(WASHINGTON) – In an historic first, Amazon drivers and dispatchers in Palmdale, Calif., have joined the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and reached a strong tentative agreement containing a multitude of workplace improvements. “Amazon workers are joining the Teamsters to demand
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Funeral director Michael Vogiatzakis was asked, "What kind of man are you?" when he tried to keep a family member from a funeral. Photo: Rumble
Monday, April 24, 2023, will be the launch of the National Citizens’ Inquiry “Live with NCI.” It will feature “Dr. Trozzi and the Embalmers – a round table discussion.”
Funeral directors and embalmers were among the first citizens to come forward with information on changes to manners of death, death rates, and government efforts to change the documented cause of death on death certificates.
Read MoreThe deadline for individuals to file their tax returns with Revenue Canada is Monday, May 1st, because since April 30 is a Sunday. A tax return is considered on time if the CRA receives it, or if it is postmarked, on or before the next business day after April 30 which in 2023 is May 1st.
The current labour action by Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) does not change the deadline for filing tax returns. All paper returns and mail sent to the CRA will be stockpiled for future processing.
Read MoreThe Canadian Taxpayers Federation is calling on federal opposition parties to reject the $13 billion subsidy the federal government is giving Volkswagen. “Taxpayers don’t have $13 billion to give to a multinational corporation,” said Franco Terrazzano, Federal Director of the
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The ‘8 March principles,’ as they are called, lay out a human rights-based approach to laws criminalizng conduct in relation to sex, drug use, HIV, sexual and reproductive health, homelessness and poverty.
by Hans Wienhold The UN’s latest idea that “life sustaining activities in public spaces” should be decriminalized is fuel for a rant. Each one of the points are logical implications of libertarianism; the problem occurs when they try to inject
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The back of ‘Ted’s’ truck, parked for the night near Thunder Bay, Ontario. 26 January 2022. Screen capture from a video shot by ‘Sally’
Last month, I told you about a Saskatoon couple I called Ted and Sally. He’s been a trucker for 40 years, and she’s been a trucker’s wife for nearly as long. They joined the Freedom Convoy in late January 2022 and, from day one, she streamed Facebook Live videos from the cab of their truck.
These videos allowed friends and family to ride along, to witness in real time the incredible enthusiasm with which ordinary Canadians responded to the Convoy. Today, they are an important, permanent record of what took place.
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Justin Trudeau and Doug Ford at the April 21st 2023 announcement that Canada will invest as much as $13 billion in the Volkswagen battery plant in St. Thomas, Ontario.
The April 21st press conference announcing that Canada and Ontario are funneling billions of dollars to Volkswagen for a new battery plant in St. Thomas was an epic event.
It wasn’t just epic for the number of times politicians got to use the word “epic,” which they used an epic number of times.
It wasn’t even epic considering the truly impressive ease with which politicians can prattle on for minutes while saying exactly nothing, or the skill with which politicians can shamelessly make statements that have no basis in reality (whoops, at least 10 jurisdictions have a higher growth rate than Ontario. Someone alert Doug Ford.)
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Ontario Premier Doug Ford at the April 21, 2023 announcement of Volkswagen's first Canadian plant. Photo: YouTube
On April 21st, 2023, the announcement that Volkswagen will build its first Canadian plant in St. Thomas was made official.
Premier Doug Ford and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau were joined by Vic Fedeli, Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade, and the federal Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, François-Philippe Champagne, to announce the deal for St. Thomas, Ontario, and Canada’s entire electric vehicle supply chain.
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The National Citizen's Inquiry will begin a new set of hearings on May 30 in Regina. Image: National Citizens' Inquiry
Saskatoon – The National Citizens Inquiry continues in Saskatoon on Friday, April 21, the second of three days of hearings. This is the fourth stop after Truro, Toronto and Winnipeg where Canadians such as doctors, morticians, lawyers, journalists and other individuals have been testifying about the negative effects of the government measures in response to COVID-19.
In Saskatoon the Inquiry is hearing from people affected by mask mandates, vaccine mandates and business closures.
