Tag: "World"
- Spy Watchdog Urges Justice Minister to Fix Gaps in Whistle-Blowing Regime
OTTAWA—The national spy watchdog is urging Justice Minister David Lametti to close gaps in the federal whistle-blowing framework to protect Canada’s deepest secrets and the public servants who keep them. In a letter to Lametti, the National Security and Intelligence Review Agency warns of the “serious risks” to both the country and employees when there […]
- The rise of antisemitism fails to acknowledge Israel’s diversity
Sara A. Carter spoke with Liora Rez, director of StopAntisemitism.org, on “The Sara Carter Show” podcast Monday about the rise of antisemitism across the nation and how Israel has become the most accepting and diverse state in the Middle East. Carter and Rez have recently teamed up their nonprofit organizations in a campaign against hate […]
- Just Verbiage: The ‘Great Reset’ Will Never Come to Pass
Commentary If you can think of a better time to demolish our economy, sweep aside the rubble, and start from scratch based on projectors’ schemes, let me know. No wait. Let the prime minister know. Because this “Great Reset” plan doesn’t sound that great to me. It might seem absurd to discuss remodelling a burning […]
- BC Health Officials Try to Clear up Confusion Over COVID-19 Restrictions
VICTORIA—British Columbia health officials are working to clear up confusion surrounding COVID-19 restriction guidelines announced last week. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix spent part of their news conference Monday explaining what counts as an event or social gathering. Non-essential travel is not recommended across the province, and worship services […]
- Federal MP Porter Rejects ‘Massive tax’ for Businesses in Victoria’s Sick Leave Program
Industrial Relations Minister Christian Porter has taken aim at Victoria’s offer of five days sick and carer’s leave for casual workers in high-risk industries. The state government will spend $5,000,000 (US$3,650,000) on a pilot program to fund leave for industries including aged care, cleaning, hospitality and security. After federal Labor and unions backed the plan, […]
- Former Health Services Union Boss to Be Sentenced for Rorts
Former Health Services Union boss Kathy Jackson is set to learn her fate for rorting more than $100,000 in member funds. She spent the money on various overseas holidays, expensive artwork and a Mercedes-Benz. Once lauded as a whistleblower against corruption herself, Jackson used work credit cards and dodgy expense claims to cover up her […]
- Alberta Doctor Speaks Out Against ‘Draconian’ COVID Restrictions
As COVID-19 restrictions ramp up across the country, an Alberta doctor stands by his “lay language and blunt” repudiation of such measures that he made to Edmonton city council recently, while a recording of his comments and related memes continue to be shared across social media. “I take the Hippocratic Oath extremely seriously. The first […]
- Scott Morrison Defends Flying Former Finance Minister Around Europe Using Public Money
Scott Morrison has defended using public money to fly former finance minister Mathias Cormann around Europe. Cormann has traversed the continent on a Royal Australian Air Force plane as he campaigns for a job with a global economic think tank. The RAAF plane costs taxpayers more than $4000 per hour of flying. The prime minister […]
- US Official’s Wife in Harry Dunn Crash Had Immunity, High Court Rules
The U.S. official’s wife involved in the wrong-way crash that killed 19-year-old Harry Dunn had immunity from criminal prosecution, the UK High Court has ruled (pdf). The teenager’s family say that they will appeal against the ruling. Dunn’s family claimed that Anne Sacoolas was driving on the wrong side of the road on August 27 […]
- Domestic Reliance on Canadian Armed Forces for COVID Response Lowers Military Preparedness Against International Threats: Expert Warns
The COVID-19 epidemic has reinforced domestic reliance on the Canadian Armed Forces, which risks lowering Canada’s military readiness against international threats coming from China and Russia. An expert warned of the unnecessary overtasking of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) during deliberation on the issue of the Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Canadian Armed Forces […]
- RCMP Officer Denies Allegation That Canadian Police Kept Arrest Warrant Secret From Meng Wanzhou
An RCMP officer who oversaw Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou’s arrest denied a proposition by her defence lawyer that Canadian police tried to keep the arrest warrant a secret from her. Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) officers took Meng in for questioning regarding her company’s business dealing with Iran when she was transferring at Vancouver International […]
- Swiss Probe Knife Attack Injuring 2 as Possible Terrorism
GENEVA—Swiss authorities are investigating as a possible terrorist attack the stabbing of two women in a department store in the southern city of Lugano, for which a suspect has been arrested. Police said the women’s injuries were not life-threatening. Swiss federal police said on their Twitter feed that an attack “presumably of terrorist motivation” took […]
- Mattis wants Biden to cease Trump’s ‘America First’ policy
Former Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis wrote a Monday op-ed in Foreign Affairs in which he urges President-elect Joe Biden to ditch President Donald Trump‘s “America First” policy when it comes to his national security plan, saying that “the world is not getting safer, for the United States or for U.S. interests.” Mattis, who resigned […]
- Victorian Treasurer Delivers Budget With ‘Deliberately Ambitious’ Targets
Treasurer Tim Pallas is capitalising on a “rare opportunity” to reshape Victoria, spending almost $50 billion (US$36.6 billion) to power the state out of its coronavirus-induced recession. In his sixth budget, dubbed “Putting People First,” Pallas borrows up big, with plans to spend $49 billion over four years to stimulate the state’s economy and create […]
- Report: UK Needs Free Speech Law Modelled on US First Amendment
The UK needs to create an unassailable law to protect free speech, modelled on the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, according to a new report. The Adam Smith Institute report (pdf) says that freedom of expression is increasingly under threat from “speech crimes” under poorly drafted current laws. The report also singles out proposed […]
- Boris Johnson Says Personal Judgment Needed When Forming a ‘Christmas Bubble’
Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said that at Christmas families will themselves have to decide whether to meet up with elderly and at-risk relatives during a five-day festive period relaxation of restrictions. In a video update from 10 Downing Street on Wednesday Johnson warned the nation that the CCP virus was still a danger […]
- Terror Cell Leader’s Citizenship Cancelled
Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton has cancelled the citizenship of Abdul Nacer Benbrika, Australia’s first convicted terrorist leader. Dutton said Benbrika had been notified of the decision and would remain in prison while a court considered whether to keep him jailed. “He spoke about thousands of Australians being killed,” Dutton told reporters in Brisbane on […]
- ‘Prolific Offender’ Who Posed as Teenage Girls Pleads Guilty to 96 Sex Abuse Offences
A British man has pleaded guilty to 96 counts of sexual abuse involving 51 boys between the ages of 4 to 14, the National Crime Agency said on Monday. David Nicholas Wilson, 36, from Norfolk, who works as a labourer, targeted over 5,000 children worldwide via social media, with over 500 sending him indecent images. […]
- Australian Veteran Journalist Alan Ramsey Dies Aged 82
Renowned political correspondent and columnist Alan Ramsey has died, aged 82. Ramsey is most remembered for his insightful and acerbic weekly columns in the Sydney Morning Herald. The veteran journalist sufferent from dementia in his later years, and passed away at a nursing home in New South Wales. His journalistic career started in 1953 and […]
- Qantas Airline Making Covid-19 Vaccination Compulsory For International Flights Says CEO
The head of Australia’s Qantas Airways has said that the airline plans to make it compulsory for all international travelers to be vaccinated against Covid-19 before leaving or entering the country. The CEO, who back in May claimed social distancing was unnecessary on planes as there was a ‘low risk of contracting coronavirus’ due to the […]
