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Ontario, Canada
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According to Nanos Research this morning, 79% of Canadians support Canada negotiating associate membership with the EU, even though not a single person can explain what that entails.
Fascinating world we live in…
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1. In Iran, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is a designated terror entity that murders women, dissidents and LGBTQ people.
2. In Canada, the Iranian Canadian Congress (ICC) openly lobbies for the IRGC.
3. In Toronto, Progress Toronto is led by the founders of the ICC.
4. In 2026, Progress Toronto are running Olivia Chow's campaign.
Call me crazy, but I think this is kind of newsworthy.
#topoli
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Mark Warner, one of Canada’s best trade lawyers—and a friend—dismantles, one by one, every argument used to defend Canada’s current negotiating strategy with the United States.
A masterclass of an interview.
Watch the whole thing. Oh, and the midterms won’t make a difference...
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Key government jobs, such as safety inspectors and intelligence analysts, are being prioritized by race.
A new report by the Aristotle Foundation for Public Policy finds 42% of federal job postings practice ‘explicit or potential prioritization based on group identity’ nationalpost.com/opinion/key…
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Mexico still has a higher food-insecurity rate than Canada—but the trajectories are moving in opposite directions. ⬇️
Between 2017–2019 and 2023–2025, Mexico’s rate fell from 23.8% to 16.5%, while Canada’s more than doubled, from 5.1% to 10.5%.
Canada calls itself a food superpower. These numbers suggest we are increasingly failing to feed our own population.
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Some of you may remember my earliest work on Dominic Barton
If not, then enjoy
It also features Mark Wiseman
Team Laurentian
All back together for the reunion tour
How is the Canada Infrastructure Bank doing nowadays, anyhow
Making money yet?
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Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow blames President Trump for higher food prices in Canada while holding a dozen eggs in the video below.
Yet eggs are supply-managed in Canada. Their price has little to do with the U.S.
No words.
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#BREAKING: An Edmonton resident who received $2 MILLION in contracts from the RCMP and Department of National Defence has been revealed to be Mohammad Reza Ghafouri Fard, the son of Iran's former Vice President who has developed missile systems for the IRGC.
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NEW: The Ford government spent $2.1 million promoting its Ontario Place redevelopment last year, as part of a total $9.38 million advertising spend by the tourism ministry.
Across four ministries, we’ve now uncovered more than $65 million in taxpayer-funded advertising.
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"If you want to reform supply management, you need to challenge the dairy boards—not dairy farmers. The boards control everything: information, money and, most importantly, politicians."
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Lawsuit Threat for Exposing a Sneaky Nigerian Doctor’s Sexual Misconduct Investigations
I woke up to a demand letter in my inbox from a lawyer representing Dr. Adegbenga Rabiu, threatening to sue me unless I delete my public interest journalism.
Dr. Rabiu is currently practicing in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan as a pediatrician. He was the subject of two sexual misconduct investigations in Ontario that led to him being essentially banned from practicing medicine in that province.
He then quietly relocated to Saskatchewan to continue his practice, and is now facing two charges of dishonest conduct for allegedly hiding those past sexual misconduct investigations from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Saskatchewan (CPSS).
The video report he wants removed is the one in which I introduced exclusively obtained documents from the CPSS. In those documents, the Registrar demanded the revocation of his license, stating that they would not have given him a license had they known about his history in Ontario.
Now, Dr. Rabiu wants that video report gone and is threatening to sue me unless I delete my report.
I am not going to delete the report. I stand firmly by my public interest journalism, and I will never waver from my commitment to the public good.
You cannot relocate from another province and try to bury your past while having access to the most vulnerable members of our society: children.
I was the only one to cover this story, and I did so without the intention of profit or clicks. But now I need your help to forcefully defend my journalism against this threat, so that the report can stay up and the families in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan can make an informed decision about who they are trusting.
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CBC News believes it has determined the Canadian intern accused of spying at NATO's military headquarters.
" Biwei Zhang... She also goes by Claire and Katina."
"She's in her 30s and is fluent in English, French and Mandarin... She's built an impressive resume over the past decade with working at high profile spots like the World Trade Organization in Switzerland and the European Space Agency in Italy. She's also worked for the Canadian Space Agency as a systems engineer in the satellite operations department and before that as an economist with Stats Canada."
"But CBC News has uncovered something that may have been overlooked. A Federal Court of Canada ruling in 2019. Zhang applied for a job with the CBSA, submitting two forms under slightly different names, giving her two cracks at the application exam."
"The Public Service Commission determined that was fraud, a decision upheld by a 2024 judicial review"
Gary Anandasangaree has some explaining to do @gary_srp
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Canadian Intern Accused of Spying Inside NATO Stands in Closed Belgian Courtroom Today as Ottawa Faces Questions About the Screening That Cleared Her thebureau.news/p/canadian-in…
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Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps sleeper cells are reportedly activating, while Iranian regime-backed groups organize gun-for-hire plots targeting synagogues and the U.S. consulate.
The federal government must tell Canadians whether this latest shooting is connected to the IRGC, why 700 suspected IRGC operatives remain in Canada, and what it will do to arrest, deport, and dismantle these extremist networks immediately.
Remove these terrorists now to protect our people and bring safety back to Canadian streets: conservative.ca/cpc/protect-…
CIJA CEO @nshack spoke with @wolfblitzer on @CNN today about the shooting and attack targeting two locations of a Jewish-owned bakery in Toronto-the latest act of violence against Canadians.
“It’s a multifaceted threat that’s ultimately changing Canada in dangerous ways,” says @nshack.
We need government and authorities to decisively hold accountable those who are perpetuating these attacks and confront those who are inciting violence here in Canada and around the world.
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🚨 THE SHORT LIE 🚨
Global traders built a US$12.5B bet against the loonie while Carney sold Canadians a story of growth. Now Brookfield filings reveal major Canadian-dollar hedges were already in place while he was chair.
Follow the money.
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Ontario may be home to the largest share of AI data centres in Canada, and proposals for new ones in the GTA are piling up, but the Ford government has yet to unveil the rules governing which projects get approved & which get rejected.
My exchange with Energy Minister Stephen Lecce here:
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"Canada isn’t attracting new grocers because the country is generating very little new wealth. Why would anyone invest here? The government’s role is to create the conditions that encourage private investment. PM Carney understands that—which may explain why much of his own wealth is reportedly held outside Canada."
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“Fingers crossed!”
- Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) on shipping Ebola to Wuhan from our BSL4 laboratory
(The scientists who sent it later disappeared from Canada and were found living under new names in China)
What gets me is the mindset. They assume there couldn't possibly be any contamination risk to the people handling those samples - couriers, customs officers, airport staff, anyone.
But one screwup (including improper labeling or inactivation) by an otherwise competent virologist could range from a mild inconvenience to a worldwide catastrophe.
There's a reason countries require permits and documentation for transporting biological materials.
Then you read the reported response from some virologist that they don't need the permits because they apparently do it all the time.
