CBC says it will only commission new programs in which nearly a third of the key creative team is made up of members of under-represented communities.
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“Government Broadcaster Running Interference For PMJT At Every Turn”: Former CBC Journalist Rips Network
“I’ve been reluctant to refer to our public broadcaster as a government broadcaster but this sealed it for me – it has become the government broadcaster running interference for PMJT at every turn,” said Alan Fryer.
Bill to implement UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples clears Senate
The passage of this bill in the upper chamber means it will soon receive royal assent — a milestone National Chief Perry Bellegarde of the Assembly of First Nations says marks an important day for First Nations, Indigenous Peoples and all Canadians on the path toward reconciliation.
“Canada must now take all measures necessary to ensure that the laws of Canada are consistent with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples,” Bellegarde said in a series of tweets reacting to the Senate vote.
“UNDRIP will help right the injustices of past, and ensure that Indigenous Peoples have a bright and prosperous future in Canada.”
Ka-Ching!
Central bankers play down soaring cost of living
Even while prices continued to surge, both Powell and Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem, who addressed the Canadian Senate Wednesday evening, continue to insist that the inflation we are seeing now is a flash in the pan.
Biggest shakeup in auto industry’s history chance for Canada to climb on top
When U.S. President Joe Biden hopped behind the wheel of a new Ford Electric F-150 last month, he called it the future of the U.S. economy: “A union-made product, right here in America.”
For some Canadians, his words rang out like a wake-up call because in recent years, engines for the F-150, and other Ford vehicles, have been assembled in Windsor, Ontario.
Of course, electric vehicles like the new F-150 don’t have engines — they have batteries and motors. That’s why Stephen MacKenzie, president of Invest Windsor Essex, the local economic development corporation, is scrambling to attract battery manufacturers to the region.
FATAH: There is no Islamophobia in Canada
Where else in the world would a Catholic prime minister, the leader of its right-wing Christian Conservative opposition, the left-wing party headed by a turbaned Sikh and the head of a separatist party join the city’s mayor, the province’s premier and tens of thousands of ordinary citizens to condemn the horrific mass murder of a Muslim family, allegedly at the hands of home-schooled Christian man?
The answer of course is Canada.
Hajdu stonewalls disclosure of Winnipeg lab files citing “national security” concerns
Liberal Health Minister Patty Hajdu once again refused to hand over documents related to the firing of two scientists from a federal infectious disease lab in Winnipeg.
According to Blacklock’s Reporter, during a Canada-China Relations Committee meeting, Hajdu repeatedly refused to disclose information about the incident claiming that releasing the documents could harm Canada’s national security.
Two people charged after allegedly threatening to ‘blow up’ east-end Toronto mosque
Toronto police say the accused were under the influence of drugs when they allegedly tried to enter the Islamic Institute of Toronto on Tuesday morning, and there’s no evidence suggesting what happened was hate-motivated.
Canada’s vaccine targets based on models before troublesome Delta variant well known
Canada is on the cusp of hitting its first national vaccination target, but chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam says the Delta variant of the virus that causes COVID-19 might mean the country has to up its vaccine game again.
Red swastika spray-painted on Edmonton mosque
The Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at, one of Canada’s largest Muslim communities, took to social media posting images showing the Baitul Hadi Mosque with a spray-painted image of the Nazi symbol.
Anatomy of a Lynching – In Sharia-compliant Canada, accusation equals guilt — and prejudice overrides the due process of law.
“Their lives were taken in a brutal, cowardly, and brazen act of violence. This killing was no accident. This was a terrorist attack motivated by hatred in the heart of one of our communities.”
That was Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, speaking to reporters last Tuesday. Over in Pakistan, Prime Minister Imran Khan blamed the attack on “growing Islamophobia” in Western countries that “needs to be countered holistically by the international community.”
Tensions Rise As G7 Attendees Accidentally Refer To Justin Trudeau Using Masculine Pronouns
World War 3 was nearly started after G7 attendees referred to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau using masculine pronouns, misgendering the progressive, inclusive, genderless leader.
Grocery Giants Discussed Fixing More Than Bread Prices, Court Files Suggest
Documents reveal feds raided Maple Leaf Foods and raise questions about co-ordinated meat pricing and involvement of BC chains in bread price setting.
Green Shirts Turn Brown! Green Party’s Annamie Paul survives emergency meeting over leadership on condition she renounces ex-staffer
The party’s federal council — which is the governing body of the party — held an emergency meeting Tuesday night that lasted more than three-and-a-half hours. Officials were expected to hold a vote on whether to trigger a complex process under the party’s constitution that could have declared no-confidence in Paul’s leadership.
That vote did not end up taking place, multiple sources with knowledge of the meeting told CBC News.
Instead, sources say, the federal council adopted a separate motion asking Paul to publicly repudiate one of Paul’s former senior advisers, Noah Zatzman, who accused many politicians — including unspecified Green MPs — of discrimination and antisemitism in a social media post last month.
The Brown Shirts of The Green Party are not significant, the debate about Israel is. I expect the Liberal party to more openly reflect the anti-Israel stance of the Green rank and file in the near term, this is just a hint of things to come.
Toronto Star columnist tries to cancel Canada Day
Toronto Star columnist Shira Lurie, a radical academic, has written a column for the Toronto Star where she advocated for cancelling Canada Day, instead opting for a day of reckoning and guilt.