Trudeau government attempt to quash UNRWA funding review case struck down

OTTAWA — Efforts by the federal government to quash an ongoing court case seeking a judicial review of Canada’s funding of a contentious UN agency were struck down in court this week.

On Wednesday, Federal Court Justice Glennys McVeigh dismissed a challenge by the government, who claimed the court had no jurisdiction over the government’s decision to fund the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA,) and that decisions to support international humanitarian causes are made solely by the executive authority of ministers of the Crown.

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Trudeau says Singh, NDP ‘caved’ to political pressure in fight against climate change

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau slammed the NDP and its leader Jagmeet Singh on Friday, saying that while they may care about the environment, they have “no idea what to do in the fight against climate change.”

At a news conference in the Montreal suburb of Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Que., Trudeau accused the NDP of “playing simple politics” and “walking away from progressive values” after it ended its confidence-and-supply agreement with the Liberals last week.

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Quebec demands Trudeau’s Islamophobia Czar resign

The Legault government is calling for the removal of Amira Elghawaby as Canada’s Special Representative on Combatting Islamophobia.

The call for Elghawaby to resign was made on Friday by provincial Higher Education Minister Pascale Déry after it was learned Elghawaby had written to Canadian colleges and universities urging them to hire more Muslim, Arab and Palestinian teachers.

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The government’s stance on military exports to Israel is anything but clear-cut

Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly’s announcement Tuesday that Canada has suspended 30 permits to export military materiel to Israel may have been meant to placate pro-Palestinian activists demanding an arms embargo. But without more transparency, it remains a political muddle.

One week out from a byelection in a previously safe Liberal seat in Montreal where New Democrats (and their pamphlets) are pushing Canada’s response to the ongoing violence in Gaza as a ballot question, Joly proactively used her scrum at the governing caucus’s retreat in Nanaimo, B.C. to rebut claims the Trudeau government isn’t doing enough.

A deliberate incoherence.

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Auditor general considering probe into Indigenous procurement program

Canada’s auditor general is considering a probe into a multi-billion program meant to boost Indigenous business that has been open to abuse for decades.

Following complaints from Indigenous communities and a recent Global News investigation with First Nations University of Canada researchers, Auditor General Karen Hogan’s office confirmed that it is reviewing a request to investigate the Indigenous Business Directory (IBD)

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Lying Liberal reaches new low in playing the race card …

Harjit Sajjan won WW II among other dubious claims

Pierre Poilievre’s nickname for Jagmeet Singh is ‘racist,’ Liberal minister charges

OTTAWA—The Conservatives and Liberals are sparring over an accusation from a Liberal minister that a nickname Pierre Poilievre uses to ridicule NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is racist.
Emergency Preparedness Minister Harjit Singh Sajjan told the Star in a statement Wednesday that the Conservative leader’s use of “Sellout Singh” to refer to the New Democrat leader is “absolutely offensive” and “racist” because it targets the Sikh community and perpetuates inequality, an allegation the Conservatives reject.

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Canadian Army says new military sleeping bags not suitable for ‘typical Canadian winter’

Despite the defence department spending more than $34.8 million on new sleeping bags, the Canadian Army asked late last year that hundreds of soldiers headed to a joint northern exercise in Alaska with the Americans be issued with old, 1960s-vintage bedrolls.

Troops who had used the recently issued General Purpose Sleeping Bag System (GPSBS) late last fall in a preparatory exercise found “several critical issues,” according to an internal briefing note obtained by CBC News.


WTF? Made by Liberals?

Meanwhile Queen Justin stays at 5 Star Hotels

h/t Mauser

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Criminal trial for ‘Freedom Convoy’ organizers Lich and Barber to end after one year

OTTAWA – Today is expected to mark the end of the criminal trial for two prominent organizers of the “Freedom Convoy” protest, more than one year after the proceedings began.

Tamara Lich and Chris Barber are co-accused of mischief, intimidation and counselling others to break the law, among other charges.

The trial has been legally complicated and burdened with a huge body of evidence that stems from the three-week long demonstration in 2022 that blocked streets and frustrated Ottawa residents.

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Terry Newman: In Gaza terrorists need tunnels, in Canada they simply apply for visas

On Tuesday, Marc Miller — breathless, voice quaking, and noticeably nervous — told reporters, “I’ve been getting questions about an individual that entered Canada and has been arrested in charges related to an attempt to cross the border for a terrorist plot.” He then confirmed that Muhammed Khan is a Pakistani national who was issued a student visa in May 2023, and waltzed into Toronto’s Pearson airport the following month. Miller had the disposition of someone surprised by the news, but he shouldn’t have been. Our student visa program has always been one of the weakest links in Canada’s national security.

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Smith rejects Liberal plan to relocate asylum seekers to Alberta

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has voiced strong opposition to the federal government’s plan to relocate tens of thousands of asylum claimants to the province, citing concerns over a lack of financial support and the strain on public services.

In a statement issued on Thursday, Smith criticized the federal government’s approach, saying, “Alberta’s government is opposed to the federal government’s plan to relocate tens of thousands of asylum claimants to Alberta, especially without any financial assistance to support the province in doing so.”

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Ottawa’s Plan to Meet NATO Spending Target Kept Under Wraps for Now

Canada announced at the latest NATO summit in July it would be meeting the alliance’s military spending target by 2032, but Ottawa now says the plan to do so cannot yet be shared publicly.

After Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made the commitment on July 11, the Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) requested figures from the Department of National Defence (DND).

They don’t have a plan.

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FORSETH: Carbon Tax Carney won’t solve Liberal woes

So, Mark Carney is supposed to fix the economic image of the Liberals. Justin Trudeau’s economics is a failure and has hurt Canada. Jagmeet Singh’s socialism is worse, for it is the proven recipe for national poverty.

Carney has financial credentials. What would he say about economic policy? He could suggest that the Liberals adopt the Conservative economic plan.

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The “choice” is how far to kick that boot up Trudeau’s butt

While voters may have tired of him, Trudeau looks forward to a ‘choice’ election

Standing by the docks in downtown Nanaimo, B.C., on Monday morning, Liberal MP Alexandre Mendes told Radio-Canada she came to this week’s Liberal caucus retreat with a message from her constituents: “dozens and dozens” of them were “adamant” the Liberal Party needed a new leader.

Speaking later to CBC’s Power & Politics, Mendes said it was hard to pinpoint a specific reason or issue to explain her constituents’ feelings for the prime minister.

“It’s a very generalized … ‘we’re tired of his face’ kind of thing,” she explained.

It goes far beyond being tired of his smug face.

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U.S. border patrol reports record number of encounters with illegal alien invaders from Canada

U.S. Customs and Border Protection says it recorded a record-high number of encounters with migrants between border posts on the Canada-U.S. border between October 2023 and July of this year.

It’s a pattern experts say could be a problem for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government as the question of illegal immigration heats up in a close-fought U.S. election.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) records an “encounter” in its database when it comes across someone who is inadmissable to the U.S., or when border patrol officers find someone who has illegally crossed the border into the U.S. between border posts.

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Canadians Support Reduced Temporary Foreign Worker Program: Poll

Canadians support a scale-back of Ottawa’s temporary foreign worker program as concerns about housing and employment opportunities continue to grow, new polling data indicates.

Forty-three percent of Canadians said they support the federal government’s move to reduce the number of temporary foreign workers in the country, a survey from Angus Reid found. While 14 percent of those polled said they were happy with the program as-is, 22 percent said the program should be discontinued in its entirety.

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