Canada
May 13, 2026 — Bill Glahn
It turns out that they have liberal activist government north of the border, as well. From the CBC, Future of Alberta separation petition unclear as judge rules in favour of First Nations’ challenge. The Alberta independence referendum was all set for a fall election until a judge decided that local native tribes hold a veto over everything that the province wants to do. I wrongly thought that this exercise was
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April 13, 2026 — John Hinderaker
Canada is in trouble. Its economy is stagnant and at least one of its most prosperous provinces, Alberta, is seriously considering secession. The Bank of Canada analyzed that country’s economic performance, which is anemic compared to the United States: Gross domestic product (GDP) per adult in Canada fluctuated between 70% and 90% of that of the United States between 1960 and 2020. Behind this gap lie large, systematic differences in
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April 10, 2026 — John Hinderaker
“British men.” 4 British men were just caught illegally crossing the US northern border into Maine… Ali Mohammed Ali AbdullahHameed Mohammed NagiIbrahim Ayyub KhanMohammed Sultan Saleh Just your typical English chaps. pic.twitter.com/CNj1kqvG7o — Geiger Capital (@Geiger_Capital) April 9, 2026 A commenter adds more details, the accuracy of which I have not investigated: Maple syrup workers dropped a dime on some "British men" who were wandering around a remote part of
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March 31, 2026 — Scott Johnson
Mosaic senior editor Andrew Koss highlights the saga of Canadian Professor Paul Finlayson in the publication’s daily newsletter this morning. Koss quotes from Professor Finlayson’s account of his ordeal at Finlayson’s own Freedom To Offend site. Koss writes (the links are in the Mosaic newsletter): * * * * * Paul Finlayson was, for fifteen years, a beloved professor of marketing at the University of Guelph-Humber, a small institution in
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March 7, 2026 — John Hinderaker
Canada’s socialized health care system is bad at everything, with one exception–killing you. Its medically assisted death program is growing rapidly; in 2024, the government killed 16,499 people, an astonishing 5% of all Canadian deaths. Given Canada’s small population, that would equate to something like 128,000 deaths annually in the U.S.–well over double the number of suicides in this country. The death program is starting to become controversial. Links in
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February 23, 2026 — Bill Glahn
A confusing headline from the U.K. Daily Mail, ‘Scholar of the far right’ complains that move from US to Canada to flee Trump has backfired horribly. I gather from the story itself that our gal is not “far-right” herself, but merely studies the subject, academically. Based on the story, I would guess that her personal politics fall somewhere on the opposite end of the spectrum. Fleeing Trump’s dystopian America, she
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February 14, 2026 — John Hinderaker
What would the Olympics be without controversies? Judging scandals, sure. But those have gotten pretty boring. This year, we have something better: a scandal in the genteel world of curling. In a match between Canada and Sweden, a Canadian curler was accused of cheating by pushing the stone with his finger after letting it go. Accused by a Swede, the Canadian told him to “f*ck off.” The officials apparently did
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February 11, 2026 — John Hinderaker
A murderer initially described as a “woman in a dress” attacked a secondary school in a small town in British Columbia, killing seven and wounding many more. Two additional people were killed in a nearby house, and “[p]olice believe the shootings are connected.” The murderer reportedly committed suicide. It’s an interesting question: has a mass shooting ever been carried out by a woman wearing a dress? Maybe, but it is
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November 7, 2025 — John Hinderaker
This video is from an event that Jewish students tried to conduct at Toronto University. They were attacked by “Students for Justice In Palestine,” as you can see. “Broken glass. Blood everywhere. All because we’re Jewish — and tried to open dialogue.” Jewish students at Toronto University were attacked by a mob of Free Palestine students while hosting an event with IDF veterans. Free Palestine protestors, cosplaying as Hamas terrorists,…
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October 31, 2025 — John Hinderaker
The “land acknowledgment” has become a tiresome feature of American life. Many government agencies, arts organizations and others begin proceedings by reciting a homage to the Indians who lived on the land before they stole it. To which, many conservatives have said, if you really believe that you are on stolen land, why don’t you give it back? That, of course, never happens. It is just a meaningless liberal ritual.
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October 29, 2025 — Bill Glahn
We see the unescapable end game of this “land acknowledgement” business playing out in British Columbia (BC), Canada. From the UK Daily Mail, Hardworking farmer on verge of losing $1.6m home and business of 51 years after woke judge gave land to native tribe. You read that correctly. Back in August, the provincial Supreme Court of BC awarded 800 acres within the Vancouver suburb of Richmond to a local native
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October 19, 2025 — Bill Glahn
From the National Post, Montrealers rally downtown in support of ‘No Kings’ movement. Yes, yes, yes. Technically, Montreal (literal translation: Mount Royal) has a king, stylized as Charles III. His official title, Charles the Third, by the Grace of God King of Canada and His other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth. (Apparently, “Defender of the Faith” only applies in some jurisdictions.) I’m willing to believe that the Frenchies
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October 11, 2025 — Scott Johnson
If we want to humiliate a party stupidly expressing its disapproval of us, we can take a lesson from J.K. Rowling. The Vancouver Parks and Recreation board voted unanimously to apologize for the Harry Potter: A Forbidden Forest Experience event set to open on November 7 in Vancouver’s Stanley Park after hearing from members of Vancouver’s 2SLGBTQ+ Advisory Committee. In the X post below, Ms. Rowling advises the board how
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September 15, 2025 — John Hinderaker
To a degree that is really touching, memorials and vigils for Charlie Kirk have been taking place across the Western world. Here, several thousands of Canadians in Calgary sing our national anthem during one such event: POWERFUL! Thousands of Canadians in Calgary sing the American National Anthem at a memorial for Charlie Kirk. pic.twitter.com/NvcQGMCzJD — Kian Simone (@kiansimone44) September 15, 2025 This puts me in mind of the Alberta independence
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August 14, 2025 — Scott Johnson
With its cover story today, the New York Post draws attention to the Toronto International Film Festival’s cancelation of the premiere of a new documentary on Hamas’s October 7 massacre — “because organizers insist the filmmakers need the rights from the terrorist group to use their horrific footage of the massacre.” The Washington Free Beacon covers the story in Matthew Xiao’s “Toronto Film Festival Cancels October 7 Documentary, Citing a
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August 10, 2025 — Bill Glahn
It’s come to this: from the Toronto Sun, Veteran ignites debate by challenging Nova Scotia’s $25G fine for woods walk. The retired warrant officer and combat veteran, Jeff Evely, is challenging a law in Nova Scotia prohibiting people from walking amidst trees. I’m not kidding. For his challenge, he faces a total fine approaching C$29,000. The law purports to be a measure to prevent forest fires. But it comes across
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August 8, 2025 — Bill Glahn
It was inevitable. As day follows night. First the land acknowledgments, then the land surrenders. From Bloomberg, Indigenous Group Wins Land Claim Over Slice of Metro Vancouver. The Supreme Court of British Columbia, Canada, reached a decision after a five-year-long trial and a written decision that runs to 900 pages. My reaction every time I hear one of those “land acknowledgments” at the beginning of a meeting or event is
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