Yesterday, on the third year marking the unspeakable massacre of October 7 (we will not write anniversary), our illustrious prime minister Mark Carney reached yet another duh moment. He said, "There is more work to do to make Jewish Canadians feel safe and thrive in Canada." Really? Do you have to keep repeating yourself while doing nothing about it? We're tired of your empty rhetoric. In fact, he has been saying these same words in different variations for the past three yea

We have been writing Blanche for many years but this is the first time we have actually seen a party, a group of entitled, egotistical politicians who had only disdain for those who voted them in, see accountability for their actions. The caq got caqed on, receiving 0 seats in the Quebec election last night. They were wiped out. Obliterated. Decimated. Eradicated. Legault, Drainville, Dery, Simon Jolin-Barrette - all those arrogant, pompous caq members got what was coming to

We're not sure what is more surprising: How amazing the Conservative party is doing in Quebec or how the CAQ had a nuclear bomb dropped on them. They have completely, totally imploded with 0 seats so far. That means they are not even leading in one seat. The PQ is projected to have 58-60 seats with 64 needed for a majority. Two reasons for that: They had a very bad last week of campaigning and at least some of the 70% of Quebecers who do not want a referendum finally woke up.

What happened on Flydubai flight 1073 could have only occurred because most of the passengers on the plane are Israelis. They are simply a different breed of people. The word snowflake is not in their vocabulary. First, the 7 open miracles that happened: ...The plane dropped 14,000 feet in about 1 minute. Another minute and there would have been no way back. ...The pilot and hero Captain Smit Machchhar managed to open the cockpit door before he collapsed. He was the one who

We were again banned from Facebook because the government doesn't like something we wrote. Ridiculous. *** Over the past few days, we’ve spoken to many people about Quebec’s fast-approaching October 5 election and we keep hearing the same mantra: “I don’t know who to vote for.” The CAQ has stood by Quebec’s Jewish community, and people remember that. They also remember nearly eight years of hammering the English community and squandering our money like it was coming out of a

If this doesn't make your blood boil and if it doesn't show without a shred of a doubt both the contempt the Carney government has for Jews, Israel and our money and how jaw-droppingly stupid Anita Anand is, nothing will. Today Netanyahu is speaking at the United Nations. In order to get from Israel to New York, he has to fly over Canada. Anita Anand, who masquerades as our foreign minister, spent our money for her underlings to provide her with information relating to this p

It's not that the shul was shot up on Yom Kippur. Sadly, that was going to happen eventually. Why in a small town with one synagogue is nothing short of a miracle. What keeps on happening and is infuriating is that we get the same ridiculous, empty platitudes from politicians. Let's start with what that foolish Anthony Housefather put out: Praying for the police officer, whose heroism outside the Sons of Jacob synagogue in Belleville kept people safe. The shooter must face th

While our mandate is not writing about Jewish holidays, somehow this year's Yom Kippur feels different. Although governments are slowly waking up to antisemitism and finally addressing the issues, it is still out there just under the surface. Perhaps, as well, the 25th anniversary of 9/11 was particularly sobering. What made this year feel different were the hundreds and hundreds of stories posted online about ordinary people, people just like us, who went to work that mornin

Let's start with this. By the time Carney is done running around the world making sure all his buddies give him standing ovations, approximately 40% of small businesses in Canada will be on the verge of collapsing because he can't make any kind of deal with Trump. And a good percentage of what's left over is looking to leave and set up shop down south. So while it’s very nice to jet from one international stage to another announcing massive deals that may not bear fruit for a

We are heading into a provincial election on Monday October 5. As people living in a democracy, we have an obligation to excercise our right to vote. The looming question facing us all, especially the Jewish population of quebec is who is best for the Jews. It is not the separatist party. Their obsession with pulling Quebec out of Canada is no longer a dream. It is a ridiculous fantasy, one they keep trying to sell to Quebecers as though the rest of the world has been standin

As we stand on the eve of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, it behooves us to take stock not only of ourselves, but of what is happening around us. And in Canada, that means confronting the ugly, as yet unchecked reality of antisemitism. We didn't have to look very far. Today’s National Post was filled with articles on the subject, a disturbing snapshot of just how deeply antisemitism has embedded itself in Canadian life. That, in itself, should tell us something. Canada is

We felt that this blog is too lengthy to include it in our regular blog tomorrow, so we are sending it out today, standing on its own. *** As the horrific events of 9/11 unfolded, the television news media made a decision that, in ways no one could possibly have imagined at the time, reverberates to this day. At some point during the day, they decided that they would stop showing the planes flying into the World Trade Center, nor would they show the over 100 people jumping fr

Twenty-five years ago, September 11 fell on a Tuesday, a beautiful, crystal-clear fall morning that gave no hint of the horror about to unfold. We were working in our synagogue, then located in Decarie Square. Looking back, it was a time when we took a certain innocence about the world for granted. Computers were only beginning to become part of our everyday lives. News did not follow us everywhere. There were no smartphones in our hands, no constant stream of alerts and beep

The pea-brains running quebec's CAQ party just gave the separatist party of quebec almost enough ammunition to win the election coming up in October. People thought Christine Frechette of the CAQ was fair, she was different than her predecessor. That she truly cared about English speaking quebecers. Alas, everyone was wrong. She's just like the rest of them. Petty and small-minded. We are referring to a little yellow card that comes to every house in quebec before an election

Seems there was a glitch with tonight's blog. If you got it twice, we apologize. If you didn't get till now, we also apologize. *** We are not dumping on Poilievre but...the recent by-elections, especially the one in Chicoutimi—Le Fjord, which, as you can guess by the name, is in quebec, doesn't bode well for him or the party in general. Let's start with the number of people who went out to vote in these three by-elections, held across Canada. Usually, about 20% of the popula

Seems there was a glitch with tonight's blog. If you got it twice, we apologize. If you didn't get till now, we also apologize. *** We are not dumping on Poilievre but...the recent by-elections, especially the one in Chicoutimi—Le Fjord, which, as you can guess by the name, is in quebec, doesn't bode well for him or the party in general. Let's start with the number of people who went out to vote in these three by-elections, held across Canada. Usually, about 20% of the popula

We watched a very interesting interview done by the CBC with U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer. He disputed, very clearly and very succinctly, almost every reason Mark Carney gave for the trade talks blowing up. It is to be noted that we are far from fans of the CBC, but in this case, they got it right. Greer is of the same ilk as Carney. A suit. One of the backroom boys. Unflappable. Doesn't utter an extra word. And so, without theatrics or bluster, he directly contra

One of the things Trump said after Lutnick blew up the tariff talks was that quebec's Bill 96 language requirements affecting product labels, trademarks and commercial information are a“technical barrier to trade". Good morning America. Do politicians in quebec think that no one knows what's going on here? Trump is 100% correct. Carney's response was fake and he was lying through his teeth. He said Quebec's language laws are not an irritant to business. Who exactly does he th

***Facebook did not allow us to post this blog as we wrote about the rot in the CBC and they consider that going after the government. It's on LinkedIn and X.*** *** Both Canadian and Israeli Jews are very familiar with the CBC's stance on Israel and Canadian Jews. It is openly antisemitic on both counts. In case you don't know, the Canadian Broadcasting Company is Canada's national public broadcaster. In other words, what goes on the air carries some weight. They are known t

In the grand scheme of things, the province of quebec is less than a pimple on a horse's behind. The person running for the separatist party in quebec, Mr. Plamondon, is an egostitical, arrogant moron. Does he think for a millisecond that holding a referendum for quebec to separate from the rest of Canada is good for anything except crowning himself as king? We'll tell you. It's not and with G-d's help will never happen. Even suggesting it is an exercise in breathtaking arro