Federal firearm buyback program has cost $67M, still not collecting guns after 4 years The federal firearm buyback program has cost taxpayers nearly $67.2 million since it was announced in 2020, but it still hasn’t collected a single gun. The program is designed to compensate owners of assault-style firearms that were banned by the Liberal government … Read more
We the Nuclear Free North receives support from council Members of We the Nuclear Free North held a peaceful rally at city hall and spoke before council before receiving a favourable result on Monday. Charles Faust, founding member of We the Nuclear Free North, said he thinks the ask was realistic. “We’re asking council to … Read more
Billions in federal contracts awarded to ‘Indigenous’ enterprises without verification The Canadian government awarded billions of dollars in contracts earmarked for Indigenous enterprises without always requiring bidders to prove that they were First Nations, Métis, or Inuit, a Global News investigation has found. A program that now helps Indigenous businesses land more than $1.6 billion … Read more
Top cancer charity apologizes for using word ‘cervix’ instead of trans-friendly ‘front hole’ A top cancer charity has apologized for using the word ‘cervix’ instead of trans-friendly ‘front hole.’ The Canadian Cancer Society, which is run by philanthropist Andrea Seale, acknowledged the LGBTQ+ community on a webpage dedicated to cervical cancer, under the page’s ‘words matter’ section. The non-profit said that ‘many’ non-binary … Read more
Canada to announce tariff plan for Chinese EV, battery imports following U.S., Europe Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland is expected to announce this morning a plan for potential tariffs to protect Canada’s electric vehicle supply chain from unfair Chinese competition. Freeland and International Trade Minister Mary Ng are making a joint announcement this morning following moves … Read more
US ‘Looking Closely’ At Vaccinating Workers Exposed To Bird Flu: Official Officials in the United States, Canada, and Europe are considering the vaccination of workers and others against the highly pathogenic avian influenza. A dairy farmer herding cows in Carrying Place, Ontario, Canada, on March 24, 2020. (Alex Filipe/Reuters) The U.S. government is “looking closely” … Read more
Sooo let met get this straight….first they give you a paralytic to paralyze you and then they give you a drug that causes you to drown to death? A slow death by drowning? If this is true, how is this allowed? What has happened to this country? There has to be a better way. … Read more
Lockheed Running Out Of Parking Space For F-35s Pentagon Refuses To Accept Another day, another indication of what a spectacular, snakebit clusterf**k the F-35 program is. The latest blotter entry comes to us from the US Government Accounting Office (GAO), via a new report pointedly titled “F-35 Joint Strike Fighter: Program Continues to Encounter Production Issues … Read more
Ottawa is spending $1.7M for 10 new jobs at a pasta plant. Are these corporate subsidies worth it? Feds and Ontario also doling out $5B for 1,000 EV plant-related jobs, or $5M per job Mark Gollom · CBC News · Posted: May 21, 2024 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 5 hours ago Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Ontario … Read more
Ontario getting $200M for new child care spaces The federal government will provide Ontario with over $200 million, specifically earmarked to create more child care spaces. Patty Hajdu, member of Parliament for Thunder Bay-Superior North, said she’s heard from families that getting access to child care is a huge concern. “[People] have been signing up in some … Read more