=Anti-Israel “Queers for Palestine” group the largest contingent at Capital Pride parade==

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After weeks of major institutional groups pulling support from the Ottawa pride parade as a result of Capital Pride’s anti-Israel statements, the parade went on, with many celebrants marching against the Jewish state.

Organizations and institutions in Ottawa withdrew funds and participation from this year’s annual Capital Pride parade in August, including the Liberal Party, the University of Ottawa, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, and several Jewish community groups.

The parade featured signs expressing a sense of solidarity with Palestinians and the LGBT+ community, showing the “Progress Pride flag” and the Palestinian flag beside each other. Continue…

Park ‘N Fly personal data breach affects 1M customers

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Around one million customers who use the popular airport service Park ‘N Fly may have had their personal information compromised after the company fell prey to a data security breach last month.

The company announced that a third-party breached its networks using an unauthorized remote VPN, which occurred sometime between July 11 and 13.

However, news of the cyber attack was only made public over the weekend.

While Park ‘N Fly’s platforms were fully restored within five days of the breach, the company estimates that around 1 million customers have likely had their personal information obtained by the cyber attack.

Customers’ leaked information includes names, emails and mailing addresses, as well as Aeroplan and CAA numbers.

“Needless to say, this is completely unacceptable,” former Ontario privacy commissioner Ann Cavoukian told True North. Continue…

China accuses Canada of “protectionism” over new tariffs on EV imports

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The Chinese communist government is accusing Canada of “protectionism” in response to the federal government announcing it will be imposing tariffs on Chinese-imported electric vehicles and related components on Monday.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said his government would be implementing a 100% tariff on Chinese EV imports and a 25% tariff on imported steel and aluminum.

The Chinese Commerce Ministry said that the country is “strongly dissatisfied and firmly opposes this” decision in a statement released on Tuesday.

The ministry claims these tariffs will disrupt the stability of industrial and supply chains on a global scale and damage the country’s economic ties with Canada.

“Canada claims it supports free trade and the multilateral trading system based on (World Trade Organization) rules, but it blatantly violated WTO rules and announced it will take unilateral tariff measures by blindly following individual countries. It is typical trade protectionism,” reads the statement.

The ministry called on the Trudeau government to “immediately correct its wrong practices,” stating that Beijing would take any necessary measures to secure the interests of Chinese companies.

The tariffs are slated to take effect this October. Continue…

BC Conservative MLA Teresa Wat defends attendance at event with senior Chinese gov official

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The newly minted BC Conservative MLA Teresa Wat says that she is just as skeptical of the Chinese government as she is of all foreign governments after appearing at an event in which she sang the Chinese national anthem.

Wat was seen at the Lantern Festival banquet at Richmond, BC’s River Rock casino in February 2023, celebrating the lunar new year.

Wat could be seen singing March of the Volunteers, the Chinese Communist’s national anthem and was given the opportunity to speak before the event’s audience in Mandarin. Continue…