The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CHMC) — the federal Crown corporation in charge of monitoring and financing housing in this country — reported that Ottawa fell well short of its goal of assuring 500,000 new housing units in by 2030.
Indeed, at 259,000, just a little under 52 per cent of the target promised by Prime Minister Mark Carney was met last year. Admittedly that was better than the 245,000 new units (including rentals and condos) in 2024.
This comment by Charlie Gasparino about Abdul El-Sayed got Gasparino called a ‘racist’ so many times in the comments underneath it that I lost count.
I should begin by clarifying that I do not believe Olivia Chow is trying to lose this election, not deliberately. I think she has a plan for her campaign. It just isn’t working. Whatever it is, it is going badly wrong.
I should add that, by and large, I think Chow has been quite a good mayor for Toronto. I don’t have a problem, as an opinion writer, saying I’m going to vote for her. I think you should too.
Over the past two months, I’ve been sitting down with people I trust in this city — in business, politics, housing and other sectors — and asking them two broad questions: What do you think of Brad Bradford? And: How do you think Chow has done as mayor?
What do I think? She’s a toxic commie idiot.
I know that we can count on Olivia to stand up for people, and their human rights and their dignity and wellbeing. It’s so important that everyone gets out to vote on Monday October 26th Olivia. Or we could get stuck with a mayor we do not want and cannot afford. Brad Bradford will say anything to get elected. He flip flops. He cant be counted on. We can’t trust him. We know who @oliviachow Chow is. So please make sure you go and vote for Olivia. A Mayor we can trust.
— Mohamad Fakih, C.M. (@mohamadfakih8) October 18, 2026
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) had a brutal week, and it could get a lot worse. Last Monday, Homeland Security Investigations agents raided her home in the Washington, D.C., area as part of what Fox News described as a criminal fraud investigation into her immigration status.
Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. chief executive Lourenco Goncalves on Monday criticized Prime Minister Mark Carney for “snatching defeat from the jaws of victory” in trade, and he extended “kudos” to U.S. President Donald Trump for a job well done, as the U.S. steelmaker remains locked in conflict with Ottawa over hundreds of layoffs in Canada.
On Sept. 28, Stelco Inc. announced that it was laying off up to 500 workers in Hamilton and Nanticoke, Ont.
As France’s fiery student protests merged with a nationwide revolt on Saturday, a communist leader and academic, Vijay Prashad, celebrated the unrest with a message linking protests across three continents.
“Paris-New Delhi-Buenos Aires,” Prashad posted on X, borrowing a line from the British punk band The Clash: “Let fury have the hour, anger can be power.”
Prashad was important not only for what he said, but for who he is: executive director of Tricontinental Ltd., a nonprofit funded by an American-born Marxist tech tycoon, Neville Roy Singham, who lives in Shanghai.
CHAOS INC. — Our @FoxNews Digital investigation is out: France’s riots this weekend are part of a wider international narrative of rebellion — a kind of "Chaos Inc." — amplified by a transnational network of communist and socialist organizations stretching from Europe to Asia, Australia, Africa and South America and North America.
On @foxandfriends in a few to discuss.
My Fox News Digital investigation has identified 54 organizations and movements in France’s October student protests and their wider network of supporters and international amplifiers, including communist parties, revolutionary socialist groups, labor unions, environmental activists, Muslim student advocates, Palestinian-solidarity organizations and international media outlets.
Of the 54 organizations identified in the October protest ecosystem, 16 — or only about one in three — are student or youth organizations, including communist youth groups and a Muslim student association.
The remaining 38 include adult-led communist groups, labor unions, political parties, revolutionary-left organizations, advocacy groups and international propaganda outlets.
Fox News Digital has learned an international coalition of 28 communist and socialist youth and organizations are galvanizing students and youth for a coordinated strike across 12 countries in Europe under the slogan "Fight for Our Future, Not Their Wars!" They are calling for walkouts, demonstrations, assemblies, blockades and occupations.
https://t.co/lfhLxUthRY
— Asra Nomani (@AsraNomani) October 19, 2026
H/T Patti Jo
Peel police have announced that they’ve busted an alleged criminal network that used “fear and violence” to carry out auto thefts across the Greater Toronto Area.
At a news conference Monday, investigators revealed the results of Project High Guard, an eight-month probe that resulted in 10 arrests, 128 charges, and the recovery of $1.4 million worth of stolen vehicles.
President Donald Trump defended his decision to ease pressure on Russia and accused Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky of prolonging the war Sunday, hurling blame across the Atlantic even as members of his own party criticized Trump’s approach to Moscow.
In a lengthy social media post, Trump praised Russia for supplying diesel to global markets while claiming that Ukrainian attacks on Russian refineries were harming American farmers and businesses. He also claimed that Zelensky “doesn’t want to end this war, and probably never did.”
Albertans are going to the polls to decide their place in Canada, in a referendum that has exposed deep divisions within the province, not least in the separatist movement itself.
On Monday, voters will respond to the question of whether Alberta should remain in Canada, or hold a second, binding independence referendum.
A minority have long argued that separation is the only way to address their belief that Alberta is short-changed by its financial relationship with Ottawa, and prevented from fully exploiting the province’s vast fossil fuel reserves.
Two Russian men secretly working for Ukraine’s intelligence services have given rare accounts of operations they claim to have been involved with, that have targeted military assets and personnel inside Russia.
One of the men, whom we are calling Ivan, claims to have played a role from Russia in Ukrainian drone attacks on strategic bombers and munitions factories on his home soil.
He features in a BBC World Service documentary about the shadowy world of Russian saboteurs.
There’s a nightmare that keeps one of NATO’s most senior military commanders up at night and it’s not what you might think.
It isn’t the idea of Russian tanks rolling into the Baltic states or Poland. Nor is it a sudden military confrontation in the Arctic.
The scenario that keeps NATO Supreme Allied Commander Transformation Pierre Vandier up at night is the notion of the Western military alliance being caught unprepared and unable to keep up with the pace of technological innovation that’s happening on the modern battlefield.
Another side of that same fear …
US President Donald Trump on Sunday defended his decision to waive some sanctions on Russia, accusing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of not wanting to end the war.
“My decision on Russia is a very simple one. I am in the process of negotiating Peace in the war between Russia and Ukraine, and don’t want to do anything that will drive, foolishly, Russia away from the bargaining table,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
“Zelenskyy doesn’t care, and frankly, with all of the money that Europe is famously giving him, and that Crooked Joe Biden gave him in the past, he doesn’t want to end this war, and probably never did,” he added.
The only thing that will keep you safe from the third world invaders… 🥓 https://t.co/mJZDlDzM7R
— Jaimee Michell (@JaimeeUSA) October 18, 2026
A much-overlooked element of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government’s new Building Canada Strong Act is major labour relations reforms that will bring about more predictability in the federal government’s responses to significant labour disputes.
Over the past three years, Canada has seen several labour disputes that have affected Canadians and our country’s reputation as a reliable international trading partner. We’ve seen rail, port and airline stoppages, all of which have affected Canadians, our economy and our ability to trade internationally.
Federal independent MP Helen Haines is fighting for life after being hit by a car in what’s been described as a deliberate attack outside her regional Victoria electorate office.
The 43-year-old driver of a white Toyota Landcruiser was detained by bystanders and arrested on the main street of Wangaratta after the “tragic, horrific incident” about 3.35pm on Monday. Police said they seized a knife from the vehicle.
#BREAKING: Federal MP Helen Haines has been struck by a car outside her electoral office in Wangaratta.
#9News understands the Member for Indi has lost her leg in the incident, in what is believed to be a possible targeted attack.
More to come. https://t.co/sexS4tOK5A
— 9News Melbourne (@9NewsMelb) October 19, 2026
Motive?
This is White liberal woman Helen Haines, an Australian Member of Parliament. She has repeatedly called for more cultural diversity in Australia, saying “we need to welcome people of all faiths and corners of the world.” She has supported efforts to resettle Afghans and Palestinians across Rural Australia.
Today she was run over outside her office by a 43-year-old man in a Toyota Land Cruiser. He had a knife on him and the incident is being treated as a terrorist attack. Police are not sharing the suspect’s name.
She is currently in the ICU fighting for her life.
— Bad Hombre (@Badhombre) October 19, 2026
