Conservative Actor Kelsey Grammer Makes a Point About the Future of Politics That Every Trump Supporter Should Hear (VIDEO)

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/12/conservative-actor-kelsey-grammer-makes-point-about-future/

Kelsey Grammer is one of those rare Hollywood types who is very open about the fact that he is a conservative Republican and Trump supporter. There are a few others but they are definitely a minority in the entertainment industry.

Grammer recently appeared on Tomi Lahren’s podcast and made a point about where we are as a country and where things are headed politically. It is something that every Trump supporter needs to hear.

Grammer goes over some examples of recent left wing extremism and then reminds everyone that while Trump has absorbed everything that the left has thrown at him, he is no longer standing ‘in the gap’ as Grammer puts it. The left is coming after all of us and at the end of the day, we are all basically on our own as people. It’s not a criticism of Trump as much as it is just common sense. Continue…

BREAKING: Brown University Shooter Claudio Neves-Valente Found DEAD From Self-Inflicted Gunshot Wound Inside New Hampshire Storage Unit… Not a US Citizen

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/12/breaking-suspected-brown-university-shooter-found-dead-self/

The suspected Brown University shooter has been found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound inside of a storage unit in Salem, New Hampshire, on Thursday evening.

The suspected shooter was found dead six days after he opened fire at Brown University and killed two students and critically wounded nine.

The shooter has been identified as 48-year-old Claudio Neves-Valente. He was a Brown University student and a Portuguese national. Continue…

Fed Up with Islam, James Woods Issues Savage Statement That Will Offend Every Muslim on Earth, But Could Give Hope to Everyone Else

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/12/fed-islam-james-woods-issues-savage-statement-will/

Western Civilization needs to have an honest conversation about Islam after Sunday’s deadly shooting at Australia’s Bondi Beach, as it is by no means a stand-alone affair.

Actor James Woods is someone who realizes this, as his Wednesday post on social media platform X showed. Woods noted that the shooters that day in Sydney, Australia, targeted Jews celebrating Hanukkah.

He also pointed to the genocide of Christians taking place in Nigeria.

The common thread, he pointed out, is Islamic terrorists.

“It isn’t just about who is being killed,” Woods wrote. “It’s more about who’s doing the killing. It is, of course, Islamic terrorism. The jihad to eradicate ‘infidels’ and occupy their nations is in full swing.

“The only way to stop it is to state the facts out loud. And the facts are that Islam is a plague intent on ending any semblance of civilization as the enlightened world now knows it.” Continue…

ROYAL PALS: Photo Surfaces Showing Clinton Took Epstein and Maxwell to King of Morocco’s Wedding in 2002

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/12/royal-pals-photo-surfaces-showing-clinton-took-epstein/

Bill, Jeff and Gmax partying around the world.

While Bill and Hillary Clinton spend their last days of 2025 searching for ways to avoid testifying before Congress in January, the deluge of damaging information linking the former president with the late pedophile keeps intensifying.

Now, we learn that Bill Clinton asked Moroccan King Mohammed VI to bring two guests to his 2002 wedding – Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.

Daily Mail reported: Continue…

WHOA: Russia’s Putin Calls Euro-Globalist Leaders ‘Piglets’ Soon To Be Replaced (VIDEO)

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/12/whoa-russias-putin-calls-euro-globalist-leaders-piglets/

Putin is not playing games.

While the peace negotiations between the US, Ukraine and the ‘allied’ European ‘powers’ proceed at a very fast pace, but with so far dubious results, Russia awaits this weekend’s Miami meeting between Vladimir Putin’s envoys Yuri Ushakov and Kirill Dmitriev and the US negotiators, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.

In the meantime, the Euro-Globalists have unleashed a barrage of statements from various military, diplomatic and political leaders about the need to escalate and rearm against Russia.

They insisted on being part of the peace negotiations, only to disrupt it with the most obscene statements, such as: Top British General Warns That UK Families Must Be Ready To Lose Sons and Daughters in a War Against Russia.

So, of course, that is generating a strong reaction in Moscow, leading the usually more circumspect Putin to say that European ‘piglets’ that are prompting Ukraine to keep fighting are about to lose power, and that Russian forces will accomplish the objectives of the Special Military Operation. Continue…

WAR: Furious European Farmers Invade Brussels to Protest EU Trade Deal With Mercosur (VIDEOS)

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/12/war-furious-european-farmers-invade-brussels-protest-eu/

European farmers are battling EU suicidal ‘green’ policies.

Many people see the European farmers as pampered agriculturalists addicted to a good subsidy – but the reality is not that simple.

Under the EU draconian ‘green’ laws, they are subjected to impossible conditions and restrictions to produce food – only to, then, watch politicians turn around and make trade agreements with the South American bloc Mercosur, where farmers grow unexpensive food without any of Brussels’ limitations.

Time and time again, in the last couple of year, we’ve seen the furious farmers march on Brussels, and today was no different – only larger and angrier. Continue…

U.S. Approves Largest-Ever Military Package for Taiwan — $11 Billion in Precision Weapons

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/12/u-s-approves-largest-ever-military-package-taiwan/

The Trump administration has approved one of its largest-ever arms packages for Taiwan, with total sales valued at up to $11 billion.

The move is intended to strengthen Taiwan’s ability to defend itself against China, but it is almost certain to provoke anger in Beijing.

The package covers a wide range of weapons and systems, including missiles, drones, artillery, and advanced battlefield software.

The most significant item is the HIMARS rocket system, which has played a major role in Ukraine’s defense against Russia.

Taiwan will also receive self-propelled howitzers and a new digital command network that allows military units to share real-time information during operations. Continue…

EU Folds On Russian Asset 'Reparations', Commits $105BN Loan To Ukraine

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/eu-commits-105bn-loan-ukraine-fails-steal-russian-assets-reparations

Europe has folded rather quickly on EU leaders' controversial plan to confiscate Russian assets held in Belgium's depository Euroclear to use as a reparations loan for Ukraine.

On Friday it became clear in the two day Brussels summit the EU was unable to agree on the plan, but instead has opted to raise €90 billion ($105 billion) in joint borrowing, with Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia choosing not to take part.

Not only had objecting member states like Hungary sent EU leaders scrambling to circumvent a normal vote, but Belgium has remained unwavering in insisting on unlimited guarantees tied to assets held on its territory.

Fearing immediate Russian retaliation, Belgium wanted assurance that the rest of the EU would step in and absorb whatever retaliatory measures, including lawsuits, would result from the asset seizure.

Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever recently summed up the dilemma best: "We do not wish to be at war with Russia. We must negotiate based on reality, not fantasy. In reality, you don’t steal money from a foreign central bank. Stealing from a central bank is like robbing an embassy." Continue…

More Islamic Terror Attacks Against Christmas Markets Foiled In Europe

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/more-islamic-terror-attacks-against-christmas-markets-foiled-europe

Authorities across Europe have thwarted two more Islamist-inspired terror plots targeting Christmas markets in as many days, with arrests in Germany and Poland adding to a relentless wave of threats that has placed the West under daily assault from radical extremists intent on exploiting open borders and soft security measures.

German authorities have arrested a 21-year-old man from Central Asia on suspicion of plotting an Islamist-motivated terror attack against large crowds at a Christmas market in Magdeburg—the same location where a Saudi national carried out a deadly vehicle ramming last year, killing six and injuring hundreds. Continue…

Why Should Americans Die For European Tyranny?

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/why-should-americans-die-european-tyranny

After the European Commission levied a several-hundred-million-dollar fine on Elon Musk and his social media platform X earlier this month, journalist Michael Shellenberger wrote a damning post in which he excoriated Europe’s rank censorship and state-sponsored propaganda. He accused the commission of engaging “in a deception campaign aimed at confusing” Europeans and Americans into thinking that European elites’ “goal” is anything other than “to censor the American people.”

Shellenberger pointed out that Musk’s fine came while European governments are demanding backdoor access to all private text messages (under the pretense of combatting the transmission of child pornography) and creating a so-called “Democracy Shield” of government-funded “fact-checkers” that enables “censorship by proxy.” He also noted that the European Commission announced the fine to coincide with the rollout of the Trump administration’s new National Security Strategy, in which President Trump makes this promise: “We will oppose elite-driven, anti-democratic restrictions on core liberties in Europe, the Anglosphere, and the rest of the democratic world, especially among our allies.”

Shellenberger put two and two together to make a provocative observation: Continue…

British Teachers To "Spot Misogyny" In Boys And Target Them For Reeducation

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/uk-tackle-national-emergency-over-misogyny-behavioral-courses-children

For years UK officials turned a blind eye to rape gangs because it might look racist to crack down on foreigners. Now, suddenly, the real problem is young boys who are 'radicalized' into becoming misogynists. The only solution is of course Orwellian; and includes an agenda to reeducate British boys showing "signs of misogyny" (anti-wokeness).

According to the BBC, teachers will be given training to spot and "tackle" misogyny in the classroom, while high-risk pupils could be sent on behavior courses as part of the government's strategy to halve violence against women and girls (VAWG).

The goal is to 'prevent the radicalization of young men' by addressing misogyny early in order to prevent escalation into violence. Safeguarding minister Jess Phillips called violence against women and girls a "national emergency," adding that the government's goal is to be "so ambitious that we change culture."

"What definitely does not exist yet, [is] if teachers are seeing signs of sexually harmful behaviour or are worried about the attitude of pupils with regard to misogyny… teachers currently don't have anywhere specialist or targeted to send those pupils," Phillips told BBC Radio 4.

Under a new £20 million program over three years; Continue…

Russia Sentences UK 'Mercenary' To 13 Years In Prison Camp After Capture In Ukraine

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/russia-sentences-uk-mercenary-13-years-prison-camp-after-capture-ukraine

Foreign fighters continue to play a role on both sides of the Russia-Ukraine war. In the latest example, on Thursday Russian prosecutors announced that a British national who fought alongside Ukrainian forces has been sentenced to 13 years in a high-security penal colony after being captured on the battlefield.

The Prosecutor General’s Office identified the man as 30-year-old Hayden Davies, and described he had been fighting on behalf of Ukrainian forces. He was tried in a court in Russian-controlled Donetsk.

He reportedly confessed to traveling to Ukraine to join the International Legion, which is made up of foreign volunteers fighting for Ukraine's military against Russia, and received monthly payments of between $400 and $500.

Russian court authorities released footage of him being questioned while behind bars, wherein he's seen with his head having been freshly shaven as is common with prisoners.

Some speculate his answers may have been given under coercion, but he's seen on camera nodding in the affirmative when asked if he's guilty of the charges.

The UK government has been formally petitioning Moscow that he should be considered a prisoner of war and not a mercenary.

But instead he's being treated as a mercenary, which means he does not receive the customary protections under the Geneva Conventions

Davies is originally from Southampton, previously served in the British military, and has a family back home. According to Sky News: Continue…

Hysterical Debbie Wasserman-Schultz Declares Trump Larger Threat Than Islamic Terrorism

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/hysterical-debbie-wasserman-schultz-declares-trump-larger-threat-islamic-terrorism

The Democrat Party has taken a break from comparing President Donald Trump to Adof Hitler to warn that the president is a larger threat to the United States than Islamic jihad.

The hysterical remarks came during a Tuesday appearance on NewsNation's "On Balance," where host Leland Vittert asked Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) whether Islamophobia or jihad posed the larger threat to American life and values, following the recent terror attack targeting Jews at Bondi Beach that killed 15 people and wounded dozens more.

“I think we have to focus, quite frankly, on, if we’re worried about the threat to American values, on the person who’s in the White House. I mean, we have a president,” Schultz, who is Jewish, said. “Yeah, I’m going there because we have a president who has completely undermined our democracy.”

“So you don’t see jihad, you don’t see this as a problem?” a stunned Vittert asked. Continue…

China Sues Sen. Schmitt And Others For Defamation Over COVID-19 Lawsuit

https://www.zerohedge.com/covid-19/china-sues-sen-schmitt-and-others-defamation-over-covid-19-lawsuit

Years ago, I called the pandemic arguably the greatest case of negligence in the history of torts. However, with millions dead and hundreds of billions expended, it was unlikely that China would ever be truly held accountable for its actions. Those failures include not only the alleged release of the virus from the Wuhan lab but also China’s concealment of the release until it had spread globally. A $24 billion judgment was secured in Missouri earlier this year, but China defied the verdict.

Now, it has countersued, naming former Missouri Attorney General and now Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., among others as defendants. Even by the standards of the Chinese legal system, this action is legally absurd. However, in the CCP-controlled court system, the verdict is little in doubt. Continue…

Trump Announces ‘Patriot Games’ for U.S. 250th Anniversary: Two High School Athletes from Each State to Compete

https://www.breitbart.com/sports/2025/12/18/trump-announces-patriot-games-for-u-s-250th-anniversary-two-high-school-athletes-from-each-state-to-compete/

President Trump announced plans for a “Patriot Games” event next year that will ask for two top high school athletes from each state (one male, one female) to compete in various sporting events.

The president announced the Patriot Games events with the launch of Freedom 250, an organization that will plan and lead efforts to commemorate the nation’s 250th anniversary.

“One of the events that will be featured as part of the festivities will be what Trump called the ‘first-ever Patriot Games, an unprecedented four-day athletic event featuring the greatest high school athletes — one young man and one young woman from each state and territory,'” noted The Hill.

The Patriot Games will reportedly take place in autumn 2026.

“Other events planned for 2026 include a ‘Great American State Fair’ that will feature exhibits from all 50 states on the National Mall from June 25-July 10; an Independence Day celebration that will include fireworks and a military flyover; and an Ultimate Fighting Championship event that will take place at the White House on June 14,” added The Hill.

Trump said in a video announcing the Patriot Games that people would have a “good time.”

“Already, we’ve had big celebrations to commemorate the 250th birthdays of the Army, the Navy and the United States Marines, but there is much, much more to come,” he said before adding that the games will be “an unprecedented four-day athletic event featuring the greatest high school athletes, one young man and one young woman from each state and territory.”

“But I promise there will be no men playing in women’s sports,” he added.

Australian PM announces plan to buy guns from public after Bondi attack

https://www.rt.com/news/629770-australia-gun-buyback-plan/

The government has moved to tighten gun laws in light of the incident

The Australian government has announced plans for a national gun buyback following last week’s mass shooting at Bondi Beach in Sydney. The scheme is expected to take hundreds of thousands of weapons out of circulation, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Friday.

The Bondi Beach shooting left at least 15 people dead, and more than two dozen injured. The attackers, who allegedly pledged allegiance to the terrorist group Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS), targeted a Hanukkah celebration organized by the local Jewish community.

Police said one of the shooters had held a firearms license and legally owned six registered guns, all of which were recovered from the scene.

Albanese has made domestic gun policy a central focus of the government’s response. On Monday, Australia’s state and territory leaders agreed to pursue tougher national firearms rules. Continue…

Liberal candidate fined after Elections Canada finds illegal loan scheme

https://www.rebelnews.com/liberal_candidate_fined_after_elections_canada_finds_illegal_loan_scheme

According to a decision released by the Commissioner of Canada Elections, two $1,600 loans issued on February 26, 2020, to the federal campaign of Neelam Brar, the Liberal candidate in Burnaby South during the 43rd general election, were improperly sourced.

A former Liberal candidate in Metro Vancouver was hit with a fine after Elections Canada concluded that her campaign accepted illegal contributions disguised as multiple loans.

According to a decision released by the Commissioner of Canada Elections, two $1,600 loans issued on February 26, 2020, to the federal campaign of Neelam Brar, the Liberal candidate in Burnaby South during the 43rd general election, were improperly sourced.

While the loans were reported as coming from two separate contributors, Elections Canada determined that the money used to purchase both certified cheques actually came from a single individual: Naib Brar.

In total, the loans amounted to $4,800 and remained outstanding with the campaign until they were repaid in 2022.

Under the Canada Elections Act, an individual’s contribution limit includes not just direct donations, but also unpaid loans and any guaranteed amounts during a contribution period. In 2019, the annual limit was $1,600, rising to $1,625 in 2020 and $1,650 in 2021.

The Commissioner found there were reasonable grounds to believe Naib Brar exceeded the legal contribution limit by funding multiple loans that were reported as coming from different sources, a practice prohibited under federal election law.

Following a review, the Commissioner imposed an administrative monetary penalty of $500.

Canada slips out of global top tier for freedom after years of Liberal overreach

https://www.rebelnews.com/canada_doesn_t_make_the_top_10_freest_places_on_earth

Once ranked among the world’s freest countries under Stephen Harper, Canada now sits 12th as emergency powers, financial crackdowns, and speech regulation reshape the national record on liberty. Continue…

Miraculous! Christian Heritage Month flag raised at Vaughan City Hall

https://www.rebelnews.com/miraculous_christian_heritage_month_flag_raised_at_vaughan_city_hall

Certainly, what happened in Vaughan last Monday was a welcome change of pace when it comes to the Christian faith. Continue…

Premier Moe says there's 'more that needs to happen' to address immigration crisis

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Saskatchewan's premier argues the federal government's immigration policy should be focused "almost exclusively" on economic immigration that benefits Canada. Continue…

European farmers revolt over cattle cull order

https://www.rebelnews.com/european_farmers_revolt_over_cattle_cull_order

Farmers in Europe are concerned over cull orders wiping out herds of cattle and a new trade deal with a bloc of South American countries, including agriculture giant Brazil. Continue…

'Completely unsustainable': Conservative immigration critic speaks out amid crisis in Canada

https://www.rebelnews.com/_completely_unsustainable_conservative_immigration_critic_speaks_out_amid_crisis_in_canada

Conservative immigration critic Michelle Rempel Garner recently spoke with Ezra Levant about what needs to be done to stop Canada's mass immigration crisis. Continue…

Freedom Convoy protester appeals after judge dismissed challenge to frozen bank accounts

https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/freedom-convoy-protester-appeals-after-judge-dismissed-challenge-to-frozen-bank-accounts/

Protestor Evan Blackman’s legal team argues Trudeau’s Emergencies Act-based bank account freezes were punitive state action tied directly to protest participation.

A Freedom Convoy protester whose bank accounts were frozen by the Canadian government says a judge erred after his ruling did not consider the fact that the funds were frozen under the Emergencies Act, as grounds for a stay of proceedings.

In a press release sent out earlier this week, the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF) said that Freedom Convoy protestor Evan Blackman will challenge a court ruling in his criminal case via an appeal with the Ontario Superior Court of Justice. Continue…

I never thought I’d be reading emails like this. A landlord reached out and shared the actual documentation she received for a rental application.

https://breaking-news.ca/i-never-thought-id-be-reading-emails-like-this-a-landlord-reached-out-and-shared-the-actual-documentation-she-received-for-a-rental-application/

It listed guaranteed monthly income, support for a full year, and housing assistance. The total came out to more than many Canadians make working full time and far more than a lot of seniors are trying to live on.

This is not about blaming families.

They didn’t design the system.

It’s about transparency.

This is public money.

Canadians deserve to understand where it’s going and why the public story never seems to match what’s happening on the ground.

If we can’t talk openly about it, nothing gets better.

Federal bureaucracy is rotten from the inside out

https://www.rebelnews.com/federal_bureaucracy_is_rotten_from_the_inside_out

From border agents hobnobbing with drug traffickers to justice lawyers faking credentials, the Liberal government’s bloated bureaucracy has turned “transparency” into a sick joke, slapping wrists for serious misconduct while delaying real oversight.

Newly mandated annual reports on misconduct in federal departments paint a picture of entrenched corruption and unaccountability within the Liberal government’s apparatus.

Despite being tasked with guarding our nation’s frontiers, the Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) closed 364 internal investigations in the 2024-25 fiscal year. A staggering 71% (259 cases) were deemed "founded," meaning that there was solid evidence backing the allegations.

The most serious misconduct found associations with known drug traffickers, off-duty possession of illegal substances, theft, and even driving agency vehicles while intoxicated. Other offences included interference in immigration processing, preferential treatment for family members, misuse of law-enforcement databases, and false statements.

These numbers point to more of a pattern than simply a handful of bad apples, with ‘founded cases’ rising steadily – from 238 in 2022-23 to 319 the year prior, dipping only slightly last year. Despite this, consequences remain mild with just four terminations, 14 resignations, and the rest slapped with "counselling," training, or minor reprimands. No details on locations or specifics, of course, because privacy concerns shield further accountability.

Worse still, the CBSA – an agency of 17,000 employees wielding immense power over travellers and immigrants – continues to operate without any meaningful public oversight. Legislation to expand the RCMP's watchdog to cover CBSA received royal assent over a year ago, in October 2024, but as of December 2025, there's still no chairperson appointed.

How convenient that Canadians are left trusting an agency with hundreds of breaches to police itself.

Meanwhile, over at the Department of Justice (the very institution meant to uphold the rule of law), a separate first-ever report discloses 37 employees disciplined for misconduct, as first reported by Blacklock’s. Continue…

Carney Says Dairy Supply Management ‘Never on the Table’ as US Trade Rep Cites It as USMCA Renewal Condition

https://www.theepochtimes.com/world/carney-says-dairy-supply-management-never-on-the-table-as-us-trade-rep-cites-it-as-usmca-renewal-condition-5960201?ea_src=ca-frontpage&ea_med=carney-says-dairy-supply-management-%E2%80%98never-on-the-table%E2%80%99-as-us-trade-rep-cites-it-as-usmca-renewal-condition-0

Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada’s supply management system is off-limits in response to comments Dec. 17 from U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer that the policy is one of the major roadblocks to reaching a Canada-U.S. trade deal.

Carney’s comments came in the context of media questions about when a U.S.-Canada sectoral deal can be reached, with Carney saying it’s “unlikely” that will happen before the joint review of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) next July.

“We'll continue to protect supply management,” Carney said Dec. 18 during an unrelated press conference in Ottawa alongside Ontario Premier Doug Ford. “Supply management is never on the table.”

Ford added that the issue is not relevant in any case, as the United States has not been exceeding its dairy product quota to Canada in recent years and thus hasn’t been subject to the triple-digit tariff rate that applies under the supply management system.

Canada’s supply management system establishes quotas for producers of dairy products, poultry, and eggs in order to control supply and prices. It also sets tariff-rate quotas for eggs, dairy products, and poultry imported into Canada in order to protect domestic producers from competition. The tariffs only kick in if imports to Canada cross a certain threshold.

Greer listed Canada’s dairy policies as one of the impediments to the United States renewing the USMCA during closed-door meetings with two committees in the U.S. Congress. He also said in remarks released Dec. 17 that Canada’s digital streaming regulations and provincial bans on U.S. alcohol are making the United States hesitate in renewing the USMCA. Continue…

Calgary Council Votes to Ban Raising Other Nations’ Flags at City Hall

https://www.theepochtimes.com/world/calgary-council-votes-to-ban-raising-other-nations-flags-at-city-hall-5960215?ea_src=ca-frontpage&ea_med=calgary-council-votes-to-ban-raising-other-nations%E2%80%99-flags-at-city-hall-0

Calgary City Council has voted to ban the raising of foreign national flags at City Hall weeks after a Palestinian flag was raised for the first time at the venue amid backlash.

Council voted to remove sections of its Flag Policy to prohibit foreign flags from being raised at City Hall. The motion was introduced at its Dec. 15 regular council meeting by Coun. Dan McLean, who said the policy had become a “source of division within our community.”

“In recent months, this practice has been in use in ways that I’ve seen have inflamed tensions, including instances where flag raisings have been associated with anti-Semitic behavior and messaging,” McLean said during the council meeting.

He added that City Hall should be a place of “neutrality, unity, and respect” for all residents.

“When City Hall becomes a venue for geopolitical expressions, it places the city in the middle of conflicts that are well beyond our municipal mandates,” McLean said.

McLean said Calgary would continue to celebrate the “rich diversity” of the city through events, festivals, and community-led initiatives in neighborhoods. Continue…

Tim Hortons Franchisee Rehires Staff After Backlash Over ‘Canadian Workers’ Being Let Go

https://www.theepochtimes.com/world/tim-hortons-franchisee-rehires-staff-after-backlash-about-canadian-workers-being-let-go-5960238?ea_src=ca-frontpage&ea_med=medium-2

Tim Hortons says one of its franchisees in Grimsby, Ont., has committed to rehire staff after backlash in the community over the reported dismissal of the majority of workers at four locations.

Tim Hortons posted a public statement in response to Conservative MP Dean Allison who asked the coffee and donut chain what its franchisee is doing, saying, “Are you firing all Canadian workers?” His Dec. 18 comment came after a post by someone who said they’re one of the employees being let go on the Grimsby Community Page group on social media, expressing concern that the incoming hires would be international workers.

The Epoch Times contacted Tim Hortons for comment on the claim but didn’t immediately hear back.

The company said in its Dec. 18 public statement in response to Allison that the matter came up when a franchisee in Grimsby who plans to retire sold his restaurant to another “local franchisee.”

“Following discussions between the two franchisees, existing team members were told that their employment would end with the sale of the restaurant. We believe this was a bad outcome,” the company posted on X.

“The selling franchisee has apologized to his team and provided letters today that reconfirm their continued employment. Assuming the sale goes through, the buying franchisee has committed that he will maintain the employment of all the existing team members.” Continue…

Ottawa Tightens Rules on Precursor Chemicals for Fentanyl, Meth

https://www.theepochtimes.com/world/ottawa-tightens-rules-on-precursor-chemicals-for-fentanyl-meth-5960464?ea_src=ca-frontpage&ea_med=medium-1

Health Canada says it has revised regulations for precursor chemicals and manufacturing equipment used in the production of illegal synthetic drugs like fentanyl and methamphetamine as another step to strengthen border security and disrupt the illegal drug trade.

The amended regulations under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act mandate compulsory reporting of suspicious transactions related to precursors.

The changes expand the criteria for the sale of specific health products that include ephedrine or pseudoephedrine, aiming to reduce the likelihood of diversion to illicit markets, according to information published in the government’s Canada Gazette. Both ephedrine and pseudoephedrine have an established history of misuse and diversion to the illegal production of methamphetamine, the Dec. 17 post says.

Licensed companies are required to implement “reasonable measures” to prevent the diversion of such chemicals to illegal markets or uses, the publication says. Health Canada will also limit the availability of drug manufacturing equipment such as pill presses and will require import registration for certain component parts.

Canada’s drug legislation lists a number of chemicals such as those used in pharmaceuticals, fragrances, and flavouring agents that can also be used as precursors to make illegal drugs like fentanyl and methamphetamine.

Minister of Health Marjorie Michel said the new measures will help address two major issues: drug trafficking and addiction. Continue…

Carney Shuffles Deputy Ministers; Interference Inquiry Commissioner Gets Justice Job

https://www.theepochtimes.com/world/carney-shuffles-deputy-ministers-interference-inquiry-commissioner-gets-justice-job-5960463?ea_src=ca-frontpage&ea_med=medium-0

Prime Minister Mark Carney conducted a major shuffle in the ranks of top public servants, which has included placing the former foreign interference commissioner as number two to Justice Minister Sean Fraser.

The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) announced the change on Dec. 19, a shuffle that was expected in Ottawa.

The move has included shuffling and appointing 12 individuals in new senior roles, while others have been congratulated by Carney on their departure from the public service.

Marie-Josée Hogue, a judge with the Quebec Court of Appeal, has been appointed as deputy minister of justice and deputy attorney general.

Hogue had served as commissioner for the Public Inquiry Into Foreign Interference, which focused on meddling by foreign states in Canada’s democracy. The inquiry began its work in late 2023 and released a final report in January 2025.

Hogue said in her report that foreign states are trying to interfere, but that there’s no evidence that Canadian institutions have been “seriously affected” by these efforts. Continue…