Candice Bergen pushes back against media misinformation about convoy

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In an interview on CTV’s Question Period with Evan Solomon, Conservative interim leader Candice Bergen challenged the legacy media’s claims about the Freedom Convoy. 

Over the weekend, Bergen called assertions that the Freedom Convoy was intending to overthrow the government misinformation and a distraction from the Trudeau government’s demonization of unvaccinated Canadians.  

“We very much support Canadians who were and still are against the mandatory vaccines. We don’t believe that they should be wedged, called names, stigmatized. We don’t think they should be set aside. Our job is to listen to Canadians. We don’t always have to agree with what they’re talking about. We don’t agree with everything that they want to do,” said Bergen.  

“The people who protested here in Ottawa were there as you know hundreds and thousands of them. They were upset, they wanted to be heard and we as Conservatives believe that they deserve to be heard and we wanted the prime minister to listen.” 

During the interview, Bergen also reiterated her call for Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino’s resignation after misleading Canadians by claiming that law enforcement requested that the Liberals invoke the Emergencies Act to quash the peaceful demonstrators. 

“He used it as his argument more times than I think we can even recall,” said Bergen. “This was one of their main arguments: police were asking for it. We now found out that is not true. That’s not the only area where he misled. He said that foreign funding funded the protest. That wasn’t true. They made accusations against the protesters that they set fires in apartment building in Ottawa. That was not true.” 

Several key claims made by the Liberal government to justify their use of unprecedented emergency powers have since been debunked in official testimonies. 

In a recent memo by Public Safety Canada, the department’s own director-general of its central operation centre for the convoy stated that there was no violence and convoy organizers were being respectful.

“No violence took place in the National Capital Region despite national protest for a wide variety of causes,” the memo stated. “Overall assessment: The majority of the event was peaceful. Since most government employees are working remotely, the disruption to government activities is so far minor.” 

CANTIN-NANTEL: Why are people supporting Leslyn Lewis?

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CANTIN-NANTEL: Why are people supporting Leslyn Lewis?

Dr. Leslyn Lewis is vying to lead the Conservative Party of Canada and become the next prime minister. She is also the only pro-life candidate vying for the leadership.

True North’s Elie Cantin-Nantel attended a campaign event Lewis held at Ottawa’s Greenbelt Church and asked attendees why they were supporting her. He also asked them what conservatives can do differently to win the next election and if they think it is possible for the party to win with a pro-life platform and leader.

True North also interviewed Lewis to find out what her vision of the Conservative party is.

78.5% of Conservative members rank Poilievre as first choice for leader: True North survey

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78.5% of Conservative members rank Poilievre as first choice for leader: True North survey

A True North online survey of 5,228 Canadians who identified themselves as Conservative Party of Canada (CPC) members found that leadership candidate Pierre Poilievre was the first choice to become leader. 

In total, 6,394 people responded to the web survey which was open www.tnc.news for two weeks from Jun. 8 to Jun. 22. 

Results show that among active members, Poilievre had the overwhelming lead on the first ballot with 78.5% of the vote. Poilievre was followed by fellow MP Leslyn Lewis who scored in at 11.8% and then Roman Baber who received 8.7% 

Of those polled, 0.7% picked Jean Charest on their first ballot, 0.2% picked Scott Aitchison and 0.1% picked Patrick Brown.

The poll first asked respondents to identify whether or not they were current and active members of the CPC. Then those polled were asked to rank their first and second choice on their ballots. 

On the second ballot, 36% chose “no second choice” with 1,903 respondents leaving their second leadership option blank. The remaining votes were largely split between Lewis and Baber who netted 24.4% and 21.4% of the votes respectively. 

Out of the 1,166 respondents who said they were not members of the CPC, results were similar but with a few exceptions.

While still achieving a majority, Poilievre didn’t fare as well among non-CPC members by a few percentage points, winning with 71.3%. 

Among non-CPC members, Baber beat Lewis as their first ballot choice while also both having greater percentage of votes compared to results from party members. In total, Baber was the first ballot choice for 14.1% of respondents while Lewis netted 12.3% of the votes. 

Meanwhile, Charest’s support among non-CPC members doubled to 1.4%. Aitchison and Brown received 0.4% and 0.3% respectively. 

Responses to the survey were solicited on the True North website and via social media and the results are not meant to be interpreted as a scientific random sample of the population. 

Conservative Leadership Series: Patrick Brown

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In his first interview with True North since launching his Conservative leadership bid, Brampton mayor Patrick Brown joined Andrew Lawton for a wide-ranging discussion about his campaign, the Conservative party, and Canadian politics. In this interview, Brown addresses social conservatism, free speech, the Conservative path to victory, and more.

In the Conservative Leadership Series, True North’s Andrew Lawton sits down with leadership candidates for in-depth, one-on-one interviews.

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Federal weather monitoring app tracked nearly one million Canadians

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Federal weather monitoring app tracked nearly one million Canadians

Another application launched by the Trudeau government tracked the location of nearly one million Canadians.

According to Blacklock’s Reporter, the Department of Environment admitted in a recent Inquiry of Ministry that the WeatherCAN application collected personal information of Canadians –  including locations and email addresses of users.

“All personal information created, held or collected via this app by the department is protected under the Privacy Act,” wrote staff. 

“The ‘current location’ function on this app enables the app to provide weather information based on the current Global Positioning System location of your mobile device.”

When the application was launched, former environment minister Catherine McKenna encouraged Canadians to download the application on Twitter.

“Oh yes!! (WeatherCAN) app is available for download! Now I can obsess over the super cool radar feature and figure out the likelihood of getting home to snowy Ottawa tonight to see my kids! Check it out!” tweeted McKenna. 

The federal government has said that the application complied with privacy laws and requested access from users upon launch. 

“Access is requested upon launch and achieved only if granted by the user,” the inquiry stated. 

“The number of monthly active users is 628,615 to June 1 and the number of inactive users in the last thirty days is 87,176 giving a total number of devices tracked of 715,791.”

Collected information was stored by the Department of Environment for the “purpose of identifying the mobile device geo-location.” 

Other data collected included the model of phone, app version, email address and any other information inputted into the program. 

Earlier this year, the House of Commons voted to end a secretive Public Health Agency of Canada surveillance program after it was revealed that the agency tracked the location of 33 million devices. 

The program has since been forwarded to Canada’s privacy commissioner for auditing and to find out if Canadians’ rights were violated. 

FUREY: Trudeau’s latest scandal is very problematic

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The Trudeau government is alleged to have attempted to politically interfere in the RCMP’s investigation of the Nova Scotia mass shooting.

Notes by RCMP officers responding to the shooting claim Commissioner Brenda Lucki made a promise to Liberal Public Safety Minister Bill Blair and the Prime Minister’s Office to use the mass shooting towards implementing Trudeau’s gun control agenda.

Anthony Furey explains why Trudeau’s latest scandal is very problematic.

Taxpayers billed $3.1 million for study on how to plant trees

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The Trudeau government billed taxpayers $3.1 million in federal salaries to plan Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s commitment to plant two billion trees by 2030.

According to Blacklock’s Reporter, an Inquiry of Ministry tabled in the House of Commons shows that no trees were planted despite the hefty consultation fees. 

“The department did not spend any funding to plant trees directly. Rather the department supports organizations planting trees with funding through grants,” wrote Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson.

Trudeau made the pledge to plant two billion trees in his 2019 election platform but nearly two years later, only 0.4% of the target goal or 8.5 million trees have been planted. 

“We’ll plant 2 billion trees over the next ten years. That’s it. That’s the tweet,” tweeted Trudeau on Sept. 27, 2019.

The Liberals earmarked a whopping $3.16 billion over ten years to get the job done. 

“To fight climate change, protect forests and create good jobs, the government proposes to provide up to $3.16 billion, over ten years, starting in 2021-22, with $2 million in remaining amortization, to Natural Resources Canada to partner with provinces, territories, non-governmental organizations, Indigenous communities, municipalities, and others to plant 2 billion trees,” a 2020 economic update read. 

According to records, $2,099,901 of the taxpayer funds went directly into the pockets of bureaucrats in the form of salaries while $743,362 was put towards “operations and maintenance.” 

Meanwhile, management consultants received $208,943, $345,233 went towards technology and $39,833 was spent on public relations. 

Despite the slow start, Wilkinson told the House of Commons natural resources committee on May 19, 2022 that the government was comfortable in saying that it would reach its goal by the intended date. 

“The 30 million trees that we will have planted this year were the product of actually going out and finding excess trees,” said Wilkinson. 

“We’ve been very public that the numbers are going to ramp over the next number of years. We are very comfortable that we’re on track to get to two billion trees.”

Organization calling for strong police response to upcoming freedom events also wants police defunded

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Organization calling for strong police response to upcoming freedom events also wants police defunded

Horizon Ottawa, a progressive organization that lobbies for left-leaning municipal policies, is calling for a strong police response to upcoming freedom events in the nation’s capital – while also supporting the Defund the Police movement.

Freedom events are planned next week in downtown Ottawa for the arrival of Canadian Armed Forces Veteran James Topp and in celebration of Canada Day. Organizers are also planning events on weekends throughout the summer. 

“It seems to me that their plan is always to sort of protect the parliamentary precinct, but they sort of just leave residential neighbourhoods there to dry,” Horizon Ottawa’s Sam Hersh told The Canadian Press.

“I want to see an acknowledgment of what this actually is from our city and from the relevant authorities: that this is a far-right movement, and that we should take it seriously. And they’re not welcome in our city.”

In a news release, Horizon quoted statements shared by anti-capitalist organization Community Solidarity Ottawa, and wrote that “‘freedom movement events are nothing more than a revival of February’s anti-democratic ‘Freedom Convoy’ occupation of Ottawa.” 

Horizon Ottawa’s news release also said that the actions of freedom protesters “and the far-right politics they represent are a direct threat to our community and a broader threat to our safety and democracy.” 

While Horizon Ottawa is urging authorities to crack down on attendees of the freedom events, they are also very critical of the police and support the Defund the Police movement.

During the February Freedom Convoy, the organization called for the defunding of Ottawa’s police force.

On Feb. 16, Horizon Ottawa issued a press release calling on the Ottawa Police Services Board to “immediately freeze the OPS budget at 2021 levels, and commit to detasking and defunding the Ottawa Police Service.” 

The organization also held a press conference on Feb. 25 featuring activist Robin Browne, who called for the abolishing of police, citing the force’s failure to protect residents from the Freedom Convoy.

“It is time to start the process of abolishing the Ottawa police and by massively defunding them and starting… real community conversations about what systems we should fund and create to truly make us all safer,” said Browne at Horizon’s press conference.

Horizon Ottawa had also called for the reduction of Ottawa’s police budget in both 2020 and 2021, wanting the funding to instead go towards Ottawa Public Health and “real community safety.”

Additionally, the organization opposes School Resource Officer programs, claiming police “exposes children to human rights violations, a racist school-to-prison pipeline, and gender-based violence.”

Freedom Convoy demonstrations came to an end after three weeks when police forcefully removed the peaceful protesters – following Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s invocation of the Emergencies Act.

True North reached out to Horizon Ottawa for comment, but did not receive a response in time for publication.

BONOKOSKI: Canada can thank Joe Biden for its economic woes

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Whither the United States of America when Jimmy Carter, still hanging in at 98, has been displaced as America’s worst president by the man currently in the White House.

By every action he takes, President Joe Biden lays waste on other countries and claim to victory over Carter.

While Canadians rightfully point the finger at the Trudeau government for the country’s economic woes, the reality is Joe Biden is largely to blame.

While Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s policies take some of the heat on Canada’s historical-high inflation rate of 7.7%, it’s the man in the Oval Office who keeps throwing wood onto the inferno.

Everything Biden does affects not only the U.S., but the world as well, and his decisions keep making the situation worse for everyone.

His infatuation with transitioning to green energy and his attempt to bankrupt Russia over Ukraine have both failed miserably, and the poorest nations are the first to feel the pain.

In what would once have been thought to be unthinkable, the U.S. is quickly disintegrating from the inside out.

Food shortages, additional corn being diverted for ethanol, fertilizer shipments cut by 20% by the railroads, livestock grain shipments being cut by 20% by those same carriers, record-setting fuel prices, the possibility of diesel fuel rationing within weeks, electricity brownouts and blackouts in California and Texas, and to top it all off, Biden is now trying to buy oil from Venezuela, a country the U.S. has been sanctioning for years.

To bluntly blame any single person for this clusterfest we’re now in, it’s Joseph Robinette Biden Jr., the 46th president of the United States.

The only man smiling is Jimmy Carter.

It’s not thrilling to lay personal blame on one person, but that’s where the chips have fallen.

Speaking at the Naval Academy’s commencement ceremony in Annapolis, Biden said that the class of 2022 is particularly well-equipped to change the world due to the graduates’ proven ability to navigate uncertainty.

“You’re graduating at an inflection point, not only in American history, but in world history,” Biden said. 

“Things are changing so rapidly that the next 10 years will be the decisive decade of this century because they’re going to shape what our world looks like and the values that will guide it — not just in the immediate future, but for generations to come.”

An inflection point. A time of significant change, a turning point.

What malarkey!

“We’re living through a global struggle between autocracies and democracies,” Biden said. “That’s what you’re graduating into … a world that more than ever requires strong, principal, engaged American leadership. Where America leads not only by the example of its power, but the power of its example.”

In a major departure from the decades-long “strategic ambiguity” towards Taiwan, Biden recently declared from Japan that the United States will in fact come to the island’s defense if attacked by China. But the White House has insisted there was “no change of policy.”

And that wasn’t his first time.

A few weeks ago, Biden advocated regime change in Russia, declaring in Poland that Russian President Vladimir Putin “cannot remain in power,” only for the White House to walk back his escalation.

Biden was loose-tongued and lacking in self-discipline.

He’s not the kind of president America needs.

Trudeau speaks out against U.S. Supreme court decision reversing Roe v. Wade

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Trudeau speaks out against U.S. Supreme court decision reversing Roe v. Wade

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke out against the U.S. Supreme court’s ruling on Dobbs v. Jackson Women, which overturned Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey. 

On Jun 24, the U.S. Supreme court decided that the United States Constitution did not contain a right to an abortion, and will now allow states to restrict abortion if they so please. 

Currently, 13 states have trigger laws – designed to ban abortion as soon as Roe v. Wade was overturned and is set to take hold in about 30 days. Five more states have laws that can be brought back, as they were originally struck down by the Roe decision that has now been tossed. 

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took to Twitter to bash the decision and reaffirmed his pro-abortion position.

“The news coming out of the United States is horrific. My heart goes out to the millions of American women who are now set to lose their legal right to an abortion. I can’t imagine the fear and anger you are feeling right now,” said Trudeau.

“No government, politician, or man should tell a woman what she can and cannot do with her body. I want women in Canada to know that we will always stand up for your right to choose.”

The Liberals have already made clear that American women seeking abortions are allowed to seek abortions in Canada  when the draft report of the Dobbs v. Jackson case was leaked. 

In May, Liberal minister of families, children and social development Karina Gould said she sees no reason not to allow American women to seek abortions in Canada.

“I don’t see why we would not,” she said. “If they – people – come here and need access, certainly, you know, that’s a service that would be provided.”

However, the government refused to answer if unvaccinated women would be allowed to enter Canada to seek an abortion as unvaccinated Americans cannot enter Canada legally.

This isn’t the first time Trudeau has commented on American affairs that do not concern Canada. 

When a school shooter killed 19 students and 2 teachers in Uvalde Texas, not only did Trudeau comment on the matter, he used the opportunity to push his domestic gun restriction agenda.

Trudeau also commented on the 2020 George Floyd riots and then-president Donald Trump’s reaction – infamously staring at the camera for 21 seconds before responding to the reporter’s question. 

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