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Women’s Rights: A Tale of Two Realities The status of women offers a stark lens through which to compare Saudi Arabia and Afghanistan. Women in Saudi Arabia have gained unprecedented freedoms in recent years. They can now pursue higher education, work in diverse industries and participate in public life. However, cultural conservatism still imposes limits and full equality remains a distant goal. Under Taliban rule, Afghan women face unparalleled restrictions. They are effectively erased from public life and denied education, employment and the freedom to move independently. This is a severe divergence from Islamic teachings that emphasise education and respect for women. From Art To Algorithm: Social Media And The Death Of Culture, Society The influence of Wahhabism, exported by Saudi Arabia in the late 20th century, has shaped the ideological framework of groups like the Taliban. 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Citigroup Inc. lifted its stake in ALLETE, Inc. ( NYSE:ALE – Free Report ) by 28.3% in the third quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 129,635 shares of the utilities provider’s stock after acquiring an additional 28,612 shares during the quarter. Citigroup Inc.’s holdings in ALLETE were worth $8,321,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP grew its position in ALLETE by 5.8% in the 2nd quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 964,193 shares of the utilities provider’s stock worth $60,118,000 after purchasing an additional 52,499 shares during the period. Millennium Management LLC boosted its stake in shares of ALLETE by 955.1% in the 2nd quarter. 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The idea is that the more crazy things look in the U.S., the more Canadians will want some stable leadership here. Since we last wrote together, Matt, Trump has been having some very good days. The latest , on the other hand, has found no “Trump bump” for Trudeau — at least not yet. I’m of the view that it’s still too early to tell, but I haven’t ruled out that stability is going to become more important as Trump rocks the world again. : Some Liberals still have optimism?!?!?!??!?!?! : Well, they hide it well. : With reason! Anyway. Yeah. I maintain my earlier view. The “Trump bump” was never likely. Trump 2 is bad news for the Liberals. He makes Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre look sane by comparison and will require a lot of time and energy to manage, and I don’t think they have much of either to spare. Hoping that Trump’s re-election would save them always struck me as something the Liberals only believed because there was nothing else for them to cling to. You’re right that it’s early. But unless a huge number of Canadians suddenly become U.S. politics junkies over Christmas, is anyone going to care who didn’t care two weeks ago? : I’m not so sure. Even I’ve been surprised by how out there Trump’s cabinet appointments have been, though Matt Gaetz’s withdrawal from contention for attorney-general is evidence that maybe some sober second thinking is going on in Trump’s circle. I think Trudeau’s team has been showing a level of preparation for this round that it didn’t have in 2016. : Hmm. Interesting. I think that’s mostly wrong, but, I’ll grant it’s partially right. There is some muscle memory from Trump 1 that’s going to be useful for Trump 2. People to ring up for a chat. Favours to call in. In that sense, I’ll grant your point. But I think overall, history is going to take the entirely opposite view. Canada had four years of Joe Biden to take a hard look at itself and ask how we could adapt to a more “Trumpian” world. I know it wasn’t guaranteed, but it was likely enough that there were things we should have been doing, I’d say especially on trade, security and the military. These things were likely worth doing on their own, and were certainly worth doing as a hedge against Trump’s re-election. And in the main, gosh, we have not done those things. I really don’t think anyone can look at Canada circa late 2024 and go, behold a country that has worked methodically to prepare itself for a new world order. We didn’t even keep the damn cabinet committee going! We needed to reboot it. WHY?! : Point taken. The problem we all have now is that everything is hypothetical. How would Poilievre deal with Trump? We have no idea and he’s not going to tell us, except to say he’d be better than Trudeau. But I think some uncertainty about him is going to look less tolerable as the reality of Trump sinks in. Sure, is an old pal of vice-president-elect J.D. Vance. But Poilievre has been peddling very domestic politics here — quite effectively — but 2025 could be a year when Canadians are looking for someone with more seasoning, internationally. : I mean, sure. I guess. Anything’s possible. But here’s why I think that’s unlikely. I haven’t seen anything in many months that changes my gut feeling that the voters are locked in and now largely tuned out. The ones who hate themselves enough to stay tuned in, and sadly that’s both of us, have already made up our minds. So among the engaged, it’s just nerd skirmishing. Everyone else is off watching some baking show or whatever pleases them. God bless them. Second, if the Liberals’ last remaining hope is Canadians suddenly deciding to vote about foreign policy stuff, even critically important American stuff, I dunno what to tell them. : I’m going to stop and laugh here about nerd skirmishing and baking shows. : It’s true! I know this is a little off topic, but I’ll try to make it relevant: even people I know who are unrepentant, incurable news junkies are just tuned right the hell out these days. ? Yawn. Trump re-elected? A stirring of interest, for like two days. Even I forgot that was a thing and this is my literal job. We started talking about the lack of a Trump bump. You have to notice something to be bumped by it. I really think we have to consider the fact that the Canadian people made up their minds for our next election last summer and are just patiently waiting to get all this over with. : It strikes me that Trump’s re-election has put us into a world where we find Trudeau needing to attend to more domestic concerns ( ) and Poilievre needs to think beyond our borders. I don’t think we can expect Poilievre to go along with the old convention that you don’t trash talk your own government on the world stage; you present a united front. Frankly, I think Ontario Premier Doug Ford is being on this score right now, but that’s a whole other column for another day. : Oh yes. That would be. I quipped to a friend recently that Ford seems to be auditioning for Captain Canada, and my friend wondered who’d be more annoyed at that — Trudeau or Poilievre. I don’t know if Poilievre will trash Trudeau any more or less now than before. He’s always cranked to 11. But I could definitely see him making a “We need a strong leader with a stable government to face Trump” pitch. And I could see that working.

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