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Jewish advocacy group challenges Muslim association to condemn terrorist groups

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Clayton DeMaine, True North Wire
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Source: Unsplash

Following a social media post made by a Canadian Muslim group documenting pro-Israel activists in Toronto wielding a flag of a group classified as a terrorist entity, a Jewish advocacy group challenged the Muslim organization to disavow terrorism themselves.

The National Council of Canadian Muslims shared a photo on X, Wednesday of pro-Israel protesters flying a Kahanist flag, a Jewish supremacist group designated as a terrorist entity by Canada and banned as a political party in the Israeli parliament.

“Flags of the Kahanists, which is a listed terrorist entity, were being flown, as they have been flown for weeks, in the streets of downtown Toronto,” the NCCM said in the post. “Their flag being flown, and their associates marching at the University of Toronto, demands action.”

“Kahane Chai, or Kach, is a marginal, extremist Jewish entity whose goal is the restoration of the biblical state of Israel, replacing democracy with theocracy,” Public Safety Canada said under its listing of Kach as a terrorist group. “Kahane Chai advocates expelling Arabs from Israel, expanding Israel’s boundaries to include the occupied territories and parts of Jordan, and the strict implementation of Jewish law in Israel.”

The Canadian government says Kahane Chai has openly espoused violence against Arabs and advocated the use of the Israeli government to establish a religiously homogenous Jewish state.

“Its activities have included threats to government officials and infrastructure, grenade attacks, armed violence, and bombings,” it said.

The Center for Israel and Jewish Affairs agreed with NCCM’s assessment. It seized on the opportunity to ask the NCCM to support its appeal to the government of Canada to reexamine laws that allow the open display of symbols and flags related to terrorist entities.

“Kahane Chai is a very marginal and insignificant group which does not come even close to representing a meaningful segment of Jewish views on anything. Its flag should not be flown in Canada,” Richard Marceau, the Vice President of External Affairs and General Counsel for CIJA, said in a statement to True North. “Just as we’ve condemned this fringe support for their goals, we’d hope to see self-proclaimed mainstream organizations of other communities do the same.”

Marceau noted that there have been several instances over the last eleven months since the deadly attacks on Oct. 7, of flags belonging to terrorist entities such as Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Hamas and Hezbollah flown in Toronto and the rest of Canada.

As reported by Jewish community group B’nai Brith Canada in August, Deputy Mayor of Toronto Ausma Malik was photographed at a rally in Toronto where a Hezbollah flag was displayed. Hamas flags were flown weeks after the Hamas-led Oct. 7 attack on Israel.


In November 2023, flags of the Islamic regime in Iran were flown, though at the time were not designated as terrorist entities. The Liberal government, after years of requests, designated the IRGC as a terrorist group in June. 

At the Walk With Israel march in Toronto, a protester wearing an IRGC logo on his hat taunted marchers.

Other instances of individuals brandishing IRGC flags after the group was designated as a terrorist entity have been recorded in Toronto as well.

“Organizations that have launched missiles towards innocent populations and taken hostages have had their propaganda proudly shown in Canada and it’s why we called for NCCM to condemn the flying of terrorist flags in protests against Israel,” Marceau said. “Propaganda from Hamas and Hezbollah should not be allowed in our country.”

CIJA is calling on NCCM and mainstream community groups like it to condemn Arab terrorist groups such as Hamas and Hezbollah, as CIJA has done with Kahane Chai.

“They should also condemn the use of hateful and terrorism-supporting slogans that are too often used in anti-Israel demonstrations,” Marceau said. “We hope by showing that it’s not difficult to call out entities whose stated goals are violence and extremism other Canadian organizations will follow suit in the numerous times we’ve seen symbols of terror appear in the streets of this country.”

The NCCM did not respond to True North’s requests to comment.

Military paid $34.8M for sleeping bags unsuitable for Canada’s winters 

By
Quinn Patrick, True North Wire
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Source: 1 Wing Royal Canadian Air Force Visits 10th CAB

Canada’s Department of National Defence sent troops on a joint mission to Alaska last year with bed rolls from the 1960s for sleeping, despite recently spending $34.8 million on new sleeping bags.

According to an internal briefing note from last December that was obtained by CBC News, troops who used the newly issued General Purpose Sleeping Bag System found “several critical issues” relating to “lack of warmth with the new GPSBS.”

News of the new sleeping bags’ inadequacy was discovered after more than 350 soldiers of the 3rd Battalion Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry were deployed to Ram Falls Provincial Park in Alberta late last fall, where they spent several days training for northern operations.

The mission was an Arctic preparatory exercise in cooperation with the U.S. military where temperatures ranged from – 5C to – 20C during the time of deployment.

In response to complaints regarding the unsuitability of the new sleeping bags, the DND began seeking additional bedrolls to be procured for further use in the far north.

Troops found the new sleeping bags to be “better suited for use in weather conditions that are characteristic of late spring to early fall” and were not practical “for typical Canadian winter conditions nor the extreme cold of Alaska,” reads the briefing note.

This led to the recommendation that troops being deployed to the joint exercise in Alaska be “loaned” 500 of the CAF’s old Arctic sleeping bags, the very ones that the DND initially intended to replace.  

The Trudeau government has expressed renewed interest in defending Canada’s Arctic from foreign entities as Chinese military activity continues to increase in the region

A Canadian warship encountered a Chinese polar research vessel in the Bering Strait near Alaska last month. 

The DND said in August that Canada’s “competitors are not waiting to take advantage” of the natural resources in the area which are becoming more accessible as the Arctic Circle begins to warm. 

However, several soldiers have voiced their doubts that this is a genuine priority for the CAF, given the DND’s failure regarding its recent sleeping bag system purchase. 

Despite the backlash, the department is standing by the purchase and has confirmed that a second round of sleeping bags will be purchased to deal with the Canadian winter.

“The GPSBS remains a core component of the Canadian Armed Forces’ sleeping system and is expected to stay in service for many years,” a DND spokesperson told True North.

“However, we recognize the need for enhanced protection in extreme environments, which is why we have issued a request for proposals (RFP) for an Extreme Cold Weather Sleeping Bag system (ECWSBS) initiative. This additional procurement will complement the GPSBS, ensuring coverage across all climatic conditions, including the Arctic.”

Gov spends tens of thousands on an “intersectional feminist” review of space travel

By
Clayton DeMaine, True North Wire
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Source: Flickr

The Department of National Defence spent over $30,000 in taxpayer funds on an “intersectional feminist” and “decolonialist” review of the Liberal government’s space exploration program. The review advocates banning words such as “exploration,” “mankind,” and “frontiers” due to the supposed harm such verbiage causes.

According to access-to-information documents obtained from the Canadian Taxpayer Federation, the DND spent $32,250 on the report by Project Ploughshares, a University of Waterloo-based research institute.

The group describes itself as a Canadian peace research institute that “focuses on disarmament efforts and international security.” Among other security fields, the institute focuses on outer space and the “intersection of climate, peace, and security.”

According to the CTF, Project Ploughshares has previously received “four other federal research contracts totalling $155,875.”

The taxpayer-funded report emphasizes the need for inclusivity, disrupting patterns of thinking and equity in the DND’s communications about space technology and travel.

“This is more than $30,000 that didn’t need to be spent,” Kris Sims, the Alberta Director for the CTF told True North in an interview. “We understand that in the grand scheme of things, this is a small amount of money, but even $3 of taxpayers money would have been a waste on this study.”

Participants in the study said that a “truly feminist analysis rooted in intersectionality” was needed to “explore simultaneously the multiple, overlapping factors of advantage and disadvantage that shape human activities, experiences, and vulnerabilities in outer space.”

“The Department of National Defense has no business handing taxpayers money out for a study on space exploration through an intersectional feminist lens. Taxpayers do not value that.” Sims said. “If someone wants to go study space through that lens, in their private time with their own money, fill their spacesuits! That is completely up to them, but taxpayers’ money shouldn’t be wasted on that.”

The report also claims that it’s “pertinent” for the government to stop using the word “exploration,” among others such as “conquest” and “the idea of space as frontier,” as they hold “colonial connotations.”

“These approaches normalize violence and exploitation by using colonial-biased terms…depicting outer space as a hostile and desolate environment that is unpeopled/inhuman and controlled so that it can provide an extractable resource,” the report said.

Despite “exploration” having “colonial connotations,” the report simultaneously claims that more appropriate language “must” include terms such as “space exploration” and “living in space.”

The group heralded intersectionality’s ability to “disrupt patterns of thinking and provide alternative approaches.”

Among other questions about why such a report was funded, When asked how disrupting thinking could benefit the government’s space program, the DND indicated they were unable to respond to True North’s request before the deadline provided.

The Canadian taxpayer paid this organization also to advise the DND to remove “militarized masculinized, colonialized and state-based conceptions of outer space and security.”

Sims said it’s ironic that the report notes that using complicated jargon can make the space sector inaccessible for some. Still, it also uses words such as “masculinized,” which nearly nobody uses in daily life.

According to the report, masculine, militarized, and state-based concepts “dominated” the government’s verbiage in the space sector. The group said words such as “critical infrastructure,” “defence,” “armed conflict,” “militarism,” and “non-weaponization” should be removed from the conversation.

Any use of the word man, such as “mankind,” “manned and unmanned,” etc., must also be eliminated as these words violate the study’s participant’s “equity-related concerns in the space sector.”

Sims thinks it’s “silly” to replace “normal words,” such as mankind, saying the word only means “human beings,” and one still has to say “mankind” when they say “humankind.”

Sims noted that the report also claims women and other minorities are underrepresented in the space field.

“I’ve been space nerd my entire life, and anyone who does follow Space News and stargazing understands that women have always played a huge role in the space program,” Sims said. “There are women in orbit of our planet right now. There were already some up on the International Space Station and Elon Musk SpaceX program just launched their most recent spaceship. A woman just did a spacewalk.”

Sims thinks the report is representative of the inefficiency and waste of government that has become prevalent in federal spending programs. According to Sims, the onus lies with the DND officials who approved this spending.

“This usually lands with the bureaucrats who never need to face election, who are paid a crazy amount of money, and they work in departments,” She said. “The next time they’re approached by somebody (asking for a grant) to study space exploration through an intersectional feminist lens. They need to say no. It starts and stops with them. They need to say no because this kind of crazy wasteful spending will continue if they just keep rubber stamping this.”

International students overwhelming Waterloo Region food banks, soup kitchens 

By
Cosmin Dzsurdzsa, True North Wire
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Source: City of Waterloo

Some Region of Waterloo food banks and soup kitchens are overwhelmed due to a massive spike in international students flocking to the region.

City officials were presented with the 2024 Immigration Profile which showed a massive increase. Some areas like Cambridge saw a 138% increase in permanent residency. 

According to Councillor Doug Craig, the situation is especially dire given the fact that Conestoga College admitted over 30,000 international students last year. 

The unprecedented number of international students, mostly from India, has strained some food banks and other community services to the brink with students seeking to fetch a free meal. 

Craig said the region was “not coping well.” 

“Some of the community services are being overwhelmed by this factor,” said Craig of international students. 

“I think we have to deal with that somehow, through Conestoga College, or whatever it may be, and start talking about that and resolving it.”

Earlier this week Feed Ontario CEO Carolyn Stewart revealed that people accessing food banks in the province has reached an “all-time high.”

“That’s one million people in Ontario not having enough food to eat, one million people having to make impossible choices between paying rent or choosing groceries for their family. And one million people unable to keep their heads above water and in need of help,” said Stewart.

In the Waterloo Region, one in ten households has resorted to accessing the community service for food.

Last year the figure was 1 in 14 households and in 2022 it was one in 20. 

At the end of 2023, there were over 1,000,000 international students present in Canada according to the Canadian Bureau for International Education. 

Earlier this year the Liberal government pledged to crack down on the number of international student permits, with Immigration Minister Marc Miller saying that such students shouldn’t expect their visas to be a “cheap way” to obtain permanent residency.

The Alberta Roundup | Smith takes on Quebec separatists

By
Isaac Lamoureux
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Source: Pm.gc.ca

The Bloc Québécois hopes to step in and take the NDP’s place in helping the Liberals ward off an early election, but Alberta Premier Danielle Smith isn’t going to let this happen. Smith says the Liberals have no mandate to bargain with Quebec separatists at the expense of Alberta.

Plus, Justice David Labrenz sentenced the remaining Coutts protesters, Anthony Olienick and Chris Carbert, to prison for their roles in the Coutts border blockade.

And the death of the Gaudreau brothers continues to be felt by hockey fans. This week, Johnny Gaudreau’s widow revealed she’s pregnant with their third child.

These stories and more on The Alberta Roundup with your new host, Isaac Lamoureux!

BC Conservatives vow involuntary treatment for at-risk drug users

By
Quinn Patrick, True North Wire
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Source: Flickr

The BC Conservatives have pledged to support involuntary treatment for people struggling with substance abuse should they “pose a risk to themselves and others.”

Party Leader John Rustad said that he is committed to implementing involuntary treatment for those “suffering from severe addictions” if elected, he said in a release on Wednesday. 

“People of all ages are being abandoned to their addictions, left to suffer and die while this government hands out drug supplies instead of real help,” said Rustad.  

“The Conservatives will bring in Compassionate Intervention Legislation to ensure those at risk receive the necessary care, even when they cannot seek it themselves.” 

The party said it will introduce compassionate intervention legislation that introduces laws allowing for involuntary treatment to make sure those struggling with drug addiction receive care “even when they cannot seek it themselves.”

Their proposed legislation would also include “creating secure facilities designed for treatment of individuals who pose a risk to themselves or others, ensuring they receive proper care in a safe environment.”

Finally, the BC Conservatives pledge to establish units for providing ”targeted care for those experiencing severe addiction or mental health crises” which would alleviate pressures on emergency rooms.

“The BC NDP’s refusal to act has cost lives and left families devastated,” said Rustad. “This is about compassionate intervention versus doing nothing. It’s about protecting those who are at risk of death or serious harm because of their addictions.”

However, the party’s announcement has been met with criticism by some, including Garth Mullins, an elected member of the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users.

“What we don’t need, what drug users do not need, is to get locked up,” he said. “It is not an evidence-based solution,” said Mullins in an 1120 NewsRadio interview. 

Mullins said this idea has been continuously brought up “again and again, particularly around election time,” but that voluntary treatment should take precedence over rushing into an involuntary one.

“Maybe it sounds good to voters if we could just lock up the problem. But I’ll tell you, I’ve been a drug user for most of my life, and I would run away from something like that,” he said.

“I’m on the methadone program right now. That’s treated me very well because it’s voluntary. If it was involuntary, I never would have gone there to begin with, because I would have been worried about getting locked up.”

Still, the province has been dealing with a staggering amount of drug overdoses in recent years. 

According to the BC Coroners Service, 1,365 people have died as a result of drug toxicity overdoses. 

In the past seven years, 142 people under the age of 18 have died from suspected drug overdoses, reported the BC Coroners Service.

Additionally, the BC Centre for Disease Control found that overdoses were the leading cause of death for those under 18 in the province in 2022, listing it as the number one cause of death for those 10 to 18.

This problem has led many to look for a stronger stance on the issue of substance abuse, with the BC NDP government asking Ottawa to approve its request to recriminalize the use of illicit drugs in public spaces earlier this year.

The province decided to walk back part of its pilot project in May, a little over one year after its implementation.

The pilot program introduced in January 2023 allowed adults to carry up to 2.5 grams of drugs like fentanyl and cocaine for personal use which could also be consumed in public spaces without facing criminal charges. 

”Our government has failed those who need us most. We must take action to ensure that no family is left powerless to help their loved ones,” said South Surrey MLA Elenore Sturko.

MP Jivani to constituents: Crime is up because Liberals think enforcement is “racist”

By
Cosmin Dzsurdzsa
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Source: X

Residents of Carlington, Ont. heard at a recent town hall hosted by Conservative MP Jamil Jivani that the underlying rise in crime rates is the Liberal government’s dedication to an ideology that equates law enforcement with racism. 

Jivani, who represents the riding of Durham, held the meeting on Tuesday alongside local councillors Willie Woo and Sami Elhajjeh as well as the executive director of Victim Services of Durham Region Krista MacNeil to listen to locals’ concerns. 

According to Jivani, the Liberals are beholden to an ideology that goes by many names which is underpinned by the questionable belief that any use of force when carrying out justice is racist. 

“Very succinctly, there is an ideology running through the federal government currently. It goes by various names, sometimes it’s called woke, or far left, whatever you want to call it, it has asserted that any exercise of force by the justice system is racism,” said Jivani. 

“Effectively, it has made bail more accessible to repeat offenders, and a lot of crime in Durham Region is committed by repeat offenders who have been arrested multiple times and released back onto the streets. It has also put far more power in the hands of judges.”

All in all, Jivani explained that this view has handcuffed the justice system. 

According to Woo, municipalities are hard-pressed when it comes to dealing with the matter since criminal law is outside of their justice system but they still attempt to “create safe communities” however they can. 

In March, Durham Regional Police Service reported that auto thefts and drug crimes were on the rise in the region. 

According to Insp. Stefanie Finateri, there has been a 37% spike in car thefts between 2023 and 2022 – when compared to 2019, that figure jumped to a 324% rise. 

“This is a major issue not just in Clarington, but in the entire GTA and beyond,” Finateri said at the time.

As for drug crimes, statistics showed that they were up 88% with a 111% spike in trafficking in some areas. 

OP-ED: Breaking the Chains – How toppling Iran’s regime could redefine Middle Eastern security

By
Dotan Rousso
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Source: irangov.ir

It is widely acknowledged that Iran serves as the primary architect behind many of the security threats confronting the State of Israel. Since the Islamic Revolution of 1979, which ushered in a regime grounded in radical Islamic ideology, Iran has unequivocally positioned the destruction of Israel as a core objective.

In its bid to avoid direct military confrontation with Israel, Iran has meticulously employed a strategy of cultivating, training, and equipping proxy forces. These agents pose an escalating strategic threat to Israel, with their potency increasing each year. In response, Israel has largely adopted a containment strategy, characterized by selective strikes—targeting key sites in Syria, Lebanon, and other regions where feasible.

Nevertheless, Iran has effectively established a formidable encirclement around Israel, preparing for a potential confrontation. Despite the forthright rhetoric and stern warnings from Israeli leaders, the stark reality is that Israel faces significant deterrence. This is starkly illustrated by the ongoing bombardment of northern Israel over the past eleven months, which has transformed northern cities into virtual ghost towns and displaced tens of thousands of residents. Moreover, the unprecedented Iranian assault in April—comprising approximately 320 cruise missiles and explosive UAVs carrying about 60 tons of explosives—underscores Iran’s readiness to escalate regional tensions.

Given these circumstances, a strategic reassessment is imperative. The current approach has failed to yield the desired outcomes. What is required now is a strategic pivot towards the dismantling of the Iranian regime—an action that, from a pragmatic standpoint, appears to be the sole path to a meaningful alteration in the regional threat landscape.

Fortunately, there seems to be an ally in this endeavour: a significant portion of the Iranian populace harbours a desire for liberation from the Ayatollahs’ oppressive rule. 

This sentiment is periodically evidenced by uprisings, particularly among the youth, who risk their lives and make substantial sacrifices in their quest for freedom.

The Iranian people are not lacking in motivation to overthrow their tyrannical regime; rather, they lack the necessary means to effectuate such a change. This is where the interests of the Iranian people and those of Western allies, with Israel leading the charge, converge.

To this end, Israel should prioritize efforts to dismantle the regime. 

Other measures are secondary. Potential strategies include facilitating access to uncensored information for the Iranian public by circumventing internet restrictions, thereby inciting internal dissent; allocating resources to recruit influential figures within the regime who could act from within; supplying arms to Iranian civilians; repeatedly targeting key regime elements; and fostering the conditions necessary for a widespread uprising.

The Arab Spring demonstrated that, when certain conditions align, nations in the Middle East can rise against and overthrow their despotic rulers. This was seen in Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, and Syria, and it is conceivable for Iran as well. The internal combustibles in Iran are already present; Israel and its allies must play a role in igniting them. This is the regime’s greatest fear and the only measure that could truly deter it.

It may also be the only viable route to a strategic shift and the potential for a new Middle Eastern reality—one in which the malevolent organizations seeking Israel’s destruction lose their primary source of support. This represents perhaps our most viable opportunity for enduring peace.

Dotan Rousso was born and raised in Israel and holds a Ph.D. in Law. He is a former criminal prosecutor in Israel. He currently lives in Alberta and teaches Philosophy at the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT).

Jagmeet Singh backs down on support for Trudeau government’s carbon tax

By
Noah Jarvis, True North Wire
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Source: X

After pulling out of the Liberal-NDP confidence and supply agreement, NDP leader Jagmeet Singh says that his party no longer supports the Trudeau government’s carbon tax scheme.

In a press conference addressing reporters and the NDP’s caucus retreat, Singh disparaged both the Liberal party and the Conservative party’s approach to the carbon tax, promising a third option to benefit Canadian workers.

Singh disparaged Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre’s approach to environmental policy, repeating the false claim that the Tory leader supports businesses freely dumping pollutants into the environment.

“He [Poilievre] wants to have free reign for big polluters to pollute as much as they want. His plan is to say there should be no penalty if a company pollutes into the river, or to the water, or to the air in their communities,” said Singh.

While Poilievre has signalled that his party would repeal the Trudeau government’s carbon tax, they have not promised to scrap business regulations restricting polluting the natural environment. The Conservatives also introduced a bill to prohibit the dumping of toxic waste in 2021 that was eventually killed by the NDP and Liberals in Parliament. 

Singh also expressed concern that the Trudeau government’s carbon tax is punishing Canadians workers while making exemptions to the tax for certain regions of the country important to the Liberal party’s electoral success.

“When it comes to workers though, we disagree with the approach of Justin Trudeau, whose tried to pit workers against each other,” said Singh. 

“He set up a scenario where in some regions based on electoral politics he’s giving advantages to the Atlantic provinces over other parts of the country. We disagree with that.”

Singh said that he would prefer an approach that punishes businesses that emit carbon while shielding workers from the impact of such a policy.

“We’re saying that they [businesses] should be paying their fare share. A company that pollutes and poisons the environment there should be a price on that, there should be a cost to that,” said Singh.

“We want to see an approach to fighting the climate crisis where it doesn’t put the burden on the backs of working people. Where big polluters have to pay their fair share, they have to pay their price of their pollution, but it shouldn’t be on working people’s shoulders.”

Singh and the NDP do not yet have a plan to protect the environment and reduce carbon emissions, but Singh says that the party is working on one and will be released to the public when complete.

Prime Minister Trudeau attacked Singh for abandoning his support of the Liberal party and claimed that while the NDP cares about fighting climate change, they have no plan to address the issue.

“I do believe that Jagmeet Singh and the NDP actually do care about the environment,” said Trudeau, contrasting Singh with Poilievre.

“It’s just increasingly obvious that they have no idea what to do to fight against climate change. In the 2021 election, they had no serious environmental plan.”

As for Conservative leader Poilievre, he has promised that his party would “axe the tax” upon forming government, calling on Parliament’s party leaders to call a “carbon tax election.”

David Eby opens door to ditching carbon tax, blames Trudeau’s “politicization”

By
Isaac Lamoureux, True North Wire
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Source: Facebook

Despite British Columbia being the first North American jurisdiction to adopt a carbon tax in 2008, B.C. NDP Premier David Eby revealed in a surprise announcement on Thursday that he would be open to abandoning the levy altogether. 

The announcement was a complete reversal of what the Premier was saying just a year ago when he pledged at the 2023 BC NDP convention that he would uphold the carbon tax as counterparts in other provinces were abandoning it in droves. 

“Let me be clear: we will not back down. God forbid, if the rest of the country abandons the fight against climate, B.C. will stand strong,” Eby said. 

Eby did stop short of abandoning the carbon tax completely, passing on the buck to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau by saying that he would only end the tax if the federal Liberals removed the legal backstop requiring provinces to maintain a carbon levy.

The federal Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act first came into effect on Jun. 21, 2018, nearly ten years after B.C. introduced its own carbon pricing scheme. Since B.C. already had a carbon tax in place at the time, it was not required to adopt the federal model.

The premier elaborated on his change in stance on the radio. 

He said that despite being a province in favour of the carbon tax historically, since the Liberals have gotten involved with exemptions on home heating fuel for Atlantic Canada, the issue has become “intensely politicized.” 

Eby added that he’s spoken to trades workers who want to support the NDP but can’t justify doing so when the party supports the carbon tax exacerbating the cost of living crisis.

“To be blunt, the carbon tax was just driving them away,” said Eby.

The B.C. government is expected to collect $2.6 billion in revenue from the carbon tax this fiscal year. According to the Vancouver Sun, about $1 billion would be returned to residents through the climate tax action credit. 

With the province’s election coming up in just over a month, some have accused the premier of trying to secure as many votes as he can. 

B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad, who Eby will be facing in the upcoming election, warned that Eby is only changing his stance in light of growing opposition but that he’s only pretending.

“David Eby has lied to British Columbians before, and he’ll do it again. He’s flip-flopped on this because he’s losing ground, and if re-elected, he’ll waste no time reversing his position on this tax,” said Rustad. “British Columbians deserve real leadership, not a premier who changes his stance whenever it suits his political needs.” 

When Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre sent Eby a letter asking for his assistance in halting the federal carbon tax increase, Eby dismissed it as a “baloney factory” campaign tactic. 

Poilievre didn’t forget how Eby labelled him six months ago.

“Who is full of baloney now?” asked Poilievre in a post on X

Seven out of ten provincial premiers and approximately 70% of Canadians called for carbon tax relief before the most recent increase. Eby was not among them.

According to calculations from the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, the carbon tax will cost the Canadian economy $11.9 billion in 2024, an average of $295 in lost GDP per person. By 2030, this cost will rise to $30 billion, or $678 lost in GDP per Canadian. 

The Canadian Taxpayers Federation have called on Eby to scrap the tax immediately. 

The federation said the average family will pay an additional $330 in carbon tax on natural gas this winter. 

“The carbon tax is a tax on everything that arrives in a truck so it makes virtually everything in the grocery store more expensive,” said Carson Binda, British Columbia Director for the Canadian Taxpayers Federation. “British Columbians want to see the carbon tax gone today, and we can’t afford to wait for a change in the federal government.” 

Despite the carbon tax already being raised on Apr.1, 73% of British Columbians opposed the increase, according to a Leger poll from Mar. 26. 

“British Columbians want Eby to scrap the carbon tax now,” said Binda. “Heating your home or driving to your doctor’s office or the grocery store isn’t a luxury that should be punished with a tax.”

While Eby was among the last premier supporting the carbon tax, even NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh announced that his party may be devising a climate plan that could scrap the carbon tax altogether.

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