Internet Image Ottawa HEIGHTENED ANTISEMITISM IN CANADA AND HOW TO CONFRONT IT, is a December 2024 Report of the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights from the Canadian Parliament.  Such a Report with recommendations for action was issued for significant social reasons. The daily news cycle has reported hate and violence in Europe, Canada, and the USA, often on university campuses or in central-city public spaces.  Open democracies have been exploited by the dark side, where freedoms have become license for harm, and free speech is used as a cover for hate speech. The Parl ..read more

Image from Noble Horizons In the past, I have been very critical of the mantra “Diversity-Equity-Inclusion” in the marketplace. https://www.westernstandard.news/opinion/forseth-diversity-equity-inclusion-and-the-sleep-of-reason/article_4491ac8c-51c3-11ee-9c74-b7bade940d16.html Now, as major corporations scale back their diversity, equity, and inclusion internal training programs, it's becoming increasingly evident that public sentiment is shifting against DEI. This is a clear sign of the growing awareness and critical thinking in our society. The survey asked “When companies hire people, it i ..read more

Internet source Scott Eisen/TAS23/Getty Taylor Swift's 'Eras Tour', a title that signifies the different phases of her career and the evolution of her music, became a cultural phenomenon as it spanned 149 shows across the globe for nearly two years. The tour was structured to showcase the distinct eras of Swift's music, from her country beginnings to her pop and more recent indie-folk influences. It finally ended Sunday December 8, 2024 in Vancouver BC. Swift's loyal fandom travelled from around the world to sold-out stadiums, where Taylor performed for about 3½ hours each night in a slick c ..read more

Blessed are Canada's young, for they shall inherit the national debt Most provinces have combined government debt burdens that exceed the size of their entire economies After decades of balanced budgets, British Columbia's indebtedness has increased sharply over the last four years and now threatens its credit rating. Writer Paul Forseth points out that BC is not alone: Citing a Fraser Institute study, he points out that combined federal and provincial government debt in seven provinces has surpassed the value of all goods and services produced in those provinces — a dangerous development. A ..read more

 At our peril, we ignore the spiritual side of politics. Immigrants to Canada from Great Britain and France brought their Christian traditions and values, which made the supremacy of God an unspoken assumption in Canadian government. Here, "Where there is no vision, the people perish," taken from the Book of Proverbs Chapter 29, verse 18, is engraved upon the West window of the Peace Tower. We can lament that what the Bible says about politics is little regarded, to our detriment. Canada recently held elections in BC, Saskatchewan, and New Brunswick and will hold elections in Nova Scoti ..read more

Tide is turning blue in BC After years of woke-ism and political correctness, British Columbia's voters have had enough of the NDP. As BC prepares for its October 19th election, the BC Conservatives continue to rise in popularity at the expense of the governing NDP. Polling company Mainstreet posted yesterday that the BC Conservatives stand to win 48 seats with a likelihood of obtaining a majority government at 60%. The NDP stands at a projected 45 seats with a probability of obtaining a majority at 38%. The Greens are at 8.9% and might not elect anyone. Pollster 338Canada has the BC Conserv ..read more

Premier David Eby - NDP BC socialists come face to face with reality on the carbon tax The carbon tax started in BC and will end in BC. BC is only five weeks away from a provincial election, and the NDP government’s political fortunes have dramatically fallen. Desperate to appear to be the defender of the average person dealing with the devastating cost of living, Premier David Eby admits they will drop the carbon tax for consumers and shift the onus to "big polluters" if the federal government removes a legal requirement to keep the tax in place.  This recent statement marks a signifi ..read more

 Let's get 'broken' Canada on the way to recovery "I hope that a renewed sense of the sacred will inspire personal humility." Seven in ten Canadians say they feel the country is ‘broken’. The NDP-Liberal government in Ottawa is ultimately responsible for this. But when problems that reflect the mood are identified, the government says it is just sour Conservatives talking down their own country. In Liberal land, things are not that bad. Over one-third of Canadians say they are less likely to feel proud to be Canadian compared to just a few years ago. The dark clouds are evident when abo ..read more

If the Liberals have a soul, they should be searching it now Given the stunning electoral turnaround in the Toronto St Paul's byelection on June 24, 2024, Trudeau doubled down on his assertion about political survival.  It sounds like Canada will get more of the same from the Liberals for now.  However, the byelection result has opened the door for the usual quieter voices in the Liberal Caucus to go loud.  They might ask about what policy changes they can make.  What can they do in magic policy tricks to change their electoral prospects?  How can the Parliamentary C ..read more

  Eighty years ago, on the morning of June 6, 1944, Allied forces staged an enormous assault on German positions on the beaches of Normandy, France.  The invasion (Operation Overlord) is known by the famous nickname "D-Day".  The letter "D" was a redundancy that meant "big day," but also decision, departure, disembarkation, and doomsday.  Canada commemorates the 80th anniversary of D-Day and the Battle of Normandy this year. In the politics of remembrance, there is the belief that there is a moral obligation to remember.  The meaning of remembrance varies because eac ..read more