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Moscow bans top Canadian officials, accuses them of ‘anti-Russian’ activities

The Russian foreign ministry has banned a number of Canadian officials — including Justice Minister David Lametti — from travelling to that country, citing what it claims are “anti-Russian” activities.

In a statement, a spokesperson for the ministry said Lametti, RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki, Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc and a number of government officials — including the top bureaucrat at the Department of National Defence, Jodi Thomas — will be barred from travelling to Russia because they have shown “inappropriate and counterproductive activity in support of the ultra-nationalist regime” in Ukraine and other “Russophobic forces” in the Baltic states.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, Russia

Canada held secret U.S. talks in bid to free Kovrig, Spavor jailed in China

Canada’s ambassador to China spent three weeks in Washington in early April holding talks with senior American officials aimed at facilitating the release of two Canadians imprisoned in China.

Three sources told The Globe and Mail that Ambassador Dominic Barton’s confidential mission to Washington involved discussions about a possible U.S. deferred prosecution agreement for Huawei Technologies Co. chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou that could lead to freedom for Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"China - Communist Slave State", Canada, USA

Canada-U.S. border exemption granted for Stanley Cup-bound NHL teams

“The National Hockey League is very appreciative of the decision by the Canadian government and the Federal health officials to allow the Canadian team that advances to the Stanley Cup Semi-Finals and, potentially, the Final, to host games in their own rinks,” read a statement released by deputy NHL Commissioner Bill Daly.

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by Sarcasticat••0•Posted in"China eats weird animals disease", Canada, Double Standards, sport

CBC defends Pride’s call for censorship of local library over book on gender dysphoria

Halifax Pride severed its ties with the Halifax Public Library because the library would not bend to demands to remove a book from their shelves. The book is Irreversible Damage: The Transgender Craze Seducing Our Daughters by Abigail Shrier, and a petition was circulated to have it removed from the library. The library refused.

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by Sarcasticat••0•Posted inBig Tranny, Canada, Canada's Government Owned News Media, CBC, Censorship, Censorship in Canada, transgender, transgendered children

Talk Of ‘Border Exemptions’ For Top Athletes Again Shows We Don’t Actually Have ‘Rights,’ But Rather Privileges Doled Out By Politicians

If a politician can decide on their whim whether someone can cross a border, and makes that decision based on how famous or popular somebody is, how can we keep pretending we have rights?

h/t Marvin

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by Sarcasticat••0•Posted in"China eats weird animals disease", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Double Standards

Ontario legislature moves Egerton Ryerson painting and bust after NDP request

Horwath’s office says the request was made in light of the discovery in Kamloops, B.C., of what are believed to be the remains of 215 Indigenous children at a former residential school.

Ryerson was one of the architects of Canada’s residential school system, which sought to convert and assimilate Indigenous children into Canadian culture and saw them suffer widespread physical and sexual abuse.

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by Sarcasticat••0•Posted inAboriginal Issues, Canada, Indigenous

Communist Chinese media see a propaganda opportunity in 215 children’s graves, say Canada shouldn’t criticize others

For many Canadians, the discovery of 215 unmarked graves at a former B.C. residential school was a shocking reminder of a system designed to forcibly assimilate First Nations children.

For China’s English-language media, it appears to have also been a prime propaganda opportunity.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"China - Communist Slave State", Canada

Liberal Party triggers ‘electoral urgency’ clause to speed up nominating candidates

The Liberal Party’s national campaign co-chairs have declared a “state of electoral urgency,” a procedural move that will allow the party to speed up the nomination processes for local candidates ahead of the next federal election.

It’s the latest sign that the federal parties are preparing for a possible fall election. The Conservative Party is prepared to invoke a similar measure if an election is called to get many more would-be MPs nominated on a faster timeline.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada