Canada can no longer ignore its violent jihadist extremism problem

Recent arrests in the Greater Toronto Area of Waleed Khan, Osman Azizov, and Fahad Sadaat lay bare a disturbing truth that Canadians can no longer ignore: violent jihadist extremism is being cultivated and operationalized here.

What began as two armed attempts to abduct women from public streets in Toronto and Mississauga escalated into one of the most serious terrorism and hate-crime cases in recent memory. The three men now face dozens of charges involving firearms offences, hostage-taking conspiracies and sexual assault with weapons. Police said that the alleged criminals targeted women and members of the Jewish community and that the alleged crimes were motivated by antisemitism.


No country that appoints the likes of Amira Elghawaby as its Islamophobia Tsar can ever be considered “serious about jihad”.

In fact the Liberal Party is a Jihad enabler.

Remigration of all Islamists is the best choice.

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Harley Finkelstein: Canadian Jews are being targeted simply because they are Jewish

My name is Harley Finkelstein. I am a proud Jewish-Canadian, an entrepreneur and the grandson of Holocaust survivors.

I am also the son of immigrants who came to Canada more than half a century ago after fleeing Hungary following the 1956 revolution. They came here to escape persecution. They came because Canada promised safety, opportunity and the freedom to live openly.

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John Ivison: Mark Carney’s conceivable tragic fall will come from hubris

It has been curious to watch Prime Minister Mark Carney’s parade of year-end interviews while reading Paul Litt’s excellent 2011 biography of former prime minister John Turner: Elusive Destiny.

Many of Turner’s qualities, as noted by journalist Ron Graham in a Saturday Night magazine profile ahead of the 1984 Liberal leadership election, could equally be said of Carney.

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Toronto hate crime suspect denied refugee status in 2018

Osman Azizov Muslim Sex Predator

One of the Toronto men recently charged with alleged hate and extremism-motivated crimes targeting women and Jews was denied refugee status more than seven years ago, according to court records.

Government records obtained by Global News show that Osman Azizov is an Azerbaijani citizen who, accompanied by his parents, crossed into Canada between official border points near Lacolle, Que., in 2017.

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Jamie Sarkonak: Liberals admit their own plastics ban is a disastrous sham

We’re never going to get an apology from the Liberals for their failed single-use plastics ban — but on Dec. 20, we got the next best thing: an admission that it was all a costly mistake.

It’s buried in the government’s proposal to cancel the export ban on plastic straws, cutlery, grocery bags, ring carriers, stir sticks and other food packaging, which took effect earlier this month. A draft amendment to the federal plastics regulations to that effect is open for public comment until Feb. 28, and will likely become law soon afterward.

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Organizers of West Bank delegation blocked by Israel call for steeper sanctions

Members of a Canadian delegation that was denied entry to the West Bank earlier this month are calling on Ottawa to tighten sanctions targeting new Israeli settlements in occupied territory.

A group that included six Canadian MPs on a mission to meet with displaced Palestinians was turned away at the Allenby border crossing into the West Bank on Dec. 16.

Multiple witnesses from the group said Ontario MP Iqra Khalid was shoved by an Israeli border guard during the confrontation.

Oh No!!!!

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Treasury Board minister silent on details of plan to shrink federal public service

OTTAWA – Treasury Board President Shafqat Ali says the federal government hasn’t worked out details of planned public service cuts and efforts to boost the amount of time public servants spend in the office.

Ali said in a recent interview with The Canadian Press the government is still finalizing the workforce adjustment and return-to-office plans.

Hundreds of federal employees have been warned they may lose their jobs as the government moves to shrink the public service, and many departments have told staff news on job cuts will come in the new year.


Carney won’t do anything to antagonize the civil service voting bloc.

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Why a one-seat majority might be the worst-case scenario for federal Liberals

OTTAWA — During the Liberals’ Dec. 11 Christmas party just hours after Conservative MP Michael Ma crossed the floor to the government, soirée hosts James Maloney and Mona Fortier joked to ecstatic attendees that their favourite number was “172”.

That’s the minimum number of MPs a party needs to get a simple majority in the House of Commons. With Ma’s crossing, the Liberals suddenly find themselves one seat away from their favourite number.

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Carney’s foreign policy shift to trade, security prompts questions about human rights

OTTAWA – As Prime Minister Mark Carney puts trade and security at the centre of Canada’s foreign policy, observers say Ottawa is also shifting how it asserts its values on the world stage.

The Liberals insist they are still standing up for human rights globally while seeking investment from China, India and Gulf countries. But a change in priorities is prompting some criticism — and changing how Canada trains its diplomats.

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Mélanie Joly likes to talk tough. Now she has to deliver

OTTAWA—Mélanie Joly — the lawyer and former foreign affairs minister now industry minister on the economic front lines of a trade war — talked tough all fall.

She threatened to sue Stellantis after it halted Canadian auto production plans in Brampton. She warned a British mining giant poised to take over one of Canada’s last big diversified mining companies that its offer on Teck Resources wasn’t good enough. And she declared that Lockheed Martin, the American jet maker building the F-35 fighter plane, must up its pitch because Canada is not getting enough economic benefit and is weighing the purchase of Swedish planes instead.

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Ottawa facing scrutiny after admitting $170‑million stockpile of expired medical supplies headed for landfill

The Public Health Agency of Canada is under renewed fire after confirming it wasted more than $170 million on medical supplies that have since expired and are now bound for the dump.

The revelation has MPs demanding to know why no senior officials have been dismissed over years of inventory mismanagement.

(incognito)

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JEANES: Fearmongering from the propaganda wing of Canada’s federal government

Uh-oh… Someone from Ottawa must have had a word with National Post mucky mucks last April about the money they receive from the federal government.

It probably went something like this: “Hi guys! Did you get our check? Would you like to get next month’s too? Then how about publishing an editorial on what a bad idea Alberta independence is. You’re welcome. No need to thank us.”

(Incognito)

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You can’t find a doctor but migrants get into the Potato Museum for free on your dime

See attractions, get attracted: This is one way Canada is trying to help new immigrants decide to stay

The Canoo app gives newcomers and new citizens free access to more than 1,400 cultural attractions and national parks to make exploring easier.

On a week-long road trip to Canada’s East Coast, newcomer Eduardo Santana didn’t expect a potato museum to become one of his favourite discoveries.

In Prince Edward Island, the 41-year-old software engineer from the Dominican Republic — who says with a laugh that he “really loves potatoes” — found himself wandering through antique and modern potato cultivation machines and many varieties of spuds he never knew existed, grown in the province’s iconic iron-rich red soil.

Santana said he learned about a surprisingly “rich history of potatoes,” and it helped him feel a little closer to a country he was still getting to know and now calls home.


The Institute for Canadian Citizenship, yet another government grift.

 

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