The Canadian Senate is deliberating the extension of the Emergencies Act activation that the House has already approved. As part of that process, debates are ongoing. I have almost zero doubt that the Senate will be going along with the … Continue reading →
The vote was mostly along mostly party lines. The “yeas” represented the same coalition that gave Trudeau his last two wins. What’s more, I believe the majority of the feedback they’re getting from Canadians is supportive as well, because the … Continue reading →
Commenter John Tyler asks: There never is a shortage of jack-booted enforcers to impose a government’s will upon the citizenry. This time Canada is the venue. So, ladies and gents, what is about the Canadian personality or culture that enables … Continue reading →
I was going to write a post about the topic that’s the subject of this post, but it would have taken me quite some time to study the wording of the Act and the wording Trudeau’s government employed when it … Continue reading →
From the mouth of Justin Trudeau, December of 2020 [emphasis mine]: India has denounced Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s “ill-informed” remarks regarding an ongoing farmers’ protest in India’s capital. Mr Trudeau and Conservative opposition leader Erin O’Toole both made comments … Continue reading →
What went on in this country post-January 6th, and what’s going on in Canada now, have historical precedents not just in repressive dictatorships but even in the US and Canada. It seems that the authorities are always frightened of demonstrations … Continue reading →
Well, one thing is settled – sufficient numbers of police in Canada are cooperating with the arrests of the demonstrators, and so it is being accomplished. For a populist movement like that of the truckers to succeed, it either has … Continue reading →
It’s a little bit – just a tiny bit – as though people are waking up from a bad COVID dream. Something about the length of the whole thing, plus the seeming relative mildness of Omicron, appears to have caused … Continue reading →
See this: In this tweet, Minnesota Representative Ilhan Omar thrashed an editor over at the Ottawa Citizen/Sun for sharing a story on the Stella Luna Gelato Cafe in Ottawa because the owner gave $250 to the Canadian trucker convoy through … Continue reading →
So now they’re arresting the organizers of the demonstrations in Canada. Why is this tyrannical behavior being manifested in Canada of all places, that mild-mannered country to the north where the folks say “oot” for “out” and sometimes add “eh” … Continue reading →
…isn’t all that popular these days. Maybe there’s hope for Canada yet: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, amid collapsing domestic approval ratings, is witnessing full-scale abandonment in the provinces, which is taking place as he moves to implement martial law on … Continue reading →
Lately there have been so many events that cry out for in-depth analysis that I often feel overwhelmed, and I think I’d feel that way even if my task was limited to reading about them – forget about trying to … Continue reading →