A close associate of Sikh community leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar says his friend was warned by Canadian intelligence officials about being targeted for assassination by “mercenaries” before Nijjar was gunned down in Surrey, B.C., on Sunday. New York-based lawyer Gurpatwant Singh Pannun says in a statement he spoke with Nijjar by phone the day before…
CSIS Warned BC Sikh Temple Leader of Assassination Threat Before Killing: Lawyer
Saskatchewan Teaching Assistant Fired for Online Post About Walkout Over Pride Month in Schools
An educational assistant in Saskatchewan has been fired for posting an article to a private Facebook group about parents keeping their kids home on June 1 in protest against Pride Month in schools. Leah Maier worked with Kindergarten to Grade 5 students at P.J. Gillen School, an elementary school in Esterhazy, for five years prior…
No Evidence Retailers and Grocers Have Inflated Prices, Says Bank of Canada
Despite accusations of price gouging from some parliamentarians, there is no evidence that retailers, grocers, and wholesalers have increased their prices to take advantage of inflated supply-chain costs, says the Bank of Canada. “The cumulative growth of markups of consumer-oriented firms was close to zero between 2020 and 2022,” wrote the Bank of Canada (BoC)…
Winner of Toronto’s Mayoral Race Could Finish With Record-Low Votes: Analyst
Torontonians elected right-leaning mayors in the last two elections, but so far the polls show that a left-wing front-runner is leading the race for the mayor’s chair as the city heads toward election day on June 26. “Toronto is a balance of right and left,” Mike McGregor, an associate professor of politics and public administration…
Citizen Group Calls for Clarification After RCMP Denies Investigation of PM Over SNC-Lavalin Affair
A non-governmental watchdog organization is asking for clarification on why the RCMP had said in a correspondence to the group in May that it was investigating the prime minister and members of his cabinet in relation to the 2018 SNC Lavalin affair, only to later deny it. “The RCMP’s story doesn’t add up because they…
Watchdog Calls for Clarification After RCMP Denies Investigation of PM Over SNC-Lavalin Affair
A non-governmental watchdog organization is asking for clarification on why the RCMP had said in a correspondence to the group in May that it was investigating the prime minister and members of his cabinet in relation to the 2018 SNC Lavalin affair, only to later deny it. “The RCMP’s story doesn’t add up because they…
Residential Schools National Monument to Be Built on Parliament Hill
The Steering Committee for the Residential Schools National Monument has announced a prominent location on Parliament Hill where the future memorial will be built to honour survivors and victims of residential schools. The announcement follows calls from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRCC) for the federal government to “commission and install a publicly accessible, highly…
Call Public Inquiry First, Then Tories Will Suggest Who Can Lead It: Poilievre
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau must make the first move and call an independent public inquiry into allegations of foreign interference. He says only then will the Conservatives provide the Liberal government with a list of proposed names for people to lead the process. The official Opposition leader made his demand in…
Nomination Process Begins to Replace Ex-supreme Court Justice Russell Brown
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has begun the search for a new Supreme Court of Canada justice. Qualified candidates interested in the job, who must be functionally bilingual and demonstrate a relationship with Western or Northern Canada, will have until July 21 to apply. A non-partisan advisory board is then expected to pick a shortlist of…
Billions at Stake as Ontario Takes Public Sector Workers to Court of Appeal
Billions of dollars are at stake as a three-day hearing at Ontario’s highest court gets underway Tuesday over the province’s controversial wage-limiting law for public sector workers. Last November, a judge with the Superior Court of Justice struck down Bill 124, Protecting a Sustainable Public Sector for Future Generations Act, ruling it unconstitutional. The province…
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