Canadian elites want to rewrite our history and erase any mention of the old history. This, in theory, is a bid to make newcomers feel more welcome and more comfortable in Canada.
But does it actually do that?
The latest example comes from Toronto where the woke mayor and city council voted unanimously to change the name of Dundas Square to Sankofa Square.
Today on the Candice Malcolm show, Candice is joined by writer and scholar Samuel Sey to discuss how immigrants and in particular black people really feel about these woke cancel culture bids.
Samuel just happens to be from the Akan tribe in Ghana – the tribe where the word “Sankofa” comes from. Samuel shares the remarkable truth about this tribe and how misguided it is to use this name.
Canada’s population increased by over 430,000 people in the third quarter, making it the fastest quarterly population growth since 1957, according to Statistics Canada.
The total population rose to 40.5 million as of Oct. 1, the data shows.
“Canada’s population was estimated at 40,528,396 on October 1, 2023, an increase of 430,635 people (+1.1%) from July 1. This was the highest population growth rate in any quarter since the second quarter of 1957 (+1.2%), when Canada’s population grew by 198,000 people,” reads the report.
In 1957, Canada’s population was 16.7 million and the spike in immigration that year was the result of the post-war baby boom and a high immigration influx of refugees coming after the Hungarian Revolution in 1956.
Canada’s total population growth over the first nine months of 2023 has already surpassed the total growth of any other full year, dating back to confederation and including the previous record set in 2022.
International migration and an increase in non-permanent residents make up the bulk of the new record-high population increase.
Non-permanent residents grew by about 313,000 from July 1 to Oct. 1, driven by work and study permits, as well as refugee claimants, making it the greatest quarterly increase since 1971 (the year that data on non-permanent residents became available).
“Population growth rates in the third quarter of 2023 exceeded the national level (+1.1%) in Alberta (+1.3%), Prince Edward Island (+1.2%) and Ontario (+1.2%). The population grew in all provinces and territories, except in the Northwest Territories (-0.5%),” reads the report.
Natural increases to population growth are expected to remain low in the future as Canada’s population is aging and has lower fertility rates.
“Alberta has registered interprovincial migration gains of 10,000 or more for five consecutive quarters,” reads the report. “Most of Alberta’s population gains through interprovincial migration were due to its exchanges with Ontario and British Columbia. In contrast, British Columbia experienced five consecutive quarters of interprovincial migration losses for the first time since the first quarter of 2013.”
The mass interprovincial migration into Alberta has made cities like Calgary unaffordable for residents. Citywide, rents have gone up by 25%, according to data from the City of Calgary.
“Canada welcomed 107,972 immigrants in the third quarter. From January to September 2023, immigration reached 79.8% (371,299) of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada’s target of 465,000 immigrants for the year,” reads the report.
In a year-end interview with True North, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre rejected “perverse incentives” for illegal immigration after the Trudeau government promised amnesty.
Plus, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland confirmed she plans to run in the next federal election – and even predicted a Liberal win with Justin Trudeau as leader.
And the Trudeau government announced that all new cars will have to be zero-emissions by 2035.
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Canada’s annual inflation rate remained at 3.1% last month, in line with October’s rate, according to data released Tuesday by Statistics Canada.
Many economists had predicted the rate would dip below the 3% threshold, bringing it closer to the Bank of Canada’s target of 2% inflation.
While prices at the grocery have continued to rise for the fifth consecutive month, they did so at a slower pace in November, with the exception of meat, sugar and preserved vegetables, according to CBC News.
The slowing of increased prices of energy and cell services also helped to bring the rate down, however higher prices for travel tours kept it from decreasing below the 3% threshold.
The rate would have been around 3.5% in November, if the consumer price index were not factoring in the cost of food and energy.
For the fourth consecutive month, the Bank of Canada has kept its key interest rate at 5%, a year and a half since the central bank first began its aggressive tightening of monetary policy to quell the economic challenges.
However, it won’t be decreasing the interest rate below 5% for the time being, assured the Bank of Canada’s governor, Tiff Macklem, in an announcement earlier this month.
American Republican Presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy thanked Canada’s Freedom Convoy truckers for opposing the “totalitarian” streak in the Canadian government.
“Truckers aren’t just haulers of goods, they’re guardians of our way of life & guardians of freedom on our highways,” Ramaswamy wrote in a post on X, formerly Twitter. “Last year, the Canadian Freedom Convoy taught the world a valuable lesson about the power of civil protest against an out-of-control totalitarian government.”
Truckers aren’t just haulers of goods, they're guardians of our way of life & guardians of freedom on our highways. Last year, the Canadian Freedom Convoy taught the world a valuable lesson about the power of civil protest against an out-of-control totalitarian government. On… pic.twitter.com/ZPYkMbVjjg
“Remember that Canadian convoy of truckers who bravely stood up against those vaccine mandates?” asked Ramaswamy in the video.
“Well the Canadian government revealed how authoritarian they really are. Silencing those truckers with censorship, even seizing or freezing their personal bank accounts. That was wrong and I respect those who through their civil disobedience reveal civil overreach on the part of government, administrative overreach,” Ramaswamy said.
“Thank you to those truckers in Canada for doing their part.”
His comments were part of an announcement that he would be in Walcott, Iowa at the World’s Largest Truckstop, where he plans to lay out a “detailed plan for how we support our truckers and our supply chain while ensuring freedom for all.”
He thanked America’s and Canada’s truckers for being on the “frontlines.”
“Together we’re going to be the frontlines of preserving our freedoms as Americans,” he said.
The Canadian truckers were solely instrumental in pulling back provincial injection mandates. They also made Trudeau come entirely out of the shadows to show all of his cards (freezing bank accounts and jailing political dissidents).
“The Canadian truckers were solely instrumental in pulling back provincial injection mandates. They also made Trudeau come entirely out of the shadows to show all of his cards (freezing bank accounts and jailing political dissidents),” commented one X user under Ramaswamy’s post.
They had an effect in the US, as well. I have no doubt that draconian restrictions would have endured longer here had Canadian truckers not acted.
“They had an effect in the US, as well. I have no doubt that draconian restrictions would have endured longer here had Canadian truckers not acted,” wrote another user.
The trial of Tamara Lich and Chris Barber, two of the Freedom Convoy organizers, remains ongoing in Ottawa. They have been accused of mischief, intimidation and several other charges in relation to counseling others to break the law.
Amnesty International’s University of Toronto chapter is threatening “unprecedented” acts of “resistance” if the school opts to crack down on anti-Zionist activity amid a rise of antisemitism on Canadian campuses.
The student chapter, which seeks to “bring awareness to students, faculty, and alumni about human rights violations around the world,” made the threat in response to a letter by Liberal MPs Anthony Housefather, David Lametti, Ben Carr, Marco Mendicino and Anna Gainey condemning rising on-campus antisemitism
The letter, addressed to Canada’s 25 biggest post-secondary institutions, asked schools what steps they have taken to adress antisemitism, and to own up to whether they see calling for the genocide of Jews as a violation of their student codes of conducts.
On some campuses, including at York University in Toronto, students have been calling for “intifada” (an armed uprising) in the months following the terror group Hamas’ Oct. 7 attacks.
The U of T Amnesty chapter responded to the letter on X (formerly Twitter), writing, “if the (U of T) administration starts a crackdown on Palestinian students or Pro-Palestinian organizations/organizing on campuses… they will face the most unprecedented form of resistance from us STUDENTS.”
If the @UofT administration starts a crackdown on Palestinian students or Pro-Palestinian organizations/organizing on campuses @UTSC, @UTM ´they will face the most unprecedented form of resistance from us STUDENTS. https://t.co/36gMxY00sb
— AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL University of Toronto(UTSC) (@AmnestyUtsc) December 17, 2023
The account followed up by claiming that this “resistance” will not terrify Jewish students, noting “we don’t even need to express our love and sympathy for our Jewish student fellows. We equally will display the ‘most unprecedented form of resistance’ for them.
“People will always stand up and protest injustice, however you try to package it.”
The account subsequently engaged with several people who opposed their message – telling one user that “combating antisemitism cannot come at a cost to suppress freedom of expression, and we are not accepting this double-standard where mainly the Pro-Palestinians are being targeted.”
We have actual cases going on at our campuses where students are targeted through falsified evidence Combatting antisemitism cannot come at a cost to suppress freedom of expression, and we are not accepting this double-standard where mainly the Pro-Palestinians are being targeted
— AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL University of Toronto(UTSC) (@AmnestyUtsc) December 18, 2023
Please use your common-sense and check out the “NON-VIOLENT ACTION” and forms of resistance. Thank you in advance. https://t.co/WSNrlw0rTu
— AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL University of Toronto(UTSC) (@AmnestyUtsc) December 18, 2023
Mention us next time It would be more fun:)
Toronto Police, please investigate our tweet:) And also this tweet above where we are called “thugs in keffiyehs”
— AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL University of Toronto(UTSC) (@AmnestyUtsc) December 18, 2023
The term “resistance” has been used by some people to describe Hamas’ violence.
True North asked the Amnesty chapter for clarification on what it meant by “resistance,” and to ask if the group condemns calls for “intifada.” The club did not respond directly, but did share a subsequent X post for “the Journos who want a comment on (the original) post.”
In that post, the chapter noted it “does not condone any form of antisemitism on campuses. We unequivocally condemn it.” It added that “the most unprecedented form” means “a peaceful and massive mobilization for protecting wrongfully targeted students, faculty and staff.”
To the Journos who want a comment on this post:
1- This post does not condone any form of antisemitism on campuses. We unequivocally condemn it.
2- “The most unprecedented FoR” means a peaceful&massive mobilization for protecting wrongfully targeted students, faculty and staff. https://t.co/KBsREtVXeY
— AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL University of Toronto(UTSC) (@AmnestyUtsc) December 18, 2023
The University of Toronto also did not return a request for comment.
On Friday, socialist mayor of Toronto Olivia Chow, with the backing of a majority of city councillors, voted to erase any mention of Henry Dundas in Toronto, a Scottish abolitionist from the 17th century. This includes the renaming of two transit stations, the entirety of Dundas street and most controversial, the renaming of Yonge-Dundas Square to “Sankofa Square” — a word from the Akan tribe in Ghana who were prolific slave traders.
The facts don’t matter to cultural Marxists who are committed to erasing the entirety of Canadian history. They will side step the truth on their quest to convince you that Canada is a country built on slavery and racism. The constant statue toppling, renaming and historical purging is designed demoralize you and to beat any pride of Canada out of you.
The sooner we all realize what is really going on, the better.
Harrison Faulkner is joined by Jennifer Dundas, a former crown prosecutory and journalist and a relative of Henry Dundas to debunk the lies about him.
Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland confirmed her plans to run in the next federal election – and even predicted a Liberal win.
Freeland, who has been a member of Parliament since 2013 and a member of Trudeau’s cabinet since 2015, deflected questions about her ambitions for the Liberal party’s leadership.
“I am focused first and foremost on supporting Canadians right now,” Freeland said in an interview with CTV.
Recent polling by Ipsos shows that 72% of Canadians think Trudeau should step down as party leader. Even 33% of Canadians who plan to vote Liberal want Trudeau to step down, up from 28% in September. Of all potential replacements, Freeland received the most positive reviews in the poll.
Freeland sidestepped the question but said the Liberals can “absolutely” win the next election.
“I am also absolutely supporting our Prime Minister, who is leading our team – doing a really, really great job,” she added.
Freeland said that while journalists never believe her, her focus is not on the polls but her neighbours.
“When you are put by your fellow Canadians in a position like mine, your job is to wake up every day and think, what are the problems people have? And what can I try to do today to make it better? That’s what I focus on,” said Freeland.
Throughout the interview, Freeland discussed the economic challenges being faced by Canadians. She said that in her personal life, the thing that brings the challenge home to her most is that her church has a food bank every Wednesday, where the lines have been getting longer. True North previously reported that food banks across Canada were near a breaking point.
Facing questions about her political future after a decade in office, speculation had arisen about Freeland possibly pursuing an international role post-politics. However, when queried about these prospects, she firmly stated her intention to continue her political career in Canada.
“I’m definitely running in the next election. Up to my neighbours to decide whether I get re-elected,” Freeland said.
Canada erases its own history and then imports foreign history and foreign culture to replace our own.
It’s a slap in the face, and Canadians have had enough.
On today’s episode of the Candice Malcolm Show, Candice discusses the naming of Dundas Square to Sankofa Square – in honour of a slave-trading African tribe – and the building of a giant 55 foot religious statue in Brampton, Ontario.
Despite what libertarians say, this isn’t just a matter of private property and religious freedom.
There are deeper social, cultural and psychological matters at play – why does everybody else get to celebrate and honour their cultures and religions while Canadian culture – the founding culture and values of this country – routinely get demonized, degraded, demoralized and destroyed?
