Is a Hard Currency Standard the Fix for Canada’s Wobbly Economy? Conrad Black Says Yes, But is He Right?

Canadians, brace yourselves for economic bumps in the first half of 2024! That’s the sobering prediction from renowned author and columnist Conrad Black in his recent National Post article, “Hard currency standard the best way to fix Canada’s teetering economy.” But Black doesn’t just paint a gloomy picture; he offers a bold and unconventional solution: […]

NP View: Chinese interference shows Trudeau can’t run a functioning government

This article takes a hard look at the Liberal government’s handling of the Chinese interference in Canada’s elections. It argues that the Liberal’s dismissive response shows that they cannot effectively run the country and are more concerned with protecting their own interests than national security. The author points out that the Liberals have failed to […]

Half the World Faces Starvation Under Net Zero Policies, Say Two Top Climate Scientists

This article from two top American climate scientists highlights the potentially disastrous consequences of Net Zero policies banning the production of nitrogen fertiliser derived from fossil fuels. They conclude that these policies could lead to “worldwide starvation” for billions of people around the world, as crop yields sharply decrease. The authors also criticize the false […]

Conrad Black: Is this a return to global MADness?

In all of these circumstances, the rest of the world has little choice but to assume that Iran and North Korea are about to become nuclear powers, joining the United States, Russia, the United Kingdom, France, China, Israel, India and Pakistan. The thought of the aggressive dictatorships of Iran and North Korea, which in all […]

Rupa Subramanya: How Ottawa exploited our fear to limit our liberties

On June 14, the government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau suspended its controversial vaccine mandates as they applied to federal workplaces and for travel, the two sectors where the federal government had the authority to issue regulations. However, ministers made it clear that the mandates weren’t dead but merely suspended and could be revived if […]

Raymond J. de Souza: Criminal justice has a credibility problem — in Canada as well as the U.S.

Decades of police and prosecutorial abuses have demonstrated that it is right for us to be suspicious The FBI raid on Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home has brought intense focus on America’s criminal justice system. Department of Justice is not in the custom of commenting upon ongoing criminal investigations, but an unusually chatty attorney general, Merrick […]

Hackers steal $611,500 worth of user’s funds by hijacking the Curve Finance homepage

Hackers continue to search for weaknesses in popular decentralized finance protocols, and Curve Finance is the latest platform to fend off an attack. On Tuesday the popular decentralized stablecoin exchange fell victim to a domain name system hijack in which hackers briefly took control of the project’s homepage. The exchange posted a tweet on Tuesday […]

The ECB “Bought Lots Of Italian Gov’t Bonds And Sold Lots Of German Bunds” To Reverse Spread Blowout

In the first data release since the ECB activated PEPP reinvestment flexibility, we find a heavy skew in country allocation, away from core countries like Germany and towards the periphery, especially Italy and Spain, over the month of July 2022. The ECB bought lots of Italian gov’t bonds in June & July and sold lots […]

The U.S. government underestimated the cost of the student loan program by billions

Government Accountability Office finds the U. Department of Education miscalculated the cost of the federal student loan program. From 1997 to 2021, the Education Department estimated that payments from federal direct student loans would generate $114 billion for the government. But the GAO found that, as of 2021, the program has actually cost the government […]

Dozen Crypto Companies Await Portugal License Despite Bank Account Closures

The central bank of Portugal is now reviewing 12 requests from businesses that want to provide crypto-related services in the country. Binance Among Cryptocurrency Platforms Seeking Authorization in Portugal The crypto firms need a license from Banco de Portugal to work in the country, still considered one of Europe’s most crypto-friendly jurisdictions. Among the applicants to enter […]

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