Juno Jump Start | Smith won’t back down on Alberta’s separation vote

Smith says First Nations chiefs need to “check themselves,” in response to calls for her to be investigated for treason, Carney gov won't say if EV batteries are included in forced labour ban, & more

Smith won’t back down on Alberta’s separation vote

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says First Nations chiefs need to “check themselves,” in response to calls for her to be investigated for treason by the RCMP over the province’s fall referendum question on separatism.

“I think it’s disgraceful that any government that wants to be taken seriously would level the charges that serious against another government,” Smith told reporters in Calgary on Thursday. “I’ve had my differences with the federal government, but I have never used language like that.” Keep Reading

Ottawa told to exclude mental illness indefinitely from assisted suicide

A federal committee is now urging Ottawa to slam the brakes indefinitely on expanding assisted suicide to people with mental illness, warning the system still lacks the safeguards, evidence and mental-health supports to handle it.

The joint House–Senate report says the proposed 2027 expansion of MAID should be “indefinitely excluded” for cases where mental illness is the sole condition, citing unresolved questions about how to separate suicidal crisis from a “reasoned” request for death. Keep Reading

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Carney gov won’t say if Chinese EV batteries are made with forced labour

Foreign Minister Anita Anand couldn’t say whether Ottawa’s approval of nearly 300,000 Chinese-made EV batteries would comply with its own forced-labour import ban, saying the government still hasn’t decided what will actually be on the prohibited list.

Pressed in committee, Anand said the list will be finalized “later this fall,” leaving key questions about enforcement unanswered as concerns and U.S. pressure mount over forced labour in Chinese supply chains.

During the Commons foreign affairs committee, Anand was asked by Bloc Québécois MP Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe whether the Carney government planned on including said batteries, which have been found to have been produced with forced labour. Keep Reading

Officials say foreign agent registry “very close” but still not ready

Ottawa’s long-promised foreign agents registry is still not live, despite officials again insisting they are “extremely close” to launching it, six months after saying the same thing. Keep Reading

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Toronto police nab final suspect in U.S. Consulate shooting

The final suspect in the March shooting at the U.S. Consulate has been arrested, Toronto police say, after being taken into custody at Toronto Pearson International Airport on Wednesday. Keep Reading

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Carney to appoint new Supreme Court judge “imminently”

The decision on who will replace retiring Supreme Court of Canada justice Sheilah Martin is expected to be announced shortly, with Prime Minister Mark Carney poised to choose from two leading candidates. Keep Reading

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WATCH: Canadian history is under attack

Statues, landmarks, schools, churches and roads are being renamed, toppled, burned and erased before our eyes. The relentless campaign to erase and rewrite Canadian history has, unfortunately, been a success for the radical left. So far, whatever the radical left has targeted for renaming or destruction has succeeded. Watch now

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CHARLEBOIS: Ottawa wants answers on food prices. It may not like what it finds

Sylvain Charlebois writes, “For years, Canadians were told many times grocers alone were responsible for rising food prices. The reality is far more complicated and far more uncomfortable.” Keep Reading

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