Cynthia Black believes her rent has been rigged.
Since 2022, the Toronto resident says she has twice faced annual rent increases of either seven or 11 per cent — depending on the lease type her household was offered — in two Livmore buildings owned by GWL Realty Advisors, a division of Canada Life.
The buildings were constructed after 2018, which means they are exempt from Ontario rent controls, which are currently set at an annual increase of 2.5 per cent.
The Canadian government is facing demands to bar Francesca Albanese, the United Nations special rapporteur overseeing the Palestinian territories, from the country, following comments she made that have been called antisemitic.
Albanese is scheduled to speak at the University of Toronto on Nov. 7 about international law and genocide.
I doubt they will ban her. Trudeau covets the Mohammedan vote, he is in the thrall of the UN and his party is virtually Islamist in conviction.
No wonder Pierre Poilievre wants to defund the CBC. The public broadcaster has barely shown him any deference.
Let’s start by noting that, contrary to the Conservative Leader’s claim, the CBC is not “the propaganda arm” of the Liberal government.” Overall, its reporting appears balanced. Now that doesn’t mean that the CBC treats climate denial as a legitimate point of view — rather than what it is: the rejection of well-established science.
The Star defending the CBC. Colour me shocked.
The Trudeau government has given the world a textbook on what not to do
With the prospect of assisted dying being legalised in the UK, the Canadian experience serves as a cautionary tale of what can go horribly wrong.
In 2015, Canada’s Supreme Court ruled that it is a fundamental right of Canadians who suffer from a “grievous and irremediable” medical condition to be assisted to kill themselves. The Court dismissed as fallacy warnings of a “slippery slope” leading to the devaluing of human life and potential harms to vulnerable persons. The Court reasoned that vulnerable persons could be protected though “stringent and well-enforced safeguards.”
H/T Patti Jo
The Liberal Party is preparing to launch an ad campaign to fight back against the high-flying Conservatives and close a polling gap that suggests it’s on track to lose big if an election is called soon.
Liberal MPs heard today from Andrew Bevan, the party’s recently appointed campaign director, about what the party has planned to try and claw its way back into contention.
Bevan presented some planned Liberal advertising spots to MPs and explained the party’s vision for the next election campaign, whenever it comes, Liberal sources told CBC News.
Canada’s former ambassador to Israel says Canada should recognize the existence of a Palestinian state now as a way to forge a path to peace in the region.
“Recognition of a Palestinian state is not about peace in the region today, or even tomorrow. Few people in Israel or Palestine can focus on two states right now,” said Jon Allen.
“Recognizing a Palestinian state now is about sending a message of hope and commitment to Palestinians and sending a clear message to Israel and others that simply managing the conflict, Israel’s policy for the last 17 years, is not an option and never was.”
Hasn’t that not worked yet?
Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face, said “Iron” Mike Tyson.
Ramesh Siromani, the executive vice president of cards, payments and transformation at RBC, probably had a plan when he appeared as a witness at the House of Commons Industry committee on Monday. It likely involved honeyed words about how RBC “helps clients thrive and communities prosper,” while offering “value, convenience and choice.”
But then he got punched in the face by Conservative MP Michelle Rempel Garner.
Statistics Canada’s latest financial security survey(opens in a new tab) shows a stark disparity between the wealth of homeowners and renters, even as it fails to capture the true scale what’s owned by Canada’s richest families.
The survey, conducted only every few years, shows home-owning families whose main earner was 55 to 64, and who had an employer-sponsored pension, had a median net worth of $1.4 million in 2023. Renters without a pension plan in the age group had a median net worth of $11,900.
The unseriousness of Western authorities only emboldens civilization’s enemies.
A group of public school teachers in Montreal have just been discovered to have been busy introducing the principles of Islam into their classroom lessons. They weren’t teaching about the nature or history of Islam as a religion, but were instead presenting Islam as fact and the precepts of Sharia as principles to live by. When they discovered that this was being done, Canadian authorities were duly indignant. What they did in response, however, is more likely to embolden other teachers to follow the example of those who were “disciplined,” rather than discourage such activities in the future. It is by such weakness that Islamization is emboldened and advances.
Canada, bastion of agreeableness, is facing an “extremist threat.” Who are these dangerous terrorists, threatening to destroy the maple syrupy vibes we have so long enjoyed in America’s very polite, but very dull, neighbour? Apparently, it’s the people who still recall the difference between mommy and daddy, and refuse to pretend otherwise.
Earlier this year, Canada’s intelligence agency, CSIS, warned of an impending “extremist” threat. Based on a report by the Integrated Terrorism Assessment Centre (ITAC), CSIS determined that the “anti-gender movement,” made up of Canadian citizens concerned about the various impacts of trans ideology on kids, women, and free speech, could “inspire and encourage serious violence against the 2SLGBTQI+ community.”
A welcome sign in the lobby of Montreal’s newly renovated city hall depicting a woman wearing a head scarf will be removed in the name of secularism, Montreal’s mayor says, following criticism that the image is offensive.
Valerie Plante said during a talk show that aired Sunday night that the drawing of a woman wearing what looks like a hijab, or Islamic head scarf, will be taken down because of the “discomfort” it causes but also because institutions must strive to be secular.
Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet said Tuesday he will work with the other opposition parties to bring down the Liberal government after Ottawa failed to deliver what he wanted: a pension hike for some and further protections for supply-managed farm sectors.
After the NDP pulled out of its deal to prop up the Liberals, Blanchet stepped into the mix, saying he would back the Liberals on non-confidence votes if it passed two Bloc private member’s bills that hike Old Age Security payments for people between the ages of 65 and 74 and exempt dairy, poultry and eggs from future trade negotiations.
OTTAWA — Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet is expected to announce Tuesday morning on Parliament Hill that his party will now be in “bring down the government” mode, a source told the National Post.
Blanchet has been very clear about his demands over the past month. If the Liberals wanted his party’s support until January, they had to “fully” pass in an “irrevocable and non-negotiable” manner a private member’s bill to increase Old Age Security (OAS) benefits for younger seniors (ages 65 to 74) by 10 per cent and a bill to protect supply management from international trade negotiations.
Canada’s Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau recently identified his country’s greatest threat: people freely speaking their mind. A new online harms law, if passed, could potentially enable judges to put people under house arrest if they’re viewed as likely to commit a hate offence.
You read this right. No actual crime would be required for this type of punishment.
WTF?