Canadians of convenience in Lebanon are at least four times the number of Canada’s last three foreign evacuations combined

The number of Canadians registered in Lebanon is nearly 23,000, or four times the amount evacuated by Global Affairs Canada’s past three evacuation efforts in Afghanistan, Sudan, and Haiti combined.

Following an attack by the Iranian-backed Hezbollah on Israel’s north late last month, Global Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly implored Canadians to leave Lebanon while they still have the opportunity to do so.

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SLOBODIAN: Bloody trails left without a bullet being fired

A 12-year-old girl, terrorists and rage-possessed crazies are among the attackers armed with machetes or knives that recently went on rampages to injure and murder innocents.

Canada. England, and now Germany.

It’s savagery on steroids. It leaves a bloody trail without a bullet being fired. But firearms and fretting about blade-wielding slashers being discriminated against seem to get more attention.

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Trudeau government’s policy record speaks volumes

The greatest impact on the policies of the Trudeau government, unquestionably, has been the Liberals’ personal and business relationships with China’s political leadership in the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the governing Liberals continue to evade inquiries and obfuscate the facts surrounding their involvement with the CCP. It appears with the Trudeau government Canadians will never know of the ties that bind us to China and the undue influence applied by the CCP.

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UAP disclosure not ‘a sprint. It’s a marathon’: Ex-Pentagon official

On July 26, 2023, Navy pilot Ryan Graves, Navy Commander David Fravor and former Air Force intelligence officer David Grusch testified at a Congressional hearing heard around the world.

It was a “profound moment” for former Pentagon official Lue Elizondo to hear Grusch speak publicly about an alleged “multi-decade UAP crash retrieval and reverse engineering program.”

“You had three military personnel testifying on the reality of UAP,” Elizondo said. “Now that’s historic.”

For those who may have missed this.

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A critical review of the Democrat Convention

First, Kamala. Nary an original thought, she has been properly schooled in the language of blah, blah, blah.

One speaker after another, blah, blah, blah

They all took turns making the case for Kamala Harris, a woman least qualified to be president of anything, least of all president of the United States.

Can they be serious? Of course not. In their hearts they know she’s a dunce, but she is all they’ve got, so they will do anything to sell her as the best and the brightest.

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Would a cabinet shuffle solve Justin Trudeau’s problems?

Susan Delacourt: I’ll start out this week with two confessions. One, I took a break from Canadian news this month — I called it a detox, and I highly recommend it. Second, I replaced the habit by becoming riveted to politics in the U.S., especially last week’s Democratic convention.

However, in catching up this week to what I missed here, I learned that a brisk trade has resumed in cabinet shuffle speculation. There were even some serious suggestions we would be trudging up to Rideau Hall at some point, so Justin Trudeau could shake up the team before the cabinet retreat starting this weekend in Halifax.

Trudeau is deservedly hated. Nothing will help.

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The Middle East: A Story of Journalistic Failure

On May 15, 1948, five Arabs armies started a war – and lost. From that time on, many Arabs have called this loss a “nakba” (“catastrophe”). Ever since then, they have been seeking sympathy for losing a war which they began. If they are unhappy, perhaps they should not have started a war in the first place.

On that May 15, forces from Egypt, Syria, Transjordan, Lebanon, and Iraq “swooped in… just hours after British forces withdrew from Palestine and Israel had declared its independence.” Until then, anyone born there was a Palestinian. Christians were Palestinians, Jews were Palestinians. The “place of birth” on every passport was stamped “Palestine.”

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Trudeau gov’t to spew more hot air about alleviating housing crisis they created ahead of cabinet retreat in Halifax

Feds to take steps on housing promises ahead of cabinet retreat in Halifax

HALIFAX – Housing Minister Sean Fraser is expected to unveil details on a Liberal promise to lease federal land to developers to build affordable housing on Sunday just before the full federal cabinet kicks off a three-day retreat in Halifax.

The annual end-of-summer cabinet session comes three weeks before Parliament returns for the fall sitting and is likely the last summer retreat for this cabinet before the next election.

It may be the last real chance this government has to reset itself with voters before asking them for another mandate.

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Five participants in pogrom at Russian airport sentenced to up to nine years in prison

Five men involved in violent unrest at Makhachkala Airport in October have been sentenced to between six and nine years in prison by a court in Russia’s southern Krasnodar region, its press service reported Friday.

… This was the first case brought against participants in the 29 October pogrom in Makhachkala, the capital of the Muslim-majority republic of Dagestan, in the North Caucasus, when a mob overran the airport, looking for “refugees from Israel”.

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Tensions linger as Ontario students prep for return to campus after pro-Palestinian protests

As students prepare to head back to post-secondary campuses for the fall term, tensions sparked by the pro-Palestinian protest encampments that cropped up at several Ontario universities over the summer break are lingering on for some.

Several students who supported or participated in the protests say they’re disappointed in how their schools handled the encampments, while some Jewish students say they’re anxious about returning to campuses where conversations about the Israel-Hamas war could be particularly charged.

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