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Today in Cloft’s Corner, we embark on a humorous journey north of the border to explore the peculiar world of Canada, where maple syrup flows like water, apologies are the national pastime, and bagged milk is a culinary riddle wrapped in a plastic enigma.
The Russian invasion of Ukraine knocked Canada off the news. The threat of totalitarianism in Canada is a more proximate, clear and present danger to the U.S. Will freedom triumph or not?
During his announcement of sanctions against Russia on Tuesday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told reporters that Canada will “stand against authoritarianism.” Yes, the leader who invoked the Emergencies Act to quell a peaceful protest last week actually said that – with a straight face. “Canada and our allies will defend democracy. We are taking …
It didn’t take long for Canadian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Chrystia Freeland, to decide that the tools provided by the Emergencies Act are so effective, the government will take steps to make them permanent. Speaking to reporters in Ottawa last week, Freeland said: In terms of the financial instruments which our government …