🟢 Juno Jump Start: How dangerous are Sikh knives?
The debate about Sikhs having a religious exemption to carry a blade around has reignited, Harrison hosts a discussion with Jason Kenney and Anthony Koch on how to deal with U.S. tariffs, and more.
When Kirpans Kill: how dangerous are Sikh knives?
After a Sikh influencer recorded himself getting kicked out of a Goodlife Fitness in Windsor, Ontario, for carrying a visible Sikh dagger into the gym, the debate about Sikhs having a religious exemption to carry a blade around has reignited.
In 2006, the Supreme Court of Canada acknowledged that the Sikh kirpan could be used to cause injury, but ultimately ruled that “the kirpan is not a weapon, but a religious object,” ruling that some restrictions were warranted but an outright ban on the dagger would constitute an unreasonable limit on Sikhs’ right to religious freedom.
The court ruling found that there had been no violent incidents involving the kirpan in the century that Sikhs have been carrying them to classes. Juno News has compiled a list of times that the Sikhs’ religious knife was used or threatened to be used as a weapon and not simply a religious symbol. Keep Reading
WATCH: How Conservatives approach U.S. tariffs and Donald Trump
Former Alberta Premier Jason Kenney and conservative strategist Anthony Koch join Harrison Faulkner for a panel discussion on how Canada’s conservatives should approach President Trump and the ongoing trade war, and whether there is a patriotism problem inside the Conservative base right now.
They react to Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s response to the latest U.S. tariff threats, Pierre Poilievre’s positioning on Trump, divisions inside the conservative movement, and whether the federal Conservative party should be looking to provincial Conservatives for lessons on electoral success. Watch now
Carney faces emergency probe over Gordie Howe bridge concessions
Prime Minister Mark Carney is facing a parliamentary showdown over his Gordie Howe International Bridge agreement after opposition MPs launched a special hearing into whether he misled Canadians about secret toll-sharing concessions granted to the United States.
Conservative MP Kelly McCauley, chair of the House of Commons government operations committee, announced Thursday that opposition members had requested an “urgent investigation” into the agreement and the government’s public explanations of its terms.
“As their chair, I will convene a meeting on Wednesday, July 29 to allow the committee to get to the bottom of the matter,” McCauley said. Keep Reading
Windsor drug bust leads to $139m seized in cocaine and methamphetamine
Nearly two tonnes of illicit drugs have been seized following a cross-border investigation with police and border agencies in Canada and the U.S. known as Project Bay. Keep Reading
New paper revives ‘death by organ donation’ proposal for ‘assisted suicide’ patients
A new academic paper is reviving debate over “death by organ donation,” proposing that organs be retrieved from “assisted suicide” patients before they are declared dead. Keep Reading
Feds “gutted” emergency response staff who could have “battled wildfires”
The Carney government’s plan to reduce the number of public service employees included slashing roughly 50 per cent from the federal nerve centre for emergency response earlier this year. Keep Reading