*This sounds like True Conservative, Peoples Party Of Canada legislation! I think these Ministers responsible should join the PPC because this is not very Liberal of them to pass this bill that I agree with.* 

 

House passes official languages bill to enshrine francophone immigration in law

Story by The Canadian Press

 

 

OTTAWA — A bill that aims to enshrine a francophone immigration program into law is heading to the Senate after clearing the House of Commons.

Bill C-13 would modernize the Official Languages Act and recognize that French is the only official language in Canada that is under threat and therefore must be protected within federal workplaces.

The bill passed third reading in the House of Commons Monday with Montreal Liberal MP Anthony Housefather, who has expressed concerns about its effect on the minority English-speaking community in Quebec, being the only one to vote against it.

"This is really a historic day. It's a really important day for this legislation and an important day for our country," said Official Languages Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor following the vote in the House. 

The bill, if it becomes law, would introduce immigration in the Official Languages Act for the first time, and recognize its importance to the vitality of francophone minority communities outside Quebec.

 

The Liberal government believes this will help increase childcare, education and health-care services in French across Canada, where programs are affected by a lack of bilingual workers. 

"Through this modernization we're talking about putting in place an immigration policy with indicators and targets to make sure that we reverse that decline," Petitpas Taylor said. 

The bill would also require that all judges appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada are bilingual in order to improve access to justice and to ensure that future governments can't change the policy.

The bill has been described by MPs as having more teeth, which they said was needed because "baby teeth are not forever teeth," as Conservative MP Joel Godin said during a committee meeting. 

The bill would give more tools to the Commissioner of Official Languages. 

It also would give people working in federally regulated private businesses in Quebec — or in official-language minority communities outside of Quebec — the ability to work in French and be served in French. However, that won't apply to the broadcasting sector.

Strengthening the Official Languages Act had been part of the Liberals' 2021 election platform. 

A previous version of the legislation was introduced in 2021, but it never passed. Bill C-13 was later tabled in March 2022, and if it becomes law it will apply to all federal departments and institutions such as courts, post offices and Service Canada offices.

Petitpas Taylor has said it will also apply equally to all official-language minority communities in Canada, whether they are French-speaking people living in Manitoba, or English-speaking Quebecers.

Housefather broke away from the party line to vote against the bill on Monday and Quebec Liberal MP Sherry Romanado abstained from voting.

Throughout the committee's study phase, Housefather raised concerns because the bill's preamble references the government of Quebec's Bill 96, which was adopted last May before the federal bill was drafted, and requires all provincial businesses to operate in French. 

That provincial law was passed using the notwithstanding clause, which allowed the government to temporarily override the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

Warren Newman, senior general counsel in the federal Justice Department, told MPs during a committee study of the bill that the mention of Bill 96 will not limit services to English-speaking minorities. 

"I don't see that federal services from federal institutions would be in any way compromised by the mere mention of the fact that the Charter of the French Language and other linguistic regimes are matters that the government recognizes as part of the overall context," Newman said during a March committee meeting. 

Following the bill's passing in the House, Petitpas Taylor also took a moment to reassure English-speaking Canadians.

"I want to be very clear to anglophones listening to us today that C-13 in no way takes away any rights away from official minority communities, and that includes our anglophone communities in Quebec."

This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 15, 2023.

 

Anthony Furey denounces school’s woke removal of Mother’s Day sign

By

Noah Jarvis

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May 11, 2023

 

 

 

Toronto mayoral candidate Anthony Furey denounced a TDSB school’s decision to remove a sign celebrating mothers for Mother’s Day, saying the decision was made by far-left administrators.

Furey is currently on leave as True North’s vice-president of editorial and content.

The Kew Beach Junior Public School had their Grade 6 students craft a heartwarming message to display on the school’s message board which read, “Life does not come with a manual, it comes with a mom.”

 

However, the school capitulated to demands to take the sign down after a few parents complained that the sign was “mega exclusionary,” and didn’t represent LGBTQ families with same-sex couples.

  The sign was replaced with a message free from any references to mothers, instead displaying a message featuring a glaring spelling mistake.

“M: Make this month count. A: Accoplish (sic) your goals. Y: You can do this,” the new signage reads.

Furey, the only candidate to weigh in on this issue, said that Kew Beach Public School’s decision to remove the Mother’s Day sign was proof that the TDSB has been captured by wokeness.

“Yesterday’s decision to remove a sign supporting mothers outside Kew Beach Public School is just more evidence that the TDSB is in thrall to political correctness and is in urgent need of reform,” said Furey.

 Furey commented on how the woke capture of the TDSB has created a sub-optimal culture that is resulting in poorer educational outcomes for its students.

“Time and again now we’ve seen how its far-left administrators are creating a culture of intolerance and left-wing zealotry in our schools. It’s bad for our kids’ education and it has got to stop,” said Furey.

Furey used the opportunity to announce that he would revive the TDSB’s school resource officer program that placed a police officer in schools.

“As Mayor, I would also call for the reinstatement of the School Resource Officer program, to help ensure our children and teachers have a safe place to learn and work,” remarked Furey.

Furey says that after consultations with Toronto’s parents, a Furey mayoralty would have Toronto’s schools focus on academic achievement and school safety.

“I’m hearing from parents of all walks of life across Toronto who say they just want a school system focused on academic excellence and safety,” said Furey.

“As Mayor, I will be the voice for parents who have grown tired of divisive ideologies holding so much sway in our schools.”

 

https://tnc.news/2023/05/11/furey-denounces-woke-sign/ 

 

Bernier says he will run to fill former CPC MP Candice Bergen’s Manitoba seat

By

Cosmin Dzsurdzsa

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May 12, 2023

 

  

 

 

People’s Party of Canada leader Maxime Bernier will compete for a federal seat in rural Manitoba in a forthcoming byelection.

Bernier will be running to replace former Conservative Party interim leader and Portage–Lisgar MP Candice Bergen who announced she was leaving political life. In an announcement, Bernier pitted himself as the main opponent to the Conservatives – his former political home. 

“I’m proud to announce that I’m putting my name forward in the upcoming byelection in your riding,” Bernier told supporters. 

“I’m ready to be your representative in the House of Commons, because we know that families deserve a strong voice and I’m ready to be that strong voice for you and for the country.” 

According to Bernier, the byelection results will be a “major turning point” for Canada. 

Although the byelection has yet to be called by the Prime Minister, the Conservatives nominated candidate Branden Leslie to run in the riding. 

In the 2021 federal election, PPC candidate Solomon Wiebe came second to Bergen with 21.58% of the vote – among the best results the party has seen running federally. 

According to the latest poll, the PPC is currently sitting at 2% of the federal vote. 

During his speech, Bernier blasted the “woke cult” that is tearing down the traditional foundations of Canadian society. 

“The woke cult is tearing down the traditional pillars of our society and seeking to establish a twisted and deeply sick vision of the future,” said Bernier. 

“It is not the People’s Party that divides the Conservative vote, on the contrary, it is the Conservatives who move ever more to the left to divide the Liberal vote.”

 

https://tnc.news/2023/05/12/bernier-byelection-manitoba/ 

*Canadian National Gravel Throwing Champion Shane Marshall!* Trudeau gravel-thrower sentenced to 90 days house arrest, one year probation

 *Canadian National Gravel Throwing Champion Shane Marshall!*

 

 Trudeau gravel-thrower sentenced to 90 days house arrest, one year probation 

 Story by The Canadian Press

 

 

LONDON, Ont. — An Ontario man who threw gravel at Justin Trudeau during an election campaign rally was sentenced to 90 days of house arrest on Monday, with a judge denouncing the 2021 assault as an "expression of mob mentality."

Shane Marshall was handed a 90-day conditional sentence and one year of probation at his sentencing in London, Ont.

The former local riding executive for the People’s Party of Canada admitted to throwing gravel at Trudeau as he boarded a campaign bus to leave a protest-marred rally in London ahead of the September 2021 election. Trudeau was hit by some of the gravel, the judge said, but left uninjured.

Justice Kevin McHugh said acts of violence against public figures are "anti-democratic and need to be denounced in the strongest terms."

"This was not an expression of political beliefs. It was a manifestation of mob mentality, which if left unchecked allows anarchy to prevail," McHugh said as he issued Marshall's sentence.

Marshall, 26, pleaded guilty to common assault in March, on the same day his case was set to go to trial and after a failed attempt to get Trudeau to testify. Marshall was originally charged with assault with a weapon. 

    His lawyer, Luke Reidy, applauded the sentence as fair and balanced, saying Marshall acknowledged the seriousness and potential danger of his actions. The Crown had asked for a 30-day jail sentence.

"His goal now is to find a way to deal with his emotion, through counselling and to make sure this never happens again," Reidy said outside the London courthouse.

Asked whether Marshall had any plans to attend People’s Party of Canada political rallies, Reidy said "he has no immediate plans for that."

 

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/trudeau-gravel-thrower-sentenced-to-90-days-house-arrest-one-year-probation/ar-AA1aT7s9 

 

 

Canada's Housing Crisis: A Consequence of Aggressive Immigration Policy

  Story by Investing.com

 

 

 

By Ketki Saxena

Investing.com - The Trudeau government has taken a perplexing approach to tackling the ongoing housing affordability crisis in Canada. By implementing the most aggressive pro-immigration policy in history, they have intensified the demand-supply imbalance within the country. Consequently, population growth continues to soar, with Canada experiencing its highest ever annual growth rate at 2.7 per cent – an increase of more than a million people – last year.

As per David Rosenberg of Rosenberg Research, this strategy is nothing short of bewildering.

Rosenberg notes that the crux of the issue lies in Canada's inadequate supply, particularly for residential real estate, which cannot accommodate such immigration-driven population growth without further straining an already-overburdened housing market. The ratio of population to housing stock now stands at 40 per cent above historical norms, as does homeowner affordability ratio.

 He adds that the Bank of Canada’s (BoC) rate hikes over the past year would have succeeded in lowering real estate prices to more reasonable levels; however, this was thwarted by federal government’s unyielding immigration stance that maintained housing inflation intact. As a result, aspiring Canadian homeowners continue grappling with elevated prices and central bank-induced rates shock.

Ballooning debt remains necessary for many Canadians seeking home ownership; consequently pushing household balance sheets into precarious territory with a record-high debt/income ratio at 180 per cent. Over 14 per cent of incomes are now consumed by escalating debt-service costs while tight labour markets and growing earnings fail to offset higher rates and persistent exorbitant home prices, which are once again trending upwards.

With further rate hikes by the BoC seeming unlikely, Rosenberg believes that the only way to improve affordability for Canadians is for the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. to tighten lending guidelines.

Rosenberg exhorts Ottawa to seriously contemplate adopting a less-ambitious immigration policy as its current approach causes more harm than good. A nation where individuals in their 30s face exclusion from the housing market due to prolonged periods of excessive home price inflation – a direct result of government policy – is far from content. This discontent may manifest itself in the upcoming elections, providing ammunition for opposition parties.

 Rosenberg is no less stringent in his criticism of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who he believes has facilitated some of the most burdensome housing affordability conditions ever encountered in Canada; and that this has had widespread negative implications on society as a whole.

To illustrate just how dire this situation is, he points out that homeowner affordability would need to witness an almost 30 per cent drop in home prices merely to revert back to its long-term average. However, such natural correction remains unattainable due to governmental immigration policies that maintain absurdly high price levels. Interest rates would have to plummet nearly two percentage points or incomes surge by 40 per cent instead.

The bottom line? Rosenberg notes that this precarious scenario cannot persist indefinitely; with little likelihood that income will increase by 40 per cent anytime soon, what's needed is for the BoC to facilitate lower rates while implementing fiscal and regulatory policies fostering reasonable home prices (regrettably at existing homeowners' expense) and sustainable low inflation (currently hindered by Ottawa’s spending and immigration strategies).

 

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/realestate/canada-s-housing-crisis-a-consequence-of-aggressive-immigration-policy/ar-AA1aI6Fd 

Federal government strips religious symbols from crown adorning Royal Coat of Arms

 *Another crime of Treason to add to the list of criminal acts perpetrated by Turdeau and his Fiberal/nDP Unholy alliance to attack Euro-Canadian Christian values, heritage, culture and traditions*

 

Federal government strips religious symbols from crown adorning Royal Coat of Arms

 Opinion by John Ivison

 

The top portion of Canada's Royal Coat of Arms as it currently looks, with a depiction of St. Edward's Crown, worn by Queen Elizabeth II.

 

 

 

OTTAWA — The Trudeau government is set to use the Coronation of King Charles III on Saturday as an opportunity to reveal a new design for the Canadian crown that sits on the Royal Coat of Arms.

Sources say the St. Edward’s Cross that has been part of the Coat of Arms since 1957 — and on a myriad of police and military badges across the country — will be replaced by what critics are calling “the Trudeau Crown,” a new design created by the Canadian Heraldic Authority, the body responsible for granting coats of arms in this country.

People who have seen the design say it replaces all Christian and religious symbols (crosses and fleur-de-lis) with maple leafs, snowflakes and stars, leading to claims that the Liberal government has politicized the symbol of the Crown and the Royal Coat of Arms.

“It means the proposed Canadian crown is totally unconnected to the King or the coronation, and it means the unity of the symbol of the Royal Crown that represents the sovereign throughout the realms will be broken, further distancing the King and the monarchy as an institution,” said Christopher McCreery, an author and historian with expertise on Canada’s relationship with the Crown.

“In essence, it is akin to a new national flag being raised on Canada Day, with no consultation or debate, developed in secret by those who wish to advance their personal vision of the country.”

Sovereigns have the right to choose which style of Royal Cross will represent their reign on coats of arms, coins, medals and other symbols of authority. 

 

 On Sept. 26 last year, Buckingham Palace announced that the new King would be represented by a Tudor Crown, instead of the St. Edward’s Crown used by his late mother, Queen Elizabeth. 

 

 Officials in Ottawa saw the announcement as an opportunity to introduce a new “Canadian Crown” and, over time, reinvent the supreme symbol of Canada, the Royal Coat of Arms.

The move is likely to provoke traditionalists, just as a similarly unilateral change upset conservatives in the mid-1990s. Then, Jean Chrétien’s Liberal government added a Latin inscription taken from the outer ring of the Order of Canada medal to the Coat of Arms: “Desiderantes Meliorem Patriam” (Desiring a better country).

Lack of consultation resulted in blowback in the House of Commons, where then Reform Party Leader Preston Manning asked then Heritage Minister Michel Dupuy who Canadian symbols belonged to: “To the sovereign, to the government, to some Liberal backbencher or to the people of Canada? Why were the people of Canada not consulted and involved in changes to the Canadian Coat of Arms?”

Such changes require the approval of the monarch but King Charles would have had little option but to say yes, if the new design was promoted on the advice of the Canadian government.

McCreery said there is a case to be made for adding some Indigenous symbols to Canada’s Coat of Arms “but this should be done cautiously and consultatively.”

The government could not provide comment on any consultations with Buckingham Palace by time of publication. 

 The Royal Coat of Arms was adopted by proclamation of King George V in 1921 and initially used the Tudor-style crown. In 1952, Queen Elizabeth adopted the St. Edward’s Crown, but it was not until 1957 that the government of Canada added it to the Canadian Royal Coat of Arms.

Aside from the addition of the Latin inscription in 1995, it has remained unchanged ever since. 

 

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/john-ivison-federal-government-strips-religious-symbols-from-crown-adorning-royal-coat-of-arms/ar-AA1aEhx7 

 

Don Braid: Artur Pawlowski is guilty but martyred, with the unwitting help of Danielle Smith

The justice system thwarted Smith's personal preference for dropping 'political' charges. Pawlowski despises her for letting him down. And now he's forming a party to run against her

Author of the article:

Don Braid  •  Calgary Herald

Published May 02, 2023  •  Last updated 2 hours ago

 

 

 

Street preacher and political activist Artur Pawlowski speaks to reporters outside the Alberta legislature in Edmonton on Thursday, January 12, 2023. Photo by Lisa Johnson /Postmedia

 

 

Preacher Artur Pawlowski is very disappointed in UCP Leader Danielle Smith. As the election campaign began Monday, he counted her among “the snakes and the scorpions and the vipers already at each other’s throats.”

That’s ungrateful of him, it seems to me. Nobody has given Pawlowski more profile with the radical right than Smith.

Now he has more grist for martyrdom after being found guilty Tuesday of criminal mischief for his actions at the Coutts border blockade, as well as breaching a release order.

Smith foolishly took a phone call from Pawlowski in January. She voiced sympathy for dropping the charges against him, but said she couldn’t do it because prosecutors are so darned independent.

They proved that Tuesday.

The justice system thwarted the new premier’s personal preference for dropping “political” charges. Pawlowski despises her for letting him down. And now he’s forming a party to run against her.

Some phone call.

 

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/columnists/braid-artur-pawlowski-guilty-martyred-danielle-smith/wcm/e6e9723a-d4d5-4909-9a7a-38d607d40d9a 

 Freedom Convoy trucker faces four criminal charges

 

By Rachel Emmanuel May 2, 2023

 

 

  

 

A Freedom Convoy trucker has been told to turn himself in to the Ottawa Police Service as he awaits four criminal charges. 

Harold Jonker, who runs Jonker Trucking Inc. out of Niagara, Ont., has announced that he’ll turn himself in to the Ottawa police on May 10, where he’ll be fingerprinted and have a court appearance. 

He faces one charge of mischief for obstructing property; one count of intimation by blocking or obstructing highway; and two counts of counsel for an uncommitted, indictable offence.

Jonker said he’s surprised that he’s being charged 15 months after the 2022 Freedom Convoy ended. 

“I’m definitely scratching my head like, ‘Why now? Why not a year ago?’” he told True North. 

The Freedom Convoy protests emerged in winter 2022 over federal Covid-19 restrictions, including the vaccine mandate for cross-border truckers. 

In February 2022, Jonker drove up to Ottawa in his semi, along with 12 other trucks from his company. He was featured prominently in the Freedom Occupation documentary about the protest, which was distributed by True North. 

While 90% of his trucking business is from the US, Jonker said he participated in the Convoy because the restrictions were impacting everyone.

“It was never just about the truck drivers to us,” he said, adding that some of his drivers attended the protest despite being vaccinated. 

He was first contacted about the charges by the Niagara Regional Police Service and received a bond committing to turn himself in to Ottawa later this month.

In a video posted to YouTube on Monday night, Jonker said it was an “emotional week” as he learned he awaited charges for participating in a “beautiful” event. 

He called the charges “confusing,” but added, “I think this is what all the other wonderful leaders of the Convoy were charged with.”

 Jonker said he’s hoping to have a Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF) represent him for the criminal charges. 

He’s already working with a JCCF lawyer after an integrity commissioner rule last summer that he broke the municipal code of conduct for participating in the Convoy when he was a part-time councillor for West Lincoln, a township near Niagara Falls, Ont. 

Jonker said no one else he knows from the Convoy has been charged recently. He said others are now wondering if charges will come, but they’re not afraid.

“When you have the truth on your side, it’s not that big of a burden,” he told True North.

In November, the Public Order Emergency Commission, which studied Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s invocation of the never-before-used Emergencies Act to remove protesters from Ottawa, found that Trudeau’s was justified in using the powers. 

The commissioner also ruled that Trudeau used inflammatory language and worsened the situation when he said protesters were part of a “fringe minority” with “unacceptable views.” 

https://tnc.news/2023/05/02/trucker-faces-charges/