{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"On the Trail with Isaac Peltz","title":"Carney wins a majority… through the back door??? What’s next?","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2952,"description":"Sign up for the newsletter, and support our work at https://onthetrail.info ! This is entirely reader funded, and we don't accept corporate payouts. Support the hardest hitting journalism in Quebec.Mark Carney earned a majority! It’s a tiny little majority bolstered by floor crossers. Many people have gone around calling this an illegitimate majority, but is it? And what are the consequences of this majority? Will Canada collapse now? We’re gonna find out in the next few years, as Mark Carney and the Liberals seem determined to continue selling off Canada to private corporations and get new corporate overlords possible.Here are the top headlines of the weekRecruitment in the Canadian Armed Forces reached a 30-year high last year, with 7,310 new members. According to Defence Minister David McGuinty, these recruits “want Canada to remain safe and sovereign.” The Canadian Armed Forces thus exceeded its recruitment target for 2025–2026—set at 6,957—by 5%. Among the new members, 1,275 are women, 1,400 are permanent residents, and 241 are Indigenous. These figures even surpass those from the early 2000s, during operations in Afghanistan.Trump offered mixed messages Monday about the path ahead for the U.S. war against Iran, declaring that he was in no rush to end the conflict while also expressing confidence that further negotiations with Tehran will soon take place in Pakistan.
With the 14-day ceasefire set to expire Wednesday, Iran still does not seem open to new peace talks. Iran still has control over the strait, despite US attempts to manipulate information around the war.Wab Kinew, the premier of Manitoba, has hinted that Liquefied natural gas will be shipping out of the port of Churchill by 2030– or at least that’s what he believes Ottawa wants. He says Carney has presented an aggressive timeline of getting LNG outta the province. Air Canada suspends flights to several locations due to the unavailability of fuel, and rising fuel prices starting on June 1st. They...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/YberMjIMmrPaBOKBnAzoSuKrYB9mkB8-Xvt1j2h9wPs/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS84NGRj/NDYwYzdkNDkwOGUy/Njg1ZTkyOTIxZDE3/YjliMC5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}