Prime Minister Mark Carney yesterday would not say whether he believes China uses slave labour. It followed cabinet’s announcement of “a new foreign policy” that encourages Canadians to get to know the People’s Republic: "Do you believe there is forced labour in China?" READ MORE
Police-reported hate crimes against Jews increased in 2024 even as the rate overall remained “relatively stable,” Statistics Canada data showed yesterday. New figures followed testimony at parliamentary hearings that Canada had normalized anti-Semitism to the point it was “casual, even fashionable.” READ MORE
New Democrat leader Avi Lewis yesterday said he will be “clear and consistent in my position” on alleged Israeli genocide and claims of a powerful Jewish lobby in Canada. Jews expressed alarm over Lewis’ election Sunday: "The NDP has become a hostile place for the vast majority of Jewish Canadians." READ MORE
A federal plan to "modernize" the CBC will remain secret, the Department of Canadian Heritage said yesterday. It censored 21 of 22 pages of the confidential memo written weeks after Prime Minister Mark Carney won the 2025 election: "The government has recommitted to protecting Canada’s cultural sovereignty and identity by strengthening CBC." READ MORE
Veterans Affairs Minister Jill McKnight is delaying release of records sought by MPs regarding millions in unpaid benefits for Métis veterans of the Second World War. A $30 million fund approved by Parliament paid only a fraction to old soldiers, sailors and air crew: "It is difficult." READ MORE
A federal judge has faulted Revenue Minister François-Philippe Champagne for disobeying a Court order in a tax case. The Minister’s office and Canada Revenue Agency failed to comply with a 2025 order to disclose emails and memos regarding treatment of a Jewish charity: "Orders of the Court must be obeyed." READ MORE
Vancouver activist Avi Lewis yesterday said Canadians were at war with a corrupt elite he blamed for inflation. Lewis won the federal New Democrat leadership on the first ballot with his pledge to “tax the rich.” READ MORE
I don’t know why I wanted to enter politics. I know he respected politicians a lot. Politics for me was a calling I took extremely seriously. I threw myself into it with everything I had. I failed my family. In the process I was not the father I should have been. That’s something I can’t take back. I’m sure Hitler worked very, very hard. I’m sure he woke up every morning and went to every event and I’m sure that he was in every place his party told him to be, but at the end of the day I do not think that our values should stem from that.
