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Taiwanese envoy warns against banning MPs’ sponsored travel, but former Harper-era minister Kent says MPs should not accept ‘large gifts’ (The Hill Times)

Former minister Peter Kent says MPs accepting free travel is a ‘huge contradiction’ in ethics rules, while Taiwan’s top diplomat Harry Ho-jen Tseng says he's unsure if MPs would willing pay their own way to visit Taiwan if the trips aren't sponsored.

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February 09, 2024

Howard Levitt: Is Canada headed for a great fall in failing to confront antisemitism? (Financial Post)

Words have great power and the normalization of antisemitism could have lasting consequences.

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February 09, 2024

Jewish PSAC members file human rights complaint against union (National Post)

Fourteen separate complaints were lodged against PSAC on Friday with the Canadian Human Rights Commission

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February 09, 2024

Canadian universities cancel speeches over speaker's Hamas atrocities 'celebration' (National Post)

Ten days after the Oct. 7 atrocities, Hamdi spoke at an event where he told an audience to 'celebrate the victory' of the Hamas massacre which left over 1,000 Israeli dead

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February 09, 2024

B.C. minister who resigned over Mideast comments received death threat, premier says (Toronto Star)

The RCMP says an investigation is underway into a reported death threat against former British Columbia cabinet minister Selina Robinson.

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February 09, 2024

‘Completely unacceptable’: Selina Robinson gets death threats, B.C. premier says (Global News)

British Columbia’s premier says Selina Robinson, who resigned as post-secondary education minister recently over Mideast comments, has received a death threat.

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February 09, 2024

Give police the funds they need to protect our city!

Though the current municipal budget before City Council shorts the Toronto Police Service by $12.6 million, on February 14, Council will have the opportunity to reverse that decision.  All you...Read More

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February 09, 2024

Unionized Jewish Employees Taking PSAC – Canada’s Largest Federal Public Service Union – To Canadian Human Rights Commission

Public Service Alliance of Canada “created hostile and discriminatory environment” for Jewish members Ottawa, ON – February 9, 2024 – Today, Jewish members of the Public Service Alliance of Canada...Read More

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February 09, 2024

Shimon Koffler Fogel: Don't equate extremist Israeli settlers with Hamas (National Post)

Mélanie Joly must not give the impression that a fringe minority of settlers are in any way equivalent to a genocidal terrorist organization

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February 08, 2024