Crisis? What Crisis?

If the Canadian government decides to go ahead with plans to shut off the supply of oil to the United States, the bigger crisis will be a financial one, not a national unity kerfuffle. Companies facing bankruptcy when forced to abrogate their contracts will have to be compensated by taxpayers and that bill will be big enough to send us begging to the IMF.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says that if the federal government imposes an export ban on Alberta oil going to the United States as a retaliatory measure against expected U.S. tariffs it would precipitate a “national unity crisis.”

In addition, the United States is probably aware that the petrochemical supply runs both ways in some regions.

In 2023, Canada imported 16.9 million metric tons of crude oil from the United States, which was the largest quantity Canada imported from any country.

Let The Horse Trading Begin

Times- Jeremy Clarkson: Let Trump bid for Greenland — and Britain too

The Danes, who own Greenland now, might make petulant noises about losing it, but it’s costing them about £430 million a year in subsidies and all they get in return are 60 crabs and two bags of animal hair. So, on the quiet, they’d probably be quite glad to see the back of it. In the same way that a man might cry his eyes out if his high-maintenance wife waltzes off with someone else. But inside, every one of his internal organs is punching the air with delight.

Tonight On Unsolved Mysteries

Blacklock’s- Feds Freezing Electric Rebates

Cabinet gave no reason for the expiry of rebates under a program launched in 2019. Electric Mobility calculated some $71.8 million remains in the rebate program, enough for about 14,000 new buyers.

“This is the worst scenario possible,” CEO Breton said in an interview. “If they want to have sales targets that are more and more ambitious, it makes no sense to get rid of the rebates. To me it is about policy predictability. You cannot plan like this. It doesn’t work.”

It’s Not Hypocrisy It’s Hierarchy

And pandering for votes.

Blacklock’s- Gov’t Polled On ‘Arab Rights’

Cabinet aides in pre-election polling asked Arab Canadians how the government could “promote the rights and safety of members of the Arab diaspora,” says a Privy Council report. No corresponding focus groups were held with Jewish Canadians.

The Census counts 335,000 Jews in Canada, less than one percent of the population. Muslims number 1.8 million. Statistics Canada in a study Immigration And Diversity: Population Projections For Canada And Its Religions 2011 To 2036 predicted in 11 years Muslims would be the third largest religious group in Canada at 2.8 million after Catholics (12.9 million) and Protestants (5.4 million).

Mann Down

National Review- Pay Up, Mr. Mann

For more than eight years, the climate scientist Michael Mann harassed National Review through litigation over a blog post — until, eventually, the First Amendment brought an end to his attack. This week, a court in our nation’s capital ordered Mann to pay us $530,820.21 worth of attorney’s fees and costs, and to do so within 30 days. It is time for him to get out his checkbook, and sign on the dotted line.

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