CADA STATEMENT ON THE LIFTING OF THE LUXURY TAX CEILING ON ELECTRIC VEHICLS

CADA Media Statement on Today’s Change to Luxury Tax Ceiling for Electric Vehicles

 

[Ottawa, ON] - November 13, 2026

 

Today’s positive move by Federal Finance Minister to lift the ceiling on the Luxury Tax on Electric Vehicle to 150K is a welcomed move for the retail auto industry.

 

The Canadian Automobile Dealers Association (CADA) called for this change in its pre-budget submission. This is a positive step for electric vehicle sales and recognizes the need for the Luxury Tax to account for inflation and differences across vehicle classes

 

CADA’s ultimate goal remains the elimination of the Luxury Tax on all vehicles, consistent with the government’s decision to eliminate the tax on private yachts and private jets.

CADA looks forward to continued discussions with the Minister of Finance and further changes to the Luxury Tax.

WOMAN SEVERELY BEATEN UNDER ISLAMIC LAW FOR PUBLIC DISPLAY OF AFFECTION

Daily Mail

 

Beaten until she can barely stand: Woman has to be helped to her feet after she is lashed with a cane for 'public display of affection' under Sharia law

By SABRINA PENTY, FOREIGN NEWS REPORTER

Published: 03:13 EST, 12 November 2026 | Updated: 05:52 EST, 12 November 2026

 

A woman had to be helped to her feet after she was beaten with a cane for a public display of affection under an Indonesian province's strict Sharia laws.

 

The unnamed woman was among six people subjected to public flogging on Thursday in Aceh, the only province in Muslim-majority Indonesia to administer Islamic law.

 

Four people were punished for engaging in intimate public displays of affection, while another two were flogged for gambling. The number of lashes administered ranged from nine to 22.

 

Images captured today showed a woman dressed in white on her knees and grimacing in pain as she was lashed by a hooded 'alogojo', or flogger. Later images showed the same woman being helped off the ground. 

 

Separately, a man was seen wincing as he was struck by a wooden rod.

 

Under Sharia law, the mixing of men and women who are unrelated is strictly forbidden. 

 

Caning in Aceh is used to punish a wide range of offences, including gambling, drinking alcohol, homosexual acts and having sexual relations outside of marriage.

 

In August, a woman became the first person to be publicly caned in Aceh for 'committing obscenity live with a man on social media'.

 

The punishment was handed down after she and her partner were accused of kissing during a TikTok livestream.

 

It is intended to shame as well as inflict pain on people found to have violated Sharia law.

 

Canings are often staged outside mosques or in community squares, with crowds watching and documenting the event on their mobile phones.

 

Human rights groups say the humiliation adds to the cruelty and causes lasting psychological damage.

 

Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have repeatedly condemned the practice, saying it violates Indonesia's constitution and its obligations under international law.

 

Amnesty said in a statement: 'Caning contravenes Indonesia's constitution and is in clear violation of international human rights law and standards.

 

'It constitutes a cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment and can amount to torture in violation of the UN Convention against Torture and other international covenants, to which Indonesia is a State Party.'

 

Local officials have defended the practice as a deterrent and as part of the province's identity, while critics warn it has negatively affected Indonesia's human rights reputation and inflicted lasting trauma on those who endure it.

 

It comes just months after a couple was subjected to one of the worst sentences of caning the province's authorities have administered.

 

The couple received 100 lashes in September, after being convicted of adultery. The caning was so severe that the woman collapsed from the pain.

 

Images showed the woman grimacing in pain and holding her hand up as she pleaded for mercy while she received lashes on her back.

 

However, later pictures showed the woman being helped off the ground after she collapsed to her knees.

 

Images of her partner also showed him wincing as he was struck.

 

According to local news outlet AJNN, the man's caning was halted temporarily after he received 60 lashes over concerns for his health.

 

Head of the General Crimes Section of the Banda Aceh District Attorney's Office, Darma Mustika, said: 'Perhaps his health was a little compromised, or he simply couldn't handle the whipping. So we stopped him first to give him a chance to rest.'

 

The caning then resumed until the man received 100 lashes in total.

FIDEL CASTRO ON MEET THE PRESS APRIL 19, 1959

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6y-vrRkjnM&t=16s 

Lies through his teeth of course like a typical communist.

FOOD NOTES: MOSTLY SWEETS

The candy cane brownie is back at my local bakery.

Had never encountered a rhombus-shaped chocolate bar until recently.

Had Greek quinoa salad for the first time yesterday. It was delicious. 

GUIDE DOGS ISSUES PLEA FOR PUPPY RAISERS

Daily Mail

 

Guide Dogs issue heartbreaking plea for help as the charity warns it faces lowest ever number of volunteers to look after puppies

By ED HOLT

Published: 12:13 EST, 11 November 2026 | Updated: 12:18 EST, 11 November 2026

 

Guide Dogs is facing its lowest ever number of volunteers to look after their puppies as the charity issues a plea for more people to get involved.

 

The charity needs roughly 100 puppy raisers every month to keep up with the ever-growing number of blind people who need a guide dog to help them live independently.

 

In total, there are around 830 people in the UK waiting for a guide dog and the shortage of puppy raisers risks causing a bottleneck in the entire programme, with the Lib Dem MP Steve Darling - who is visually impaired and relies on a guide dog - describing the volunteers as the 'bedrock' of a good guide dog.

 

Puppy raisers typically look after the dogs for 14 months and they play a vital role in developing the skills and confidence the pooches require for life as working dogs.

 

Speaking to the Daily Mail, Mr Darling said that he believed the decline in the number of volunteers could be linked to the increase in dog ownership nationally since the pandemic.

 

The UK dog population has swelled to a record high 15 million with 41 per cent of households now owning a pet pooch.

 

Mr Darling said: 'I wonder if the shortages is part of the long hangover from Covid where more people bought dogs and so it's a smaller pool of volunteers.

 

'I think people see it as a massive challenge, building an emotional relationship with a well-loved dog and then you have to move on which is so so often the conversation.

 

'When I'm encouraging people to become puppy raisers I say they should see it as having a succession of dogs which they can influence for the better rather than seeing it as a loss.'

 

Puppy raisers also help make sure the dogs have the right temperament to work as guide dogs.

 

The MP for Torbay continued:  'So we desperately need puppy walkers to help effectively train them and appropriately test them out so if they are not made to be guide dogs they can be someone's loving companion.'

 

To encourage more volunteers, Guide Dogs held a special event at Manchester's Trafford Centre on Monday, November 9.

 

Accompanied by their Puppy Raiser, each dog explored the shopping centre before they took part in a puppy class led by expert Puppy Development Advisors from Guide Dogs.

 

Jay Murray, Puppy Development Supervisor for Guide Dogs, said: 'It was an exciting opportunity for the public to meet our adorable puppies and chat to the people who care for them, and find out more about what's involved.

 

'It was also an opportunity to help our puppies get used to new and different environments. Socialisation is such a fundamental part of a guide dog's training. Our puppies need to encounter the real world – whether that's public transport, cafes, cinemas, or shopping centres like the Trafford Centre.

 

'None of that happens without our incredible volunteer puppy raisers, who are pivotal to what we do. Guide Dogs need around 100 puppy raisers every month across the UK to help us continue supporting people with sight loss.'

 

Mr Darling's own guide dog Jennie has become one of the most famous faces in Westminster.

 

Speaking about his own experience with a guide dog, Mr Darling said: 'They can give you a lot of confidence but also a dog is a lot more engaging than a white cane. 

 

'So the bridge that they give to engage with other people is part of the magic that guide dogs do.'

 

He added: 'Jennie looks after me and she's an incredibly intelligent dog. Last winter, we struggled to get into Parliament because a zebra crossing close to my flat was blocked off. But that evening Jennie took the initiative and remembered the route was blocked off.'

 

Guide Dogs provides life-changing services to people with sight loss and breeds around 1,300 puppies each year to help meet demand.

NATURE NOTES: DAY AND NIGHT

Heard a raven as I went to run errands a little while ago.

Last week the pastor of the church I am currently attending saw a doe out his back window.

Thought I heard a bat in my backyard Friday night.

The bard owl was in fine voice last night. 

YOURS, MINE AND OURS (2005)

While I appreciate they kept it basically clean while trying to be funny, Rip Torn was too old to play a guy whose eldest is a teenager still living at home. Also, the movie was predictable.