Commentary The resistance reveals itself always in unexpected ways. As I type, thousands of truckers (numbers are in flux and are in dispute) are part of a 50-mile-long convoy in Canada, headed to the capital city of Ottawa in protest against an egregious vaccine mandate imposed by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. They will be joined…
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Isolation Due to Child Testing Positive for COVID 19
OTTAWA—Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he’s isolating because one of his kids tested positive for COVID-19. In an interview with The Canadian Press, he says he feels fine and has no symptoms. He says he took another test this morning and it was negative, as was a previous rapid test. He’s not saying which of…
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Says He Is Isolating After Learning of COVID Exposure
OTTAWA—Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he is isolating at home after learning that he was exposed to someone who had tested positive for COVID-19. The prime minister says in a tweet that he learned about the exposure just last night. He says the result of a rapid antigen test he took was negative, but he…
Canada Extends Mission to Train Ukraine Soldiers by 3 Years
OTTAWA—Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada is extending its mission to train Ukrainian soldiers by three years. He says Canada will also expand the mission, known as Operation UNIFIER. Trudeau says as part of the $340-million commitment, he has authorized the Canadian Armed Forces to deploy 60 personnel to join 200 troops already on the…
Canada Extends, Expands Mission to Train Ukraine Soldiers but Won’t Arm Them
OTTAWA—Canada is extending and expanding its mission to train Ukrainian soldiers but it is not, so far, prepared to help arm them with lethal defensive weapons as Ukraine has requested. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is not, however, categorically ruling out sending weapons in future. Asked repeatedly Wednesday why Canada is not sending weapons, he did…
Massive Trucker Convoy Raises $1.3M to Fuel Vaccine Mandate Protest Heading to Ottawa
VANCOUVER—After raising $1.3 million in a week, a massive group of truckers are rolling across the country to camp in Canada’s capital until a federal COVID-19 vaccine mandate on truck drivers is lifted. The Freedom Convoy 2022 is slated to start from the west coast on Jan. 23, heading from British Columbia to Ottawa. Truckers from every…
Leaders Fuelling Vaxx/Unvaxxed Divide, but They Are to Blame for Canada’s Inadequate Hospital Capacity
Commentary A mid-January Maru Public Opinion poll finds that a significant number of Canadians favour sternly punitive measures for the unvaccinated. Of the poll’s online 1,506 panel, 33 percent were in favour of refusing driver licence renewals to those who refused a (likely forthcoming) mandatory vaccination, 37 percent found denial of access to “any publicly…
PBO Report Questions Need for Liberals’ Planned Stimulus Spending
OTTAWA—Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is giving no indications of plans to rein in government spending after a critical report by the parliamentary budget officer questioned the Liberals’ case to spend tens of billions in planned stimulus. The Liberals had promised up to $100 billion in economic stimulus, subject to a series of spending guardrails to…
Trudeau Calls China a ‘Significant Challenge,’ but China Policy Unclear
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s mandate letters to his ministers don’t specify much on China, making it unclear whether the Liberal government has a China policy. In his letter to Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly, China is not mentioned by name, but a number of directives could relate to China. Trudeau asks Joly to develop and…
New Brunswick Latest Province to Sign Child Care Deal With Federal Government
FREDERICTON—New Brunswick has signed a child care deal with Ottawa to create 5,700 new spaces at an average cost to parents of $10 per day by 2026. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs made the announcement today. The cost of child care in the province is expected to be cut in…
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