Mark Wickens 🇮🇱

The central planner has spoken: run your business his way - or else. And if he can dictate that, tomorrow he’ll dictate how you live, what ideas you’re allowed to hold - all for the common good.

The tragic predicament in Gaza: a whole network of players invested more in the misery going on and in scoring political points, rather than on people being fed and going on living. That this is Hamas’ official policy is known and official. That useful idiots in the West adopt…

We live in an age of astonishing prosperity—thanks to business. But we also live in an anti-business culture. The wealth creators who drive progress are treated with suspicion, hostility, and moral condemnation. 🧵👇

Ottawa, CA 🇨🇦 An Ottawa woman was harassed and had her Canada/Israel flag ripped from her hands by pro-Hamas protesters while Police watched.   @OttawaPolice then blamed her, reportedly saying: “What did you think was going to happen?”  This is 2025: where Canadians can’t wave…

Imagine being a Hamas propagandist. You routinely churn out the most transparently fake crap imaginable and within hours it's leading the BBC, CBC, New York Times, etc. If you'd given this kind of free global power to the IRA they'd still be setting off car bombs every weekend.

Today's newsletter: WHY DO GLP-1 DRUGS SEEM TO BE GOOD AT EVERYTHING? Studies show GLP-1s for may also: - curb alcohol, cocaine, and tobacco use among addicts - prevent strokes, heart attacks, chronic kidney disease, sleep apnea, and Parkinson's disease - reduce the risk of…

I support immigrants who come here to work or who have private means of support. Governments should not be spending one cent of taxpayer money on them. It’s both wrong and a recipe for the general anti-immigrant backlash that’s growing in Canada right now.

New: Palantir's CTO and several early employees are raising money to launch Founders Films, a film and TV production studio that aims to "say yes to projects about American exceptionalism, name America’s enemies, back artists unconditionally, take risk on novel IP.”

Hmm. That’s a lot of sleep walking.

Photos from October 2024 via @mwickens

Toronto, CA 🇨🇦 This week, Ghassan Abulawi, an organizer with the Palestinian Youth Movement, was arrested for the second time in less than a year by Toronto Police. Abulawi, 30, was among several individuals arrested during a disruptive protest at Spadina and Front on July 19.…

One of the arrestees on July 19, 2025, was naturopathic doctor Leslie Solomonian, whom we previously encountered at a federal candidates meeting in Toronto—St. Paul’s. Dr. Solomonian stood out for the wrong reasons at that event. First, she tried physically blocking my…

Canadians still have the UK to make us look sane by comparison.

DEMO ARRESTS: Queens Quay W & Lower Spadina Ave 3 pm -11 arrests made at a Demonstration for offences including: Assault Peace Officer, Obstruct Police, Mischief, Carry Concealed Weapon, Prohibited Device -any further information will come by way of media release #GO1506131 ^sm

Two of those arrested on July 19, 2025, are key organizers with the Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM), known for their involvement in numerous high-profile and often disruptive demonstrations over the past couple of years. PYM is known for refusing to share march routes with…

Hi antisemite @briebriejoy I’m a gay man living in Israel with my partner. We are legally married, we have a child, and we are both the legal parents of that child. Our gay friends can legally adopt children in Israel. We have pride parades here, and I’m also a proud teacher in…

When “informed choice” means forcing @Apple to advertise its rivals, something’s upside-down. The court just handed the keys to Apple’s Platform to @EpicGames – rent-free. Is this justice or plunder? 👇

A free press requires government involvement and funding to ensure independence, the public good, and diversity? Tell me how you get that from this: “Congress shall make no law…abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press.”