Canada's latest $3 billion funding package to Ukraine includes many mentions of gender‚ specifically including a demining effort that is meant to be inclusive and empowering to women.Justin Trudeau reaffirmed his ongoing support for Ukraine — a sentiment that was echoed by Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre — with Ottawa supplying another aid package to the European country with billions more in support.Some portions of the foreign aid package‚ however‚ have raised eyebrows.Particularly‚ the package included $4 million for "Gender-inclusive demining for sustainable futures in Ukraine."An unfamiliar phrase to many‚ the project is indeed an effort to dispose of land mines and other explosive ordinances in Ukraine. It aimed to "safeguard the lives and livelihoods of Ukrainians‚ including women and internally displaced persons‚ by addressing the threat of explosive ordnance present across vast areas of the country."It also includes conducting surveying and manual clearance in targeted communities‚ but also seeks to establish a "gender and diversity working group to promote gender-transformative mine action in Ukraine‚" the government's press release stated.The operation is to be taken on by the Halo Trust‚ a charity founded in the late 1980s with the stated goal of clearing land mines across the world. According to the organization‚ clearing dangerous explosives is "empowering" for women‚ and it is helping the "mainstreaming of gender and diversity provisions" in the profession of explosive ordinance disposal. Among the $3B programs announced by Trudeau in Kyiv today is one whose goal is to establish\u00a0\u201ca gender and diversity working group to promote gender-transformative mine action in Ukraine.\u201d\n\nNo joke! \n\nYOU\u2019RE ALL PAYING TO PROMOTE GENDER-INCLUSIVE DEMINING IN UKRAINE! — (@) A spokesperson from Global Affairs Canada boasted to the National Post that women were recently approved to take part in the demining projects."Since [2017] HALO has trained hundreds of women in demining‚ team leadership‚ intermediate care provision and explosive ordnance recognition and disposal‚" spokesperson Charlotte MacLeod said. "As of January 2024‚ 29 per cent of HALO’s 1‚127 staff in Ukraine are women ... its strategic goal is to increase the proportion of female staff‚ especially in senior roles‚" she added.Of course‚ Canada's latest grant to the war-torn nation is not meant for just military assistance; it also contains many other questionable allotments. Nearly $1 million has been allocated for "strengthening truth‚ transparency‚ and democracy to counter disinformation." This money is meant to help the country "enhance the literacy and fact-checking capabilities of Ukraine's media in order to better count disinformation in the country."This initiative also includes addressing "gender disparity issues" in Ukraine's media.Another $15 million is provided to complete a museum in Ukraine in honor of those who were starved by the Soviet Union in the 1930s.In total‚ gender is mentioned seven times in the aid package‚ including the mentions of "gender responsiveness" in funding for resilient food systems and being "gender-responsive" in reconstruction efforts.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors‚ sign up for our newsletters‚ and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

This morning at 7:00 a.m.‚ investigative journalist and Blaze Media correspondent Steve Baker surrendered himself to the FBI for alleged crimes relating to his January 6 reporting. His specific charges‚ which were released upon his arrest‚ are as follows: Knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority Disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds Disorderly conduct in a capitol building Parading‚ demonstrating‚ or picketing in a capitol building Yesterday‚ Stu Burguiere was able to interview Baker in the final hours before his arrest and hear once more what’s clearly a story of retaliation via selective prosecution. “The short version of this is that in July of 2021‚ just five or six months after the January 6 event‚ I was contacted by the FBI‚” Baker told Stu. However‚ it wasn’t until October 2021 that the U.S. attorney general granted the FBI permission to interview Baker‚ which was a necessary step in the process‚ given that Baker is a standing member of the press. “A month later‚ in November‚ we got a notice from the Department of Justice that in fact‚ they were going to charge me with January 6-related crimes‚” Baker explained. But when Baker “beat that back with a pretty aggressive press offensive … [the DOJ] went silent for 20 months.” “Jump to August of 2023‚ and we got a grand jury subpoena for my videos that I had taken‚ which was a bit absurd‚ because we had offered that free of any obligations to them two years before. … And so we complied once again‚ and then they went silent for another four months‚” Baker explained. Then‚ in December 2023‚ Baker received a call that he would need to surrender the week prior to Christmas. “And then‚ thank goodness‚ you know‚ Blaze Media went into a hard-core offensive yet again‚ and within 30 hours‚ they backed off again. And we didn't hear from them for two months‚” he told Stu. Unfortunately‚ in February‚ Baker was hit with a final demand to surrender on Friday‚ March 1‚ which he referred to as his “D-Day.” While this story is incredibly upsetting‚ what makes it unstomachable is the fact that certain journalists who reported on J6 just like Steve Baker have not been prosecuted. Why? Presumably because they work for left-leaning news outlets. For example‚ “the fifth person through the first broken window was a New York Times journalist‚” but he was not charged. “This is a hard-core‚ blatant case of selective prosecution‚” said Steve. “What they cannot show us yet is that they have applied the same standard and the same law to anyone reporting to a left-leaning news organization as they have applied to those of us reporting otherwise.” To hear the specific details of Baker’s day at the Capitol on January 6‚ 2021 – why he went‚ how he got in‚ and what he witnessed while there – watch the clip below. Want more from Stu?To enjoy more of Stu's lethal wit‚ wisdom‚ and mockery‚ subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America‚ defend the Constitution‚ and live the American dream.

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