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While B.C.’s human rights code notionally protects people on the basis of political belief, this didn’t help a Simon Fraser University political science professor who was denied a job over his lack of support for DEI. Indeed, the tribunal decided in April not to give the matter a hearing. Article content Josh Gordon had taught at the SFU policy school from 2014 to 2021 on various contracts. He applied for a tenure-track position in 2021, but, despite having positive student reviews, a history of teaching in the faculty (contract renewals and pay increases indicated he was performing well) and a...

Canada's close ties to the United States were once a strength but have become a weakness, Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Sunday, ​in a video message to his country in which he also ‌praised the heroism of military leaders who fought against U.S. invasion more than two centuries ago. Holding up a small toy soldier depiction of General Isaac Brock, the British military leader who died ​defending what is now Canada from a U.S. invasion in the War ​of 1812, Carney said Canada can't control the disruption coming from its ⁠U.S. neighbors, and can't bet its future on the...

OTTAWA — The video playing was clearly Pete Hoekstra, the frequently combative U.S. ambassador to Canada. But something was off. He kept referring to Canada as a partner? “For all of the critical things that we need, Canada would be an ideal partner,” Hoekstra said in a prerecorded conversation at a conservative think tank in March. Hoekstra ticked off the ways the two countries could work together: deepened military cooperation in the Arctic, including through Trump’s “Golden Dome”; beefed-up energy cooperation on oil and gas, critical minerals and uranium; coordinating on artificial intelligence. At one point, he even cited the...

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney secured a stronger hold on power – and bigger mandate to push back against US President Donald Trump - after a series of historic floor crossings and two special election wins supercharged his Liberal Party to a majority government. Liberals were set to win two additional seats in parliament Monday, CNN-affiliate CBC News projected, bringing the party to 173 seats in the House of Commons – just one above the threshold needed to claim a majority government. A third race, a knife-edge contest in Quebec which the Liberal candidate previously won by just one vote,...

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney's Liberal Party has secured a slim majority in the House of Commons, solidifying its hold on power after being projected by Canadian media to win at least two seats in by-elections on Monday. The election gains come a year after Carney took office, and follow five defections by opposition members of parliament to the Liberals. Liberals would now hold 173 of the 343 seats in the House, giving Carney more latitude with his political agenda. Results in a third special election are still unclear. His party will have the ability to pass legislation without relying...

Ottawa, April 1, 2026 — In a move that has sent shockwaves across North America, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney signed a historic accord today formally ceding Canada's sovereignty and integrating the country as the 51st state of the United States. The "Continental Unity Agreement," inked during a brief ceremony at Rideau Hall, dissolves Canada's independent parliament, replaces the maple leaf flag with the Stars and Stripes, and transitions the loonie to the U.S. dollar effective immediately. Carney, flanked by U.S. officials, described the decision as "a bold step toward shared prosperity and unbreakable security in an uncertain world." "Canada...

Canadian MPs passed radical Bill C-9 in a 186-137 vote, and conservatives are now calling on Christians to pray and ‘flood senators’ with phone calls and emails opposing the bill. OTTAWA, Ontario (LifeSiteNews) — The majority of Canadian MPs have voted to pass a Liberal bill that will allow the criminalization of religious expression and belief when quoting parts of the Bible, including about homosexuality and gender.

With only one week left in Canada’s buyback-of-banned-arms program, Minister of Public Safety Gary Anandasangaree suggests police will go door-to-door during Spring and Summer to collect guns. Rebel News published video of an exchange between Anandasangaree and House of Commons member Dane Lloyd. Lloyd said, “Minister, the declaration period for firearms owners is scheduled to end next week. So far, only 2.5 percent of the estimated two million effected firearms have been declared and 98 percent firearms owners haven’t made a declaration. So, if they’re not declaring by next week, what’s your plan, Minister?” Anandasangaree made clear he did not...

Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister Carlos Fernandez de Cossio Dominguez on Friday sought to convince Canada to prop up the fading Communist regime in Havana, arguing that Canadian companies could lose billions from nullified contracts if the regime falls. De Cossio praised Cuba’s “important trade relations” with Canada and the hefty investments Canadian companies have made in Cuba. “Despite the fact that we do not have a coincidence in all the political and international positions, we have always known how to solve our problems, our differences, and work with them based on dialogue and based on mutual respect,” he said. The...

Canada performed thousands of same-day assisted suicides, as it was revealed one elderly woman was killed despite withdrawing her request the day before. The medical assistance in dying (MAiD) program was approved in 2016 and has since been expanded to include requests from patients whose deaths are 'not reasonably foreseeable,' and will soon include those with mental illness. More than 200 people in Ontario alone chose to die within 24 hours of their approval in 2023, a 2024 Ontario report found, The Free Press first reported. Of the 219 deaths, 30 percent of them chose a same-day procedure. In 2024...

Canada said on Monday it plans to provide assistance to Cuba while the island grapples with fuel shortages after Washington moved to choke off Cuba's oil supplies. Washington has escalated a pressure campaign against the Communist-run island and long-time U.S. foe in recent weeks. U.S. President Donald Trump's administration has moved to block all oil from reaching Cuba, including that from ally Venezuela, pushing up prices for food and transportation and prompting severe fuel shortages and hours of blackouts. "We are preparing a plan to assist. We are not prepared at this point to provide any further details of an...

For the first time since 1980, the U.S. men’s hockey team has defeated our chief communist adversary in front of the entire world at the Winter Olympics. If you watched the gold-medal game, and you’re an American, you were probably enjoying yourself the entire time. I certainly was. It was a close game. It went to overtime. Our goalie looked like this: He’s got the American flag and a largemouth bass on his headgear, which is pretty hard to beat. And on top of that, he stopped something like 40 shots during the game. It was incredible to watch, even...

Canada's woke, female , DEI Minister of Defence announces the hiring of foreign nationals into the Canadian Military for the purpose of attacking and destroying provincial oil infrastructure , and the waging of war against its own citizens, especially in Alberta and Saskatchewan. This is a chilling move disguised from the public by military recruitment code numbers.Stirling Thomas does an incredibly accurate reveal as to where the tyrannical liberal elites are prepared to take Canada in order to preserve their protective tariff economy from being an open market, as well as preparations to have foreign military willing to wage war...

It is illegal to say that there are only two sexes, and that indoctrinating children to believe otherwise is dangerous. How illegal? Well, at least in British Columbia, it can bankrupt you. Canadian tribunal fines man $750,000 for believing there are only two genders https://t.co/W5DJVp0zIi— Not the Bee (@Not_the_Bee) February 20, 2026The same totalitarian impulse that gets Europeans arrested and American companies fined hundreds of millions or billions of dollars exists in Canada, but the legal structures are different, so the censorious impulse is expressed differently. No doubt you are aware of the sensational cases of Jordan Peterson and Mark...

President Donald Trump threatened to block the opening of the newly constructed Gordie Howe International Bridge connecting Detroit and Canada in a post to social media on Monday. The Gordie Howe is owned by Michigan and Canada, but is being paid for almost entirely by Canada. The bridge does not have an official opening date, though it is expected to open to traffic this year. Construction started in 2018. Trump took to Truth Social on Monday, slamming Canada for what he called unfair trade deals, and threatened to block the opening of the bridge until “the United States is fully...

A First Nation on British Columbia's central coast is asserting ownership over privately held lands, basing its legal challenge on a landmark ruling from last summer's B.C. Supreme Court decision that paved the way for Indigenous title claims against private property. In this video Dan Dicks of Press For Truth explains how the BC NDP government, under Premier David Eby, is systematically stripping away your private property rights with Indigenous claims that now override the property you sweated for, saved for, built your dreams on, and thought was yours forever. Transcript SummaryThe transcript is a video script from Dan Dix...

Canada and France opened a consulate in Nuuk, Greenland, where Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand raised the Canadian flag during an official ceremony. Canada's maple-leaf flag went up and dozens of people sang “O Canada” as Foreign Minister Anita Anand officially opened the country's consulate in Nuuk, which is also the largest city of the icy Arctic island. Around 50 people gathered for the event and applauded as the flag was hoisted. Canada and France oppose claims by US President Donald Trump over the Danish autonomous territory. Greenland Foreign Minister Vivian Motzfeldt said the move highlights shared values and strong...

Sheila Gunn Reid, Lise Merle and Wyatt Claypool react to debate between Mark Carney and Pierre Poilievre over the impact the industrial carbon tax is having on food costs in Canada.The industrial carbon tax isn't helping fuel the rising cost of food in Canada, claimed Mark Carney during debate with Pierre Poilievre in the House of Commons.“We have the highest food inflation in the G7,” Poilievre said, taking aim at the prime minister. “I've given my theory on why under his leadership, Canadians are paying more, faster than anyone else.”“The impact of the industrial carbon tax is, as estimated by...

As the Liberal government finally rolls out its long-awaited “gun buyback,” the program is running headlong into the near-unprecedented situation of a majority of Canadian governments and police agencies vowing to ignore or defy it. Over the weekend, Yukon and the Northwest Territories confirmed that they would have nothing to do with a federal program to remove “assault-style” firearms from private ownership. The two territories join Ontario, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, as well as an ever-growing list of police departments and police unions saying the program isn’t worth their time. Last week, the head of the New Brunswick Chiefs of...

A Manitoba appeal board has dismissed an appeal from a woman whose surgery to treat advanced colorectal cancer was cancelled because she is on a visitor's record and is not considered eligible for provincial health coverage. The woman came to Canada in February 2024 on a visitor record, which was later extended until October 2025 by federal immigration officials, according to a Jan. 2 decision by the Manitoba Health Appeal Board. She started experiencing "severe gastrointestinal pain" in December 2024 and she was diagnosed with advanced colorectal cancer, the decision said. According to the document, a surgery was scheduled for...