Antisemitism anxiety at synagogues after week of attacks on Jewish institutions

Members of Canada’s Jewish community expressed both anxiety and resolve on Saturday at Shabbat services held following a week of attacks targeting schools and religious institutions that have further stoked fears of rising antisemitism.

In Vancouver, the Schara Tzedeck synagogue held its first service since the building’s front door was charred Thursday night by what police say was an act of arson.


That anxiety will never leave entirely even after the current Gaza war is put to bed.

Muslims are taught to hate Jews. It’s their religion.

Their supremacist cult also teaches them to hate everyone else.

Unless our mainstream political parties wake up and ban Muslim immigration the level of violence will only increase.

I do not expect our political class to do the right thing.

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Black like Blackie …

Black scholars criticize white writer’s ‘dehumanizing’ use of blackface to write book on U.S. race relations

A Canadian journalist is defending his decision to travel the U.S. in blackface and write a book about racism, after facing a storm of criticism online.

“Last summer, I disguised myself as a Black man and traveled throughout the United States to document how racism persists in American society,” Sam Forster, who is white, posted Tuesday on X, formerly Twitter. “Writing Seven Shoulders was one of the hardest things I’ve ever done as a journalist.”

The reaction was swift and brutal, with X users expressing anger, amusement and confusion, and telling Forster he should have simply spoken to Black people to understand their experiences.

 

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Canada raised foreign interference concerns with China, defence minister says

SINGAPORE, June 1 (Reuters) – Canada warned China against meddling in its elections during a rare meeting of the countries’ defence chiefs, its defence minister said on Saturday.

“I raised the concern of foreign interference in all the manifestations that it might take, including interference in our institutions, including our elections, but also actions of collusion against the Chinese diaspora in Canada, our citizens,” Defence Minister Bill Blair told Reuters, referring to his conversation with Chinese counterpart Dong Jun.

I bet he did.

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GOLDSTEIN: A word in defence of the Parliamentary Budget Officer

Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux and his staff are among the few independent, non-partisan sources of information that critically examine the cost of federal government policies.

Without the PBO and the auditor general, Canadians would be at the perpetual mercy of the federal government’s massive public relations bureaucracy, which presents all government policies in the most positive light possible.

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Warnings of Election Meddling by China Never Reached the Prime Minister

It can be a bit difficult to keep tabs on the various inquiries and examinations into foreign interference in Canadian elections, particularly by China.

Ottawa’s latest growth industry was largely created by a series of leaks of highly classified intelligence that first appeared in The Globe and Mail, and then Global News, that described attempts by the Chinese government to meddle in the last two elections with the goal of returning the Liberals to power, if again with a minority government.

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Adam Pankratz: B.C.’s ‘racist hotline’ just more virtue signalling, while raging Jew hatred ignored

This past Friday, a Jewish synagogue in Vancouver was firebombed. Thankfully, there was minimal damage and no one was hurt, but it is the latest in a continued and ongoing escalation of targeted violence against Canada’s Jewish population. It is beyond appalling that such violence is occurring. But perhaps worse has been the feeble and flaccid response from our governments at all levels, when they can be bothered to respond at all.

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I’m an army reservist and a nurse. I learned to keep the first job a secret

I’m an army reservist. That means I’m a part-time soldier for the Canadian Armed Forces, who train constantly and volunteer to serve when there is a need to fight wildfires or deploy to a war zone.

I’m proud to be in the army and believe it’s a force for good. But I’ve learned to keep this aspect of my identity under wraps because some people grow distant or sometimes become antagonistic and even rudely suggest I must have a taste for violence — just because I’m a soldier.

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Conservatives defend their math on proposed fuel tax holiday

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s call for a summer gas tax holiday became a topic of heated debate in the House of Commons this week, with the Conservatives and Liberals arguing over how much the proposal would actually save Canadian families.

After the Liberals and some experts questioned how much the Conservative proposal would really save Canadians, the Tories shared their math with CBC News. But academics and at least one gas price analyst are still questioning how realistic those estimates are. (People friendly to Katie Telford)

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Nearly a third of Canadians think world war is likely and many more believe Canada is not ready, survey finds

OTTAWA—A new poll suggests Canadians hold mixed views about whether a world war is on the horizon, but that many doubt the country is ready to fight in a conflict within the next decade.

The survey by Abacus Data found 37 per cent of respondents think a world war will “maybe” break out within the next five to 10 years. Another 21 per cent said such a war is “probably” going to occur, while nine per cent said it “definitely” would.

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Is This Vancouver Samidoun Activist, Whose Father Was At The Centre Of A Massive Fraud In The UK, Calling For Violence In Canada?

He’s here, he’s there, he’s everywhere.

He’s shutting down city halls, he’s shutting down traffic, he’s shutting down campuses.

He’s in the streets preaching “armed resistance,” decrying “white supremacy,” denouncing “colonial oppression,” condemning “Zionists” and whipping up anti-Jewish hate.

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Americans don’t want lab-grown meat shoved down their throats

Activist investor Ari Nessel recently wrote a piece in The Hill criticizing Florida for banning the sale and distribution of lab-grown meat. Nessel’s position is understandable, given that his company has invested in lab-grown seafood. But in banning or restricting lab-grown meat, states are simply responding to the lack of long-term safety studies and widespread consumer skepticism of this novel — and experimental — food product. 

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Some Liberals think Mark Carney could succeed Justin Trudeau. We talked to those who think he’d be a great leader — and others who roll their eyes

Ignatieff but without the charm.

OTTAWA—The way former Liberal cabinet minister Catherine McKenna sees it, change is coming. Either her party supplies it, or they lose power.

She’s quick to say that doesn’t necessarily mean Justin Trudeau needs to go, though she observes that what’s on offer “clearly” isn’t resonating with voters.

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Poll finds declining Canadian support for LGBTQ2 rights and visibility

On the eve of Pride month, a new poll has found declining support for LGBTQ2 rights in Canada.

The Ipsos survey polled adults in 26 countries on a variety of metrics measuring support for the queer community.

Canada, it found, was among the few countries where support for rights and visibility appeared to register “precipitous drops,” Ipsos vice-president of public affairs Sanyam Sethi said.

There are still too many supporters of sexual mutilation for children.

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Bryan Adams accuses Trudeau government of penalizing ‘artists for multiculturalism.’ The heritage minister responds

Probably considered “foreign content” nowadays due to that Boston song

Canadian rockstar Bryan Adams — known for his hits “Summer of ’69” and “(Everything I Do) I Do It For You” — slammed federal legislation in a video posted online, grabbing the attention of the federal heritage minister.

“Canadian music is global. It’s time the government recognises that,” says the caption of the video Adams posted on X, formerly Twitter.

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Trudeau’s Canada: Households Just Entered A Lost Decade of Economic Growth

Canada’s economy went from boom to bust faster than anyone could anticipate. Statistics Canada (Stat Can) data shows slower-than-expected real gross domestic product (GDP) in Q1 2024, along with a downward revision for the previous report. Combined with the rapid population growth, this has led to a rapid decline in per-capita real GDP. In fact, Canada’s per-capita real GDP rolled back to 2014-levels, indicating the country is facing a lost decade of household progress.

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