Today is the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landing at #Normandy, #France, where ~160k #Allied troops pulled off the largest invasion by sea in history. From that point on #America was in charge of #AlliedForces & it was the beginning of the end of #WWII
When you travel to that battlefield & visit other #WWII memorials & cemeteries in #Europe you will see what great care is taken to ensure the memories of those #sacrifices are honored w/daily maintenance & #respect. This is likely the last big #DDay celebration featuring WWII #veterans who are almost all centenarians…. Some are traveling to the ceremonies & will be honored by all the dignitaries like #POTUS Joe #Biden, British PM Rishi #Sunak, Canadian PM #Trudeau & #KingCharlesII of Britain.
"The Liberals give themselves a pass on many of these shortcomings because they see their motives as fundamentally good.
But from any objective perspective, eight-and-a-half years in power has exposed the shallowness of the Liberal talent pool, shattered the relationship with the public service and revealed the lack of seriousness in the governing party’s culture, which is now geared to grasping at the shadow of political recovery."
Far from meeting the expectations of #disability organizations – along with any of the scenarios presented by the PBO – the #GovernmentOfCanada has instead created a #CDB with a maximum annual support level of $2,400/person.
And despite widespread warnings about accessing the CDB through #DTC eligibility alone, the #Trudeau government has retained this #tax measure as the only way to qualify for the benefit.
"The video also showed a "F— #Trudeau" flag at the demonstration, as well as an image drawn on a trailer door of what appeared to be the #Diagolon flag — the symbol of an online group that was also found on body armour and weapons seized at a border blockade in Alberta during the 2022 "#FreedomConvoy" crisis.
In another video from his visit, #Poilievre, who has been beating #Trudeau's #Liberals in polls since last summer, is seen leaving RV w/ a drawing of the black & white #Diagolon flag on door.
According to #RCMP docs tabled @ #EmergenciesAct inquiry last yr, the national police force believes Diagolon =militia-like network whose supporters subscribe 2 "accelerationist" ideology — idea that #CivilWar or collapse of western govs is inevitable & ought 2 b sped up
"A Canadian humanitarian organization says its primary water aid truck was bombed in Gaza and is calling on the federal government to mount a full investigation into what it believes was a "targeted" incident."
""We would question why a water tank that provides clean drinking water was bombed. It makes absolutely no sense," he said. "The basics of humanitarian principles are not being upheld and that's a real issue."
#Trudeau was no better than #Biden for a while there, but has since cutoff arms shipments to #Isreal, demanded an immediate #Ceasefire, and pledges to support whatever the #ICC concludes. Now he's ramping up his daddy voice and demanding an investigation
The #Trudeau government, despite a non-binding motion passed by the House of Commons, will cease future arms sales to "Israel," according to Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly.
The initial motion called for the recognition of the State of Palestine but was changed to "establishment of the State of Palestine as part of a negotiated two-state solution negotiation."
In addition, the initial motion urged for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza but was then conditioned on disarming the Palestinian Resistance.
Third, the suspension of "all trade in military goods and technology with "Israel" and increase efforts to stop the illegal trade of arms, including to H-am-as" was rephrased to Canada's commitment to "cease the further authorization and transfer of arms exports to Israel to ensure compliance with Canada's arms export regime and increase efforts to stop the illegal trade of arms, including to H-am-as."
Minister Joly said that the change in rephrasing is substantive, not only symbolic, indicating that Canada will no longer export arms to "Israel".
The war is not causing similar problems for conservatives in either country, because their coalitions don’t include #progressives who are angered by the bombing.
"More Children Have Died In Gaza War Than Have Been Killed By Conflict Worldwide In 4 Years"
it keeps going up. More children mass slaughtered. More babies mass slaughtered. #Isreal and #Russia are the 2 most evil countries in the world right now, yet one of those still has the full support of the #US and #Canada and #UK and others
The #Trudeau government has been working for almost a decade to address #SystemicRacism and #discrimination within the justice system and the numbers remain alarming.
I will be supporting the federal #NDP at next elections because I can't forgive #Trudeau over #Gaza#Palestine & can't get over #ForkedTongue on several other issues that are very important to me & many #Canadian#BIPOC voters
I don't even like NDP either but it's them or covert WS dude with a pretty face or full out fascist fuckers. Unlike USA - with no real decent election choices between racist sellouts - we still have some options in #Canada.