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Saturday, September 13, 2025

Government looking into Laurier’s “Canadian Muslim Voting Guide” after claiming it wasn’t consulted

By
Cosmin Dzsurdzsa
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The federal government is now denying ever having been consulted by the Wilfrid Laurier University academic who created the controversial “Canadian Muslim Voting Guide” ahead of the 2019 election. 

Since October 26th, when the guide was last archived, the government of Canada logo and the logo of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) have been scrubbed from the document. 

According to a SSHRC spokesperson, the professor responsible for the guide credited “support” from the SSHRC without their knowledge of the project.

“SSHRC takes the concerns raised seriously and is looking into the situation,” said spokesperson Andrea Matyas. 

The guide, which was created by Laurier professor Jasmin Zine with help from graduate students Fatima Chakroun and Shifa Abbas, graded the federal leaders on a number of alleged “issues of importance to the interests of Canadian Muslims”. 

According to Zine, Conservative party leader Andrew Scheer failed on all fronts including the M-103 Islamophobia motion, associations with the “far-right”, boycotting Israel and on immigration. Other leaders, including Justin Trudeau, fared much better and the prime minister was even excused for his blackface incident “based on his public stances against Islamophobia and hate while an elected official.” 

Several Jewish advocacy groups including B’nai Brith Canada have denounced the guide for advocating the antisemitic practice of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement waged against Israel. In 2016, parliamentarians voted to denounce the BDS movement and called on the government to condemn it.  

“It is totally unacceptable that government funds have been used to promote an antisemitic movement in Canada,” said Chief Executive Officer of B’nai Brith Canada, Michael Mostyn.

The SSHRC, who awarded Zine a $24,923 grant, believed that the money was going to go towards a project of “Mapping the Canadian Islamophobia Industry,” and not a guide to influence Muslim voters. 

MALCOLM: A common language is part of what unites Canada

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Candice Malcolm
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A video recently surfaced on Facebook showing a visibly upset customer shouting at store clerks at a Shopper’s Drug Mart in Burnaby, British Columbia. The video went viral after Allen Tseng, the person who filmed and posted it, accused the unidentified customer of being “racist.”

The customer, a woman who was in the store with a boy who appeared to be her son, was telling the store clerks to “shut up” and called them “rude” for speaking a foreign language in front of her.

“Speak English in Canada,” she says forcefully in the video, and points at a female clerk, “you’re rude, go somewhere else.”

She says several times that she’s upset because the employees were “speaking Chinese” right in front of her. “Go speak Chinese and s— talk me somewhere else.”

The video doesn’t show the whole interaction, so we don’t know what set off this customer or whether the clerks were in fact talking about her in a different language. Regardless, the woman’s actions were over-the-top, aggressive and rude.

As has sadly become common in these scenarios though, the video led to a virtual mobbing of this unidentified woman. People began demanding that she be doxxed – publicly identified – and called her every name in the book.

Media outlets picked up the story and stated as fact that the woman was being “racist,” while others encouraged the online mob for supposedly celebrating our diversity, or something along these lines.

While we should condemn this woman’s bad behaviour, the scenario does bring up a broader issue.

There are large enclaves in Vancouver where English is hardly spoken and English speakers do not feel welcome. As wealthy foreign buyers continue to snatch up prime real estate in Vancouver – many from mainland China, many suspected to be connected to the Communist regime and money-laundering schemes – Vancouver’s English-speaking population continues to get pushed further and further from the city. To add insult to injury, many newcomers no longer try to learn the local language or communicate with their neighbours in English.

A common language is what unites us as Canadians, and, on the West Coast, English is a common factor that holds our society together.

Countless studies on successful integration of newcomers point to language as the most important factor. Canada’s intense focus on our two official languages and in ensuring that all Canadians, new and old, can converse in at least one of them is what has led to Canada having one of the most successful immigration programs in the world.

So to hear liberals and progressives suddenly sneering not just at this rude woman but at the whole idea that newcomers should speak English is disappointing. A common language is what makes our society more inclusive and cohesive.

If we no longer ask newcomers to learn English (in English Canada, and French in French Canada), they won’t be able to connect with the broader community. They won’t be able to participate meaningfully in public life, make cross-cultural friendships and, most importantly, they will struggle to get help or communicate in an emergency.

We should be able to agree that a customer losing her cool and shouting at store clerks is not acceptable, but also, that store clerks should refrain from speaking another language about a customer right in front of that customer – especially during a dispute.

We can celebrate our differences while also having a shared community and a shared language. There isn’t anything racist about insisting Canadians speak English in English Canada.

Is this the end of the Andrew Scheer era?

By
Candice Malcolm
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The red tories think Andrew Scheer is too much of a social conservative. Meanwhile, social conservatives think Scheer betrayed them.

However, Scheer won the popular vote, reduced Justin Trudeau to a minority and gained the most seats out of all party leaders. Is this just another attempt by the mainstream media to divide conservatives? When will conservative politicians realize the mainstream media is not their ally? If Scheer stays on as a leader, what does he need to do to regain the confidence of conservatives in Canada?

True North’s Candice Malcolm and Andrew Lawton sat down to discuss what the future holds for Andrew Scheer and the Conservative Party of Canada.

We want to know what you think! Let us know in the comments!

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FUREY: Canadian values test conversation is back, this time without all the fuss

By
Anthony Furey
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Quebec is going forward with one of their campaign promises – a values test for newcomers.

Is it “racist”? Is it “xenophobic”? Absolutely not.

True North’s Anthony Furey says the truth is a values test isn’t something to get worked up about. That’s obvious now and it was obvious to any reasonable person back when Conservative leadership candidate Kellie Leitch proposed it on a federal scale.

Read Anthony’s latest in the Toronto Sun.

Encana leaving Canada for greater investment potential

By
Cosmin Dzsurdzsa
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One of Canada’s largest oil and gas companies announced it will be redomiciling in the United States, citing difficulty in attracting American investment.

Encana, which will be renamed as Ovintiv Inc., is among several energy producers that have scaled back activity in Canada or sold assets, such as Suncor Energy, ConocoPhillips, and Royal Dutch Shell. It is estimated that over the last three years, Canada has lost around $30 billion USD in energy assets.

Shortly after the re-election of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Husky Energy Inc. laid off hundreds of workers in western Canada after being forced to reduce capital spending due to the sector’s troubles. 

While Encana CEO Doug Suttles has claimed that the transition will not affect Canadian workers, the company’s shares lost about 9.2 per cent of their value on the Toronto Stock Exchange on Thursday morning.

“A domicile in the United States will expose our company to increasingly larger pools of investment in US index funds and passively managed accounts, as well as better align us with our US peers,” said Suttles about the decision, which he claims is not political.

Encana’s former CEO, Gwyn Morgan, said: “The destructive policies of the Trudeau Liberals have left the company with no choice but to shift its asset base and capital program south of the border.”

Encana has been a household name in the sector since the 1800s when natural gas was discovered while building the Canadian Pacific Railway.

Faced with a minority government and NDP leader Jagmeet Singh, who opposes the $4.5 billion Trans Mountain Expansion, Justin Trudeau’s government is expected to continue having difficulties building much-needed pipelines in Canada. 

A report by PetroLMI projected that Canada was set to lose approximately 12,500 oil and gas jobs this year. Among the reasons behind this projection are lower capital spending, troubles with getting product to market and declining commodity prices.

Mismanagement and resistance has plagued the Trans Mountain Expansion since its original purchase. After agreeing to buy the multi-billion dollar project from Kinder Morgan, the Parliamentary Budget Officer revealed that the Liberal government overpaid for the project by nearly $1 billion.

Since the project was approved by Trudeau earlier this year, the Federal Court of Appeal has agreed to see six challenges by various indigenous groups and First Nations who are claiming that the government didn’t properly consult them. 

Despite the government promising to fight against the appeals, the Liberals “offered no submissions or evidence to assist the Court” in response to the filings.

FUREY: There’s nothing wrong with values test for newcomers

By
Anthony Furey
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Quebec is going forward with a values test for newcomers; an idea that Kellie Leitch had two years ago during the Conservative Leadership Race.

The only difference this time around is that the mainstream media and politicians aren’t accusing Quebec of being “racist” or “xenophobic”, like they did when Leitch proposed the idea.

True North’s Anthony Furey says there’s nothing wrong with a values test. In fact, the majority of Canadians agree with the idea.

Liberals flew chefs around the world using taxpayer dollars to cater to foreign diplomats

By
Cosmin Dzsurdzsa
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According to Blacklock’s Reporter, the Liberal government tapped into a $1.75 million cultural fund to fly chefs around the world in business class seats to cook for VIP events and foreign diplomats.

The money came from the little-known Mission Cultural Fund which was implemented in 2016. In the senate, Global Affairs official Stuart Savage described the fund as “available to all missions to leverage Canadian cultural initiatives to promote our artists abroad while advancing foreign policy priorities” and that it promotes Canada as a “progressive nation”. 

Chefs were flown all around the world using the fund, including to Singapore and Jerusalem, among several other destinations. In one case, taxpayers dished out $15,000 to fly a chef to the Dominican Republic, and another $4,463 to fly a chef to a Miami party. 

One caterer, Quentin Glabus, charged $300 in fees in addition to expenses, and was flown to numerous locations including India, the Philippines, Singapore, Brunei, and Laos. One single trip cost Canadians $13,535 to get Glabus to Manila for an appearance on the Filipino TV show Curiosity Got The Chef, while another $12,684 flew Glabus to Singapore to cater for journalists. 

Several other chefs were also paid through the fund, including David Jorge who was flown to Lisbon for $1,191, Rosalyn Ediger who went to Davos for $5,820, and Ilona Daniel whose costs were not revealed. 

Curiously the trip of celebrity chef Vikram Vij to prepare Indian cuisine at the Canadian High Commission in New Delhi during Trudeau’s disastrous India trip was excluded from the fund’s expense list. Vij, who is a Liberal supporter, had all of his expenses including transportation, accommodation, and incidentals covered by Canadians to the tune of $17,044.

At the time of the trip, Foreign Affairs critic and Conservative MP Erin O’Toole criticized the Liberals for the expense.

“I’m quite sure if you went to India, you’d be able to find some very good cooks. The celebrity Indo-Canadian chef was for domestic political purposes so that they could entertain their own MPs (and) certain stakeholders that they were taking on the trip,” said O’Toole. 

Retired Chinese soldiers put on propaganda show praising revolution in Richmond Hill

By
Cosmin Dzsurdzsa
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A new Canadian association formed by veterans of communist China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) put on a recital performance in Richmond Hill, Ontario lauding the Chinese government’s authoritarian and brutal past. 

The Thanksgiving Day show I am a Soldier glorified China’s revolutionary and imperial past in propagandistic fashion by singing military songs in praise of the communist party. The group is listed as one of the parties performing in the “Red Maple Chorus Festival” which was hosted by the Canadian Red Maple Sunset Multicultural Association. 

The group organizing the event is called the Canada Chinese Veteran’s Society and is a federally registered not-for-profit corporation. According to records, it was incorporated on August 6, 2018.

A review in the Chinese language publication Easy Ca claims that the show “achieved great success”. 

“The shocking performance of the Chinese military soul made the Chinese military whirlwind on the land of this foreign country,” wrote the review which has been translated into English. 

Photos from the event show performers in Chinese military uniforms performing on stage alongside a piano to a red backdrop.

The performers are alleged to be former fighters for China’s PLA who have immigrated to Canada. The PLA has been responsible for carrying out the Chinese regime’s oppressive and authoritarian tactics including the 1989 crackdown on the Tiananmen Square student protests where they were ordered to “spare no-one”. Estimates place the death toll to be anywhere from the hundreds to 10,000 civilian casualties by way of machine gun fire and mass killings. 

According to another article in Easy Ca, the organization planned a retreat in Barrie where they practiced marching, sang patriotic songs, and saluted the People’s Republic of China flag. 

The group marks a worrying trend of Chinese nationalism brewing on Canadian soil. Due to the recent Hong Kong protests, pro-China demonstrators have clashed with those supporting Hong Kong’s democracy in a number of Canadian cities. 

In August, pro-China demonstrators appeared to counter a Hong Kong demonstration in Toronto and got into shoving matches with participants. In another instance, several supercars pulled into downtown Toronto adorned with Chinese flags in a show of extravagance. 

In Richmond, B.C., students and pro-Hong Kong advocates were attacked and threatened by those on the side of the Chinese government, who tore down messages in support of the demonstrations and threw coins at democracy supporters. 

While tensions escalate domestically, the Canadian government is shifting gears on the world stage to a more friendly attitude towards the country, as it is embroiled in a diplomatic dispute over the arrest of Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou and the detention of Canadian citizens Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor. Most recently, the Canadian military participated in a friendly sporting competition in Beijing.

The Candice Malcolm Show: The mainstream media declares you can’t be a social conservative any more

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Candice Malcolm
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A virtual mob goes after a mother for losing her cool at a Shoppers’ Drug Mart because she demanded store clerks speak English…in Canada.

The mainstream media declares that you can’t be a social conservative in Canada anymore.

A small group of people in the Conservative movement want Andrew Scheer’s head so naturally, the mainstream media gives them a huge platform.

Tune into the Candice Malcolm Show as Candice breaks down this week’s most biased news stories!

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KNIGHT: Gun crime explodes in our cities while politicians fire blanks

By
Leo Knight
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For much of the last year, we have been getting nothing but lip service from our politicians about the rising problem of gun crime in our cities. This year alone there have been 395 shootings in the city of Toronto alone.  

On the day before Halloween three gunmen, driving in a black sedan, stopped and entered an apartment building on Clearview Heights and fired about 20 shots into a crowd of teens wounding five. The gunmen, in their late teens or early 20’s wearing hoodies, then fled in their getaway car. That no one was killed is a miracle. 

Toronto Police Chief Mark Saunders told the media it appeared to be a targeted shooting.

Does anyone really think that a handgun ban, as proposed by Toronto Mayor John Tory would have had the slightest bit of difference in an incident such as this?

Not to be outdone, after a spate of shootings on the Downtown Eastside, Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart said he would impose a handgun ban if he could. Another genius. The DTES is the most crime-infested square mile in Canada and home to North America’s largest open-air  drug bazaar.  

Meanwhile, Vancouver Chief Adam Palmer said at this year’s Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police conference that Canada doesn’t need any more legislation or restrictions in our gun laws. Maybe Stewart should go talk to his Chief and get educated and find what’s really needed. 

In Winnipeg this week, police executed a search warrant on a house that yielded a massive gun seizure including 73 guns, 10,000 rounds of ammunition, body armour and explosives. The seizure included an AK-47, a .30 calibre Browning machine gun and a German made MG15 machine gun. None were legal, some had serial numbers altered or were otherwise modified. It is not known if he had an AR15 which the Liberal government of Justin Trudeau has promised to ban.

But perhaps the best example of the uselessness of our gun laws occurred this week in Toronto. Ali Showbeg, 38, was arrested by Toronto Police, searched and put in the back of a police car. Police car video shows the suspect, who was already subject to a lifetime ban on possessing firearms, struggling to get something from his pants. 

He comes up with a handgun and drops it to the floor which attracted the attention of the officers. Chief Saunders at a later press conference, said the gun had been secreted in a type of magnetic holster that the police had not encountered before and that seems to be how the officers missed it in their search.

The bottom line is these people are all criminals. They don’t give a fig what law is passed. They get their weapons on the black market and that is the source of gun violence in our cities. The chattering classes can cluck their tongues all they want and talk about banning this or that, but it won’t do a thing. 

If our politicians really want to do something about gun violence they need to focus on meaningful sentences for committing a gun crime. As the Showbeg case demonstrates, a court-imposed ban, even for life, has no effect. Probation on top of probation on top of probation is useless. To get the guns off the streets, we need to get the criminals off the streets and that means meaningful prison time. 

Taking away police actions such as carding achieves nothing and exacerbates the problem. Equally, specialty anti-violence squads such as TAVIS in Toronto should be immediately restored. 

Police need to have the restraints removed and allowed to be proactive in their communities. They know where the problems are and they know who the bad guys are. Vacuous politicians flapping their gums, virtue signalling and getting in the way is not helpful.

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