Your middle-of-the-week ounce of common sense ...
There is nothing made in Canada (remember its $1.1 trillion dollar transfer of labour and wealth to the US) to be bought:
Cabinet’s “Buy Canadian” policy is to be phased in over an indefinite period, says a memo by the Department of Public Works that manages most federal contracts. The announcement of the policy last September 5 did not imply Canadians would get immediate preferential treatment in contracting, it said: “Measures will be phased in.”
It will show how NOT bad things are, perhaps?:
Statistics Canada yesterday said it’s revising how it calculates inflation for its benchmark Consumer Price Index but wouldn’t discuss what changes are contemplated. The agency in the past has removed or added check-out items to reflect changing spending patterns, it said: ‘The Index can only reflect changes in consumer expenditures when basket weights are updated.’
No one wants an expensive, unnecessary tax that makes life hard:
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says his province will begin talks with the federal government around how to find a “workable place” when it comes to the question of charging an industrial carbon tax.
“We’re open to the discussion about finding a place where that would work for the industries that are employing people here,” he told National Post on Tuesday.
“So, I wouldn’t say we’re entirely open to just doing it, but we’re open to trying to find a workable place with the federal government.”
Money-laundering Aid is a Canadian value:
Billions in federal aid for Ukraine are an expression of Canadian values, Prime Minister Mark Carney said yesterday. “We’re going to be on the right side of history,” he told reporters.
Dissent from the proles is not to be tolerated:
Prime Minister Mark Carney said there is momentum behind his nation-building agenda after receiving criticism from British Columbia Premier David Eby over the possible construction of a pipeline to his province’s coast.
“What we’re trying to accomplish, and I think we’re really getting momentum now across the country, is we don’t want to hear what people are against, we want to hear what they’re for,” said Carney, during a Q&A in front of the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade on Wednesday.
An activist group is out of Department of Canadian Heritage funding for the first time since 2020 after being accused of anti-Catholic bias, Access To Information records show. The Canadian Anti-Hate Network received hundreds of thousands in taxpayer funding until MPs questioned its role in “spurring greater polarization.”
Some people are special:
The ceremony, held at the Croatian Cultural Centre on Commercial Drive, drew dozens to take part in the cultural healing process. Dawn Wilson thanked representatives of both companies for showing up.
"We wholeheartedly forgive everything that's been done and are so thankful that you are here in this beautiful way to let this go with us," she said. "I feel lighter and I hope that you do too."
James Prescott, a vice president with Canadian Tire, called the incident "deeply regrettable."
"On behalf of everybody at Canadian Tire, we are deeply sorry for what happened," Prescott said.
Store owner Paul Droulis said it was "my store, my responsibility, my embarrassment."
"From the bottom of my heart, I want to apologize because that is not how we treat our clients, it's not how we treat our friends, it's now how we treat people," Droulis said.
Representatives of Canadian Tire and Blackbird Security were then wrapped in blankets and took part in a dance as part of the ceremony, circling the banquet hall floor to the rhythm of drums and singing.
Dawn Wilson said in an interview she's relieved the case has been settled and hopes it will help others avoid the same thing.
The store itself admitted a former employee made derogatory comments when told about what happened, and Canadian Tire Corp. acknowledges it did not forward a complaint to the Coquitlam store for weeks -- only doing so after the employee no longer worked there.
The traditional Heiltsuk washing ceremony is a form of restorative justice that acknowledges the harm of racial profiling.
Maria Martin with the Heiltsuk Tribal Council told those gathered that the "harm went beyond the moment" of the confrontation at the store.
"It's part of a broader pattern of racial profiling and disrespect that Heiltsuk and other Indigenous people face in everyday life," she said. "Dawn and Richard brought a human rights complaint not just for themselves, but for all Heiltsuk and other Indigenous members who live with this indignity far too often."
(Sidebar: which aren’t things that Stone Age cultures that took slaves did. Ever.)
Performative acts of public humiliation are the in thing now.
It appears the government website with the Canadian database may now be off-line. I saved the spreadsheet before it went offline.
— John Tomkinson (@johnwtomkinson) May 19, 2026
I can’t possibly imagine what could motivate a small and remote FN band with a reservation of 172 members to become so vocally and ideologically… pic.twitter.com/WUCuegezGt
That is exactly what euthanasia is for:
Emergency rooms are known for long waits — whether in Canada or south of the border — but they’re still among the shortest delays in health care.
Seeing a specialist, however, can take months, sometimes leaving nervous Canadians languishing as they await treatment, surgery, or both. In the U.S., the wait times are shorter, but access may be limited by one’s ability to procure and pay for insurance.
Still, there is one medical procedure patients are opting for, at least in Canada, that offers a quick path to treatment: Medical Assistance in Dying, a.k.a. MAID.
Ethicists argue passionately about whether it’s good or bad for patients and society — discussing everything from the need to offer trauma-free ends, to the system’s possible abuse, and people being encouraged to die. Those debates have been playing out for years, but another concern is emerging over elder care. As health-care costs mount for governments, employers and individuals in both countries, their low-fertility populations are aging and becoming more expensive to care for. Could both countries begin turning to MAID to cut costs?
Some critics say it’s already happening in Canada and fear it could one day happen in the U.S.
“MAID has already become in Canada a form of elder care,” said Alexander Raikin, fellow in bioethics and American democracy at the Washington-based Ethics and Public Policy Center.
“The people who are dying from (Canada’s) MAID are disproportionately vulnerable. They’re disproportionately disabled. They’re disproportionately elderly,” he added, arguing the data reflect that shift.
That's all very well and good but will he actually be in prison?:
Federal prosecutors on Wednesday announced charges against former Cuban President Raúl Castro in the 1996 downing of civilian planes operated by Miami-based exiles as the Trump administration escalated pressure on the socialist government.
The indictment was related to Castro’s alleged role in the shootdown of two small planes operated by the exile group Brothers to the Rescue. Castro, now 94, was Cuba's defense minister at the time. The charges included murder and destruction of an airplane.
Gazans, who raped and murdered Israelis on October 7th, are verklempt that they cannot slaughter animals in a similar fashion:
Gazans will mark Eid al‑Adha on May 27 without sacrificial animals for a third straight year due to Israeli restrictions, Gaza’s agriculture ministry said.
Eid al-Adha, one of Islam’s two main festivals, coincides with the Hajj and is marked by the slaughter of sheep or cattle, with meat shared among families and the poor.
The ministry said Israel’s military campaign since October 2023 had led to the "systematic destruction of the livestock sector", with farms, barns, veterinary facilities and feed warehouses hit.
Before the war, Gaza imported 10,000 to 20,000 calves and 30,000 to 40,000 sheep annually for the Eid season.
COGAT says it facilitates imports of meat, poultry, eggs and dairy, with nearly 8,000 tons delivered in the past month, though no livestock.
Hamas said aid deliveries had dropped to around a quarter of what was expected so far in May, despite calls from United Nations officials for unhindered access for aid and goods.
COGAT rejected what it called misleading claims of a humanitarian crisis, saying around 600 aid trucks enter Gaza daily, most carrying food in line with U.N. requests.
