A reward of up to $50,000 is being offered for information leading to the capture of a convicted firearms trafficker after he was released on bail for a third time and skipped his sentencing, Toronto police say.
Kamar Cunningham of Toronto was arrested as part of Project Patton in June 2018 for his involvement in an organization that trafficked guns over the U.S. border, Toronto police said.
Recently in the National Post, Jordan Peterson diagnosed the psychological grip woke activists have on ordinary people, urging conservatives to move beyond the slogan “It’s the economy, stupid” and start fighting the philosophical battles at hand. I would argue his advice should be amended slightly: “It’s the political economy, stupid.”
One of two fired scientists at the centre of an RCMP investigation into a massive security breach at Canada’s top infectious-disease laboratory in Winnipeg is working in China and collaborating with researchers from the People’s Liberation Army.
The Globe and Mail has learned that Xiangguo Qiu has been conducting research with Chinese military scientists and other virology researchers, including at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, on antibodies for coronavirus and the deadly Ebola and Nipah viruses.
If there was any need for evidence of the shambolic nature of what the Liberals laughingly call their Middle East policy it was on full display Monday night in the House of Commons.
The Commons had spent a good part of the day debating an NDP motion that called for Canada to recognize “a State of Palestine.”
The Department of Canadian Heritage paid thousands of dollars to a Toronto TikTok personality who has disparaged Conservatives in a number of profane posts, access-to-information records showed.
… On Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, Horner wrote, “It is always the bitches who look like they would tear up at a Sears’ clearance rack who have their nose in the business of trans youth, always.”
OTTAWA — Despite an 11th-hour amendment that defanged the NDP’s contentious Palestinian motion in the House of Commons on Monday evening, Canadian Jewish groups reacted to the motion’s passage with alarm.
Shimon Koffler Fogel, president and CEO of the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA,) reacted to the non-binding motion’s passage with both disappointment and anger.
The chief executives of Canada’s three largest telecom companies stressed that phone and internet prices are coming down during an appearance before MPs on Monday, noting that increased data usage and high spectrum costs may be some reasons Canadians feel otherwise.
The three CEOs — Rogers Communications Inc.’s Tony Staffieri, BCE Inc.’s Mirko Bibic and Telus Corp.’s Darren Entwistle — appeared virtually at the House of Commons’ industry committee meeting.
Committee members voted unanimously last month to summon the trio to testify after a previous invitation to the chief executives resulted in other corporate representatives showing up instead.
Can’t say I’ve seen evidence of this.
OTTAWA—A majority of federal MPs voted Monday to support an NDP resolution calling on Canada to work “towards the establishment of the state of Palestine” after sweeping changes demanded by the Liberal government were made to allay fears it would be seen as an anti-Israel move.
The Liberals and NDP agreed late Monday to amend the motion to drop more controversial language recognizing the “state of Palestine” immediately. It is not binding on the government.
In the end, the motion passed in a 204-117 vote, with most Liberals, including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, siding with the NDP, the Bloc Québécois, and the Greens supporting it.
This won’t be news to anybody who has paid attention to American education or science since 2021, but the New York Times has published a lengthy piece by Sarah Mervosh, Claire Cain Miller, and Francesca Paris summarizing studies of Covid school closures that show that “the more time students spent in remote instruction, the further they fell behind.” Not only that: “And, experts say, extended closures did little to stop the spread of Covid.” You won’t see an apology here to red-state governors who were relentlessly smeared for battling to keep their schools open, or any consequences visited upon public health “experts,” teachers’ unions, or voices in journalism who did the smearing. But the studies’ verdict is about as close as you’re going to get.
Immigration Minister Marc Miller says Canada will allow more people trapped in Gaza who have extended family members in Canada to apply for temporary refuge – but he admits the move is “cold comfort.”
The government launched a family reunification program in January that offers temporary refuge to parents, grandparents, siblings and grandchildren of Canadian citizens and permanent residents.
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada initially said it would only consider 1,000 applications for the program.
The vote on the NDP motion to unilaterally recognize a Palestinian state gave every indication that the House of Commons is now governed by its nursery.
Except the motion was watered down to nothing.
The amended version of the NDP motion on Palestine easily passes the House 204 -117. The vast majority of the Liberals voted yes, along with the NDP and Bloc.
Liberals Housefather, Carr, Mendicino voted no, along with the CPC #cdnpoli https://t.co/0Swxz2yjNl
— Mackenzie Gray (@Gray_Mackenzie) March 19, 2024
Sore losers!
By 204-117, Canada’s Parliament just voted for an end to military exports to Israel. Other key demands, including recognition of the State of Palestine, were dropped from the final watered-down motion. See CJPME’s full statement: https://t.co/5elnCPSXDa pic.twitter.com/njhtL9mGRd
— Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (@CJPME) March 19, 2024
The chief bank inspector has directed financial institutions to start assessing mortgages that could be at risk for default.
Superintendent of Financial Institutions Peter Routledge made the comments in a regulatory notice on March 11, saying bankers should focus on risky products, like variable rate mortgages with fixed payments, as first reported by Blacklock’s Reporter.
The notice says that mortgage holders are already facing higher payments, and others will soon face “payment shock” when they renew this year.
A few weeks ago, maritime analysts sitting at a desk in London spotted an anomaly with the tracking data used to identify vessels on the high seas.
Petersburg, an American government-owned tanker built in Bethlehem Steel in 1963, had shown up at Russia’s Black Sea port of Novorossiysk, a major hub for exports which had come under attack from the Ukrainians. What the experts were seeing was impossible.
It’s become crystal clear why there have been four ministers of foreign affairs in the past five years under the Trudeau government: it is are a rudderless ship with no vision for how Canada should be represented on the world stage. The prime minister’s leadership has been catastrophic for Canadian foreign policy.
The Liberals have failed to meet our NATO commitments, leaving our allies questioning our ability and our resolve. They’ve failed to stand with our Israeli allies, who are facing an existential threat. They’ve left Canada’s image degraded, tarnished and nearing the point of total collapse.
