Commentary It appears that the Chinese regime is incrementally increasing the scope and scale of its challenges to the sovereignty of Taiwan in addition to the continuous air and naval activity since December 2022, when President Joe Biden signed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The new law was replete with strong statements of support…
Possible Strategic Enabling Moves by China to Support a Blockade of Taiwan
Military Commander Threatens Legal Action on Union Picketing at Kingston Base
The commander of a military base has issued a warning to one of the largest components of the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) to cease all blockade activities at his base with immediate effect or face legal action. In a letter to the Union of National Defence Employees (UNDE) Local 00641, Colonel Sonny Hatton…
Military Commander Threatens Legal Action Over Union Picketing at Kingston Base
The commander of a military base has issued a warning to one of the largest components of the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) to cease all blockade activities at his base immediately or face legal action. In a letter to the Union of National Defence Employees (UNDE) Local 00641, Colonel Sonny Hatton of the…
Gov’t Memo Shows Ambassador Bridge Blockade Cost Significantly Less Than What Feds Said
Internal government documents show the costs incurred during the Ambassador Bridge blockade earlier this year were much lower than what the federal government stated publicly. At a press conference on Feb. 14—the day the federal government invoked the Emergencies Act—Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland told reporters that the protest blocking the Windsor, Ontario, crossing to Detroit…
Taiwan Invasion: An Economic Disaster for China
Commentary Mystery surrounds why Nancy Pelosi went to Taiwan, but there is no mystery about the trouble that visit caused. Sino-U.S. relations have become exponentially more tense than they already were. Beijing has used impressive military exercises to make an even more impressive demonstration and even hinted at invasion. It remains an open question where…
Man Charged With Conspiracy to Commit Murder at Coutts Border Blockade in Alberta Denied Bail
A man charged with conspiracy to commit murder at a border blockade in southern Alberta has been denied bail by a judge. Chris Carbert, 45, appeared by video in the Court of Queen’s Bench in Lethbridge on May 27 to hear the decision after a bail hearing last week. Reasons for Justice Johnna Kubik’s ruling…
Tensions Rising as Police Action Against Ottawa Protesters Looks Imminent
Early on the morning of Feb. 17 work crews in Ottawa erected eight-foot high wire fences along the interior of the stone wall separating Parliament Hill from Wellington St, where the main body of trucks and protesters are gathered. Authorities left only one or two gates open to allow people to get up on the…
Armoured Vehicles Spotted in Windsor Not Due to Protests at Border Crossing, Police Say
Armoured vehicles spotted in Windsor are not related to recent protests at the border, the city’s police force says, a day after police say they “intercepted” a small convoy of trucks suspected of returning to the Ambassador Bridge. Previously, the police had brought in some armoured vehicles as part of their enforcement to clear the…
Alberta Border Protesters Say They Will Continue Protest Until All Restrictions Removed
Protesters blocking Alberta’s main U.S. border crossing at Coutts say they are not leaving as long as federal COVID mandates and restrictions continue to stay in effect, despite the province’s vaccine passport having now been lifted. John Vanreeuwyk, a feedlot operator from Coaldale, Alta., said in an interview with The Canadian Press that he and other…
RCMP Begins Removing Protesters, Vehicles, as Truck Blockade at Canada-US Border Enters Fourth Day
A truck blockade in southern Alberta at the Canada-U.S. border has entered its fourth day with the RCMP announcing that it will take action to remove the vehicles blocking traffic. Alberta RCMP says the protesters, who have been blocking Highway 4, south of Lethbridge, Alta., have refused to budge despite the police’s efforts to find…
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