And the Rest of It

Oh, my:

 

Anti-pipeline lobbyist, Tides Canada, paid $220k to Wet’suwet’en. Sarah Goodman, former VP Tides, is now Trudeau's top climate guru. Even Heritage Minster, Guilbeault, got $100k from Tides for his foundation. Wonder why illegal blockades still up? Retweet. https://t.co/rpDGdQjzLP pic.twitter.com/Zif5sdFgyB

— Canadian Yoda (@Labrie8) February 21, 2020

Well, that explains some things.


(Merci)




We don't have to trade with China:

As Canada nears its long-awaited decision on whether to allow Huawei a role in the coming 5G wireless networks, one part of the story particularly vexes the late-lamented Nortel’s many fans.

For at least 10 years, it was revealed in 2012, the company was invaded by hackers based in China who stole hundreds of sensitive internal documents from under the noses of its top executives.

Before that, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) warned Nortel of Beijing-led human spies in its midst. Later reports suggested that actual listening devices had been planted in Nortel’s Ottawa research and development complex, now Canada’s National Defence headquarters.

And never previously reported are allegations by former Nortel security personnel that a customer tied to Huawei returned a piece of equipment that had been pulled apart and “reverse engineered” to divine its secrets.

She will get blamed and leave PM Blackface in the clear. Calling it now:

Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says she wants to make Canada’s trade negotiations more “transparent,” by agreeing to proposals from the New Democrats to provide more details of future deals.

Freeland offers that view in a Wednesday letter to the New Democrats, a promise that secured the party’s support for a speedier ratification of the new North American Free Trade Deal (NAFTA), which is still before Parliament.

In the letter, a copy of which was obtained by The Canadian Press, Freeland makes clear she is agreeing to the NDP proposals to get support for ratifying the new continental trade agreement among Canada, the United States and Mexico.

How is that Singapore thing working out?:

North Korea is revamping the Tongchang-ri missile site it ostensibly shut down in 2018 after recently testing a missile engine there.

"It seems that the North is repairing and refurbishing various facilities there," a military spokesman here said Thursday, "We're watching whether it intends to operate the site on a long-term basis."

Google Earth satellite imagery from Nov. 28 last year shows some changes at a building there. A huge propaganda billboard has been put up at the building, and the road and facilities nearby are being kept in good condition. 

The regime has also recently set up a monument in celebration of a series of successful missile launches from Tongchang-ri.

 

Well, it's not like you're doing them any favours just letting them in:

The British government announced Wednesday its plan for a complete overhaul of its immigration system — closing its borders to unskilled migrants and instead allowing easier entry for “the brightest and the best from around the world.”

Satire? Barely:

"The economy is good, and there's lots of leftover bread crumbs and stuff for us pigeons," Beaker told reporters. "Trump has some personal moral failings, but the economy is doing well, and that's what matters for the fowl members of society."

But sadly, just a few hours later, Beaker was brutally attacked in broad daylight by the dreaded domestic terrorist group Pigeon Antifa.

God bless Babylon Bee.




Underwater dives reveal some fascinating things from the doomed Franklin expedition:

“The results from the 2019 Franklin research missions were truly remarkable. It was the most productive and successful one to date,” said Parks Canada underwater archaeologist Marc-André Bernier during a press conference Thursday. “It is the largest, most complex underwater archeological undertakings in Canadian history.”

He and his team were proudly displaying some of over 350 artifacts recovered mainly from three officers’ rooms in the HMS Erebus thanks to 93 dives and a total of 110 hours underwater during the fall. ...

“The theory that some people returned to the ships makes a lot of sense. One of the possibilities is that the crew returned to the vessels, but there weren’t enough men to operate both of them. So they left the HMS Terror behind and continued exploring south on the HMS Erebus,” said Charles Dagneau, another underwater archaeologist for Parks Canada.

Another theory that might explain why items from officers on the Terror were discovered on the Erebus: crewmembers had kept them in the hopes of commemorating their fallen officers if ever they got home.

“It’s possible that objects that belonged to officers were transported by their sailors in the hopes of bringing them back to their families in London. They obviously couldn’t bring back the bodies, but one person seemed to have a sextant that didn’t belong to him for that reason”, theorized Dagneau.