EDMONTON—Alberta’s newly elected Premier Danielle Smith has written a letter to the premiers of Saskatchewan and Manitoba requesting a meeting to create new economic alliances between the Prairie provinces “rather than waiting for federal action.” In her October 24, 2022, letter, Smith said one of the first priorities in her new role is to “harness the…
Taiwan Launches English Language TV Channel to Give It More International Punch
TAIPEI—Taiwan launched its first English-language news, lifestyle, and entertainment television channel on Monday to give it a bigger voice internationally at a time when the Chinese regime is squeezing the island’s footprint and seeking to assert sovereignty. The government-backed TaiwanPlus began operations last year as a mostly online streaming platform and has been strongly supported…
PQ Support Dwindles as Sovereignty Debates Give Way to Nationalism, Says Professor
The Parti Québécois has battled historic lows in its popular support throughout 2022 as many supporters in Quebec shift their single-minded focus on sovereignty to other concerns. Yannick Dufresne, a political science professor at Laval University, says he believes just over one-third of Quebecers support political independence for the province, yet throughout 2022 the PQ…
Rita Fan: Embarrasses the Communists over the Textbook Issue
Hong Kong has never been a colony, as claimed by all the four Citizenship and Social Development (CSD) textbooks submitted for approval, is a blatant distortion of history, on which I have been interviewed by five media up to now. Since there are no alternative voices left under the National Security Law, we no longer…
Does the United Kingdom Protect Human Rights?
June 13, 2022
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Commentary The responses of the UK government to the COVID-19 pandemic had an overwhelming impact on human rights in that country. This is the conclusion of the Human Rights Measurement Initiative (HRMI), an international non-governmental organisation, in its 2021 human rights report. According to HRMI, “a detailed survey of human rights experts tells us that a…
US Approves $120 Million Sale to Maintain Taiwanese Warships
TAIPEI—The United States has approved a possible $120 million sale of parts to help Taiwan maintain its warships, which the island’s defense ministry said would help ensure combat readiness in the face of China regime’s “frequent activities” near the island. The U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency said in a statement it had delivered the required…
Canada and G7 Partners Endorse ‘Global Network Approach’ to Handling Pandemics
News Analysis Canada and its G7 partners recently signed a pact to address pandemic readiness with a focus on “collaborative surveillance” and “predictable rapid response.” On May 19 and May 20, Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos met with counterparts from G7 nations in Berlin, Germany, to discuss how to “advance a global network approach to enhance…
The Great Sovereignty Reclamation Movement
Commentary The great debates of our time are not exclusively those hard-hitting ones affecting human anthropology and political community—how many genders exist, what criteria we should look for in prospective immigrants, and so forth. Certainly, many of our most notable debates do implicate those most foundational rifts. But some of our other most politically urgent…
The Second Amendment and the Sovereignty of a Nation
Commentary As the world watches the Ukrainian people bravely fight for their sovereignty against Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of their country, I am reminded of the importance of the Second Amendment enshrined in the U.S. Constitution. The right to bear arms has been viciously attacked in the past few decades as an archaic vestige…
Video: Ed Martin: Individual Sovereignty Is Under Assault
The conflict the United States now faces is between individual sovereignty and big government, and this ties to the subversion of socialist movements within the American system. To learn more about this, we’ve invited to speak with us Ed Martin, president of Phyllis Schlafly Eagles and an organizer of the Stop the Steal rallies. These…
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