https://freerepublic.com/tag/canadiansareweasels/ en-us Tue, 18 Nov 2025 12:15:29 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4353139/posts The Palestinian flag was raised this morning at Toronto City Hall despite fierce grassroots and institutional political resistance. The flag-raising ceremony has been planned since Canada conditionally recognized Palestinian statehood in September. It was facing fierce pushback from Canadian Jewish advocacy group Tafsik, and more than 25,000 people have signed a petition to halt the plans. But despite the furor, the flag was raised over the Canadian building this morning. Groups of supporters looked on in glee as the black, white, green and red flag waved in the wind. Others took smiling selfies with it fluttering in the background. Attendees... UK Daily Mail https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4353139/posts#comment Tue, 18 Nov 2025 12:15:29 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4350466/posts Furious passengers have blasted Canada's national airline and train company for displaying land acknowledgments. A land acknowledgement is an increasingly common practice that recognizes an area as the traditional homeland of indigenous peoples. One traveler who recently used both Air Canada and Via Rail, the country's taxpayer-funded train operator, shared images of the signage on social media. Air Canada's display, written in French, read: 'Air Canada recognizes the ancestral and traditional indigenous territories it overflies.' Written in English, the train's sign stated: 'Via Rail acknowledges the ancestral and traditional indigenous territories on which our trains operate.' The posts sparked a... UK Daily Mail https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4350466/posts#comment Mon, 3 Nov 2025 19:40:26 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4350403/posts Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney has apologized to President Donald Trump for an ad criticizing his tariff policies. When speaking to reporters Saturday after the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit in Gyeongju, South Korea, Carney admitted he had told Trump he was sorry, NBC News reported. “I did apologize,” Carney stated. The news comes after Trump said October 25 the United States would impose an additional 10 percent tariff on Canadian imports after it aired an advertisement featuring altered audio and video of former President Ronald Reagan to undermine Trump’s tariff policy, Breitbart News reported. … Breitbart https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4350403/posts#comment Mon, 3 Nov 2025 14:38:03 GMT