It is Thursday, April 23. Here are the top stories we are following today.
Mark Carney ‘disappointed’ by U.S. ambassador’s English-only invite
Mark Wiseman, a friend of the prime minister who became Canada’s top diplomat in Washington in February, sent an invitation to members of the House of Commons foreign affairs committee inviting them to a reception. Some Quebec MPs are angry that the invitation was not also in French.
The B.C. law that can stop Carney’s nation-building projects
Canada is the only country that constitutionally affirmed Aboriginal and treaty rights and then also effectively gave First Nations a veto over development on claimed territory through the UN declaration on Indigenous rights, an Aboriginal law expert says.
Amy Hamm: If Canada doesn’t improve, I don’t expect my children to stay
“The Liberals have proven, for more than a decade under both Trudeau, and now Carney, that they will not correct what ails Canada. They caused it. And they intend to keep things this way,” Hamm argues.
Adam Zivo: So much for ‘life-saving’ gender affirming care
“A new Finnish study suggests that ‘gender affirming care’ does not actually improve the mental health of trans-identifying youth, and may, in fact, significantly worsen it,” Zivo writes. “This is certainly vindicating for skeptics who want to restrict access to this treatment.”
Canadian astrophysicist among dead and missing scientists at the centre of U.S. probe
A conspiracy theory that suggests a sinister link between the deaths, murders and disappearances of at least 10 individuals with ties to the U.S. scientific community — including Canadian Carl Grillmair — has become the focus of a multi-agency investigation.
Dogs have taken over every aspect of our lives. Is that good for humans?
There are over 8 million dogs in Canada. We kiss them, let them sleep in our beds and spend billions on pricey pet products. Welcome to Dog Nation.
