Chinese media has reported Canadian Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly was severely “reprimanded” during her unannounced three-day visit to China on request of Beijing.
Joly told the Globe and Mail it was she who was “stern” with her Chinese counterpart Foreign Minister Wang Yi, and said she “raised very firmly” the matter of Chinese interference in Canadian elections.
Canada’s acceptance of Palestinian refugees from Gaza is setting off alarm bells south of the border.
In a letter Wednesday to U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, United States Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) expressed concern over the program, which he warned could lead to an increased risk of allowing individuals with ties to terror groups easy access to the United States.
h/t DS
Justin Trudeau’s Liberals started the summer recess with their lowest share of committed voters since they were elected in 2015. They trailed the Conservatives in all age groups, with men and women, and in all provinces but Québec. A month later and things remain much the same.
An analyst and an assistant coach with Canada Soccer are being removed from the Canadian Olympic Team and “sent home immediately” from the prelude to this year’s Paris games, according to the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC).
“The COC is in contact with the IOC (International Olympic Committee) and in contact with FIFA. Canada Soccer has been transparent and cooperative throughout the process,” a statement issued Wednesday by the COC reads, adding that further action may be taken as review of the incident continues.
Whenever a Canadian politician travels abroad, it’s always useful to see how the foreign press reports on their trip. It helps one gain insight into how the host country really sees Canada, and whether we are accomplishing anything, or just shooting ourselves in the foot. Case in point: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s ill-fated jaunt to India in 2018, which was panned by the Indian media for his Bollywood cosplay and photo ops with Sikh extremists. Not exactly a shining moment on the world stage.
This is Justin performing for Canada’s China class. No doubt he has visions of large donations to his foundation post politics.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has promised that the province’s Bill of Rights will be amended this fall so that there are protections added for people’s personal medical decisions that most likely will include one having the right to refuse a vaccine.
Smith’s promise to add protections for personal choice on vaccinations comes because of the COVID jab mandates put in place for a time in Alberta under former Premier Jason Kenney.
Between Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump, the former is often thought to be the better pick for Canada. If that’s the case, that’s a problem of our own making.
Harris is the likely Democratic candidate for November’s United States election now that President Joe Biden has announced on his X account that he will not be running for another term. He endorsed Harris, his vice-president, instead; her candidacy isn’t set in stone, but she’s the likely contender.
The Bank of Canada cut its benchmark interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point on Wednesday, the second straight reduction in the central bank’s easing cycle.
The Bank of Canada’s policy rate, which broadly informs the cost of borrowing across the country, now stands at 4.5 per cent.
Donald Trump got shot.
After the usual condemnations, thoughts and prayers, it was business as usual — the left equating him with the devil, the right with a saviour. A few in-between saw him for what he was in the moment: a man, a husband and a father who is running for president of the United States and whose assassination attempt has fundamentally challenged the cornerstone of democratic values, not just in the U.S., but in every free nation, including Canada.
OTTAWA—Inconsistencies in how Meta is implementing its Canadian news ban, and gaps in the Liberal law that spurred it, are creating loopholes that are hurting news businesses, some media executives say.
Chuck Lapointe, the CEO of the Narcity Media Group, says his team has spent the past several months collecting hundreds of posts from entertainment accounts on Facebook and Instagram that repackage news content from more legitimate sources — which can’t reap the benefits of posting that content themselves because of Meta’s ban.
Trump destabilized Canada in 2016. Trudeau doesn’t want it to happen again.
OTTAWA — It could be a problem for Canada that Donald Trump doesn’t like Justin Trudeau.
Trump’s surprise win in 2016 destabilized Trudeau’s government, which spent the next four years on war footing with its largest trading partner. Now the potential return of the former president has motivated Trudeau to turn on a “Team Canada” charm offensive to neutralize any bad blood with people likely to have Trump’s ear if he wins the election.
I hope Trump invades Canada.
One of the Royal Canadian Navy’s newest ships is sitting in a U.S. port awaiting repairs because of flooding and mechanical problems.
HMCS Max Bernays, one of the new Arctic and Offshore Patrol Ships (AOPS), is now in Pearl Harbor as specialists try to figure out how long it will take to be repaired, sailors have told this newspaper.
The ship was delivered in 2022 to the navy by Irving Shipbuilding.
The terrorist attack by a Canadian man attempting to stab guards outside of a town in southern Israel is being called a “wake-up call” over growing antisemitic extremism in Canada, and a warning sign of what happens when it is left unchecked.
It’s a circle that can’t be easily squared.
On the one hand, there’s the spectacle of Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly happily abasing herself at the feet of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Beijing on Friday after being summoned to China to take instruction on how Canada should behave itself as Xi Jinping persists in flouting international trade rules, accelerates his encirclement of Taiwan and pours ever greater resources into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
