I have not posted the state of affairs here for a while because there's been no need. This group runs itself. There's no need for moderation or management of any sort.
In this day and age I find that amazing. We've accumulated a bit of money because some people are generously contributing and some are passing the word but I haven't distributed any since we did so the last time. There doesn't really seem to be a whole lot of income and so I've let it ride. I'm always open to suggestions but I still think that probably in spite of their flaws the Rebel News is one of the most deserving when we decide to distribute but there are so many others.
I personally contribute to some that I think are worthy and I trust that the rest of you do the same.
At any rate I'd like to thank you all for being here and being such interesting and polite people. I'd like to see more people contribute URLs but I suppose at some point this site could get to be too much to read.
Just thought I'd say thanks.
That version of history explains everything.
It explains the housing crisis. It explains the energy restrictions. It explains the immigration pressure. It explains the economic stagnation. It explains why a sitting Deputy Prime Minister stood in front of graduates at an American university and asked, out loud, whether capitalist democracy still works.
None of what is happening to Canada is an accident.
The Present Is the Evidence
To understand how Canada arrived at this moment, you first have to look honestly at what is happening right now.
Across Canadian media and social media, a coordinated narrative has been building around what is being called the problem of empty bedrooms. On the surface it sounds like a housing conversation. Look closer and it is something else entirely. The pressure being applied, particularly on elderly Canadians and grandparents who have lived in their homes for decades, is to downsize. To give up their multi-bedroom homes. To turn their large homes into apartment blocks. ...
