🇨🇦 Pierre Poilievre hammered Mark Carney in the Commons, citing the Parliamentary Budget Officer’s ominous warning that “something will break.” He accused Carney of being even more fiscally reckless than Trudeau, adding 70% to the deficit in mere months.

#Canada

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🇨🇦 Alberta has reported its first death linked to the ongoing measles outbreak.

A premature baby, delivered early after the mother contracted measles during pregnancy, died shortly after birth, officials confirmed.

Since March, Alberta has seen 1,914 measles cases, including 152 hospitalizations and 15 ICU admissions — surpassing total U.S. cases over the same period.

Health Minister Adriana LaGrange called the loss “heartbreaking” and urged Albertans — especially those planning pregnancies — to ensure they have two doses of the vaccine, as measles poses severe risks to children under five, pregnant women, and the immunocompromised.

#Alberta

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🇨🇦 Who really runs Canada?

Prime Minister Mark Carney was asked who he met with in his recent trips to London and New York, who he was meeting with, specifically business leaders. His answer? He “didn’t know" what his office discloses in terms of names. Broadly, he said they were “infrastructure investors” and “global capital” firms that finance infrastructure projects around the world.

That’s the problem. Canadians don’t get names. We don’t get transparency. We just get vague references while unelected financiers and foreign funds quietly shape the future of our energy, housing, and economy.

This isn’t transparent democracy — it’s Davos politics. Decisions that should be made in Parliament are being steered in closed-door sessions with global capital, shielded from public scrutiny. And when our leaders shrug off transparency, it confirms what many Canadians fear: the country is being run to please investors abroad, not the people who live here.

#Canada

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Ontario’s “Skills Development Fund” — or Doug Ford’s $2.5B slush pile?

The Auditor General just dropped a bombshell: $750M in grants from Ontario’s Skills Development Fund were handed out not by neutral civil servants, but by Ford’s political staff. And surprise—millions flowed to companies tied to PC donors.

Take Dentacloud, a dental private-equity outfit that pocketed $2M. Its director, John Maggirias, has given $23K to Ford’s PCs since 2022. He even got nominated for a King Charles Coronation Medal by Ford himself.

Or Pace Law Firm, run by Nick Simone—another Ford donor and medal nominee—that scored $3.3M in SDF grants. Meanwhile, companies like Scale Hospitality ($11M) and Canadian Niagara Hotels ($9M) also made the list of recipients with ties to Conservative coffers.

Ford’s Labour Minister insists this is all about “nimbleness” and “changing lives.” Opposition parties call it what it looks like: a pay-to-play fund funnelling public money to friends of the party.

This is the same government that bulldozed Greenbelt lands for developers with close ties to the PCs until public outrage forced a backtrack. Now it’s skills training money at risk.

Ontario workers were told this fund was to train them for better jobs. Instead, it’s starting to look like another rewards program for Ford’s insiders.

#Ontario

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Unmasking the Montreal Church Attack: Serious Questions Raised by Rebel News Investigation

On July 25, during a Sean Feucht worship service in Montreal, chaos struck when Gabriel Lepage allegedly bypassed police, entered Ministerios Restauración Church, and hurled two smoke bombs on stage. What at first looked like a fringe disruption has spiraled into something far darker.

Rebel News dug into Lepage’s background and found he was employed by none other than the Department of National Defence. That revelation alone should set off alarm bells. Their reporting has also tied Lepage to Antifa networks, raising serious questions about how far extremist infiltration may reach inside Canada’s institutions.

Even more troubling: Montreal police showed a baffling lack of urgency in identifying or arresting Lepage. Rebel News reporter Alexa Lavoie was threatened with harassment charges just for trying to expose him. During questioning, Lepage was actively texting, and within minutes, Antifa members appeared at the scene—a disturbing sign that organized cells may be operating with coordination and protection.

According to Rebel’s sources, individuals inside the Department of National Defence were aware of the church attack but never reported it to police. Was this a cover-up? Why does Lepage remain at large despite being publicly unmasked?

For Christians and civil libertarians alike, this incident is more than a hate crime. It carries the weight of a what could be a terrorist attack. Yet, while Ottawa passes law after law on “hate speech” and “hate crimes,” the government appears reluctant—if not outright unwilling—to call out violence when it comes from the radical left.

Rebel News has now taken its campaign public, calling on Prime Minister Mark Carney to recognize Antifa as a terrorist organization. Their investigation has pulled back the curtain on something Canadians are not supposed to see: a government quick to police thought and speech, but seemingly hesitant to confront extremists when they target churches.

#Quebec

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Gangland Assassination at a Starbucks in Laval

A targeted killing at a Starbucks in Laval has once again exposed the fragility of Canada’s so-called “rule of law.” In broad daylight, gunmen entered a café and executed Charalambos Theologou, a convicted drug trafficker long tied to Montreal’s Greek crime network. Two others were injured before the shooters slipped away, leaving a burning getaway car behind in what authorities admit was a professional, organized hit.

For years, Canadian officials have boasted of stability and security, yet organized crime has burrowed deep into the country’s urban centers. From biker gangs to mafia cells and now transnational networks, criminal power often operates with greater efficiency than the state itself. The ease with which attackers can strike, then erase their trail, reflects a level of impunity that police and security services seem unable or unwilling, to contain.

The Laval attack is more than a “gangland shooting.” It highlights a deeper reality: in Canada, political leaders legislate endlessly on “hate speech” and “online safety,” but violent crime escalates in the streets. Billions are poured into surveillance schemes that monitor ordinary citizens, while organized syndicates thrive in plain sight, free to launder money, smuggle drugs, and wage their wars undisturbed. This was at a Starbucks in broad daylight with families.

This brazen assassination underscores a hard truth: a province that cannot control its streets, yet a ruling class in Ottawa obsesses over controlling speech, is a state whose priorities are upside down.

#Quebec

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🇨🇦🇺🇸💸 Mark Carney heads to Washington Tuesday for a high-stakes White House meeting with Donald Trump. On the table: tariffs that have already hammered Canadian producers, and a trade relationship tilting further in America’s favor.

Carney talks about “partnership” — but who really benefits when Ottawa bends to Washington’s rules?

#Canada #USA

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The Ostrich Rebellion: When “Public Health” Becomes State Overreach

In Edgewood, B.C., 400 ostriches stand at the centre of a showdown that reveals far more than a bird flu scare. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) ordered a mass cull after detecting avian influenza, invoking its sweeping powers under the Health of Animals Act. The farm fought back, arguing that healthy animals should not be destroyed simply because of bureaucratic decree.

When the Federal Court of Appeal sided with the CFIA, it looked like the birds were doomed. But now the Supreme Court of Canada has granted an interim stay, halting the cull while it considers whether to hear the full case. This isn’t just about ostriches — it’s about whether unelected agencies can wipe out livelihoods at the stroke of a pen, with no real accountability.

The stakes are immense: if the Supreme Court takes the case, it could set a national precedent on how far “public health” powers extend, and whether private citizens have any shield against blanket state orders. Critics say this is another example of how crises — whether pandemics or farm outbreaks — are used as cover to expand centralized authority.

What happens in Edgewood isn’t isolated. It’s part of a larger pattern: the same state that froze bank accounts during protests now seeks the right to cull flocks, shut down businesses, and even disconnect people from the internet — all in the name of “safety.” Each case chips away at freedom while concentrating power in fewer and fewer hands.

For now, the ostriches live — and with them, a question that goes beyond farming: do Canadians still have the right to resist state overreach, or have we already accepted a system where obedience is survival?

#BC

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🇨🇦⚖️ Carney’s ‘Comprehensive Bail Reform’: Empty Words for a Broken System”

Pierre Poilievre went straight for the jugular in the House yesterday. He brought up the tragic case of a Quebec woman murdered by her partner — a man with a long, violent record who was out on bail.

The question cut to the heart of what ordinary Canadians already know: a justice system that preaches “compassion” while turning loose predators to victimize the same people it claims to protect.

Poilievre demanded to know why yet another violent offender was out on the street, and what the government planned to do about a system that seems to protect criminals more than citizens.

Mark Carney, now comfortably wearing the Liberal crown, responded with his usual technocratic calm — saying the government is working on a “comprehensive bail reform” in partnership with the provinces and law enforcement. He insisted it won’t be a “cut-and-paste from American bail procedures” but promised it would be “tough on crime and firm on the rights of Canadians.”

But what does that even mean? Another committee, another roundtable, another “reform” that changes little except the press release?

Because let’s be honest — this tragedy isn’t an exception; it’s a symptom. The so-called “progressive” bail policies, built on ideological softness and bureaucratic delay, have unleashed a wave of repeat offenders back into the streets under the illusion of rehabilitation. The public has lost faith, and for good reason.

Carney’s words were polished, but hollow. Behind the rhetoric lies a government trapped between two illusions — one, that leniency equals justice; and two, that consultation equals leadership.

Meanwhile, families bury loved ones. Police officers risk their lives to re-arrest the same offenders they caught last month. And the Liberal response? More working groups. More frameworks.

Carney’s comment that Canada won’t “copy American bail reforms” is ironic — because we’re not even copying what works. We’re imitating the worst aspects of the U.S. and Europe’s collapsing justice paradigms: ideological rigidity, institutional paralysis, and a refusal to admit failure.

The Liberals talk about “balancing rights and safety”, but that balance has already tipped. The rights of violent offenders are now treated as sacred; the rights of victims, as unfortunate footnotes.

Poilievre’s question, however political it was, landed for one simple reason — it reflects what millions of Canadians are seeing and feeling. There’s a growing rage that runs deeper than party lines. A recognition that the system itself is morally inverted.

Carney’s bail reform, if it ever materializes, will be another paper shield. Bureaucratic balm for a gaping wound. The Liberals don’t need “reform”; they need the courage to abandon the ideology that caused this mess in the first place — the belief that public safety and justice must always be subordinate to progressive theory.

The woman in Quebec isn’t just a tragedy; she’s a warning. Every time a violent offender walks free, it’s another signal that this country’s moral compass is spinning out of control.

Carney’s smooth reassurances in the House can’t hide that. The system is breaking down — not because of a lack of laws, but because of a lack of will.

#Canada

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🇨🇦🍇The Tariff War’s Silver Lining: Canada Rediscovers Its Own Vineyards

Washington’s trade war was supposed to cripple Canada’s export markets. Instead, it’s sparked an unexpected renaissance — a patriotic “Buy Canadian” movement that’s pouring new life into vineyards from Niagara to the Okanagan.

After U.S. President Donald Trump slapped 25% tariffs on nearly all Canadian goods earlier this year, several provinces responded by pulling American wine and spirits from store shelves. The result was immediate: California labels vanished, and Canadians reached for bottles with maple leaves on them instead.

Ontario’s wineries saw sales surge nearly 80%. In Quebec, domestic wine sales jumped more than 50%. Alberta’s shelves, stripped of U.S. imports, filled with local vintages that once struggled to compete with cheap American mass production. From small family operations to regional growers, wineries hired new staff, upgraded equipment, and opened restaurants to meet the booming demand.

It’s a reminder that local industry doesn’t die naturally — it’s suffocated by trade regimes that reward foreign giants while punishing regional producers. Once those distortions were temporarily lifted, Canadians realized they didn’t need global conglomerates to tell them what to drink. They rediscovered craftsmanship, community, and taste rooted in their own soil.

Yet even as domestic sales soar, barriers remain. Interprovincial trade restrictions still treat a B.C. red wine like a foreign import in Toronto. Ottawa signs global trade pacts in the name of “free markets,” but the Canadian farmer still can’t freely sell to the next province. The irony is sharp — a country that lectures the world about globalization can’t even unify its own internal market.

Still, this brief taste of self-reliance has left an impression. Canadians are realizing that sovereignty isn’t just political, it’s economic, cultural, and agricultural. Sometimes it takes a tariff war to remind a nation that what’s local is not just good enough — it’s better.

#Ontario #Quebec #BC

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🇨🇦 Canada’s Submarine Gamble: Building Sovereignty or Buying Dependence?

Germany’s offer sounds generous: Berlin’s state secretary for armaments, Jens Plötner, says Canada could build up to half of its new submarine fleet at home, if only Ottawa asks. But behind the diplomatic niceties lies a deeper question: who will really command the keel of Canada’s next generation of submarines... Canadian engineers or foreign military industrialists?

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government is weighing bids from Germany’s ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems and South Korea’s Hanwha Ocean. Both come with promises of “partnership” and “industrial cooperation.” Yet the very fact that Canada lacks the capacity to build its own naval vessels after decades of outsourcing is the real story. A country that once forged its own tanks, aircraft, and ships now depends on foreign workshops to defend its own coastline.

Plötner’s invitation to “build locally” is shrewd diplomacy... shared production means shared control. Germany gains an overseas hub and political leverage, while Ottawa wins headlines about jobs and “strategic cooperation.” But sovereignty doesn’t thrive on dependency. A fleet that needs foreign blueprints, foreign parts, and foreign technicians will never sail entirely under a Canadian flag.

What Canada truly needs isn’t another imported defense partnership—it’s industrial self-respect. The country that sits atop one of the world’s longest coastlines should not have to beg for the right to build its own submarines. The moment Canada reclaims that ability will be the moment it stops mistaking integration for independence.

#Canada #Germany

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🇨🇦 Canadians Detained After Gaza Flotilla Interception

Two Canadians have been detained in Israel after the navy intercepted the Global Sumud Flotilla — a convoy of over 40 vessels carrying international activists attempting to break the Gaza blockade. Israel claims the flotilla posed a “security threat,” but organizers say it was a peaceful mission to deliver aid and expose the humanitarian crisis.

Ottawa’s silence is concerning. When Canadians are detained for standing up to collective punishment and for daring to defy an unlawful siege, it reveals a government more loyal to foreign interests than its own people — and a foreign policy that confuses obedience with diplomacy.

#Canada #Israel

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🇨🇦🛢️ Pipeline Politics: Ottawa’s Silence Speaks Volumes

Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson dodged the question — again. Asked whether Ottawa might lift the B.C. tanker ban to clear the way for Alberta’s new pipeline proposal, he gave no answer. The hesitation says everything.

Canada sits on the world’s third-largest oil reserves, yet acts like it needs permission to use them. Every delay, every dodge, every “we’ll review it later” can weaken national sovereignty and hands leverage to foreign interests that want Canadian energy buried, not built.

If this government truly believed in a strong, independent Canada, it wouldn’t need to “consult” before defending its own prosperity.

#Alberta #BC

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