"Russian dictator Vladimir Putin invaded his neighbouring democracy, Ukraine, militarily. Donald Trump is taking on the look of a Putin of the West – a smaller version, in that his assault on his neighbouring democracy is mainly economic. So far.

"He will pay for making an enemy of Canada. And following short-term pain, for Canada there will be gain. A nation’s strength doesn’t derive from dependence, but rather the opposite – and the President’s bid to Americanize Canada will lead to more de-Americanization in this country than ever before."

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The U.S. President’s efforts to Americanize this country appears to be backfiring completely

We've seen that smile before.

Now where could that have been?

Salesman?

"Well, I don't think you can be in a tit for tat with someone that's 13 times larger than you are," he said. 

"I mean we're not at war with Canada. How are we going to be at war with Canada? What, are they going to take their two submarines from the Edmonton mall and sic them on us?"

Trump's base must love this. What about the other 70 million voters?

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People using the application will see the new name in U.S., but will see Lake Ontario in Canada. Outside of North America, users will see both names for the lake.

Freshslice CEO ordered to pay $85K for anti-Muslim, anti-Iranian comments.

"The BC Human Rights Tribunal (BCHRT) has ordered the CEO of a major Canadian pizza chain to pay a former employee $85,000 plus interest for creating a "toxic work environment" through "derogatory comments about Muslim and Iranian people."

Tribunal evidence against Ray Russell, CEO of Vancouver-founded Freshslice Pizza, included an audio recording of Russell using a profanity while telling an employee they have “third … world mentalities” that “have no place in Canada.”

The tribunal’s decision, issued Aug. 12 and released publicly this week, included an award against both Russell personally and against Freshslice Holdings Ltd.

The payment includes $45,000 in lost wages to complainant Behrooz Rabiei. He resigned as a marketing manager in January 2021, after Russell reassigned much of Rabiei's work to others, leaving Rabiei with what the tribunal said was little meaningful work."