Free Homa

Our sister in Iran, Canadian-Iranian professor Homa Hoodfar, 65, has been detained in a Tehran prison for 101 days. Her charges are “collaborating with a hostile government against national security and with propaganda against the state,” which her family denies. Her trial date has not been announced. She has fallen ill while in solitary. On …

Cakewalk for Clinton in this Canadian’s couple’s home

A couple who lives in Canadian — one is from the U.S., the other is Canuck through and through — set up an impromptu polling station in their front  yard in British Columbia. So far, Hillary Clinton has 50 votes. Harambe the dead gorilla has eight. Donald Trump has 7. God bless Canada.

Canada has a refugee problem.

They have more people willing to take Syrian refugees in than they have refugees. From the linked New York Times article: The Toronto Star greeted the first planeload by splashing “Welcome to Canada” in English and Arabic across its front page. Eager sponsors toured local Middle Eastern supermarkets to learn what to buy and cook …

Good God, we look stupider and stupider

Canada’s Prime Minster Justin Trudeau (seen here with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto) is lifting visa requirements for Mexican citizens who want to go to Canada, effective this December. Trudeau made the announcement on the eve of the Three Amigos meeting between the two above, and Pres. Obama. Meanwhile, the Republican’s presumptive candidate for President is still …

Canada can do it. Why can’t we?

Canada will put a Canadian woman on its currency, and Canadians can nominate that woman here. (The queen of England doesn’t count. And can someone please explain to me what she’s doing there?) That’s full-on, on the bill, and none of this sharing stuff. Oh! Canada…

Why’d I tear up over “Welcome home?”

In Canada? The Liberals won.

The party of Justin Trudeau won the majority of seats in Canada’s federal election on Monday. What does this mean? Well, bye-bye, Steven Harper, for one. And Trudeau needs to choose a cabinet. And this, from The Guardian: During the campaign Trudeau promised that his first legislation as prime minister will be to raise taxes for …

Upon your election today, good luck, Canada

And thanks, Glenda, for letting me steal this from you on Facebook. And here’s more on Canada’s election.

We’re No. 16!

According to the Social Progress Index, we rank 16th behind countries such as Canada, Norway, Sweden, New Zealand, Germany and you get the idea. For our purposes, the index defines social progress as the capacity of a society to meet the basic human needs of its citizens, establish the building blocks that allow citizens and …

Do you think they will? Move to Canada over Obamacare, I mean?

Because some people loaded up on Twitter their desire to go to our neighbors to the north. Do they know about the health care there? Should we tell them? Meanwhile, I’m going to miss this guy in spades: