The Church of England has admitted for the first time that it may have been “scammed” by asylum seekers falsely claiming to have converted to Christianity to boost their chances of staying in the UK.
The Rt Revd Dr Guli Francis-Dehqani, the Bishop of Chelmsford, conceded it was “very difficult” to look into the hearts of converts and be 100 per cent certain that they were genuine.
Experts urge federal government to pursue moderate, ‘judicious’ approach to harmful content online
Digital policy experts say the Liberal government should be restrained when it comes to formulating its promised legislation governing online harms.
In an interview on CBC Radio’s The House that aired Saturday, Emily Laidlaw, an associate professor at the University of Calgary, said the federal government faced a major challenge in crafting a bill that was technically viable and did not overstep itself.
“It’s really hard legislation to write,” Laidlaw, who holds the Canada research chair in cybersecurity law, told host Catherine Cullen.
United Nations Special Rapporteur on Palestinian Territories Francesca Albanese denied that the Hamas massacre of over 1,200 people in southern Israel on October 7 was antisemitic yesterday (Saturday) and blamed the State of Israel for the massacre of its citizens.
Albanese made the shocking statement in response to French President Emmanuel Macron, who called the October 7 attacks “the largest antisemitic massacre of our century.”
ARMS RACE: City rushed to remove symbol so offensive no one can explain it
City staff, including at Toronto Public Health, got to work compiling complaints regarding Etobicoke’s coat of arms following as few as four criticisms from the public.
Police in Georgia, together with federal agencies, are conducting a crackdown on activists involved in a continuing campaign against a controversial police and fire department training center known as “Cop City” that has included acts of arson and sabotage against equipment being used on the project.
This week alone saw Atlanta-area raids by law enforcement that took a woman out of her house with no shirt, left a naked photo of another woman on display after ransacking a room and dragged a man by his hair – while arresting none of them.
At the end of January, Statistics Canada published its annual report on firearms crime in Canada. Immediately our notoriously anti-gun prime minister, Justin Trudeau, jumped on the fact that gun crimes were up nearly 9% from the previous year and called for a further clampdown on legal gun ownership in Canada.
First Lady Jill Biden lashed out at special counsel Robert Hur over his scathing report that raised alarming questions about her husband’s advanced age and mental acuity.
While Hur cleared President Biden of any charges related to classified documents found at his Delaware home, he also flagged multiple instances of the commander-in-chief being forgetful, describing him as a “well-meaning elderly man with a poor memory.”
Joe Biden has senile dementia. I have been saying this for some months now.
— Nigel Farage (@Nigel_Farage) February 9, 2024
This is a disgusting piece. Not just because of the framing that people on the right would celebrate or be happy about anyone being gang raped because it helps their agenda but what happened to “believe” all women? Why are the rapes referred to as alleged? Garbage piece @CTVNews. https://t.co/RzVFYIF166
— Jacqui Budden (@JacquiDelaney) February 11, 2024
Africa will ‘friend-zone’ Canada if Ottawa doesn’t improve engagement, experts say
OTTAWA – Canada is approaching total irrelevance in the world’s fastest-growing continent, experts argue, saying that a pattern of disengagement in trade, diplomacy and investment in Africa means Ottawa is ceding ground to Russia and China.
“Africa is going to friend-zone Canada if the current approach remains, because it’s lukewarm,” said Stanley Achonu, the Nigeria director for the One Campaign.
His organization, which fights extreme poverty and preventable diseases, testified this week at the Senate foreign-affairs committee, which is looking into Canada’s relations with a continent on track to almost double in population by 2050.
Africa is well known for its corruption and is a confirmed sinkhole of foreign aid funds.
Let China get ripped off for the next few decades Canada has done it’s share.
I can’t believe this is a real headline. pic.twitter.com/ICYwD11zlb
— Lauren Witzke (@LaurenWitzkeDE) February 10, 2024
Former US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that he would “encourage” Russia to attack members of NATO who had not met their financial obligations, in remarks that the White House rejected as “appalling and unhinged.”
Speaking at a campaign rally in South Carolina Saturday, the Republican presidential nomination frontrunner appeared to recount a conversation with a fellow head of state at an unspecified NATO meeting.
“One of the presidents of a big country stood up and said, ‘Well, sir, if we don’t pay, and we’re attacked by Russia, will you protect us?’ I said, ‘You didn’t pay, you’re delinquent?'”
“No, I would not protect you. In fact, I would encourage them to do whatever the hell they want. You got to pay. You got to pay your bills.”
This is why people love Trump.
Here are five straight minutes that show exactly why the special counsel noted Biden's diminished mental fitness pic.twitter.com/u1ToosAKyz
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) February 11, 2024
This column has often lamented the decline of Canada’s competitive status as an economic and geopolitical power, and particularly our descent down the ladder of the world’s nations in per capita income. Everything that could be done in this very fortunate country to make our nation less prosperous and less influential in the world is being done. Capital leaving Canada that was generated in this country has exceeded investment capital entering from outside by $285 billion in the last nine years. The world is clawing at our door to buy our oil and natural gas but the present government, while inciting every conceivable pretext for refusing or harassing the construction of pipelines to get our oil and gas to world markets, has clamped its lips around the gas-pipe of climate alarmism.
Montreal, Canada – Human rights advocates are accusing Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government of misleading the public over weapons sales to Israel, which have come under greater scrutiny amid the deadly Israeli bombardment of Gaza.
At issue is legislation that prohibits the government from exporting military equipment to foreign actors if there is a risk it can be used in human rights abuses.
This is the "Palestine Solidarity Campaign". London, today. A bunch of thugs abuse Barclays as part of a long-running hatred campaign.
Then see the reaction to a call on Hamas itself to cease fire.
Trade unions strongly back the PSC.
h/t @GhorbaniiNiyak pic.twitter.com/DlanX3nNLd
— habibi (@habibi_uk) February 10, 2024
