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The Laurentian elite, also referred to as the Laurentian Consensus, is a Canadian political term used to refer to individuals in the upper class of society who live along the St. Lawrence River and watershed in major Central Canadian cities such as Montreal, Ottawa and Toronto, an area which represents a significant portion of Canada’s population. The term has been used to describe the belief that a general governing political consensus existed in Canada due to the influence of the Laurentian elite from Confederation until the early twenty-first century.
Map of the St. Lawrence River watershed, which has over half of Canada's 338 ridings; this region is known to be influential in deciding federal election resultsThe term is generally attributed to John Ibbitson, who wrote extensively about the Laurentian elite following the 2011 Canadian federal election (though he has shared the credit for coining it with University of Toronto academic David Cameron). Ibbitson later expanded his coverage in the book The Big Shift: The Seismic Change in Canadian Politics, Business, and Culture and What It Means for Our Future published in 2013 by Darrell Bricker and Ibbitson, in which the authors argue that the Laurentian Consensus is on course to be replaced by a new political coalition consisting of Western Canada and suburban Ontario. The term has since been adopted by other journalists and political commentators as a shorthand for the Central Canadian establishment.
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"We can't allow the kinds of comments about immigrants that we're hearing coming out the U.S. at the moment. We can't have that in Canada." Chrystia Freeland at the Liberal leadership French Debate. pic.twitter.com/VcRdRNSulb
Chrystia Freeland Says As Prime Minister She Will Stop It by Tyler Durden
Tuesday, Feb 25, 2025 - 07:30 PM
The political left, regardless of whatever country they are in, is notorious for creating emotional drama for the purposes of propaganda. They are also notorious for accusing their ideological opponents of committing the exact kind of crimes they are actually guilty of. Their fundamental strategy is to take the words of their opponents and twist them into a fantastical narrative of villainy. Add a professional agitator personality like Donald Trump into the mix and you have a recipe for pearl clutching on an epic scale.
Trump's calls for tariffs on Canada and Mexico have elicited a highly dramatic response, with both government's pretending as if the policy is an act of war. Specifically, his prodding assertions that Canada should become the "51st state" have Canadian officials in an uproar.
Podcaster Joe Rogan recently noted that when he asked Trump about the controversy, Trump stated that "It was a joke at first, and then he started to think it might be a good idea". Whether one agrees with this or not, anyone with any sense understands that it's highly unlikely for a number of reasons that Canada will ever become part of the United States. It is fun to play with the premise, though.
For Canadian leftists the idea is not a joke. They are treating it as a precursor to US invasion.
Chrystia Freeland, a Canadian MP, Deputy Prime Minister and a member of the World Economic Forum's Board of Trustees, is running with the manufactured outrage. Freeland announced her candidacy for Prime Minister this week and defined her campaign platform almost exclusively as an anti-Trump platform. She claims that her run as PM was inspired by fears that Donald Trump intends to "invade Canada", a threat she intends to courageously stand against.
First and foremost, whenever leftist candidates conjure a story from thin air they often claim an "innocent child asked them a frightening question" which inspired them to take action. In all likelihood the four-year-old girl Freeland talks about doesn't exist other than in her own mind. Second, Freeland is jousting at windmills because no one in the Trump Administration has suggested such an invasion.
President Donald Trump’s national security adviser Mike Waltz told NBC News’ “Meet the Press” he doesn’t think the president has “any plans to invade Canada.” His remarks follow multiple reports that Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told a closed-door meeting of business leaders last week that the Trump administration “keeps talking about absorbing us and making us the 51st state.”
Freeland says Trump represents 'the greatest threat to Canada since WWII'. Oddly, Freeland's own family was a part of that threat. Her Grandfather on her mother's side, Michael Chomiak, was a Ukrainian Nazi collaborator who ran a propaganda newspaper called Krakivski Visti.
The Ukraine Archival Records held by the Province of Alberta has a large file on Chomiak, including his own details about his days editing the newspaper Krakivski Visti. Chomiak noted he edited the paper first in Crakow (Cracow), Poland and then in Vienna. The reason he edited the paper in Vienna was because he had to flee with his Nazis colleagues as the Russians advanced into Poland.
Globe and Mail reported that, “Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland knew for more than two decades that her maternal Ukrainian grandfather was the chief editor of a Nazi newspaper.” Despite this fact, she has often cited her grandfather as inspiration for her political career. Freeland has been called out on multiple occasions for revising her family history and painting her grandfather as a "refugee fleeing the Nazis". The information on her grandfather was initially labeled "Russian disinformation", but it turned out to be true.
Freeland is not necessarily culpable for the actions of her ancestors, but as a close member of the authoritarian Davos crowd within the WEF, it looks like Freeland is making her Nazi grandfather proud. Freeland argued during the Liberal leadership French Debate that free speech similar to that in the US should not be tolerated when it comes to negative views on open immigration.
It should also be noted that Freeland was a rabid supporter of draconian forced vaccination mandates during the pandemic scare in Canada. It would seem that Canadian citizens have a lot more to fear from Chrystia Freeland as PM than they do from Donald Trump.
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"I met a little 4 year old girl, she asked me, whether if I could prevent Trump from invading our country. And that's why I'm standing to be the Liberal Party leader, and to become the next Prime Minister of Canada."
Trudeau to bring up Trump's threat to annex Canada in meeting with King Charles
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will meet with King Charles III on Monday where he will discuss U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats to make Canada the 51st state
Trudeau to bring up Trump's threat to annex Canada in meeting with King Charles
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will meet with King Charles III, the country's head of state, on Monday where he will discuss U.S. President Donald Trump's threats to make Canada the 51st state.
The king has come under criticism in Canada for being silent about Trump’s threats to annex Canada.
Trudeau said in London on Sunday he will discuss matters of importance to Canadians with Charles and said "nothing seems more important to Canadians right now than standing up for our sovereignty and our independence as a nation.”
Charles is the head of state in Canada, which is a member of the British Commonwealth of former colonies.
Overall, the antiroyal movement in Canada is small, but the silence of the monarch on Trump’s threats have spurred talk in recent days.
Former Alberta Premier Jason Kenney said “for Canadians disappointed that King Charles has not commented” on Trump's threats he can only act on the advice of Canada's prime minister.
“The Government of Canada should ask the Head of State to underscore Canadian sovereignty,” Kenney posted on X.
The king, who met Sunday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, has invited Trump to come to Scotland for a state visit.
Though Canadians are somewhat indifferent to the monarchy, many had great affection for the late Queen Elizabeth, whose silhouette marks their coins. She was the head of state for 45% of Canada’s existence and visited the country 22 times as monarch.
Visits by Charles over the years have attracted sparse crowds
“Canadians will need to decide what purpose King Charles III serves as King of Canada if he can’t even speak up for our sovereignty,” Artur Wilczynski, a former Canadian public servant, posted on X.
Abolishing the monarchy would mean changing the constitution. That’s an inherently risky undertaking, given how delicately it is engineered to unite a nation of 41 million people that embraces English-speakers, French-speakers, Indigenous tribes and a constant flow of new immigrants.
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"3.3 million visitors from Canada. That's not much of a boycott, in my book. Maybe they wanted to get a glimpse of what a Stanley Cup winning hockey team actually looks like."
German In Jail For A Meme Sure Hopes EU Can Stop Spread Of Russian Tyranny
March 6, 2025 · BabylonBee.com
FRANKFURT — According to sources, a German man who was jailed by authorities for sharing a meme is expressing hope that the European Union will stop the spread of Russian tyranny.
Adelbert Schneider, who has been held in solitary confinement for posting an insensitive meme depicting the Prophet Muhammed dressed as SpongeBob SquarePants in 2019, relayed to a reporter he hoped that Germany and its allies in the EU would stop Putin's aggression before Russia had a chance to take away the freedoms of German citizens.
"It's Europe's only hope for pretend freedom," Schneider said through the narrow slot of his prison cell door. "If Vladimir Putin and his evil Russian regime are allowed to run roughshod across our countries, Europeans will be doomed to a life without liberty. They might even be silenced and locked away for expressing their opinions. It would be horrible."
German officials urged all citizens to unite against the Russian threat and also refrain from expressing any dissenting views. "We must stand up to Putin and all other forms of despotism," one high-ranking leader said under the condition of anonymity. "And if anyone here disagrees with that, we will see to it that they suffer dire consequences."
At publishing time, German leaders had warned that the ongoing expansion of Russian power could potentially endanger the lives of millions of radical Islamists living in the country.
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And since the “rare charge” of “advocating genocide” was laid against Amir Arvahi Azar, what about any follow-up from the Toronto Police regarding its “official” podcast, on which two Muslim liaison officers praised jihad savagery by saying that “the October 7 massacre brought people closer to Islam”? Doesn’t this incident deserve full acknowledgement of the inherently dangerous message that was conveyed, as well as a full investigation, consequences for those involved, and formal complaint? So far, nada. Only an apology for upsetting people.
In returning to the case of Amir Arvahi Azar, the National Post reported that “despite allegedly being caught with three loaded handguns and being accused of an eight-month antisemitic crime spree – he’s been released on bail.”
“Man faces rare charge of advocating genocide against Jewish community, Toronto police say,” by Ethan Lang, CBC News, March 17, 2025:
A Toronto man is facing the rare charge of advocating genocide, in addition to more than two dozen other offences allegedly motivated by hatred toward the Jewish community, police say.
Amir Arvahi Azar, 32, was arrested on Jan. 11 for incidents that took place between April 26, 2024 and Jan. 3, 2025, Toronto police said in a news release Monday. Police said they are unable to provide further details about the alleged crimes due to a publication ban.
Azar faces 29 charges, including wilful promotion of hatred, which together with advocating genocide, requires the consent of the Ministry of the Attorney General.
The charges have not been tested in court.
Hate crime expert Barbara Perry says law enforcement has an incredibly high bar to clear when deciding whether to lay such charges.
“These charges tend to be reserved for the most serious, the most threatening kind of crimes,” said Perry, who is director for the centre on hate, bias and extremism at Ontario Tech University.
“There are a whole array of factors that [law enforcement is] going to be looking at here,” she said….
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