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Friday, August 1, 2025

NDP unveils new wealth and corporate taxes in platform

By
Cosmin Dzsurdzsa
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NDP leader Jagmeet Singh unveiled his party’s platform on Thursday ahead of an expected election call this weekend. 

While the NDP platform promises billions in new spending, the platform is uncosted.

Jampacked in the 115-page platform, which shares many similarities with the party’s 2019 promises, are a wealth tax, a promise to lower the voting age to 16 and pledges to fight “systemic racism.” 

“For the highest income individuals in Canada (those making over $210,000), we will increase the top marginal tax rate by two points to 35 percent. Those at the very top – super-rich multi-millionaires with over $10 million in wealth – will be asked to pay more towards our shared services with a 1% wealth tax,” the platform reads. 

The party claims that such a tax would generate “$10 billion” in revenue to redistribute towards the NDP’s costly programs. 

Additionally, the NDP wants to introduce an “excess profit tax” to tax large Canadian companies who profited during the pandemic. 

“That’s the vision that we have for Canada: Making the ultra-rich pay their fair share, so we can invest in people,” said Singh. 

According to Trading Economics, Canada has one of the highest corporate tax rates among G20 countries.

Additionally, Singh promised free access to mental health services for uninsured Canadians which would be further expanded. The NDP platform also promises student debt forgiveness up to $20,000 and a national childcare, pharmacare and dental care program. 

Estimates by Fraser Institute show that a national pharmacare program could cost taxpayers anywhere between $15 billion and $32.7 billion to achieve. 

On top of that, the research institute Cardus estimated that a national childcare policy could cost an additional $36.3 billion on the upper end. 

In their platform the NDP also pledged to combat “online hate” and other forms of discrimination.

“It’s time for the federal government to tackle white supremacism, terrorism and the growing threat of hate crimes targeting communities in Canada. We will begin work immediately to ensure that all major cities have dedicated hate crime units within local police forces, and  to convene a national working group to counter online hate,” the NDP platform reads. 

UN climate change report is the same old repackaged alarmism

By
Andrew Lawton
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A report from the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change signals “code red for humanity,” the UN Secretary General says. But it’s filled with the same projections and models that have been wrong time and time again, ClimateDepot.com publisher Marc Morano says on The Andrew Lawton Show. The real threats are the policies alarmist governments use reports like these to impose.

Watch the latest episode of The Andrew Lawton Show.

Conservatives bar former MP and leadership candidate Pierre Lemieux from running

By
Andrew Lawton
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Former Conservative MP and leadership candidate Pierre Lemieux has been denied permission to run in this year’s election as a Conservative, True North has learned.

Lemieux, a social conservative, was seeking the party’s nomination in the eastern Ontario riding of Glengarry—Prescott—Russell, which he represented for three terms from 2006 to 2015.

He lost to Liberal Francis Drouin in 2015 and failed to retake the seat in 2019, which the party says makes him ineligible to run again.

“In accordance with our nomination rules, an applicant must not have been an unsuccessful candidate in both of the two prior federal general elections,” a Conservative Party of Canada spokesperson said in an email statement to True North.

The rules allow for a candidate to receive a waiver from this requirement if authorized by the party’s National Council president and executive director, then approved by the National Candidate Selection Committee (NCSC).

Lemieux requested a waiver when he filed his nomination application in January but was only informed that it was not granted on August 6, according to a source connected with Lemieux’s campaign.

Former Conservative MP Costas Menegakis, who lost his races in 2015 and 2019, is the Conservative candidate for Richmond Hill, also in Ontario.

In 2006, Lemieux became the first Conservative to win Glengarry—Prescott—Russell since 1958, by a margin of just 203 votes, which he expanded significantly over the next two elections. He sought the Conservative party’s leadership in 2017, finishing in seventh place out of 14 candidates with 7.67% of the points.

In July, the NCSC disqualified former Conservative MP and leadership candidate Brad Trost, also a prominent social conservative, from seeking the nomination in a Saskatchewan riding, though this decision was overturned on appeal to the National Council. Trost ultimately lost the nomination race.

On Thursday, the Conservative party’s candidate in Yukon Jonas Smith said he had been disqualified over opposition to vaccine passports and mandatory vaccination policies. The Conservatives said Smith was removed over his ”unwillingness to support public health guidelines.”

Majority of Canadians desire change in government: poll

By
Cosmin Dzsurdzsa
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A poll by Abacus Data which surveyed 3,000 voters found that a majority of Canadians wanted a change in their federal government. 

The national survey took place between August 6 and August 11, just ahead of an expected election call by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speculated to take place this upcoming weekend. 

Abacus Data is a Canadian polling firm based out of Ottawa, Ontario, which regularly gets cited by legacy media outlets like the Globe and Mail, National Post and others. 

According to the poll results, 66% of people surveyed said that it was either definitely time for change or a good time to have a change in government. On the other hand, only 33% of Canadians stated that they wished to see the Liberals re-elected. 

Despite the desire for change, the Trudeau Liberals continue to score first place in the polls, followed by O’Toole’s Conservatives.  

Abacus Data found that 37% of Canadians intend to vote for the Liberals, while 28% said they will be casting their ballot for a Conservative candidate. Meanwhile, the NDP trails behind at 20%, followed by the Green Party which sits at 5%. 

Support for the Liberals is highest in Ontario and the Atlantic Provinces, while the Conservatives outpoll the Liberals in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. 

Past analysis of Abacus Data polling has shown that the pollster has skewed lower for Conservatives than the average of Canada’s polls. 

Other recent polls by Angus Reid show a much more narrow lead by the Liberals. A poll published on Thursday by Angus Reid found that the Liberals only had a 5-point lead over the Conservatives, in comparison to the 9-point lead reported by Abacus Data. 

Additionally, a recent Angus Reid poll found that O’Toole was leading on economic issues like government spending, economic recovery and energy over other leaders, whereas Trudeau only led on COVID-19 handling. 

Fraudsters jump to take advantage of Quebec’s vaccine passport system

By
Cosmin Dzsurdzsa
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Fraudulent vaccine passports are already spreading like wildfire online following Quebec’s decision to make them mandatory for non-essential public spaces like bars, festivals, arenas and elsewhere. 

According to Le Journal de Montreal, fake vaccine passports are already being sold over the internet for amounts ranging from $200 to $515. 

Reporters reached out to prospective sellers of the fraudulent passports over the encrypted messaging application Telegram. 

The outlet notes that within 30 minutes of expressing interest in buying a fake vaccine passport, reporters had already received ten offers from fraudsters. 

Le Journal also notes that most of the fraudulent sellers appear to be from Europe or elsewhere abroad. 

Photos of the chats show various QR codes posing as official government passes. 

Earlier this week, the Government of Quebec announced the most sweeping vaccine passport program in Canada. 

As of September 1st, unvaccinated Canadians will be denied access to “non-essential public spaces” such as restaurants, sporting events and elsewhere if they can’t provide proof of vaccination. 

Quebec Premier Francois Legault has since refused to allow the matter to be debated in the provincial legislature because it would expose Quebecers to “conspiracy theories.” 

People will be required to have a code on a smartphone application which will be scanned upon entry to public spaces. 

The quick response by fraudsters seeking to cash in on Quebec’s vaccine passport system seems to validate concerns by critics of the system who claim that enforcing vaccine passes would open up a quagmire of issues for local businesses, the provincial government and others. 

Journalists are misleading Canadians about vaccine hesitancy

By
Candice Malcolm
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Many in the media seem to think that vaccine passports and forced vaccinations are a “winning strategy” for Trudeau in the upcoming election. But is that true?

True North’s Candice Malcolm examines the data to better understand the “vaccine-hesitant” population – and it isn’t good news for the Trudeau Liberals.

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Liberals can’t name journalists who got $50 million in local news subsidies

By
Cosmin Dzsurdzsa
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Officials with the Department of Canadian Heritage were unable to provide the names and outlets of the hundreds of journalists hired under the Liberal government’s $50 million Local Journalism Initiative (LJI). 

In an emailed statement, federal officials told True North that the government did not have such information on hand. 

“To protect the arm’s-length relationship between the Government and supported news organizations, the program is administered by seven not-for-profit organizations that represent different segments of the news sector,” a Department of Canadian Heritage spokesperson told True North. 

“Therefore, the Department of Canadian Heritage is not directly involved in application processes nor funding decisions and does not collect third-party personally-identifiable information during the course of the administration of the program.”

The initiative was first launched by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in 2018 as a five-year plan to support “original civic journalism that covers the diverse needs of underserved communities across Canada.” 

Eligible media organizations would be able to tap into the taxpayer funds to hire journalists or pay freelance reporters. 

Overseeing the funds are seven “Administrator Organizations,” three of which are Francophone. They include News Media Canada, Association de la presse francophone, Quebec Community Newspapers Association, the National Ethnic Press and Media Council of Canada, the Community Radio Fund of Canada, the Canadian Association of Community Television Users and Stations and the Fédération des télévisions communautaires autonomes du Québec.

To date, hundreds of journalists have been employed through the program at the taxpayer’s expense, with 124 positions being funded this year. A list maintained by News Media Canada of 2021 legacy media organizations that “host” LJI reporters includes outlets like Canada’s National Observer, the Narwhal, the Tyee, the Chronicle Herald and dozens of others. However, no mention is made of who the reporters were or how much each outlet received. 

This is not the first time in recent weeks that the Liberal government was unable to answer questions about its extensive media subsidies. As revealed by Blacklock’s Reporter, Canadian Heritage was also refusing to disclose which media companies were awarded $61 million in subsidies billed as “emergency relief” during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Billboard campaign to highlight ballooning trillion-dollar federal debt

By
Cosmin Dzsurdzsa
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A campaign by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) hopes to make Canadians aware of how much debt the Liberal government has accrued on their behalf. 

The cross-country initiative will include physical billboards and social media ads that seek to warn Canadians about the country’s growing debt. 

“Deficit spending is out of control and we’re pushing politicians to be honest about how they’re going to pay back the $1-trillion debt,” said the CTF’s Federal Director, Franco Terrazzano.

“More deficits mean more debt that Canadian kids and grandkids will need to pay back. Politicians need to rein in their deficit spending so future generations aren’t weighed down by soaring government debt.”

Billboards are expected to appear in Vancouver, Calgary, Winnipeg, Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal, while social media ads will be broadcast to numerous communities. 

When broken down based on each person’s individual share of the federal debt, Canadians can expect to pay about $29,000 per person for the government’s reckless spending. 

“Politicians owe taxpayers the truth about how they are going to pay for this $1-trillion debt and the truth is taxpayers are going to get clobbered if politicians don’t tighten their belts. Interest charges on the debt siphon away billions that can’t go to health care or lower taxes,” said Terrazzano. 

Under the Liberal government’s watch, Canada’s deficit has also grown as a result of reckless spending.

According to the Parliamentary Budget Officer, Canada will not be able to get out of a deficit until 2070 due to the Liberal government’s spending programs. 

“Overall, it paints a picture of unsustainability for finances, both federal and provincial combined,” Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux said. 

“And that is the big elephant in the room that nobody seems to be worried about or wanting to address.”

Trudeau’s foreign policy has been a failure

By
Andrew Lawton
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The Chinese regime has sentenced one Canadian to death and another to 11 years in prison in the latest stage of its hostage diplomacy with Canada. When Justin Trudeau was elected in 2015 he insisted “Canada’s back,” yet in the last six years Canada has failed to make a dent on the world stage. Trudeau spent his political capital on idle virtue signalling while Canadians were held behind bars and China waged genocide against the Uyghurs, True North’s Andrew Lawton says.

Also, the Liberals’ double standard on mandatory vaccines, and ‘Green Fraud’ author Marc Morano on the latest climate change alarmism from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and the United Nations.

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Liberals hide names of media companies given $61 million in subsidies

By
Cosmin Dzsurdzsa
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The Liberal government will not reveal the names of Canadian publishers who benefited from nearly $61 million in subsidies advertised as “emergency relief.” 

Media outlets were given the subsidies on top of substantial federal support already offered to them through the $600 million bailout fund passed by the Liberals in 2018. Additionally, publishers can also apply to receive funding through the Canada Periodical Fund. 

According to Blacklock’s Reporter, a July 21 letter to the House of Commons heritage committee makes no mention of the media companies’ identities. 

“These measures demonstrate the government’s commitment to both a robust, diverse and sustainable news ecosystem and ensuring Canadians can receive the timely information they require from their government,” wrote Minister of Canadian Heritage Steven Guilbeault. 

The letter revealed that numerous organizations were showered with $60.8 million in taxpayer funds to convey so-called “timely information (readers) require from their government.” 

When pressed on revealing the names of the publishers and how much they received, Canadian Heritage staff would not disclose that information. 

To date, left-wing progressive outlets like The Narwhal and others have been showered with hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars. In March of this year, it was revealed that The Narwhal was awarded $355,000 by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. 

Additionally, the legacy media company FP Newspapers Inc. received $6.2 million in taxpayer funds from the Liberal government. 

The Trudeau government has also indicated it would seek to give additional funding for the CBC, which already receives well over one billion taxpayer dollars despite continuously losing advertising revenues and viewership.

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