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When discussing the ongoing Biden border crisis and the myriad problems it has caused in virtually every facet of society today, the lion's share of the attention is typically focused on the Southern border. The reasons for that are obvious if only because of the sheer volume of illegal migrants encountered there on a daily basis, including known members of violent South American gangs. But what about the other border we share with one of our neighbors? The Canadian border is far less closely guarded and yet it is pretty much ignored when reporting on this vexing problem. As it...

Americans are well aware of the security disaster of the Biden-Harris open southern border — including 400 illegal crossers who were flagged on the FBI terrorism watch list. But an alarming new terrorism prosecution in New York now demands American attention and diplomatic pressure be turned on Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s unprecedented mass immigration policies. Muhammad Shahzeb Khan, a 20-year-old Pakistani citizen legally allowed a Canadian student visa in June 2023, stands accused in US federal court of plotting a mass shooting of Jews in New York City, to celebrate the October 7 anniversary of the Hamas massacre in...

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has survived a second non-confidence motion in parliament in as many weeks. The motion, brought by the opposition Conservatives, was aimed at bringing down his minority Liberal government and triggering a federal election. The motion failed after Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre again fell short in his effort to gain the backing of other political parties in parliament. Poilievre tabled this second non-confidence motion the day after his last one failed. This motion accused the government of failing Canadians on affordable housing, the cost of living, and crime - key issues that the Conservatives have been...

A homeowner’s plan to make his home greener by switching to a heat pump and installing solar panels in 2023 took an unexpected turn when his then insurance company, CAA, nearly cancelled his policy over the upgrades – eventually pulling coverage entirely due to the solar panels. A CBC News report cited Adam Szabo as saying: “I was confused, of course. I’m like, ‘What do you mean?’ It just doesn’t make sense, right?” Szabo’s desire to boost his property’s value, reduce environmental impact, and lower energy costs was overshadowed by insurance complications he didn’t foresee.

'This is the biggest gastrointestinal illness outbreak we have on record,' says CPHOMore than 550 people who attended the P.E.I. International Shellfish Festival last weekend reported getting sick, according to the province's chief public health officer. "This is the biggest gastrointestinal illness outbreak we have on record," Dr. Heather Morrison told CBC News on Friday. Stool samples taken from people who ate food at the festival have tested positive for norovirus, Morrison said. "That makes sense to us given all the information that we have." The illness caused four people to go to emergency departments, and one person to be...

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau nearly got himself ejected from the House of Commons on Wednesday after refusing to withdraw a remark accusing the Conservatives of being homophobic. MPs were well into question period when Opposition Leader Pierre Poilievre asked about New York Consul General Tom Clark’s $9-million Billionaires Row condo in Manhattan — specifically regarding the home’s opulent bathroom, which featured a “hand-crafted copper soaking tub.” The PM’s response was drowned out by jeers and catcalls from the Conservative benches. But just after Speaker Greg Fergus stood, somebody in the Conservative benches allegedly shouted a remark about Trudeau...

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has survived a motion in parliament aimed at bringing down his government and triggering an election. Wednesday's no-confidence vote is the first in a series of similar votes expected to be put forward by the opposition Conservative Party amid Trudeau's plummeting approval ratings. The motion failed after opposition leader Pierre Poilievre fell short in his effort to shore up support from leaders of two other political parties in parliament, the New Democratic Party (NDP) and the Bloc Québécois.

A Canadian court has ruled that the regulator of lawyers and paralegals in the country’s largest province overstepped when it imposed a litany of sanctions on dozens of licensing candidates accused of cheating on the bar exams. The Ontario Divisional Court’s ruling wiped away most of the sanctions against the accused candidates because they didn’t receive a fair hearing. “The substantial and wide-ranging consequences suffered by the Applicants weigh in favour of a high level of procedural fairness,” the three-judge panel wrote. The aspiring Canadian lawyers who brought the judicial review are relieved but are still waiting to hear if...

New Brunswickers have to be 18 or older to undergo gender-affirming surgeryA Canada Post worker says she was suspended after refusing to deliver flyers that compare gender-affirming medical care to child mutilation. The flyer from Campaign Life Coalition, an anti-abortion group based in Hamilton, Ont., calls for a ban on "child sex-change." Shannon Aitchison said she is the mother of a transgender adult and given that gender-affirming surgery is only available to people aged 18 and above, believes the wording of the flyers is harmful and discriminatory against transgender people. "It's misinformation. It is lies and misinformation being presented as...

It’s a good thing their numbers are thriving. After Prime Minister Justin Trudeau gets done, polar bear safaris may be Canada’s only growth industry.. Legal Insurrection readers may recall that in 2019. I covered a book entitled “The Polar Bear Catastrophe that Never Happened” by Dr. Susan Crockford. The University of Victoria professor analyzes the latest data and reviews the questionable values in official estimates, concluding that polar bears are thriving. Subsequently, she was fired from her position at the university. However, it didn’t stop what she wrote from being true. The polar bear, the iconic image of the climate...

As I pointed out yesterday, PM Justin Trudeau's Liberal Party was facing a special election in Montreal where they were at risk of losing a once-safe seat. As expected, the Liberals lost the seat though not to the NDP but to a candidate from the Bloq Quebecois. The pressure on Trudeau to step aside will only increase after this loss, the second loss for the Liberal Party in just a few monthsThe defeat will raise the pressure on the 52-year-old leader to step aside before the next election, which is scheduled for October 2025 but may happen earlier than that.It’s...

Prime Mnister Justin Trudeau's Liberal Party suffered two byelection losses Monday night. With results in, Liberal candidates lost in both contests. In the perpetually safe seat in Montreal of LaSalle—Émard—Verdun, the Liberal candidate lost to the Bloc Québécois' Louis-Philippe Sauvé, in a tight three-way race. In the Manitoba riding of Winnipeg's Elmwood —Transcona the NDP's Leila Dance defeated the Conservative Party with the Liberals a distant third. In Montreal, Liberal candidate Laura Palestini had insisted “It’s about me. It’s not about the PM. I will let myself be the … prime focus of this election.” Former Justice Minister David Lametti...

A Pakistani citizen residing in Canada, Muhammad Shahzeb Khan, 20, also known as Shahzeb Jadoon, was arrested on Sept. 4 in Canada in connection with a complaint filed in the Southern District of New York. Khan was charged with attempting to provide material support and resources to a designated foreign terrorist organization (FTO), the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS). “The defendant is alleged to have planned a terrorist attack in New York City around October 7th of this year with the stated goal of slaughtering, in the name of ISIS, as many Jewish people as possible,” said Attorney...

'I wonder if they should have just gone to Canadian Tire,' says defence expertDespite the defence department spending more than $34.8 million on new sleeping bags, the Canadian Army asked late last year that hundreds of soldiers headed to a joint northern exercise in Alaska with the Americans be issued with old, 1960s-vintage bedrolls. Troops who had used the recently issued General Purpose Sleeping Bag System (GPSBS) late last fall in a preparatory exercise found "several critical issues," according to an internal briefing note obtained by CBC News. More than 350 soldiers belonging to the 3rd battalion Princess Patricia's Canadian...

Alex Chiu plans to use his lottery winnings for his children's education and investmentsAfter a rough night with his newborn, married father of two Alex Chiu of Maple was in disbelief on learning he had won a $1-million Maxmillions prize in the Aug. 13, 2024 Lotto Max draw. “To be honest, I was having a rough morning. My newborn had kept me up all night,” Chiu recalled, while at the OLG Prize Centre in Toronto to pick up his winnings. “I received an email from OLG confirming I had won, and at first, I thought it had to be a...

Slim CD, a credit card processing service company popular in the United States and Canada, recently revealed that a hack, which took place last year, exposed personal information of almost 1.7 million customers. “On or about June 15, 2024, Slim CD became aware of suspicious activity in its computer environment,” said a Sept. 6 customer notification letter from the company. The Florida-based company said unauthorized system access occurred between Aug. 17, 2023, and June 15, 2024. “That access may have enabled an unauthorized actor to view or obtain certain credit card information,” Slim CD said. The company said customer names,...

This would be the largest Attack on US soil since 9/11.”... First, there was an arrest in Vegas over a teen convert to Islam who wanted to kill Jews. Now there’s been another arrest in what appears to be a more sophisticated plot. Muhammad Shahzeb Khan, a Pakistani Muslim living in Canada, planned to carry out terrorist attacks against Jews in New York. There was an unnamed American Muslim also involved. During those conversations, Khan confirmed that he and a U.S.-based ISIS supporter (Associate-1) had been planning to carry out an attack in a particular U.S. city (City-1). Among other...

A Pakistani national was arrested in Canada this week for allegedly plotting a mass shooting at a Jewish center in New York City on the anniversary of the October 7 terrorist attack by Hamas militants against Israeli civilians. Muhammad Shahzeb Khan, 20, also known as Shahzeb Jadoon, was charged with attempting to provide material support and resources to the terrorist organization ISIS, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ). “The defendant is alleged to have planned a terrorist attack in New York City around October 7th of this year with the stated goal of slaughtering, in the name of ISIS,...

Harris grew up in the poshest neighborhood, which, at the time she lived there, was not only the nicest neighborhood in Montreal but was the richest one in all of Canada — far from the struggle of the "streets" Harris now purports to have been down with. According to an op-ed that her best friend from her time at Westmount High School penned, Harris lived with her mother and sister Maya on Grosvenor Avenue in a Victorian home. As her friend explains, Harris enjoyed "family dinners and a stable life." This is the street Harris grew up on. These homes...

Canada’s left-wing New Democratic Party (NDP) on Wednesday announced it was withdrawing from the coalition keeping Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in power, a blow that could seriously threaten the already-embattled Trudeau’s grip on power. NDP leader Jagmeet Singh announced the breakup in a campaign-style video released by his party. “Today, I have notified the prime minister that I have ripped up the supply-and-confidence agreement. Big corporations and wealthy CEOs have had their government. It’s the people’s time,” Singh said in the video. A supply-and-confidence agreement is essentially a promise by a minority party to unconditionally support a larger party, without...