The New Second Hand Smoke

The Telegraph- It’s closing time for free speech in British pubs

Not only will they have to seek expensive legal advice, but it may mean employing “banter bouncers” to eavesdrop on customers and eject them if they say anything a pink-haired barmaid (they/them) might object to. Lists of banned words will have to be displayed on walls – “mothers”, “breast-feeding”, “woman” – and regulars may be asked to undergo unconscious bias training.

Diversity Is Our Strength

Blacklock’s- Cops Predict Election Threats

The RCMP in an internal report predict more “stalking and harassment” of politicians this election year due to anti-Israel street demonstrations.

“A recent event for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni was cancelled abruptly after several hundred pro-Palestinian demonstrators blocked entrances to the Art Gallery of Ontario.”

About Face

While Canadians are still being collectively gas lit by their politicians and media…

Blacklock’s- Cabinet Caves, Ford Is Sorry

Cabinet yesterday abruptly agreed to U.S. President Donald Trump’s demand that it renegotiate a 2019 trade pact.

Ford said he was traveling tomorrow to Washington, D.C. with Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc to begin renegotiating the 2019 Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement. No review of the treaty is due till 2026.

Update: Then again…

Boondoggle Opportunities

I’m surprised that there was no mention of high speed rail as a domestic “investment” gambit for Canadian pension funds.

The policy statement was issued following a request by former Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz, who was given a broad mandate by the government last year to find ways to persuade Canada’s large pension funds to deploy more of their billions in investment dollars in Canada.

A Cease Fire In the Trade War

For now anyways.

Doug Ford – Please see a joint statement from United States Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick and myself: 

Today, United States Secretary of Commerce @howardlutnick and Premier of Ontario Doug Ford had a productive conversation about the economic relationship between the United States and Canada.

Secretary Lutnick agreed to officially meet with Premier Ford in Washington on Thursday, March 13 alongside the United States Trade Representative to discuss a renewed USMCA ahead of the April 2 reciprocal tariff deadline. In response, Ontario agreed to suspend its 25 per cent surcharge on exports of electricity to Michigan, New York and Minnesota.

More here

Ford video

Team “Canada”

Government of Canada- Government of Canada plans to issue US-dollar global bond

March 10, 2025 – Ottawa, Ontario – Department of Finance Canada

In Budget 2024, the Government of Canada reiterated its commitment to maintain liquid foreign reserves at or above three per cent of nominal gross domestic product.

To support this commitment, the Government of Canada today announced its intention to launch a US-dollar-denominated global bond tomorrow, March 11, subject to market conditions.

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