You never know.....

...who'll turn up on a service call.  My computer wouldn't synch, so I called 'Cochrane Computers' and a guy named Tony popped over.  

As I always do -- it's the old journalist in me -- I started interviewing him.  "I'm from the Tobacco Plains Nation," he told me, a reserve in the East Kootenay valley which abuts onto Montana.  Boy, did he sure know a lot about the Indigenous file -- including all the illegal (just my opinion) actions of chiefs across Canada.

We watched footage I had posted online about the Cowichan reserve, which showed a disgraceful dump with garbage strewn everywhere.  He knew all about it, but then he showed me footage of Tobacco Plains and that was a different story.  It was clean and beautiful.

We started talking money, my favourite subject on this file, and he knew a lot about that too -- including vast corruption, which he acknowledged exists everywhere.  I referenced the 1969 White Paper, written by Pierre Trudeau and Jean Chretien.  Remember that?  It recommended all Indigenous leave their ghettos (the paper used that word back then) and integrate into Canadian society.  

Well, at that all Hell broke loose!  The chiefs called it "racist" and a move that would make their people the lesser equals of every other Canadian.  The reality was that they refused to give up their perks.  Tony agreed and assured me it was still happening today.  He also said, however, that he is the only native he knows who will speak honestly about the corruption.  Our old friends Tanya Talaga and the always-hysterical Pam Palmeter, certainly aren't two of them.

This is why an angry Pierre Trudeau told the chiefs, “Okay, then stay in your ghetto”. He withdrew the paper and initiated the Indigenous Policy, basically unchanged for the last fifty-plus years, namely: Send money and don't touch the Indian Act.  As I have said, the chiefs claim they want to change the Act, but they don't.

The chiefs turned their backs on real reform.

Pierre Trudeau got one thing wrong when he angrily told the chiefs that they could stay in their ghettos.  The chiefs are not in ghettos at all.  They enjoy generous tax-free-salaries and expense accounts.  Life is good for them and for the many other people who feed off this system -- a system Indigenous leaders like William Wuttunee and Calvin Helin sardonically – but accurately – called “The Indian Industry”.

The question must still be asked: What if those chiefs in 1969 had at least agreed to consider Trudeau’s plan and work with him to address their legitimate concerns? Would we now live in a country where more indigenous people had integrated into the mainstream, while keeping those parts of their Indigenous identity that mattered most to them?

They didn't want any part of it, so we'll never know.  But as I always say, it's all about money.  So when Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak et al start raving about protecting pristine land, don't buy it.  

Interesting look at education in the U.S.

 

Re-printed from 'The Catholic League'............ October 7, 2026   Under President Biden’s Department of Justice (DOJ), the FBI labeled mainline Catholics who opposed abortion, gay marriage and gender identity as “domestic terrorists.” Now, in a new document released by the Trump administration’s DOJ, “The New Report to Expose the Weaponization of Government Against Parents in Schools,” we learn how the Biden administration’s DOJ branded conservative parental rights groups “domestic terrorists.” The nexus is unmistakable: Biden’s DOJ declared war on religious conservatives. Yet the evidence that this Report presents shows that they were never the “domestic terrorists” they were made out to be. Once parents found out during COVID that sexually inappropriate books were being assigned, and racist presentations were being made in the classroom (ala critical race theory), they not only objected, they organized. The privileged elites who stack the school boards were taken aback. They counted on a subdued, obedient crop of parents who took the “Teacher Knows Best” approach. They were startled when the parents proved to be disobedient, showing up at meetings to register their objections. The educrats quickly contacted their allies in the Biden administration, asking them to come to their rescue. They were not disappointed. It didn’t take long before the political elites sided with the education elites against the masses, namely the parents. They were accused of violence, when there was none, and for disrupting meetings, when there was little to none. What got the goat of school board members was having to respond to some uncomfortable questions, effectively putting them on the defensive. That’s called free speech. We now know that the National School Boards Association (NSBA) had been partnering with the DOJ to provide “talking points and push back on critics regarding critical race theory (‘CRT’) and transgender policies that are creating ‘hostile situations for school board members.’” That was in July 2021, and in September it sent a letter to Biden describing these parents as participating in “domestic terrorism.” Once this hit the press, parents pushed back, and within weeks the NSBA’s board of directors apologized. This should have put the brakes on this fascistic response by the elites. It didn’t. Indeed, it escalated. On October 4, 2021, the “Garland Memorandum” was issued. This was the infamous memo by Attorney General Merrick Garland that claimed that a nefarious cadre of parents had emerged—they were objecting to offensive fare in the schools. According to the Report, the memo was draconian. “The Garland Memorandum, and its suggestion that such protests could constitute federal criminal activity, including domestic terrorism, was the product of pressure by the White House and high-ranking Department of Justice officials to find a reason to suggest that such protests could be federal crimes regardless of the initial skepticism.” Fortunately, there were honest attorneys working in Biden’s DOJ, and they dutifully warned their colleagues that in most cases there was nothing going on at these meetings other than robust discussions. They admonished them to back off lest they inspire MAGA-type revolts. Unfortunately, they were in the minority. The Report concludes that the Garland Memorandum disregarded “constitutional precepts,” creating a “chilling effect” on First Amendment rights. Those who wrote the Report cannot be blamed for not inquiring into the religious background of the protesting parents. That was not their charge. But it is the charge of the Catholic League. News reports estimate that Christians constitute 70-80 percent of these conservative parental rights groups. We know from other media stories that Orthodox Jews and practicing Muslims have also been vocal in their opposition to what has been going on in the classrooms. At issue are attempts to sexually engineer our students and to indoctrinate them in racist propaganda. In other words, led by Christians, parents are fighting for their rights against the militant secularists who dominate education, and who work in senior positions in the federal government. They are no more “domestic terrorists” than the man on the moon, and attempts to label them as such are obscene and un-American.

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Now it's the lobster

First it was the decimation of elvers (baby eels), now it's lobster.  This is what is happening mainly in New Brunswick, where  Fisheries officers just intercepted another 4,000 illegal live lobsters being shipped for sale out of province.  They have been returned to the ocean.

Illegal lobster harvest by the Indigenous in New Brunswick.

The problem is dishonesty, flagrant law breaking and, of course, money.

The Indigenous are permitted to harvest eels and lobster out-of-season, but only if they are being used for ceremonial purposes or food for their own households and not to sell.  Naturally, that's being ignored.  I mean, how many households need 4,000 lobsters?!  And who uses lobster or elvers in ceremonies?!

(I blogged the illegal elvers harvest, see "Still at it", July 4th, 2025)

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I have been following the Ottawa mayoralty race and I am amazed that Mark Sutcliffe has the nerve to run again.  Any stroll down Rideau, Elgin or Bank Streets will tell you that it is a disgrace to any city, let alone a capital.  There are bums, drunks and drug users everywhere shooting up, urinating and defecating in broad daylight!  

What does the guy do, besides swan around parties getting his picture taken?  When I was a child, my Mother used to take me shopping to Freiman's and Ogilvie's and it was a real treat.  Now, I wouldn't let my grandchildren near any of them. 

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A word about the Quebec election.  The PQ has won, but with only 28% of the vote, it's hard to figure out why?  I guess it's the first-past-the-post system, but it may be time to change that.  

I love the way the new premier, Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, promises he will only focus on Quebec and work towards separation.  Separation won't happen and all the polls tell you that because Quebec has an historical habit of threatening separation, but never does.  

Why?  Because last year they received $13.9 billion in transfer payments, or 51% of all the equalization money.  Guess who gives most of that?  Alberta, that's who!  So, Paul, you had better look outside your borders and show a little respect for this province.  

But he won't.  Truly pathetic.

Typical

"They need more money."  That's what a young Indigenous server told me when we were eating lunch at a Calgary restaurant.  

This is typical of the ignorance of natives everywhere.  Last year alone, Indigenous were handed $33 billion, BILLION, for a total population of 1.8 million souls.  "Have you been to Morley lately?" I asked this young lady.  Morley is a reserve on the Trans Canada between Calgary and Banff about 50 kms from here and it's a complete dump.  

Part of the Stoney Nakoda "Nation", its elected leaders gave themselves hefty 20 percent raises of $3.3 million in salaries alone -- twice what they billed last year.  However, figures are unclear because the overall total of $34 million appears in a handy, undefined line item called “other expenses.”

That's a lot of "other expenses".  According to Wikipedia, "...Revenues for the band west of Calgary were significantly larger than expected in the fiscal year ending March 31 at $108 million, but Morley still posted a larger-than-forecast deficit of nearly $17 million, according to numbers released under the 'First Nations Financial Transparency Act'.

So, they don't need more money.  What Indigenous people like our server need to ask themselves is, "What are our leaders doing with the money?"  As I said, they don't need more of it, but that's the ubiquitous default narrative.

This is Morley, just down the road.  The leaders gave themselves hefty raises, but no one knows where the $34 million went??

Every chance I get, I try to point out the facts.  Sadly, no one wants to hear them.

Not gonna happen

I don't care what Carney and Smith say about a new pipeline to the West coast, it ain't gonna happen.  Carney has no intention of approving one and I think, although she knows that, Smith has to say it'll happen to satisfy her base and claim she's getting it done.  Smith wants a pipeline, but knows Carney will block it with unreachable conditions.  He's so cynical. 

Such conditions are vast, such as getting private-sector buy in before it begins construction -- which won't happen.  And then, of course, the Indigenous have already chimed in saying they'll oppose it.  That was a given.

Carney's also given a year for the 'Major Projects Office' to approve it, after he's taken 18 months to even put it on the table.

So no, it's not gonna happen and everyone knows it except the cloth heads who keep blindly supporting Carney.  Watch Elie Cantin Natel interview Georgeanne Burke on YouTube for the latter's analysis about Carney and his supporters.

For a country as rich in raw materials as Canada, it's a sin we can't get anything done to get our riches to eager markets.

The phantom pipeline that won't materialize.

 

I morphed

Yesterday, I morphed from writer and commentator to happy little hausfrau.  Made a batch of carrots and celery, like I did when my kids took lunches to school, and also made apple crisp in honour of my Grandmother and Mother.  

 It's apple season, so I  made apple crisp in honour of my Grandmother and Mother.

Handy snack.

  

$500 million

That's what the Jays have given Vladimir Guerrero in a 13-year deal.  That's $38 million a year, $3 million a month and $250,000 a day.

That's absolutely ludicrous!

"They aren't paying me for what I can do, they're paying me for what I did," said Vlad in defence of his absurd and obscene contract.  Seriously?!  Yep, that's what Keith Pelley, CEO of Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment, and Ted Rogers, executive chair, agreed to.  That's sort of like a party favour you're handed when the party's over and you're heading out the door.  "Thanks for coming.  Here's $500 million."

Guerrero is only 27 years old, but he's already a spent force, judging by his poor performance this year.  And look at the guy, all trussed up and taped in like a Thanksgiving turkey and using his bat as a crutch:

Guerrero's entire left side is a mess.

Baseball's numbers have become farcical.

Sad, but true

Reading about a four-year-old child who was murdered by her father during a custody dispute, I always have the same thought:

It's probably the mother who is the problem.

Granted, to have killed his daughter, the father was deranged, but when I read the words, "Long, protracted custody dispute", I know it's because the mother is blocking access.  That's what happened to B and I, 46 years ago when custody was being decided in his case.  

"I have confidence the father will grant access, but I do not have the same confidence in the mother.  Therefore, I recommend majority custody to the father."  That's what the judge wrote in his decision about who should have majority custody in our case and back then it was very rare for a father to have been given custody.  Still is.

In this case, the little girl in question was the victim of a father who had fought long and hard for access to his daughter, but had finally given up.  "If I can't see her, then she won't", would have been going through his mind when he shot her.  So he killed her and himself.

This poor, sweet child paid an unthinkable price in her parent's custody dispute.

Evidently, many mothers obviously believe in "immaculate conception" because they fight and block the father's access at every turn.  I remember it well! 

It's all so tragic and unnecessary.  May this little one rest in peace.

Is everyone OK with this stuff?

I regularly post what I think is important information on my facebook site, but no one else seems to agree.  With the exception of two fb friends, no one comments or reacts at all.  Does everyone think that what Carney is doing to Canada and the economy is fine?

If so, they're not thinking.  Carney is destroying the country.  He has even proposed a new currency to replace the American dollar in international markets.  Is he insane?  Is no one concerned?  He's sent billions to other countries since he was anointed, while telling Canadians we have to tighten our belts and our debt and deficit explode!

He just appointed his wife as some sort of "ocean envoy" and handed her $82 million to get started -- sort of a Poseidon job.  As for Zelensky, his entire inner circle has been either charged, or arrested, on corruption charges and no one bats an eye?!  He himself has been outed as a drug user by his press secretary -- the one he just fired.  And just to top it off, another $140 million was found hidden in refrigeration boxes in his former defence minister's basement.  WTF?! 

These should be mug shots.

I don't get it??!!  No one bothered about this?  People post inane stuff about puppies and ditties, but nothing about the deliberate destruction of our country.

It's very depressing.  Think I'll have to again cull the herd.

 

And there it is again.........

...the reason no one wants to consult with the Indigenous:  "Consultations can't be rushed," declared AFN Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak.  "You can't put a deadline on moving forward with major projects."  

Cindy, in all her glory putting her foot on progress, as usual.

Well, Cindy, that's why nothing gets done because you take forever to "consult".  In fact, you believe "consultation" means "veto".  It doesn't, but that never stops you because there's never an end date or time limit for consultations with the Indigenous.  Why? Because your funding doesn't depend on anything getting done or built.  If it did, you'd shut down the chatting and start collecting the money.

The government is asking to limit chatting to a year, but apparently, that's not long enough.  Well, what is long enough, Ms. Nepinak?  Two years?  Five?  Ten?

It's absolutely ludicrous.  No wonder Canada's economy is in the toilet and heading straight for the prosperity sewar.  I'm sooooo sick of it.

I'm trying

.....but I'm failing.  I can't really drum up much sympathy for the Nepo movie star babies who have turned deadly, either on themselves, or on their parents.  (And I'm talking as the sister of a young man who committed suicide at age 32 and broke our parents' hearts.)

Today I'm talking about the kids of stars like Ryan O'Neil, Michael Douglas, Rob Reiner, Tom Hanks, Jackie Chan, Paul Newman and Sylvester Stalone and others like the Menendez brothers, Matthew Perry, Mucaulay Culkin, Brittany Spears, Tatum O'Neil, Drew Barrymore, Nick Reiner....and many others.

Big problem among rich Nepo babies.

Now we have Presley Gerber, son of a super model and billionaire, who just died of an apparent overdose while in a rehab facility -- the latest of many such luxury facilities into which he had been checked.  Watched a video of him talking about how tough his life was and how misunderstood he was.  Have to admit I was unsympathetic.  Seems his parents' billions could not save him. 

I mean, the guy had a personal "sober coach" latched onto him 24-seven and another entire medical team babysitting him, yet he still found a way to use.  So much for money.   

Might a few visits to a couple of homeless shelters have given him some perspective on his breathtaking privilege?  Princess Diana did this regularly.  Granted, it didn't help Harry, but it certainly seems to have strengthened William.  

Harry, I'm afraid, allowed his evil shrew of a wife to bewitch him (sexually I'm sure) and influence his chronic "poor me" syndrome.  As I always say, you can take the girl out of the Hood, but you can't take the Hood out of the girl. 

Do kids like Presley have too much money?  I think that's the root of it.  Matthew Perry's mother was my best friend all through high school and, although we have lost touch, we did talk about how money kept allowing Matthew to continue using.  Once, she told me, he actually chartered a private plane to fly to drugs to him in Europe!  Ludicrous.

My beautiful friend, Suzanne with Matthew in better days.  (Husband Keith on the left.)

After his death his parents, Suzanne and Keith, established the 'Matthew Perry Foundation' to treat people with "substance abuse disorder".  "Disorder"?  It's addiction, but not, I guess, if you're rich and famous.  The substance abuser in my family didn't have the money to keep using, so he cleaned up and has been a model of success since.

I'm also getting tired of people blaming mental health for drug abuse.  I think the drug abuse comes first, not the other way 'round.  I think it's the drug abuse that causes the mental health problems, but putting it first functions as a convenient excuse for whatever heinous acts the addict commits.  I had a cousin who took LSD once and became an instant bi-polar lunatic.  We were roommates in Toronto at the time and I had to move out, she was so crazy.

So, call me callous, but that's my take on it.  I agree with Megyn Kelly on this one.

 

Betty

One of the most fascinating women I have ever met was Betty Noe.  B and I met her when we were guests of a mutual friend on a private island on Lac des Trente et un Milles, located at the Gatineau Fish & Game Club in Point Comfort, Quebec.

Betty was a close relative of the Louisiana State Governor, so needless to say, she was pretty well connected in those southern parts.  For some reason, Betty took an instant liking to me and we got on like a house on fire.  Even her two nieces, who were there with us, could not understand how Betty and I clicked -- to the point that I could insult her about anything anytime.  

"Betty, no one cares what you think," I'd say, when she was rambling on.  Rather than get upset, we'd both roar uproariously.  "How do you get away with that with Aunt Betty," they'd ask incredulously.  "If we did that we'd be banished!"

Betty never appeared at breakfast without every hair in place in her carefully coifed locks, bright red lipstick and resplendent in a perfectly coordinated outfit -- even as I appeared in a terrycloth robe, having just swum around the one-km island.

Betty Noe.

Frankly, I don't know how I got away with how we interacted, but I did.  "Nancy, you must come visit me in New Orleans," she said one day over pre-prandial cocktails.  "We'd love to!" I replied, never thinking for one minute she'd actually follow up.

But she did.  Back home the next February the phone rang.  "Nayancee, when are ya'all coming here?" Betty asked.  So we did.  When we arrived, her chauffeur met us at the airport and took us to her magnificent Antebellum home in the Garden District with its majestic verandah and lush gardens.  

There, she introduced us to her cook, her maid and the gardener -- all Black, I might add; that was the culture.  I was flabbergasted.  I mean, I knew she had money, not just how much.  We had our own suite on the top floor and spent a wonderful week enjoying that lovely town and her lavish hospitality.  

One day, B and I decided to take a bus tour of New Orleans and as we drove by one house I said, "B, that's Betty and Jimmy's house and that's our room on the top floor!"  Yep, her home was on the tour. 

"I didn't like the neighbours behind us," she told me one day.  "So Jimmy bought the house and got rid of them."  Yep, that's what it was like.  

Another, her driver took us to a charity luncheon called 'The Mad Hatter's Lunch'; luckily, I had brought a decent hat.  We were seated at a prominent table and every woman in the place came by to pay homage to the Doyenne of New Orleans and her charming peasant friend from Canada, me.

Betty on the left at the Mad Hatter's Lunch (that's not me on the right.  I'm below.)

As one women left, Betty said, "Nayancee, you know that woman I just introduced you to?"  "Yes," I replied.  "She seemed very nice."  "A kill'a bee-itch from Hell," Betty said.  I nearly fell off my chair, but she said it behind her signature huge smile, so no one was the wiser. 

Another, we were sitting laughing in her drawing room while the maid was sweeping one of her superb Oriental carpets.  She said something in contradiction to Betty at which Betty swung around and said, "If I told you to dig up dirt and throw it on that carpet, you'd do it."  Again, I was dumbfounded!  Again, that was the culture.  

Later, I found out that all Betty's staff lived in the lowland area most devastated by Katrina.  What did she do?  She built all her servants -- including the maid she had just torn a strip off of -- new homes and looked after everything for them and their families.  A devout Catholic, Betty also she paid for the restoration of her church and bought them a new Casavant Frères organ.

As for the family name, Noe, I pointed out that it was probably from the French, "Nault", but no one bought it.  I think I was right, but her son argued it was German.  I begged to differ because my explanation made more sense, but I let it lie.

Betty and her eccentric husband, Jimmy, had five children, one of whom was gay.  When James finally came out to Betty he said, weeping, "Mum, I have to tell you something, I'm gay."  Her reply?  "Honey, you're not gay you're miserable."  What a retort and completely honest.  Loved that about her.  

Betty Noe was a walking contradiction, but I loved her.  Sadly, she died a few years ago.  Her charm, grace and wit, however, will not soon be forgotten.        

p.s. That's me in the hat I wore to The Mad Hatter's Lunch.  It's also the hat I wore when I met Queen Elizabeth in London. 

Incomprehensible

Carney is deliberately incomprehensible.  Try as I might -- and I watched it twice -- I could not figure out what he was saying when he addressed the EU in Strasbourg.  

"I hope -- and I believe......" he said at one point.  What does that even mean?  You cannot put those two words into the same sentence.  Either you "hope", or you "believe".  You can't do both.  He's starting to remind me of the turgid, baffling and obfuscating Andrew Coyne -- one of the worst writers I have ever read. 

"We believe that a strong economy is not an end in itself, but the means to a just society.  We are committed stewards of our natural heritage. We believe that our prosperity grows when it is shared," he said.  

No, a strong economy is the end, Mark, it is not just the means.  Again, what does that even mean?  And, "...committed stewards of our natural heritage..."  Coming from the guy who has just sold us out to the EU and its crippling regulations that's rich.  Huh?!

Read his whole speech.  It is a master class of gobbledygook, but the braying donkeys in Strasbourg -- desperate to keep their jobs -- bought in hook, line and sinker, clapping like trained seals begging for a rancid fish or two.

Ursula planting the kiss of economic death on Canada.  Trump, however, will have the last word.

   

Two gentlemen

The coverage of the anniversary of the death of Les Emmerson prompted a lovely memory.  A number of years ago, B and I were invited to a party hosted by Les' (or is it "Les's?) sister, Darlene, because B was a great friend of her boyfriend.  Sitting at a picnic bench on my own, I was joined by a charming man, who turned out to be Les. 

The two of us just sat for three hours and talked.  No one interrupted.  He was very smart and engaging, something I wonder if people knew?  To most, he was just the lead singer of  'The Five Man Electrical Band', with hits like 'Signs' and 'You can cry your eyes out'.  That afternoon he was just a smart, charming guy and I was captivated.

Never ran across him again, but he left a lasting impression.

The late, great Les Emmerson.

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Talking to another old friend last night, we started reminiscing, as we always do, about old times.  JR and I go back almost 60 years!  He was married to my late cousin and I think he never fell out of love with her.  She died 24 years ago and his second wife five months ago.  As I say, I am in the death zone!

Anyway, one guy we talked about was an old beau of mine.  "I could never figure Paddy out?" I said.  "I mean, we dated for a whole summer, when he flew me back and forth from Toronto to Ottawa every weekend, where we stayed at his cottage at Lac Ste. Marie, but he was not romantic in the least," I said.

I soon learned what "not romantic" meant.  "I think he was gay," said my friend.  Well, now it all makes perfect sense!  We slept in the same bed, but absolutely nothing happened.  Weird.  I mean, I was 22 years old and relatively hot.  

Paddy was from a very prominent old Ottawa family.  He was handsome and charming in the extreme and died a few years ago.  At last everything about our "romance" made perfect sense.  You never know who's what!  May Paddy Rest in Peace.         

I was 33...........

..........when my first marriage fell apart.  But to his credit, my ex (now deceased, may he RIP) husband gave me two wonderful children, who were four and nine months old when we parted.

However, when life gives you lemons...........  And that's what I did, I made the best lemonade you could ever have wished for.  I rented a lovely house on Rockcliffe Way in Lindenlea, which happened to be right down the street from my parents' house, the one in which I had grown up.

Life at 43 Rockcliffe Way were the happiest two years of my life.  I had my independence, I hired a live-in nanny -- my literal wife -- and I was free!  With no child support, I was on my own and relished it.  Wild oats were sown in those years, when I would go out with girlfriends to dives like 'The Golden Rail' on Montreal Road and other such fun dumps in Hull.  

Me outside 43 Rockcliffe Way, where I lived in bliss.

We used to do things like send over drinks to cute guys at other tables we didn't even know.  I got a kick out of waving and smiling at the shocked recipients, when the waiter turned and pointed out the woman who had bought them.  It was one night at the Rail where I met a charming 23-year-old long-haul trucker and began a short, devil-may-care fling.  He was so much fun and frankly it was damn the torpedoes! 

I wonder where Bruce is these days?  Sadly, this period only lasted a brief time, until I met B and inherited his baggage.  I thought I was marrying one man, but I also married his clingy, destructive, money-grubbing ex and two more children.  His wicked daughter has nothing to do with him -- on orders from her evil, but rich,  mother -- and his son is lost and forlorn back in Ottawa.  By the way, I am not telling you anything I haven't told B a million times and he agrees.  "Yep, 43 were your best years," he admits.

Ah well, all's well that ends well.  I now have my beautiful grandchildren to dote on, but I do look wistfully back on these years with comforting nostalgia.  

Another dumb and dangerous move

So, Carney, in his economic brilliance, has got us smack dab stuck in the European Union.  That'll be a disaster.  In fact, it's already had consequences, as Trump announces that all Canadian goods and services will be immediately removed from U.S. federal procurement lists.

The ink wasn't even dry on the EU agreement when Trump immediately removed Canadian products from U.S. procurement lists.

Brilliant!

There he was, front and centre in Brussels grinning like a Cheshire cat, as von der Leyen welcomed him -- and Canada -- aboard.  But don't say he didn't warn you.  He has been touting Canada as a "European" country since before he snatched power.  He describes himself as a "Europhile".  Was no one -- except a few of us with a brain in our heads -- listening?  Apparently not. 

He claimed that he pulled out of trade negotiations with the U.S. because of "sovereignty" issues.  What he doesn't mention is that there will be many and much more restrictive regulations Canada to which Canada will have to adhere as part of the EU and they will make Canada less productive and poorer.  But, of course, no one mentions this.  Except me. 

Former European Central Bank president Mario Draghi warned two years ago that Europe faced a "slow agony of decline".  Draghi left back then, amidst the reality of a continually bloating and useless EU bureaucracy.  The continent is an economic also-ran, so why is Carney dragging us into it?  Frankly, I'm still trying to figure it out?   

Before jetting in to Brussels, he stopped over in Jolly Old to catch a soccer match with the incompetent new PM Andy Burnham.  The image of Carney squealing with joy, while Canada descends further into economic doom is so wrong.  Either he has stupid advisors, or he has none and just does whatever his arrogant self pleases.  I believe it's the latter.  

Carney living it up.  Nero fiddles while Rome burns.

Carney and his new down-at-the-heels paramour.

  

Checkmate

Or maybe it was just check?  That's what I thought when I read about Stephen Harper's speaking at Carney's 'Investment Summit' in Toronto.  I wondered how Carney would let that happen, a former Conservative prime minister speaking to international investors?

But then I thought, well, that sort of checks Carney's whitewash and phony conference.  And, let's face it, Carney is really a Conservative at heart.  Harper is now the chair of the Alberta Investment Management Corp., so Carney could hardly have refused to let him speak.  

"This had to be a very difficult decision, but I do believe that our government had no choice," said Harper.  "We must pursue diminished reliance on the United States.  I find this all very sad, but just as equally necessary."

Former prime minister Stephen Harper.

When I say "phony conference", I mean that it isn't bringing in more money.  No, it's bringing in about half of what the Liberals lost in money which fled in terror over the last 10 years over their disastrous policies.  So, frankly, it's not even a wash.

The tables hadn't even been cleared when Carney hightailed it over to Europe to put the finishing details on his "associate member of the European Union" sleight-of-hand.  Make no mistake, Carney is bound to get us all wrapped up in the EU -- which will be a disaster because the EU is falling apart at the economic seams and guess who'll be expected to inject millions to shore it up?  Rhetorical.

Folks, we don't have the money!

Carney walked away from a deal with the U.S. because of sovereignty issues, but joining the EU will seriously diminish Canadian sovereignty and make it much worse.  The EU regulates everything and Canada will have to abide its strangling regulations!  

He has also announced he will be giving airports over to private interests.  Is he insane?!  And he's doing it all by declaration, with absolutely no Parliamentary debate or approval.  He is operating by illegal fiat!  These moves are very, very serious and he has to be stopped!

Carney has been a calamity and a tragedy for Canada.  He is hiding his evil George Soros agenda behind a mask of "Trump's the problem, the sky is falling and it's all his fault!"

Canadians are in a lather, but for the wrong reason.

How can Canadians continue to fall for this?  These people are sleepwalking the country further into financial doom.  

This is why it's not always a good idea to go to university

Re-printed from 'The Catholic League' newsletter, by Bill Donahue.  It is shocking and probably the same -- or worse -- in Canada.  The presidents of the two biggest offenders are female, which, sadly, doesn't say much about our gender these days: 

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September 14, 2026

 

"Every year we learn about the status of free speech on college campuses from the surveys taken by the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE). The 2027 “College Free Speech Rankings” that was recently published covers 261 colleges and universities encompassing almost 63,000 student responses to questions about free speech on campus.

"At the top of the list is the University of Chicago. Last place went to my alma mater, New York University."  (Note: the president is Lisa Mills.) "Of the 261 schools, 121 received a grade of “F” for their commitment to free speech; only 24 received a grade of “C” or higher.

"Students were asked about 22 controversial topics discussed on campus. The top ten most difficult to discuss are the following:

1. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict

2. Donald Trump

3. Charlie Kirk

4. Abortion

5. Immigration

6. Transgender rights

7. Gun control

8. Racial inequality

9. Religion

10. Gay rights

"It is conservative students, of course, who are feeling the pinch more than any other students.

"Students were asked about three kinds of protest that in normal times would have received little support. But we live in abnormal times.

• 69% say that shouting down a speaker is acceptable
• 50% say it is okay to block the speaker from speaking
• 30% approve of using violence to stop the speaker

"It is a sure bet that if truck drivers were asked about the same items, they would evince a more tolerant attitude. That’s one of the benefits of not going to college—you are less likely to be a fascist.

"Of the 261 colleges, eleven were Catholic. All got lousy scores.

"The grade of “D-” that Georgetown* received is better than the other ten, all of which received an “F.” Those schools are, in descending order, Fordham,* Duquesne, Marquette,* Notre Dame, Creighton,* Dayton, DePaul, Villanova, Loyola University of Chicago,* and Boston College.* The last two were ranked #254 and #255, respectively. [*Jesuit schools.]

"The biggest rip-off Catholic school in the country is Fordham University. Why? The Washington Post recently did an analysis of the most expensive colleges in the nation. Fordham is the eighth most expensive: it costs $102,188 a year. Yet it merited an “F” for respecting the right of students to exercise free speech."

(Note: the President is Tania Tetlow, look her up, a frothing Liberal.)

"Why are some of the more prominent Catholic colleges such hotbeds of intolerance? Note that six of the eleven are run by Jesuits. They need to explain themselves. Perhaps Father James Martin can shine some light on this.

 

"Parents of students looking for colleges to attend next year need to read the FIRE survey. If free speech is a problem on campus, that alone is reason to shop around."