There are porous defenses and no one is happy about it:
The country's defense is plagued by farcical incompetence. Experts have pointed out that the government's envisioned light aircraft carrier will be useless since South Korea has plenty of bases on land where fighter planes can take off and land, but the logic is that South Korea needs a light aircraft carrier because Japan is building one. Of course it will cost trillions of won in taxes, but the only visible role it will play is for show at naval events. All the while not one high-ranking military officer seems to be voicing opposition. While the president is busy trying to court North Korea, the military is sinking into a morass in indiscipline and incompetence. President Mon Jae-in claims he wants to protect the country through dialogue rather than firepower, but what if the enemy is not listening? Now he has sunk so low he wants to ask North Korea for "permission" to conduct joint drills with the U.S. military. It is not surprising to hear a former USFK commander warn of the "great risk" of South Korean people "falling under the North Korean regime."
Also:
More than 6,500 migrant workers have died in Qatar amid the nation's preparation to host the 2022 World Cup, The Guardian reports.
The report cites government data from the home nations of migrant workers, including India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. The data have been compiled since Qatar was awarded the World Cup in 2010, working out to an average of 12 deaths per week, according to the report.
Leaked emails prove that, contrary to United Nations denials, UN human-rights officials did in fact give the names of Chinese dissidents to the communist regime in Beijing before those activists were set to testify in Geneva against the Communist Chinese Party’s abuses.
In fact, it appears from the leaked documents that the practice of handing over names of Chinese dissidents to the dictatorship was viewed as a “usual practice” by all involved. The whistleblower told The Epoch Times that it continues to this day, despite UN denials.
Chinese communist authorities used the names received from the UN to prevent the dissidents from leaving China. At least one dissident identified by the UN and detained by the CCP before leaving for Geneva, Cao Shunli, died while in detention.
Now how are taxes supposed to be spent? Wisely?:
A bill to grant farmers a quarter-billion carbon tax break last night survived a Commons vote by 177-145. Cabinet opposed the private bill: ““I have numerous invoices that show that the carbon tax was $10,000 to $20,000.”
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The Commons by a 295-32 vote yesterday rejected a New Democrat bill on pharmacare. Cabinet in a Throne Speech last September 23 said it was “exactly the right moment” for more publicly-funded drug insurance: “We had our doubts when they said that.”
When I think of pipelines, I don't think of how many quashed projects could bring revenue into the country. I think of affirmative action:
Corporate Canada is moving at a glacial pace when it comes to gender and racial diversity at the leadership level, a new report finds.
The Zero Report, released Tuesday, found 89 per cent of organizations surveyed had zero Black women in pipeline for executive officer roles – 91 per cent don’t have any Indigenous women in those roles.
The report is the brainchild of the Prosperity Project, a not-for-profit organization founded to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Canadian women who are being disproportionately affected, and Canadian management consulting firm KPMG.
Well, if Canada didn't have monopolies ...:
The Supreme Court's refusal to hear the appeals is a victory for Canada's independent internet service providers and may lead to lower internet prices for consumers.
The independent ISPs compete with bigger internet network owners, such as Bell and Rogers, and say lower wholesale rates would let them cut retail prices
The Federal Court of Appeal in September had dismissed the appeals.
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