A loophole in the House of Commons’ spending rules has allowed MPs travelling to party conventions to bill taxpayers for more than half a million dollars over the past year — even though House of Commons rules normally prohibit MPs from charging expenses linked to partisan political activity.
— Read on www.cbc.ca/news/politics/political-parties-spending-rules-1.7204136
Hamas Shift to Guerrilla Tactics Raises Specter of Forever War for Israel – WSJ
The Islamist militant group is using hit-and-run tactics and smaller groups of fighters to show it can fight ‘for months, if not years’
— Read on www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/hamas-strategy-israel-war-0292d40c
B.C. real estate: CRA audits uncover $1.3 billion in unpaid taxes | Vancouver Sun
The CRA found $957 million in unpaid income taxes in B.C. real estate, five times as much as Ontario, which has three times the population
— Read on vancouversun.com/news/local-news/cra-uncovers-1-3-billion-in-unpaid-taxes-in-b-c-real-estate-sector
Trudeau’s bloated public service monster turns on him | National Post
Public-sector unions are promising a ‘summer of discontent’ because the government wants workers to go into the office an extra day a week
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Rex Murphy: Trudeau faced a clear moral test after Oct. 7. He failed | National Post
Our loudly, proudly self-proclaimed first male-feminist prime minister was silent on the horrid tortures and rapes of Israeli women.
— Read on nationalpost.com/opinion/rex-murphy-trudeau-faced-an-essential-moral-test-after-oct-7-he-failed-it
Rex Murphy: Hatred of Israel is the great moral disorder of our time. | National Post
That the red-ignorant core of this iniquity is centred on those “woke” campuses is much more a fading grief than a surprise.
— Read on nationalpost.com/opinion/rex-murphy-hatred-of-israel-is-the-great-moral-disorder-of-our-time
Canada puts $76M towards German defence system in Ukraine | CTV News
Canada is putting $76 million towards a German-led effort to help Ukraine defend itself from Russian missiles and aircraft, Defence Minister Bill Blair announced Friday.
— Read on www.ctvnews.ca/politics/canada-pitches-in-76-million-for-faster-german-air-defence-systems-in-ukraine-1.6882166
Canada’s Ukrainian refugee crisis about to get worse: Gen. Hillier | National Post
Already some displaced families that came to Canada are living in tents. And another 90,000 people are expected in the next 60 days
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Ukrainians Who Came To Canada Under CUAET Will Not Be Sent Home – Canada Immigration and Visa Information. Canadian Immigration Services and Free Online Evaluation.
Canada will not send any Ukrainians who arrived under the Canada-Ukraine Authorization For Emergency Travel (CUAET) home as long as the war with Russia is raging – even if their visas have expired, Immigration Minister Marc Miller has vowed.
— Read on www.immigration.ca/ukrainians-who-came-to-canada-under-cuaet-will-not-be-sent-home/
Ukrainians with Canadian visas face agonizing decisions about the future | CTV News
The UN refugee agency says 6.5 million Ukrainians have been listed as refugees around the world as of Feb. 2024. Some 960,000 have visas to come to Canada.
— Read on www.ctvnews.ca/politics/ukrainians-with-canadian-visas-face-agonizing-decisions-about-the-future-1.6828154