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Calgary councilor calls fireworks “colonialist and racist”
The city announced last week that it would finish off Canada Day with a pyrotechnic show in place of what’s normally a massive fireworks show.
Several calls to overturn the decision have been made including a petition that has amassed thousands of votes.
The Ward 11 councilor Penner subsequently lashed out at Calgarians who are proud to be Canadians and celebrate Canada Day with fireworks.
“Council didn’t make this decision and if we were to reverse it, it would do nothing more than discredit the voices who asked for a different kind of celebration. Reversing this decision would be upholding colonialism and racism,” she said.
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Read MoreDocuments uncovered by the Media Research Center (MRC) revealed the Biden Administration used a $40 million grant program of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), ostensibly earmarked for anti-terrorism purposes, to target conservative organizations and media, including Breitbart News.
The Targeted Violence and Terrorism Prevention Grant Program (TVTP) was established by the DHS in 2011 to combat Al Qaeda, but was vastly expanded in its scope by the Biden adminstration.
Its grants now encompass several “media literacy and online critical thinking initiatives,” the most radical of which accuse conservative organizations including Breitbart News, Turning Point USA, and the Heritage Foundation of turning Americans into violent neo-Nazis.
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Read MoreFederal regulators say non-profit groups are “at risk of terrorist financing abuse.” The Department of Finance in a report proposed forcing non-profits to disclose suspicious cash transactions.
“These organizations were identified as being at risk of terrorist financing abuse as they are not monitored for terrorist financing activities or educated about their terrorist financing risks in the same way registered charities are by the Canada Revenue Agency,” said the report Canada’s Anti-Money Laundering And Anti-Terrorist Financing Regime Strategy.
The department identified what it called a “possible coverage gap with respect to non-profit organizations.” No specific allegations of wrongdoing were detailed.
“In order to respond to an ever-evolving operational and threat environment the Government of Canada seeks to identify opportunities for continual improvements to its anti-money laundering and anti-terrorist financing legislative and regulatory frameworks,” said the report. “This includes strengthening the regime through amendments to the Proceeds Of Crime And Terrorist Financing Act and Criminal Code to address gaps.”
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Read MoreA group of Albertan voters concerned over the use of electronic tabulators in the upcoming provincial vote won’t pursue legal action after Elections Alberta guaranteed the paper ballots would be preserved in case a recount is required.
In March, Alberta litigator Leighton Grey of Grey Wowk Spencer LLP sent a letter to Elections Alberta saying he represents many residents who don’t want tabulators used and want to ensure that Elections Alberta intends to keep all ballots for three months following election day.
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Read MoreCommon Sense Calgary’s petition to bring back fireworks on Canada Day received almost 10,000 signatures as of Wednesday.
“Despite launching less than 48 hours ago, on a holiday weekend, more than 5,000 Calgarians have already added their signature,” said Common Sense Calgary in a Tuesday statement.
“Calgarians really are sick of this kind of nonsense at city hall!”
The City of Calgary Thursday cancelled its firework display to mark and celebrate Canada Day.
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Read MoreA recent episode of the Ideas podcast and a related article titled “Can the Great Reset really create a gentler, more equitable capitalism?” goes into detail about Klaus Schwab’s plans for “stakeholder capitalism.”
“In June 2020, the WEF launched its Great Reset initiative, proclaiming ‘now is the time to set the reset button on capitalism’,” writes the CBC.
“The WEF said the Great Reset would be a rare opportunity to build entirely new foundations for economic and social systems while addressing global challenges like income inequality and climate change.”
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Read MoreWhoopi Goldberg told her co-hosts Wednesday on ABC’s “The View” that Gov. Ron DeSantis’ (R-FL) presidential bid will have to deal with “gay folks” rising up and fighting for what they need.
Discussing DeSantis’ presidential announcement, Goldberg said, “He has to work on, be articulate, so we know what you’re talking about. I don’t understand. I didn’t know what he was saying. Look, you know what, this idea of announcing on Twitter. I’m old and I’m okay being old, do that on television. Okay? I want to see you do it on television. I want to see you actually take real Americans’ questions. That’s what I want. I don’t want to dislike you. I can’t help it, because you you don’t give me any reason, because I don’t understand why do you dislike people of color?”
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Read MoreThe Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles has denounced a decision by the L.A. Dodgers to award the anti-Catholic “Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence.”
“The decision to honor a group that clearly mocks the Catholic faith and makes light of the sincere and holy vocations of our women religious,” declares a statement from the archdiocese, “has caused disappointment, concern, anger, and dismay from our Catholic community.”
The archdiocese “calls on all Catholics and people of goodwill to stand against bigotry and hate in any form and to stand for respect for one another and for the religious beliefs of our communities of faith,” it states.
The Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights similarly censured the Dodgers for having “officially endorsed anti-Catholic bigotry” by reinviting this “anti-Catholic homosexual drag group.”
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Read MoreInequality is built into the structure of the world. It is written in the gospel: the poor will always be with us.
Everything is unequal: a few rivers have all the water, a few stars have all the mass, a few writers sell all the books, etc, it is just everywhere. Wherever there is creative variation there is radical inequality. It is a law.
You had a crash on some issues with Pope Francis on Twitter. What was that about?
Pope Francis is a social justice warrior. He said some good things about the gender war, but thinks that Christianity is a social justice enterprise. It is not. Christ was not a political figure, full stop. Liberation theology is basically Marxism with a Christian brand. But there is no such thing as Marxism with a Christian brand. You could not formulate two doctrines that were more opposed to each other. Instead Christians should be concerned with the amelioration of suffering. Including poverty. The leftist notion that we can cure poverty by distributing money, you saw how well that worked in the Soviet Union. You can make rich people poor with socialism but you cannot make poor people rich.
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Read MoreAttorney General David Lametti says he will review changes in federal law to allow postal inspectors to open suspicious letters. The Canada Post Corporation Act states inspectors may only open larger packages suspected of carrying contraband.
“It is important not only to law enforcement but also important to the protection of human rights and rights to privacy under the Charter,” said Lametti. “It is a little trickier than a package so it needs more time.”
Testifying at the Senate legal and constitutional affairs committee, Lametti said current regulations that prohibit inspection of letters up to 30 grams would have to be rewritten. “I am open to looking at it,” he said.
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