The Canadian military is expecting to get a new top commander on July 18, 2024.
Who it will be appears to be anybody’s guess at this point — and even the current chief of the defence staff says he has no idea who is replacing him.
Canada
The St. Paul’s by-election was bad for the Liberals, but even worse for the NDP
The stunning upset for the Liberals in the by-election in Toronto-St. Paul’s has intensified all sorts of chatter about whether Prime Minister Justin Trudeau should stay on as leader. It was, after all, a catastrophic loss in a once-stronghold; one that came after the Liberals had thrown just about everything at both the riding and the general electorate. But the results were just as catastrophic for someone else, and should call into question his ongoing fledgling leadership: Jagmeet Singh.
Stolen Valour Sajjan instructed special forces to rescue Afghan Sikhs rather than Canadians during fall of Kabul
Sajjan instructed special forces to rescue Afghan Sikhs during fall of Kabul
Then-defence minister Harjit Sajjan instructed Canadian special forces to rescue about 225 Afghan Sikhs after the Taliban takeover in August, 2021, in an operation that three military sources say took resources away from getting Canadian citizens and Afghans linked to Canada on final evacuation flights out of Kabul.
Mr. Sajjan also relayed location information and other details about the Sikhs to the military as special operation forces worked to meet up with the group. The information was passed to him from a Canadian Sikh group that was in contact with these Afghan Sikhs.
Why do the Liberals find the easy parts so difficult?
The federal Liberals might poll better if they just cut back on the obviously stupid stuff.
The most recent head-scratcher out of Ottawa was that Justin Trudeau’s government needed more than 1,500 days to weigh Iran’s downing of UIA Flight 752, not to mention the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ (IRGC) overt backing of global terror groups, before finally agreeing to designate the IRGC as terrorists. (The Harper government designated the Quds Force, the IRGC arm in charge of overseas operations, as a terrorist organization in 2012.) Am I the only one who recalls that it took Trudeau less than 30 days following the start of the 2022 Trucker Convoy protest to seize more than 200 bank accounts (a decision a federal court later deemed to be overreach)?
Muslims and useful idiot allies try to topple Queen Victoria statue near pro-Palestinian encampment in Montreal
Montreal police (SPVM) were called late Monday night to intervene after protesters attempted to tear down the Queen Victoria statue at Victoria Square.
This comes days after demonstrators set up a pro-Palestinian encampment in the area, a first in a public space in Montreal.
According to Montreal police spokesperson Jean-Pierre Brabant, officers patrolled the area and stopped the people trying to demolish the statue, but there were no attempts to dismantle the encampment.
h/t patthedog
Ottawa to investigate new head of Human Rights Commission over allegations of antisemitism
The federal government announced it is opening up an investigation of Birju Dattani, the newly appointed head of the Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC), after allegations of anti-Israel activism.
Just what Canada needs a f&cking Muslim to enforce Junior’s Hate Crime laws.
But have faith Junior will find the suspect faultless.
‘Rolling spy vans’? Canada weighs possible security threat of Chinese EVs
Canada is weighing whether to slap tariffs on Chinese-made electric vehicles to stop cheap EVs from flooding the market. But Ottawa – which has pumped billions of dollars worth of subsidies into the Canadian EV industry – says its concerns are not only economic.
“We’re also looking at the national security aspect of this; the security aspect including cybersecurity, when it comes to Chinese exports of high technology items, like EVs,” Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland said Monday.
Every modern vehicle is designed to spy on you personally.
Ford filed a patent for a “remote repossession” capability. You can bet the government approves.
Canada orders deportation of ex-employee of Hamas-linked aid group
Canada’s immigration tribunal has ordered the deportation of a Palestinian woman formerly employed by a Mississauga, Ont. relief group linked to Hamas.
Majeda Sarassra was deemed inadmissible to Canada on security grounds because she worked for the International Relief Fund for the Afflicted and Needy Canada.
The Immigration Appeal Division ruled the 45-year-old’s employment made her a “member” of IRFAN-Canada, which it said had engaged in terrorism.
This will be appealed forever.
Given the “political climate” I doubt she will be turfed.
JOOS Did It!
JOOS Did It! https://t.co/gb5TjXhmMC
— Fancypants Maloney (@fancypants_s) June 26, 2024
Frankly I agree the Jewish vote did turn the tables however would you see a similar headline suggesting Muslims were the cause?
Andrew Richter: Trudeau’s lack of support for the Jewish community is a purely political calculation
How can one explain the fact that a Canadian government that has been so quick to apologize for every blemish in our nation’s history has been so adverse to speaking out against the growing tide of antisemitism on display from coast to coast?
By now, the litany of incidents should be well known — Jewish schools shot at, Jewish religious institutions desecrated with racist graffiti, Jewish students being bullied and harassed. The list goes on. When these incidents began shortly after Hamas’s October 7 terrorist attack on Israel, one could reasonably claim that they were isolated. They have now become increasingly routine.
Poilievre will not take a stand against Islam’s pernicious influence.
Conservative win in St. Paul’s a Pyrrhic victory hopes Star columnist
Here’s how bad a loss this Toronto byelection is for Justin Trudeau — and why Pierre Poilievre now has a new problem on his hands
Pierre Poilievre and his Conservatives went into Monday’s byelection of Toronto-St. Paul’s claiming that the odds were against them in this downtown riding.
So much for that: Don Stewart is the newest member of Poilievre’s caucus.
Now, with the victory in what has been a stronghold for the Liberals — solid red for the last 31 years — it is going to be harder for the Conservatives to claim they’re underdogs whenever the next election rolls around.
That Justin Trudeau is so clever! He orchestrated that loss to sink Poilievre!
This morning I issued the following statement on the results of the Toronto-St. Paul’s byelection. Once again, thank you to all of our volunteers and supporters, and everyone reaching out today. pic.twitter.com/qHrDXU9lO2
— Leslie Church (@lesliechurch) June 25, 2024
Conservatives win longtime Liberal stronghold Toronto-St. Paul’s in shock byelection result
Conservative candidate Don Stewart has won the longtime federal Liberal stronghold of Toronto-St. Paul’s, a stunning result that raises questions about Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s future.
Stewart’s victory is shocking because the seat has been held by the Liberals for more than 30 years — even through the party’s past low points, such as the 2011 federal election that returned just 34 Liberal MPs to Parliament.
Before Monday’s vote, a Conservative candidate hadn’t been competitive in Toronto-St. Paul’s since the 1980s. The party hadn’t won a seat in urban Toronto since the 2011 federal election.
CTV – Conservatives take late lead to win Toronto byelection
Globe – Conservatives take Toronto riding in major upset for Liberals
NatPo – Byelection calamity for Trudeau as Conservatives scoop Liberal stronghold in Toronto
The Star – Conservatives score upset win Toronto—St. Paul’s byelection
Thank you Nasty Bitch Freeland!
Thank you Freeland this speech with your offensive & condescending labels ensured our victory in Toronto St Paul’s riding ! pic.twitter.com/sdmLNa7DEK
— Concerned Canadian (@Concern70732755) June 25, 2024
Prediction – All of Trudeau’s media who declared an LPC win to be a national endorsement of Trudeau will now declare St. Paul’s an insignificant loss in the grand scheme of things.
Misunderstanding Islam
Perhaps more than any other academic besides Edward Said, French philosopherMichel Foucault is responsible for today’s alliance between Leftists and Islamists. He died in 1984, but his misunderstanding of Islam lives on, influencing the way the West views Islam.
Islam and America
At the nation’s founding, American vessels and American citizens were being seized by Barbary Coast pirates on behalf of sheikhdoms of Morocco, Algiers, and Tripoli, who were enslaving them because the Koran gave them that “right and duty,” as the Ambassador of Tripoli told Ambassador Thomas Jefferson in 1786. But then President Jefferson defeated the Barbary pirates, and for most of the 19th and 20th centuries, Islam and the Muslim world was removed, distant, exotic, unfamiliar.
St. Paul’s
OK. CBC signed off. Here’s Eric Grenier. Looks like it will be a few hours before the final tally is in. Time now is 1 AM. I am getting sleepy …
Looks like Church may win but the roughly 11K advance ballots could reveal a Stewart victory. Good showing for the Cons win or lose.
CUTLER: Uttering death threats and incitement must not go unpunished
Pro-Palestinian protesters threatened my life, but the police who witnessed it told me to move along.
On June 9, along with 50,000 Canadian Jews, I participated in the annual Walk with Israel. The counter-protesters were light in number, but vile in behaviour.