Are there climate benefits to Canada’s new relationship with China asks Beijing’s Ottawa News Bureau?

Are there climate benefits to Canada’s new relationship with China asks Beijing’s Ottawa News Bureau?

When Canada announced earlier this year that it would allow a token number of Chinese-made electric vehicles into the country, the gesture didn’t seem so much about climate action as a sop to ease Chinese tariffs on Canadian canola.

Now, it very much appears like the opening gambit in a deeper engagement with China on clean energy. Following up on Prime Minister Mark Carney’s momentous meeting with Chinese Premier Xi Jinping in January, Industry Minister Melanie Joly was in Beijing last month to discuss the feasibility of Canadian-Chinese EV ventures.

Meanwhile, the Canada China Business Council is organizing a cleantech mission to China in Beijing in November.


The CBC is owned by China now.

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Lurkers in the deep: How Canada’s new submarines will be used in peace and potential war

Lurkers in the deep: How Canada’s new submarines will be used in peace and potential war

“Canada’s next submarine fleet will secure our coastlines and waters,” Prime Minister Mark Carney said early last month in announcing the choice of Germany’s ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems as the preferred bidder for the country’s new underwater fleet.

Patrolling Canada’s three coasts will be part of the job for the fleet of up to a dozen state-of-the-art diesel-electric 212CD submarines, says retired vice-admiral Darren Hawco, who commanded Canada’s Atlantic Fleet and served as the nation’s military representative to NATO until 2020.


I’ll believe it when I see it. We’ll get 3 subs if we’re lucky.

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PRINGLE: Wicked madness — the dangerous consequences of twisting the Bible for political control

PRINGLE: Wicked madness — the dangerous consequences of twisting the Bible for political control

According to the Christian History Institute, many southern Christians felt that slavery, in one Baptist minister’s words, “stands as an institution of God.”

While these southern Christians quoted Bible verses to defend and justify slavery, they completely neglected the context and proper application of these Bible verses.

There are 2 kinds of slavery.

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By-elections a crucial test of Carney’s unconventional majority

By-elections a crucial test of Carney’s unconventional majority

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s careful march to a majority has reached the coda. With three by-elections set for Aug. 31, the Liberals can put to rest the rumblings about their majority status and earn the halo of legitimacy.

These by-elections are about both seats and symbolism because of the unprecedented way Carney came to have a majority in the first place: five floor-crossings and a trio of byelection wins. Never before has a Canadian government leapt from minority to majority status outside of a general election. While impressive as a political act, the patchwork approach invited skepticism, even hostility. Is this a true majority government, or a sleight of hand?

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Call to prayer broadcast approved for Regina mosque

Call to prayer broadcast approved for Regina mosque

A Regina mosque has received approval to broadcast a weekly call to prayer.

On Friday, Regina City Jamia Masjid announced on social media that its Call to Prayer (Adhan) permit had been approved Thursday, allowing the mosque to broadcast the call from its loudspeaker on the building’s rooftop.


This is the reason our elites decided to blight Canada with Islamist immigration. They wanted to fatten their wallets. They don’t give a damn about you and I.

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On Ukraine’s front lines, female soldiers testing Canadian-designed body armour

On Ukraine’s front lines, female soldiers testing Canadian-designed body armour

Ukrainian soldiers fighting on the front lines of Russia’s war are now testing curved body armour designed specifically for women so they’re better protected against bullets, shrapnel and drone strikes.

Ukrainian MP Iryna Nykorak said the majority of the more than 10,000 women serving in combat in her country are wearing ballistic plates for men that are too bulky, heavy and don’t fit their chests. Some decide not to wear the plate at all, which makes it useless, she said.


Female Friendly Body Armour was approved for use in the Ukraine army in 2023, why are we reinventing the wheel?

Someone’s gettin paid?

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Canadian Mortgage Arrears Hit Recession Levels, Reality Is Likely Worse

Canadian Mortgage Arrears Hit Recession Levels, Reality Is Likely Worse

Even more households are falling behind on their supersized mortgage payments. Canadian Bankers Association (CBA) data shows the mortgage arrears rate climbed in May. Mortgages at least 90 days past due have more than doubled since 2022, pushing the rate just shy of a decade high. New mortgage originations are also failing to offset outflows, already wiping out most of 2020’s low-rate growth.

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Arrested NATO intern has history of fraud, was ordered to take ethics course

Arrested NATO intern has history of fraud, was ordered to take ethics course

A Canadian NATO intern arrested in Belgium on suspicion of spying for China was ordered by a federal watchdog to take a course in ethics after being found to have committed fraud in applying twice under two slightly different identities for a public service job.

Claire (Biwei) Zhang, a Canadian of Chinese origin, worked in public service roles, including at Statistics Canada, before taking up the NATO internship at Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe, known as SHAPE, in Mons near the French border.


You get caught cheating and still keep your job?

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GOLDSTEIN: Canada’s history of high-speed rail projects littered with political train wrecks

GOLDSTEIN: Canada’s history of high-speed rail projects littered with political train wrecks

The history of federal governments touting high-speed rail projects between Ontario and Quebec has been one of false starts for more than five decades and last week we saw an example of why.

That was the threat by Ontario Premier Doug Ford to withdraw provincial support from Alto – the latest multi-billion-dollar, high-speed rail project touted by the feds to connect Toronto and Quebec City.


The only thing about this project that I am confident of is that it will be giant slush fund.

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BRULOTTE: China is preparing for a different kind of war — is Canada ready?

BRULOTTE: China is preparing for a different kind of war — is Canada ready?

China is preparing for a different kind of war. Canada is still preparing for yesterday’s. The defining geopolitical struggle of the twenty-first century will not be fought solely with tanks, warships, or fighter aircraft. Increasingly, it will be contested through factories, artificial intelligence, critical minerals, supply chains, advanced manufacturing, and technological innovation. Beijing understands this. Most Western governments, including our own, are only beginning to catch up.

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Ottawa fights $5 billion Parliament Hill land claim while affirming indigenous title rights

Ottawa fights $5 billion Parliament Hill land claim while affirming indigenous title rights

The federal government says it is committed to respecting indigenous rights and title while continuing to fight a $5-billion court claim that seeks ownership and compensation for Parliament Hill and other federal landmarks in the National Capital Region.

A briefing note prepared for Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Rebecca Alty reveals Ottawa remains in court opposing a title claim launched by the Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg, despite stating the government is committed to recognizing Aboriginal rights and title.

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Canada’s Spy Service Delivered a Closed-Door Briefing to Richmond’s Mayor and Council on Chinese Threats to Election Candidates: Source

Canada’s Spy Service Delivered a Closed-Door Briefing to Richmond’s Mayor and Council on Chinese Threats to Election Candidates: Source

VANCOUVER — The Bureau has learned from a source with direct knowledge that Richmond’s mayor and city councillors were asked to attend an extraordinary closed-door briefing delivered by senior regional officials of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service.

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Canada’s FHSAs were meant to help new home buyers. Instead, they’re largely a $2-billion tax shelter for the rich

Canada’s FHSAs were meant to help new home buyers. Instead, they’re largely a $2-billion tax shelter for the rich

It’s enough to make your head spin.

At any given moment recently, a reader could glance at their favourite newspaper and see conflicting headlines about condo prices plummeting, houses loitering for weeks on the market, and potential buyers going to absurd lengths to afford a place to live.


Colour me shocked.

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Mark Carney promised to take on Donald Trump. He’s done anything but

Mark Carney promised to take on Donald Trump. He’s done anything but

In his election night address to Canadians last year, Mark Carney spoke with gravity and urgency about the threat posed by Donald Trump. “America,” he declared, “wants our land, our resources, our water, our country … President Trump is trying to break us so that America can own us.” Having spent the 2025 campaign warning Canadians about the seriousness of this threat, the prime minister sounded similarly unequivocal about the need for a more assertive approach to Canada-U.S. relations. “Our old relationship with the United States, a relationship based on steadily increasing integration,” he added, “is over … We have to look out for ourselves and above all we have to take care of each other.”

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