Conservatives blast Liberals over “deafening silence” on Taiwan

Conservative MPs took to social media this week to blast the Liberal government’s inaction on recent incursions into Taiwanese airspace by China.

Both MP Michael Chong and recently-elected MP Melissa Lantsman made separate statements on social media calling for immediate action to support the island nation.

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How Justin Trudeau went from liberal darling to possibly endangered species

Janet Clarkson knows what happens when Canadian voters have “unrealistic expectations” about a politician’s leadership in office: “They vote you out. Period. And that can happen to Prime Minister Trudeau in Monday’s election.”

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GUNTER: Canada lost trust before we were left out of security pact

On Thursday, the United States, U.K. and Australia announced the formation of a security pact to counter China’s growing ambitions in the Indo-Pacific region.

Much of the coverage has centred on a deal that would see the U.S. sell Australia the technology to build nuclear-powered submarines.

But the pact covers far more than Aussie subs. It includes close co-operation on cyberintelligence, artificial intelligence, quantum computing and undersea surveillance. Since cyberspying and hacking are increasingly dangerous forms of state-to-state espionage, this three-way exchange is huge.

It’s also huge that Canada was not included — and it was no accident.

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Trudeau Government kept in dark about new security pact between U.S., Australia and Britain

Canada caught off guard by new security pact between U.S., Australia and Britain

The Canadian government was surprised this week by the announcement of a new security pact between the United States, Britain and Australia, one that excluded Canada and is aimed at confronting China’s growing military and political influence in the Indo-Pacific region, according to senior government officials.

Three officials, representing Canada’s foreign affairs, intelligence and defence departments, told The Globe and Mail that Ottawa was not consulted about the pact, and had no idea the trilateral security announcement was coming until it was made on Wednesday by U.S. President Joe Biden, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison.

This is bad. Canada must be so deeply infiltrated by Communist China our own allies no longer trust us.

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Canada faces ‘unsophisticated’ attacks using everyday weapons, government threat report says

Twenty years after 9/11, Canada’s main terrorist threat comes from “domestic, lone actors” incited online who use everyday objects as weapons, according to a declassified intelligence report.

The “secret” Integrated Terrorism Assessment Centre (ITAC) report obtained by Global News under the Access to Information Act shows how terrorism has evolved since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

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Here are 5 ways the feds could fix Canada’s housing crisis

Housing has been a hot topic in the campaign for Canada’s 44th parliament.

Every major party platform offers proposals for reining in what has become a nationwide affordability crisis. However, experts say the most effective potential solutions have either received scant attention from the federal platforms, or have failed to be included at all.

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Trudeau says he ‘won’t back down’ from anti-vaxx protesters

A rocky start in the polls for Justin Trudeau’s Liberals has been compounded with intense and vitriolic protests in different parts of Ontario.

The crowds, which have been seen holding signs protesting vaccines and COVID-19 measures have often spewed insults and obscenities towards Trudeau, Liberal supporters and media. At times, they’ve followed him along the campaign trail, but Trudeau said the constant pressure from the outspoken minority hasn’t changed his outlook.

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New negative ads from the Liberals an admission it’s a tight race

The Liberal Party of Canada unleashed a trio of television ads Saturday attacking Erin O’Toole and the Conservatives using the trifecta of oft-tried Liberal wedge issues: abortion, gun control and two-tier health care.

h/t Marvin

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