TORONTO – Now that the number crunching has ended, the significance of Trump’s victory is beginning to take hold. Even CNN Newsnetwork and its on-air reporters and phalanx of “experts” seem to be resigned to the new realities, and these resemble the “self-fulfilling prophesies” spread by the fear-mongering cadre of CNN’s vast reservoir of self-defined progressive advocates for ‘anyone but Trump’ movement, prior to the election.
TORONTO – While chaos reigned in Montreal (clashes with the police, smashed windows and cars set on fire), the Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, was dancing and singing at Taylor Swift’s concert in Toronto, exchanging “friendship bracelets” with the young fans of the American artist. Images, those spread on the numerous videos published on social networks, strongly contrasting: on the one hand, a night of terror for the Canadians of Montreal; on the other, “a night like a teenager rather than a prime minister”, as many have written on social networks, for the head of the Canadian government. →
TORONTO – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, in “free fall” in the polls, is playing the pre-Christmas “tax break” card: a two-month suspension of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) and the HST (Harmonized Sales Tax, a harmonized sales tax that is charged only in some provinces of Canada) on basic necessities, children’s clothing and diapers but also restaurants, beer and wine, as well as numerous other products. Not only that: at the beginning of Spring 2025, all Canadians who worked in 2023 and earned up to $150,000 after taxes will receive a “bonus” of $250.
TORONTO – More than 850,000 Canadians under the age of 29 are unemployed and without any post-secondary education or training, which could potentially cost the country billions. The data emerges from a new Deloitte report entitled “Failure to Launch” (you can download and/or read it here: Deloitte-Report-Failure-to-Launch), commissioned by the King’s Trust Canada, a charity founded by King Charles III, which works to create pathways to employment for young people facing barriers, providing them with free professional training, work experience, networking opportunities. →
TORONTO – Once in a lifetime, when super concerts like the Eras Tour of Taylor Swift is held in your backyard, the temptation becomes monumental to not check it out. If people from far away places travel to the city just for this, why not a Torontonian like me. It is very seldom a super show comes to Toronto and the municipal government tries to help and boost the show. After all, it generates millions of dollars for its coffers. Surprisingly, the show is sold out despite the current struggling economy.
