We now know one of the reasons Vance was chosen as Trump's Vice President. He gets it and is not afraid to spell it out. Here's what he said: With all due respect to my Canadian friends, whose politics focus obsessively on the United States, your stagnating living standards have nothing to do with the Donald Trump or whatever bogeyman CBC tells you to blame. The fault lies with your leadership, elected by you. Ain't that the truth. Everybody is busy bashing the US, whining ab

We thought we would start off with some good news for a change. News that will help you sleep better at night. Chrystia Freeland is no longer unemployed. And, as per the picture above, she is still wearing a red dress and still looks like one of santa's elves. Meow. Meow. Here's the scoop directly from her new employers. There is no doubt she wrote this blurb... Canadian politician, acclaimed journalist, and award-winning author Chrystia Freeland has been appointed as the nex

After decades of ruling Cote St. Luc, a suburb of Montreal, the cabal of Mitchell Brownstein (who was the mayor sucking up to the next three mentioned), Anthony Housefather (the back of the backbenchers and suck up to Bergman and Brownstein), Lawrence Bergman (suck up to Housefather) and Mike Cohen who is in bed with all three have been dethroned. Yes, Mike Cohen retained his seat on council, but David Tordjman is now the mayor and as the saying goes, there's a new sheriff in

There was an article in today's National Post written by a Jewish student of Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU). She detailed how her group (Students Supporting Israel - SSI), planned an event featuring speakers from the IDF, giving students an opportunity to ask questions and hear first hand perspectives. Her group tried doing the event on campus, but TMU refused them, citing ambiguous safety concerns. They rented a private room off campus and kept the event as under the

Our new Champlain bridge is six years old and it's already rusting, as you can see from the picture above. Not a sexy picture, but a real one. How , you are asking yourself, is this possible. Even for quebec this is a new low. Let's start with the target life of the bridge which is 125 years because they supposedly used high-performance materials, galvanized steel etc. And it was a federal project. Which begs the question how is there visible erosion six years after opening

We could not put our finger on what was really bothering us about Mamdani's win as mayor of NYC. We know he can't put into action all the ridiculous things he promised his adoring fans. Please, free buses? Who is paying for that? Nope. That's not it. Here's part of what is: Mamdani ran using openly antisemitic slurs, said he would cut out and then axe Israeli products, companies or anything else Israeli anywhere he could. That's not even the big problem. The big problem is n

It wasn’t a surprise that Mamdani was going to be elected the new mayor of New York City. The polls incessantly showed him winning. And it’s also no surprise that he did so as an openly pro-Hamas, openly antisemitic, BDS-loving marxist-jihadist. He kept telling people that's who he was. With a smile. What’s equally unsurprising? He’s never held a job in his life. You read that right. The man has never worked a day in his life and now he’s running one of the most important c

That didn't take long, particularly for Legault who rarely says he's wrong. He actually didn't say he was wrong here either. Rather, he offered an olive branch to the doctors in the form of coming back to the table to discuss Bill 2. Of all the interviews we heard in the past few days, one doctor resonated the most. He was honest and chilling: He explained that where he is in the Gatineau area, only 3 out of 12 operating rooms are functioning because of lack of nurses and ane

As we have said here on multiple occasions, negative and mud-slinging campaigning is a dead end and turns people off. Tell people what you’ll do for them. How you will better their life. Harping on what you think someone else did wrong is a recipe for losing and the proof is in the results. In Hampstead, Mayor Jeremy Levi won by a small number, but he won, he is Hampstead's mayor and we wish him a heartfelt mazel tov. Bill Steinberg didn't come close to the word win and sho

In Hampstead: Jeremy Levi for mayor. Pay attention to the ballots. There are five of them, one for mayor and one for each councillor. Councillors: Jeffrey Budning - Seat 5 Alan Farkas - Seat 2 Harvey Shaffer - Seat 6 Larry Zoltak - Seat 4 In Westmount: Michael Stern for mayor. In Montreal: Soraya Martinez Ferrada for mayor. Quite the 'happy' couple, eh Blanche? Not. They both look like miserable, melting ice statues. But we digress. Mark Carney is one very sly dude. Here's w

If you want to understand what's happening in Quebec in the ugly war between the government and the doctors and exactly how out of touch Legault is, just look at the title of this blog. Doug Ford gleefully and very seriously told Quebec doctors and nurses that he is waiting for them with open arms. He even told them where to find his personal cell number. And he's not only welcoming them, he's rolling out the red carpet. Clearly Legault is royally ticked off - to put it mild

We are listening to political pundits and cannot believe our ears. Do they really think that Carney didn't know about a commercial that would put Trump over the edge in the middle of sensitive negotiations? Could they not figure out that Trump was looking to ditch negogiations with Canada for now and they gave him a reason on a silver platter? Blanche, they can't be that stupid. Alas, it appears they. Trump was so incensed, instead of just not talking to us, he added another

Today is early voting in the Montreal area municipal elections. In our little corner of the world, voting starts at noon and ends at 8:00 pm in the community center, 30 Lyncroft. In case you didn't read Blanche last night (or even if you did), here's who we are strongly suggesting you vote for in Hampstead: Jeremy Levi for mayor For Councillors: Jeffrey Budning Allan Farkas Harvey Shaffer Larry Zoltak We are not going to lower ourselves nor our readers by delving into the sme

Tomorrow, Sunday October 26 is early voting. It is a privilege to vote. Please don't squander your privilege. There's an acronym if you have ever worked in any election - GTVO - get the vote out. In Hampstead, anybody 18 and over can vote. People - make sure your kids vote. Now who to vote for: Jeremy Levi Jeffrey Budning Alan Farkas Harvey Shaffer Larry Zoltan If you vote for Jack Edery, you split the vote for mayor three ways which is not good. If it were a tw0-man race,

Taking the high road is not easy. It requires restraint in the face of accusation and the courage to remain silent even when one holds the evidence that would set the record straight. Silence demands a strength that words often cannot convey. Watching someone choose dignity over defence, in real time, is both humbling and illuminating. And perhaps most striking of all, it reminds us that wisdom does not always belong to the elder. Sometimes, it is the younger who show us w

Our Prime Minister needs an education in middle eastern history. It's pretty obvious the only ones whispering in his ear are friends of islamists. First he says that if Netanyahu comes to Canada, he would honor the International Criminal Court’s arrest warrant for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and have him arrested. Then he said, in the same interview: " The end is a free and viable Palestinian state living side by side, peace and security, the State of Israel" Can we ta

The Blanche Report rarely wades into local political affairs. Frankly, nobody cares. Till now. Our small community of roughly 8,000 residents operates without commercial tax revenue, meaning every sidewalk, snowplow, and streetlight is paid for by us, the people who live here. And while we’re not exactly a sleepy town, life here mercifully tends to be calm and civil. Until now. What prompted this piece were three so-called information sheets tossed into our mail slot. We’d he

Our prime minister Mark Carney is a slick opportunist. He picks and chooses who he supports based on what is good for him. We, the plebs have little to do with his choices. Take note everyone who voted for him. You think we're kidding? Let's start with his participation, together with another 150 countries, to award hamas with their own state for their October 7 barbarism. Clearly Carney wanted some new friends. Lucky for us, Trump put those morons in their place. Here's w

It's been two long years since Jews worldwide have been able to breathe. Really breathe. Really be happy. Really celebrate. At every event we attended, there was always a prayer for the hostages. Of course we don't live in Israel where there was a pall hanging over the country for two very long years. Today, at long last, 20 male hostages were freed. We would be remiss if we did not make mention of the fact that there were no female hostages alive in this final group. We watc

We don't know about anyone else, but today, on the eve of the release of the hostages after two long, agonizing years in captivity and...