Former Liberal minister Alghabra calls Conservative criticisms over his inclusion in the pro-hate council ‘absurd political gamesmanship’

Former Liberal minister Alghabra calls Conservative criticisms over his inclusion in the pro-hate council ‘absurd political gamesmanship’

Former Liberal transport minister Omar Alghabra is defending his inclusion on—and the mandate of—the government’s new anti-hate advisory council after renewed criticism over its perceived lack of urgency from opposition critics and American officials.

“If people have criticisms of the council, its function, or even [my membership], that’s fine, but to use slander and falsehoods … it’s beneath the office that they possess and the seriousness of the issue,” Alghabra said in an interview with The Hill Times last week, calling Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s (Battle River–Crowfoot, Alta.) allegation that he lobbied on behalf of a terrorist group “absurd … political gamesmanship.”

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Chinese-owned dairy processor received $24M from feds while targeting foreign markets

Chinese-owned dairy processor received $24M from feds while targeting foreign markets

Recently the Food Professor, or Sylvain Charlebois, has pointed out the lack of innovation in the Canadian dairy industry — which he says has partly been caused by the lack of Canadian sovereignty in the industry, with many of its processors having become internationally owned.

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Conservatives call for Liberals to block ‘candy sentences’ for immigrants convicted of crimes

Conservatives call for Liberals to block ‘candy sentences’ for immigrants convicted of crimes

OTTAWA — Conservative immigration critic Michelle Rempel Garner reiterated her call Tuesday for the Liberal government to amend the Criminal Code to put an end to “candy sentences” that she says allow immigrants who commit crimes to avoid deportation.

Speaking to reporters in Ottawa, the longtime Conservative MP argued that a slew of recent headlines detailing how non-Canadians charged with various crimes but received reduced sentences so as to avoid deportation proceedings was “insane and disgusting.”

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In this Canadian city, rent gobbles up 95% of a full-time, minimum-wage earner’s working hours

In this Canadian city, rent gobbles up 95% of a full-time, minimum-wage earner’s working hours

Rents in Canada are so high that minimum-wage earners have to allocate much of their full-time work hours to cover the average cost an apartment, thereby jeopardizing their push for financial independence, according to a new report by Zoocasa Realty Inc.

“Financial independence and stable housing have long been seen as markers of adulthood, but for many young Canadians, these milestones are slipping out of reach,” the report released on Aug. 10 said.

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Catholic Military Diocese Says Prayer Ban Violates Charter by Forcing Chaplains to Deliver Non-Religious ‘Spiritual Reflections’

Catholic Military Diocese Says Prayer Ban Violates Charter by Forcing Chaplains to Deliver Non-Religious ‘Spiritual Reflections’

The Roman Catholic Military Ordinariate of Canada says the military’s prayer ban at official events undermines the principle of state neutrality on religion and may violate the Charter in several ways, including by requiring chaplains to avoid mentioning God or using faith-specific language when delivering mandatory “spiritual reflections.”

The concerns were noted in a recent statement by Bishop Scott McCaig, who serves as Military Ordinary of Canada, the authority that oversees Catholic ministry and spiritual needs in the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF).


Pic courtesy – The Chaplain Kit

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Yes, it matters where and how the prime minister vacations

Yes, it matters where and how the prime minister vacations

The Carneys are living their best vacation lives in Tuscany. And back home, some of us are again debating a prime minister’s vacation choices. Or not so much debating as, mostly, kvetching, in roughly equal parts about the vacation itself and about anyone who would be so gauche and unworldly as to question the vacation. “Lots of Canadians go to Caribbean all-inclusives, right? So why shouldn’t the PM go to Tuscany?”

h/t Mauser

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The CCP Wants a Say in Who Leads Canadian Parties—and Has Worked Against O’Toole and Poilievre

The CCP Wants a Say in Who Leads Canadian Parties—and Has Worked Against O’Toole and Poilievre

OTTAWA – I joined Brian Lilley for a wide-ranging conversation that started with the machinery of Beijing’s foreign influence in Canada and Conservative leadership politics, then moved into MP Larry Brock’s departure and Brian’s explosive scoop: Brock disclosed to his party leaders that Mark Carney’s party had dangled a judicial appointment before him amid Carney’s floor-crossing campaign.


Related …

h/t Hermes

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After CCP Spy Fiasco, US Should Reconsider Sharing Intel With Canada

After CCP Spy Fiasco, US Should Reconsider Sharing Intel With Canada

In late July, a Canadian woman of Chinese descent was arrested in Belgium on serious charges of espionage for China while serving as an intern with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Canadian media have identified the woman as Biwei Zhang, also known professionally as Claire Zhang or Catina Zhang.

Reportedly born in China, she later became a naturalized Canadian citizen. Zhang has a background in systems engineering, computer science, and economics. Before starting her internship at NATO’s Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) in Mons, Belgium, in July 2025, Zhang worked at the Canadian Space Agency and Statistics Canada.


It will not get better.

Canada has to purge the nation of incompatible cultures that have been embedded in sensitive positions and that won’t happen without annexation by the US.

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Conservatives and Bloc Ask Lobbying Commissioner to Investigate Carney’s Condo Bailout

Conservatives and Bloc Ask Lobbying Commissioner to Investigate Carney’s Condo Bailout

OTTAWA — Five weeks after a Liberal majority shelved a parliamentary probe of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s British Columbia condo bailout, opposition MPs have taken the same questions to an independent officer of Parliament, asking Canada’s lobbying commissioner to investigate whether people with access to senior Liberals helped shape the $1.5-billion program.

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What the NATO intern spy charges say about public service security screening

What the NATO intern spy charges say about public service security screening

After a Canadian national working as a NATO intern in Belgium was arrested on suspicion of espionage, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canadian officials have been involved from the start.

“Any time you have a situation, you should take stock and take lessons from this,” Carney said in response to questions from reporters on Aug. 5.

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Trump is holding our economy hostage. Here is what Carney cannot give up to the U.S. during trade talks

Trump is holding our economy hostage. Here is what Carney cannot give up to the U.S. during trade talks

First do no harm.

That’s not an easy ask of anyone trying to defend their country’s interests in a negotiation with U.S. President Donald Trump. Not when he’s wielding the world’s biggest economy as a weapon, and seems less interested in strengthening it than in harming others.

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GOLDSTEIN: Corporate welfare is strangling Canadian economy: study

GOLDSTEIN: Corporate welfare is strangling Canadian economy: study

Corporate welfare by Canada’s federal and provincial governments has more than tripled since 2015 and is strangling economic growth, according to a new study by the Fraser Institute.

It found corporate subsidies totalled $87.7 billion in 2024 alone, with $44.7 billion coming from the federal government and $43 billion from the provincial governments combined.

That more than tripled the 2015 level of $25.1 billion, adjusted for inflation and population growth.


Tripled since 2015 you say? Now what is it about that very special year? Ah well socialism for the rich etc.

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Government says it told India it has ‘zero tolerance’ for foreign interference and transnational repression

Government says it told India it has ‘zero tolerance’ for foreign interference and transnational repression

OTTAWA — A senior Public Safety official says the federal government has told its Indian counterparts that there is “zero tolerance” for transnational repression and foreign interference by its diplomats.

In a recent letter to advocacy group Sikhs for Justice (SJF), a top Public Safety official assured the group that the government has “made it clear to senior Indian officials that there is zero tolerance for transnational repression or other illegal activities by foreign diplomats in this country.”

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TERRAZZANO: Canadians won’t tolerate Carney hiking gas taxes

TERRAZZANO: Canadians won’t tolerate Carney hiking gas taxes

Prime Minister Mark Carney needs to look at this poll and understand one simple thing: People will not accept a gas tax hike in September.

New polling shows 63% of Canadians oppose the federal government’s plan to hike fuel taxes next month.

Carney suspended the federal fuel tax in April to give Canadians a break at the pumps, saving 10 cents per litre of gas and 4 cents per litre of diesel.

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F-35 review part of ‘extremely complex’ negotiation as trade talks continues: McGuinty

F-35 review part of ‘extremely complex’ negotiation as trade talks continues: McGuinty

OTTAWA – Defence Minister David McGuinty has acknowledged that the procurement review of F-35 fighter jets is a “point of debate or dialog” as tense trade negotiations with the United States continue.

When asked by reporters in Ottawa on Monday about whether the F-35 decision is part of the trade war, McGuinty said that “acquisition of that size would normally be a point of debate or dialog between two sovereign nations.”

“This is not the only factor involved in a multi-party, multi-element, multi-stakeholder type of negotiation. This negotiation with the United States is extremely complex,” he added.


When Hitler invaded the Soviet Union the Wehrmacht had in use trucks from virtually every nation they had conquered.

Few were suitable for “Russian Roads” and repair was a logistical nightmare.

I fear our air force of many nations will be just like that.

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