South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is fighting for political survival after declaring martial law on Tuesday night only to rescind it hours later, a surprise move that drew intense criticism and one that will have broad ramifications for regional security, including Seoul’s improved ties with Tokyo.
Opposition lawmakers on Wednesday submitted a motion for Yoon’s impeachment, following the shock move that he said was directed at “antistate forces” in the National Assembly, the country’s parliament, which he claimed have “paralyzed” his administration and the workings of the government.
The declaration of martial law, which would have banned political activity and censored the media, was quickly rejected by the National Assembly early Wednesday, with all 190 of the body’s 300 lawmakers present at the time — including members of Yoon’s People Power Party — voting against it.
Yoon overplayed his hand trying to rid his government of obstructive elements by declaring martial law, something that the South Koreans do NOT want.
Fear what comes next.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is accusing Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre of being unhelpful in his criticisms when it comes to dealing with the incoming Donald Trump administration.
Trudeau said there’s a long-standing tradition that when the nation comes under threat in some way, Canadians pull together to defend their country.
But it’s “increasingly clear” Poilievre is unable to do that, Trudeau told reporters on the way into question period Wednesday.
MAR-A-LAGO: Reports from those "sitting at the table" with Trudeau and President-elect DJT offer new details of how the conversation might've gone. It sounds like it didn't go well.
— Alex Zoltan (@AmazingZoltan) December 3, 2024
PM Trudeau hasn't been seen publicly since leaving a West Palm Beach Hotel room the next morning. pic.twitter.com/tgcFov0wqk
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is challenging Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland to table her fall economic statement after she accused him of delaying the process.
“We’ll give her two hours out of our Conservative opposition motion day on Monday for her to stand on her feet and tell us how much she’s lost control of the nation’s finances,” said Poilievre on Wednesday.
Canadians in federal focus groups are worried over the national debt, says in-house Privy Council research. Taxpayers rated annual deficits a symptom of poor economic management: “A greater focus needed to be placed on maintaining balanced budgets.”
Sajjan, the minister responsible for the Pacific Economic Development Agency of Canada, was invited by PavCo, a B.C. Crown corporation that owns and operates B.C. Place Stadium, where the concerts will take place.
PavCo has been donating Swift tickets to food banks and other charity organizations so that they could raffle them off and raise money. PavCo has also donated B.C. Place suites to be auctioned off, raising more than $1 million, according to the corporation.
"This is actually supporting a very good cause, something that Taylor Swift also supports as well," Sajjan told reporters Wednesday.
Then pay for the tickets yourself, Pop-Star Boy.
Parts of Canada’s Muslim and Arab communities are responsible for “a crisis of Jew hatred in this country,” says an executive with the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs. The blunt testimony opened hearings on anti-Semitism by the Senate human rights committee: “There is a crisis of Jew hatred in this country.”
MPs have agreed to drop a proposed change to the next fixed election date that would have guaranteed pensions for Liberal and New Democrat two-termers. Members of the House affairs committee yesterday said they would delete the clause in an elections bill: ‘This was cynical.’
After months of calls from supporters and critics alike, Canada’s justice minister announced Wednesday the government will split its online harms bill into two parts, separating the proposed regulations for social media companies away from controversial new proposals for prosecuting hateful acts, in the hopes of seeing the first become law.
Justice Minister Arif Virani stated his intention on his way into the Liberals’ weekly caucus meeting on Wednesday, saying opposition parties had been made aware of his plans, and that the ball now falls “squarely in their court.”
The bill’s splitting follows legal experts urging the Liberals to separate the act into two or three separate bills.
The proposed amendments to the Canadian Human Rights Act would allow anyone to file complaints against people posting “hate speech.” If found guilty, the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal would be able to order the content’s removal and impose fines of up to $70,000.
However, according to University of Ottawa professor Michael Geist, the provisions that are even more concerning are those to the Criminal Code.
“I think the notion of life in prison, where any violation is motivated by hate, the idea that this could include life (in prison) has some pretty significant implications, and I find it really difficult to justify,” he said while speaking at a webinar hosted by the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs.
A $1-billion lithium-ion battery cell production plant that was planned for Maple Ridge, B.C., has been shelved.
The parent company, Taiwan Cement Corp., announced construction of the Canadian plant with much fanfare last year, with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Premier David Eby attending and promising a combined $284.5 million in government funding.
Taiwan Cement Corp. company chairman Nelson Chang is quoted in a release saying that the plant construction has stopped in order to focus on Taiwanese production, in step with other battery makers suspending similar projects across North America.
An Alberta elementary school has canceled its Christmas concert celebration, opting instead for a more inclusive "Spring Concert" in the New Year. Anne Martens, the principal of Pat Hardy Elementary School in Whitecourt, a town about two hours from the provincial capital of Edmonton, broke the news to students and parents.
“We work hard to find ways to ensure our events are as inclusive to as many students and families as possible,” said Martens, according to True North reporter Rachel Parker. The explanation said it wouldn’t be fair to all the students to have a Christmas concert because it is so time-consuming for those involved in the event and requires a considerable degree of commitment.
DeSantis — who ran against Trump at the outset of the 2024 presidential election — served as a lawyer for the Navy at the detention camp at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. He was later deployed to Iraq.
He’s a “well-known conservative with a service record who shares Trump’s — and Hegseth’s — view on culling what they see as ‘woke’ policies in the military,” the Wall Street Journal reported. One source said that Trump brought up DeSantis “in casual conversations with guests at Mar-a-Lago.”
COVID-19 ORIGIN: COVID-19 most likely emerged from a laboratory in Wuhan, China. The FIVE strongest arguments in favor of the “lab leak” theory include:
- The virus possesses a biological characteristic that is not found in nature.
- Data shows that all COVID-19 cases stem from a single introduction into humans. This runs contrary to previous pandemics where there were multiple spillover events.
- Wuhan is home to China’s foremost SARS research lab, which has a history of conducting gain-of-function research at inadequate biosafety levels.
- Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) researchers were sick with a COVID-like virus in the fall of 2019, months before COVID-19 was discovered at the wet market.
- By nearly all measures of science, if there was evidence of a natural origin it would have already surfaced.
PROXIMAL ORIGIN PUBLICATION: “The Proximal Origin of SARS-CoV-2” publication — which was used repeatedly by public health officials and the media to discredit the lab leak theory — was prompted by Dr. Fauci to push the preferred narrative that COVID-19 originated in nature.
GAIN-OF-FUNCTION RESEARCH: A lab-related incident involving gain-of-function research is most likely the origin of COVID-19. Current government mechanisms for overseeing this dangerous gain-of-function research are incomplete, severely convoluted, and lack global applicability.
ECOHEALTH ALLIANCE INC. (ECOHEALTH): EcoHealth — under the leadership of Dr. Peter Daszak — used U.S. taxpayer dollars to facilitate dangerous gain-of-function research in Wuhan, China. After the Select Subcommittee released evidence of EcoHealth violating the terms of its National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) commenced official debarment proceedings and suspended all funding to EcoHealth.
- New evidence also shows that the Department of Justice (DOJ) has opened an investigation into EcoHealth’s pandemic-era activities.
NIH FAILURES: NIH’s procedures for funding and overseeing potentially dangerous research are deficient, unreliable, and pose a serious threat to both public health and national security. Further, NIH fostered an environment that promoted evading federal record keeping laws — as seen through the actions of Dr. David Morens and “FOIA Lady” Marge Moore.
France’s government was ousted after lawmakers voted in favor of a no-confidence motion on on Dec. 4.The National Assembly passed the no-confidence motion with 331 votes, surpassing the 288-vote simple majority needed.This is the first time in six decades that a government of the Fifth Republic has fallen in such fashion.The move has set the eurozone’s second-biggest economy sailing on a course bound for political and economic turbulence.The no-confidence vote removes Michel Barnier from his role as prime minister. French President Emmanuel Macron appointed Barnier to the position in September.Barnier encountered resistance in the weeks that followed as he pushed a financial plan aimed at curbing France’s budget deficit. In a last appeal before the vote, Barnier said the deficit “will not disappear by the magic of a motion of censure.”
Sandro Castro, grandson of late Cuban communist mass murderer Fidel Castro, responded on Monday to widespread outrage and disgust at his planned birthday party, a lavish event at a club he “owns” in a communist country where private property is theoretically illegal.
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