Canadian Human Rights Commission Report Says Christmas a ‘Discriminatory’ Holiday

The report says Canada’s ‘identity as a settler colonial state’ is a chief reason for its ‘religious intolerance.’

A new report from Canada’s human rights watchdog says Christmas is a discriminatory holiday rooted in “colonialism.”

The Oct. 23 report from the Canadian Human Rights Commission called Canada’s celebration of Jesus’s birth “an obvious example” of “systemic religious discrimination.”

“Statutory holidays related to Christianity including Christmas and Easter are the only Canadian statutory holidays linked to religious holy days,” says the report titled “Discussion Paper On Religious Intolerance.”

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‘Brothel capital of Europe’ considers ban on buying sex

Calls are growing in Germany for an outright ban on prostitution amid warnings that the country has become “the brothel of Europe”, attracting sex tourists from around the world.

The conservative opposition CDU party said that the legalisation of the sex industry in 2002 under a previous centre-left government had failed because it was largely ignored in practice. It gave prostitutes employment rights, access to welfare benefits and the right to sue non-paying clients.

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South Koreans are eligible to work at NextStar EV factory under Harper-era free trade deal

Hundreds of South Koreans expected to work at the NextStar EV battery factory in Windsor, Ont., are legally eligible to work in Canada under a 2015 free trade agreement negotiated and implemented by Stephen Harper’s former Conservative government.

Concerns were raised about foreign workers coming to Canada when a social media post by Windsor Police suggested up to 1,600 South Koreans would require accommodations during their employment at the facility.

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Why is a man convicted of killing Bangladesh’s president in 1975 still living free in Canada?

As the sun pierces the horizon to reveal a distant Toronto skyline, a fit-looking man in his 70s emerges on his third-floor condominium balcony. He’s come out to tend an expansive collection of flowers and plants that crowd his terrace, making it difficult to get a clear view of his face.

This low-rise condo building is unremarkable, one of several fanning out across a leafy west Toronto suburb.

So is the man carefully looking after his plants in the early autumn light. He is wearing a blue button-up shirt and jeans fastened neatly with a belt. His greying hair has receded since he was last photographed publicly nearly three decades ago.

This guy’s story crops up in the media every few years, why he’s protected is anyone’s guess.

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U.S. Soldier: Army Demands Cash for Gear Ordered Left Behind in Afghanistan

Abandoned equipment Afghanistan

Illegal alien criminals, child traffickers, and potential terrorists violating our laws to cross the southern U.S. border get all kinds of moolah and freebies. But if you’re an American soldier who put everything on the line to defend your country, Uncle Sam would apparently like a thousand bucks for that gear you were told you COULDN’T bring out of Afghanistan.

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Three teen girls charged after cop assaulted while breaking up fight at Brampton school: police

Things have changed at Catholic schools I guess. Looks like they’re passing a shiv.

Three teenaged girls are facing charges after a Peel police officer was allegedly assaulted while attempting to break up a fight at a Brampton high school earlier this month.

Police say that a 22 Division youth investigative officer was sent to Cardinal Leger Secondary School near Main and Queen streets on the morning of Nov. 9 following a request from the principal.

Police say that while the officer was speaking with the principal, a fight broke out inside the cafeteria.

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RCMP Investigating Muslim Preacher’s Call for Allah to Eradicate ‘Zionist Aggressors’

The federal police force says it’s investigating a public speech by a Montreal Muslim preacher that called for Allah to exterminate “Zionist aggressors.”

Adil Charkaoui, imam at the Centre Islamique Assahaba, made a speech during a pro-Palestine rally on Oct. 28 and lashed out at Israel for its actions in Gaza following the Oct. 7 terrorist attack by Hamas.

Nothing will come of this. Nothing ever does.

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CNN Gives Mentally Ill Rabbi a Soapbox to Promote Pro-Ceasefire Rhetoric

When CNN needed a Jewish voice to stand in for the pro-ceasefire movement, it knew exactly where to turn. The network turned to a man who calls himself Jessica Rosenberg, a rabbi who, earlier this month, heckled Joe Biden at a campaign event in Minnesota.

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