This is not news to be calm about. A bipartisan intelligence committee has released a report that details exact and specific instances of MPs working wittingly to assist foreign state actors in meddling with the Canadian government. Freeland did not commit to expelling MPs who acted in this manner. This is a crisis.
“If there’s any evidence that somebody knowingly worked with a foreign government to influence our democracy, they should no longer be a member of Parliament,” Singh said.
A new parliamentary report paints a stark picture of foreign interference in Canadian politics, characterizing the government’s response as a ‘serious failure’ that could impact the country for years to come....
This is insanity. Any MP who is proven to have aided a foreign actor in interference operations needs to be removed from Parliament immediately, and prosecuted.
Premier Doug Ford’s push to get beer and wine into convenience stores ahead of schedule will cost Ontario taxpayers at least $225 million, but there’s evidence the full price tag actually adds up to hundreds of millions more....
Canada’s Competition Bureau has launched investigations into the parent companies of grocery chains Loblaws and Sobeys for alleged anti-competitive conduct, court documents reveal, with Sobeys’ owner calling the inquiry “unlawful.”...
This is an encouraging step, and it’s nice to see the heat being turned up on the grocery monopoly.
I think we need cost controls and compulsory transparency about pricing. What stick exactly are the grocery companies wielding to prevent measures like that from being rolled out? A federal government with vision and principles would have had a plan and gotten this done yesterday. Instead, we’re waiting for the assent of megacorps to a non-binding code of conduct, which everybody knows is total vaporware.
I can see why people are disaffected by all the hand waving about ‘competition’. Increased competition is probably part of the solution to the problem here. But it’s not a valid starting point. It’s a result of wise policy and good implementation.
Fair - all I’m saying is, given what we know, it’s not a situation of India’s involvement being equally likely and unlikely. It’s likely, and there are good reasons to believe it to be the case, and no good reasons to doubt it. So I think making a point of saying that it’s unproven is nitpicking and doesn’t accurately reflect the facts of the matter.
The claim that ‘the people who killed Nijjar were too young to be state actors’ is fallacious to begin with. It’s even more tenuous in light of everything else that’s known about the murder.
It goes without saying that there’s no reason to give any weight to India’s denial of involvement. That’s all that really needs to be said about that.
Canada expelled an Indian diplomat. There’s no reason to do that if India wasn’t involved. There’s no reason for India not to cooperate with investigations if they’re not involved. We know that Five Eyes intelligence exists that makes a connection between the assassination and the Indian government. The intelligence itself hasn’t been disclosed (and never will be - sources & methods, etc). So, waiting for that kind of disclosure before forming an opinion on this is folly at best.
The current Canadian government is horribly weak on matters of foreign interference, so if they’ve been mealymouthed regarding this assassination, I don’t think that casts doubt on India’s involvement. If anything, it’s a suggestion of the opposite.
Given the degraded state of Canada’s current foreign policy, it’s expected that they would tiptoe around confirming a direct link between India and the assassination, and may choose to never confirm it. That doesn’t mean we should infer that a link doesn’t exist.
With all that in mind, I don’t see any reason to conclude that India wasn’t involved.
In September, the Canadian prime minister told lawmakers that “agents of the government of India” had been linked to Mr. Nijjar’s killing on Canadian soil
As a millennial with a not-amazing but decent paying job, the notion of retirement at all is laughable. What incentive do people like me have to save, when inflation and cost of living are on the trajectory that they’re currently on? Putting money away at this point just means less money for groceries, rent, and enjoyable things. And in 5 years, that saved money will be worth less than it is today.
After he was charged with possessing child pornography, Nathan Allen Joseph Legault discovered a figure from his past he hoped might help with his future....
In the case at-hand, Legault certainly looks like a guy who was grasping at straws for a lighter hand from the justice system. Not sure who would need to be ‘paid’ in this circumstance.
As a sidebar, I believe Gladue explicitly addresses loss of language and connection with background as an impact of colonialism that must be considered in sentencing, i.e., it’s not necessary to have a deep connection with Indigenous heritage / culture to be considered via Gladue. But yeah, not a factor in this case, which the judge went to great lengths to point out.
Anyway, the sentencing referenced some material that pointed me to the case of writer Joseph Boyden, who falsely claimed Indigenous ancestry. Led me to an article by Wab Kinew about the issue titled There is room in our circle for Joseph Boyden. If you don’t mind sharing, what’s your take on Kinew’s stance?
I ask because it strikes me as antipodal from your view, and I’m just not sure what to think about the issue of identity here.
Provincial governments need to work closely with the federal government. The provincial government actually has a responsibility to establish and nurture that relationship, and not simply throw temper tantrums when the relationship isn’t what they want it to be. When the UCP chooses to be oppositional and obstructive like this, it hurts Alberta citizens, and makes life worse.
There are a lot of things I love about Alberta. But if the next provincial election shows that a majority of the citizens truly want a provincial government that behaves like this, I’m outta here.
Government won't commit to releasing names of MPs who allegedly conspired with foreign actors (www.cbc.ca)
Some MPs helping foreign actors like China and India meddle in Canadian politics: report (www.cbc.ca)
A new parliamentary report paints a stark picture of foreign interference in Canadian politics, characterizing the government’s response as a ‘serious failure’ that could impact the country for years to come....
Doug Ford's change to booze sales could cost far more than $225M (www.cbc.ca)
Premier Doug Ford’s push to get beer and wine into convenience stores ahead of schedule will cost Ontario taxpayers at least $225 million, but there’s evidence the full price tag actually adds up to hundreds of millions more....
Loblaws, Sobeys owners under investigation by Competition Bureau for alleged anti-competitive conduct (www.cbc.ca)
Canada’s Competition Bureau has launched investigations into the parent companies of grocery chains Loblaws and Sobeys for alleged anti-competitive conduct, court documents reveal, with Sobeys’ owner calling the inquiry “unlawful.”...
Fourth man arrested and charged in killing of Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar (www.cbc.ca)
Fort McMurray residents told to be ready to evacuate on short notice due to wildfire threat (www.cbc.ca)
Here we go again. Good luck and stay safe McMurray.
Tim Hortons Is Brewing an Idea of Canada That No Longer Exists. (thewalrus.ca)
Maple Leafs fire Keefe after first-round playoff exit (theathletic.com)
Keefe on Thursday, five days after they were eliminated from the playoffs....
Small grocers, co-ops receiving boost from Loblaw boycott: ‘A lot of anger’ (globalnews.ca)
Posters promoting theft from Loblaws circulate online (atlantic.ctvnews.ca)
LOL marvelous
Young Canadians think retiring at 65 is an outdated concept (financialpost.com)
Canadians’ views on retirement are shifting dramatically, with the idea of retiring at age 65 being one of the early casualties. Read more.
Got to do something over the winter (slrpnk.net)
Canadians’ wages took major hit in 2022 amid high inflation rates: StatCan (globalnews.ca)
Feds announce $1.5b to expand affordable housing (www.theglobeandmail.com)
It’s good to see some kinda/sorta/almost direct spending on affordable housing being announced:...
B.C. judge warns of 'tsunami' of Indigenous identity fraud cases (www.cbc.ca)
After he was charged with possessing child pornography, Nathan Allen Joseph Legault discovered a figure from his past he hoped might help with his future....
Alberta intends to opt out of national pharmacare plan (globalnews.ca)
Alberta intends to opt out of the proposed national pharmacare plan.
Cyberpunk 2077 Follow-up, codenamed Project Orion (press.cdprojektred.com)