Jul 4 2023 — Tasha Kheiriddin — National Post — It’s camping season in Canada — but not in the usual sense. From Penticton to Prince Edward Island, urban landscapes have become dotted with tent cities. Homeless encampments have been “visibly rising” according to the Canadian Human Rights Commission. Statistics Canada reports that on a given night, 25,000 to 35,000 people may be experiencing homelessness, […]
Jul 3 2023 — Tasha Kheiriddin — Substack — The funeral has begun. The pyres are lit; the mourners are weeping. RIP, Canadian media industry, we hardly knew ye. Between mergers, acquisitions, closures, and layoffs, you didn’t stand a chance. And then came Bill C-18. The legislation, passed last week, compels internet behemoths Meta and Google to compensate Canadian news outlets in exchange for […]
Jun 27 2023 — Tasha Kheiriddin — National Post — This past weekend both my daughter and I celebrated our birthdays. The teenagers staged an elaborate version of the Hunger Games in the Ontario countryside (water guns and nerf arrows, no knives), while the grownups sipped wine and tried to ignore their newsfeeds. This was a futile endeavour. Between the Wagner Group’s aborted march on […]
Jun 20 2023 — Tasha Kheiriddin — National Post — Four federal byelections have come and gone, and on the surface, it looks like nothing has really changed. People’s Party of Canada Leader Maxime Bernier failed spectacularly in his quest to pry the Manitoba riding of Portage—Lisgar from the Conservatives. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s pal, Anna Gainey, romped to victory for the Liberals in the […]
Jun 13 2023 — Tasha Kheiriddin — National Post — This week, the Canadian Supreme Court is one judge lighter. Justice Russell Brown, appointed by Prime Minister Stephen Harper, retired in the wake of a misconduct investigation by the Canadian Judicial Council. Brown allegedly had engaged in harassing and disorderly conduct at a resort in Arizona. Brown’s counsel vigorously disputed this as a concocted social […]
Jun 6 2023 — Tasha Kheiriddin — National Post — With all the issues swirling about Ottawa these days, it’s hard to see the forest for the trees. What could crater the Liberals’ approval numbers? What could topple the government? What could be the ballot question? Clearly, no one has figured that out. The latest Leger poll has the Liberal Party at 32 per cent, […]
Jun 4 2023 — Tasha Kheiriddin — Substack — For over 150 years, Canada’s greatest love affair has been with the United States. Cohabitating the same continent, the US is our staunchest ally, strongest defender and largest economic partner, accounting for over 960.9 billion in trade in 2022. Nestled under the eagle’s wing, we’ve gotten away with spending a scant 1.4% of our GDP […]
May 16 2023 — Tasha Kheiriddin — National Post — Haven’t heard of Bill C-13, An Act to Amend the Official Languages Act? Don’t beat yourself up — it’s hardly been front page news. While MPs howled about such weighty matters as passport redesign and prime ministerial travel, Bill C-13 quietly became law, in a rare moment of near-unanimity. Only one MP, Liberal Anthony Housefather, […]
May 14 2023 — Tasha Kheiriddin — Substack — By now, you have probably heard of Centre Ice Canadians. The group was co-founded a year ago by former two-time Conservative leadership candidate Rick Peterson. It made its debut as Centre Ice Conservatives, during the Conservative leadership process, holding a policy conference in Edmonton, followed by similar events in Halifax and Toronto. It published numerous […]
May 9 2023 — Tasha Kheiriddin — National Post — “Persona non grata.” In diplomatic circles, those three words are the equivalent of excommunication. Under Article 9 of the 1963 Vienna Convention for Diplomatic Relations, to which Canada is a party, a country can declare any member of another nation’s diplomatic corps persona non grata “at any time and without having to explain its decision.” […]
May 8 2023 — Tasha Kheiriddin — Substack — “Quebec caught in a trap. French forced into decline. Its political influence doomed. 12 million residents in Montreal. Quebec with 5 million. Ottawa’s grand plan explained. Justin is smarter than we think. They want to assimilate us all. All this, without any debate. Two catastrophic scenarios.” Forget King Charles III’s coronation or the Liberal Party […]
May 2 2023 — Tasha Kheiriddin — National Post — When it comes to Chinese Communist Party (CCP) interference in Canadian affairs, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is running out of runway. Not a week goes by that doesn’t bring fresh revelations about just how badly Canada’s national security has been compromised under his watch. This week, Conservative MP Michael Chong learned from a Globe and […]
Apr 25 2023 — Tasha Kheiriddin — National Post — Will the PSAC strike be to the NDP as the Freedom Convoy was to the Conservatives? As 155,000 public sector workers remain on strike across the country, NDP leader Jagmeet Singh joined picket lines last week in Ottawa. “These are workers that were the ones that delivered so much important supports for Canadians when we […]
Apr 18 2023 — Tasha Kheiriddin — National Post — Is CBC government funded media? That’s the hottest question for the twitterverse this week — and for our politicians. According to a particularly juvenile post by Twitter CEO Elon Musk, it is — to the tune of 69 per cent. Not to be outdone, Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre warbled, “There. Now everyone is happy,” after […]
Apr 16 2023 — Tasha Kheiriddin — Substack — What were you doing last Friday afternoon at 12 PM eastern standard time? Chances are, you weren’t glued to a screen watching the hearings of the Procedure and House Affairs Committee, aka the Katie Telford Show. In much of Canada, the sun was shining, the birds were chirping, and there were better things to do […]