Your mid-week sense of disorientation ...
You could ask Justin if rainwater was wet and he would struggle for an answer:
At the blunt end of the stick, Trudeau would be asked repeatedly why his attentions were on winning re-election instead of ensuring the smoothest possible exit from the pandemic. And he would have no halfway credible answer.
IF there was an election Justin's Chinese financiers would allow, it would not be won because of Justin's sound leadership at any time and even his slobbering followers know it.
If Kenney was serious, he would simply cut Quebec off. No more oil for that province:
Obviously, Albertans alone cannot amend the Constitution or change equalization, but a strong referendum result would certainly raise the national profile of this flawed and contentious program. More importantly, it will force the kind of uncomfortable discussions federal and provincial leaders tend to run from.
The limelight is not the issue; the provincial welfare Alberta is forced to give out because other provinces don't want to be successful is.
China imposed a draconian new national security law, ushering in a more repressive era that has seen authorities effectively shut down a pro-democracy newspaper, arrest opposition politicians and even seize children’s books they considered seditious.
Two other foreign judges have quit the court, one citing the potential negative impact of the security law.
Despite Beijing’s tightening grip on the city, however, McLachlin has just agreed to serve another three-year term on the Court of Final Appeal, triggering heated controversy in a legal community where she’s otherwise revered.
And how has McLachlin challenged China?
Do we own our resources or don't we?:
BHP Group Ltd. has reached a friendly agreement to acquire Ring of Fire explorer Noront Resources Ltd. for $325-million, trumping an earlier unsolicited approach from Australian private equity firm Wyloo Metals Pty Ltd.
It's just money:
An estimated 175,000 federal employees have received compensation over payroll errors, says a Department of Public Works briefing note. The department did not disclose the cost but acknowledged maximum damages would total nearly half a billion: “We will always have respect for taxpayer dollars.”
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Taxpayers have fully guaranteed more than a billion in Crown bank loans to unidentified companies that reported disastrous revenue losses due to the pandemic. Union executives have asked that borrowers be publicly named: “That’s information the public should know.”
In sharp contrast to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Conservative leader Erin O’Toole says if he becomes Prime Minister, he would leave it up to the New Brunswick government to decide how to fund abortion services.
Earlier this week, Trudeau said his government will be withholding healthcare transfers to New Brunswick because he claims the province is limiting access to abortion.
(Sidebar: we all know how you champion the causes of women, Justin.)
The provincial government subsidizes abortions at two hospitals in Moncton and one in Bathurst, but says it will not cover the cost of the procedure at the privately-owned Clinic 554 in Fredericton.
While in Fredericton on Friday, O’Toole said Trudeau’s decision to withhold healthcare transfers to the province is for “political gain and to divide Canadians.”
“How the provinces run their health care systems is not what the federal government should be interfering with,” O’Toole said.
And - are you proud that you worked for this purveyor of minor abuse?:
Former Planned Parenthood President Dr. Leana Wen claims in a new book that the abortion giant tried to exploit her miscarriage as a public relations stunt, adding that pro-choice critics blasted her public grief for stigmatizing abortion.
Wen, an emergency physician and former Baltimore health commissioner, only served as the Planned Parenthood Federation of America and Planned Parenthood Action Fund president for eight months from late 2018 into 2019 and cited “philosophical” differences with the organization after the board voted her out of the top position.
In her new book released last week, Lifelines: A Doctor's Journey in the Fight for Public Health, she explains how the nation's largest abortion provider urged her to blame her departure from the organization on her miscarriage that she suffered during the end of her tenure at the organization.
She said her loss from miscarriage was “devastating in a way that I couldn’t have anticipated,” Business Insider reported.
Planned Parenthood reportedly encouraged Wen to use her miscarriage to explain her departure as president of the organization even though the actual reason was her difference in opinion on the organization's future.
"This was offensive and hurtful on so many levels," she wrote.
You know how your former employer treats pregnant women, Wen. That your experience hasn't awakened to this awful reality is just stunning.
When killing old people is simply not enough to disgust people:
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed several women and retaliated against a former employee, said New York Attorney General Letitia James, accusing the Democrat governor of violating laws.
“Governor Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed multiple women and in doing so violated federal and state law,” James said in a news conference on Tuesday, adding that Cuomo fostered a “hostile” and “unsafe” work environment. The governor engaged in “unwanted groping, kissing, and hugging,” as well as making inappropriate remarks, she said.
Yes, Democrats ALWAYS move in protectionist ways but one knew that:
Industry groups are warning that a recent push by President Joe Biden to stoke more competition in the U.S. market could put Canada at a strategic disadvantage, potentially even hampering Canada’s economic recovery coming out of the pandemic.
Enbridge warns of dire economic disruption if Line 5 closes, including gasoline shortages in Canada’s two most populous provinces. The company insists the pipeline is perfectly safe. “We hear lines like ‘ticking time bomb,’ and that’s so far removed from the science and the engineering,” says Mike Fernandez, Enbridge’s chief communications officer. “This is not a pipe that’s about to fail.”
A probe has been launched, with police investigating whether it was a suicide or a murder made to look like suicide, head of Ukraine’s National Police Igor Klymenko told reporters on Tuesday.
The Belarusian House in Ukraine reported Monday that Shishov had gone missing during a morning run. The Belarusian human rights center Viasna cited Shishov’s friends as saying that he has recently been followed by strangers during his runs.
The Belarusian House in Ukraine helps Belarusians fleeing persecution with their legal status in Ukraine, accommodation and employment.
Just like the churches no one cares about, no one cares about the plight of Christians or Yazidis:
The Anambra-based International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety) estimates that over 3,400 Christians have been killed since January, while at least 3,000 Christians have been abducted. Their report indicates that 300 Churches and 10 priests have been attacked.
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Yazidis are vulnerable, without powerful tribal connections or an international community to support them from abroad. Their unique way of life is at risk of disappearing, which would tear another thread from Iraq's multicolored religious tapestry. Defeating ISIS and its ideology will come in part by restoring Yazidis to their homeland, ensuring their safety, security and future.
Oh, great! Now someone's going to burn down Japan's churches:
The international community needs to pay greater attention to the threat China poses to Taiwan, according to Japan’s defence minister.
Nobuo Kishi told the Financial Times that international pressure was needed to prevent a military confrontation between China and Taiwan.
“Rather than a direct military collision between China and Taiwan, international society needs to pay greater attention to the survival of Taiwan,” Kishi said.
The graying and displacement of Korea:
There is now no part of Korea that is not officially an aging society with people over 65 making up more than seven percent of the population, last year's census shows.
In the previous census, one out of some 250 municipalities in Korea still held out with an elderly population below seven percent -- Yeongtong District in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province where Samsung Electronics has its main plant. But now that too has fallen.
Only 42 municipalities have a higher population of children and adolescents than of elderly people, and 110 have become a "super-aged" society with an elderly population of more than 20 percent.
The overall elderly population reached 8.21 million last year, up 460,000 and crossing the 8 million mark for the first time. But the population of children and adolescents stands at just 6.18 million, or 12.3 percent of the total population. The younger population peaked at 21 percent in 2000.
The pace of aging will likely pick up even more in the next decade as the baby boomer generation born between 1955 and 1963 crosses the threshold into old age. That means the economically active population will shrink. The working-age population aged 15-64 has already dropped to 71.3 percent.
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Chinese investors are snapping up expensive apartments in Busan's upscale Haeundae district as well as Gangnam, Yongsan and Seongsu in Seoul.
The number of foreigners who buy apartments in Korea has surged and Chinese make up by far the biggest group. Some of them show up at realtor's offices with suitcases full of cash, and there are fears that their willingness to splurge could distort market prices.
There appears to have been some kind of viral spur to buying Korean real estate in China. On China's question-and-answer website Zihu, many comments recommend buying apartments in Korea as an ideal investment. They cite the low risk of price falls and ease of management due to proximity.
Amid the current uncontrollable price spiral, some Chinese investors have made a lot of money buying apartments and reselling them.
Korea has seen a 16-fold surge in apartment purchases by Chinese investors over the past decade. According to Supreme Court registry data, the number of high-rise and low-rise apartments and studios sold to Chinese increased from 648 in 2011 to 10,559 last year. Over the same period, the number of residential property being registered in foreigners’ names surged sixfold from 3,238 to 19,371.
“Equality has been taken away from us,” Tracey Lambrechs, the New Zealand weightlifter who was told to cede her spot when Hubbard began to outcompete her, told TVNZ. Lambrechs was not available for comment Monday.
Gwen Berry, a U.S. Olympic hammer thrower who turned away from the American flag during the playing of the national anthem, failed to medal during finals on Tuesday.
Two-time soccer world champion Megan Rapinoe choked up during a post-match interview following the U.S. women's team loss in their semifinal match on Monday.
The 1-0 loss to Canada, thanks to a goal from Jessie Fleming in the 75th minute, ends any chance for Olympic gold for the team.
Canada will lose to Sweden later on.
By selling off Olga’s Romanov jewels her maid smuggled out of Russia, the couple purchased a 200-acre farm in Campbellville, Ont., and took an immediate liking to the country, with the former Grand Duchess saying, “the vast open spaces remind me of Russia and gave me a feeling of comfort.”
Nikolai worked the farm, their son Tikhon launched a career with the Ontario Highways Department, and Olga tended the chickens and took up painting. While they lived modestly, she was able to use her famous name to have her work exhibited at Eaton’s College Street in Toronto.
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