Move along please.
Kevin Klein- Families terrorized as politicians look the other way
We now live in a country where a 12-year-old out on bail can pick up a firearm, invade a home, and shoot a man. We live in a country where a father who confronts criminals in his own house ends up in a coffin. Meanwhile, politicians in Ottawa debate carbon taxes and new regulations, while violent offenders cycle in and out of the system without consequence.
Sun- Manitobans waiting for health care face costly choice
…last year in Manitoba, the median wait between referral from a family doctor to a specialist and receiving treatment was 37.9 weeks. This is substantially longer than the 10.5-week wait Manitobans experienced in 1993 when national wait time estimates were first measured.
What’s the alternative?
Unlike Canada, the majority of Swiss hospitals are private and they handled half of all hospitalizations in 2023. Patients in Switzerland are able to receive treatment in a hospital they choose, public or private. Similarly, Australian private hospitals handle the majority of non-emergency care and can serve as an alternative for Australians seeking more timely care.
Francisco- God forbid we even think of being like the unholy Swiss.
National Post- Liberal ‘austerity’? Don’t make us laugh
On Wednesday, Carney told reporters that the upcoming fall budget will be “an austerity and investment budget at the same time,” noting that, “We need to rein in spending, we need to find efficiencies … that create the room for these big investments.” The following day, his finance minister, François-Philippe Champagne, said, “We’re going to spend less so we can invest more.”
Globe and Mail- Canada’s trade diversification push goes into reverse
For all the talk in Canada about the need for trade diversification, exports to non-U.S. markets declined for the second month in a row in July, a stark reminder that the push to reduce the country’s exposure to its largest, yet unreliable, trading partner will be a long process.
Montreal Gazette- Montreal transit constables should be better armed, workplace safety board says
“Because we have no firearms, people feel justified in assaulting and attacking us”
Not only are they demanding payment for any future infrastructure projects, but nearly a billion dollars up front just to figure out what those payments might be. They’re like a contractor who charges you to develop an estimate or a realtor who demands a commission prior to a sale.
In her opening remarks, National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak pointed to provincial bills that also seek to fast-track major projects. She praised chiefs in B.C., Quebec and Alberta for standing up for their rights and territories by pushing back against provincial governments.
The assembly recently put forth a pre-budget submission to the federal government recommending $800 million over the next two years to support a First Nations review of national interest projects.
Canada’s economic decline is getting noticed south of the border. Too bad many Canadians don’t appear to care.
In this episode of The Opposition with Dan Knight;
…we walk you through the grotesque reality of Liberal “justice.” A repeat offender armed with a crossbow breaks into a family’s home in Lindsay, Ontario and the homeowner, Jeremy McDonald, ends up charged with aggravated assault for defending himself. That’s not a mistake. That’s the system. Criminals walk free. Victims get hauled into court.
Related: Man sues grocery store after he tried to steal car, was ‘punched, kicked and hit’ by staffers
Andrew Coyne has completely lost it…
By now it should be clear that the subjection of the United States to the dictatorship of Donald Trump is no longer a theoretical possibility or even a distant probability. It is an imminent reality.
It is not here, quite – critics of the President remain at large, the courts are still attempting to enforce the rule of law, the results of the 2026 and 2028 elections have not yet been determined – but the pieces are being put in place at astonishing speed.
To call what is happening a “slide” into authoritarianism, as if it were something anarchic and uncontrolled, would not be apt. It is more like a cementing. Having slipped back into power by the narrowest of margins, Mr. Trump and his acolytes have been steadily expanding from that beachhead, each new power serving as the means to acquire still more.
Often these powers have been acquired illegally, in brazen defiance of the Constitution. But so long as no one holds them to account for it, and so long as the administration refuses to be held to account, they become ratified by convention, or practice, or sheer nerve, the de facto rapidly congealing into the de jure.
…or maybe Andrew is bitter because Conservatives fired his father…
The headline needs a correction: taxpayers bought a share in the terminal, not First Nations.
The three equal partners say the deepsea terminal’s primary purpose is transporting critical minerals such as copper concentrate to market from sources including Newmont’s Brucejack and Red Chris mines in Nisga’a and Tahltan territories.
The price of the terminal isn’t included in the statement, but it says the province provided a $5-million grant to the Tahltan and Nisga’a nations to support the purchase.
It is never going to end.
2025 Trends: Canadian Immigration Opportunities for Truck Drivers
Vancouver Sun- Vancouver parents blocked from teaching their kids to swim in public pools
The board explained that anyone offering formal swim instruction at a public pool must meet liability standards, including holding a municipal business licence and insurance that meets park board requirements. “These standards help ensure that all instruction is delivered safely, consistently, and in alignment with facility guidelines.”
But wait there’s more…
“Parents and guardians are not allowed to teach their own children or youth,” a city spokesperson told Postmedia. “Private lessons are offered by the city only, and we do not allow any other entity or certified instructors to teach at our pool.”
Garry Clement- A Nation Built on Sand: How Canada Squanders Its Abundance
The threads running through these crises are clear: wilful blindness, weak laws, and short-term political expediency. Land and natural resources are being sold without regard for sovereignty. Real estate markets are distorted by laundered money. Organized crime groups funnel fentanyl profits into Canada with ease. The IRGC operates without effective restriction. And the education system is exploited as a labour channel, with little oversight. Canada is, in effect, trading away its long-term security for short-term economic gains.
National Post- Fining nurse Amy Hamm $93,000 a grotesque attack on free speech
B.C. nursing college went to great lengths to enforce ideology that rejects scientific facts
Kevin Klein- Air Canada strike shows cost of Ottawa’s protectionism
When one or two players dominate an industry, every disruption becomes a national crisis, and the government ends up refereeing instead of letting the market do its job. That’s the bigger problem. We’ve built a country where too many sectors are protected from competition, and Canadians pay the price for it.
My grandfather’s house, built in 1902, is still standing today despite having been built and later completely remodeled without any building permits at all. Yet statements like “You can’t construct a home without building permits” appear to ascribe metaphysical properties to legislative edicts; not having a building permit is treated as the equivalent of defying the law of gravity. In any case, the reason for skirting building inspection should be obvious: the moment you improve your property, your tax bill goes up.
The owners of a palatial home in West Vancouver, recently assessed at more than $6.7 million, have been ordered to demolish a building resembling a small residence and constructed without permits, at the back of their property.
“I can’t recall ever seeing a case like this,” West Vancouver District mayor Mark Sager told Global News in an interview Monday. “You can’t construct a home without building permits.”
So Dougie is off to sell his pal Carney on the need to lower taxes. I’d prefer if he’d lobby for spending cuts instead, but he obviously thinks that out of control borrowing is somehow stimulative.
Ford says he’ll travel to Ottawa for what he calls a “heart-to-heart” meeting with Carney, who he says is doing a good job.
At end of the day, however, apparently there’s no ill that can’t be fixed with zero percent interest.
Speaking at an unrelated announcement today in Windsor, Ont., Ford also urged the Bank of Canada to lower interest rates.
That’s a good question, because, does anyone remember the Coutts Nine? Does anyone even know who or what the Coutts Nine are? We should, given that they were arrested along with four other men who were charged with conspiracy to murder police at the COVID 19 mandate protest in the town of Coutts, Alberta. A protest that coincided with Freedom Convoy protest in Ottawa that took place in the winter of 2022. Those four men came to be known as the Coutts Four, and while conspiracy charges were not laid against the Coutts Nine, it was implied, at the time of their arrests, by the RCMP and the government and the media, that they were involved in that plot. To that end they were all charged with mischief and weapons possession offences, and we have heard little of their fate since.
National Post- Some people risk $25,000 fine to reach Nova Scotia’s nude beach
Also known as the nude beach, the third beach in Crystal Crescent Beach Park is a primary public space for naturists to practise nudism in a natural setting in Nova Scotia. It usually requires a 15-minute hike along a coastal trail through woods from the parking lot.