National Identity
Quebec Premier Francoise Legault threatened to hold a “referendum” if the federal government did not take steps to reduce the number of temporary immigrants entering the province.
During a press conference on Tuesday, Legault told reporters that while it wasn’t likely to happen in the short term, a referendum could be an option if the influx of temporary immigrants coming into Quebec wasn’t dealt with.
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Read MoreA cross-partisan group of MPs voted to kill a bill Wednesday that would have allowed parliamentarians to opt out of swearing an oath of allegiance to King Charles — a victory for monarchists eager to preserve the Crown’s standing in Canada.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s cabinet and most Liberal and Conservative MPs on hand voted down the private member’s bill, while Bloc Québécois and NDP MPs joined some members from the two largest parties — most of them Quebec-based — to vote in favour of legislation that would have diminished Charles’s role in Parliament. The final result was 113-197.
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Read MoreSlitting time now between China and Germany, Marcel Queren is looking forward to spending a little time in London and Southwestern Ontario.
Queren, a business development consultant for a China-based supplier to electric vehicle battery manufacturers, will hit the road this week to tour Southwestern Ontario sites in hope of bringing a factory here to supply Volkswagen’s EV battery plant now under construction in St. Thomas.
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Read Morehe government of New Zealand this week tightened the country’s working visa rules in order to stem historically high numbers of international migrants making their way to the South Seas.
Immigration minister Erica Stanford said that the changes will allow businesses to make greater use of local workers while still attracting high-skill migrants where there are skill shortages. ‘Getting our immigration settings right is critical to this government’s plan to rebuild the economy,’ she says.
The new rules have also been billed as protecting migrants from exploitation.
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Read MoreOn Monday, a reporter sought clarification on how the military would assist law enforcement in Canada. “We’ve called upon the Canadian Armed Forces many times over the past three years to help Canadians respond to wildfires, for floods, for hurricanes,” replied Defence Minister Bill Blair.
“When Canadians needed someone to come to their rescue, we turned to the Canadian Armed Forces,” he said. “And I have to ensure that they have the capability to continue to be there for Canadians.”
The announcement is part of an $8.1 billion commitment by the Department of National Defence over the next five years amid ongoing recruitment challenges.
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Read MoreTwo of the most important (or perhaps more accurately ‘self-important’) British institutions are the Royal Society and the BBC. To those that may not be from these shores, and not be familiar with them, the Royal Society is the world’s oldest science academy, once chaired by Isaac Newton himself, and the BBC is the world’s oldest state broadcaster.
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Read MoreThis past week, April 4th marked the 75th anniversary of the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty, which serves as the Charter of NATO. The organization represents the high watermark of the post-Second World War institution-building efforts, which included the World Bank, the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (the forerunner of the WTO), and the European Coal and Steel Community (the forerunner of the European Union).
These were novel political innovations of their time—multilateral groups that sought to collectively organize policy action among states on specific areas. Their importance in shaping and protecting the global world order has been undeniable as these institutions have been instrumental in providing security and economic prosperity in Europe since the 1940s. NATO, in particular, has safeguarded the West during the most productive flowering of technological advancement and global wealth in human history.
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Read MoreTo understand the impact the World Health Organisation’s (“WHO’s”) proposed International Health Regulations (“IHR”) amendments will have on every person on Earth, we have to get to grips with what totalitarian rule is – because should the amendments proposed by WHO be accepted next month, the people of the world would be subjected to unadulterated totalitarianism.
The WHO’s Road to Totalitarianism
By Bert Oliver
Several articles on the proposed amendments to the WHO’s international health regulations have appeared on Brownstone Institute, such as THIS excellent introduction. Consequently, there is no need to repeat this information in a similar format. What I would like to do instead is to pursue the question, what the implications would be for people worldwide if this organisation were to be successful in getting the representatives of member countries to accept the proposed amendments. More specifically, what are the likely consequences in terms of the concept and practice of totalitarianism?
To understand this, one has to get to grips with the mode of rule called totalitarian government, of course, but I doubt whether most people have an adequate grasp of full-fledged totalitarian rule, despite recently experiencing it to a certain degree under “pandemic” conditions. Should the amendments proposed by the WHO be accepted in May, the citizens of the world would be subjected to unadulterated totalitarianism, however, so it is worthwhile exploring the full implications of this “anonymous” mode of governance here.
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Read MoreIf Canadians already suspected that Beijing was interfering in elections by virtue of multiple intelligence leaks in the media, most probably didn’t know what Canada’s spy agency really thinks about how Ottawa is handling the threat before the public inquiry got underway.
To make a long story short, it’s not good.
Reams of evidence have been presented at the Public Inquiry into Foreign Interference in recent days, with deep dives into key allegations such as Chinese interference in a Liberal nomination race or the Chinese regime funding federal candidates.
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Read MoreNew York City will not renew a $432 million contract with DocGo, a mobile health services company tasked to care for illegal immigrants and asylum-seekers, amid growing questions over the costly deal.
“We are constantly working to find new ways to better serve those in our care and manage this crisis in a financially responsible way,” Camille Joseph Varlack, Mayor Eric Adams’ chief of staff, said in a statement on Tuesday.
“As part of our work to reduce spending
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