You could be forgiven if you thought Justin Trudeau was campaigning against Ontario Premier Doug Ford. After all, Trudeau constantly brings up Ford every chance he gets.
Ford has been quiet for the most part during the federal election due to unfavourable polls. Is it time for Ford to speak up?
The lengths CBC will go to defend Justin Trudeau is disgusting. Politicians of all stripes completely disregard the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, as credible journalists continue to be banned from campaign events.
True North’s founder Candice Malcolm breaks down this week’s most biased news!
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True North’s Andrew Lawton is traveling Canada finding the stories and perspectives the mainstream media isn’t during the federal election campaign. In this podcast, Andrew sits down with award-winning country artist George Canyon, now the Conservative candidate in Central Nova, Nova Scotia, to talk about his decision to turn in performing for politics – sort of.
Canyon talks about how he thinks Justin Trudeau has failed Canada, and also shares some humbling experiences he’s had on the campaign trail in this True North exclusive.
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Omar Khadr, who was convicted of numerous war crimes while fighting for al-Qaeda, is trying to get his record cleared by a U.S. military court.
Three judges were appointed to hear Khadr’s appeal despite being considered a fugitive by the country.
Khadr was originally convicted after admitting to killing Sergeant Chris Speer while fighting for al-Qaeda in Afghanistan in 2002.
In July 2017, the Liberal government awarded Khadr $10.5 million in compensation for alleged human rights violations. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau decided to settle the matter out of court claiming it was the “best option” available despite the human rights abuses not being proven in a court of law.
Currently, Sgt. Speer’s family is seeking to have a $134 million claim against Khadr enforced in Canada after it was awarded to them by a Utah civil court.
“What is important are Mr. Khadr’s actions that day and leading up to that day. The plaintiffs and the Utah court hold Mr. Khadr responsible,” said Jamie Schacter, the lawyer for the Speers.
Since being released on bail in 2015, Khadr has become a wealthy and free man in Canada.
Earlier this year, an Alberta judge, appointed by Trudeau, ruled that his war crimes sentence had expired and that all remaining release conditions were to be lifted. Khadr is now allowed to obtain a Canadian passport and travel freely without restriction.
“All those conditions that were restricting his liberty up to this point are now gone, so, for example, he can apply for a passport, he can talk to his sister, he can travel around the world or around Canada without having to seek permission,” said Khadr’s lawyer Nate Whitling.
After being awarded a settlement by the Canadian government, Khadr has consistently made headlines and even appeared on television.
In April of this year, Khadr appeared on a French-language CBC program as a guest to discuss his life and plans.
During the segment titled “Omar Khadr: dreaming of an ordinary life,” Khadr was welcomed with applause.
“I think this settlement is not only for me, it’s for every Canadian. I know some people might be offended by it, but I think it’s for all of us,” said Khadr about his multi-million dollar settlement while on the show.
According to a decision by the Law Society of British Columbia, Liberal MP Randeep Sarai had his license to practice law suspended for various professional misconduct offences. The citations began barely a year after Sarai began practicing law in the province.
Sarai is the Liberal candidate for Surrey Centre. He was elected as an MP for the riding in the 2015 federal election.
Among the charges levelled against him, the Liberal candidate was accused of acting in a conflict of interest, failing to pay property taxes, and failing to have the required records, among many others.
“It is unlikely that a more extensive array of real estate practice misconduct will come before a discipline panel in the future. The circumstances of this practice are unique and should not be permitted to repeat in the future. The scope of the circumstances leading to this citation is massive.” writes the ruling.
In 2003, a citation of misconduct was filed against Sarai. The citation was less than a year after he had completed the bar and began his practice as a legitimate lawyer in the province.
“The 2003 Citation asserted that the Applicant had professionally misconducted himself by breaching multiple undertakings on real estate files and allowing multiple other errors to be made in trust accounting and the general handling of his practice,” wrote the ruling.
Sarai’s license was eventually suspended after he was found guilty of the same misconduct charges in 2005.
“There was a certain Jekyll and Hyde characteristic of the Respondent’s behaviour in his conduct of the practice,” claimed a panel about Sarai.
Eventually, in 2010, Sarai applied to have his license reinstated and the application was approved.
In the wake of Justin Trudeau’s blackface scandal, two of Canada’s premiers have gone public with their criticism of the Liberal leader.
Neither Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Alberta Premier Jason Kenney held back when media asked them about their thoughts on Trudeau’s history of racist gags.
Premier Doug Ford, who has been a target of the federal Liberals this election season, condemned Trudeau for his instances of blackface, saying it’s the people will express their opinion of the Liberal Leader at the polls.
“It was unacceptable back in 2001, it’s unacceptable now,” he said.
“The people are going to decide. They’re going to have the opportunity to decide if they want the prime minister to continue being prime minister or they want a change. I always believe that the people always make the right decision.”
Ford added that had a Conservative had been caught in blackface, the condemnation would be much more severe.
“If it was a Conservative, I think it would have been a different story.”
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney in a speech last week also criticized the Trudeaur.
Kenney blasted the Trudeau for deflecting blame from himself in his apology to Canadians.
“He is trying to blame this on society. That ‘we’ must learn from this. No prime minister, this is about you, not us,” he said.
“I don’t know why he’s trying to blame society. This is classic. This is typical of him.”
Justin Trudeau made national and international headlines two weeks ago when multiple instances of him painting himself in racist “blackface” and “brownface” came to light.
While originally only admitting to two instances of blackface, a third instance was found within 12 hours of his admission.
Just this weekend, a higher-quality video showing a younger Justin Trudeau head-to-toe in black paint was published.
Thousands of Nova Scotia jobs are in jeopardy in the Northern Pulp mill in Pictou County closes down, which is certain to happen without the government giving the greenlight to a new treatment plant for the mill’s effluent, which it wants to clean and discharge into the Northumberland Strait. The provincial and federal government haven’t done anything but put up roadblocks for the company, which is trying to protect jobs and the environment with its plan.
True North’s Andrew Lawton reports from Nova Scotia, asking why the government isn’t prepared to move the mountains for these workers that it was for SNC-Lavalin employees.
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The Liberal platform calls for a deficit of $24.7 billion next year, followed the next two years by $21.8 billion and $21 billion.
True North’s Anthony Furey says reckless does not begin to even describe the Liberal platform.
Flipping through the pages of the 2000 and 2001 West Point Grey Academy (WPGA) yearbooks, we see a different side of our progressive prime minister.
The shocking image of Justin Trudeau with painted black skin and a large white turban shows that, as the 29-year-old celebrity son of a former Prime Minister, Trudeau was hardly a serious person, let alone a mature role model or teacher.
The cringe-worthy blackface photo at the Arabian Nights gala fundraiser is just one example. Trudeau’s photo is featured over and over again in the yearbook, smiling and hanging out — looking more like a teenage student than a teacher in his late twenties.
A former student tells me that during Trudeau’s short stint at WPGA, he was the back-up drama teacher, a yearbook instructor, coach of the ultimate frisbee team and he taught French to children in the junior school. Oh, and he helped the school raise hundreds of thousands of dollars through its gala fundraising dinners.
Another student tells me, “he was nice and floated around … not a great teacher though.”
Trudeau’s photo appears no less than a dozen times in each yearbook — more than most students at the small elite private school in the West side of Vancouver.
The only photo that shows Trudeau actually teaching came in the 2000 yearbook, where Trudeau can be seen wearing a traditional Scottish Highlander outfit — a white puffy shirt, knee-high socks and a kilt — reading to children with the caption: “Mr. Trudeau loves teaching French to kindergarten students.”
Trudeau has said that he was a math teacher, but there is no mention of Trudeau teaching it at WPGA. The page featuring the school’s Mathcounts competition team lists all the teachers involved. Trudeau’s name is not included.
Trudeau is featured very prominently, however, on the school’s ultimate frisbee team page, with three different photos showing Trudeau in wild outfits — hugging and roughhousing with the students. His various costumes included black and white face paint, a big black afro wig, a kilt and a large Mickey Mouse hat.
The team was called the “MadHatters,” and the yearbook includes a poem about the team that describes Trudeau as “a loud-mouthed maniac.”
While the 2001 WPGA gala photo of Trudeau in blackface has created a huge controversy, the 2000 gala shows Trudeau dressed as James Bond, equipped with a Martini glass and a fake gun. In this photo, Trudeau can be seen holding the gun to a woman’s chest.
The event took place less than 10 months after the Columbine school shooting massacre, and schools all over North America were suspending and expelling students for bringing similar fake guns to school.
Much like in his blackface photo, Trudeau seems oblivious.
According to yearbook photos, Trudeau was also part of the school’s ski club, and was the instructor of the ‘Senior Newspaper’ elective class. One of Trudeau’s blackface photos — this one posing with two Sikh men — was included in the school’s April 2001 newsletter. Trudeau was so ignorant when it came to the racism of his blackface outfit, it appears that, judging by his instructor role, he may have approved of his image being released in the community newsletter to live on in infamy.
Trudeau built his reputation in politics on the fact that he was a teacher, but looking back at his years at WPGA, we see the picture of an immature and unserious man who seemed to prefer light-hearted fun over discipline and hard work.
China is celebrating the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China with the largest military parade in their history. This all while violent protests continue to escalate in Hong Kong – resulting in a young protestor being shot.
Meanwhile in Toronto, there were flag raising ceremonies being held to celebrate China’s anniversary. Why are Canadians celebrating Mao Zedong’s violent communist takeover of China? Is Mayor John Tory’s boycott of the event enough?
True North’s Anthony Furey discusses this and more.
