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Saturday, July 26, 2025

Federal malpractice watchdog overwhelmed with complaints, seeks more funding 

By
Quinn Patrick, True North Wire
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Source: X

Canada’s public service integrity watchdog has asked the federal government to double its budget, funding it says is necessary to keep up with the growing number of tips it receives about departmental wrongdoings and mismanagement. 

The agency is requesting an immediate sum of $1.3 million and wants to see its annual budget double, asking for an additional $7.6 million per year until 2028-29, followed by a permanent increase of $7.2 million from then onward. 

Public Sector Integrity Commissioner Harriet Solloway called the situation a “crisis” that could undermine her office’s mandate, which is to investigate malpractice in the federal public sector and protect whistleblowers after coming forward. 

According to Solloway, the lack of funding has resulted in delays in investigating new cases,. which could last up to three years. 

However, she argues that more funding could alleviate the backlog. 

“If we don’t get to the investigations, we can’t get to the conclusions and we can’t make recommendations,” Solloway told CBC News. “If there are things that are amiss, they will continue to fester and probably get worse rather than improve.”

There are 161 files of alleged wrongdoing or wrongful reprisal that currently remain in limbo, which Solloway’s office said is five times more than the commissioner can handle. 

The commissioner’s office received 332 disclosures during the 2023 fiscal year and has already received 198 disclosures for the 2024 fiscal year which began on April 1, suggesting an increasing trend in departmental wrongdoings.

“We may get to the point where … evidence may no longer be available. People may move on, we may not be able to find them. People’s memories fade, and so it will impact the outcome,” said Solloway.

“In short order, I will have to determine which parts of our mandate we continue and which parts I have to put on hold because I simply don’t have the resources.”

While the commissioner’s office has been criticized in the past for not doing enough to protect whistleblowers, Solloway still encourages those with information to come forward anyway 

“Please do come forward. Nobody will hear about your disclosure from us,” she said. “I remain optimistic that we’ll get the resources that we need to be able to deal with these cases, as they need to be.”

The office of Treasury Board President Anita Anand confirmed that officials are reviewing Solloway’s funding request via the standard process for increasing operating budgets.  

This is the first time the commissioner’s office has requested an increase in funding since its creation in 2007.

Myah Tomasi, a spokesperson for the Trudeau government said that measures have been introduced to support disclosures like internal process trending and guidelines.

The Conservatives also introduced a private member’s bill proposing to update the commissioner’s mandate that would expand her responsibilities, however, it does not suggest additional funding.

Additionally, a Bloc Québécois private member’s bill to update the commissioner’s mandate has already made it through the House of Commons with bipartisan support and is currently in the Senate undergoing its second reading. 

Bloc Québécois MP Jean-Denis Garon, who sponsored the proposed legislation, also known as Bill C-290, said it proposes better protection for whistleblowers and witnesses in addition to expanding the scope of complaints that may be permitted for investigation.

Lululemon founder Chip Wilson’s home vandalized over anti-BC NDP “communist” sign

By
Clayton DeMaine, True North Wire
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Source: X

The founder of Lululemon’s Vancouver home has been vandalized after he displayed a sign labelling the BC NDP “communist” ahead of the upcoming provincial election. 

Chip Wilson founded the popular activewear company that has since become a multi-billion dollar enterprise in his home city.

“Eby will tell you the Conservatives are ‘Far Right’ but neglects saying that the NDP is ‘Communist,’” Wilson’s sign said outside of his mansion.

Less than two weeks before the Oct. 19 provincial election, activists vandalized the sign and his house.

“Selfish billionaire lives here,” one of the spray-painted phrases said on a gate to his house. “F&*K you Chip, You’re a POS,” was written on the sign itself.

Vancouver police did not respond to True North’s requests for information on whether the vandalism incidents are being investigated. 

Though at a news conference Monday Sgt. Steve Addison said the incident was being investigated.

“We’re investigating that offence as we would from any other citizen or resident in the City of Vancouver who reported a mischief to us,” Addison said.

In response to Wilson’s sign, Eby criticized Wilson’s stance, saying the money the government takes from him through taxes is used to “support the rest of British Columbians who are struggling with affordability.”

“People are struggling out there, and we need to provide support to them,” Eby said. “I respect the work that he’s done and creating companies. I think that’s great. But I don’t regret raising the taxes on his $80 million mansion.”

Wilson made a new sign in response to the vandalism of his previous sign and has put it up outside his house.

“Voters seem to forget when Eby ‘gives’ us money. It is the Voters’ money he has already taken,” the new sign said.

Premier David Eby, the target of Wilson’s messaging, replied to the new sign on X.

“Chip’s new sign doesn’t explain who’s paying more (Chip) and who’s getting money (not Chip),” Eby said on X. “John Rustad would cut taxes for the top 2%, just like before. I’ll cut yours instead – with $1,000 for 90% of families. And I will never apologize for asking billionaires to chip in.”

Rustad, however, responded to Wilson’s new sign as well saying he wouldn’t be giving any special tax breaks to billionaires such as Wilson.

“Sorry Chip,” Rustad said on X. “A Conservative Party of BC government isn’t going to give billionaires special tax breaks. You’re excluded from our Homeowners & Renters Rebate (aka Rustad Rebate). I’m fighting to make life more affordable for hardworking, everyday BCers — not billionaires.”

Wilson did not respond to True North’s requests to comment before the deadline provided.

Poilievre joins calls to list anti-Israel group Samidoun as a terrorist entity

By
Clayton DeMaine, True North Wire
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Source: X

Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre is demanding that a group that organized a Vancouver demonstration where the Canadian flag was burned and protesters cheered on Hamas be added to Canada’s list of designated terrorist entities.

Poilievre joined the call from Jewish advocacy groups and, recently, BC Conservative leader John Rustad to ban Samidoun, an organization with non-profit status in Canada from operating.

This comes after the one-year marking of the Hamas-led terror attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. In celebration of the attack, Samidoun hosted a night of protesting in Vancouver, which caught the eye of Canada’s House of Commons on Tuesday.

Samidoun Prisoners Solidarity Network is an international organization which bills itself as a Palestinian prisoner advocacy group. The organization advocates for the freeing of Palestinian prisoners, mainly from the Marxist-Leninist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, who have been arrested for terrorism charges.

The PFLP is a listed terrorist entity in Canada.

True North has reported on Samidoun for its continued open support of other listed terrorist entities.

“We see that on our streets, the organization Samidoun, which is a front for the PFLP, has been fomenting these violent and horrific protests and mob actions,” Poilievre said on Parliament Hill. “This organization is a front for an already banned terrorist group,”

He noted that knowingly acting on behalf of, at the direction of, or in association with a terrorist entity is an offence under section 83.05 of the Criminal Code, as enacted by the Anti-Terrorism Act.

He said the Israeli government has described Samidoun founder Khaled Barakat as a high-ranking member of the PFLP. The PFLP has been placed on the list of banned Canadian terrorist entities for 20 years.

The PFLP was behind the 2014 massacre at a synagogue in Jerusalem where a Canadian rabbi was one of the victims.

Barakat’s wife, Charlotte Kates, currently leads Samidoun and operates outside Vancouver. She has received human rights awards from the Islamist dictatorship in Iran, appearing on Iranian state TV calling the Oct. 7 attack “heroic,” and, while in Madrid this week, said she was there to celebrate the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas-led terror attack.

Samidoun has been designated as a subsidiary of the terrorist PFLP in Israel, and the organization is also banned in Germany for its glorification of terrorist organizations and antisemitic propaganda.

“This is a terrorist organization. Common Sense Conservatives are now calling for the government under Section 83.03 of the Criminal Code to ban Samidoun. Let’s bring home safety, security and peace to our streets,” Poilievre said. “Let’s unify our people…. Let’s secure our borders. Let’s keep terrorists out of our country, and let’s stand up for what’s right. Once again, stand with our allies against terrorism and for decency.”

In the House of Commons Tuesday, Liberal MP for Pickering–Uxbridge Jennifer O’Connell said the government was “already taking action” and that the Conservatives’ demand that the group be listed as a terror group was just political posturing.

“Those actions that have been taking place in our streets are wrong. We condemn them full stop. Any form of anti-Semitism is wrong,” O’Connell said. “This is precisely why the minister of public safety had already referred the listing of Samidoun to our National Security Advisor and asked for an emergency and urgent review.”

However, the Conservative’s deputy leader, Melissa Lantsman, said this organization should already be listed as a terrorist entity.

“if they took action, they would have listed them already,” Lantsman said. “So if burning a Canadian flag, calling for the death of Canadians, if fomenting hate in this country, and most of all, being a front for an already listed terrorist organization is not enough to put them on the list, then what the hell is it going to take for them to ban them.”

O’Connell repeated the line that Conservatives were playing politics and that it is not a political decision to designate a group as a terrorist organization, and it is up to national security to make that decision.

Samidoun did not respond to True North’s requests to comment.

LEVY: Chow snubs Toronto memorial for victims of Oct 7 attack

By
Sue-Ann Levy
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Source: True North

Close to 20,000 people packed one of Toronto’s Jewish Community Centre campuses Monday evening for a moving ceremony dedicated to remembering the atrocities of last October 7 and the 101 hostages still being held in Gaza.

Premier Doug Ford was there along with members of his caucus, plus Vaughan mayor Steven Del Duca and city councillor James Pasternak.

Mayor Olivia Chow was conspicuously absent, as were most of the socialist, bordering on anti-Semitic, members of her council.

Had she been there, she would have heard a beautiful, uplifting ceremony that – as one attendee wrote to me – did not include people wrapped in keffiyehs, no genocidal chants, no calls for violence against Jews, no smoke bombs, no blocking of streets and no screams for revenge.

She would have heard songs of hope sung beautifully. She would have heard Hebrew prayers and seen candles lit by the relatives of those still being held in Gaza.

She would have heard the miraculous story of a couple, Noam and Noa Chanukah, who both survived the brutal attack of Oct. 7 – Noa having been shot by a Hamas terrorist along the road from southern Israel and Noa, who was nine months pregnant.

Noa, clutching her husband many times, said they lived in a kibbutz about 25 km. from Gaza – so close that they could hear their prayers – which was infiltrated by the terrorists on Oct. 7.

Source: True North

That morning, Noam was shot three times in the stomach while trying to get to work.

He phoned Noa, who refused to go into the safe room in her home for fear she wouldn’t be able to talk to her husband.

“I told him, ‘I’m the only one who can kill you, you must stay alive,’” she said.

It wasn’t until she knew he’d been taken to hospital and was in surgery that she agreed to lock herself in the safe room.

By the time he got to the hospital, thanks to a Good Samaritan, the terrorists were shooting in her kibbutz, she saw and heard them outside her window and the electricity had gone out.

She said she covered herself with her blankets so they’d take her and not the unborn baby.

She was rescued from her safe room at 2 p.m., completely dehydrated and in desperate need of medical help for out-of-control blood pressure.

She said she was driven to the hospital with many dead bodies by the side of the road.

Noam didn’t wake up until Oct. 12.

On Oct. 18 – their anniversary – her little boy was born.

“We feel so lucky to be here today,” Noam said to sustained applause.

Source: True North

Chow would have also heard the debilitating impact of virulent anti-Semitism on Toronto’s Jewish community.

But perhaps the alleged Mayor of all the People didn’t want to hear that since her weak leadership – and her repeated attempts to associate the rise in Jew-hatred with Islamophobia – have enabled the Jew-haters in Toronto.

Idit Shamir, Israeli Consul General to Canada, called out the world’s reaction to the atrocities heaped on the Jewish state – denial, arms embargoes and advice to “avoid escalation.”

“Grotesque,” she said.

She said Canadian campuses are “breeding grounds for radicalism” and our streets “eco chambers of hate.

“Every threat in Toronto has one target … Jews,” said Shamir. “Only one side glorifies murder.”

She urged the world to “wake up” because this is their war too.

“Today us, tomorrow you,” she said to vehement applause, inviting our allies to speak up.

Michael Cotler-Wunsh, Israel’s special envoy for combating anti-Semitism, said the very same anti-Semitism that fueled the Oct. 7 atrocities and the multi-front war has been raging here “in response to the war crimes” – responses of denial even as the Barbarians live-streamed the atrocities they perpetrated.

She added that there’s been responses of silence, “me too unless you’re a Jew,” responses of “justification,” rape as armed resistance and hate online.

She said when she saw the incredible crowd that turned up Monday evening, she understood what it means to stand together in solidarity.

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“Never again is not just words, never again is now, we fight together to ensure that never again will we allow anti-Semitism that signals the collapse of morality,” she said.

“Never again is our call to action…the hope and prayer we will confront by standing up tall … we stand together now and forever.”

Chow, had she bothered to turn up and show her support, would have seen and heard articulate people who are the very epitome of class, honesty, strength and tenacity.

She would not have heard the cries of victims but the stories of survivors.

But in the case of our mayor, ignorance is truly bliss.

Ratio’d | “Vigil for Palestinian Martyrs” hosted in Toronto on October 7th anniversary

By
Harrison Faulkner
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Source: Harrison Faulkner

Certain days should be reserved for reflection and mourning, like September 11 or November 11. However, for anti-Israel protesters, October 7th, which saw 1,200 Israeli civilians die in a terrorist attack, is another opportunity to protest their cause.

That was the case at Toronto Metropolitan University, formerly known as Ryerson University, when students held the first event of the so-called “week of rage” for Palestine.

True North’s Harrison Faulkner went down to TMU to investigate what exactly was going on yesterday.

Conservatives want Speaker Fergus fired after Poilievre censored in Commons

By
Quinn Patrick, True North Wire
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Source: Facebook

The Conservatives are calling for House Speaker Greg Fergus to be fired after he banned Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre from speaking in the House of Commons over accusations of using unparliamentary language.

Fergus ruled that Poilievre could not speak in the House for the remainder of Tuesday after he refused to withdraw comments that Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly continues to “pander to Hamas.”

Poilievre made the remark during a heated exchange the day before when Joly refused to denounce specific slogans used by anti-Israel protesters.

Fergus initially asked Poilievre to withdraw the allegation, saying that accusations of pandering had already been determined to be unparliamentary. He also noted in his ruling that the incident marked the third time that Poilievre had used unparliamentary language during Question Period. 

Fergus first issued Poilievre the punishment of being named, a means of saying he had been asked to leave the chamber.

 

Following this punishment, Fergus then docked the number of questions the Conservative party could ask before ultimately telling Poilievre that his continued refusal to withdraw his remark was his third strike. 

“He knows that in our system, the role of the Leader of the Opposition is to ask questions to the ministry, to ensure it is held accountable for its actions and to challenge its decisions,” wrote Fergus in his ruling.

“His role is not to make the government comfortable, quite the contrary, but his actions must also be exercised within the existing boundaries of parliamentary decorum.”

Poilievre did not appear in the chamber at the start of Question Period, but instead had deputy leader Melissa Lantsman handle the first round of questions.

The Conservatives responded by saying that Fergus must act in a “non-partisan nature” which is required of the role of House Speaker “to ensure fairness and neutrality.”

According to a party statement released on Tuesday, “Fergus, has shown complete disregard for the neutrality his role requires by clearly acting in a way that benefits the Trudeau Liberals and disparages Conservatives.”

The statement addressed previous incidents where Fergus acted in a non-partisan manner such as when he “filmed a partisan video in his office wearing his Speakers’ robe to address the Ontario Liberal Caucus” and when he ejected Poilievre after he refused to withdraw a claim that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is a “wacko.”

Additionally, the Conservatives addressed an incident involving Fergus hosting an event “advertised on the Liberal Party website that directly criticized the Conservative Party Leader.”

The party accused Fergus of a pattern of “favour and a double standard of treatment to Liberal MPs in the House of Commons” that included censoring “Poilievre and common sense Conservatives while allowing Justin Trudeau to speak freely.”

“Therefore, we call on all members of the House of Commons to uphold the principle of Speaker neutrality, and express non-confidence in this partisan Liberal Speaker,” reads the statement. 

Downtown business group demands bail reform to combat repeat offender crisis

By
Isaac Lamoureux, True North Wire
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Source: Unsplash

Representatives from downtown business associations across Canada are calling on the federal government to reform bail laws due to criminal activities by repeat offenders making it difficult for businesses to thrive.

The International Downtown Association Canada held a press conference on Parliament Hill on Oct. 8, urging immediate action to address repeat offenders, mental health, addictions, and homelessness, which they argue are at the heart of the public safety crisis in urban centres.

Kate Fenske, the chair of IDA Canada, said that the Nonviolent Crime Survey Index shows that property and drug offences have increased by around 10% over the last two years, while shoplifting has increased by nearly 20%. 

“IDA Canada is urging the federal government to help ensure our downtowns and main streets are inclusive and safe spaces for everyone by initiating a systematic review across the country concerning the bail system and implementing further changes to the system by reforming Bill C-48 to address theft,” she said. 

Fenske said the current bail system does not protect Canadians or small businesses.

Following the alleged murder of a British Columbia woman by a man released from jail on bail just days earlier, Canada’s premiers called for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to reform the bail system. 

The premiers called for a review of the implementation and application of Bill C-48, along with an analysis of bail data since the bill’s enactment. 

Following the call, the federal government said they’d done their part and that it was time for the provinces to administer the law. 

Fenske and IDA Canada joined the call for a systematic review of Bill C-48 by the Liberals. 

“Every single day in communities across Canada, there are stories of crime perpetrated by an individual who was on bail or breached bail conditions,” said Fenske. 

The various members of IDA Canada that spoke reminded people that they were not experts in the many fields with which they raised concerns, such as crime, but asked the Liberals to listen to the experts and the provinces urging for reform. 

Chief Executive Officer of the Downtown Victoria Business Association, Jeff Bray, said businesses and their staff have begun to feel so unsafe that businesses are struggling to recruit and retain employees. He added that customers feel too unsafe to come downtown as well. 

“We really need the federal government to include these multiple nonviolent offenders within bail reform,” said Bray.

Fenske said that while addressing the issue, politics need to be put aside, and all levels of government need to work together to address public safety. She noted, however, that the federal government needs to take a leadership role. 

While urging bail reform, IDA Canada also called for the Liberals to dedicate additional funding to address the crises of addictions, mental health, and homelessness. 

IDA Canada said in a press release that the Liberals could create safe and inclusive downtowns by addressing repeat offender crimes and crimes of theft from small businesses in reforms to Bill C-48.

“Repeat offenders are major drivers of crime, and the bail system is not working to protect Canadians,” said Fenske in the release. “Confidence in public safety is very low – this issue is too urgent to delay.” 

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre previously pledged to end Canada’s catch-and-release bail system.

Taxpayers group joins legal battle against Newfoundland’s push for equalization increase

By
Isaac Lamoureux, True North Wire
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Source: X

The Canadian Taxpayers Federation announced on Friday that it is joining the fight against Newfoundland and Labrador’s legal bid to increase federal equalization payments.

The CTF’s press release noted that the Newfoundland and Labrador government is suing the federal government for more equalization money. Newfoundland and Labrador is set to receive $218 million of the approximate $25 billion being given to Eastern provinces from the West.

The federation’s British Columbia director, Carson Binda, said that Premier Andrew Furey argues that a province should receive more taxpayer dollars when it cannot afford to pay for new programs other provinces implement. 

“Taxpayers in the rest of Canada shouldn’t be on the hook for whatever new spending provincial politicians want to roll out,” said Binda. “Equalization already costs $25 billion a year – how much would the bill go up if Furey gets his way?” 

Binda told True North that the CTF will be presenting three arguments. First, the plan is to argue that the equalization formula is not a matter for the courts to decide but for the elected parliament. Next, he said that there is no constitutional ability for provincial governments to forcibly extract tax dollars from other provinces. Lastly, the federation will argue that equalization is meant to provide for essential services, not for whatever provincial governments want to spend it on. 

“This case will send a clear message that provincial governments need to start getting their own houses in order instead of demanding more money from taxpayers in other provinces,” Binda told True North.

He said that the equalization formula is broken, and it is unfair for the provinces that pay into equalization without receiving anything back. 

“It’s even worse for recipient provinces because it encourages poor governance and discourages economic growth,” said Binda. 

He said that this year alone, equalization is costing taxpayers in contributing provinces $25 billion.

“At the very least, equalization needs to be reformed and reduced. We can’t afford to send billions to other provinces forever,” said Binda. 

The Canadian Taxpayers Federation has filed an application to intervene in the Newfoundland and Labrador Supreme Court. The federation plans to argue that the Constitution does not give provinces standing to sue Ottawa for increased equalization payments.

The CTF is being represented in the case by Devin Drover, General Counsel and Atlantic Director. 

Legal Counsel for the Canadian Constitution Foundation, Josh Dehaas, told True North that he believes the claim to be weak. He said that it is not even clear whether courts can opine on the equalization section of the Constitution. He said that the wording suggests that it is aspirational and does not create any binding obligations.

“If a province were to get such a declaration, it could be used as a political bargaining chip, but it’s possible the federal government would just ignore it,” said Dehaas.  

He warned that a success in this case could further fan the flames of Alberta separatism.

“If successful, this case would create more animosity between the provinces because some people, in particular Albertans, would be forced to pay even more than they already do to other people in other provinces,” said Dehaas. “If this court challenge were successful, we would likely see other ‘have not’ provinces with high levels of taxation such as Nova Scotia and British Columbia go to court to argue that they too deserve more money from more productive provinces like Alberta.”

British Columbia Premier David Eby has previously said that he is seriously contemplating joining the legal challenge. 

Conversely, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has demanded an overhaul of the “broken” equalization system because her province is shouldering the biggest burden.

Jewish groups blast Jagmeet Singh’s Oct. 7 statement as “disheartening” and “disgraceful” 

By
Clayton DeMaine, True North Wire
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Source: Facebook

NDP leader Jagmeet Singh’s statement commemorating the one-year marking of the Oct. 7 terrorist attacks on Israel has failed to connect with Jewish groups in Canada. 

Instead of only mourning the victims of the attack, the NDP used it as an opportunity to mostly criticize Israel’s anti-terrorism response.

The statement starts by expressing how unacceptable the Hamas-led attack, which killed over 1,200, including eight Canadians, and took over 250 people hostage, was. 

“This anniversary is a painful reminder of the suffering endured by countless families who have experienced the devastating impact of those attacks,” Singh said in the statement. “New Democrats and all Canadians mourn with Canada’s Jewish community, and we reiterate our call for the return of all hostages.”

As Singh’s statement continues, he switches gears. He called Israel’s government extremist, saying that it’s committing “genocide” in its response to several terrorist attacks on multiple fronts and that there is “no possible military solution” to being repeatedly attacked by terrorist entities.

“For many Canadians, the response to October 7th from Netanyahu’s extremist government was the beginning of a brutal assault on the people of Gaza, who did not and do not deserve collective punishment,” Singh said in the statement. “Palestinian, Muslim, and Arab communities in Canada are feeling the weight of immense suffering from the ongoing genocide by Netanyahu’s extremist government that has killed tens of thousands of innocent people, including children.”

Despite the House of Commons unanimously agreeing to call for the elimination of Hamas and Hezbollah, in a motion by Conservative Deputy Leader Melissa Lantsman on Oct. 7, the NDP called for an immediate ceasefire and an arms embargo against Israel

Rich Robertson, the director of research and advocacy at B’nai Brith Canada, a Canadian Jewish community group, called the statement “disheartening.”

“The NDP’s message of solidarity with the Jewish community was highly compromised by the equivalency within the statement,” Robertson said in an interview with True North. “It’s disheartening and distressing that the NDP felt the need to refer to Israel’s defensive actions in Gaza in Lebanon when referring or when producing a message commemorating the atrocities committed on October 7.”

He said B’nai Brith Canada questions the need to reference the actions of the Israeli state in a statement designed to honour the victims of a terror attack.

“Israel is an ally of Canada, and all Canadian leaders, including members of opposition parties, must continue to support Israel as they work to rid the region of the threat of what are listed terrorist entities in Canada,” Robertson said.

Robertson disagreed with Singh’s proposition that there was no military solution in regard to terrorist entities attacking Israel in a “decades-long conflict” that Singh mentioned in his statement.

“Israeli people have a right to defend themselves and to be assured that they can continue to live without the constant threat of attack by terrorist entities,” he said.

The Jewish mayor of Hamstead, Quebec, Jeremy Levi, also criticized the statement.

“A truly disgusting and reprehensible statement from the NDP on such a solemn and somber day. Every single member of that party should be ashamed of themselves. Canada deserves better,” Levi said on X.

Richard Marceau, the vice president of external affairs for the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs, a Jewish advocacy group in Canada, called Singh’s statement on behalf of the NDP “disgraceful.”

“Once again, the NDP missed an important opportunity to connect with and stand by Canada’s Jewish community. October 7 was a moment to pause and reflect on the largest massacre of Jews since the Holocaust, as well as the alarming rise of antisemitism in Canada,” Marceau told True North.“Instead, the NDP chose to engage in partisan politics, virtue signalling to anti-Israel activists even on this most solemn day. In short, at a time when the Jewish community needed compassion and solidarity, the NDP was MIA.”

The Rachel Parker Show | Feds DENIED firefighter aid while Jasper burned ft. Todd Loewen

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Rachel Parker
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Source: Facebook

Today on the Rachel Parker Show, Rachel interviews Alberta Forestry and Parks Minister Todd Loewen about stunning revelations at a Parliamentary committee hearing which revealed that the federal agency Parks Canada turned away contract firefighters who came to help while the historic village of Jasper burned.

Rachel asked the Alberta minister why that happened, and what the Alberta government plans to do to prevent it in the future.

Later on the show, Rachel reacts to the clip of the week.

Tune in now!

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