As inflation trips along, almost one-third of working Canadians say they are worried about being able to cover their “daily living expenses,” according to a new report.
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Ottawa won’t say if CSIS operative who trafficked teens to Islamic State militants is now in Canada
An operative for Canada’s spy agency who once trafficked three British teens to Islamic State militants has been released from a Turkish prison, and the federal government will not say if he has been relocated to Canada.
A source with direct knowledge of the situation told The Globe and Mail that the man, Mohammed al-Rashed, a Syrian human smuggler for the Islamic State who was recruited to spy for the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, was freed from prison on Aug. 5. He had been incarcerated in Turkey since 2015 on terrorism and smuggling charges.
Alberta Fires Chief of Human Rights Commission who refused to resign over so called “Islamophobia” allegations
… Earlier Thursday, Toronto lawyer Kathryn Marshall said in a statement she has been retained to represent May, who officially began his five-year term as chief of the commission and tribunals on July 14.
She said May, whom she pointed out was the first openly gay chief of the commission, would not be resigning his position.
“He has done nothing wrong,” she wrote.
A near perfect storm approaches. A gay cancelled for telling the truth about Islam.
Majority of Canadians want referendum on monarchy ties after queen’s death: poll
Nearly 60 per cent of Canadians want a referendum held to determine whether the country stays tied to the British monarchy, a new poll suggests — despite nearly equal support both for and against preserving those ties.
The Ipsos poll, conducted exclusively for Global News just days after the death of Queen Elizabeth II, found support for a referendum on the future of the monarchy has gone up since last year, from 53 per cent in 2021 to 58 per cent today.
Former bigwig in outlawed Palestinian terrorist group wins yet another chance to stay in Canada
It once seemed inevitable that Issam Al Yamani would be sent packing. He was ordered deported from Canada 17 years ago for being an important member an outlawed Palestinian terrorist group; Ottawa said the country could neither be a retirement home for former terrorists or allow sleeper cells to fester.
Why Canadian liberals cling on to monarchy
Republicanism has become a conservative cause
Will there be a Commonwealth left for King Charles III to rule over? In the week since his mother’s death, officials in Jamaica and Antigua and Barbuda have publicly questioned whether their countries should join the ranks of Barbados, which became a republic last year. In the former settler colonies of Australia and New Zealand, Prime Ministers Anthony Albanese and Jacinda Ardern (both professed republicans) have paid their respects to Elizabeth II — yet it appears that emboldened republican movements could gain momentum in their time in office.
Ottawa responds to UN pressure about well-being of Canadian detained in Syria
The federal government has told United Nations officials that international human rights law does not obligate Canada to actively facilitate the return of its citizens detained in northern Syria.
Ottawa says that instead, the duty of respecting international conventions largely falls on the foreign state that is holding people captive.
Canada spells out its view in an Aug. 24 response to UN officials who pressed Ottawa about the case of Jack Letts.
Alberta human rights chief refuses to quit because he spoke the truth about Islam
The head of the Alberta Human Rights Commission is refusing to quit despite public direction from Justice Minister Tyler Shandro to do so over a passage in a book review that has been criticized as Islamophobic.
Lawyer Kathryn Marshall tweeted Thursday that she has been retained by human rights chief Collin May, adding: “He will not be resigning.”
Marshall said further details will come out later.
Shandro’s office declined to comment.
Islam murders apostates. It is a death cult.
Glavin: Canada rolls out the welcome mat to top Iranians, in spite of their records
One of the more brazen instances of dodgy Khomeinist big shots coming and going from Canada as if they were just regular visitors and as if Iran were a normal country and not a tyrannical terror state involves the former Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps brigadier Ali Reza Razm Hosseini.
.@barbaraslavin1, Look into the eyes of this young Iranian girl. Mahsa Amini is in a coma after being beaten by morality police for inappropriate hijab. Tens of women are in jail. Now listen to yourself again to understand why we are fed up with those normalizing our oppressors. https://t.co/P7iWGDtrny pic.twitter.com/COHcOmCvjH
— Masih Alinejad 🏳️ (@AlinejadMasih) September 15, 2022
Toronto 18 terror attack plotter denied full parole; still ‘an undue risk’ despite progress
Shareef Abdelhaleem, one of the Toronto 18 terror plotters who tried to detonate large bombs in 2006 has been denied full parole despite his gregarious chat with parole board officials.
‘Ridiculous’: Murder victim’s sister told to remove recent photo of killer from Facebook
There is still no sign of the man who murdered a Moncton teenager in the 1980s after he breached his parole and disappeared almost two weeks ago.
Now, the victim’s sister says she has been told she can’t post a recent photo of him on social media.
Laura Ann Davis was just 16 when she was shot and killed by Patrice Mailloux at her family’s store on George Street in Moncton on Nov. 14, 1987.
Because coddling criminals has worked out so well in Ontario and Saskatchewan.
Canada’s federal holiday to mourn the Queen leaves a patchwork of confusion
On Canada’s east and west coasts, schools and government offices will be closed on the day of Queen Elizabeth II’s state funeral. But in the two most populous provinces, employees will be at work – unless they are federal employees. Banks and other federal industries, however, have been given the option to close – or to remain open.
On Tuesday, the prime minister, Justin Trudeau, declared 19 September a federal holiday. But the ensuing chaos of determining who qualifies for the holiday has left workers confused across the country.
Why do business owners get to decide whether you take this as a holiday.
Alberta justice minister asks human rights chief to resign over bullshit Islamophobia accusation
Alberta justice minister asks human rights chief to resign after Islamophobia accusations
In a 2009 book review, the province’s new human rights commissioner Collin May wrote that Islam ‘is one of the most militaristic religions known to man’
Islam is a murder cult. Ask Salman Rushdie.
Canada Not A Great Place to Retire
But don’t take my word for it:
Canada fell out of the top 10 ranking of the best countries for retirement security this year, according to Natixis Investment Managers (Natixis IM). In the investment research group’s 10th annual retirement index, Canada dropped five places to 15th out of 44 countries, after securing a top 10 spot for the first time last year.
The main reasons for the drop, Natixis IM said, are a decline in financial well-being and happiness, increased tax burdens, a rapidly aging population and environmental factors, such as a lack of biodiversity.
Yeah, that must be it.
Russia Imports North Korean Military Kits
Vladimir Putin’s forces are being forced to source equipment from North Korea and Iran as the impacts of sanctions and military losses in Ukraine bite, defence experts believe.
British defence intelligence analysts think that Moscow is “increasingly sourcing weaponry from other heavily sanctioned states” as its own stockpiles are depleted.
An update published by the UK’s Ministry of Defence pointed to claims that Ukrainian forces had shot down an Iranian-made drone as evidence of Moscow’s use of systems sourced from Tehran.
Ukraine claimed it shot down the drone near Kupiansk as part of the offensive that has punched through Russian lines around Kharkiv on the eastern front.
The image suggested the Shahed “suicide drone” had been shot down by Ukrainian forces and had not detonated on impact as designed, though little information was released by the authorities in Kyiv.
If it makes everyone feel better, Justin relies on South Korea to pull its fat out of the fire:
Canada has asked the government of South Korea to produce and deliver more artillery rounds to backfill supplies that Ottawa sent to war-torn Ukraine.
(Sidebar: this article is dated June of this year.)
What’s worse is that Justin will bore South Korean president Yoon Sok-yeol later on this month.
Poor Mr. Yoon.