Reality Bites
Prime Minister Mark Carney vows to get ‘straight to work,’ presents pared-down cabinet – CTVNews
Canada has a new prime minister. Liberal Leader Mark Carney has just sworn the oaths of office and allegiance and is in the midst of presenting his new pared-down cabinet to the Governor General.
#MarkCarney #PrimeMinister #canada
Original source: https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/article/prime-minister-mark-carney-vows-to-get-straight-to-work-presents-pared-down-cabinet/
Bill Gates Gives Up on Climate Change – Futurism
Bill Gates is quietly ending his green energy policy and advocacy organization, laying off employees throughout the US and Europe.
#BillGates #climatechange #DonaldTrump #policy
Original source: https://futurism.com/bill-gates-gives-up-climate-change
UN report accuses Israel of genocidal acts and sexual violence in Gaza | CBC News – CBC
Israel carried out "genocidal acts" against Palestinians by systematically destroying women's health-care facilities during the conflict in Gaza, and used sexual violence as a war strategy, United Nations experts said in a report on Thursday.
Original source: https://t.me/TheNotable/3310
Trump White House has asked U.S. military to develop options for the Panama Canal, officials say – NBC News
Potential plans range from partnering more closely with Panamanian security forces to a less likely option of U.S. troops seizing the canal by force, U.S. officials told NBC News.
Original source: https://t.me/TheNotable/3309
Trump campaigned as a protector of free speech. Critics say his actions as president threaten it – AP News
President Donald Trump campaigned as a champion of free speech, but First Amendment advocates say they’ve never seen freedom of speech under attack the way it has been in his second term.
Original source: https://t.me/TheNotable/3308
Canada sounds alarm at G7: ‘Nobody is safe’ from Trump’s tactics – POLITICO
As U.S. joins foreign ministers’ gathering in Quebec, Mélanie Joly warns counterparts that they are next.
Original source: https://t.me/TheNotable/3307
ANALYSIS | How does Danielle Smith's tariff strategy measure up to that of other premiers? | CBC News – CBC
Premier Danielle Smith is returning to the U.S., this time to talk tariffs at a fundraising gala in Florida for a conservative group. Though her decision has raised some eyebrows, one expert says it fits with her strategy of diplomacy.
Original source: https://t.me/TheNotable/3306
DOGE proposes cutting IRS workforce by a total of nearly 20% – CNN
The Trump administration and Department of Government Efficiency are proposing a dramatic downsizing of the IRS that would result in a nearly 20% reduction of its workforce by May 15 — one month after Tax Day in the United States.
Original source: https://t.me/TheNotable/3305
Democratic states sue Trump over major cuts to the Department of Education – CNN
A new lawsuit from Democratic attorneys general in 20 states and the District of Columbia alleges this week’s mass layoffs at the Department of Education are gutting the agency as a way to implement an unlawful plan by President Donald Trump to dismantle…
Original source: https://t.me/TheNotable/3304
The U.S. Wants Canada to Become A Police State – Macleans.ca – Macleans.ca
Appeasing Trump's border demands only emboldens authoritarians worldwide. Here's why we must resist.
Original source: http://Macleans.ca/
Tesla's Being Accused of Something Unbelievably Sketchy in Canada – Futurism
Over 200 Canadian car dealers are crying foul after Elon Musk's Tesla claimed tens of millions of dollars worth of rebates.
Original source: https://futurism.com/tesla-sales-numbers-canada
Saskatchewan’s budget will include cut to education property taxes – 980 CJME
The cut will result in $100 million less for education from property taxes.
Original source: https://www.cjme.com/2025/03/11/sask-budget-will-include-cut-to-education-property-taxes/
Steam-powered piston system sparks nuclear fusion plasma in Canada – Interesting Engineering
Canadian nuclear fusion company uses Magnetized Target Fusion (MTF) approach to achieve its first plasma, 23 years after it was founded.
Original source: https://interestingengineering.com/energy/steam-driven-nuclear-fusion-reactor
Rubio says G7 won't discuss US 'takeover' of Canada – Reuters
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday said the issue of how the United States is going to "take over Canada" will not be discussed at a gathering of G7 foreign ministers due to take place in Canada on Thursday.
Original source: https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/rubio-says-g7-wont-discuss-us-takeover-canada-2025-03-12/?utm_source=reddit.com
Trump takes an ax to more than a dozen pollution rules in rapid-fire deregulation | CNN – CNN
The Trump administration is rolling back several major climate policies, including two rules that target planet-warming pollution from vehicles and power plants, in a major blow to America’s progress on climate action.
Original source: https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/12/climate/trump-ev-power-plant-rollbacks/index.html
Elon Musk Reportedly Wants the Government to Shut Down So He Can Do Something Dark – Futurism
Unelected White House official Elon Musk is desperate for the federal government to grind to a halt — so he can continue dismantling it.
Original source: https://futurism.com/elon-musk-government-shutdown
Russian State Media Targets New Canadian Liberal Party Leader Mark Carney – DisinfoWatch – DisinfoWatch
Sputnik, a Russian state media outlet, has published an article targeting Mark Carney, the newly elected leader of the Liberal Party of Canada and incoming Prime Minister. The article frames…
Original source: https://disinfowatch.org/disinfo/russian-state-media-targets-new-canadian-liberal-party-leader-mark-carney/
German spy agency concluded COVID virus likely leaked from lab, papers say – Reuters
Germany's foreign intelligence service in 2020 put at 80%-90% the likelihood that the coronavirus behind the COVID-19 pandemic was accidentally released from China's Wuhan Institute of Virology, two German newspapers reported on Wednesday.
Original source: https://t.me/TheNotable/3294
