with illegal immigrants along the remote logging trail. “I don’t go out by myself anymore—especially at night,” said Mrs. Brow, who runs a dog obedience business from her home. “It’s unsettling. You can’t feel relaxed anymore,” she...
  • Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he often mulls quitting his ‘crazy job,’ but will stay on

    03/16/2024 1:39:59 PM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 35 replies
    Nypost ^ | 03/16/2024 | Reuters
    Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, whose Liberals are trailing badly in the polls, on Friday said he thought about quitting his “crazy job” every day but insisted he would stay in office until the next election. That vote must be held by October 2025 and recent surveys of public opinion show the Liberals would be crushed by the right-of-center Conservatives. Pollsters say voters are tiring of Trudeau, who first took office in November 2015.
  • Jonathan Turley warns Canada 'doubling down' on push to restrict free speech: 'Not likely to end there'

    03/15/2024 7:55:51 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 12 replies
    foxnews ^ | 03/15/2024 | Kristine Parks
    Free speech advocates around the world railed against a new Canadian law that could demand a life sentence for adults who violate speech laws on social media. Introduced last month, the Online Harms Act, or Bill C-63, would empower judges to imprison adults for life if they post views supportive of genocide. The bill would increase the maximum penalty for advocating genocide from five years to life imprisonment and from two years to five years, on indictment, for the willful promotion of hatred. Advocates of the bill say it will make online platforms safer. However, critics called the law "totalitarian"...
  • Trudeau’s Canada: Canadian Police Advise Leaving Car Keys in Front Door to Deter Break-Ins and Minimize Conflict with Thieves

    03/14/2024 7:35:13 PM PDT · by bitt · 104 replies
    gatewaypundit.com ^ | 3/14/2024 | JIM HOFT
    In the face of an alarming rise in car thefts, Toronto Police Service (TPS) Constable Marco Ricciardi has offered a controversial tip to residents: leave car keys in the front door to avoid violent home invasions. During a community safety meeting in Etobicoke, Constable Ricciardi addressed the issue, stating, “To prevent the possibility of being attacked in your home, leave your fobs at your front door because they’re breaking into your home to steal your car. They don’t want anything else.” In short, don’t make it hard for thieves to steal your car. This is what an unarmed society looks...
  • Haters Could Migrate to Smaller Platforms Not Covered by Online Harms Bill, Fear Minorities

    03/14/2024 4:04:24 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 10 replies
    The Globe and Mail ^ | MARCH 4, 2024 | Marie Woolf
    Currently, only platforms with user numbers above a certain threshold, to be set out through regulation, will be covered by the billPeople blocked from posting hate speech on social media might migrate to smaller platforms not covered by Canada’s new online harms bill, minority advocates warn. Richard Marceau, general counsel at the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs, said he supported the bill as a way to combat hate speech. But he was concerned that if the bill only included the big platforms it would not deal with “people kicked off them or active on smaller platforms.” What to know...
  • Justin Trudeau’s Canada: Proposed Law May Allow Life Imprisonment for Online Speech ‘Crimes’

    03/14/2024 4:01:24 PM PDT · by Enlightened1 · 13 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 03/14/24 | Amy Furr
    A proposed law in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Canada will reportedly allow judges to throw adults in jail for life if they advocate for genocide online.Fox News reported Thursday that the Online Harms Act (Bill C-63) would permit life sentences. The article also said, “The law would also allow a provincial judge to impose house arrest and a fine if there were reasonable grounds to believe a defendant ‘will commit’ an offense.”After Justice Minister Arif Virani introduced the bill, he said that in his role as a father, he was frightened of the dangers children might encounter online.Virani also said...