Over the past week, the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage has repeatedly been told that Canadian cultural groups are among the strongest supporters of freedom of expression and would never think of supporting legislation that undermines that foundational democratic principle. Yet the reality is that some of the same cultural groups that now downplay the impact of Bill C-10 on expression, lobbied the government to remove all user generated content safeguards. In other words, rather than support freedom of expression for all Canadians, some envisioned using the Broadcast Act to regulate both users and user generated content.
A homeless encampment in west-end Toronto became the scene of a physical clash between Toronto police officers and protesters on Wednesday, as a crowd attempted to block dozens of police and security from clearing some 15 remaining people from a Lamport Stadium camp.
A physical altercation erupted after advocates attempted to block machinery from taking away a small, wooden structure. Two people were arrested for trespassing, and one for alleged assault of a police officer. Before the clash, protesters had decried enforcement and officers pressed into the crowd with bikes to form a perimeter around an occupant told to pack their bags.
VIOLENT CONTENT. Clashes broke out at Lamport Stadium as City of Toronto staff cleared out a homeless camp. A mini-riot between activists and Toronto Police happened out on King St. when officials tried to move out a shelter box right through the dense crowd. @680NEWSpic.twitter.com/s2qYFvDAtS
I am a little surprised this has received such subdued media coverage. But then the media in Toronto has paid scant attention to the weekly “Freedom Marches” which grow with each outing. It almost seems they pick and choose the news they report on to suit someone’s agenda.
The drone Israel shot down near the border with Jordan on Tuesday was Iranian, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday.
“While we were busy fighting, a few days ago, Iran sent an armed drone into Israel from Iraq or Syria,” Netanyahu told German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, who was in Jerusalem. “Iranian forces launched an armed drone, which our forces shot down at the border between Israel and Jordan.
Ont. reports 2,400 new COVID-19 cases today but rolling seven-day average still down
After two consecutive days of daily case counts below 2,000, the number of new COVID-19 infections reported in the province jumped up to 2,400 on Thursday.
Today’s total is up significantly from the 1,588 cases confirmed on Wednesday and the 1,616 infections reported on Tuesday but down from the 2,759 cases reported last Thursday.
Majority of Canadians anticipate another lost summer due to COVID-19 restrictions: poll
A majority of Canadians believe this summer will be another disappointment as COVID-19 restrictions are set to remain in place despite increased vaccinations, a new poll suggests.
The Ipsos poll conducted exclusively for Global News found seven in 10 Canadians are anticipating a second lost summer. Yet 61 per cent of those who responded to the poll also said they believe this summer will be better than last year’s, when vaccines were still far from becoming a reality.
But not if your a golfer rumour has it…
Sources are telling me golf will start in many parts of Ontario Saturday. It has not been officially announced but many saying courses are getting tees ready for Saturday morning. If this is what happens it’s good to see that Premier Ford is listening. More needs to open soon.
“It can’t happen here” is a political cliche in the United States. Regardless of your personal viewpoint, there is a vast swath of the American population who simply do not believe in the possibility of any totalitarianism in the United States.
It’s worth noting that throughout history, in virtually every place that totalitarian regimes have arisen, the residents of these countries felt the same way. Russia was seen as too traditional and backward, the power of the Czar too entrenched to be defeated. Throughout most of the modern period, Germany had been viewed as the home of Goethe, Schiller, and Mozart, a place where the local Jewish population had largely assimilated.
Because totalitarianism emerges differently throughout history in different countries, it’s crucial to take a broader view of how totalitarian regimes arise. For example, when discussing the rise of communism or the rise of fascism, we see different trends in Russia than we do in China, different trends in Italy than we do in Germany. When we examine multiple, somewhat lesser-known examples of the rise of socialism throughout the world, we paint a picture of the different ways in which socialism originated and its possible resurgence.
Infectious-disease scientists at Canada’s high-security lab collaborated with China
Scientists working at Canada’s highest-security infectious-disease laboratory have been collaborating with Chinese military researchers to study and conduct experiments on deadly pathogens.
Seven scientists in the special pathogens unit at the National Microbiology Laboratory (NML) in Winnipeg and Chinese military researchers have conducted experiments and co-authored six studies on infectious diseases such as Ebola, Lassa fever and Rift Valley fever. The publication dates of the studies range from early 2016 to early 2020.
The Globe and Mail has also learned that one of the Chinese researchers, Feihu Yan, from the People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) Academy of Military Medical Sciences, worked for a period of time at the Winnipeg lab, a Level 4 facility equipped to handle some of the world’s deadliest diseases. This researcher is credited as a co-author on all six of the papers. However, on two of them, he is listed as being affiliated with both the Winnipeg lab and the military medical academy.
Last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention decided to, out of the blue, generously bestow upon Americans their official blessing to stop wearing masks in most settings, if, that is, said Americans have been fully vaccinated.
So, what changed? Well, absolutely nothing, really. Other than maybe devastating gas prices and shortages across the country — I’m sure that’s totally just a coincidence though.
The change was rather inconvenient for President Joe Biden, however, considering just a few months ago he declared it to be “Neanderthal thinking” for states like Texas and Mississippi to end their mask mandates.
Westerners are frustrated that Quebec is declaring itself an entity within Canada, with the PM’s blessing. But Trudeau needs Quebec votes more than he needs the West’s.
Anne Schuchat, the CDC’s principal deputy director, was one of multiple government health officials included in emails between The American Federation of Teachers union, who repeatedly lobbied against in-person schooling, and the agency over the school reopening guidelines which were released earlier this year.
After by and large failing in its primary (and it was thought, the only) purpose, Canadian authorities are considering ways of repurposing their COVID Alert app to continue to collect a wider array of personal data.
At the end of World War II when the Allies discovered Hitler’s horrific, gruesome concentration camps and learned that his “final solution” to exterminate all Jews purged more than six million from existence, they and the rest of the world vowed, “never again.”
But now, 75 years later, it appears as though the world has forgotten that pledge and once again the planet seems aligned against Jews — or, at least, the half that worships at the altar of Marxist authoritarianism.
As plans for safe travel are announced internationally, particularly in Europe, the U.K. and the U.S., some travel and tourism experts have identified that Canada is “lagging behind” other international markets, while we try to administer COVID-19 vaccines to as many people as possible.
Early Wednesday, news broke President Donald Trump is under criminal investigation by New York Attorney General Letitia James and the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office.
Trudeau is Appeasing Anti-Semitic Terrorist Narratives with his Statements on Israel
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, in an attempt to draw a fallacious moral equivalency argument around the current attacks on Israel by Hamas militants; called for “de-escalation” of hostilities between the state of Israel and Hamas and the Islamic Jihad terrorist militia in Gaza. It is important to note that according to the Hamas charter, Hamas self-identifies as the Muslim Brotherhood in Israel which they refer to as Palestine, the name used prior to the British Empire leaving the region.
Alberta constitutional lawyer warns that new COVID bill will ‘entrench dangerous new gov’t powers’
“In short, Bill 66 further entrenches the already authoritarian and arbitrary rule of one unelected official at the expense of due process, fundamental justice and the civil liberties of Albertans,” wrote lawyer and President of the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF) John Carpay, in a recent opinion piece.
Feds asking Canadians to take ‘leap of faith’ that Bill C-10 won’t hurt free speech: experts
The government’s new wording for Bill C-10 is aimed at clarifying social media regulations and ensuring Canadians’ Instagram posts or YouTube videos won’t be subject to CRTC regulations — but until the CRTC drafts those rules, the impact of them won’t be clear, experts say.
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot Giving Interviews Only To Journalists Of Color
Democratic Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is giving interviews solely to black or brown journalists, local reporters announced on social media. Lightfoot said she is giving priority to journalists of color temporarily.
Black Lives Matter says it stands with Hamas terrorists in Israeli conflict
The leading Black Lives Matter organization declared “solidarity with Palestinians” Monday, a week after Hamas terrorists in Gaza began firing a relentless barrage of rockets into Israel, indiscriminately shelling civilian targets as well as dropping some missiles short and blowing up buildings within its territory.
Public School District Allegedly Segregating Students By Race Faces Civil Rights Complaint From Parents Group
The district’s Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion allegedly hosted a “Healing Space for Asian and Asian American students” and Black, Indigenious, People of Color (BIPOC) students in grades 6-12, an image of an email in the complaint shows. The email notes that the “safe space” is only for students of color, and emphasizes that it is not “for students who identify only as White.”
Over the weekend, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), who consistently attacks Israel, tweeted yet another attack as she accused Israel of being an apartheid state, writing, “Apartheid states aren’t democracies.”
