A House of Commons committee has unanimously supported a motion to confidentially review the contract for the government’s multi-billion subsidy promised to Volkswagen Canada to build a battery plant in Ontario. The review will also include an appearance by Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne at the closed meeting. Conservative MP Rick Perkins introduced the motion to the…
Committee Votes to Review Contract, Question Minister, in Confidential Meeting About $13B Volkswagen Subsidy
Sweden Expels 5 Russian Embassy Staff on Suspicion of Spying
STOCKHOLM—Sweden informed Russia on Tuesday that five employees of the Russian Embassy in Stockholm were asked to leave the country because they were suspected of spying. Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billström said the alleged activities of the five were “incompatible” with their diplomatic status. Billström said Russia’s ambassador to Sweden, Viktor Tatarintsev, was informed of…
Forty Years a Teacher
April 25, 2023
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Commentary At age 24, at the commencement of his teaching career—coincident with the appearance of multiculturalism, postmodernism, the idea that Western civilization is just one approach—this author understood that the career before him would be in the service of a system in decline. He could have withdrawn and chosen not to serve; instead, he followed…
Court Approves Sex-Abuse Settlement Against Quebec Clerics After Lawyers Lower Fees
Quebec’s Court of Appeal has approved a $28-million settlement in a class-action lawsuit filed against the Clerics of Saint-Viateur of Canada by sexual-assault victims. A deal was reached in January 2022, but last July Quebec Superior Court Justice Thomas M. Davis said the $8 million in legal fees was excessive. The judge said that despite…
YouTuber Offers to Buy Homeless Man Food, but Eats It Himself in Prank That Triggers Backlash
A YouTuber who posted a video of himself offering to buy a homeless man some food is receiving backlash for eating the meal himself in a since-deleted video. Trevon Sellers’ YouTube channel is called “whatsuptre,” and in his latest video prank, he is standing outside a Wendy’s discussing the topic of homelessness in Los Angeles,…
Tobacco Company Settles With US Over Business in North Korea
WASHINGTON—A British tobacco company has agreed to pay more than $629 million to settle allegations that it did illegal business with North Korea in violation of U.S. sanctions, the Justice Department said Tuesday. British American Tobacco, one of the largest tobacco companies in the world, entered into a deferred prosecution agreement with the Justice Department,…
Colorado Governor Signs Bill to Make State a ‘Gender Surgery Sanctuary’ for Minors
Red state bans on child sex-change procedures may soon face powerful challenges from Democrat-controlled “gender-surgery sanctuary” states. A new Colorado law entitled Protections for Accessing Reproductive Health Care is the latest to include legal shields for patients and providers of “gender-affirming health-care services,” noting those are part of “legally protected health-care activity in this state.”…
Trump Suggests He’ll Skip GOP Primary Debates
April 25, 2023
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Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday said no one asked him or his campaign about organizing and participating in debates with 2024 GOP primary rivals, saying he likely won’t attend the two thus far scheduled by the Republican National Committee (RNC). The RNC announced in February that it planned a set of 10 to 12…
Trump Suggests He’ll Skip GOP Primary Debates: ‘Why Subject Yourself to Being Libeled and Abused?’
April 25, 2023
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No one asked him or his campaign about organizing and participating in debates with 2024 GOP primary rivals, so he’s not going to the two thus far scheduled by the Republican National Committee (RNC), former President Donald Trump declared on April 25. The RNC announced in February that it planned a robust set of 10…
Toronto Falun Gong Practitioners Mark 24th Anniversary of Historic 10,000-Strong Appeal in Beijing
Toronto Falun Gong practitioners gathered outside the Chinese Consulate on April 25 to commemorate the anniversary of a historic peaceful appeal by adherents in Beijing 24 years ago. On April 25, 1999, more than 10,000 Falun Gong practitioners gathered outside the Chinese regime’s headquarters in the heart of Beijing to appeal for fellow adherents who had…
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