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Tuesday, July 22, 2025

Canadian anarchist website publishes domestic terrorism instructions

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Cosmin Dzsurdzsa
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A “revolutionary” and anarchist-affiliated website published domestic terrorism instructions on Monday, detailing how to sabotage critical Canadian infrastructure. 

The website, titled Contrepoints, purports to be a decentralized network of anarchists with connections to Quebec. 

In an article titled, “16 easy ways to block a railroad” the extremist group details a variety of domestic terrorist tactics including the use of blockades, sabotage and the highly flammable industrial material thermite. 

“About a year ago, the Wet’suwet’en community’s call to block Canada made apparent to everyone how easily “Canada” could be shutted down [sic]. Since then, dozens and dozens of railroad blockades have taken place across the territories,” writes the anonymous author. 

“We hope that this text will serve as inspiration to respond even more intensely to the next call of First Peoples to block the country.” 

Last year, anarchist and far-left groups participated in the nation-wide rail blockade to protest the development of the BC LNG pipeline on Wet’suwet’en territory.

At the time, True North reported exclusively that a number of left-wing extremist websites were instructing followers to engage in illegal activity and target crucial Canadian infrastructure.

The article goes on to instruct visitors on how to conduct various criminal activities including arson. 

“Arson attacks on cable shafts have become widespread in the repertoire of militant action groups,” reads the website.

“The interruption of electricity supply, flows of goods or data, with the aim of disrupting the functioning of capitalist logic or the infrastructure of the state order, has always been a kind of resistance.”

Last year, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) classified “anarchist violence” under the umbrella category of “ideologically motivated violent extremism” alongside ethno-nationalist violence, anti-LGBTQ violence and the incel movement. 

“Anti-authority violence is defined as the opposition to, or rejection of, the authority of the State which leads to anti-Government and violence against law enforcement,” wrote CSIS.

According to the website’s about page, content on the platform is produced by a number of groups and individuals who post directly on the platform. 

“An internal forum is set up to allow groups and collectives to coordinate and/or share resources. Three working committees ensure the operation and maintenance of the platform: Web Infrastructure, Broadcasting, Support and coordination,” claims Contrepoints. 

A search for the website’s IP address reveals that the page is being hosted by the Italian company SeFlow and the page’s domain is based in Milan. 

Who should be Canada’s next Governor General?

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True North Wire
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Julie Payette has resigned as Canada’s Governor General and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says a new vice-regal will be selected “in due course. In the interim, Canada’s Chief Justice Richard Wagner will act as Governor General. 

Although the replacement will be chosen by Trudeau and presented to Queen Elizabeth II, Canadians have their own ideas as to who should fill the role.

Prominent Figures in Hockey

Rebel Media has begun circulating a petition to have the prolific Hockey Night in Canada anchor Don Cherry fill the role. The petition has already gained traction online as 1,600 people signed off on the idea.

The National Post’s Tristin Hopper floated the idea to have Wayne Gretzky assume the role of Governor General. Will “The Great One” be willing to return to Canada to fulfill this prestigious role?  

Another Astronaut

The first Canadian to walk in space is a household name for Canadians. Commander Chris Hadfield is no stranger to attention and has a large following on social media. But we all know how well the last astronaut turned out in this position. 

Royalty

Even the Canadians who are apathetic about the royal family are humouring the idea of Prince Harry taking up the mantle of Governor General. His celebrity status and connection to the monarchy has given the young royal even more attention on social media in recent days.

Honourable mentions

Not only are Canadians quickly recommending themselves for the role of Governor General, but other notable suggestions also include Ed the Sock, Rick Mercer and Donald Trump.

Ezra Levant fined $3,000 for book critical of Trudeau Liberals

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True North Wire
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Rebel News founder Ezra Levant was fined $3,000 by the Elections Commissioner over a 2019 book critical of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his cabinet. 

In the letter sent to Levant following the conviction, the Commissioner referenced the book title as a reason behind the charge. 

The book in question “The Libranos: What the Media Won’t Tell you About Justin Trudeau’s Corruption” was written prior to the 2019 election and details the various scandals and corruption charges the ruling government has faced since taking power. 

“…the book title’s reference to ‘Libranos’, which was clearly designed to create an association between the name of a registered party and The Sopranos, a mafia-themed television show, and to link the party to corruption,” the ruling states.  

“The advertising message also contained an edited version of a graphic used to promote the show; drawings of the show’s characters were replaced with drawings of the leader and other public figures of the party,” the Commissioner continues. 

Last year, Levant was grilled by two former RCMP officers Tim Mackin and Paul Couture over the book.  

A secret recording of the incident shows the two investigators refusing to provide details about who filed the complaint against Levant. 

“Section 2 of the Elections Act clearly exempts books and the promotion of books from election finance laws. And yet that’s exactly why Trudeau’s commissioner convicted me. It’s especially curious given that there were 23 other books about Trudeau published at the same time, and none of them were prosecuted by Trudeau’s commissioner,” Levant told True North.

“Even more strange, Trudeau’s commissioner refuses to show me the complaint against me, or even to tell me who filed the complaint, or when. Neither was I invited to any hearing — in fact, I wasn’t even told about it, until I received the convictions in the mail.”

According to the Elections Act, books are exempt from sections 352 and 353. 

“For greater certainty, [the Act] does not include … the distribution of a book, or the promotion of the sale of a book, for no less than its commercial value, if the book was planned to be made available to the public regardless of whether there was to be an election,” states the Canada Elections Act.

Despite this exemption, the Elections Commissioner still found that Levant had broken the Act. 

“This is just a sign of what’s to come — as you probably saw in the Globe and Mail a few days ago, Trudeau is planning to start a new government agency dedicated to censorship,” said Levant.

“Trudeau has always believed in censorship — including when his hand-picked debates commission barred our reporters (and True North’s) from the election debates. A leopard doesn’t change its spots. What I’m more interested in, is whether any journalists, authors, publishers, artists, or anyone else in the creative industry cares about this censorship — or if they’re fine with it, because it’s a “right wing” author who’s being censored.”

FUREY: China owes us the truth

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True North Wire
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The coronavirus has caused so much damage here in Canada and around the world, and yet we still don’t know the exact origins of the virus.

Initially in the spring, we were told the virus started in a wet market in Wuhan but more evidence suggests this wasn’t the case.

Anthony Furey says whether your main concerns are contracting the virus or the harms caused by the lockdowns, you should be demanding more answers from China to get to the bottom of this.

Federal government ‘looking into’ delivery of Epoch Times: Liberal MP

By
Cosmin Dzsurdzsa
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A Liberal MP admitted on Twitter that while an initial legal assessment found that the controversial newspaper The Epoch Times broke no laws, the federal government continues to “look into” the publication. 

“Looked into it & learned that decisions made by CP about whether to deliver or refuse delivery of neighborhood mail are subject to the Charter of Right and Freedoms,” tweeted Liebral MP Darren Fisher.

“Also learned that after an initial legal assessment of this material, it doesn’t seem to meet the required criteria for prohibiting distribution…” continued Fisher.  

“However, given the serious nature of the complaints regarding the paper, Minister Anand asked her officials to look into this further.” 

The Epoch Times is a publication founded by members of the Falun Gong movement in opposition to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

True North spoke to the newspaper’s Canadian publisher Cindy Gu and was told that The Epoch Times was not made aware of any legal assessment of its operations by the federal government. 

“We’ve received an overwhelmingly positive response from those who received our sample paper. Some media have reported negatively about us, but none of those reports pointed out any factual problems in our reporting. No example of a sentence, a paragraph. They simply throw negative labels at us,” said Gu. 

“If Canada Post were to block us, that would be the government censoring an independent media outlet. This would violate the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, which guarantees freedom of the press. Canada Post has rightly stood by its mandate.”

According to Anand’s latest supplementary mandate letter, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau directed the minister to foster a respectful relationship with journalists. 

“Now more than ever, Canadians are relying on journalists and journalism for accurate and timely news, especially in the face of a concerning spread of misinformation,” claimed the mandate letter. 

“I expect you to foster a professional and respectful relationship with journalists to ensure that Canadians have the information they need to keep themselves and their families safe.”

ESKENASI: What can Canada learn from Israel’s vaccine rollout?

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Sam Eskenasi
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To date, Israel has one of the least damaged economies in the OECD and vaccinated over a third of its citizens as they approach their goal of returning to normal in March.

How has Israel, a small country in the Middle East, managed to tackle this pandemic so successfully?

Sam Eskenasi breaks down some of the reasons the Israelis have been so successful and what Canada must learn from their experience.

Kenney expresses “profound disappointment” with Trudeau’s response to Keystone cancellation

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True North Wire
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Alberta Premier Jason Kenney is not only miffed with US President Joe Biden’s cancellation of the Keystone XL pipeline, but also Justin Trudeau’s lack of action, he said in a letter to Trudeau Friday morning.

“I am writing to you to express my profound disappointment on the cancellation of the Keystone XL pipeline and the lack of a federal response to our repeated requests for your personal intervention with the incoming Administration,” Kenney wrote to Trudeau.

“Just as your government stood up for Canadian aluminum and steel workers when faced with an unfair US tariffs in 2018, it is imperative that you take action for the thousands more workers in the energy sector and their vast contributions to the Canadian economy,” he wrote.

On Wednesday, Trudeau gave a half-hearted statement in response to the cancellation of Keystone XL, telling Canadians he is “disappointed but acknowledges the President’s decision to fulfil his election campaign promise.”

Kenney believes there should be “economic consequences” for killing Keystone XL, which he predicts could cost Albertans over US$1 billion. This includes pressuring the United States to compensate TC Energy and the government of Alberta for the costs already incurred on the 1,947 km pipeline project.

In his first day in office, Biden used an executive order to revoke the permit for Keystone XL that former president Donald Trump granted TC Energy in 2017.

The planned pipeline from Hardisty, Alta. to Steele City, Nebraska had a price tag of US$8 billion and would have created approximately 15,000 jobs in both countries.

Construction on the Keystone XL began in July with the approval of the Trump Administration. The Alberta government invested $1.5 billion to start construction, with the cross-border component of the pipeline already in place..

“By retroactively revoking the Presidential permit for this project without taking the time to discuss it with their longest standing ally, the United States is setting a deeply disturbing precedent for any future projects and collaboration between our two nations,” Kenney explained.

“If the US is unwilling to listen, then we must demonstrate that Canada will stand up for Canadian workers and the Canadian economy.”

Liberal riding association accepted donation from accused Iranian money launderer

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True North Wire
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A Liberal member of parliament’s riding association received a $240 donation from a man suspected by CSIS of laundering money for the Iranian regime.

Elections Canada records show that Alireza Onghaei, originally from Iran, donated to the Richmond Hill Federal Liberal Association on Dec. 3, 2019. The Liberal MP for Richmond Hill is Majid Jowhari, who was born in Iran.

Jowhari was questioned by Global News about his ties to Onghaei in November after it was revealed that the two were acquaintances and had been photographed together on Parliament Hill. Jowhari denied professional involvement with Onghaei, saying they met “through social circles within the Persian community.”

A classified CSIS report accused Onghaei of “assisting the government of Iran in the clandestine wiring of monies into Canada” through a currency exchange business he ran. CSIS estimates the sum of laundered money to be in the millions. 

In response to the allegations, Jowhari insisted at the time that he was “not aware” of the allegations made against Onghaei and that he would not have associated with him if he had known. 

“Had I known about them, I would not have associated myself with Mr. Onghaei. I denounce any foreign interference in Canada,” Jowhari told Global News. 

Jowhari’s office did not respond to a request for comment from True North about whether the donation has been returned.

This is not the first instance where Jowhari has been linked to the Iranian regime. 

In 2019, a close associate of an assassinated former Iranian intelligence officer claimed the Liberal MP had ties to Iran’s intelligence community on a Persian-language TV station. 

“Masoud talked about someone by the name of Majid Jowhari. He’s an MP in the Parliament of Canada. He’s from the Liberal Party, representing Richmond Hill,” said the unidentified man. 

“He said that Jowhari was in touch with some of the intelligence officers of Iran and that he even visited the representative of Taeb and Mojtaba Khamenei. He even received financial support from these people.”

Jowhari denied the allegations following the report, calling the accusations false and unfounded. 

China condemns Australian human rights record at the United Nations

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True North Wire
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The Chinese government, which has put over a million of its own citizens in internment camps, has claimed that Australia is a major human rights abuser.

Speaking at the United Nations human rights session, a Chinese representative used abrasive language to describe how Australia treats minorities and immigrants.

“First, take action to combat racialism, hate speech, and violence, and protect the rights of ethnic minorities,” he said.

“Stop using false information to make baseless against other countries for political purposes.”

The statements came during a UN session where 31 countries, including Canada, ganged up to criticize Australia’s age of criminal responsibility laws.

Despite criticizing Australia’s treatment of minorities, China has been operating the largest mass-internment of minorities since World War 2.

Approximately 1 million Chinese Uighurs have been forced to live in around 400 internment camps. Many prisoners are forced to work for state companies, with around 570,000 people being forced to pick cotton annually.

Other religious minorities also face serious discrimination. Chinese Christians routinely wind up in prison while Fulan Gong practitioners have been the victims of forced organ harvesting.

In 2016, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi interrupted Canadian Foreign Minister Stéphane Dion in order that he could lecture a journalist on why China’s human rights record should not be questioned.

Like Canada, Australia has faced China’s wrath over the past year. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has taken a strong stance against Huawei and attempted to hold China accountable for the coronavirus.

Throughout 2020, China boycotted and restricted many Australian products, while Australia deported multiple Chinese journalists for alleged interference in Australian politics.

O’Toole Cancels Sloan, Biden Cancels Keystone

By
Andrew Lawton
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Conservative members of parliament have voted to eject Derek Sloan from the caucus after party leader Erin O’Toole initiated the process. Derek Sloan joined the Andrew Lawton Show to respond to the move.

Also, President Joe Biden has scrapped the Keystone XL pipeline project, and Justin Trudeau just shrugged, because “climate change.”

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