What's hot in real world news? - Thread 7.0

[Kevin Pacey]

Here's a link to What's hot in real world news? - Thread 6.0, followed by a fresh news item:

https://www.chesscanada.info/forum/showthread.php?5657-What-s-hot-in-real-world-news-Thread-6-0

For the record, here's one link that shows that late last year, the Ford gov't was considering vaccine passports, contrary to Ford saying he was always against such passports (until recently, anyway):

https://www.thestar.com/politics/provincial/2020/12/09/the-covid-19-vaccine-is-coming-are-immunity-passports-next.html

Ontario portal to download proof of vaccination intermittently shut down on first day/sept 2021:

https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/ontario-website-access-vaccination-proof-temporarily-shut-down

[Kevin Pacey]

ottawa.ctvnews.ca/Ottawa LRT train had already derailed before reaching station, but kept going - TSB [damage could take weeks to repair]:

https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/lrt-train-had-already-derailed-before-reaching-station-but-kept-going-tsb-1.5594646

An oldie but goodie (I forget if it touches at all on history of fishy LRT wheeling, dealings and whitewashing by liberal mayor Watson and his city council lackeys - SNC Lavalin won a fishy process that was rushed, to get LRT phase 2, for example {next link posted after this one touches on a lot of fishy stuff besides that}]:

ottawa.ctvnews.ca/One year of LRT in Ottawa - a timeline of troubles:

https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/one-year-of-lrt-in-ottawa-a-timeline-of-troubles-1.5103082

How much more is Ottawa's LRT costing taxpayers?

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/lrt-millions-costs-delay-1.6027530

[edit: here's a link re: SNC Lavalin bid. It's a wonder the competing bidders didn't sue the city - were they quietly paid off? Did Trudeau want Quebec's SNC Lavalin to win?]

ottawa.ctvnews.ca/Fatally flawed - the glaring weaknesses of SNC-Lavalin's winning bid for stage 2 of LRT:

https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/fatally-flawed-the-glaring-weaknesses-of-snc-lavalin-s-winning-bid-for-stage-2-of-lrt-1.4781786

[Kevin Pacey]

nypost.com/2021/09/22/Biden admits botching AUKUS-Pact rollout after call with France:

https://nypost.com/2021/09/22/biden-admits-botching-aukus-rollout-after-call-with-france/

theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/21/US has no closer ally than Australia says Biden, after AUKUS-pact [so I guess that makes Canada chopped liver, unless Biden was having another senior's moment and/or Trudeau is seen as too close to China's @$$]:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/21/us-has-no-closer-ally-than-australia-says-biden-after-aukus-pact

[Kevin Pacey]

torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/Gunter: Meaningless [expensive, health-risking federal] election settled nothing [and changed little]:

https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/gunter-meaningless-election-settled-nothing

FIRST READING: The least popular Canadian government ever elected [Plus, Julie Payette’s new job as an election worker]:

https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/election-2021/first-reading-the-least-popular-canadian-government-ever-elected

John Robson: In election 2021, everyone was a loser [Who won? I {J.R.}don’t think anyone did]:

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/john-robson-in-election-2021-everyone-was-a-loser

Chris Selley: Trudeau faces a tough follow-through on his vaccine tough talk [If the Liberals try to retreat to a typical 'compromise' position, they will never hear the end of it]:

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/chris-selley-trudeau-faces-a-tough-follow-through-on-his-vaccine-tough-talk

torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/Lilley: How the conservatives can beat Trudeau in the next election:

https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/lilley-how-the-conservatives-can-beat-trudeau-in-the-next-election

Less optimistically, for the right in Canada these days:
KINSELLA: 10 thoughts on the outcome of Election 2021 [It confirmed something pretty big: The country has changed]:

https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/kinsella-10-thoughts-on-the-outcome-of-election-2021

[Kevin Pacey]

COVID-19: 140 unvaccinated staff at Windsor, Ont. hospital placed on leave:

https://globalnews.ca/news/8213516/unvaccinated-staff-placed-on-leave-windsor-hospital/

[Kevin Pacey]

Biden's approval rating hits new low in latest Gallup poll:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/09/22/biden-approval-rating-lowest-eight-months-gallup-poll/5819831001/

It’s not just Republicans. Everyone’s mad at Biden [especially] over migration:

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/09/21/migration-biden-border-troubles-513370

[Kevin Pacey]

HIV is Africa's latest covid-19 problem:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2021-09-20/hiv-is-africa-s-latest-covid-19-problem

[Kevin Pacey]

oilprice.com/Energy/Crude-Oil/Will South America's Latest Oil Boom Spark A Military Clash?:

https://oilprice.com/Energy/Crude-Oil/Will-South-Americas-Latest-Oil-Boom-Spark-A-Military-Clash.html

[Kevin Pacey]

theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/22/US-UK 'special relationship' faces new challenges despite signs of healing:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/22/us-uk-special-relationship-faces-new-challenges-despite-signs-of-healing

[Kevin Pacey]

Coronavirus: What's happening in Canada and around the world on Wednesday [Vaccine passport systems rolling out in New Brunswick and Ontario; N.B. reports record 76 new cases]:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/coronavirus-covid19-canada-world-sept22-2021-1.6185001

[Kevin Pacey]

ctvnews.ca/politics/[Trudeau and Ottawa liberal mayor Watson's favourite] SNC-Lavalin corporation and 2 former top Execs charged with fraud, forgery by RCMP [conveniently shortly after federal election day over]:

https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/snc-lavalin-corporations-and-2-former-top-execs-charged-with-fraud-forgery-by-rcmp-1.5597229

[edit: personally I think the RCMP under the liberals, and the provincial OPP under the McGuinty and Wynne liberals in Ontario, should be investigated, say by a committee, for political control/interference by the liberals when in power - the liberals may be able to more or less tie up such committees both federally and provincially, but at least nuggets of the truth just might see the light of day, for public viewing, more than otherwise.]

[Kevin Pacey]

torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/Goldstein: The real cost of 'free' health-care in Canada - report:

https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/goldstein-the-real-cost-of-free-health-care-in-canada-report

[Kevin Pacey]

torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/Lilley: Investigation needed on whether China interfered in Canada's election [to Trudeau's benefit]:

https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/lilley-investigation-needed-on-whether-china-interfered-in-canadas-election

[Kevin Pacey]

Randall Denley: Ontario's vaccine passport is mostly just a comfort to the fearful [Throughout the pandemic, the Ford government has oversold fear and undersold hope]:

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/randall-denley-ontarios-vaccine-passport-is-mostly-just-a-comfort-to-the-fearful

[Kevin Pacey]

nypost.com/2021/09/22/Biden admits botching AUKUS-Pact rollout after call with France:

https://nypost.com/2021/09/22/biden-admits-botching-aukus-rollout-after-call-with-france/

theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/21/US has no closer ally than Australia says Biden, after AUKUS-pact [so I guess that makes Canada chopped liver, unless Biden was having another senior's moment and/or Trudeau is seen as too close to China's @$$]:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/21/us-has-no-closer-ally-than-australia-says-biden-after-aukus-pact

US rules out adding India or Japan to security alliance with Australia and UK:

https://indianexpress.com/article/world/aukus-security-alliance-india-7528612/

theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/23/Furious French defence contractor to seek compensation over AUKUS-Pact deal:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/23/furious-french-defence-contractor-to-seek-compensation-over-aukus-deal

Fuming France cancels meeting with Australia, India:

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/fuming-france-cancels-meet-with-oz-india/articleshow/86468090.cms

Somewhat related, here's the wiki re: QUAD - The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (QSD, also known as the Quad) is a strategic dialogue between the United States, India, Japan and Australia:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadrilateral_Security_Dialogue

[Kevin Pacey]

foxnews.com/politics/Biden may owe up to $500,000 in back-taxes, report says:

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-may-owe-up-to-500k-in-back-taxes-report-says

[Kevin Pacey]

Here's the wiki re the song about dishonest politicians, One Thing Leads to Another, by the Fixx:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Thing_Leads_to_Another

[Kevin Pacey]

ottawa.ctvnews.ca/Kingston, Ont. hospital suspends 136 employees without pay for violating vaccine mandate:

https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/kingston-ont-hospital-suspends-136-employees-without-pay-for-violating-vaccine-mandate-1.5597765

[Kevin Pacey]

theguardian.com/us-news/2021/sep/23/House committee on US Capitol attack subpoena Trump's chief of staff, others:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/sep/23/us-capitol-attack-subpoena-mark-meadows-steve-bannon

[Kevin Pacey]

Coronavirus: What's happening in Canada and around the world on Thursday [African leaders highlight vaccine inequity in speeches at UN meeting]:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/coronavirus-covid19-canada-world-sept23-2021-1.6186464

In the Last Days. Iniquity Shall Abound. And Evil Men and Seducers Shall Grow Worse and Worse.

[Kevin Pacey]

LILLEY: Let's talk about CBC and their very obvious bias [CBC has long had a liberal bent which wouldn’t be a problem if we didn’t all pay for it and if they would just admit it]:

https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/lilley-lets-talk-about-cbc-and-their-very-obvious-bias

[Kevin Pacey]

nypost.com/2021/09/24/The Hunter Biden email coverup is clearest evidence of media corruption:

https://nypost.com/2021/09/24/the-hunter-biden-e-mail-coverup-is-clearest-evidence-of-media-corruption/

[Kevin Pacey]

Canadians Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig, detained in China for almost 3 years, now on plane home [Chinese tech executive Meng Wangzhou left Canada earlier this evening]:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/spavor-kovrig-return-1.6189516

[Kevin Pacey]

NASA's Got A New, Big Telescope. It Could Find Hints Of Life On Far-Flung Planets Outside Solar System:

https://www.npr.org/2021/09/23/1039915145/nasa-life-planets-telescope

[Kevin Pacey]

jpl.nasa.gov/news/NASA's Insight finds three big 'Marsquakes' thanks to solar panel dusting:

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-insight-finds-three-big-marsquakes-thanks-to-solar-panel-dusting

[Kevin Pacey]

ANOTHER PLANET 9? EARTH'S TWIN MAY BE HIDING IN THE OUTER SOLAR SYSTEM:

https://www.inverse.com/science/earth-missing-twin

[Kevin Pacey]

Terry Glavin: Justin Trudeau went all in on China a decade ago — and nothing can shake his resolve [I'd note only fools and the dead don't change their mind, and I'm not so sure about the latter; Justin Trudeau has been singularly focused on trade with China, regardless of what the country's sadistic leadership does]:

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/terry-glavin-4

[Kevin Pacey]

Coronavirus: What's happening in Canada and around the world on Saturday:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/coronavirus-covid19-canada-world-sept24-2021-1.6189628

[Kevin Pacey]

Here's the tag re; Wattsupwiththat/sea level [mostly showing recent articles that indicate sea levels are fine, not rising due to so-called climate change]:

https://wattsupwiththat.com/category/sea-level/

A similar tag, re: recent articles indicating droughts are not getting worse globally:

https://wattsupwiththat.com/category/drought/

For those who believe in MGW, here's a ten-year-old article to think about, re: this year's half-@$$ed warning that 30% of trees may face extinction (link follows immediately):
A third of world's tree species at risk of extinction:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/58394467

wattsupwiththat.com/2011/11/11/Shocking news - trees grow better in a warmer climate with more carbon dioxide:

https://wattsupwiththat.com/2011/11/11/shock-news-trees-grow-better-in-a-warmer-climate-with-more-carbon-dioxide/

[Kevin Pacey]

cnbc.com/video/2021/09/24/Watch: NASA predicts small chance that giant asteroid could hit earth in 161 years (2182 A.D.):

https://www.cnbc.com/video/2021/09/24/nasa-predicts-giant-asteroid-could-hit-earth-in-2182.html

[Kevin Pacey]

Trudeau’s big spending promises could fuel Canada’s already-hot inflation:

https://globalnews.ca/news/8218111/justin-trudeau-spending-inflation/

[Kevin Pacey]

Ottawa LRT derailment happened after hours of problems, TSB says:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ottawa-lrt-derail-tsb-wheel-equipment-1.6190842

o.canada.com/news/local-news/Sherring: We really need to talk about Ottawa LRT system problems [but eel-like liberal mayor Watson won't allow the light to shine]:

https://o.canada.com/news/local-news/sherring-we-really-need-to-talk-about-lrt-system-problems/wcm/4901d296-6ff8-4cb2-a174-c5da5dd2a8dd/amp/

[Kevin Pacey]

torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/Malcolm: Here's the real post-mortem conservatives should be doing:

https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/malcolm-heres-the-real-post-mortem-conservatives-should-be-doing

[Kevin Pacey]

nypost.com/2021/09/26/Biden White house's lies a matter of life-and-death - Devine:

https://nypost.com/2021/09/26/biden-white-houses-lies-a-matter-of-life-and-death-devine/

[Kevin Pacey]

nypost.com/2021/09/27/Left-leaning media's latest lies about critical race theory:

https://nypost.com/2021/09/27/left-leaning-medias-latest-lies-about-critical-race-theory/

[Kevin Pacey]

nationalpost.com/news/politics/election-2021/Majority of Canadians say Trudeau should resign following election, believe country more divided than ever - poll [a cheapo artist never resigns early]:

https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/election-2021/majority-of-canadians-say-trudeau-should-resign-following-election-believe-country-more-divided-than-ever-poll

[Kevin Pacey]

Canadians Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig, detained in China for almost 3 years, now on plane home [Chinese tech executive Meng Wangzhou left Canada earlier this evening]:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/spavor-kovrig-return-1.6189516

torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/Lilley: Ignore China's warning that Canada should learn its lesson:

https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/lilley-ignore-chinas-warning-that-canada-should-learn-its-lesson

torontosun.com/opinion/editorials/Editorial: Here are ways Canada can push back against China:

https://torontosun.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-here-are-ways-canada-can-push-back-against-china

Fwiw, here's Google's blurb re: Did USA trade with Soviet Union during Cold War - I know, I know, this horse [China] has already left the barn as far as trading with it and globalization are concerned:

"Trade was conducted primarily through Soviet trade representatives in Britain and Iran and the Soviet Buying Commission in the United States. After the [Second world] war, Britain and other West European countries and the United States imposed drastic restrictions on trade with the Soviet Union"

[Kevin Pacey]

Green Party leader Annamie Paul resigns her post ['I just don’t have the heart for it': Annamie Paul says is not prepared for more 'political games']:

https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/green-party-leader-annamie-paul-resigns-her-post

[Kevin Pacey]

economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/After AUKUS Pact, Russia sees a potential threat and an opportunity to market its own submarines:

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/after-aukus-russia-sees-a-potential-threat-and-an-opportunity-to-market-its-own-submarines/articleshow/86505017.cms

[Kevin Pacey]

timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/international-business/Explained: Fuel shortage and long queues at UK petrol stations:

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/international-business/explained-fuel-shortage-and-long-queues-at-uk-petrol-stations/articleshow/86552372.cms

torontosun.com/news/world/Pledging stability, German SPD seeks three-way alliance to succeed Merkel:

https://torontosun.com/news/world/pledging-stability-german-spd-seeks-three-way-alliance-to-succeed-merkel

[Kevin Pacey]

ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/TSB questions lack of Ottawa LRT heat-detection-system and finds evidence of problem before August derailment:

https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/tsb-questions-lack-of-lrt-heat-detection-system-and-finds-evidence-of-problem-before-august-derailment

[Kevin Pacey]

torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/Gunter: Censorship, propaganda and manipulation - in our Trudeau government's toolkit?:

https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/gunter-censorship-propaganda-and-manipulation-in-our-governments-toolkit

[Kevin Pacey]

Rex Murphy: How COVID-19 taught the public to distrust the authorities [We discovered there was not one set of rules for all, and that even the strictest medical advice could be trumped by political considerations]:

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/rex-murphy-how-covid-19-taught-the-public-to-distrust-the-authorities

[Kevin Pacey]

Chrystia Freeland to remain as finance minister to help with big, 'progressive' agenda - Trudeau:

https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/new-liberal-cabinet-to-be-sworn-in-next-month-chrystia-freeland-to-stay-as-finance-minister

[Kevin Pacey]

Russia's recent military drills send message to Taliban — and Afghanistan's neighbours:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/russia-military-drills-1.6190616

[Kevin Pacey]

wionews.com/science/A super-huge comet is hurtling through space towards our solar system:

https://www.wionews.com/science/a-super-huge-comet-is-hurtling-through-space-towards-solar-system-asteroids-black-hole-416501

[Kevin Pacey]

theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/sep/28/Essential poll - majority of Australians back AUKUS-submarine-pact, but fear it will inflame tensions with China:

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/sep/28/essential-poll-majority-of-australians-back-aukus-submarine-pact-but-fear-it-will-inflame-tensions-with-china

[Kevin Pacey]

hindustantimes.com/world-news/China's electricity crunch is latest supply-chain threat to the world:

https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/chinas-electricity-crunch-is-latest-supply-chain-threat-to-world-101632789474866.html

[Kevin Pacey]

cbsnews.com/news/China's attention drawn by UK warship in Taiwan Strait:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/china-uk-warship-taiwan-strait-evil-intentions/

[Kevin Pacey]

Coronavirus: What's happening in Canada and around the world on Tuesday:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/coronavirus-canada-world-canada-sept28-2021-1.6191788

[Kevin Pacey]

torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/Lilley: Ontario's science-table projections off-the-mark once again re: covid cases predicted:

https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/lilley-science-table-projections-off-the-mark-once-again

[Kevin Pacey]

torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/Lilley: Trudeau's vaccination and travel rules apply to you - not to elite athletes:

https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/lilley-trudeaus-vaccination-and-travel-rules-apply-to-you-not-elite-athletes

[Kevin Pacey]

torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/Bonokoski: The inaugural orange shirt day comes this Thursday:

https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/bonokoski-the-inaugural-orange-shirt-day-comes-this-thursday

torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/Kinsella: Trudeau not truthful nor reconciling to indigenous peoples:

https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/kinsella-trudeau-not-truthful-nor-reconciling-to-indigenous-peoples

torontosun.com/opinion/Goldstein: Reconciliation starts by spending tax dollars effectively [beginning with Trudeau liberals getting their act together]:

https://torontosun.com/opinion/goldstein-reconciliation-starts-by-spending-tax-dollars-effectively

torontosun.com/news/national/Surfs-up! - Trudeau [the student of symbolism screws up again,] spends Canada's first truth-and-reconciliation-day [a holiday he drafted] on vacation:

https://torontosun.com/news/national/surfs-up-pm-spends-canadas-first-truth-and-reconciliation-day-on-vacation

[Kevin Pacey]

nationalpost.com/opinion/Rupa Subramanya: With the opposition parties in disarray, Trudeau has a free hand to enact his big 'progressive' agenda [the NDP is glad to help, I'm sure]:

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/rupa-subramanya-with-the-opposition-in-disarray-trudeau-has-a-free-hand-to-enact-his-agenda

On the other hand...
torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/Lilley: Trudeau's sunny-ways have morphed into delusional thinking:

https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/lilley-trudeaus-sunny-ways-have-morphed-into-delusional-thinking

[Kevin Pacey]

What happens to interstellar objects captured by the solar system?:

https://phys.org/news/2021-09-interstellar-captured-solar.html

[Kevin Pacey]

theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/29/China's new aircraft-carrier underlines need for the AUKUS-pact:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/29/chinas-new-aircraft-carrier-underlines-need-for-the-aukus-pact

[Kevin Pacey]

Alexei Navalny: Russia pursuing new criminal case against jailed Putin critic:

https://globalnews.ca/news/8226411/russia-new-criminal-case-putin-critic-alexei-navalny/

[Kevin Pacey]

Ottawa city hall to replace so-called 'independent' LRT safety expert needed for return to service, over issues of public trust - firm had been previously doing LRT work for the city(!) - you can't make up attempted cheap sleaze like this:

https://globalnews.ca/news/8226504/ottawa-lrt-safety-expert-replaced/

[Kevin Pacey]

torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/Gunter: Big changes may be coming to Canada's vetting of refugees [can anyone say, federal liberals brown-nosing for votes?]:

https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/gunter-big-changes-may-be-coming-to-canadas-vetting-of-refugees

[Kevin Pacey]

npr.org/2021/09/28/1041266611/Concern is growing in Turkey over quasi-dictator President Erdogan's push to restrict social media [shades of Trudeau gov'ts internet control bill C-10]:

https://www.npr.org/2021/09/28/1041266611/concern-is-growing-in-turkey-over-president-erdogan-s-push-to-restrict-social-me

nationalpost.com/pmn/environment-pmn/European-Union-style bloc pitched for Latin America plus Caribbean [shades of the new world order, or Revived Roman Empire, of eventually 10 zones, for those into prophesy]:

https://nationalpost.com/pmn/environment-pmn/european-union-style-bloc-pitched-for-latin-america-caribbean-2

[Kevin Pacey]

Slightly old link:
torontosun.com/news/local-news/Blizzard: Troubling tale of federal liberal hypocrisy in Spadina-Fort York [re: liberals' misconduct, past {including Trudeau} and more recent]:

https://torontosun.com/news/local-news/blizzard-troubling-tale-of-liberal-hypocrisy-in-spadina-fort-york

[Kevin Pacey]

LILLEY: No sense to be made of Trudeau's inexplicable surf trip [Other than he's extremely selfish, thoughtless and narcissistic, for starters {although one Quebec chess player opined on chesstalk, when Trudeau first ran for PM, that he should be in a psych ward} - If he had touched down in Kamloops, on his way to Tofino, and attended a ceremony, no one would be talking about his mini-vacay]:

https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/lilley-no-sense-to-be-made-of-trudeaus-inexplicable-surf-trip

Trudeau accused of 'callousness' for heading to Tofino instead of reconciliation events [I wonder how many fewer votes the @$$ would have got if he'd have done this during the federal election]:

https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/trudeau-accused-of-callousness-for-heading-to-tofino-instead-of-reconciliation-events-1.5608098

KINSELLA: Justin Trudeau irredeemably deserving of outrage [Who gives pious, sanctimonious speeches -- and then lies about where he is, and heads out to check out the waves?]:

https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/kinsella-justin-trudeau-irredeemably-deserving-of-outrage

After PM's vacation, Trudeau minister says important part of reconciliation is 'listening' [Trudeau's 'arrogant' actions were a 'slap in the face' to all Indian Residential School survivors, said the Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs in a tweet]:

https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/after-pms-vacation-trudeau-minister-says-important-part-of-reconciliation-is-listening

[Kevin Pacey]

thepostmillennial.com/New polls suggest Democrats will lose Senate control in 2022:

https://thepostmillennial.com/new-polls-suggest-democrats-will-lose-senate-control-in-2022

[Kevin Pacey]

Democrats struggle to save Biden's $3.5 trillion spending bill:

https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/biden-at-capitol-as-democrats-scale-back-us-3-5t-plan-1.5606992

[Kevin Pacey]

Last Jew out of Afghanistan warns Israel: ‘Don’t rely on the United States’:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/last-jew-out-of-afghanistan-warns-israel-dont-rely-on-the-united-states/

[Kevin Pacey]

Coronavirus: What's happening in Canada and around the world on Friday [U.S. death toll from COVID-19 surpasses 700,000]:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/coronavirus-covid19-canada-world-oct1-2021-1.6195992

[Kevin Pacey]

theguardian.com/news/2021/oct/03/Pandora papers - biggest-ever-leak-of-offshore-data exposes financial secrets of rich and powerful:

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2021/oct/03/pandora-papers-biggest-ever-leak-of-offshore-data-exposes-financial-secrets-of-rich-and-powerful

[Kevin Pacey]

torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/Gunter: Trudeau's civil-service-vaccine-mandate isn't a real thing:

https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/gunter-trudeaus-civil-service-vaccine-mandate-isnt-a-real-thing

[Kevin Pacey]

For those who believe in MGW:
torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/Goldstein: Global emissions soaring as UN climate conference approaches:

https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/goldstein-emissions-soaring-as-un-climate-conference-approaches

[Kevin Pacey]

Calls for Trudeau to apologize in public for Tofino surf trip, after private call to B.C. First Nation:

https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/trudeau-apologized-to-chief-of-tkemlups-te-secwepemc-after-tofino-trip-pmo

torontosun.com/opinion/Bonokoski: Our spoiled brat prime minister a 'great' progressive:

https://torontosun.com/opinion/bonokoski-our-spoiled-brat-prime-minister-a-great-progressive

[Kevin Pacey]

ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/Facebook whistleblower testifies - five highlights:

https://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/facebook-whistleblower-testifies-five-highlights-1.5612402

[Kevin Pacey]

REVEALED: Documents show Fauci approved public funds for puppy-killing experiments:

https://thepostmillennial.com/fauci-approved-puppy-killing-documents

[Kevin Pacey]

Calls for Trudeau to apologize in public for Tofino surf trip, after private call to B.C. First Nation:

https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/trudeau-apologized-to-chief-of-tkemlups-te-secwepemc-after-tofino-trip-pmo

torontosun.com/opinion/Bonokoski: Our spoiled brat prime minister a 'great' progressive:

https://torontosun.com/opinion/bonokoski-our-spoiled-brat-prime-minister-a-great-progressive

torontosun.com/news/national/Surfer paradise - a look at Trudeau's $18 million beachfront rental:

https://torontosun.com/news/national/surfer-paradise-a-look-at-trudeaus-18m-beachfront-rental

Chris Selley: After Tofino, it's worth considering that maybe Trudeau really doesn't give a damn [Even after four days to process the news, it remains astonishing, inexplicable and downright weird that Trudeau used last Thursday to attend precisely zero public events]:

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/chris-selley-after-tofino-its-worth-considering-that-maybe-trudeau-really-doesnt-give-a-damn

KINSELLA: The silver lining to Trudeau's Tofino trip turmoil [I {WK} now think, more than ever before, he wants to leave.]:

https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/kinsella-the-silver-lining-to-trudeaus-tofino-trip-turmoil

[Kevin Pacey]

torontosun.com/opinion/editorials/Editorial - civilians needed to fix Canadian military culture [The latest outrageous decision under a Trudeau gov't is that Maj.-Gen Peter Dawe, who composed a letter of reference for a soldier convicted of sexually assaulting the wife of a fellow officer, is now working on the military’s response to various reviews of sexual misconduct in the military.]:

https://torontosun.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-civilians-needed-to-fix-military-culture

[Kevin Pacey]

Russia Test Fires Submarine-Launched Hypersonic Missile For First Time:

https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/tsirkon-missile-russia-russia-test-fires-submarine-launched-hypersonic-missile-for-first-time-2563047

[Kevin Pacey]

cnbc.com/2021/10/04/Washington welcomes news of direct talks between Iran and Saudi Arabia:

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/04/washington-welcomes-news-of-direct-talks-between-iran-and-saudi-arabia.html

[Kevin Pacey]

Record number of Chinese planes (56) enter Taiwan air defence zone:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-58794094

[Kevin Pacey]

Coronavirus: What's happening in Canada and around the world on Tuesday:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/coronavirus-covid19-canada-world-1.6199853

[Kevin Pacey]

Historic go-ahead for malaria vaccine to protect African children:

https://www.bbc.com/news/health-58810551

[Kevin Pacey]

torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/Lilley - despite party support, O'Toole needs to heal wounds:

https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/lilley-despite-party-support-otoole-needs-to-heal-wounds

[Kevin Pacey]

Jagmeet Singh proud of 'tough' NDP campaign, but disappointed by narrow losses [NDP currently only up 1 seat on last election result, despite busting campaign war chest]:

https://nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/canada-news-pmn/singh-to-tell-caucus-that-indigenous-rights-a-priority-for-ndp-this-parliament

[Kevin Pacey]

torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/Gunter: Trudeau's civil-service-vaccine-mandate isn't a real thing:

https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/gunter-trudeaus-civil-service-vaccine-mandate-isnt-a-real-thing

ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/Canada faces wave of terminations as workplace vaccine mandates take effect - lawyer [expect wave of litigation, too, I'd say; Trudeau MPs went nudge-nudge wink-wink to federal civil service during build-up to election, then typical for twerp Trudeau, he backstabbed the service after the election, though didn't give deadlines to comply, just threats if caught not doing so]:

https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/canada-faces-wave-of-terminations-as-workplace-vaccine-mandates-take-effect-lawyer-1.5614688

[Kevin Pacey]

Calls for Trudeau to apologize in public for Tofino surf trip, after private call to B.C. First Nation:

https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/trudeau-apologized-to-chief-of-tkemlups-te-secwepemc-after-tofino-trip-pmo

torontosun.com/opinion/Bonokoski: Our spoiled brat prime minister a 'great' progressive:

https://torontosun.com/opinion/bonokoski-our-spoiled-brat-prime-minister-a-great-progressive

torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/Lilley: Trudeau owes us more than a weak apology for his ill-timed beach vacation:

https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/lilley-trudeau-owes-us-more-than-a-weak-apology-for-his-beach-vacation

John Ivison: There are few signs the Prime Minister learns from his mistakes [How many times has Justin Trudeau begged forgiveness for transgressions that would probably have seen him fired in the private sector?]:

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/john-ivison-there-are-few-signs-the-prime-minister-learns-from-his-mistakes

Rex Murphy: Trudeau's Tofino romp exposed him as a hypocrite in the eyes of the public. How can he continue to govern? [The dubious mandate Trudeau so recently received during an opportunistic election has been greatly impaired]:

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/rex-murphy-trudeaus-tofino-romp-exposed-him-as-a-hypocrite-in-the-eyes-of-the-public-how-can-he-continue-to-govern

[Kevin Pacey]

For those who believe in MGW...
nationalpost.com/news/canada/Mark Carney's climate-finance-credibility questioned by dozens of environment groups:

https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/mark-carneys-climate-finance-credibility-questioned-by-dozens-of-environment-groups

[Kevin Pacey]

nationalpost.com/opinion/Randall Denley: Ontario PC Premier Doug Ford makes bland his brand as he kicks-off [pre-]election 2022:

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/randall-denley-doug-ford-makes-bland-his-brand-as-he-kicks-off-election-22

[Kevin Pacey]

CNN's Jake Tapper calls President Biden's new poll numbers 'brutal' [Recent polls show Biden with only 38% approval]:

https://www.foxnews.com/media/cnns-jake-tapper-calls-biden-poll-numbers-brutal

[Kevin Pacey]

htorontosun.com/opinion/editorials/Editorial - Trudeau's multiple censorship laws are still a bad idea:

https://torontosun.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-trudeaus-censorship-laws-are-still-a-bad-idea

[Kevin Pacey]

Russia grappling with three times the number of covid cases as in last Fall:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/russia-covid-cases-triple-last-fall/

cnbc.com/2021/10/06/Latin America and Caribbean islands have vaccinated just 37 percent of populations against covid, WHO officials say:

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/06/latin-america-and-caribbean-islands-have-vaccinated-just-37percent-of-populations-against-covid-who-officials-say.html

[Kevin Pacey]

Is it an asteroid or comet? This strange solar system object is actually both:

https://www.space.com/asteroid-comet-both-2005-qn173

[Kevin Pacey]

Coronavirus: What's happening in Canada and around the world on Thursday:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/coronavirus-covid19-canada-world-oct7-2021-1.6202816

[Kevin Pacey]

torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/Bonokoski - new credit card or payday-loan not the answer:

https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/bonokoski-new-credit-card-or-payday-loan-not-the-answer

[Kevin Pacey]

FUELLING CONCERNS: Price at the pumps reaches 7-year high ["This is just the beginning" says one energy analyst; price of everything will go up]:

https://torontosun.com/news/local-news/fuelling-concerns-price-at-the-pumps-reaches-7-year-high

[Kevin Pacey]

torontosun.com/opinion/editorials/Editorial - civilians needed to fix Canadian military culture [The latest outrageous decision under a Trudeau gov't is that Maj.-Gen Peter Dawe, who composed a letter of reference for a soldier convicted of sexually assaulting the wife of a fellow officer, is now working on the military’s response to various reviews of sexual misconduct in the military.]:

https://torontosun.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-civilians-needed-to-fix-military-culture

Military drops general from sexual misconduct file after uproar [Growing backlash after Maj.-Gen. Peter Dawe was appointed to new role]:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/sajjan-military-sexual-misconduct-crisis-1.6201045

Minister orders probe after ex-officer accused of sexual misconduct gets job at naval base:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/danny-croucher-new-civlian-job-misconduct-allegations-1.6205306

[Kevin Pacey]

ctvnews.ca/world/Trump to invoke Executive-privilege in Jan. 6 US House probe:

https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/trump-to-invoke-executive-privilege-in-jan-6-u-s-house-probe-1.5615505

[Kevin Pacey]

ottawa.ctvnews.ca/Derailed Ottawa LRT car damaged Tremblay station platform, track infrastructure - TSB:

https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/derailed-ottawa-lrt-car-damaged-tremblay-station-platform-track-infrastructure-tsb-1.5615249

[Kevin Pacey]

thepostmillennial.com/Biden removes sanctions on two entities connected to Iranian ballistic-missile manufacturing:

https://thepostmillennial.com/biden-removes-sanctions-on-two-entities-connected-to-iranian-ballistic-missile-manufacturing

[Kevin Pacey]

Rex Murphy: The green folly about to unfold in Glasgow could leave you cold [COP26 will be another private-jet convocation where superior people, with no need to worry about furnace fuel, will meet to tell the peasants how they should live]:

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/rex-murphy-the-green-folly-about-to-unfold-in-glasgow-could-leave-you-cold

[Kevin Pacey]

Biden turns back on reporters, refuses to take questions after remarks on dismal jobs report:

https://www.foxnews.com/media/biden-turns-back-reporters-refuses-questions

[Kevin Pacey]

Chris Selley: Trudeau's new vaccine mandates are a chance for anti-vaxxers to switch tactics [There’s nothing left for anti-vaxxers to do in the streets of Canada. Pitch in for a constitutional lawyer and they would at least be doing something useful]:

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/chris-selley-trudeaus-new-vaccine-mandates-are-a-chance-for-anti-vaxxers-to-switch-tactics

[Kevin Pacey]

torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/Gunter: Look closely Trudeau's mandatory-vax-policy isn't what it seems:

https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/gunter-look-closely-trudeaus-mandatory-vax-policy-isnt-what-it-seems

[Kevin Pacey]

Something for those who believe in MGW and/or Trudeau:
torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/Goldstein - big news on climate change - Gambia wins praise, Canada loses:

https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/goldstein-big-news-on-climate-change-gambia-wins-canada-loses

torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/Bonokoski - Golden federal liberal climate hypocrisy, plus: gold-plated-pensions of our 'diligent' MPs:

https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/bonokoski-gold-plated-pensions-of-our-diligent-mps

[Kevin Pacey]

thepostmillennial.com/Breaking - Trump slams Biden over border, critical race theory, Afghanistan at huge Iowa rally:

https://thepostmillennial.com/breaking-trump-slams-biden-over-border-crt-afghanistan-at-huge-iowa-rally

[Kevin Pacey]

forbes.com/sites/jamiecartereurope/2021/10/08/Our solar system is alive the explosive story of space volcanoes on 9 close worlds of fire-and-ice:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamiecartereurope/2021/10/08/our-solar-system-is-alive-the-explosive-story-of-space-volcanoes-on-9-close-worlds-of-fire-and-ice/?sh=567c87f01d9d

[Kevin Pacey]

China-Taiwan tensions: Xi Jinping says 'reunification' must be fulfilled:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-58854081

thepostmillennial.com/Taiwan's president delivers defiant address, says island won't bow to CCP pressure:

https://thepostmillennial.com/taiwans-president-delivers-defiant-address-says-island-wont-bow-to-ccp-pressure

[Kevin Pacey]

CHINA MARKETS - Hong Kong stocks are ‘undervalued’ but the outlook is still rocky, warns strategist:

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/07/investing-hong-kong-markets-are-undervalued-strategist-says.html

[Kevin Pacey]

Coronavirus: What's happening in Canada and around the world on Saturday [Restaurant group 'extremely disappointed' as Ontario keeps dining capacity limits]:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/coronavirus-covid19-canada-world-oct9-2021-1.6206259

[Kevin Pacey]

The first 100 days: Major battle over free speech, internet regulation looms when Parliament returns [A new internet-regulation bill could spark even more outrage than C-10, according to none other than Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault; I'd add, where does Trudeau keep finding such awful ministers? - lack of talent, I guess]:

https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/the-first-100-days-major-battle-over-free-speech-internet-regulation-looms-when-parliament-returns

[Kevin Pacey]

Canada's wireless costs 'continue to be the highest or among the highest in the world': Finnish report [In a previous analysis of the Canadian cellphone market, Helsinki-based Rewheel put the blame squarely on Canada’s lack of telecom competition]:

https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/canadas-wireless-costs-continue-to-be-the-highest-or-among-the-highest-in-the-world-finnish-report

[Kevin Pacey]

torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/Kinsella - ten reasons why O'Toole should not be replaced:

https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/kinsella-ten-reasons-why-otoole-should-not-be-replaced

[Kevin Pacey]

Letters to the Editor: 'It's time for Justin Trudeau to retire' [National Post readers have few kind words to say (none actually) about the PM's decision to take a vacation on Canada's first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation]:

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor-its-time-for-justin-trudeau-to-retire

[Kevin Pacey]

torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/Lilley - [hypocritical/tone-deaf] Trudeau government warns Canadians against travelling... seriously:

https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/lilley-trudeau-government-warns-against-travelling-seriously

[Kevin Pacey]

ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/Canada faces wave of terminations as workplace vaccine mandates take effect - lawyer [expect wave of litigation, too, I'd say; Trudeau MPs went nudge-nudge wink-wink to federal civil service during build-up to election, then typical for twerp Trudeau, he backstabbed the service after the election, though didn't give deadlines to comply, just threats if caught not doing so]:

https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/canada-faces-wave-of-terminations-as-workplace-vaccine-mandates-take-effect-lawyer-1.5614688

Raymond J. de Souza: Justin Trudeau's 'punitive' vaccine mandate [The government is not worried about the charter; it just wants everyone to know {or think!?} that punishment is on the way {similar to what happened to CERB cheats?}]:

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/raymond-j-de-souza-justin-trudeaus-punitive-vaccine-mandate

[Kevin Pacey]

For those who believe in MGW and/or Trudeau, perhaps:
torontosun.com/opinion/Goldstein - reports of the 'death-of-oil' are greatly exaggerated:

https://torontosun.com/opinion/goldstein-reports-of-the-death-of-oil-greatly-exaggerated

Rex Murphy: This energy crisis has been 30 years in the making. Why is anyone surprised? [None of the elite bound for the grand climate shindig in Glasgow have to worry about unmeetable energy bills]:

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/rex-murphy-this-energy-crisis-has-been-30-years-in-the-making-why-is-anyone-surprised

[Kevin Pacey]

Outer space is opening up for people who are rich or famous:

https://www.npr.org/2021/10/11/1044496466/william-shatner-is-bound-for-space-but-the-rest-of-us-will-have-to-wait

[Kevin Pacey]

theguardian.com/politics/2021/oct/12/Covid response 'one of UKs worst-ever public-health failures' - Commons report:

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/oct/12/covid-response-one-of-uks-worst-ever-public-health-failures

[Kevin Pacey]

India, China military talks collapse - Chinese side 'wasn't agreeable':

https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/india-china-13th-round-military-level-border-talks-collapse-new-delhi-says-chinese-side-wasnt-agreeable-to-constructive-suggestions-2571119

[Kevin Pacey]

Coronavirus: What's happening in Canada and around the world on Monday [WHO advises additional shot for immunocompromised people; Merck seeks U.S. authorization for COV1D pill]:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/coronavirus-covid19-canada-world-oct11-2021-1.6207161

[Kevin Pacey]

The first 100 days: Major battle over free speech, internet regulation looms when Parliament returns [A new internet-regulation bill could spark even more outrage than C-10, according to none other than Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault; I'd add, where does Trudeau keep finding such awful ministers? - lack of talent, I guess]:

https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/the-first-100-days-major-battle-over-free-speech-internet-regulation-looms-when-parliament-returns

Here's what a Gov't Should be doing with any control of internet, namely protecting free speech for citizens:

https://presstories.com/2021/10/12/bildt-robs-youtube-for-banning-freedom-of-speech-in-germany-after-a-court-ruled-it-was-wrong-to-delete-govit-19-interviews/

[Kevin Pacey]

Slightly old article:
Biden vaccine mandates: Republicans angry, business groups muted [protests against gov't/corporate vaccine mandates are widespread in USA these days; Canadians far more docile as usual]:

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/bidens-covid-vaccine-mandate-angers-republicans-libertarians-2021-09-10/

[Kevin Pacey]

nationalpost.com/opinion/John Robson - the 'sickening' failure of socialized medicine [I'd say a two-tier public plus private system can't be too bad for a nation]:

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/john-robson-the-sickening-failure-of-socialized-medicine

[Kevin Pacey]

Lingering global supply-chain challenges resulting in months-long wait for appliances:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/supply-chain-challenges-1.6200203

[Kevin Pacey]

Turkey slams Russia, U.S. after Syria attacks by Kurdish militias:

https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/turkey-slams-russia-us-after-syria-attacks/article36991424.ece

[Kevin Pacey]

Putin says Russia is not using gas as a weapon against Europe, claims U.S. added to energy crisis:

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/13/putin-says-russia-is-not-using-gas-as-a-weapon-is-ready-to-help-europe.html

[Kevin Pacey]

A crystal ball into our solar system's future [Astronomers have discovered the very first confirmed planetary system that resembles the expected fate of our solar system, when the Sun reaches the end of its life in about five billion years.]:

https://phys.org/news/2021-10-crystal-ball-solar-future.html

[Kevin Pacey]

reuters.com/world/americas/Covid cases dropping in North and South America, regional health agency says - 2021-10-13:

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/covid-cases-dropping-north-south-america-regional-health-agency-says-2021-10-13/

[Kevin Pacey]

Coronavirus: What's happening in Canada and around the world on Wednesday [Some South American countries have only reached 20 per cent vaccination levels]:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/coronavirus-covid19-canada-world-1.6208908

[Kevin Pacey]

torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/Bonokoski - Canada in midst of socialist coup - and academics love it:

https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/bonokoski-canada-in-midst-of-socialist-coup-and-academics-love-it

[Kevin Pacey]

torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/Bonokoski - conservatives need to clone a movie star:

https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/bonokoski-conservatives-need-to-clone-a-movie-star

[Kevin Pacey]

torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/Lilley - provincial-auditors never really looked-into OLG-issues premier wanted investigated:

https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/lilley-provincial-auditors-never-really-looked-into-olg-issues-premier-wanted-investigated

[Kevin Pacey]

Walmart forces employees to do critical race theory training on US being a nation of 'white supremacy':

https://thepostmillennial.com/walmart-is-yet-another-high-profile-company-teaching-employees-about-white-supremacy

[Kevin Pacey]

nationalpost.com/news/politics/Chinese Canadian Tories urge O'Toole to resign, saying tough-on-China platform alienated voters [sounds like O'Toole and/or the cops have some foreign agents to ferret out in his party]:

https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/chinese-canadian-tories-urge-otoole-to-resign-saying-tough-on-china-platform-alienated-voters

[Kevin Pacey]

torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/Goldstein - Trudeau's extravagant 'pandemic spending' means perpetual-red-ink - report:

https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/goldstein-trudeaus-pandemic-spending-means-perpetual-red-ink-report

[Kevin Pacey]

LILLEY: Trudeau's rhetoric says mandatory vaccinations, his HR policy says otherwise [His actual policy proves once again that Trudeau sees this issue as a political one]:

https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/lilley-trudeaus-rhetoric-says-mandatory-vaccinations-his-hr-policy-says-otherwise

[Kevin Pacey]

torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/Lilley - time for Trudeau to change travel advice for Canadians:

https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/lilley-time-for-trudeau-to-change-travel-advice-for-canadians

[Kevin Pacey]

Randall Denley: Ontario politicians eager to phase out natural gas only have to look to Europe for the consequences [If gas plants were shut down, there would be some pretty noticeable side effects]:

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/randall-denley-ontario-politicians-eager-to-phase-out-natural-gas-only-have-to-look-to-europe-for-the-consequences

[Kevin Pacey]

NASA's Lucy asteroid mission will explore mysteries of the early solar system:

https://www.space.com/nasa-lucy-asteroids-mission-science-goals

[Kevin Pacey]

6 in 7 coronavirus cases in Africa are not being detected, WHO study suggests [Continent's estimated infection level may be 59 million people]:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/who-africa-covid-detection-1.6211629

[Kevin Pacey]

reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/US will accept mixed-doses-vaccines from international-travelers - 2021-10-15:

https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/us-will-accept-mixed-doses-vaccines-international-travelers-2021-10-15/

[Kevin Pacey]

torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/Lilley - Trudeau avoids parliament being sitting for five more weeks:

https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/lilley-trudeau-avoids-parliament-for-five-more-weeks

[Kevin Pacey]

Coronavirus: What's happening in Canada and around the world on Friday [Protests erupt across Italy as strict COVID-19 workplace pass takes effect]:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/coronavirus-covid19-canada-world-oct15-2021-1.6211978

[Kevin Pacey]

GUNTER: A court sentence that is a direct assault on free expression [Canadian judge orders that science on vaccines must be also preached by duo of anti-vaxxer pastors]:

https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/gunter-a-court-sentence-that-is-a-direct-assault-on-free-expression

[Kevin Pacey]

MALCOLM: A sensational approach to COVID numbers only increases public skepticism:

https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/malcolm-a-sensational-approach-to-covid-numbers-only-increases-public-skepticism

[Kevin Pacey]

John Ivison: How Trudeau wasted a chance to spark Canadian economic growth during the pandemic [The Liberal government is more focused on redistributing the existing economic pie than generating the wealth needed to ensure future prosperity]:

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/john-ivison-how-trudeau-wasted-a-chance-to-spark-canadian-economic-growth-during-the-pandemic

[Kevin Pacey]

Rex Murphy: It's a miracle! Apparently climate crusaders are immune to COVID! [COP26 climate summit delegates won't be required to have vaccine passports, unlike the rest of us]:

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/rex-murphy-its-a-miracle-apparently-climate-crusaders-are-immune-to-covid

[Kevin Pacey]

KINSELLA [an Ontario lawyer]: Will anyone in Trudeau's government go to jail? [The government's failed vaccine deal with China's dictatorship had profound consequences]:

https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/kinsella-will-anyone-in-trudeaus-government-go-to-jail

[Kevin Pacey]

China upset U.S., Canada sent warships through Taiwan Strait:

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-usa-taiwan/u-s-and-canadian-warships-sailed-through-taiwan-strait-last-week-idUSKBN2H706V

ctvnews.ca/Hong Kong bans Air Canada flights from Vancouver after passenger tests positive for covid-19:

https://bc.ctvnews.ca/hong-kong-bans-air-canada-flights-from-vancouver-after-passenger-tests-positive-for-covid-19-1.5626754

[Kevin Pacey]

Russia's daily COVID-19 death toll at record high as vaccination program stalls:

https://www.reuters.com/world/russias-daily-covid-19-deaths-exceed-one-thousand-mark-2021-10-16/

[Kevin Pacey]

nbcnews.com/news/world/Australia: Melbourne to ease world's longest covid-19 lockdown:

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/australia-melbourne-ease-worlds-longest-covid-19-lockdown-rcna3150

[Kevin Pacey]

Covid-19: Golden age for new vaccines, and UK cases remain high:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-58944004

[Kevin Pacey]

Coronavirus: What's happening in Canada and around the world on Sunday:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/coronavirus-covid19-canada-world-oct17-2021-1.6214252

[Kevin Pacey]

ottawa.ctvnews.ca/Now, Ottawa's LRT to remain offline until early November, at the least:

https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/ottawa-s-lrt-to-remain-offline-until-early-november-1.5626876

[Kevin Pacey]

For those who believe in MGW and/or Trudeau:
torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/Goldstein: Federal liberal environment minister Wilkinson's climate change math does not add up:

https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/goldstein-wilkinsons-climate-change-math-does-not-add-up

L. Ian MacDonald: Trudeau Liberals appear to be in no rush to 'build back better' [Parliament not to meet until Nov. 22, then will adjourn for a six-week Christmas break on Dec. 17]:

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/l-ian-macdonald-trudeau-liberals-appear-to-be-in-no-rush-to-build-back-better

[Kevin Pacey]

torontosun.com/news/national/Bonokoski: Hypocrite Trudeau adds a weak 'mea-culpa' to his list:

https://torontosun.com/news/national/bonokoski-hypocrite-trudeau-adds-a-weak-mea-culpa-to-his-list

Matt Gurney: The prime minister's Tofino vacation was a very Trudeau kind of scandal [Trudeau's Tofino trip was the usual mix of cluelessness and hypocrisy]:

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/matt-gurney-the-prime-ministers-tofino-vacation-was-a-very-trudeau-kind-of-scandal

[Kevin Pacey]

torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/Lilley: Biden's budget puts Canada's auto-sector in peril:

https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/lilley-bidens-budget-puts-canadas-auto-sector-in-peril

[Kevin Pacey]

torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/Lilley: Trudeau's mandatory vaccination policy is a mess:

https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/lilley-trudeaus-mandatory-vaccination-policy-a-mess

[Kevin Pacey]

Narendra Modi: 'Why is the Indian PM's photo on my Covid vaccine certificate?':

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-58944475

[Kevin Pacey]

Sub-story: Canada care packages to Syria: Pampers, Play-Doh and sugar-free candy:

https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/germany-and-denmark-repatriate-women-and-children-from-syria-will-canada-follow-1.5628439

[Kevin Pacey]

thepostmillennial.com/Proof - video of critical race theory being taught in 6th-grade class in Ohio emerges:

https://thepostmillennial.com/proof-video-of-critical-race-theory-being-taught-in-6th-grade-class-in-ohio-emerges

[Kevin Pacey]

toronto.ctvnews.ca/Doug Ford asked to apologize over divisive comments about immigrants [re: implying many want to go on the dole]:

https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/doug-ford-asked-to-apologize-over-divisive-comments-about-immigrants-1.5627943

[Kevin Pacey]

Power squeeze curbs Chinese growth, leaves Europe in a gas bind:

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/coal-price-surge-power-squeeze-hits-chinas-economy-global-supply-2021-10-18/

[Kevin Pacey]

Here's one link re: 10 reasons why the internet is no substitute for a library:

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/287608955_10_reasons_why_the_internet_is_no_substi tute_for_a_library

[Kevin Pacey]

Somewhat old article:
GOLDSTEIN: Massive taxpayer subsidies powering Ontario's electricity sector, says report [Costs for Ontario's electricity system increased by 75% from 2006 to 2019 {largely McGuinty-Wynne liberal era} while demand dropped 10% - a major reason to vote for Ford is the hope electricity costs don't skyrocket any further, as under pretty socialist/greenie Ontario libs]:

https://torontosun.com/opinion/goldstein-massive-taxpayer-subsidies-powering-ontarios-electricity-sector-says-report

[Kevin Pacey]

A wiki re: Kraken (fictional sea monster!?) followed by a wiki re: sharks (both are sea creatures that were chosen as nicknames for Western NHL hockey teams, Seattle and San Jose respectively):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kraken

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shark

[Kevin Pacey]

theguardian.com/food/2021/oct/20/'World's most sustainable spirit' - vodka made with CO2 captured from air:

https://www.theguardian.com/food/2021/oct/20/vodka-made-with-co2-captured-from-air-sustainable-spirit

[Kevin Pacey]

torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/Bonokoski - will it be three more years of Donald Trump 'mulling'?:

https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/bonokoski-will-it-be-three-more-years-of-donald-trump-mulling

[Kevin Pacey]

torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/Lilley - Bank of Canada plays chicken with inflation as poultry prices spike:

https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/lilley-bank-of-canada-plays-chicken-with-inflation-as-poultry-prices-spike

torontosun.com/opinion/editorials/Editorial - a $50 billion hole in Trudeau's fiscal plan:

https://torontosun.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-a-50-billion-hole-in-pms-fiscal-plan

[Kevin Pacey]

John Ivison: Wage subsidy program and similar pandemic emergency spending should be ended [According to a new examination of CEWS, the program was as profligate as it was scattergun and would likely not pass the most desultory cost-benefit analysis]:

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/john-ivison-why-the-wage-subsidy-program-and-similar-emergency-spending-should-be-ended

[Kevin Pacey]

John Ivison: House of Commons vaccine mandate tramples over rights of MPs [What the Liberal-dominated Board does not do is make decisions on fundamental constitutional questions. Yet that is what it has just done]:

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/john-ivison-committee-overstepped-its-authority-with-house-of-commons-vaccine-mandate

[Kevin Pacey]

John Robson: If you want to destroy Canada, ignore the results of the Alberta referendum [If the final tally shows Albertans want to end equalization, and the feds ignore that, the province's next vote will be on separation]:

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/john-robson-if-you-want-to-destroy-canada-ignore-the-results-of-the-alberta-referendum

[Kevin Pacey]

Rex Murphy: On climate change, the CBC has crossed the line from news agency to PMO mouthpiece [To save time and money, why not just have the news anchors read press releases from the Prime Minister's Office?]:

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/rex-murphy-on-climate-change-the-cbc-has-crossed-the-line-from-news-agency-to-pmo-mouthpiece

On the other hand...
The reconciliation project is vulnerable to cynicism — and Trudeau's Tofino trip didn't help [Polling shows the number of Canadians who see Ottawa as an obstacle to progress is growing]:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-tofino-indigenous-reconciliation-1.6216707

nationalpost.com/news/canada/'Not accurate', Truth and reconciliation centre says of Trudeau's claim that all residential schools documents are transferred:

https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/not-accurate-truth-and-reconciliation-centre-says-of-trudeaus-claim-that-all-residential-schools-documents-are-transferred

[Kevin Pacey]

toronto.ctvnews.ca/Doug Ford asked to apologize over divisive comments about immigrants [re: implying many want to go on the dole]:

https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/doug-ford-asked-to-apologize-over-divisive-comments-about-immigrants-1.5627943

On the other hand...
torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/Lilley - claiming Ford's comments were racist is over-the-top:

https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/lilley-claiming-fords-comments-were-racist-is-over-the-top

[Kevin Pacey]

timesofisrael.com/IDF said to resume practicing potential strike on Iranian nuclear sites:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-said-to-resume-practicing-potential-strike-on-iranian-nuclear-sites/

North Korea fires suspected submarine-launched missile into waters off Japan:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-58963654

[Kevin Pacey]

Shares of Trump-linked SPAC close up 350% following news of social media deal:

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/21/trump-linked-spac-shares-soar-more-than-40percent-on-news-of-social-media-deal.html

[Kevin Pacey]

torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/Goldstein - scrapping coal-fired-electricity costly and ineffective says report:

https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/goldstein-scrapping-coal-fired-electricity-costly-ineffective-says-report

[Kevin Pacey]

torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/Goldstein - Canada's expensive yet mediocre health-care-system needs reform - report:

https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/goldstein-expensive-mediocre-health-care-system-needs-reform-report

[Kevin Pacey]

BONOKOSKI: Mental health a pandemic within a pandemic [A new poll finds the majority of Canadians now believe there is a mental health crisis across the country]:

https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/bonokoski-mental-health-a-pandemic-within-a-pandemic

[Kevin Pacey]

Canadians hurt slipping in snow can now sue cities:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-59004529

[Kevin Pacey]

Rex Murphy: Trudeau claimed the election was the 'most important' in decades, but seems in no hurry to get back to work [Is the Canadian Parliament, after the most important election in our lifetimes, even sitting?]:

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/rex-murphy-trudeau-claimed-the-election-was-the-most-important-in-decades-but-seems-in-no-hurry-to-get-back-to-work

[Kevin Pacey]

Randall Denley: Doug Ford follows stupid remark with a really smart immigration plan:

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/randall-denley-doug-ford-follows-stupid-remark-with-a-really-smart-immigration-plan

[Kevin Pacey]

Coronavirus: What's happening in Canada and around the world on Thursday:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/coronavirus-covid19-canada-oct21-2021-1.6219141

[Kevin Pacey]

torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/Gunter - Trudeau's vaccine mandates are all about political gain:

https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/gunter-liberal-vaccine-mandates-are-all-about-political-gain

LILLEY: Trudeau Liberals are petty in denying EI to unvaccinated [Spiteful and divisive policies aren't likely to increase vaccination rates]:

https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/lilley-trudeau-liberals-are-petty-in-denying-ei-to-unvaccinated

[Kevin Pacey]

torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/Goldstein - higher cost-of-living the goal of climate-change-policies:

https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/goldstein-higher-cost-of-living-the-goal-of-climate-change-policies

[Kevin Pacey]

BONOKOSKI: RCMP does vast bitcoin sting on money launderers [Increasingly crypto-assets are being used to launder the proceeds of crime]:

https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/bonokoski-rcmp-does-vast-bitcoin-sting-on-money-launderers

[Kevin Pacey]

LILLEY: Trudeau government's $7.4B in spending shows disdain for Parliament:

https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/lilley-trudeau-governments-7-4b-in-spending-shows-disdain-for-parliament

NP View: Trudeau should humbly listen to Alberta voters on equalization [The inherent unfairness is well understood by Canadians, even if not by their leaders]:

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/np-view-trudeau-should-humbly-listen-to-alberta-voters-on-equalization

[Kevin Pacey]

Turkey takes issue with Canadian ambassador, 9 others after calls to release jailed philanthropist [flakey Erdogan orders ambassadors to be declared persona non grata after joint statement on Osman Kavala]:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/turkey-ambassadors-1.6222647

[Kevin Pacey]

Democrats and Republicans demand answers from Fauci over cruel experiments on puppies:

https://thepostmillennial.com/democrats-republicans-demand-answers-over-cruel-experiments-on-puppies

[Kevin Pacey]

Reuters runs INSANE fact check asserting Biden did not use 'white power' gesture during CNN town hall:

https://thepostmillennial.com/reuters-fact-check-biden-white-power-gesture-cnn-town-hall

[Kevin Pacey]

Randall Denley: At last, an end to the no-exit limbo Ontario has suffered for months [It’s important that the public be offered some reason for hope, some prospect of a reward for getting vaccinated and living cautiously]:

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/at-last-an-end-to-the-no-exit-limbo-ontario-has-suffered-for-months

[Kevin Pacey]

BATRA'S BURNING QUESTIONS: Inflation Crisis Rocks Canada — but where's Trudeau?:

https://torontosun.com/news/national/batras-burning-questions-inflation-crisis-rocks-canada-but-where-is-trudeau

[Kevin Pacey]

KINSELLA: Trudeau should raise the flag and drop the lawsuit vs. a human rights ruling if he wants to help Indigenous children:

https://torontosun.com/opinion/kinsella-trudeau-should-raise-the-flag-and-drop-the-lawsuit-if-he-wants-to-help-indigenous-children

Sabrina Maddeaux: Indigenous leaders are rightfully scorning Trudeau's hypocrisy on reconciliation [Trudeau’s Liberals have a long history of co-opting progressive causes to meet their own ends with little intent of actually progressing anything]:

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/sabrina-maddeaux-indigenous-leaders-are-rightfully-scorning-trudeaus-hypocrisy-on-reconciliation

[Kevin Pacey]

torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/Lilley - Trudeau's child-care offer leaves Ontario short big bucks:

https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/lilley-trudeaus-child-care-offer-leaves-ontario-short-big-bucks

[Kevin Pacey]

Trudeau would have been 'better served' to listen to party's old guard, says Chrétien:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/chretien-trudeau-better-served-1.6221965

[Kevin Pacey]

Trudeau uses pandemic-plagued supply chains in free trade pitch to ASEAN [10-nation Southeast Asian trading bloc]:

https://torontosun.com/news/national/trudeau-uses-pandemic-plagued-supply-chains-in-free-trade-pitch-to-asean

[Kevin Pacey]

Matt Gurney: Trudeau can no longer put off the military misconduct mess [Every week or so, we learn about another example of a senior officer being removed from his post, or having a transfer or promotion derailed, because of allegations of sexual misconduct - but I'd say 'just watch him']:

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/matt-gurney-trudeau-can-no-longer-put-off-the-military-misconduct-mess

[Kevin Pacey]

Ensuring Quebec doesn't lose a seat in riding redistribution a 'test' for Trudeau, Legault says [Quebec is the only province set to lose a seat in Elections Canada's proposed redistribution of seats, based on population - WHINE]:

https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/bloc-quebecois-says-quebecs-status-as-a-nation-means-it-must-not-lose-a-seat

[Kevin Pacey]

Coronavirus: What's happening in Canada and around the world on Sunday:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/coronavirus-covid19-canada-world-oct24-2021-1.6223086

[Kevin Pacey]

reuters.com/technology/Facebook knew about, and failed to police, abusive-content globally - documents - 2021-10-25:

https://www.reuters.com/technology/facebook-knew-about-failed-police-abusive-content-globally-documents-2021-10-25/

[Kevin Pacey]

Matt Gurney: Even Liberals are beginning to wonder where Trudeau has gone [Sorry, Mr. Prime Minister, but that call is coming from inside your own house]:

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/matt-gurney-even-liberals-are-beginning-to-wonder-where-trudeau-has-gone

[Kevin Pacey]

The Russian hacker group behind the SolarWinds attack is at it again, Microsoft says:

https://www.npr.org/2021/10/25/1048982477/russian-hacker-solarwinds-attack-microsoft

[Kevin Pacey]

Slightly old link...
Canadians hit with all-time record gas prices ahead of Thanksgiving long weekend:

https://globalnews.ca/news/8250552/canadian-record-high-gas-prices-thanksgiving-2021/

[Kevin Pacey]

politico.com/news/Culture wars pages:

https://www.politico.com/news/culture-wars

[Kevin Pacey]

Will there still be libraries in 25 years?:

https://time.com/6108581/internet-archive-future-books/

[Kevin Pacey]

exoplanets.nasa.gov/news/1691/First evidence of a planet identified beyond our galaxy:

https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/news/1691/first-evidence-of-a-planet-identified-beyond-our-galaxy/

[Kevin Pacey]

skynews.com.au/opinion/outsiders/PM Jacinda Ardern has full control of New Zealand media/video:

https://www.skynews.com.au/opinion/outsiders/jacinda-ardern-has-full-control-of-new-zealand-media/video/7223c63f527719b907d991b26816b167

[Kevin Pacey]

timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/china/China locks-down thousands, expects new covid outbreak to worsen in coming days [this plague is now spreading in 11 provinces]:

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/china/china-locks-down-thousands-expects-new-covid-outbreak-to-worsen-in-coming-days/articleshow/87248612.cms

[Kevin Pacey]

Coronavirus: What's happening in Canada and around the world on Monday [Ontario welcomes lifting of capacity limits for facilities requiring proof of COVID-19 immunization]:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/coronavirus-covid19-canada-world-oct25-2021-1.6223627

[Kevin Pacey]

Ottawa's snake-bitten LRT 'should' return to full service by mid-December, city now says:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/mid-december-lrt-return-confederation-line-city-1.6226099

[Kevin Pacey]

torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/Goldstein - today's politicians side with the criminals on gun violence:

https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/goldstein-todays-politicians-side-with-the-criminals-on-gun-violence

[Kevin Pacey]

John Ivison: Welcome to Justin Trudeau's no-growth cabinet [How dangerous could {useless/ex-climate change activist} Steven Guilbeault’s appointment to environment be to Canada’s economic and political future? We are about to find out - I'd say Alberta is in more pain/outrage now]:

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/john-ivison-putting-an-activist-in-charge-of-a-government-department-is-always-dangerous

KINSELLA: Trudeau unleashes disastrous Melanie Joly on world:

https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/kinsella-trudeau-unleashes-disastrous-melanie-joly-on-world

John Ivison: Blue Liberals are seeing red over new Trudeau cabinet ['This is Canada’s first NDP prime minister,' said one Liberal]:

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/john-ivison-blue-liberals-seeing-red-over-new-trudeau-cabinet

LILLEY: Trudeau's new cabinet signals end of natural resource economy:

https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/lilley-trudeaus-new-cabinet-signals-end-of-natural-resource-economy

Rupa Subramanya: Trudeau's cabinet again privileges loyalty and tokenism over competence [Canada woefully unprepared for a world that is more challenging and fast changing than ever]:

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/rupa-subramanya-trudeaus-cabinet-again-privileges-loyalty-and-tokenism-over-competence

For further perspective, here's a somewhat old article that shows the hindsight that Trudeau should have made full use of, but didn't quite do that...
nationalnewswatch.com/2021/05/06/These four incompetent ministers need to go - but Trudeau is too weak to fire them:

https://www.nationalnewswatch.com/2021/05/06/these-four-ministers-need-to-go-but-trudeau-is-too-weak-to-fire-them/#.YXoVpprMKM8

[Kevin Pacey]

Coronavirus: What's happening in Canada and around the world Tuesday [Tens of thousands would lose jobs if Ontario mandated vaccinations in education, minister says]:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/coronavirus-canada-world-oct26-2021-1.6225078

torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/Lilley - mandatory vaccinations for Ontario hospital-workers not going to be so easy:

https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/lilley-mandatory-vaccinations-for-hospital-workers-not-be-so-easy

[Kevin Pacey]

LILLEY: Ex-McGuinty Ontario liberal Mayor Watson needs to bear much responsibility for Ottawa's LRT debacle [It was disturbing to see Premier Doug Ford let Watson off the hook]:

https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/lilley-mayor-watson-needs-to-bear-much-responsibility-for-ottawas-lrt-debacle

[Kevin Pacey]

torontosun.com/news/provincial/Ford government pushes back against Biden's protectionist stance on auto-manufacturing:

https://torontosun.com/news/provincial/ford-government-pushes-back-against-bidens-protectionist-stance-on-auto-manufacturing

Canada urged Biden to drop a 'Buy American' idea. Seems he's sticking to it [A contentious electric vehicle tax credit designed to favour U.S. plants appears in long-awaited budget plan]:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/canada-us-ev-credit-1.6228356

An oldie but goodie, for smug liberals to remember...
torontosun.com/opinion/editorials/Editorial - Biden [like Obama] is no friend to Canada:

https://torontosun.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-biden-is-no-friend-to-canada

Another oldie but goodie...
torontosun.com/opinion/editorials/Editorial - Canada is right on line-5 pipeline:

https://torontosun.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-canada-is-right-on-line-5-pipeline

[Kevin Pacey]

Kelly McParland: Trudeau's climate crusade ensures oil profits won't be invested in jobs [Moving ex-activist Guilbeault to environment is an unmistakeable signal that the prime minister has placed the climate file above all others]:

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/kelly-mcparland-trudeaus-climate-crusade-ensures-oil-profits-wont-be-invested-in-jobs

[Kevin Pacey]

Dutch prosecutors investigate 33 deaths in 'suicide powder' case [Dutch authorities are investigating 33 suspected deaths of people who bought a “suicide powder” from a member of a right-to-die group in the Netherlands, prosecutors said on Wednesday]:

https://torontosun.com/news/world/dutch-prosecutors-investigate-33-deaths-in-suicide-powder-case

[Kevin Pacey]

scitechdaily.com/Scientists measure the atmosphere of a planet in another solar system, 340 light-years away:

https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-measure-the-atmosphere-of-a-planet-in-another-solar-system-340-light-years-away/

[Kevin Pacey]

Coronavirus: What's happening in Canada and around the world on Thursday [COVID-19 surging in Ukraine, other parts of Eastern Europe and Russia]:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/coronavirus-canada-world-canada-oct28-2021-1.6228146

[Kevin Pacey]

LILLEY: Trudeau's sights still set on hunters, target shooters instead of criminals [In the past week there have been six gun murders in Toronto and the PM's plan will do nothing to combat that gun violence]:

https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/lilley-trudeaus-sights-still-set-on-hunters-target-shooters-instead-of-criminals

[Kevin Pacey]

LILLEY: Joly is latest face of Trudeau's feckless foreign policy [Joly is Canada’s fifth foreign affairs minister in six years]:

https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/lilley-joly-is-latest-face-of-trudeaus-feckless-foreign-policy

[Kevin Pacey]

Would the U.S. defend Taiwan if China invades? Biden said yes. But it's complicated:

https://www.npr.org/2021/10/28/1048513474/biden-us-taiwan-china

theguardian.com/us-news/2021/oct/29/Joe Biden's domestic agenda remains unrealized as Democrats again fail to close deal on infrastructure bill:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/oct/29/joe-biden-domestic-agenda-democrats-infrastructure-bill

[Kevin Pacey]

Cheaper domestic flights and no increase on petrol: UK’s new budget ‘shockingly bad’ for the climate:

https://www.euronews.com/green/2021/10/28/cheaper-domestic-flights-and-no-increase-on-petrol-uk-s-new-budget-shockingly-bad-for-the-

wiki re: 2021 United Kingdom fuel supply crisis:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_United_Kingdom_fuel_supply_crisis

[Kevin Pacey]

torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/Gunter - a reality-check about the impracticalities of vaccine-mandates:

https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/gunter-a-reality-check-about-the-impracticalities-of-vaccine-mandates

[Kevin Pacey]

edmontonsun.com/opinion/letters/Gunter - ex-activist Guilbeault as federal-environment-minister spells doom for Alberta [or maybe a Wexit vote]:

https://edmontonsun.com/opinion/letters/gunter-guilbeault-as-federal-environment-minister-spells-doom-for-alberta
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torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/Kinsella - Trudeau the liberal is Canada's first NDP prime minister [shades of Ontario's liberal premiers McGuinty and Wynne]:

https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/kinsella-trudeau-is-canadas-first-ndp-prime-minister

[Kevin Pacey]

torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/Goldstein - Trudeau heads into UN-climate-conference boasting big-spending, but few results:

https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/goldstein-pm-heads-into-un-climate-conference-boasting-big-spending-but-few-results

torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/Goldstein - Trudeau unlikely to be PM when his climate promises come due:

https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/goldstein-trudeau-unlikely-to-be-pm-when-his-climate-promises-come-due

nypost.com/2021/10/30/Glasgow idiocy - climate change [even if real] isn't remotely the world's no. 1 problem:

https://nypost.com/2021/10/30/glasgow-idiocy-climate-change-isnt-remotely-the-worlds-no-1-problem/

[Kevin Pacey]

torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/Lilley - Trudeau ignores Alberta's concerns but placates Quebec:

https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/lilley-trudeau-ignores-albertas-concerns-but-placates-quebec

[Kevin Pacey]

torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/Lilley - Justin Trudeau the nowhere man of international stage:

https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/lilley-justin-trudeau-the-nowhere-man-of-international-stage

[Kevin Pacey]

Skeptical U.S. hits Iran with sanctions ahead of key nuke talks meeting [Biden is apparently getting smarter, but dealing with Iran on nuclear issue instead of being tough like Trump was is still dumb]:

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/10/29/iran-sanctions-meeting-517645

[Kevin Pacey]

theguardian.com/us-news/2021/oct/31/Jen Psaki, White house press secretary to Joe Biden, tests positive for covid, last saw him on Tuesday:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/oct/31/jen-psaki-white-house-press-secretary-joe-biden-tests-positive-covid

[Kevin Pacey]

UK and France blame each other over fishing row stalemate:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-59109804

[Kevin Pacey]

New research suggests our solar system is encircled by a magnetic tunnel:

https://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/new-research-suggests-our-solar-system-is-encircled-by-a-magnetic-tunnel-1.5646328

[Kevin Pacey]

Coronavirus: What's happening in Canada and around the world on Sunday [Loved ones reunite as Australia reopens international border for 1st time in pandemic]:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/coronavirus-canada-world-canada-oct31-2021-1.6231963

[Kevin Pacey]

torontosun.com/opinion/Goldstein: UN climate summit in Glasgow is about rhetoric, not reality:

https://torontosun.com/opinion/goldstein-un-climate-summit-in-glasgow-is-about-rhetoric-not-reality

G20 leaders water down promises to act on coal power, carbon and methane emissions [The prospect of progress at the two-day summit at the Rome Convention Centre dimmed in the days before the summit when China submitted its new targets to the United Nations with barely any increase in ambition]:

https://nationalpost.com/news/freeland-downplays-impact-absence-of-leaders-from-china-russia-may-have-at-g20-talks

[Kevin Pacey]

torontosun.com/opinion/Bonokoski: Freeland's vanity poll not what she was expecting [the meaning of yet another strange Bonokoski article title seems to refer to her extravagant budget]:

https://torontosun.com/opinion/bonokoski-freelands-vanity-poll-not-what-she-was-expecting

[Kevin Pacey]

torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/Lilley: Del Duca ran as a centrist, but takes Ontario's libs left of NDP [shades of McGuinty and Wynne]:

https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/lilley-del-duca-ran-as-a-centrist-but-takes-ontarios-libs-left-of-ndp

[Kevin Pacey]

torontosun.com/opinion/Kinsella: The simple truth - Trudeau is appealing payout to indigenous kids [or: APPEALING TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION: Cowardly Trudeau drops bombshell while out of country]:

https://torontosun.com/opinion/kinsella-the-simple-truth-trudeau-appealing-payout-to-indigenous-kids

Health scientist Carrie Bourassa on immediate leave after scrutiny of her claim she's Indigenous [University of Saskatchewan, CIHR place Bourassa on leave over lack of evidence]:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/carrie-bourassa-indefinite-leave-indigenous-1.6233247

[Kevin Pacey]

Jesse Kline: Trudeau declares war on Alberta oil [COP26: Capping emissions and ensuring the limit decreases over time will box the energy industry into a corner]:

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/jesse-kline-trudeau-declares-war-on-alberta-oil

[Kevin Pacey]

torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/Lilley: Trudeau needs facetime with Biden, and so far he's failing:

https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/lilley-trudeau-needs-facetime-with-biden-and-so-far-hes-failing

[Kevin Pacey]

Satellite images show new Russian military buildup near Ukraine [The deployments come as tension is rising between Moscow and the West.]:

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/11/01/satellite-russia-ukraine-military-518337

[Kevin Pacey]

theguardian.com/us-news/2021/oct/31/Blinken clashes with China over US support for Taiwan:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/oct/31/blinken-clashes-china-us-support-taiwan

[Kevin Pacey]

Slightly old article:
wattsupwiththat.com/2021/10/26/Re: Ahead of summit, top UN climate official warns of world conflict and refugee chaos due to so-called manmade global warming, that is if you all disobey:

https://wattsupwiththat.com/2021/10/26/top-un-climate-official-world-conflict-and-refugee-chaos-if-you-disobey/

[Kevin Pacey]

Coronavirus: What's happening in Canada and around the world on Monday [Large U.S. companies must give employees paid time off to get COVID-19 vaccine where mandated]:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/coronavirus-canada-world-canada-nov1-2021-1.6232440

[Kevin Pacey]

torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/Lilley: Elites running Canada seem to hate what this country is:

https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/lilley-elites-running-canada-seem-to-hate-what-this-country-is

[Kevin Pacey]

torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/Gunter: Raise the flags - the act is losing its meaning:

https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/gunter-raise-the-flags-the-act-is-losing-its-meaning

[Kevin Pacey]

WHERE IN THE WORLD IS TRUDEAU? Is PM working or vacationing while Canada suffers?:

https://torontosun.com/news/national/where-in-the-world-is-trudeau-is-pm-working-or-vacationing-while-canada-suffers

[Kevin Pacey]

FIRST READING: U.S. calls for more foreign oil (so long as it's not Canadian) [The dairy cartel jacks up prices (because they're a cartel, you see)]:

https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/first-reading-u-s-calls-for-more-foreign-oil-so-long-as-its-not-canadian

[Kevin Pacey]

Elections Canada probed how many Canadians have a 'conspiracy mindset':

https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/elections-canada-probed-how-many-canadians-have-a-conspiracy-mindset-1.5648025

[Kevin Pacey]

'Stock Up', China's Dire Warning To Citizens Amid Tight Covid Curbs:

https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/china-coronavirus-china-covid-china-delta-variant-stock-up-chinas-dire-warning-to-citizens-amid-tight-covid-curbs-2596619

Border closures threaten Hong Kong's financial hub status:

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-59059092

[Kevin Pacey]

Coronavirus: What's happening in Canada and around the world on Tuesday [COVID-19 testing in 3 major New Brunswick regions is on hold due to striking CUPE workers]:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/coronavirus-canada-world-canada-nov2-2021-1.6233685

[Kevin Pacey]

torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/Bonokoski: Memory-options conflicting former liberal PM Chretien [his memory conveniently short on residential schools]:

https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/bonokoski-memory-options-conflicting-former-pm-chretien

[Kevin Pacey]

LILLEY: America wakes up the woke mob with Tuesday's vote [Democrats need to change their ways if they want a chance of winning the midterms]:

https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/lilley-america-wakes-up-the-woke-mob-with-tuesdays-vote

[Kevin Pacey]

'Inconsistent and incomplete maintenance' to blame for Ottawa LRT derailment Sept. 19: TSB concludes ["RTG who built the system for $2.1 billion and then walked away and gave us a slew of incompetence maintenance people for $5 million a month," said Ottawa Councillor McKenney. "This is taking public funds, taking your tax dollars, handing them over to a private consortium who builds a piece of crap, for lack of a better term, and walks away."]:

https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/inconsistent-and-incomplete-maintenance-to-blame-for-ottawa-lrt-derailment-sept-19-tsb-concludes-1.5652650