Liberal caucus to vote on leadership review powers

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Liberal MPs are gearing up for a critical decision on Sunday — whether to grant their caucus the power to initiate leadership reviews under the Reform Act.

The consequence would be a leadership review of Prime Minister Mark Carney — a parliamentary practice the Liberals haven’t employed in multiple administrations.

The vote, which will be held one day before Parliament resumes, could reshape the party’s internal dynamics and test Carney’s ability to unify a fractious caucus. Continue…

Saskatchewan man gets record sentence for child sex crimes

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A 48-year-old man received what prosecutors say is Saskatchewan's longest sentence ever for sexual crimes against children when he appeared in provincial court.

Richard Dyke was sentenced to 17 years in prison after pleading guilty to charges involving 33 victims.

Judge Brian Hendrickson also placed Dyke on the sex offender registry for life.

The sentence marks the end of a case that began in November 2023.

RCMP arrested Dyke at a home-based daycare in Assiniboia after a victim's father reported him to police. Continue…

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Critical report challenges Quebec’s pipeline shift amid changing public opinion and US trade tensions

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A new report from an activist climate finance watchdog group is pushing back against renewed political interest in natural gas export infrastructure in Quebec, declaring that “the ship has sailed” on LNG megaprojects on Canada’s East Coast.

The report, “That Ship Has Sailed: The Missing Business Case for LNG Exports via Canada’s East Coast,” by Investors for Paris Compliance argues that proposed projects like GNL Québec and Energy East are economically unviable, environmentally damaging, and out of step with global energy trends.

The publication lands just as Quebec Premier François Legault has signalled a softening stance on fossil fuel infrastructure, and as Prime Minister Mark Carney promotes a vision of Canada as an “energy superpower” that includes both clean energy and natural gas development. Continue…

Canada Summons Israel Ambassador After Warning Shots Fired Near Canadian Diplomats

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Prime Minister Mark Carney said it is “totally unacceptable” that members of the Israeli army fired warning shots this week near a delegation that included four Canadians.

The Israeli Defence Force (IDF) fired shots near the group while they were touring the city of Jenin in the West Bank on May 21, according to Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand. No one was injured in the incident, the IDF said.

Anand said she is “relieved” the team was safe. She did not release the identities of the Canadians in the group.

“I have asked my officials to summon Israel’s Ambassador to convey Canada’s serious concerns. We expect a full investigation and accountability,” she said in a May 21 social media post.

Carney commented on the incident during an unrelated news conference on May 21.

“It is the responsibility of the Israeli ambassador to provide an explanation to us, and it is the responsibility of the Israeli government to provide an explanation for this,” he said. Continue…

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Vancouver the 4th Most Unaffordable City in the World, Report Finds

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Vancouver ranks as the least affordable city for homeownership in Canada and is the fourth least-affordable globally, a recently released report on housing costs suggests.

The international report, conducted by the Center for Demographics and Policy at Chapman University in California and published by the Frontier Centre for Public Policy, studied housing costs in the third quarter of 2024 in major cities across eight nations. It found that the least affordable market was Hong Kong, followed by Sydney, San Jose, and Vancouver.

Toronto was also highlighted in the report as being among the cities with the least affordable housing. While Canada’s largest city didn’t make the top 10 list of the most unaffordable cities in the world to live in, it wasn’t far off. Of the 95 major housing markets analyzed, Toronto was identified as the 12th least affordable.

The 95 markets analyzed were in eight countries: Australia, Canada, China, Ireland, New Zealand, Singapore, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

An affordability ratio was given to each market by using the “median multiple,” the ratio of median house prices to gross median household income. A ratio of 3.0 or less is considered affordable, while cities with a ranking of 5.1 to 8.9 are labelled as “severely unaffordable,” and a score of 9.0 or more is “impossibly unaffordable.”

The national median multiple for Canada was recorded at 5.4.

Vancouver received a score of 11.8, making it “impossibly unaffordable” while Toronto was rated 8.4 and Montreal was rated 5.8, classifying them both as “severely unaffordable.”

Ottawa received a score of 5.0 and Calgary 4.8, to put them in the “seriously unaffordable” range. Only Edmonton, which came in at 3.7, was considered “moderately unaffordable.” Continue…

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More Than 50 Percent of Homeowners Struggling to Keep Up With Debt: CMHC

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More than half of Canadian homeowners are struggling with debt, and two in 10 said they have been using credit cards or borrowing to pay off other debt, a recent report suggests.

The report issued by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) is based on a survey of nearly 4,000 participants, as first reported by Blacklock’s Reporter. The goal of the survey was to track the behaviours and attitudes of homebuyers regarding both homeownership and the process of obtaining a mortgage.

CMHC found that 51 percent of mortgage holders were struggling to keep up with debt payments, an increase from 42 percent in 2024. Fourteen percent of respondents said they had missed a mortgage payment due to “economic reasons.”

“Credit cards were the type of debt that mortgage consumers had the most difficulty maintaining (26 percent) followed by their mortgage (17 percent),” the report said.

Of those surveyed, 22 percent said they were using credit to pay off credit, compared to 15 percent in 2024. Continue…

Canada Pension Plan Abandons Net-Zero Pledge

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The Canada Pension Plan (CPP) is no longer maintaining its commitment to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050.

The $700 billion plan’s investment board (CPPIB) said May 21 on its website that while achieving net-zero emissions remains a widely adopted goal for many countries, it presents “risks and opportunities” for investors. It said “recent legal developments” in Canada have changed how net-zero commitments are interpreted.

“In particular, there is increasing pressure to adopt standardized emissions metrics and interim targets, many of which don’t reflect the complexity of a global investment portfolio like ours,” the pension fund said.

The pension fund’s board did not explain what recent legal developments it was referring to, and had not responded to The Epoch Times’ request for comment by publication time.

The CPP’s investment board announced in 2022 it was committing to net-zero emissions by 2050, both for its own operations and investment portfolio. It planned to achieve carbon neutrality for its internal operations by 2023, increase its investments in green assets from $67 billion to at least $130 billion by 2030, and seek out “attractive returns from enabling emissions reduction and business transformation in high-emitting sectors.”

In late 2024, the CPP still held 3.5 percent of the plan in fossil fuel production, roughly $22.6 billion. That year, the CPP made six new investments in fossil fuel production, including $405 million in fracking expansion in Ohio, $1 billion to increase Alberta’s fossil fuel production, and $1.2 billion in oil and gas pipelines in the U.S. Midwest. Continue…

Sen. Kris Wells threatens 'no Canadian citizenship' for Alberta separatists

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'I can assure you. No Canadian passport, no citizenship, no pension, and no future if you want to leave Canada,' Wells posted to X.

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Acquitted of all charges: Trucker scores major victory in Freedom Convoy case

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Harold Jonker, a Niagara trucker and former West Lincoln councillor, was acquitted of all charges—mischief, counselling mischief, intimidation, and counselling intimidation—related to his role in the 2022 Freedom Convoy. “We’re absolutely over the moon,” said lawyer Chris Fleury.

FDA shifts gears on COVID boosters, so why is Canada still pushing mRNA shots for all?

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As Tamara Ugolini explains, the new U.S. FDA leadership has demanded robust trials on COVID boosters for healthy adults, while Health Canada clings to outdated claims.

Government knew COVID hotels were spreading virus, locked Canadians in anyway

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Canadians flew home healthy, were locked up by the government in the name of 'stopping the spread,' and ended up catching the very virus they were supposedly being protected from.

President Trump will attend G7 summit in Alberta

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White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed to reporters that President Trump will attend the G7 summit in Alberta next month.

President Donald Trump will be attending the G7 summit in Alberta next month, the White House has confirmed. Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters on Thursday that Trump would attend the summit, which runs from June 13 to 15.

Canada will welcome leaders from seven of the world's most advanced economies, which include the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Germany and Japan, in addition to Canada and the United States.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese are also being welcomed as guests, CP24 reports.

A petition has been circling online calling on the federal government to bar President Trump's entry to Canada, a sentiment even echoed by former New Democrat leader Jagmeet Singh.

Finance ministers from the G7 are currently wrapping up their own summit in the Rockies ahead of the national leaders' meeting next month.

Trump visited Canada just once during his previous presidency, attending 2018's G7 summit in Quebec.

This year's gathering is set to take place in Kananaskis, Alberta. It marks the first time the province has hosted the G7 since 2002 and comes amid the backdrop of growing separatist sentiment following Canada's federal election.

Carney puts Steven Guilbeault in charge of implementing controversial censorship law

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Steven Guilbeault, a radical environmentalist, has been appointed by Mark Carney to implement Bill C-11, the controversial internet regulation legislation passed by the Trudeau government.

Canada’s former Minister of Environment Steven Guilbeault, known for his radical climate views, will be the person in charge of implementing a controversial bill passed in 2023 which aims to censor legal internet content in Canada.

In a social media post, Guilbeault, who is now the Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture, praised newly elected Prime Minister Mark Carney for his “confidence” in him, adding, “I look forward to getting to work building a stronger country, based on the values of Canadians.”

Guilbeault’s new appointment means he will now be tasked with putting into force Bill C-11, known as the Online Streaming Act. This was passed into law in April 2023, after being forced through Parliament by the Liberal government under former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

The law mandates that Big Tech companies pay to publish Canadian content on their platforms. As a result, Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, blocked all access to news content in Canada. Google has promised to do the same rather than pay the fees laid out in the new legislation.

Bill C-11 was already supposed to have been implemented by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), the country’s broadcast regulator that is tasked with putting in place the law.

However, the CRTC said it will not be until late 2025 that it will finally have a framework to determine exactly how much streaming services will be forced to pay to be in line with mandates for more Indigenous and Canadian content.

Canada’s new Prime Minister, Carney, as reported by LifeSiteNews, vowed to continue in Trudeau’s footsteps, promising even more legislation to crack down on lawful internet content. Continue…