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Inanity Of Identity Politics Exposed At Canadian NDP Convention Authored by Jonathan Turley, The recent convention of the Canadian New Democratic Party (NDP) became a microcosm of the inanity of identity politics found in forums ranging from politics to higher education. Participants were given familiar “equity cards” as literal card-carrying members of groups demanding preferred treatment. The problem is when one identity group demands preference over another. The result, as seen in Winnipeg, was calamity and quickly became comedy. Many in education have long pushed equity cards and “identity markers” to get students to define themselves by their race, disability, gender, or other criteria. Even computer science teachers are told to tailor their lessons to identity markers. Such markers are treated as essential to creating “Identity safe classrooms.” There are even DEI games where children are encouraged to “match” their identity groups. At the NDP convention, people were...

Synthetic Canadian oil prized by refiners for its rich diesel output tripled in a matter of days amid a worldwide clamor to secure supplies of the truck and train fuel....

Shares of Canada's biggest telecommunications firms dropped Thursday after analysts doubled down this week, warning price wars and slowdown in subscriber growth risked hurting sales and profits....

Canada's biggest refinery is turning to Newfoundland for crude for the first time since 2020 as the war on Iran cuts off Middle Eastern supplies....

Canadian officials are considering unusual measures to protect domestic producers of vegetables and wood products from low-priced imports....

A unit of Heathrow Airport is looking to raise around C$500 million ($359 million) through a bond sale in Canada, according to people familiar with the matter, amid improved market conditions there for overseas borrowers....

Spanish drugmaker Grifols SA is facing restrictions on its Canadian license to collect blood products following the deaths of two patients who made plasma donations in the country....

Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre called for Canada's fuel taxes to be suspended for the rest of the year, saying the government must do more to alleviate the rising cost of gasoline and diesel....

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Canada's trade deficit widened to C$5.7 billion ($4.1 billion) in February − the largest shortfall since August − as imports reached a record high on increased gold imports....

Der CEO von Kanadas größter Fluggesellschaft hatte eine Beileidsbekundung nach dem Tod zweier Piloten auf Englisch gehalten und war dafür massiv kritisiert worden. Nun verlässt er das Unternehmen vorzeitig....

Canada's top trade official plugged his nation as a stable and reliable energy supplier amid the latest jump in oil prices as President Donald Trump said military operations on Iran could escalate, potentially prolonging disruptions to oil flows through the vital Strait of Hormuz....

Rising oil prices and supply risks are testing global markets as the Iran war threatens flows through the Strait of Hormuz. Canada says its LNG, oil and nuclear projects could help fill gaps for Asia. Trade Minister Maninder Sidhu spoke with Haslinda Amin from Seoul. (Source: Bloomberg)...

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Canadian entrepreneur Andrew Lutfy was upbeat after his fast-fashion retailer, Groupe Dynamite Inc., reported excellent results. But before digging into the financial details with analysts, he decided to go on a rant about politics — in French....

Canadian banks have about C$879 million ($633 million) in loan exposure to struggling subprime-lender Goeasy Ltd., according to calculations based on the firm's latest financial filings....

Stellantis NV is discussing options for building electric vehicles in Canada with its Chinese partner, Zhejiang Leapmotor Technology Co., according to people familiar with the matter, a sign of how quickly the auto industry is being reshaped after Canada opened the door to companies from the world's largest car market....

While the Bank of Canada's governing council spent considerable time discussing the inflation risks posed by the war in Iran, officials agreed that they “should not lose sight” of other major economic headwinds when they held interest rates steady last month....

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The US Trade Representative has again cited Canada's laws about online platforms as trade barriers, and added the country's sovereign-computing initiative to the list — a cluster of digital-economy issues that are likely to loom large in upcoming trade talks....