Trudeau’s National Security Adviser Says She Hasn’t Seen Evidence of Chinese Funding to 11 Candidates

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s national security adviser Jody Thomas says her office has seen no evidence supporting allegations that the Chinese regime funded 11 candidates in the 2019 federal election, but also said federal intelligence agencies are investigating the allegations.

“The news stories that you have read about interference are just that: news stories,” Thomas told the House of Commons national defence committee on Dec. 8, adding “We’ve not seen money going to 11 candidates, period.”

When they deny it you know it’s true.

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Is ‘Freedom’ a Dog Whistle?

In a New Republic essay titled “How the Right Turned ‘Freedom’ Into a Dog Whistle,” Eric Herschthal reviews Jefferson Cowie’s new book Freedom’s Dominion: A Saga of White Resistance to Federal Power. The essay traces how segregationists like George Wallace used the “language of freedom” as a smokescreen for institutionalized racial oppression. Wallace’s message, Herschthal writes, “resonated with many white Americans outside the South precisely because he did not explicitly endorse racism but cloaked it in the language of freedom against an overbearing federal government.”

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Ontario reveals how many people were impacted by COVID-19 vaccine portal breach

A security breach linked to Ontario’s COVID-19 vaccine portal exposed the personal information of approximately 360,000 people in the province.

Those who are impacted will start receiving email notices on Friday if their personal information was part of this breach.

“In over 95 per cent of cases, only names and/or phone numbers were impacted,” Ontario’s Ministry of Public and Business Service Delivery said in a statement on Friday.

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‘I don’t want to die, but I don’t want to be homeless’: Canadian man, 65, has a doctor’s approval that poverty qualifies him for euthanasia

You thought I was kidding when I did this pic?

A Canadian pensioner seeking euthanasia because he fears homelessness has received approval from a doctor despite admitting poverty is a major factor in the decision to end his own life.

Les Landry, 65, told assessors for the procedure he ‘doesn’t want to die’ but has applied for medical assistance in dying (MAID) because he can’t afford to live comfortably.

Astonishingly, a doctor has given one of the two signatures required for Landry to end his own life, despite knowing that financial hardship – not illness – is a leading reason for the profound decision.

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The transgender prison experiment uncovered: Male-to-female inmates in women’s cellblocks drive rising numbers of rapes and abuse

Women’s rights groups are warning of ever more male-to-female trans detainees serving time in women’s prisons, despite rising incidents of rape and other horrors in what were once women-only cellblocks.

They point to more cases of trans women — including powerful individuals with penises who are attracted to females — sexually abusing and harassing women inmates in New York, Illinois, California, New Jersey, Washington and beyond.

A full picture of trans prisoners is not available, but data obtained by DailyMail.com from federal and California officials indicates more trans male-to-female inmates, more transfer requests, and more pressure on wardens to approve them.

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TDSB declares Cops a Buzzkill – dismisses serious efforts to curb rising student violence

TDSB rules out return of armed police in school hallways amid rising student violence

The Toronto District School Board has ruled out the return of armed police to school hallways, even as it grapples with a rise in violent incidents amongst students.

That was made clear at a board meeting Wednesday night in which trustees discussed how to boost school safety and endorsed a plan that involves reaching deep into the community for help with what some are calling a crisis.

The TDSB’s 13-point action plan includes hiring more staff trained in de-escalation to work with youth, working with local groups to expand programming, creating an ad hoc team of experts, and growing partnerships with culturally responsive community organizations and faith-based groups.

Culturally responsive faith based basketball courts.

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Macron announces free condoms for 18- to 25-year-olds in France

The French president has said condoms will be made available for free in pharmacies for 18- to 25-year-olds in an attempt to reduce unwanted pregnancies among young people.

“It’s a small revolution for contraception,” Emmanuel Macron announced during a health debate with young people in Fontaine-le-Comte, a suburb of Poitiers in western France.

Makes you wonder which yutes he is targeting.

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Foreign Vessels Without Transponders Can Travel Undetected Through Canada’s Arctic: Auditor General

Auditor General Karen Hogan told MPs on a parliamentary committee Thursday that foreign vessels without transponders can travel undetected through Canada’s Arctic because of “gaps” in surveillance technology and resources.

“Does Canada possess the capability to track a vessel that is without a transponder throughout the entire Arctic?” Conservative MP Pat Kelly asked Hogan during a House of Commons national defence committee meeting on Dec. 8.

“That was an identified gap that the government themselves had identified several years ago,” Hogan replied. “In repeated assessments on gaps, they re-identify it, but there’s just no action or solution taken to resolve that gap.”

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Degenerate suitcase thief strikes again…

Non-binary Biden nuclear official Sam Brinton accused in second luggage heist

A Biden energy department official who allegedly stole a woman’s suitcase from a Minneapolis airport in September has been accused of another luggage heist at a Las Vegas airport.

A felony warrant on grand larceny charges was issued for Sam Brinton, the deputy assistant secretary for spent fuel and waste disposition at the Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy, 8 News Now reported Thursday.

h/t pmstrudeau

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RCMP suspends contract with China-linked company

The RCMP has suspended a procurement contract with a company that has links to China.

The office of Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino confirmed to CBC News that the RCMP has suspended a contract with Sinclair Technologies for radio frequency (RF) equipment. Sinclair’s parent company, Norsat International, has been owned by Chinese telecommunications firm Hytera since 2017.

The Chinese government owns around 10 per cent of Hytera through an investment fund.

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