Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has cancelled scheduled year-end interviews with legacy media outlets, an unprecedented move amid the political turmoil started by Chrystia Freeland’s resignation from his cabinet last week. The Hill Times confirmed cancellations with at least seven major media organizations, including Global News, CBC, CTV, Radio-Canada, TVA Nouvelles, and a joint interview with CityNews and OMNI Television. https://tnc.news/2024/12/23/trudeau-cancels-year-end-interviews-as-caucus-revolt-grows/

The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has launched a new biometric border management app it calls ReportIn that allows permanent residents, foreign nationals, and refugee claimants to meet reporting obligations remotely. This includes individuals who must report to border agents while awaiting deportation or final decisions on their immigration status in Canada. CBSA’s ReportIn app is similar to U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) also relatively new CBP One app, in that both apps aim to enhance efficiency in immigration processes and overall border security. However, both apps also present strikingly similar privacy and civil rights concerns. https://www.biometricupdate.com/202412/reportin-and-cbp-one-a-tale-of-two-biometric-border-apps

Part 1. Technocracy promised Depression-weary Canadians an end to their hardship. But the offer came with a catch. The lecture introduced the young man to a radical new doctrine that seemed to satisfy his yearning for a scientific solution to the world’s problems. Technocracy’s adherents claimed it would eliminate want by putting power in the hands of a capable few — not politicians, but an elite group of engineers and technicians, known as the Technocrats. https://www.canadashistory.ca/explore/politics-law/the-last-utopians

For a while now, emerging AI has been treated by the Biden-Harris administration, but also the EU, the UK, Canada, the UN, etc., as a scourge that powers dangerous forms of “disinformation” – and should be dealt with accordingly. According to those governments/entities, the only “positive use” for AI as far as social media and online discourse go, would be to power more effective censorship (“moderation”). https://reclaimthenet.org/us-house-report-ai-censorship-first-amendment

President-elect Donald Trump's threat to impose a sweeping 25% tariff on all goods and services from Canada, Trade between Canada and the US is the largest of any two nations, with cross-border trade totaling $926 billion in 2023—roughly $2.5 billion daily. This dark tariff reality for Trudeau of not responding adequately to Trump's border security demand risks pushing Canada into an economic crisis. The new border proposal outlines the deployment of drones, helicopters, and other advanced technologies along the 5,525-mile northern border. David Asher, who previously led a Trump-era task force on fentanyl, commented on the border proposal. He appeared on CBC News Network earlier this week to share his insights. "US law enforcement has a lot of sources telling us - that not only the Mexican cartels are setting up operations in Canada - but also Chinese organized crime - and even Iranian organized crime..." He stated that all three organizations were tied into a massive bust in Vancouver of drugs and chemicals equal to more than 95 million pills. https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/trump-era-official-blasts-canada-over-fentanyl-super-labs-transnational-crime-gangs

Shocking: Pickering City Council continues attack on free speech, press freedom! Move over, Kim Jong Un! Pickering Mayor Kevin Ashe is transforming his city into Canada’s version of the Hermit Kingdom… 🇨🇦 #NoMoreLiberalsAndNDP 🇨🇦 🇨🇦 #SayingTheQuietPartOutLoud 🇨🇦 🇨🇦 #resigntrudeau 🇨🇦 🇨🇦 #JustSayNoMore 🇨🇦 https://www.rebelnews.com/shocking_pickering_city_council_continues_attack_on_free_speech_press_freedom

SEE HOW SHE RUNS! Watch Ya’ara Saks flee when I ask her about her terrorist friend! Ya’ara Saks has abandoned the Jewish community across Canada and even in her own riding. 🇨🇦 #NoMoreLiberalsAndNDP 🇨🇦 🇨🇦 #SayingTheQuietPartOutLoud 🇨🇦 🇨🇦 #resigntrudeau 🇨🇦 🇨🇦 #JustSayNoMore 🇨🇦 https://www.rebelnews.com/see_how_she_runs_watch_ya_ara_saks_flee_when_i_ask_her_about_her_terrorist_friend

This TikTok account pumped out fake war footage with AI — until CBC News investigated! 'AI slop' content represents a worrying trend, expert says https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ai-slop-ukraine-misinformation-1.7407773

“Canada and California both introduced medically assisted dying in 2016. Since then California has had 893 people use the service, while Canada has seen 50,000. They’re trying to include children down to the age of 12, mentally ill, homeless and addicts. Are Canada’s Medically Assisted Policies too permissive?” 🔗 to full video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C-kjpUKOWVP/?igsh=bjgxZ2Z3dHk4NWpq

What effects will a declining Canadian dollar have on the Canadian economy? President-elect Trump’s threatened trade actions against Canada could also exert further downward pressure on the loonie, especially if the Bank of Canada responds to Trump’s actions by making additional rate cuts. For context, it took $1.33 Canadian dollars to purchase one U.S. dollar on January 1, 2024, compared to $1.43 Canadian dollars on December 13, 2024. This represents a substantial depreciation in the Canadian dollar’s value of approximately 7.6 per cent over the period. https://www.fraserinstitute.org/commentary/declining-canadian-dollar-could-stifle-productivity-growth-canada