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Tuesday, July 22, 2025

Terrorist attack in Tel Aviv as Iran launches nearly two hundred rockets at Israel

By
Clayton DeMaine, True North Wire
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Source: X/X

At least seven are dead from a terrorist shooting on the streets of Tel Aviv, which occurred as nearly 200 Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps rockets flew over Israel.

According to Israeli police, at least six people have been killed and 12 others injured in the terrorist attack that was carried out by two gunmen Tuesday evening in Israel. The shooting began after citizens were warned to take shelter from the incoming IRGC missile attack.

Footage and images of the attack are being shared online.

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After the mass shooting began, an estimated 180 rockets, which Israeli Defence Forces say targeted the 10 million people across Israel, began flying overhead.

One death has been reported of a Palestinian man in the West Bank killed by falling debris. A school in central Israel was also damaged in the attack according to reports.

Some videos appear to show some rockets breaking through Israel’s “Iron Dome” anti-air missile defence system and hitting their targets.

A restaurant in Tel Aviv was reportedly hit by one of the Iranian ballistic missiles.

Israel has vowed a response while the Canadian government pleads for restraint.

Iran’s attack comes a day after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly called for a ceasefire in response to Israel striking back at the terrorist organizations that surround them.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre however was quick to respond to the news that Israel was once again under attack by its enemies that are recognized by Canada as terrorist entities.

“Horrified by Tehran’s latest assault against innocent Israeli civilians with missile barrages and terrorist attacks,” Poilievre said in a statement on X. “Millions of civilians are forced to shelter from the attacks. Conservatives support Israel’s right to defend itself and defeat the terrorists.”

In the House of Common’s Tuesday, Poilievre asked the the Prime Minister to clearly state that Israel has a right to defend itself by defeating Hezbollah, Hamas, and the IRGC.

”Almost a year ago today, Tehran-backed terrorists unleashed the worst attack on Jews since the Holocaust. Ever since, they’ve continued to push this genocidal aim. Today hundreds of rockets came from Tehran towards Israel forcing millions into shelters, two terrorist attacks carried out,” Poilievre said. “This prime minister has talked out of both sides of his mouth saying one thing to one group, the opposite to the other.”

Joly responded by saying the war needs to stop.

“We all have seen the attacks by Iran against Israel today, and of course, we condemn them unequivocally. These attacks from Iran will only serve to further escalate the region,” she said. “This is a very dangerous time for the Middle East, and we need to make sure that this war stops.”

The Conservative Foreign Affairs critic Michael Chong also condemned the attack, vowing Conservative’s support of Israel and its right to defend itself.

He noted that Israel faces attacks on all sides, while the Trudeau government continues to fund organizations such as UNRWA who’s members continue to be outed as terrorists.

“Conservatives continue to support Israel’s right to defend itself, including against the Hezbollah terrorists that indiscriminately launch rockets at Israeli civilians and the Hamas terrorists who launched the horrific attacks of October 7th,” Chong said.”We continue to call on Hamas and Hezbollah to immediately release the hostages, lay down their arms and unconditionally surrender.”

Joly said on Parliament Hill, that Iran’s attack will only further destabilize the region and is asking Canadians living in Lebanon to immediately return to Canada if offered.

When asked if the government supported Israel’s right to self-defence, Joly emphasized the need not to escalate the conflict further.

“Israel needs to be able to protect itself, and that’s why we’ll continue to support its security, and we’ll support, of course, through the Iron Dome. At the same time, we need to make sure that (all) parties sit down and the war stops,” Joly said. “We need this war to stop.”

Melanie Joly doubles down on UNRWA funding despite Hamas employment history

By
Clayton DeMaine, True North Wire
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Source: X

Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly has “reaffirmed” Canada’s commitment to funding the United Nations Relief and Work Agency after the organization revealed that it employed a chief Hamas official recently eliminated by Israel.

Joly faces criticism from foreign policy experts and Conservatives after the government’s official foreign affairs account on X posted that it will continue to support UNRWA, humanitarian access to the region, and Palestinian Authority reform efforts.

Fateh Sherif Abu el-Amin was the head of Hamas’ Lebanon branch who, according to the Israeli Defence Force, was responsible for obtaining weapons and recruits for Hamas in Lebanon. He was also the chair of UNRWA’s teachers union and a principal at the UNRWA-run Deir Yassin Secondary School in El-Buss, Lebanon, as confirmed by UNRWA.

However, the head of UNRWA, Philippe Lazzarini, has denied knowing that its employee was a Hamas commander. UNRWA has also said that Abu el-Amin was suspended pending an investigation into his “political activities.”

“The specific allegation at the time was that he was part of the local leadership… I never heard the word commander before,” Lazzarini said in Geneva.

UNRWA, which delivers humanitarian aid to the people of Gaza and the Palestinian Authority, has been in the public eye for its connections to terrorism before.

In August, the United Nations fired nine UNRWA employees allegedly connected to the Oct. 7 terrorist attack, the deadliest attack on the Jewish people since the Holocaust. In January, ten others were fired for their alleged connection to the Hamas-led attack as well. Despite all this, Canada stands firm in funding the UN organization.

Casey Babb, a senior fellow at the Macdonald Laurier Institute, responded on X, saying the move is bad timing as support for terrorism grows on Canadian streets. The Conservative foreign affairs critic Michael Chong criticized the Canadian government’s continued support of the organization as well.

“It is deeply troubling that while terror entities are attacking Israel on multiple fronts, the Trudeau government would go out of its way to resume sending tax dollars to an organization employing Hamas terrorists and whose facilities have supported terror activities,” Chong told True North in an email. “Conservatives cut funding to UNWRA when we were in government, and we warned against Trudeau’s irresponsible decision to restore it.”

When asked about Canada’s position on reports that Israel is preparing “limited ground operations inside Lebanon,” Trudeau declared his support for the people of Lebanon without noting Hezbollah’s role in the conflict.

“Canada is calling for a ceasefire immediately in Lebanon and indeed across the region. I spoke with the Prime Minister of Lebanon yesterday to impress upon him that Canada stands with the Lebanese people and with everyone in the region who wants to see an end to violence and conflict,” Trudeau said to reporters. “We need to see an end to the violence against civilians.”

Since Oct. 7, Israel has faced attacks from Hezbollah in Lebanon in Northern Israel, the Islamic regime in Iran, and terrorist threats from Hamas in Gaza and the Houthis in Yemen.

Both Joly and Trudeau have called for Israel, Hezbollah, and Hamas to negotiate a cease-fire. However, the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs in Canada criticized the feds for lacking the same firmness when calling out the attacks on Israel from the listed terrorist entities.

“For months, CIJA has called on Canada to condemn the thousands of Hezbollah rockets fired at Israel since October 8th. Minister Joly was silent about aggression on Israel’s north until Israel finally retaliated – attacking a Canadian-listed terrorist entity and killing their leader,” CIJA wrote on X. “Canada’s selective condemnation is glaring, and the silence on Hezbollah’s attacks is deafening.”

David Cooper, the Vice President of Government Relations, at CIJA told True North that UNRWA has been infiltated by Hamas yet the Canadian government remains “silent.”

“There are other, ethical ways of getting humanitarian assistance to Palestinians. UNRWA is not one of them,” Cooper said in an email.

“The State of Palestine” a Palestinian contingent to the UN shared a clip from Joly’s speech to the UN where she stated that Israeli violence against “Palestinians by extremist settlers and the expansion of settlements into the West Bank” is unacceptable. The clip excludes a part immediately proceeding where Joly notes Hamas refuses to lay down its arms and return Israeli hostages.

Global Affairs Canada did not respond to True North’s request to comment before the deadline.

Most Calgary and Edmonton residents want immigration to slow: poll

By
Quinn Patrick, True North Wire
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Source: Facebook

The vast majority of Albertans living in the province’s two largest cities would like to see the immigration rate slow down.

A Maru public opinion poll conducted by CityNews earlier this month revealed that 70% of the 400 people surveyed in both Calgary and Edmonton want to see immigration either reduced or halted completely. 

“Not surprisingly, this poll confirms a trend that started some time ago: the historic consensus on immigration has been significantly eroded by unwise federal government policies that were never based on sound economic needs but are instead based on party politics, pandering, and the erroneous idea that ‘more is always better,’” specialist citizenship and immigration law Sergio Karas told True North.                 

“For immigration to continue to work for the benefit of Canada it has to be well thought out, controlled, steady, manageable in number and quality, and secure.”

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith called on the Trudeau government to slow the pace of immigration earlier this month, telling Ottawa that it’s time to “immediately reintroduce sensible and restrained immigration policies.”

“The Trudeau government’s unrestrained, open-border policies, permitting well over one million newcomers each year into Canada is causing significant challenges,” said Smith on Sept. 17 during a televised announcement that her government would be investing $8.6 billion in new schools.

According to Statistics Canada, Alberta took in over 200,000 new people last year, a 4.4% increase, and the province continues to be the fastest growing in Canada by a landslide. 

Smith has said that Alberta can no longer support the housing, schools, hospitals or jobs required to accommodate everyone. 

However, the premier had previously asked Ottawa to approve more newcomers for economic purposes earlier this year and shared her desire to have Alberta’s population reach 10 million people by 2050.

“Let’s have an aggressive target to double our population. People are going to want to come here, and we have to embrace them, and we want to build this place out,” said Smith on the Shaun Newman Podcast in January.

She would later walk those comments back in August after receiving considerable criticism.

Alberta NDP’s critic for immigration and multiculturalism Lizette Tejada accused Smith of scapegoating immigrants after her government ran a campaign welcoming them to the province. 

“We have a government that is not willing to invest or to plan for that growth and now… really this a bit of a dog whistle, to point at one part of the population to distract from their own failures in governing,” Tejada told CtiyNews.

According to the poll, immigration for skilled workers was better received. 

Still, only 17% of Calgary and Edmonton residents wanted to see an increase in that sector. 

Around half of respondents said that they believe immigrants are having a positive impact while 30% said they think immigration should be halted altogether.  

Karas, who is also co-chair of the American Bar Association Immigration and Naturalization Committee, said that it’s becoming obvious that people’s evaluation of immigrants has largely to do with the kind of applicant they are and what they can offer Canadian society once here. 

“It is also glaring from the poll that not all immigrants are viewed equally by the public, and that is a shrewd observation: while many immigrants are needed in specific sectors of the economy, others are not because they become a burden to the social safety net, schools, hospitals, and other public services. This distinction has to be taken into consideration in any future policy formulation. The link between immigration and jobs is paramount,” said Karas. 

“The public is also concerned about the many failures of security screening associated with immigrant selection that have been publicized recently, and that undermines the positive view of immigration. This must be corrected immediately.”

The Daily Brief | Anti-Israel protests set for anniversary of deadly Oct 7 terrorist attack

By
Cosmin Dzsurdzsa
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Source: Facebook

As the first anniversary of the deadly Oct. 7 terrorist attack on Israel approaches, a Montreal-based anti-Israel group plans to hold a rally outside the Israeli consulate in Canada to celebrate the “martyrs” of Hamas, the terrorist group who led the attack.

Plus, the Canadian Sporting Arms and Ammunition Association has been demoted from its key role as a “participant” to a “consultant” in the federal government’s firearms buyback program after criticizing the Liberals’ approach to gun confiscation.

And a coalition of disability rights organizations has launched a Charter challenge against the federal government in Ontario’s Superior Court over a section of Canada’s assisted suicide law.

Tune into The Daily Brief with Cosmin Dzsurdzsa and Noah Jarvis!

Excluding Quebec, the NDP is polling ahead of the Liberals in the rest of Canada

By
Clayton DeMaine, True North Wire
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Source: X

Aside from Quebec, the NDP has pulled ahead of the Liberals in the rest of Canada for voting intentions among committed voters for the next federal election.

According to an Abacus Data poll conducted last week, the NDP have more support than the Liberal party in Canada when Quebec is excluded from its survey.

The poll asked 1,700 Canadians, statistically weighted to represent Canada’s demographics, who they would vote for if an election were held from Sept. 19 – 25.  

Though no margin of error can be associated with a non-probability sample in a panel survey, a probability sample of this size has a margin of error of no greater than 2.38% 19 times out of 20.

The poll found that in Quebec, the Bloc Quebecois has a lead, with 37% of committed voters supporting the BQ. The Liberals trail behind with 28%, and the Conservatives are polling six points behind with 22%. According to the survey, the NDP has 10% support in Quebec.

But sentiments across the rest of Canada tell a different story.

Half of Canadians in the rest of the country said they would support the Conservatives in the next election. The NDP is beating the Liberals by three points, with 22% saying they will cast their vote with the New Democrats.

When counting all of Canada, the Conservatives are ahead by 22 points, taking 43% of the total vote share among committed voters. The Liberals are still ahead of the NDP in the federal survey, with 21% to the NDP’s 19%.

According to the survey, the BQ can expect 8% of the vote, the Greens were given 5% of Canada’s support, and 3% of Canadians said they would vote for the People’s Party of Canada.

The PPC is below about two points compared with the voting results from the last federal election in 2021, in which they received more votes than the Green Party despite not winning any seats.

When combining all the provinces except Quebec, the NDP are ahead of the Liberals, but the NDP are still behind the Liberals by 18 points in the Atlantic provinces and two points in Ontario,

The majority of Canadians are done with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. 

Another statistically weighted survey conducted by Leger 360 asked 1,556 Canadians aged 18 and older, their thoughts on the current Prime Minister of Canada from Sept. 20 to 22. The survey found that 62% of Canadians believe he should resign, and 64% said they disapprove of Trudeau’s job as Prime Minister.

Comparatively, the margin of error for a probability sample of that size is no greater than 2.48% 19 times out of 20.

The poll found that Conservatives were “significantly” more likely to say Trudeau has done a poor job, with 93% of Conservatives disapproving of the Prime Minister. In comparison, 83% of Liberal voters said they approved of his performance. Over a quarter of Canadians said the same, with 28% saying he’s done well.

Liberal voters are still unsure who should replace Trudeau, however. Nearly half, 46% said they do not know who should replace the Liberal Party leader. 18% thought Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland should do so, and 13% said they think the former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney ought to take on the job.

The next federal election is slated to take place in October 2025, though the government is one non-confidence vote away from facing another election.

Calgary considers reintroducing census to track growth fueled by immigration

By
Isaac Lamoureux, True North Wire
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Source: Unsplash

Calgary is considering reinstating a municipal census in 2027 in response to the city’s rapid population growth and the strain on services from immigration-driven population growth.

The discussion follows the city council’s directive to explore reinstating the biennial census, which was last conducted in 2019, to provide timely and accurate data for municipal planning.

City officials emphasized that the federal census, conducted every five years, is insufficient to address the immediate needs of a city experiencing a population boom like Calgary’s. 

“Calgary is experiencing rapid growth, and the five-year interval between federal census collections is not frequent enough to provide the required information needed to inform delivering municipal services,” reads the city’s report. 

The City of Calgary first conducted a Civic Census in 1931. It continued periodically until 1958, when an annual population count was introduced which continued until 2019. However, the 2020 Civic Census was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Later that year, in November 2020, funding for the Civic Census program was eliminated during budget adjustments. 

City officials argued in their report that the data gathered from conducting a census would help the city make better decisions that reflect the needs of residents and businesses, and help Calgary adapt to its rapidly growing population.

Migration to Calgary skyrocketed due to the city’s affordable housing, which became an area of concern in Aug. 2023 after receiving over 100,000 immigrants in the past four years and the expectation of an additional 110,000 in the subsequent four years.

All four of Alberta’s biggest cities saw interprovincial net gains between July 2022 and 2023. 

Despite becoming a desirable destination for interprovincial immigration, even one-quarter of Calgary’s residents said they considered moving because Calgary homes became too expensive in a July 2024 survey by the Angus Reid Institute. 

Calgary could develop a census internally, utilize licensed software, or contract the census to external providers. Each has varying costs, but the city’s documents noted that the contractor-supported census is preferred. It would cost around $10.7 million between 2025 and 2030. 

The Executive Committee recommends that the city council reinstate a biennial municipal census starting in 2027 and present census funding requirements for consideration in the 2027-2030 budgets. 

“Using a contractor and commercial software is the preferred option because it provides confidence that reliable software will be ready to conduct the census beginning in 2027,” reads the report. “The contractor supported census option allows Administration to take increasing ownership of the census process over time and prioritizes focus on managing and distributing the resulting data.”

However, Martin added that the administration could adjust and pivot if the option proved infeasible as work progressed. 

The report highlighted that the census would help improve the city’s social, environmental, economic, and service and financial implications. 

The two risks underscored were the cost-benefit analysis and data privacy.

“Some members of the public may believe that the benefits of more detailed and more frequent population data is not worth the cost of delivering a municipal census,” reads the report. “However, if a municipal census is not supported, Administration can only use federal census information, which is insufficient to help guide decisions in response to Calgary’s rapid growth and change.”

It added that the city’s administration could implement privacy risk mitigations in line with the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act and other legislation. 

Despite being more pro-immigration than some other premiers, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has recently taken a stance against the Liberals’ immigration policies after announcing emergency education funds to counteract record immigration. Her province’s Alberta is Calling campaign was never available to international migrants, however. 

Liberal capital gains tax hike could cost nearly $90B in lost GDP, over 400K jobs

By
Isaac Lamoureux, True North Wire
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Source: X

New analysis shows that the capital gains tax hike introduced by the Liberals will cost the Canadian economy even more than expected, resulting in almost $90 billion in lost GDP.

Conservative MP John Barlow cited a recent study highlighting how the tax hike could deal a crushing blow to the country’s finances.. 

“This is a devastating tax increase, and the impact on Canadians right across the country will be substantial,” said Barlow.

The study estimates that Canada’s GDP will fall by nearly $90 billion, 414,000 jobs will be lost, and real per capita GDP will decline by 3% due to the capital gains tax hike.

These calculations come from an analysis conducted by Jack Mintz, a Distinguished Fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute. 

“This is not a trivial loss to the Canadian economy,” said Mintz.

Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland previously called the tax increase a “fair” way to fund the Liberals’ spending. 

The 2024 federal budget proposed $111.2 billion in new spending over the next five years and a $40 billion deficit, with no plan to balance the books.

On Aug. 30, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau officially doubled Canada’s debt, spending more than all other prime ministers before him. 

Mintz estimated Canada’s capital stock would fall by $127 billion because of increased taxation of capital. 

“While the impact of the capital gains tax hike is not catastrophic, it is meaningful,” said Mintz. “It’s another hit on Canada’s productivity and economic growth on top of other tax increases and more important, regulatory obstacles to investment.”

The capital gains tax hike took effect on June 25 and requires Canadians making more than $250,000 in capital gains annually to pay taxes on two-thirds of that profit instead of half. 

According to the Canadian Federation of Independent Businesses, more than half of Canadian small business owners said the inclusion rate hike would affect them. 

Despite the Liberals claiming that the tax increase would only affect 1 in 769 Canadians, previous polling showed that almost one in four Canadians expected to feel the hike’s impact.

The lost GDP and added unemployment are not the only things to worry about with the capital gains tax hike, according to Mintz.

He explained that the 2024 budget’s new measures reduce capital gains taxes at the individual level compared to the corporate level due to the $250,000 exemption for individuals, making it more attractive for investors to hold equities personally rather than through corporations.

“By pushing assets to be held at the individual level, some of the benefits of incorporation can be lost,” said Mintz. “Further, the increase in the capital gain tax rate encourages investors to hold on to assets longer rather than replace them with assets that provide superior returns to equity. Capital gains taxes also discourage risk-taking since the government taxes the nominal gains but does not provide a refund for potential losses.” 

A group of Canada’s largest businesses previously urged the Liberals to reverse the capital gains tax hike. So too did healthcare leaders, warning that it would drive doctors out of Canada, exacerbating the country’s healthcare woes. 

All of the arguments made by Mintz suggest that productivity will be reduced by raising taxes on capital investments, he argued.

An August report from the C.D. Howe Institute revealed that Canada’s productivity crisis is already “getting worse” and falling further and further behind the United States.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre pledged he would reverse the capital gains tax hike after his party was the only one to vote against the motion to implement it. 

Ratio’d | What’s wrong with these people?

By
Harrison Faulkner
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Canadian life is now so miserable that young people are openly admitting to stealing from grocery stores on podcasts. Not only that, but seniors are also stealing. Close to 25% of Canadians have a poverty standard of living, and close 1.8 million children in Canada live below the poverty line. This is not normal and it appears Canadians are culturally regressing under the crippling financial pressure.

Newcomers in Canada are also stealing from the grocery store and filming themselves doing it. Why are these people in Canada in the first place when they clearly do not respect our laws?

Watch the latest episode of Ratio’d with Harrison Faulkner.

Liberals’ luxury tax cost taxpayers $19 million

By
Quinn Patrick, True North Wire
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Sorce: Facebook

The Trudeau government’s luxury tax, imposed on certain high-end cars, boats and private planes cost $19 million to enforce while bringing in only $137 million, according to newly obtained information.

A Question on the Order Paper was tabled by Conservative MP Scot Davidson in Parliament earlier this month, requesting details about the luxury tax and the accompanying administrative costs.

The government response revealed that the tax was levied against 72,000 cars sold in Canada, 398 boats and 71 planes. 

The tax is applied to any car or plane that holds a purchase price of over $100,000, for leisure boats the threshold is increased to over $250,000. 

The tax calculates either 10% of the total purchase price or 20% of the cost above the thresholds of $100,000 and $250,000, whichever one is less. 

Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland told reporters at the time of the tax’s announcement that she thought it was entirely reasonable to request higher taxes from those who have the money to spend on a $100,000 vehicle.

“It’s also fair to ask those who have prospered in this bleak year to do a little more to help those who still need help. That is why we are introducing a luxury tax on new cars and private aircraft,” said Freeland during the Liberals’ budget speech.

The tax was first mentioned in the 2021 budget, however, it was not implemented until September 2022.

According to the government’s estimates, $137 million was collected, just shy of the projected $140 million it was expected to bring in annually, with an eventual increase to $145 million

The Parliamentary Budget Officer expected it would bring in even more, projecting the tax would accrue around $163 million. 

The number amounts to far less, however, once the cost of administering the tax is factored in.

The Canada Revenue Agency reported that as of March of this year, it cost $19 million to enforce the luxury tax for one year and another partial year. 

“The Trudeau government’s luxury tax will raise revenue on the backs of working Canadians who lose their job,” Franco Terrazzano, federal director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation told True North. 

According to the CRA, the administration fees of the luxury tax will be about $15 million per year going forward, a figure which the agency projects will include all costs for the government’s IT branch and employee benefits.

“The cost of collecting the luxury tax is generally comparable to that of other taxes, and we expect it to stay relatively the same,” said the CRA in a statement.

Terrazzano said that something similar was tried in the US but was later repealed as a result of such costs. 

“The United States tried luxury taxes but repealed them because of the thousands of jobs it cost. It’s the workers who may lose their jobs making cars, boats and planes that can’t afford Trudeau’s tax,” said Terrazzano.

“At worst the luxury tax will cost many Canadians their job and at best it’s silly political posturing. Trudeau needs to stop hiking taxes and instead cut spending to balance the budget.”

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