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Saturday, July 26, 2025

Taliban going door-to-door seeking to kill Christians

By
Harrison Faulkner
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The Taliban are reportedly going door-to-door seeking out Afghan Christians and searching through citizens’ phones for Bible apps, the Daily Wire reports. 

According to a report by the Christian Ministry organization Frontier Alliance International (FAI), the Taliban are targeting Christians for death. 

“The Taliban has a hit list of known Christians they are targeting to pursue and kill,” the FAI report reads.

“People are fleeing into the mountains looking for asylum. They are fully reliant on God, who is the only One who can and will protect them.”

The Christian nonprofit organization SAT-7 North America claims the terrorist organization, which recently reclaimed control of Afghanistan, is demanding to search through people’s phones, looking for anything related to Christianity.

“We’re hearing from reliable sources that the Taliban demand people’s phones, and if they find a downloaded Bible on your device, they will kill you immediately,” said the president of SAT-7 North America Dr. Rex Rogers.

Since the Taliban seized nearly all of Afghanistan, there have been multiple reports about the terrorist organization’s egregious human rights violations.

Newsweek reports that women are being beaten or tortured under the strict regime. Other reports also indicate that the Taliban are executing opponents to their regime. 

Critics of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau claim his government has bungled the Afghanistan crisis by failing to evacuate Canadian citizens, diplomatic staff and Afghan nationals who helped Canada’s military in a timely manner and taking a soft approach with the Taliban.

Trudeau was forced to clarify the government’s position on the Taliban after Liberal Foreign Affairs Minister Marc Garneau did not rule out the possibility of recognizing the terrorist group as the legitimate government in Afghanistan.
On Wednesday, women and gender equality minister Maryam Monsef referred to the Taliban as “our brothers.” When asked about her word choice, Monsef said it was a cultural reference.

The Taliban are not “our brothers”

By
Candice Malcolm
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Maryam Monsef is the worst cabinet minister ever to serve in a Canadian government. 

Candice Malcolm says that calling the Taliban “our brothers” is the stupidest thing that a Canadian politician has ever said. It’s disgraceful, it’s ignorant, it’s a slap in the face to all Canadians and especially to the women of Afghanistan. 

Given the opportunity to walk it back or apologize, Monsef refused. She instead doubled down and then tripled down on her ignorant comment, claiming it was a “cultural” statement.

There is nothing cultural about calling terrorists “our brothers.”

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“Significant issues” around vaccine confidence in some BC First Nations communities

By
Cosmin Dzsurdzsa
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Prior to implementing a vaccine passport system which would bar the unvaccinated from accessing non-essential services, BC provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry stated that some First Nations communities faced significant vaccine hesitancy issues. 

“There are many (First Nations) communities where the all-of-community approach has meant that 100% of those in the community have been immunized but there are other communities with significant issues around confidence in the vaccine and some issues around access,” Henry told the Vancouver Sun. 

“The vaccination rates are high among elders so the message now is for youth in communities that this is important to protect yourself and for elders as well.”

According to official statistics from the BC Centre for Disease Control, as of August 15, 2021, only 66.7% of Indigenous people have been fully vaccinated against the virus in the province. Meanwhile, non-Indigenous British Columbians are reporting a 75.8% fully vaccinated rate. 

In response to the slow uptake of vaccines among some communities, the BC government is working with the First Nations Health Authority to further encourage vaccinations. 

As reported by True North, First Nations and minority communities have some of the highest vaccine hesitancy rates in the country. 

“Certain sub-groups in Canada are more likely to report COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy. These include black Canadians, Indigenous peoples, newcomers, and younger adults, among others,” a Statistics Canada backgrounder claimed. 

Federal data shows that black Canadians have the lowest willingness to take a vaccine (56.6%) followed by Indigenous Canadians (71.8%). 

This week, Henry announced a sweeping vaccine passport system which will come into effect in September. Unvaccinated Canadians will be unable to access so-called “unessential services” like restaurants or sporting events under the regime. 

Additionally, according to Henry there will be no exemptions for those who can’t be vaccinated for religious or health reasons.

Legacy media journalists rush to defend Monsef for calling Taliban “brothers”

By
Cosmin Dzsurdzsa
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Canadian journalists from several legacy media outlets rushed to defend Liberal Candidate Maryam Monsef after she referred to the Taliban as “our brothers” on Wednesday. 

Monsef used the term while giving a video statement on the Afghanistan crisis. 

“I want to take this opportunity to speak to our brothers, the Taliban,” Monsef said.

“We call on you to ensure the safe and secure passage of any individuals in Afghanistan out of the country.”

When questioned about the use of the word, Monsef claimed that it was a cultural reference used by Muslims to refer to each other despite the fact that the briefing was broadcast on the Canadian television network CPAC and the Taliban speak primarily Pashto. 

Reporters from the Globe and Mail, Maclean’s, Radio-Canada and elsewhere all excused Monsef’s terminology. 

Globe and Mail senior correspondent Mark MacKinnon

Soon after footage of Monsef referring to the Taliban went viral, Globe and Mail senior international correspondent Mark MacKinnon tweeted in support of Monsef.

According to MacKinnon, Monsef was simply trying to “make a plea directly to the Taliban” as an “Afghan-Canadian.” 

Reports show that Monsef was actually born in Iran but to Afghan parents. 

Parliamentary Press Gallery journalist Dale Smith

In a retweet of a post which shows that Monsef has referred to the Taliban as “brothers” on a separate occasion, Parliamentary Press Gallery journalist Dale Smith tweeted that the “context” around Monsef’s usage of the term about the terror group “matters.” 

Maclean’s contributing editor Stephen Maher

Maclean’s contributing editor Stephen Maher tweeted on Wednesday slamming the “ginned-up rage” around Monsef’s remarks. Maher also vehemently denied that Monsef was a “Taliban sympathizer.” 

Radio-Canada reporter Manon Globensky

In a tweet written in French, Radio-Canada journalist Manon Globensky told fellow reporter Philippe-Vincent Foisy that “yes there are women who speak to the Taliban” and that references to “brothers” was a part of the “language.” 

“The Taliban call the Afghan women whom they beat and denigrate ‘our sisters’ it is in the language (Philippe-Vincent) see nothing else. And yes there are women who speak to the Taliban,” tweeted Globensky in French. 

Alberta government slams “patently ridiculous” UN report

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Cosmin Dzsurdzsa
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The Alberta government is speaking out after a United Nations report alleged that Premier Jason Kenney’s inquiry into anti-Alberta energy campaigns made violence against climate protesters possible. 

The report, titled “Exercise the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association as essential to advancing climate justice” was published by the UN Secretary-General earlier this month. The document was authored by the UN’s special rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, Clément Nyaletsossi Voule.

The report cites the Alberta government under a section on “Vilification, smear campaigns and disinformation.” 

The document claims that the public inquiry launched by the Kenney government in 2019, “helped create a context” where violence and even killings against environmental activists “become justified, normalized and enabled.” 

“The inquiry targeted many organizations advocating for an end to fossil fuel usage and a net zero economy. Such attacks create a chilling effect on individuals’ and groups’ ability to exercise their rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association. They also help create a context in which the physical attacks discussed above become justified, normalized and enabled,” the UN report claims, referencing a preceding section on “Physical attacks, killings and intimidation.” 

The report provides no evidence to substantiate its claims that the public inquiry led to any violence or attacks against climate protesters.

Upon being presented with the report’s allegations, a spokesperson for the Alberta government told True North that the claims were “absurd.”


“The allegations in the report are patently ridiculous. Freedom of peaceful assembly is constitutionally protected in Canada – it is part of the highest law of the land in one of the world’s great liberal democracies,” said Kenney spokesperson Christine Myatt in an emailed statement. 

“The same certainly cannot be said of many of the UN Human Rights Council members that commissioned this absurd report.” 

UN Human Rights Council members currently include repressive and authoritarian regimes like China, Cuba, Russia and others. 

On July 30, Alberta Inquiry Commissioner Steve Allan delivered his final report on anti-Alberta energy campaigns to Alberta Energy Minister Sonya Savage. The 600-page report has yet to be released to the public. 

Unvaccinated candidates barred from London, Ont. election debates

By
Andrew Lawton
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Federal election candidates in London, Ontario’s four ridings must be fully vaccinated to participate in the city’s only televised debates.

According to an invitation sent to candidates the debates’ host and broadcaster, a local Rogers station, the venue at which the debates are being filmed, Aeolian Hall, has a vaccination requirement to enter the premises.

“At this time, Aeolian Hall’s policy to enter the building is that you need to be double vaccinated,” the email says. “Please let us know if you’re unable to attend based on this requirement. Aeolian Hall will operate on the honour system with vaccination status, so this means you will not need to show proof of vaccination.”

London North Centre People’s Party of Canada candidate Marc Emery, who is not vaccinated and does not plan to be, tweeted a screenshot of the invitation, saying the policy will preclude him from debating, despite being a candidate on the ballot.

“Only double Vax (sic) citizens can participate in democracy,” he wrote, vowing to protest the “outrageous apartheid” outside the venue while the debate is taking place.

“Any candidate forum or debate that attempts to bar unvaxxed candidates or citizen voters, I will not participate,” Emery tweeted. I will instead hold a boisterous 90 minute rally with bullhorns outside the doors of any venue that tries to exclude the NoVax population from attending.”

The Rogers coordinator for the debate did not respond to a request for comment. It’s not clear whether candidates unable to attend in person will be permitted to participate remotely.

A page on the Aeolian Hall’s website says all patrons must be “double vaccinated before attending a concert,” though it notes this is not required for those with medical exemptions or children 12 and under. The policy makes no reference to conscientious or religious objections to the vaccine. 

A PPC candidate in the neighbouring riding of London–Fanshawe says he objects to the policy, but will still be attending under the exemption listed on the venue’s website.

“I think they are trying to purposefully exclude the PPC, but I will be attending,” said Kyle Free, who disclosed he is not yet vaccinated. “My goal is to get in and get our message out there.”

Vaccination is not mandatory for the general population in Ontario, which has thus far not implemented any vaccine passport system.

Historically, the London Rogers debates invite all registered candidates to participate. The PPC received 2.4% of the vote in London North Centre in the 2019 election.

Maryam Monsef refers to Taliban as “our brothers”

By
Harrison Faulkner
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Minister of Women and Gender Equality and Afghan refugee Maryam Monsef referred to the terrorist organization the Taliban as “our brothers” on Wednesday.

During a government briefing on the crisis in Afghanistan, Monsef called on the Taliban to ensure a safe passage for people hoping to leave the country.

“I want to take this opportunity to speak to our brothers, the Taliban,” Monsef said.

“We call on you to ensure the safe and secure passage of any individuals in Afghanistan out of the country.”

When asked about her word choice, Monsef said the reference to “brothers” is a cultural reference.

“In terms of the terminology, if you go to messages across the country, Muslims refer to each other as brothers and sisters,” Monsef said. 

“The Taliban are a terrorist group, and yet they claim to be Muslim. We do not support the Taliban. We are horrified that the hard won gains of the past 20 years are at stake like this.”

Throughout her political career, Monsef has publicly discussed her personal story as a refugee from Afghanistan. In a Global News article in 2016, Monsef claims she was 11 years old when she fled from the Taliban with her mother and two sisters. 

“My dad was killed, caught in a crossfire. My uncle was taken from his dormitory one night for speaking up against what was happening politically, never to be seen or heard from again,” she told Global News at the time.

Since the Taliban have taken over Afghanistan, there have been several reports that the terrorist organization is torturing and beating women. There are also reports that the Taliban are executing opponents to their regime. 

Unvaccinated students sue Seneca College for denying them education

By
Caitlin Rose Morgante
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Seneca College’s mandatory vaccine policy is stopping students from completing their education and is “unethical and unlawful,” according to the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF).

Two students represented by the JCCF are now suing the college for denying them education due to their vaccine refusal.

Seneca College was the first postsecondary institution in Canada to announce that all students and staff coming to campus in September 2021 must have the COVID-19 vaccine. “Some doors will open to the vaccinated, and some will remain closed to the unvaccinated,” wrote Seneca College President David Agnew for the Toronto Star. 

“The use of coercive and intimidating tactics in threatening to destroy students’ education and career prospects if they do not submit and receive the new COVID-19 vaccine is unethical and unlawful,” says JCCF Staff Lawyer Allison Pejovic.

In July, the JCCF sent letters on behalf of the students, advising Seneca College that legal action would commence if it did not lift the vaccine requirement. The letters never received a response. 

In a Tuesday press release, JCCF identified the students as Ms. Mariana Costa and Ms. Crystal Love. Both students are anticipated to complete their education in April 2022. Costa is enrolled in a three-year Fashion Arts program, and Love is a single mother enrolled in a two-year Veterinary Technician program. 

Although Agnew claimed in an email announcing the vaccination policy that Senica is not “requiring anyone to get a vaccine,” it is clear that those who are not eligible for a medical exemption and do not comply are left with few other options. 

Costa and Love cannot fully complete their programs online, which will leave them struggling to begin their careers and earn enough income to pay back their student loans.

Agnew justifies the mandate on the basis that vaccines will “stop the spread of infections.”

Pejovic counters that Seneca’s policy is “not science or evidence-based, as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has admitted that fully vaccinated people with breakthrough infections carry high viral loads and can spread the disease to others.”

The JCCF plans to “aggressively defend” students’ charter rights against the “unconstitutional policy.” They assert that “in a free country, individuals are entitled to choose what they inject into their own bodies.” 

A court may find that “vaccine mandates discriminate against the unvaccinated and are a violation of their equality rights,” according to JCCF. They claim that Seneca College bypassed the process of informed consent by failing to disclose “all of the known potential risks associated with the Covid-19 vaccinations (such as Bell’s Palsy, myocarditis, pericarditis, and thrombosis)” before telling students that vaccinations would be required to complete their education.

True North contacted Seneca College for comment but did not hear back by the time this article was published.

The JCCF is still gearing up for the legal battle in which they will “fiercely defend these women and their right to bodily integrity and the freedom to choose what medical treatment they undertake, without the fear of being denied their education.”

Toronto Police Association comes out against mandatory vaccinations

By
Cosmin Dzsurdzsa
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Following an abrupt move by the Toronto Police Service (TPS) to implement a mandatory vaccination requirement for all of its uniformed and civilian employees, the Toronto Police Association (TPA) released a statement opposing the mandate.

In a statement published on Tuesday, shortly after the TPS’ announcement, TPA President Jon Reid came out against the decision to make vaccines mandatory.

“This announcement, however preliminary, is missing critical details that are central to understanding the impacts, timelines, or potentially alternative options available to our members,” Reid wrote. 

“The TPA must make every effort to protect all of our members and therefore, does not support this mandatory vaccination announcement or mandatory disclosure.” 

The TPA is a non-profit organization that’s “dedicated to promoting and protecting the interested and rights of our members and the policing profession through representation, strong leadership and advocacy” according to their official mission statement. 

It has been in operation since 1956 and represents both civilian and uniformed members across Toronto. 

According to recent reports, the TPS policy will require all staff to be vaccinated against COVID-19. 

Beginning on September 13, 2021, the TPS will force all members to disclose their vaccination status. 

“The safety of our members, our workplaces and the public is of utmost importance to us. Our members will be required to be fully vaccinated to protect each other and the communities we serve,” wrote TPS Chief James Ramer. 

In total, the mandate will impact over 5,500 uniformed officers and approximately 2,200 civilian employees of the TPS. 

Canadian Press prints heavily biased “truth test” on O’Toole’s healthcare views

By
Cosmin Dzsurdzsa
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A so-called “truth test” by the Canadian Press on Erin O’Toole’s views around healthcare only included perspectives from sources who staunchly favour the status quo. 

The August 24, 2021, article was published in several outlets including in the Toronto Star and the Times Colonist. 

“The issue comes down to the question of whether private, for-profit health services can be offered without undermining Canada’s universal public health-care system,” the article reads. 

The story was prompted by a manipulated video shared by Chrystia Freeland which attempted to paint O’Toole as opposed to universal healthcare. The 30-second video spliced together several sentences from a two-minute-long comment O’Toole made which actually stressed the importance of defending the universal system.

Instead of offering an objective analysis that includes perspectives from both sides of the issue, the Canadian Press’ purported fact check only included comment from “advocates for a universal public system.” 

The only two experts quoted by the article were the chair of Canadian Doctors for Medicare, Dr. Melanie Bechard, and the national director of policy advocacy for the Canadian Health Coalition, Steven Staples.

Both organizations are explicitly opposed to providing private healthcare options for Canadians. 

“Our mission is to provide a voice for Canadian doctors who want to strengthen and improve Canada’s universal publicly-funded health care system,” a Canadian Doctors for Medicare mission statement reads. 

Based on these few expert opinions, the Canadian Press concludes that O’Toole “has not explained” his healthcare policy.

In reality, O’Toole’s campaign platform dedicates a substantial portion to explain his views on healthcare. Part of the platform includes extensive investments into Health Canada, pandemic preparedness and mental illness care for Canadians. 

Additionally, the article ignored the fact that both public and private healthcare options are the standard in virtually most developed countries with a universal healthcare system, with Canada’s system being an outlier. Those nations include the UK, Japan, much of the EU and Australia. For example, alongside its National Health Service, the UK offers private medical insurance options and the NHS regularly contracts out services to private healthcare providers. 

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