Politicians’ silence on pro-terror protesters has become the status quo, Jewish groups say

While antisemitic slogans shouted during a weekend anti-Israel protest triggered a rare, online-only rebuke from the prime minister, Canadian Jewish groups blame the deafening silence from Canada’s political leaders for emboldening protesters, resulting in a conspicuous increase in hateful rhetoric.

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Singh says NDP still hasn’t decided whether to support Liberals’ new budget

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said Monday his party still hasn’t decided whether it will vote in favour of the federal budget introduced last week.

The New Democrats have an agreement in place to back the governing Liberal Party on confidence and budgetary votes in exchange for movement on key policy priorities.

The agreement is set to last until June of next year, but Singh has been coy on whether he supports the Liberals’ most recent budget.

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I Was Stabbed in the Eye at Yale

I was stabbed in the eye last night on Yale University’s campus because I am a Jew.

I wish I could say I was surprised, but since October 7, Yale has refused to take action against students glorifying violence, chanting “resistance is justified,” “celebrat[ing] the resistance’s success,” and fundraising for “Palestinian anarchist fighters” on the frontlines of the “resistance.” In more recent days, the school has allowed students to run roughshod over their most basic policies against postering, time and place restrictions, disorderly conduct, respect for university property, and the rights of others, not to mention stalking and harassment.

Yesterday, I paid the price for their inaction.

h/t Sweetpea

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What $61bn US aid boost could mean for Ukraine

A $61bn package of military aid for Ukraine could be signed off within days. So what weapons might it receive and what difference could they make in trying to stem Russian advances?

Air defence systems, mid to long-range missiles and artillery shells remain the most pressing weaponry needed by Ukraine.

Here is where the US aid could go in these three areas. About a third of the package goes on replenishing depleted US stocks.

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In Trudeau’s Canada’s the broken social safety net pushes people toward assisted dying

A recent example of the use of medical assistance in dying (MAID) is setting off alarm bells. The CBC reported that Normand Meunier, a quadriplegic man from Quebec, was hospitalized in January for a respiratory virus. Mr. Meunier was left on a stretcher in the ER for four days despite communicating his need for a special mattress. He developed a severe bedsore with exposed bone and muscle, tragically leading him to seek out medical assistance in dying. Mr. Meunier told the CBC, “I don’t want to be a burden.” On March 29, he underwent assisted dying at home. The Canadian health care system’s failure to care for Mr. Meunier contributed to his death.

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Thanks to Biden, China Could Start World War III Here

Philippine’s navy announced that, during the afternoon of April 15, it had observed 55 Chinese vessels in the West Philippine Sea, Manila’s designation for the South China Sea.

China is swarming the waters of the Philippines, hoping to intimidate Manila into surrendering territory. US President Joe Biden and the State Department keep on issuing warnings, but Chinese President Xi Jinping continues to ignore them, suggesting deterrence is failing and an incident leading to war could occur at any time.

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How Justin Trudeau sparked a tech bro revolt

At a conference hosted by Canadian tech giant Shopify in 2018 , Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took a moment to marvel at the unlikely success of two men who started out as snowboarders.

Trudeau, the former snowboarding instructor, was sharing the stage with Shopify founder Tobias Lütke, whose multi-billion dollar company had its beginnings as an online snowboard shop.

As they chuckled at their humble beginnings, the two snowboarders agreed that Canada had all the raw materials for a vibrant, entrepreneurial economy if it could only just get out of its own way and, Trudeau said, show “ a little more swagger .”

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Calls for a double Holocaust at Columbia U

The recent anti-Israel and pro-Hamas demonstrations at Columbia University have seen calls for a double Holocaust – not a second Holocaust, but a double one.

In footage that emerged from the Columbia hate orgy over the weekend, one of the protestors yelled at Jewish students and counter-protestors, “Remember the 7th of October! That will happen not one more time, not five more times, not 10 more times, not 100 more times, not 1,000 more times, but 10,000 times!”

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