Someone is going to get killed. It’s what happens when you abandon the rule of law. And as increasingly aggressive, openly antisemitic protests roil our cities, we now have video footage of a masked menace telling someone “I’ll put you six feet deep” in front of police officers who, after long sociological cogitation, declared it totally cool. And the “such things have no place in Canada” crowd seem to agree.
More than one-third of Canadians lack confidence in the youth criminal justice system, according to government research, which the Department of Justice describes as a “cause for concern.”
Research by the Department of Justice revealed that 39 percent of Canadians have little confidence that the youth criminal justice system (YCJS) is fair. Only 22 percent of those surveyed said they were confident the system is fair while 29 percent said they were moderately confident.
Rent increases slowing in Canada. Here’s where price hikes are cooling most
A report says the average asking price for a rental unit in Canada was $2,174 in November, relatively flat from the previous month but an 8.4 per cent increase year-over-year.
The data released Friday by Rentals.ca and Urbanation, which analyzes monthly listings from the former’s network, showed the annual rate of rent growth in Canada continues to slow, following increases of 9.9 per cent in October and 11.1 per cent in September.
Less than a third of the population is optimistic about the future of Canada’s middle class, according to a new poll, which found that optimism has plummeted since 2020.
Released by Pollara Strategic Insights on Dec. 17, the survey said that only 31 percent of respondents expressed confidence in the future of the country’s middle class, reflecting a 22 percent decline from the 53 percent reported in 2020.
… Canadians who identified as Jewish were very likely to see antisemitism as a major problem (75 per cent). Of those who identified as Muslim, nearly half (48 per cent) perceived anti-Muslim discrimination as a serious issue. Half of Muslim respondents (49 per cent) identified antisemitism as a minor or non-existent issue while one in five Jewish respondents (19 per cent) classified Islamophobia as a minor or non-existent problem.
… “Views of religions were fairly static… with one notable exception,” the survey stated. “Canadians are now more likely to say Islam is damaging to Canadian society than they were in 2022. Now, more than two-in-five (43%) believe Islam to be a harmful presence to Canada, a figure triple the number who believe the religion to be a positive contributor.”
Regional politics and well-armed Houthi adversaries in Yemen are among the challenges facing U.S.-led naval force
Hours after the U.S. announced a multinational task force to protect commercial traffic through the Red Sea, shipping giant A.P. Moller-Maersk said it would send its vessels around the Cape of Good Hope in southern Africa instead.
The message was clear: Jitters remain about a possible snarl to one of the world’s most crucial trade routes.
Attacks on merchant vessels by Houthi forces in Yemen, a militia group backed by Iran, continued this week—including two on Monday. The attacks have mostly taken place near the southern end of the Red Sea, called Bab el-Mandeb, or the Gate of Tears.
A bill that mandates tech giants pay news outlets for their content has come into effect in Canada amid an ongoing dispute with Facebook and Instagram owner Meta over the law.
Some have hailed it as a game-changer that sets out a permanent framework that will see a steady drip of funds from wealthy tech companies to Canada’s struggling journalism industry.
But it has also been met with resistance by Google and Meta – the only two companies big enough to be encompassed by the law.
Canada’s population grew by more than 430,000 during the third quarter, marking the fastest pace of population growth in any quarter since 1957.
Statistics Canada released its population estimates as of Oct. 1, which shows Canada’s population topped 40.5 million.
This stunt is deliberately made to insult the Canadian public while licking Hamas ass for votes.
Today, I spent some time listening to Muslim community leaders from the Toronto Islamic Centre in #UniRose.
The rise in Islamophobic hate crimes has left many Muslim Canadians feeling unsafe. It is unacceptable.
Islamophobia has no place in Canada—or anywhere. pic.twitter.com/zIpfVQPq62
— Chrystia Freeland (@cafreeland) December 18, 2023
h/t Mauser
First, they threatened and assaulted Jews.
Then it was Jewish-owned businesses and banks and corporations who do business with Israel.
An Ottawa youth charged with terrorism-related offences for allegedly targeting Jewish people last week faces three more charges, including two for being in possession or control of explosives.
When announcing the original two charges, the RCMP said the suspect is alleged to have instructed someone, directly or indirectly, to carry out a terrorist activity against “Jewish persons.”
Additionally, the youth is charged with “facilitation of a terrorist activity by communicating instructional material related to an explosive substance.”
As anyone who consumes Canadian news knows well, “introducing American-style health care” is one of this country’s greatest policy bogeymen: plenty of people are terrified of it, but it literally doesn’t exist. Any politician who bequeathed this country America’s fantastically expensive and complex system would be burned at the stake — in effigy, if they’re lucky. Still it’s deployed all the time to oppose any private-sector involvement, or any hint of a second or third “tier,” in the system.
OTTAWA – Canada is one of 14 countries that issued a statement of concern over violence in the West Bank, calling on Israel to do more to stop “extremist settler” violence against Palestinians(opens in a new tab).
The United Nations says violence in the Israel-occupied Palestinian territory of the West Bank has risen at an unprecedented rate since the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas militants prompted Israel to bombard the Gaza Strip.
No charges laid following pro-Palestine protest at Bayshore Shopping Centre
Ottawa police say no charges were laid after a protest erupted at the Bayshore Shopping Centre in Ottawa last Friday that was targeting the clothing retailer Zara.
A crowd of approximately 100 demonstrators with Palestinian flags, signs, and drums marched through the Bayshore Shopping Centre Friday evening to protest the Spanish fashion company, which has come under fire for a recent advertising campaign that critics say references the Israel-Hamas war and the resulting devastation in Gaza.
Anti-Israel protesters scaring young children at a Christmas celebration event at Bayshore Mall in Ottawa, Canada.
Via @canmericanized and @chrisdacey pic.twitter.com/Zf01Ike4ni
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) December 17, 2023
A decade after she was first elected, Canada’s Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says she plans to run again in the next federal election, while sidestepping the question of whether she’s eyeing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s job.
In an interview on CTV’s Your Morning, Freeland was asked about the Liberals’ current standing in the polls and the sentiment among some voters that Trudeau should step aside, and whether she would like to lead the Liberal Party of Canada if the job opened up.
