Many Ukrainians applying to come to Canada as Russia’s invasion of their country drags on are doing so as an “insurance policy” and a “backup plan,” the Canadian immigration minister has said.
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I got home this morning to find my 20 plus year relationship with @BMO is breaking up
I got home this morning to find my 20 plus year relationship with @BMO is breaking up.
Like thousands of other Canadians I received a letter we no longer get along.
30 days to close my accounts.
If you don’t think they are tracking you THINK again.
I was ready, will u be????— Miss Tammy (@mack3636) May 15, 2022
Canada’s home-ownership class war is just getting started
What’s coming is the economic stratification of Canadian society caused by the huge gulf between owning a home and renting one.
There it was, in the April 8 edition of The Vancouver Sun, the juxtaposition of two different stories that perfectly illustrated Canada’s coming class war.
Let’s call it the great divide.
One side of that divide was on Page 2 with a blurb for the regular video feature, ‘Conversations that matter.’ In it, a guest is invited to talk about issues in their field of expertise. The guest in that day’s edition was Nicole Garton, a lawyer specializing in wills and estates.
Her topic?
Trudeau selling out Canada…..Andy Lee has the documents
Trudeau selling out Canada…..Andy Lee has the documents https://t.co/OfMlp5fcXA
— The Real Andy Lee Show (@RealAndyLeeShow) May 15, 2022
GUNTER: Yet more Liberal falsehoods surrounding the convoy have been debunked
When members of the Trudeau government insist they relied on advice from police before they brought in the Emergencies Act in February to clear a truckers’ convoy from downtown Ottawa, they’re, um, not being exactly truthful.
Nova Scotia shooting: First-hand accounts heard in probe of Canada tragedy
In April 2020, a gunman posing as a police officer went on a shooting spree in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.
It left 22 dead, including a pregnant woman, a primary school teacher, a 17-year-old teenager and a police constable. A public inquiry is now looking into how Canada’s worst mass shooting unfolded.
First-hand accounts from responding officers, as well as witnesses and experts, have helped paint a picture of a “vindictive” gunman who methodically killed his victims, sometimes setting their homes ablaze and shooting their pets.
But despite the details from their statements, the joint federal and provincial inquiry has left many questions unanswered at the halfway point of its public investigation.
Want Tighter Restrictions on Protests? Progressive Politicians Should Beware What They Wish For
People were aghast at the behaviour of a small group of protesters who recently surrounded NDP leader Jagmeet Singh at a Peterborough, Ontario, provincial election campaign event. The protesters were intimidating and pressing as they shouted a string of obscenities at Singh and followed him to a waiting van. Few rational people condone that kind of behaviour, and it was roundly condemned by people on all sides of the political spectrum.
What is concerning though is we now have federal politicians using this incident as a reason to pursue tighter legal restrictions upon protests. This is a very dangerous road to wander down, and we could be risking the loss of essential democratic rights of assembly and expression.
Jean Charest says convoy “laid siege” to Ottawa and Pierre Poilievre “appeals to the fringe minority”
Conservative Party of Canada leadership candidate Jean Charest is claiming the Freedom Convoy “terrorized” and “laid siege to” Ottawa, and that his rival Pierre Poilievre “appeals to the fringe minority.”
The former Quebec Liberal premier made the claims in a campaign mail-out obtained by True North. It appears to have been sent exclusively to Ottawa residents, although Charest’s campaign team would not confirm – opting instead to say that “over 50,000 letters have been sent nationwide so far.”
Canada’s Globe and Mail pushes back against government’s online censorship bill
The editorial board of Canada’s Globe and Mail has voiced criticism of the way Prime Minister Justin Trudeau plans to tackle “online harms,” saying that it remains unclear who would be the target of these future laws, or how they would work.
Gas prices across Canada continue to soar for weekend drivers, experts predict no immediate relief
“These are mind-numbing, eye-popping prices that … is probably not sustainable for most Canadians on fixed incomes/middle class,” said Dan McTeague of Gas Wizard, also president of Canadians for Affordable Energy.
“I think it’s fair to say most Canadians are taking a pounding on this and it’s not the ones who drive for kicks and giggles, it’s the ones that need this to get to work…. And it will be long term.”
Colby Cosh: Supreme Court follows the science (uh, oh) in ‘automatism’ ruling
For once, the Supreme Court’s Friday payload won’t have us all talking about scary political divisions and intra-justice sniping. The court delivered a 9-0 decision on the fate of Section 33.1 of the Criminal Code, which explicitly eliminated the defence of “automatism” for intoxicated persons who commit unlawful acts of violence. To go over the relevant history in as brisk a fashion as possible…
Ottawa looking at a wealth tax to pay for soaring spending
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has been eyeing a wealth tax to pay for his government’s spending spree. Heavily redacted documents obtained by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation under an access to information request show the prime minister asked for analysis of a $60-billion wealth tax. With deficits looming to the far horizon, it must be a tempting cash grab.
Independent media is running circles around the legacy media
This week, Canadians tuned into the Conservative Party’s boring and uneventful leadership debate. We don’t blame you if you tuned out of the debate, but you may have missed the media scrum with candidates after the debate, in which independent media journalists ran circles around so-called reporters from the legacy media. While the legacy media pushed their favourite pet cause – climate change – independent media asked candidates thorough questions to help Canadians get a better understanding of the candidates.
Canada’s top court says voluntary extreme intoxication a defence in violent crimes
The Supreme Court of Canada issued a major decision on Friday allowing criminal defendants in cases involving assault — including sexual assault — to use a defence known as self-induced extreme intoxication.
Effectively, it means defendants who voluntarily consume intoxicating substances and then assault or interfere with the bodily integrity of another person can avoid conviction if they can prove they were too intoxicated to control their actions.