Why Did I Think Islamophobia Was The Biggest Problem?

Blacklock’s- Criminals Target Jews: Report

Jews remain the leading target of hate crimes in Canada though they are less than one percent of the population, new federal figures confirmed yesterday.

Police data indicated Jews were the target of 920 hate crimes last year, more than Blacks (873 crimes), LGBTQ people (658), South Asians (321), Arabs (310), Muslims (229), Catholics (61) or Indigenous Canadians (59). Jews number 335,000 in Canada, less than 0.9 percent of the population, according to Census figures.

EVs

Michael Zwaagstra: Time to scrap the federal EV mandate

I have known Michael Zwaagstra for 33 years. He is one of my closest friends and more importantly among the smartest men I know. He has been writing advanced policy pieces in the education sphere since 1997. He is a senior fellow with not one but two policy think tanks, the Frontier Centre for Public Policy and the Fraser Institute. His first book, What’s Wrong With Our Schools and How Can We Fix Them, is a blueprint for fixing our messed up school system. Indeed, when Bronwyn Eyre was Saskatchewan Minister of Education, she had worked on trying to address those very issues using Zwaagstra’s book for guidance.

Honk! Honk!

Ezra is live blogging the sentencing hearing of Tamara Lich & Chris Barber. Follow it on this thread: the prosecutors are seeking seven years in prison for Tamara, eight years for Chris (and the seizure of his truck). There is literally not a single precedent in Canadian legal history that justifies that. The prosecutors look rabid and unhinged, because they are.

Update: afternoon session thread

Wednesday On Turtle Island

Lord Carney’s Canada:  Our two tier justice system.  Don’t try to build anything in BC –  (Warning: CBC).  Feds eager for sharia loans.

Woke America:  Moderate Muslims in Michigan.  Quick takes.   VDH – Obama faked Trump Russia narrative.

Stories You Won’t Find At Carney’s CBC:   The Islamophilia of King Charles.  Diversity is our strength in France.   He actually said this.

Your morning meme.    Another meme.

Tommy Douglas, Not Dead Enough

The clip with Ahmed the Doctor is just icing on the cake.

Good Times

Dan Knight- Bank of Canada Study Confirms Collapse in Consumer Confidence Amid Trade War Fallout

This decline—this emotional and economic freefall—can’t even be explained by the usual suspects. Not inflation. Not unemployment. The Bank of Canada ran the numbers, built a full regression model, and what they found was a massive unexplained drop—a “residual” in economist speak. Translation: this isn’t about what’s happening right now. It’s about what people believe is coming next.

Klein- The silent exodus: Why some Canadians are giving up

Let’s stop pretending this is about a single man or political party. The erosion of Canadian society is now so widespread that it cannot be ignored. Public safety is unravelling. Health care is collapsing. Housing is out of reach. And in many communities — including Winnipeg — Jewish families and others are living with growing fear and fewer protections.

O, Sweet Saint Of San Andreas

$100 Million in Donations for California Fire Victims Getting Dumped into Lefty Nonprofits:

In the wake of the California wildfires that displaced thousands of Angelinos from their homes, celebrities did what celebrities do: put on a concert to raise money for the victims.

It was a huge production and raised $100 million that people assumed would go to the victims of the fires or help them get back on their feet. Everybody felt good about themselves, and artists got some nice publicity for “donating” an evening of their lives.

A good time was had by all, except, of course, the supposed beneficiaries of the concert’s fundraising. It turns out that they were never the intended beneficiaries. A bunch of nonprofits–many with no relation to the fire or its victims–are raking in the dough.

Bargains Galore

In an economy overloaded with exponentially growing debt, vendors actually have very little pricing power. If they try to raise prices the marginal consumer will just say no. What they can do, however, is lower their asking price, and that’s exactly what’s happening. It’s either that or fold the tent.

IKEA announced on Tuesday it’s cutting its restaurant prices in half for adults and children eat free from Monday to Friday.

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