Canada has nothing to gain from supporting the war in Iran – but much to lose

Canada’s Ratso Rizzo Foreign Policy

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s decision to back American strikes against Iran has provoked much controversy. Even though he and several of his ministers partially walked back some of this initial enthusiastic support, the debate still raises difficult questions about what Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand refers to as principled pragmatism. Is Canada moving away from its allegedly traditional support for international law? How can Canada’s rhetorical support for the war in Iran, even if watered down, be reconciled with the principles Mr. Carney enounced in his speech in Davos in January? And how can these principles be reconciled with Mr. Carney declining to close the door on Canada’s eventual participation in the war?

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There are lessons for Poilievre and Carney in U.K. byelection

Pierre Poilievre, leader of His Majesty’s loyal opposition, is visiting the King’s home turf this week, where he gave a keynote speech at Margaret Thatcher’s think tank of choice. The visit comes at a good time for Poilievre to open his ears as well as his mouth.

For the United Kingdom is deep into a period of political turmoil, one that is seeing the fragmentation of the country’s vote, with the mainstream and historically dominant Conservative and Labour parties ceding ground to insurgents from either extreme.

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Terry Newman: Are Iranian agents targeting Canadian Jews and anti-regime activists with bullets?

There appears to be a dark storm gathering over not only Jewish communities in Canada, but Iranian-Canadians who oppose the Islamic regime.

Late Monday night, gunfire struck the Temple Emanu‑El synagogue in Toronto, leaving several bullet holes in its windows. This followed a shooting on Sunday morning, in which multiple rounds were fired into an undisclosed business in Markham, Ont., just north of Toronto. Police have advised the community that they are aware of concerns that these violent incidents may be linked to what’s happening in the Middle East.

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CHARLEBOIS: Why the Iran conflict could hit Canadian grocery bills

U.S. President Donald Trump seems to prefer launching major geopolitical moves when markets are closed – for a simple reason: markets react.

The United States abducted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Jan. 3 – a Saturday. The joint U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran began Feb. 28 – also a Saturday. It gave markets time to digest the shock. But markets eventually reopen.

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Muslim mothers barred from volunteering at Quebec schools over hijabs

Two Muslim mothers in Quebec say they have been told they can no longer volunteer at their children’s elementary schools because they wear hijabs.

Sabaah Khan, a resident of Brossard, says she has spent more than a decade volunteering at her children’s schools, helping with activities ranging from library duties to vaccination days.


Christians barred from living over being alive!

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What we’ve lost: Stigma

It turns out that population-wide disdain for those who live to get high was a very good thing

Progressives were so preoccupied with eradicating stigmas that contain anti-social behaviour in Canadian society, they didn’t stop to think if they should. Well, they accomplished their goal: that natural containment field of shame that once stood between people and bad decisions is gone. Is your life better because of it? Probably not.

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Carney should call for extradition of Indian officials linked to Nijjar killing, says ex-Liberal minister Dhaliwal

A former Liberal cabinet minister and prominent Sikh-Canadian is calling for Prime Minister Mark Carney to urge for the extradition of Indian officials in relation to the 2023 killing of Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar.

In an interview with The Hill Times, Herb Dhaliwal said he hopes the first item on Carney’s (Nepean, Ont.) agenda in India is “the full co-operation of the Indian government in the murder of a Canadian where Indian officials were involved,” as well as the discussion of extradition of Indian officials.


Instead we we get this crap …

h/t Mauser

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Pierre Poilievre proposes new anglophone alliance that excludes Donald Trump’s America

OTTAWA—Canada should align its trade and labour regulations with three of its “like-minded” anglophone allies in a partnership that would exclude the U.S., says Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre.

Speaking in London at the Institute of Directors, a British business group, Poilievre on Tuesday revived an idea previously embraced by past Conservative leaders that Canada should strengthen its ties with its anglosphere cousins that share the British Westminster parliamentary system.

Not a nation among the lot that is a ‘powerhouse’.

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Iran-linked hackers offer $250k for beheading of former Canadian politician Goldie Ghamari

Goldie Ghamari is concerned for her life after the Iranian-linked hacker group Handala placed a $250,000 bounty for her beheading, the former Ontario Progressive Conservative MP told The Jerusalem Post.

She has since filed a police report and was reassured that law enforcement was taking the incident “very seriously.”

h/t Mauser

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RETURN TO SENDER — 60 million more Indian immigrants? India’s dream is Canada’s nightmare

No, Canada will not take 60 million more Indians. Let’s send the 2.8 million we have back to India.

If you needed proof that the federal Liberals have completely lost the plot on immigration, look no further than the statements coming from India’s High Commissioner to Canada, Dinesh K. Patnaik.

In a recent interview with CBC News, Patnaik suggested that because of our “complementary economies,” Canada should be eager to welcome an additional 60 million Indians.

Let that number sink in for a moment. Sixty million.

h/t Patti Jo

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Iran’s Long Arm: Sleeper Cells, Criminal Proxies, and the Asymmetric Threat Already Inside North America

Qasem Soleimani: US kills top Iranian general in Baghdad air strike

WASHINGTON / OTTAWA — Even as kinetic strikes against Iran’s nuclear and military infrastructure have devastated the Islamic Republic’s conventional capabilities, a more shadowy threat remains intact and potentially primed for reactivation: a web of Iran-backed sleeper cells, proxy militias, and criminal mercenary networks already embedded inside North America — networks that have demonstrated the operational capacity to commit murder on American and Canadian soil.

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Why the Mexican cartels may soon turn to Canada to escape chaos after killing of Jalisco boss El Mencho

Canadians may need to brace themselves for violent Mexican drug cartels moving their operations north to escape the war on drugs in Mexico.

“There is a good, strong possibility of that,” former U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent Charles Noonan said in an interview.

“Manufacturing in Canada makes sense,” Noonan said. “In the next six months to a year, you could see a surge in the drug labs.”

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HILL: From proud nation to managed decline — the Canada I no longer recognize

Over a month ago, I decided to try writing a book. Other than hundreds of guest newspaper columns and myriad speeches on enumerable topics over the past forty years, I am not a writer. I have had no formal education to prepare me to undertake such a daunting task. Indeed, I only achieved a grade twelve diploma way back in 1970, largely due to the constant and unrelenting encouragement, and at times direct intervention, of my mother. Given this, you’d be forgiven for asking, why?

What could motivate someone like me to accept such a challenge?

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