Rupa Subramanya: The People’s Party of Canada’s rise is more complicated than anti-Trudeau rage

As the federal election campaign heads into its last lap, the People’s Party of Canada, led by Maxime Bernier, has been moving up in the polls. According to the latest Nanos numbers, PPC support has more than doubled during the campaign and sits at 5.0 per cent, while Bernier’s support for preferred prime minister is at 5.5 per cent.

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Canada faces ‘unsophisticated’ attacks using everyday weapons, government threat report says

Twenty years after 9/11, Canada’s main terrorist threat comes from “domestic, lone actors” incited online who use everyday objects as weapons, according to a declassified intelligence report.

The “secret” Integrated Terrorism Assessment Centre (ITAC) report obtained by Global News under the Access to Information Act shows how terrorism has evolved since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

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Twenty years ago today, a tiny town in Newfoundland took in 6,700 passengers who were stranded on 9/11

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First responders: Meet some of the Canadians who rushed to New York after the 9/11 attacks

By 11:30 a.m. on Sept. 11, 2001, roughly one hour after the North Tower of the World Trade Center collapsed in that morning’s second slow-motion cascade of dust and debris, Ottawa firefighter Barry Blondin was already heading for the nearest border crossing.

Bundled in the trunk was Blondin’s bunker gear, the protective clothing firefighters wear when responding to emergencies — the same gear hundreds of New York City firefighters were wearing when they rushed into the Twin Towers after the terror attacks.

“You’re watching the news and you’re hearing all the reports [that] a lot of firemen are down, buildings are down. You know there’s people [in] there,” recalled Blondin, who is now 62. “They needed a lot of help, so I thought I could do something.”

Blondin — who retired two years ago after a 27-year career with Ottawa Fire Services — didn’t stop to ask permission. He just went.

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Why Justin Trudeau Has Indulged In Six Years Of Canadian Self-Hatred

“There are stories of us scapegoating minorities in this country that, unfortunately, is a part of our past — to leave aside the shameful colonial history that we’re trying to reconcile.”

“There are many institutions that we have in this country, including that big building across the street from us, Parliament, that has and is built around a system of colonialism, or discrimination or systemic racism.”

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Jagmeet Singh says regulating online speech is “government’s responsibility”

Speaking to reporters Wednesday night after the French leaders’ debate in Gatineau, Que., Singh said existing hate speech laws are not sufficiently preventing radicalization, though he didn’t explain at what point he thinks protected speech becomes “hate speech.”

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Rebel News wins court challenge after debates commission bars writers

A Federal Court judge ordered the Leaders’ Debates Commission to permit writers from Rebel News Network to fully cover this week’s two official televised leaders’ debates.

The ruling means reporters from Rebel News Network will be accredited to attend Wednesday’s French-language and Thursday’s English-language contest between the major party leaders.

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