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T he Canadian Association of Professional Employees (CAPE) is calling for public pension funds to divest from Tesla. To show solidarity with American workers facing attacks from Elon Musk and his so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), the union says it’s time for the Canadian Public Sector Pension Investment Board (CPSIB) to dump its Tesla shares. Despite holding no elected position in United States President Donald Trump’s administration, Musk and his DOGE are firing public servants with reckless abandon, placing the entire American federal public sector in jeopardy. Essential workers at the departments of education, health and human services, energy, veterans affairs and defense, as well as the Internal Revenue Service, the National Park Service, and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau have been summarily fired, furloughed, or pressured to accept dubious buyouts. In response, CAPE, which represents more than 27,000 Canadian federal public servants, is leading the ...

THE TARIFFS ARE ON and so is my personal war against Trump’s America. As of Tuesday, 25 per cent tariffs will come into effect on all Canadian goods, except for energy, which will be 10 per cent. So I will no longer be a customer of the U.S. That’s just naïve, you might say. So I say, what are you going to do, just accept it? Curl up into the fetal position and take the beating without fighting back? All across the country tonight (Feb. 1, 2025), province after province (except Alberta, but that’s another story) is lining up beside the federal government to fight back. As Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in a nationwide address, “This is Team Canada at its best.” I hereby sign up for the team. Many say it won’t be easy to simply “ buy Canadian ” but I’m going to do my level best. It’s not just about the economy, or my own pocket book. It’s about standing up to the American bully. I’m willing to lose money doing it. Donald Trump claims we’re letting too many crimina...