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Freedom or tyranny is a choice all freedom-demanding people need to make, sooner or later, and regularly. 

Freedom or tyranny is a choice all freedom-demanding people need to make, sooner or later, and regularly.  We Canadians were faced with this choice not long ago.  We decided (most of us) to choose a principled leader who put Canadians first before his own political compulsions. We chose a leader, not a wanna-be king!   The Republic or Tyranny?  The Choice Jefferson Faced in 1776 Is Now The…

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When our Prime Minister met with the "transitional" US President, "... Carney’s performance reinforced why Canadians chose him to defend their interests: he’s a smart, steady leader who knows how to stand up to bullies and keep his country’s values front and center."

“In the end, Carney’s performance reinforced why Canadians chose him to defend their interests: he’s a smart, steady leader who knows how to stand up to bullies and keep his country’s values front and center.” Mark Carney’s first meeting with Donald Trump as Canada’s new prime minister was a masterclass in calm, competent leadership up against bluster and misinformation. Carney, who swept into…

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The Retail Apocalypse is here! If your favourite stores are going out of business, it may not be an accident. Think 'extractive monopolism'!

Thousands of brick-and-mortar retail and dining storefronts are sitting empty in the wake of a tsunami of business closures across Canada and the US in recent months. But were the closures market driven, or financial engineering? Doug Stephens, founder of consulting agency Retail Prophet, and other analysts saythe closures were hardly a surprise. The “wholesale collapse of the mid-tier of retail”…

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Activist pastor who has criticized Trump arrested while praying inside Capitol

Rev. William Barber is pictured at a rally outside the US Capitol in 2023. He was arrested inside the Capitol on Monday (Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.) A North Carolina pastor famous for decades of activism for progressive causes was arrested in the Capitol rotunda on Monday, less than a week after the formation of the Trump administration’s task force on…

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Desperate Donald Trump attacks President Obama and Hillary Clinton, trying to distract Americans from his own nefarious dismantling of the United States.

As Trump’s crimes come home to roost, and get closer to his bent oval office, Donald Trump, in desperation, is using his pet minions at the DOJ trying to come up with dirt on President Obama and even Hillary Clinton. So here is a partial list of what Donald TRujmp with his pet Republicans have done to Americans, their country, and their democracy. But on whose orders? The rule of Law and…

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As summer approaches, and vacations are being planned, hears another personal warning about crossing the American border! The USA is NOT the country it used to be!

If you’re planning a trip to the USA, think again whether you want to take the risk and whether it is worth the potential consequences. This personal experience shows you the new treatment of even legal people from Canada going on holiday.   The USA is not the country it was. It is no longer Canada’s friendly neighbour, but has become a paranoid 3rd world dictatorship. Believe it! Read this story…

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Avoid U.S. or take burner phones, Canadian executives tell staff

Bloomberg News, Thomas Seal, Published Apr 14, 2025, Last updated 1 day ago, 3 minute read If you value your privacy, and your freedom, avoid travelling to Trump’s USA! Major public institutions in Canada, including a pension management firm and a leading hospital, are advising staff against travelling to the United States, marking a greater erosion in the country’s longstanding trust with its…

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Like Churchill said to Chamberlain after his betrayal of Czechoslovakia, “You had the choice between dishonour and war. You chose dishonour and you will have war.”

By saying nothing, New Zealand — and many other countries— were effectively condoning and being complicit in what Trump was doing. The New Zealand Society, 3 April at 12:11:   The former NZ High Commissioner to London, Phil Goff, has taken to Facebook to explain why he questioned President Donald Trump’s knowledge of history, which led to the sacking of his diplomatic post. These are his…

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When followers of Christ's teachings make a deal with the 'devil', they become the hypocrites they pretend to detest. The Vatican signed just such an agreement with Hitler's Nazis 92 years and 3 months ago.

 Hitler and the Catholic Church signed a concordat (agreement) in 1933. But how different were those Catholics from some self-professed American Christians in 2025?   https://www.facinghistory.org/resource-library/agreement-catholic-church Facing History & Ourselves, “An Agreement with the Catholic Church”, last updated August 2, 2016. In 1933 Adolf Hitler’s Nazis signed an agreement with the…

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Is Donald Trump trying to establish Soviet-style Gulags for American citizens, but in El Salvador instead of Siberia?

White House Confirms Trump Is Exploring Ways To ‘Deport’ U.S. Citizens By Sara Boboltz in Huffpost.com     Apr 8, 2025, 06:02 PM EDT |Updated an hour ago The administration could try removing American citizens if it identifies a pathway it can claim to be legal. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Tuesday that President Donald Trump is exploring legal pathways to “deport” U.S.…

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'Forgive them, for they know not what they do,' is what some might say; or.... "Poor misguided man, misdirecting his loyalty to the Nazis, because he assumed he was also being loyal to his homeland."

“His style has the desperate jauntiness of an orchestra fiddling away for dear life on a sinking ship.” – Edmund Wilson These days a lot of Americans, and people all over the world are still wondering how Donald Trump became the POTUS, despite all his criminality and lack of moral compass or principles. Many in the world also used to wonder how Germans could have supported Hitler and his…

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Has Donald Trump undermined US defense systems with his tariffs? Have the Americans just shot themselves in both feet?

Well maybe he has, as China just turned off  U.S. supplies of minerals critical for defense & cleantech First published 4th April, 2025, by Michael Barnard in CleanTechnica, last updated on April 6, 2025, 10:57 am.  Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! In April 2025, while most of the world was clutching pearls over trade war tit-for-tat…

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If you haven't heard, CTV cancelled a fact checking segment because of pressure from Poilievre's Conservatives.

CTV Cancelled a Fact-Checking Segment in Response to Political Pressure From Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives So CTV is the first Canadian media to cave in to political pressure, that we know of. Wonder which Canadian broadcaster will be next?

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Poilievre's anti-Canadians record; "opposed" is his, and Conservative's, automatic vote on anything remotely benefitting Canadians.

Synopsis of Pierre Poilievre  Against Raising the minimum wage  Voted against $10 a day childcare  Voted against the child benefit  Voted against dental care for kids  Voted against middle class tax cuts  Voted against increased support for seniors He voted to ban abortions He voted to cancel Veterans Disability He voted against workers rights He voted AGAINST housing initiatives He voted to…

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Trump's Concentration Camps are killing innocents, just like during the Holocaust! The American Fuhrer doesn't care, but do Americans?

Detention ally: Trump’s gulags & concentration camps are killing detainees according to witnesses. These remote immigration detention centres stretching between Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi are where 14 of the country’s 20 largest detention centres are clustered & where students and other innocents have been sent after being arrested thousands of miles away. Behind the reinforced doors of…

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"Why are my fellow Canadians feeling compelled to trash our best friend & ally, neighbour and culture that's by far the closest to ours. Is it standard Canadian inferiority?"

“Quora is absolutely rampant with anti-Americanism. Why are, mainly, my fellow Canadians feeling compelled to trash our best friend & ally, neighbour and culture that’s by far the closest to ours. Is it standard Canadian inferiority?” This was my answer, and it didn’t matter whether the question was a sincere search for understanding, or not. JosephRavick Any country which manipulates other…

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Have misogyny, violence against women, and human trafficking become acceptable in the United States?

Has Donald Trump now made misogyny, violence toward women, and human trafficking acceptable in his neo-America? This might be especially relevant to all you MAGA Christians and same-minded hypocrites. So how does this “Make America Great Again” i wonder.? I’ll leave the answer to the consciences of over 340 million Americans. But more importantly to women, and the dangers he and his brother pose,…