Juno Jump Start | High school spent $175K to strip Sir John A. Macdonald from name
The Waterloo Region District School Board spent $175,000 renaming Sir John A. Macdonald Secondary School in 2021, the CBC spent nearly $60K to prevent disclosure of Gem subscription numbers, and more.
High school spent $175K to strip Sir John A. Macdonald from name
After years of statue removals and school renamings tied to Canada’s founder, the Waterloo Region District School Board spent roughly $175,000 renaming Sir John A. Macdonald Secondary School in 2021.
WATCH: Speakers warn Canada is facing “stealth jihad”
Brigitte Gabriel, Lebanese-American activist and founder of ACT for America and Joe Adam George, national security analyst for the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, told a Toronto audience last week that Canada is failing to confront Islamist extremism and the Muslim Brotherhood’s “stealth jihad,” while the United States is actively pushing back through legislation and counter-extremism efforts.
CBC spent nearly $60K to prevent disclosure of Gem subscription numbers
The CBC has spent nearly $60 thousand dollars fighting in a federal court to not have to disclose how many people are subscribed to its streaming services.
FAULKNER: John A. Macdonald needs no defence or justification
Harrison Faulkner writes, “As conservatives, and more importantly as patriots, our fight needs to be about building statues, naming schools and organizations and defining the agenda ourselves.”
Ottawa too afraid of being called “Islamophobic” to confront Islamic extremism
Canada is too afraid of being labelled “Islamophobic” to seriously confront Islamist extremism, speakers at a Toronto Tafsik event warned this week, as several U.S. states move to ban Muslim Brotherhood-linked groups.
Constitutional group urges “substantial amendments” to Bill C-22
The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms has submitted a brief to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security, warning that Bill C-22 threatens Canadians’ privacy rights.
China weaponizing residential school “mass graves” narrative to deflect criticism
Newly released federal documents show China has been using Canada’s Kamloops “mass grave” controversy as a political shield to deflect criticism of its own human rights record, turning a domestic issue into a foreign propaganda talking point.
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CBC tries to shut down lawsuit by detective who probed infant vaccine deaths
The case of the Ottawa detective found guilty of discreditable conduct for probing a link between COVID vaccines and infant deaths resumes this week for the penalty phase of proceedings, which have spanned three years; more than five altogether since Helen Grus was suspended, investigated, then charged under the Police Services Act in July 2021. At the same time, Grus is carrying on her fight to hold the CBC and others accountable for what she calls “malicious and harassing” coverage.
Eby’s anti-pipeline stance has “sidelined” province: B.C. Conservatives
A new federal-provincial agreement between Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith to advance a proposed pipeline to British Columbia’s northwest coast is drawing sharp political backlash from the B.C. Conservative after provincial officials were reportedly excluded from the negotiations.
OP-ED: Culture beyond politics
David Solway writes, “Politics progressively sucks the joy out of everything. Comedy becomes ideological instruction. Art becomes activism. Even humour feels pinched, supervised and reactionary.”
Data shows nearly half of new Quebec immigrants fail driver’s test
Nearly half of new immigrants have failed to attain their full driver’s licence in Quebec, with 33,148 only being issued a learners permit over the last year.
Feds’ attempt to strike Charter challenge of men in women’s prison fails
A civil rights and constitutional law group is celebrating after a Federal Court ruled against the federal government’s attempt to strike a constitutional challenge to Correctional Services Canada’s policy allowing trans-identifying males into women’s prisons.
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