Mid-Week Post

 

 
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The prick everyone feels sorry for killed himself instead of shooting it out with the cops:

During the attack, police located Faisal Hussain, 29, near Danforth and Bowden avenues. It's there that Ontario's police watchdog, the Special Investigations Unit (SIU), says the exchange took place.

Hussain was found dead some 100 metres away, on Danforth Avenue. 

The revelation comes one day after a post-mortem examination on Hussain. The SIU declined to comment on the results of the exam, citing the ongoing investigation.

The source also said police located a high-capacity magazine, and a large quantity of ammunition, for an assault-style rifle while searching   at the Hussain's apartment in the Thorncliffe Park neighbourhood.

Well, that didn't end well:
 

Jesse Mooney, the man arrested on Parliament Hill after a “security incident” during the Changing of the Guard ceremony, made an appearance in court.

It didn’t go well.

According to reports, Mooney yelled at the judge, and “demanded his lawyer be fired.”

Mooney was in court for an alleged incident that took place the day before the Parliament Hill incident.

As for what happened on Parliament Hill, witnesses said Mooney ran across a safety barrier during the ceremony. Police arrested him. Nobody was hurt.

A small pocket-knife was later found close to where Mooney had been arrested.

He faces charges of assault and breaching his probation.

The wife of Justin's friend, Joshua Boyle, took the opportunity to flee back to the US:

Former Taliban hostage Caitlan Coleman returned to the United States with her three children on Monday, almost six years after she was abducted while backpacking across Afghanistan with her husband, ABC News has learned. 

Coleman is petitioning an Ottawa family court to grant her full legal custody of the children she shares with Joshua Boyle, who is facing multiple allegations of physical and sexual assault stemming from incidents since his return to Canada. 

On Monday, a judge ruled that Coleman, a U.S. citizen, could relocate pending a resolution of her case, so she decided to leave both Canada and Boyle behind, crossing the U.S.-Canada border with her three children that same night.

Ladies and gentlemen, Miss Tammy Wynette:

Meanwhile, the useless clod, Ralph Goodale, tells another bald-faced lie to the public:

The Liberal government has made it clear that simply entering Canada is not a “free ticket” for newcomers to stay in the country, Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale told MPs studying the ongoing influx of asylum seekers from the United States.

(Sidebar: because there is no crisis, right, Ralph?)

But no matter how a person arrives in Canada, the individual must be given a fair hearing to determine whether they require protection, Goodale said during a House of Commons immigration committee meeting Tuesday.

Yes, about that, Ralph:

Given the grand gestures, you would be forgiven for believing the federal Liberals and the department responsible for refugees would be tracking the fate of the tens of the thousands of struggling Syrians that Canada has recently taken in.

But, after more than two weeks of inquiries by Postmedia, a media relations officer acknowledged the department has not produced any report in almost two years on the about 50,000 Syrian refugees now in Canada.

Canada’s auditor general is among the unamused. The Liberals had a plan to monitor whether the mostly Arabic-speaking refugees were learning English or French, working, receiving social assistance and going to school, but the government has failed to follow through, said auditor general Michael Ferguson. It is Ottawa’s responsibility, he said, to make sure Syrians refugees “integrate into Canadian society.”

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If an asylum seeker’s refugee claim is rejected, there’s a possibility they could still stay in Canada temporarily.

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Migrants know that even if their claims are found to be bogus, they still get a few years in Canada — enough time to take advantage of free healthcare, education and welfare payments to make it all worthwhile.

Also:

The Trudeau government’s new “Border Security Minister” appears to be a fake job.

It seems that nobody reports to the “border security minister” Bill Blair, and he has no authority over any part of the government.

The responsibilities of Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen and Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale remain the same.

And remember, the Trudeau government spent weeks trying to demonize any Canadian who said there was a problem with illegal border crossers at the border, before creating the new ministerial position.

And: 

Lisa MacLeod, Ontario's minister responsible for immigration, says the province is asking the federal government for $200 million to cover the cost of asylum seekers from the United States.

Speaking to reporters after testifying at a House of Commons immigration committee meeting Tuesday, MacLeod said while the Liberal government has committed $11 million to Ontario, that money has "yet to flow."

MacLeod said her department is monitoring the costs of dealing with border crossers and predicts they will escalate. She expected to make a formal request for the $200 million later Tuesday. ...

MacLeod said the $200 million figure breaks down as follows: $74 million for shelter costs for the City of Toronto, $12 million for shelter costs for the City of Ottawa, $90 million for social assistance costs her ministry is footing and $20 million for education.

There are also expenses associated with legal aid and that Ontario has invested $3 million in the Red Cross, she said.

Just shoot her in the knee cap:

When Elin Ersson learned that an Afghan man was scheduled to be deported from Sweden on Monday, she bought a ticket for the same flight. Once she boarded the plane at Gothenburg airport, Ersson refused to take her seat, standing in the aisle, until the 52-year-old deportee was released.

Her dramatic act of civil disobedience, which she live-streamed on Facebook in English, forced the flight to be delayed by two hours, according to Swedavia, the company that operates the airport. 

Ultimately, her efforts succeeded – at least for the time being. The Afghan deportee was escorted off the plane before it took off.

All her stupid stunt accomplished (aside from making other passengers late, setting a bad precedent for removing unruly trespassers and merely delaying the inevitable deportation of a thug who would otherwise rape her) was making everyone hate her.

Bravo, idiot.




Legislation for the end of cap-and-trade in Ontario has finally been tabled:

Ontario's new Progressive Conservative government expects to spend up to $5 million to compensate companies that bought into the province's cap-and-trade system, the provincial environment minister said Wednesday before moving to repeal the carbon pricing program.

Rod Phillips introduced a bill that, if passed, will lay out the legal framework to wind down cap and trade, as well as the criteria for companies seeking to be reimbursed for costs incurred through the program.

While the program's 272 participants bought close to $3 billion in allowances, Phillips said only those that purchased more than they used while the program was still active, and were not able to recover those costs from consumers, will be eligible for compensation.

The proposed legislation would also protect the province from any potential litigation over the decision, the government said.

Not dealt with - the free drugs for junkies: 

The fate of Ontario's safe injection and overdose prevention sites is in limbo as the province's new Progressive Conservative government weighs whether to continue funding the facilities authorized by its Liberal predecessors.

Health Minister Christine Elliott said Tuesday the government is reviewing evidence on the sites to see if they "have merit" and are worth continuing.

"We need to take a look at the evidence and understand what the experts are saying, so I want to hear that. The premier wants to hear that. He wants to know that continuing with the sites is going to be of benefit to the people of Ontario," she said.

As long as Justin remains the chief puppet of external interests, no pipeline will be built or expanded:

Energy East is shovel-ready. Much of the route exists and it would quickly create thousands of jobs. (Don’t we have an infrastructure bank looking for big projects like this one?) It could safely move 1.1 million barrels of crude oil from Alberta and Saskatchewan to Saint John, N.B., every day, where raw product can be refined by Irving oil in their facility adding value and more jobs. Removing more volatile material from the rail lines reduces the chance of another Lac-Mégantic disaster. It would boost our energy independence and allow us to export to new markets, and at the same time use our own energy, instead of shipping it in from Saudi Arabia, Algeria and Venezuela (while complaining and hectoring our suppliers about human-rights abuses).

Justin cares not for people who get up in his grill:

A protester who angrily confronted the prime minister in Montreal during Quebec's Fete nationale holiday weekend appeared in court Monday and pleaded not guilty to one count of obstructing a peace officer in the execution of his duty.

The Crown refused to remove a bail condition forbidding Matthieu Brien, 31, from engaging in political activity or being in the presence of a politician, said his lawyer Marc Michaud.

Michaud said if the case isn't settled by the Oct. 1 provincial election, Brien — who is a member of a political party — won't be able to vote.

"It takes a way all the political rights of my client," Michaud said in an interview.

Brien confronted Justin Trudeau on June 23 as the prime minister was greeting citizens in a park located in his riding and said the Canadian leader "came to bother us at home."

"You came to speak English to us?" Brien asked Trudeau in French. "Isn't your party next week?" he said, referring to Canada Day.

Trudeau replied: "I am home."

Michaud said the charge of obstruction is tied to what happened after Brien made the remarks, but wouldn't go into details.

Michaud said he will file a motion in Superior Court this week seeking to annul the bail condition preventing his client from participating in political activity.

Brien is a member of a sovereigntist political party, Michaud said, but wouldn't say which one.

While Justin stymies everyone else who puts him on the spot, former prime minister Stephen Harper engages a perhaps more willing electorate:

Former Conservative prime minister Stephen Harper will be doorknocking for the upcoming Alberta election in the Calgary constituency held by a bitter foe of United Conservative Leader Jason Kenney.

"I live in (NDP cabinet minister) Sandra Jansen's riding," Harper's wife, Laureen, said Tuesday night in a speech at the launch of SheLeads, a non-profit group aimed at encouraging and mentoring women to run for conservative parties.

Harper said she and her husband are not getting involved in the United Conservative candidate nomination race in their Calgary-West constituency but, to cheers and applause, added "My husband said 'I'm doorknocking for the winner. I'm doorknocking.'"

Trump seeks a tariff-free Europe:

President Donald Trump says he'll propose to European officials on Wednesday that both sides drop all tariffs, barriers and subsidies.

Trump has floated the idea in the past, but he tweeted Tuesday night that he doubts the Europeans will go for the idea.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is reluctant to give a timeline on North Korean denuclearisation:

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says a great deal of work remains ahead of the complete denuclearization of North Korea, but he's dodging requests to identify a specific denuclearization timeline.

Pompeo told members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday "there is an awful long way to go" in North Korea's denuclearization, but he pledged negotiations would not "drag out to no end."

More than a month after President Donald Trump's historic summit with Kim Jong Un in Singapore, the two sides appear to still be at odds on what exactly denuclearization means and how it might be verified.

After Pompeo's most recent trip to the North Korean capital earlier this month, he described his discussions as productive, but Kim accused the envoy of making "gangster-like" demands.

 
In all fairness, Kim didn't give a timeline, either, but he has a habit of that sort of thing.




China is once again helping North Korea to skirt around sanctions:

Gasoline prices in North Korea have nearly halved since late March, market data analyzed by Reuters shows, adding weight to suspicions that fuel is finding its way into the isolated economy from China and elsewhere despite U.N. sanctions.

The United Nations Security Council passed a resolution in December to ban nearly 90 percent of refined petroleum exports to North Korea over its nuclear and missile programs.

But as North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has moved to improve relations with the United States, China and South Korea, concerns have grown that the policy of "maximum pressure" through sanctions and isolation, is losing steam.

This South Korea: 

The South Korean government failed to take appropriate action for four months against illegal shipments of North Korean coal that arrived here disguised as Russian product. 

The government was warned that two ships from a third country had unloaded 9,156 tons of North Korean coal in the South, the Foreign Ministry admitted, telling Bareun Future Party lawmaker Choung Byoung-gug, that the suspicions were "reported swiftly" to the government.

The Panamanian cargo ship Sky Angel arrived at Incheon port with 4,156 tons of coal and the Sierra Leone-registered Rich Glory at Pohang with 5,000 tons after carrying them from the Russian port of Kholmsk in October last year.

The coal was marked as Russian in origin and was imported by a South Korean company, but the ministry suspected that the cargo originated from North Korea and reported it to Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha. 

The ships entered South Korean ports some 30 times since unloading the suspicious cargo, but the government did not search them until February this year. 

The U.S. and the international community have criticized South Korea for being too lax in enforcing sanctions against the North amid a sudden thaw. The U.S. State Department warned that South Korea was potentially violating international regulations. 

 

 

 

So if Trump found Otto Warmbier's condition to be so pitiable that he would fetch him almost immediately, why did he not mention human rights in Singapore?:

Upon learning that Otto was apparently unconscious, President Trump had directed an American team to fly into North Korea, and now progress of the mission was being monitored at the highest level of the government. No assurances had been made that the young man would actually be released, and so the officials were on tenterhooks as well. According to an official, at 8:35 A.M., Secretary of State Rex Tillerson telephoned the president to announce that Otto was airborne. The president reportedly signed off by saying, “Take care of Otto.” Then Rob Portman, the Ohio senator who helped oversee efforts to repatriate Otto, called to inform the Warmbiers that the air ambulance had just entered Japanese airspace: Otto would be home that night.