So, Carney gets lots of pats on the back for disagreeing with Trump. But on many issues--including fair treatment of immigrants--he's not entirely different. - Gene McGuckin
January 25, 2026
It’s been a month since Prime Minister Mark Carney cancelled the caregiver permanent residency program, at least for 2026. He did it on December 19th – the Friday before Christmas, one day after International Migrants Day.
In the coming days, detractors loyal to the regime and the more quibbling moderates who deplore what the regime is doing but equally deplore doing anything to stop it, will try to tell us that the general strike today accomplished nothing- that business is already returning to normal and a one day general strike in one metro won't change anything in the long run.
The judge’s ruling could reinforce the right of journalists to report from inside police ‘exclusion zones.’
A trial beginning this week in B.C. Supreme Court could help clarify the rights of Canadians to protest, the ability of the media to cover those events, and the consequences for police when they violate reporters’ constitutional rights.
Police have raided the home of one of India’s leading environmental activists over claims his campaigning for a treaty to cut the use of fossil fuels was undermining the national interest.
Investigators from India’s Enforcement Directorate (ED) claim Harjeet Singh and his wife, Jyoti Awasthi, co-founders of Satat Sampada (Nature Forever), were paid almost £500,000 to advocate for a fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty (FFNPT).
