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Espionage, terrorism, plotting against governments? Numbers offer a glimpse of Canada’s security screening — and its problems
Canada’s border security officials have flagged people almost 1,000 times over the past decade for alleged involvement in espionage, in terrorism or in bringing down a government — but only a small fraction have been deported.
And experts say there is likely good reason for that.
A fast food restaurant in Argentina has been called “offensive” and “disgusting” by Jewish groups after serving items named after Holocaust victim Anne Frank and former Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler.
CHARLEBOIS: From one ‘cartel’ to another
We have just learned that major Canadian food companies, namely Loblaw, Metro, Maple Leaf Foods, Walmart, and Weston Bakeries, find themselves entangled in a class-action lawsuit filed in Quebec. It seems inevitable that we may soon witness a similar class-action lawsuit affecting the rest of Canada.
The lawsuit alleges that these industry giants colluded to unlawfully manipulate the price of meat, resulting in households allegedly paying more than $4 billion in unjustified excess. At the centre of the case lies a critical piece of evidence — an email dating back to March 2007, wherein the former president of Maple Leaf Foods, Michael McCain, outlines a concerning discussion with Paul Del Duca, a former senior vice-president at Metro in Ontario.
We are a Banana Republic.
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh was quick to clap back at a drive-by heckler on Tuesday, inviting the man to “have a conversation” with him instead of shouting expletives out of his car window.
Singh was speaking outside of a Dominion grocery store in St. John’s, N.L., about high food prices when a man in a black car pulled up next to him in the parking lot shouting an expletive of a sexual nature about Singh and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
The audio in this clip picks up the driver suggesting Jagmeet Singh sucks the Prime Minister's 🐓.
Jagmeet clearly upset with the heckler mentioning his oral capacity with the PM responds by calling him a homophobe.
Coalition indeed. pic.twitter.com/PJkh1dEE05
— Steven_Tyler (@StevenT65674368) August 1, 2023
WTF? h/t Everyone
How do you do, fellow citizens?
I am just like you. pic.twitter.com/W49FFaxbc7
— PETRIFIED COVID PARENT (@covid_parent) August 2, 2023
h/t SDMatt and Mauser
Pop star and Joe Biden campaigner Lizzo is being hit with a lawsuit by three former tour dancers who allege that they were subjected to sexual harassment and a hostile workplace environment. They also claim they were pressured to touch nude dancers during a live sex show.
While Canada’s deputy prime minister claims she’s a victim of “blatant misinformation,” it appears Chrystia Freeland was not only caught possibly stretching the truth but also took a figurative hook to the chin, courtesy of Conservative MP Melissa Lantsman.
A Quebec trucking company has been ordered to reinstate a driver who was fired after she drank at least nine beers before she lost control of her truck on a Pennsylvania highway.
The driver’s actions amounted to serious misconduct, but her drinking was the result of a disability — alcoholism — and trucking company Groupe Robert should have made a reasonable accommodation for her, labour arbitrator Huguette April said in a written decision on July 18.
“The night of the accident, she needed to drink,” April said. “She admitted that even though she knew she shouldn’t, the need was stronger, like something that she couldn’t control.”
One hundred and eighty-nine years ago, slavery was abolished in Canada. Today we celebrate Emancipation Day and recognize the strength and resilience of Black communities, as we commit to keep building a more inclusive Canada.
— Chrystia Freeland (@cafreeland) August 1, 2023
Ratio’d
h/t Mauser
‘Never seen anything like it’: Sniper who left military over COVID-19 policy since found ‘unconstitutional’
The non-binding decision made by a Canadian military tribunal could result in a flood of new lawsuits against the federal government and reopen a divisive debate over vaccine mandates, a legal expert says.
The Military Grievances External Review Committee (MGERC) recently found that the implementation of the COVID-19 vaccine policy within the Canadian Armed Forces may have violated the Charter rights of some members.
She has had her breasts removed in order to be non-binary.
She isnt’ taking testosterone or doing anything else. pic.twitter.com/XRXP7H3atN
— TroonyToons 💜🤍💛 (@troonytoons) August 1, 2023
They all concur it’s normal for their rot pockets to smell. pic.twitter.com/6ddf0nVRml
— TroonyToons 💜🤍💛 (@troonytoons) August 1, 2023
A Mexican national who overstayed his visa was arrested in the northern border state of Michigan for alleged trafficking of a minor, Charlevoix County Sheriff Charles Vondra told the Daily Caller News Foundation.
h/t Kiki9
Canadian health officials asked an Ontario woman to donate organs of her husband who died after being denied an organ transplant because he did not receive the COVID-19 shots.
There are simply not enough affordable places for people to live across Canada, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday during an housing announcement in Hamilton, where he promised the federal government would work to scale up supply.
Mr. Trudeau stood alongside Mayor Andrea Horwath in Hamilton to announce a joint plan to build and repair 214 homes in the city, with Ottawa spending $45-million for four projects. The City of Hamilton will contribute $19.1-million.
“Today is about increasing housing supply,” Mr. Trudeau said. “I will be blunt as well: Housing isn’t a primary federal responsibility. It’s not something we have direct carriage of. But it is something that we can and must help with.”
What a shit.
