A new documentary claims that Norma McCorvey, AKA Jane Roe of Roe v. Wade notoriety, was actually paid to become a pro-life spokesperson in what the documentary posits was all an ‘act’. Pro-life author and activist Jonathon Van Maren says those who knew McCorvey best tell a different story, however. Van Maren joins True North’s Andrew Lawton to discuss.
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An RCMP officer physically removed a Rebel News journalist attempting to attend one of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s press conferences.
Rebel reporter Keean Bexte’s arm was held behind his back as the RCMP walked him away from Rideau Cottage on the grounds of Rideau Hall, where Trudeau lives and has been hosting daily coronavirus briefings.
Bexte was there to attend and attempt to ask Trudeau a question, after not being selected to do so on the briefings’ teleconferences.
“I have been on the phone with Justin Trudeau for about two months now, calling pretty much every single day and I’m always getting the cold shoulder,” says Bexte in his report.
“So I decided that I would come here to Ottawa. I’m at the Princess Anne entrance. Every day I get an email from Justin Trudeau’s office saying that reporters can come here, there’s open media coverage.”
Despite making it onto the residence’s grounds, Bexte was blocked from joining other reporters at the actual press conference.
Footage of the incident shows an officer preventing Bexte from advancing any further, and more chillingly, demanding to see photos on Bexte’s phone.
“Does it feel good censoring media in this country? This badge was good enough for the Hong Kong police force and it’s not good enough for you?” asks Bexte.
“I’m going to ask you to review your pictures right now. If you don’t show me, I’m going to ask you to escort you out,” the officer said.
After Bexte refused, the officer forced Bexte’s arm behind his back and walks him off the property.
“This is Ottawa, Canada, 2020 when Justin Trudeau is having his RCMP throw out a journalist for no reason because I wouldn’t show him my phone,” said Bexte as he was dragged out.
Critics have accused the prime minister of giving preference to favoured media outlets during his daily updates.
Exclusive True North research shows CBC and its affiliates dominate in the number of questions posed to the prime minister.
CBC journalists got to ask 21% of the questions during the briefings while independent outlets were afforded none.
Rebel News is currently taking the Parliamentary Press Gallery to court for unfairly barring their journalists from getting to ask the prime minister a question.
According to a May 25 affidavit reported on by Blacklock’s Reporter, Rebel News claims that “government-influenced Canadian Parliamentary Press Gallery governing access to official Ottawa media availabilities has outright banned Rebel News without notice, explanation or right of appeal.”
Rebel and True North are both suing the federal government for the Leaders’ Debates Commission denying Bexte and True North’s Andrew Lawton access to the government-run debates in last year’s federal election.
A Federal Court injunction mandated the government accredit True North and Rebel.
An Ontario NDP MPP heaped praise on a convicted Palestinian terrorist leader during a recent Facebook Live event.
MPP for Ottawa Centre and Official Opposition Critic for Accessibility and Persons with Disabilities Joel Harden praised imprisoned Palestinian terrorist leader Khalida Jarrar during a May 16 livestream event organized by a Palestinian community organization.
Harden called Jarrar “one leader in a nation of many…the face of a people who refuse to be forgotten.”
Harden said that Jarrar also “represents something that happens when we dare to stand up to injustice.”
Jarrar is a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and serves on their legislative council. The PFLP is considered a terrorist entity by the Canadian government.
Among the PFLP goals include the destruction of Israel and the establishment of a communist state in the region.
In 2015, Jarrar was convicted by Israel for promoting terrorism. In October 2019 she was arrested again on suspicion of “involvement in terror activity,” and has remained in jail since.
Some of the terrorist attacks attributed to the PFLP include the 2001 assassination of Israeli tourism minister Rehavam Zeevi and the 2014 murder of six Orthodox Jews during a gun and knife attack at an Israeli synagogue.
Harden’s remarks were given on Nakba Day, an annual day of protest held by Palestinians on Israeli Independence Day.
The CEO of B’nai Brith Canada Michael Mostyn says that Harden’s comments only stoke tension between groups in the area, and make peace more difficult.
“Effusive and repeated praise for a convicted terrorist leader is inconsistent with the goal of a peaceful resolution to the Arab-Israeli conflict,” Mostyn said.
Harden has a history of supporting Jarrar publicly: in 2019, he released a series of tweets calling for her release.
“Saddened, sickened and disgusted by the continued abuse of Khalida Jarrar, my parliamentary colleague, by Israeli occupation forces,” Harden tweeted.
In a statement to B’nai Brith, Ontario NDP Leader Andrea Horwath said that she is no longer permitting Harden to make such comments.
“I have been assured by MPP Harden that should he make any future comments in this regard they will be clearly and unequivocally consistent with our Party’s belief in a peaceful and negotiated resolution to the conflicts in the Middle East respecting the human rights and dignity of all,” wrote Horwath.
Harden himself has not yet offered an apology.
A new report by the Conference Board of Canada suggests that Alberta is set to experience the worst recession on record.
The report, Provincial Outlook Summary: No Province Spared From Recession, outlines the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic across the country. It claims that “Canada is in the midst of the worst economic downturn in decades.”
“Alberta will be hardest hit this year as it contends with the combination of restrictions on activity to slow the spread of the virus and an unprecedented drop in the price and demand for oil,” claims a summary of the report.
The report forecasts that Alberta’s unemployment rate will average a whopping 17.4% and that the province’s real GDP will contract by nearly 7%, the highest provincial contraction across Canada.
The Board predicts that a rebound will take place across the nation in the next year, with “all provinces expected to rebound strongly.”
Prior to the pandemic, Alberta’s government was predicting a budget surplus and a booming economy. However, due to the combined effects of a provincial lockdown and an oil war instigated by Russia and Saudi Arabia, Alberta’s economy has crashed.
Recently, Premier Jason Kenney blamed the Chinese Communist Party for creating “devastating public health and economic damage” across the world.
“I think the Chinese government played a significant role in the devastating public health and economic damage that is being experienced by the entire world. I do not think we should just forget this and walk past it. I think there is going to be, and there must be, a great reckoning for the role that China has played in this,” said Kenney during a virtual conference with the Canadian American Business Council.
“The fact that China allowed people to fly around the world from Wuhan even when they blocked Wuhanese travellers from the rest of China must never be forgotten. The role they played in suppressing whistle-blowing scientists who as early as December were reporting human to human transmission.”
The BC Supreme Court decided that Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou’s crimes did meet the requirement of “double criminality,” meaning that the charges brought against her by the US are to be considered crimes in Canada.
What now? When will the Trudeau government stand up to the Chinese government?
True North’s Anthony Furey says Trudeau needs to stop treading water and make a stand against the communist regime.
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A New York woman has lost her dog, her job, and her reputation after calling the cops on a black birdwatcher in Central Park. The birdwatcher’s own Facebook post tells another side of the story, however. But even if it didn’t, the social media mob’s vicious, unrelenting and disproportionate attacks are rarely, if ever, deserved, True North’s Andrew Lawton says.
Also, pro-life author Jonathon Van Maren joins the show to debunk a new documentary about pro-choice litigant-turned-pro-life activist Norma McCorvey, AKA Jane Roe.
The Trudeau government committed $27 million in taxpayer funds to be put towards South American countries dealing with the Venezuelan refugee crisis.
According to the Canadian Press, the Liberals made the announcement during a conference hosted by the EU and Spain.
The new pledge ups Canada’s commitment to refugees in the Americas to the tune of $80 million.
Despite closing Canada’s land border with the US and halting illegal border crossings, Trudeau has continued to allow migrants to make refugee and asylum claims at official ports of entry.
Those who meet exceptions outlined in the Safe Third Country Agreement are being processed and allowed into Canada.
The exceptions include unaccompanied minors, persons facing the death penalty in the US and any other third country or those seeking to join family members in Canada.
While Canadians suffer the impacts and restrictions brought about by the coronavirus pandemic, Trudeau has continued to make further international aid commitments.
In March, International Development Minister Karina Gould announced that Canada would be earmarking $50 million to be put towards a $2 billion UN humanitarian response to the coronavirus in developing parts of the world.
“The world is connected … Whatever happens over there, far away, is something that can very easily come to our doorstep,” said Gould.
Despite the pandemic disruptions, Trudeau has continued to lobby world leaders for a coveted seat at the UN Security Council and according to Foreign Affairs Minister François-Philippe Champagne Canada’s international coronavirus response is part of the campaign.
“The best campaign is when we don’t need to campaign, when we just show our leadership, that this is the type of voice that you would want at the Security Council,” Foreign Affairs Minister François-Philippe Champagne told CBC News
“We do a lot of things virtually these days, so it allows us to reach more people without having to go very far.”
Hundreds of thousands of people boarded international flights to and out of Canada from March 21 to May 24 this year.
According to the Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA), Canada saw 301,781 international travellers during this time period.
Meanwhile during a single day on May 24, 1,942 international travellers arrived in or left Canada.
“During the week of May 18 to May 24, 2020, volumes were down 90% for those crossing via land, and 98% at airports compared to the same time a year ago. On May 24, 2020 alone, travellers on US flights were down 99% and international air travellers were down more than 97% compared to the previous year. These numbers are consistent with the previous week.,” wrote the CBSA.
The statistics show that while travel by land and air is significantly down, thousands are still crossing the border into Canada internationally and from the US.
From March 21 to May 24 Canada witnessed 123,694 travellers on US flights.
On March 16, the Trudeau government implemented further restrictions on international travellers and suspended non-essential travel along Canada’s border with the US.
Prior to the decision, Liberal Health Minister Patty Hajdu consistently made the claim that border closures and travel restrictions would do nothing to curb the spread of the coronavirus.
Hajdu suggested that borders were becoming less relevant as the virus was spreading on March 4th.
“The more countries that have outbreaks, the less relevant borders become. A virus knows no borders,” said Hajdu.
Later on March 13, Hajdu also stated that border measures were “highly ineffective” in the fight against the coronavirus.
“Canadians think we can stop this at the border. But what we see is a global pandemic, which means that border measures are highly ineffective and, in some cases, can create harm. We see that in countries that had the worst expressions, the tightest borders,” said Hajdu.
The Liberals have consistently flip-flopped on a number of crucial measures like border controls during their pandemic response.
BC Supreme Court Associate Chief Justice Heather Holmes decided that Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou’s crimes did meet the requirement of “double criminality,” meaning that the charges brought against her by the US are to be considered crimes in Canada.
US authorities are seeking to have Meng extradited over several bank and wire fraud charges related to dealings with Iran in violation of US sanctions.
The historic decision which is likely to have an explosive effect on international relations marks a break in the impasse in relations between Canada and China.
“On the question of law posed, I conclude that, as a matter of law, the double criminality requirement for extradition is capable of being met in this case. The effects of the US sanctions may properly play a role in the double criminality analysis as part of the background or context against which the alleged conduct is examined,” wrote Holmes.
According to Rebel News reporter Sheila Gunn Reid, protestors assembled outside of the courthouse with banners and slogans condemning China’s human rights violations.
“China: release 3 million Uyghurs from detention camps!” wrote one banner.
As exclusively reported on by True North Uyghur rights advocates around the world have called on the Canadian government to reject Huawei’s 5G bid for being complicit in China’s crimes against the Muslim minority in the Xinjiang region.
Advocates from the World Uyghur Congress (WUC), Lawyers for Uyghur Rights and the International Coalition to End Transplant Abuse in China (ETAC) all expressed concerns that Huawei’s 5G involvement in Canada can be used to further oppress Uyghurs at home and abroad.
Shortly after Meng’s arrest at the Vancouver International Airport, Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor were unlawfully detained by Chinese authorities.
The pair have been held in Chinese prisons for nearly two years and are currently being denied access to consular visits under the guise of coronavirus containment measures.
Several days prior to Holmes’ landmark decision, China threatened Canada with “continuous harm” if Meng is not immediately freed and returned to the mainland.
“The Canadian side should immediately correct its mistake, release Ms. Meng and ensure her safe return to China at an early date so as to avoid any continuous harm to China-Canada relations,” said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian.
“The U.S. and Canada abused their bilateral extradition treaty and arbitrarily took compulsory measures against a Chinese citizen without cause.”
Over the weekend, Meng got together with “family and friends” for a cheery photo shoot on the steps of the BC Supreme Court.
The unusual publicity stunt involved Meng posing with several people who showed peace signs and thumbs up. Among those in the crowd was Huawei VP Vincent Peng.
The Liberal government flew 144 people to a climate conference in Spain while simultaneously preaching about the need to reduce emissions.
According to Blacklock’s Reporter, the government spent at least $683,278 to send a delegation to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change conference in December, with $178,282 being spent on additional expenses such as airfares, taxis and chauffeured cars.
The report of the conference says that the final costs may be higher.
“There are a number of invoices and claims…that have yet to be processed,” the report reads.
Among the government employees sent to the conference were Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson, 12 policy analysts, 4 spokespeople and 2 chauffeurs.
Just days after the conference, Wilkinson said Canada must strive for “deeper emission reductions.”
“We know we must increase our ambition,” he said.
“Canada is committed to working with you to advance momentum on climate action.”
Among the non-government delegates Canada sent included members of the Canadian Federation of Nurses, the Native Women’s Association of Canada and Green Party MP Elizabeth May.
Shortly after the conference, May argued that Canada would have to radically reduce carbon emissions in order to avoid environmental collapse.
“We are facing something as dire as the loss of civilization, and that’s not the worst-case scenario,” she said.
“The worst-case scenario is massive extinctions. So, it’s time to get serious.”
The Green Party’s 2019 campaign platform called for increased taxes on aviation and other forms of transportation.
One of the high-profile speakers at the UN conference was teenage environmental activist Greta Thunberg. Thunberg scolded the delegates for not doing enough to raise awareness around climate change.
“Without that sense of urgency, how can we the people understand that we are facing a real crisis?” Thunberg asked.
“When you talk in public you should start with something personal or emotional to get everyone’s attention. Say things like, ‘Our house is on fire’, ‘I want you to panic’ or ‘How dare you?’”
Thunberg has encouraged her followers to “flight-shame” people and boycott air travel in order to reduce emissions.
In September Thunberg led a climate change protest in Montreal while the UN was holding an aviation conference in the city. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was among the attendants.
