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Hier — 24 avril 2024Presse

Australian Journalist Says She Had No Choice But to Leave India

Avani Dias said that she had been denied a visa renewal for weeks because of her reporting on the Sikh separatist movement. Indian officials disputed her account.

Avani Dias produced a television segment about accusations that India was responsible for the death of a Sikh separatist in Canada last year.
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Nine People, Including Air Canada Worker, Arrested in $14.5 Million Gold Heist

Par : Ian Austen
The stolen gold was partly used to buy guns that were bound for Canada, the police said.

Nick Milinovich, the deputy chief of the Peel Regional Police, speaking on Wednesday about arrests in connection with last year’s theft of gold bars and bank notes at Toronto Pearson Airport.

Why a Liberal Premier Wants to Pause a Carbon Tax Increase

Par : Ian Austen
Andrew Furey, Canada’s only Liberal premier, recently asked the Liberal federal government to suspend the scheduled increases.

Andrew Furey, the premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, has called for a carbon tax pause.

‘Climate-Controlled’ Sausage? Courts Crack Down on ‘Greenwashing’

From airlines to pork sellers, corporate brands face legal and regulatory challenges for misleading the public with lofty climate claims.

Members of Fossil Free Netherlands, which has brought a lawsuit against the Dutch airline KLM for misleading consumers with its sustainability claims, outside the Amsterdam court in December.

Trudeau Gives Preview of Canada’s Federal Budget, Breaking Tradition

Par : Ian Austen
Breaking with Canadian tradition, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has been crisscrossing the country announcing measures from the April 16 budget in advance.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at a housing announcement in Calgary on Friday.

Canadian Politicians Were Targeted by China in 2021, Report Says

Lawmakers testified at a public hearing on foreign interference that they had been caught in China’s cross hairs after criticizing it over human rights.

Since President Xi Jinping’s rise to power, China has stepped up efforts to sway elections in Canada and other countries, according to intelligence officials, academics and members of the diaspora.

Trudeau to Canadians: My Migration Policy Cuts Your Wages

Migration cuts wages, Canada's Trudeau said Tuesday as he announced plans to trim his unpopular migration inflows that have forced his nation backward.

The post Trudeau to Canadians: My Migration Policy Cuts Your Wages appeared first on Breitbart.

Canadian Lawmaker Says China Had Chinese Students Vote for Him

Han Dong, a member of Parliament who is accused of benefiting from the Chinese government’s help, testified at a public hearing on foreign interference.

Han Dong’s testimony was part of an ongoing federal inquiry into foreign meddling in Canada’s political system, especially the general elections of 2019 and 2021.

Elliot Page, Neil Young, Alanis Morissette, Carly Rae Jepsen, Others Lambaste Anti-Grooming Policies in Canada

Actors Elliot Page and singers Alanis Morissette, Neil Young, Sarah McLachlan, Carly Rae Jepsen, Elvis Costello, and hundreds of others in the entertainment industry have signed an open letter against anti-grooming policies in Canada.

The post Elliot Page, Neil Young, Alanis Morissette, Carly Rae Jepsen, Others Lambaste Anti-Grooming Policies in Canada appeared first on Breitbart.

‘Punjabi Wave’ Music Hits the Juno Awards Stage

Par : Vjosa Isai
Karan Aujla, 27, became the first Punjabi artist to win an award at the Junos as the genre expands its fan base in Canada.

Karan Aujla accepting the Fan’s Choice Award at the Juno Awards on Sunday in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

How African Immigrants Have Revived a Remote Corner of Quebec

Hundreds of newcomers from Africa have filled a shortage of workers in Rouyn-Noranda, creating a new community in a remote mining town.

A view across Lake Osisko in the northern Quebec mining town of Rouyn-Noranda.

Teacher Secretly Sold His Students’ Art on Mugs and Shirts, Lawsuit Says

Par : Sopan Deb
Parents of a dozen students at a school near Montreal accused an art teacher in a lawsuit of reproducing portraits from a class assignment and putting them on items that he offered for sale online.

Elliot Page Decries 'Rights of LGBTQ2+ People Being Revoked'

Par : Paul Bois · Paul Bois

Elliot Page, formerly actress Ellen Page, has charged that the "rights of LGBTQ2+ people are being revoked" throughout the world.

The post Elliot Page Decries ‘Rights of LGBTQ2+ People Being Revoked’ appeared first on Breitbart.

It’s a Golden Age for Shipwreck Discoveries. Why?

More lost shipwrecks are being found because of new technology, climate change and more vessels scanning the ocean floor for science or commerce.

After Hurricane Fiona hit Canada, a 19th-century shipwreck washed ashore in the Cape Ray area of Newfoundland. Experts say stronger storms are one of the factors leading to more shipwreck finds.

The Government’s Struggles With Outsourcing Software Development

Par : Ian Austen
The bloated cost of the ArriveCAN app and new investigations into possible fraud have highlighted some problems with turning to outside companies.

Jean-Yves Duclos, the procurement minister, blamed paper contracts for a potential multimillion-dollar fraud.

Secret Report: Trudeau's High-Migration Canada Slides Toward Poverty and Chaos

A government report in Canada is forecasting a deep civic breakdown in the once-stable society that is now suffering from unprecedented levels of elite-imposed migration.

Trudeau Government Cuts off Arms Sales to Israel

The Canadian government of Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Tuesday that it is ending arms sales -- such as they are -- to Israel, bowing to pressure from left-wing radicals as Israel fights against genocidal Palestinian terrorists.

Canada’s Parliament Passes Gaza Measures After Palestinian Statehood Language Is Removed

Par : Ian Austen
The House of Commons vote endorsing a package of conflict-ending measures came after language calling on Canada to immediately recognize a State of Palestine was removed.

A rally to call for a cease-fire in Gaza in Ottawa, Canada, this month.

A Financial Crisis May Jeopardize Local News in Most of Atlantic Canada

Par : Ian Austen
The main lender for SaltWire, which owns most of the region’s legacy newspapers outside New Brunswick, has moved to dissolve the publisher.

A lender has asked a court to dissolve Atlantic Canada’s leading news media company.

A Call to End Gambling Ads as Athletes and Celebrities Are Shut Out of Them

Par : Ian Austen
A group wants the federal government to mirror its blanket restrictions on tobacco ads, citing addiction and its effect on sports.

A gambling ad in New York featuring Wayne Gretzky

Michael Spavor Reaches Settlement With Canada Over Detention by China

Michael Spavor, a Canadian businessman, was arrested by China in what his lawyers said was an act of retaliation for Canada’s detention of a Chinese tech giant executive.

Supporters of Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig in Vancouver in 2019.

Is Even Justin Trudeau to the Right of Biden on Immigration?

Foreign Affairs

Is Even Justin Trudeau to the Right of Biden on Immigration?

With the reimposition of a visa requirement, Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau stops Mexican immigrants from becoming instant asylum seekers in Canada.

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While President Biden was engaging last week in border-security political theater on the Rio Grande, Canada actually took concrete measures to stem the flow of Mexican asylum seekers. Even Prime Minister Justin Trudeau can act to protect his country’s national interest from out-of-control migration. Meanwhile, the immigration and border policies of the Biden administration are reaching new lows.

Like the United States, Canada is overwhelmed with economic migrants who are exploiting a poorly designed national asylum process. Our northern neighbor’s asylum system is currently at its breaking point with about 144,000 claims filed in 2023. This number might seem modest, even negligible, compared to the backlog the United States is facing, but, in the context of Canada’s population size, the equivalent number for the United States would be well over a million claims. 

Remarkably, Trudeau ordered his government to return to the sensible policy that requires Mexicans to qualify for a Canadian visa before simply buying an airplane ticket, flying to Canada, and filing an asylum claim. 

Trudeau, although rhetorically committed to his own version of open-borderism, is for the moment retreating in the face of political reality. Of the 144,000 asylum claimants in Canada in 2023, some 24,000 were Mexicans. In 2016, the corresponding number of Mexicans was just 260. Even our easy-going neighbors to the north know when enough is enough. 

Trudeau was facing pressure from Canadian conservatives as well as from provincial authorities in Quebec, where his own family is rooted and easy immigration, particularly from the francophone world, has always been encouraged. Quebec province is about as politically conservative as is New York City, but as Mayor Eric Adams has discovered, basic common sense is rearing its head everywhere these days—except in the White House.

Even abstract open-border ideology melts in the face of trying to actually accommodate, in winter, tens of thousands of uninvited “newcomers,” who arrive with their elderly parents and children, speaking a different language, adhering to different mores, with limited capacity to work and little financial means. 

Americans are still waiting for Biden to act a la Trudeau as our national crisis spins out of control. Amazingly, after his recent visit to Brownsville, Texas, it seems that the U.S. open-border lobby, whose smiling face is DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, still controls the waning political judgment of our aging 81-year-old president. 

It is noteworthy that Trudeau, unlike Biden, when pressed to act, did not need to whine about lacking authority to control the border. When properly used, something as basic and established as the visa requirement, a simple, time-tested tool to protect national borders, can be put into action—when there is the will to act. 

While imperfect, the visa screening process helps prevent economic migrants from reaching the national territory of a country where poorly conceived asylum laws wait to be exploited. In a statement, the Canadian government explained that the new visa policy “will relieve pressure on Canada’s borders, immigration system, housing and social services.” Imagine that: Canada’s federal government is trying to restrict the entry of foreigners in order to reduce the strain on the country’s housing and social services. 

Curiously, DHS Secretary Mayorkas asked the Canadian government a year ago to reimpose a visa requirement on Mexicans to stop them from entering into the United States by crossing the northern border. Presumably, Mayorkas wanted all Mexicans to instead enter illegally on the U.S. southern border where the secretary had deployed DHS personnel to “manage” them (as opposed to stop them). Canada ignored Mayorkas’s request. A reluctant Trudeau only acted to protect his country’s national interest when he was under domestic political pressure. 

In response to Ottawa’s visa imposition, the Mexican foreign ministry officially “regretted” Canada’s decision and reserved the “right to act in reciprocity.” Mexico’s President Lopez Obrador said he would consider not attending the North American Leaders Summit in Quebec in April if he feels Mexico is not receiving “respectful treatment.”

Like many politicians, AMLO applies a double standard: He roars in opposition if Mexico is deemed an unsafe country for foreign investment and tourism, but he also expects Canada and the United States to grant protective asylum to Mexicans who must seek safety in el Norte. Applying AMLO’s asylum logic, the Canadian and American governments should deploy sophisticated humanitarian operations inside Mexico to identify vulnerable persons, classify them as refugees and get them out.

Under the obsolescent international legal framework that Washington and Ottawa follow, an asylum applicant must reach national territory in order to make a claim in the receiving country. A refugee applicant, on the other hand, is processed basically on the same criteria (e.g., credible fear of harm) outside the territory of the receiving country, and has no right to travel there if his application is turned down.  

While this framework for assisting vulnerable and displaced persons may have made sense in another era, today it is dramatically flawed. It is an illogical system that tries to distinguish between asylees and refugees in a globalized world where people travel and communicate freely across the planet.

Canada accepts thousands and the United States accepts millions of unauthorized foreigners who appear on our territory claiming asylum. Mexicans made up some 24,000 of the Canadian asylum applicants in 2023; the American number of Mexican arrivals is measured in the hundreds of thousands.  

At the same time, of course, neither Canada nor the United States is processing any significant numbers of refugee applicants inside Mexico.  

Thus, when Ottawa’s new policy imposes a visa requirement, Mexicans suddenly do not have an easy chance to reach Canadian territory to file papers as asylum claimants. Immediately, their cases disappear completely; it is politically guaranteed that Ottawa will not set up a refugee center in Mexico to investigate cases and process out those allegedly vulnerable Mexicans who cannot reach Canadian soil. 

Of course, the reality is that Mexico is a very dangerous country. Most conservatives would argue untangling economic migrants from persons facing specific and credible violent threats is almost impossible to do outside Mexico. That is another reason why the international framework with its refugee-asylee distinction makes little sense, even for human-rights activists.  

The United States, because of geography, has no similar easy visa solution like Canada when it comes to Mexicans, but the policy inanity is the same: Since American authorities process very few refugees inside Mexico, because Washington sees no need to do so, why should U.S. policy be unlimited in accepting asylum applicants just because they set foot upon our national territory? 

That is why this international framework of asylees and refugees, put in place with the 1951 U.N. convention and later multilateral agreements, must be overturned and remade. It results in pulling millions of economic migrants to national territories in Europe and North America to give poorly conceived national asylum status.  

Even the Canadians, generous to a fault, still rejected some 60 percent of all their asylum applicants. The Americans deny about 85 percent. Of course, in the U.S. rotten asylum system, some 3 million would-be asylees live in the country awaiting a court date that will only happen years in the future.

It is a daunting situation. All of America’s migratory chaos will require new determined and focused presidential leadership to fix. And right now, Lord help us, President Biden cannot even keep up with Justin Trudeau. 

The post Is Even Justin Trudeau to the Right of Biden on Immigration? appeared first on The American Conservative.

Canada Braces for Wildfire Season as ‘Zombie Fires’ Blaze

Par : Ian Austen
A government forecast suggests that there could be even more wildfires this season than during last year’s exceptional fire period.

This photo released by a Canadian fire department shows crews battling a fire last month that persisted despite the cold and snow in Alberta, Canada.

Brian Mulroney Divided and Reshaped Canada Through Free Trade With the U.S.

Par : Ian Austen
The former prime minister, who died this week, brought dramatic changes, good and bad, to the country’s economy with the pact.

Brian Mulroney’s move toward closer economic ties with the United States was polarizing among Canadians.

Brian Mulroney, Prime Minister Who Led Canada Into NAFTA, Dies at 84

He signed the historic free trade agreement with the United States and Mexico but was shadowed by scandal.

Brian Mulroney spoke in 2002 during a 10th-anniversary celebration of the North American Free Trade Agreement in Washington. He was a skilled debater and orator and always ready with a crowd-pleasing joke.

Scientists in Canada Passed Secrets to China, Investigations Find

Par : Ian Austen
After a prolonged Parliamentary debate, details about two microbiology researchers who were found to have shared secrets with China have been released.

The couple were escorted from their labs at the National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg, Manitoba, in 2019 and later stripped of their security clearances. They were fired in January 2021.

Canada Restores Visa Requirement for Mexican Visitors

Par : Vjosa Isai
The immigration minister said Mexico had not done enough to address the surge of asylum seekers arriving in Canada.

Marc Miller, Canada’s immigration minister, last month. The visa mandate, which will go into effect Thursday night, had been lifted by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in 2016 to boost tourism.

Unopened Case of More Than 10,000 Hockey Cards Sells for $3.7 Million

The sealed case could include the highly prized Wayne Gretzky rookie card. Or not. The buyer may never find out.

Collectors who buy unopened cases of sports cards might never open the packages, instead treating them as investments to be sold as is at a later date.

Canadian Skaters File Appeal Seeking Medals From Beijing Olympics

Reviving a fight from the 2022 Games, Canada’s team said skating officials improperly awarded third place to Russia. The Russians filed three cases, asking for the gold.

Vanessa James and Eric Radford, along with six other figure skaters from Canada, have filed a case demanding that they be awarded the bronze medals in the team event of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.

Few Good Solutions as Home Affordability Plummets

Par : Ian Austen
An economic analysis found that in several Canadian cities, prices would have to plummet, or incomes would have to soar improbably, to restore affordability.

Building more houses won’t solve Canada’s affordability problem in many cities, economists say.

For Car Thieves, Toronto Is a ‘Candy Store,’ and Drivers Are Fed Up

Par : Vjosa Isai
An epidemic of auto thefts in Canada’s largest city has left many residents exasperated, with some getting creative about deterrence efforts, such as installing bollards in home driveways.

After his previous two cars were stolen, Dennis Wilson installed theft prevention measures, including a steering wheel lock, on his newest vehicle.

Oil Companies Relinquish Last Pacific Coast Drilling Permits to Canada

Canadian Energy and Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson said Wednesday that with the voluntary return of 23 permits by Chevron Canada in February, energy companies have surrendered the last of the outstanding permits for oil and gas drilling off Canada’s Pacific coast.

Residents Oppose Expanding Drug Use Sites to Suburban Vancouver

Par : Vjosa Isai
Council chambers in Richmond, one of British Columbia’s largest cities, turned raucous this week amid debate over a possible safe consumption site.

A nurse preparing a dose of Naloxone at an overdose prevention site in Vancouver.

Immigration Drives Male Population ‘Boom’ in Canada

The latest demographic data from Canada showed the male population increasing by 3.4 percent, while females grew by only 2.9 percent, the widest disparity between the sexes in almost half a century.

Dole Recalls Salad Kits Across U.S., Canada over Listeria Contamination

Dole has announced a recall of multiple salad kits from their brand name and private labels because they were processed at the location of a listeria outbreak in California.

NY Dem Sheriff: We're Facing Surge from Northern Border, It'll Take 'Years' to Recover Even if Border's Closed Today

On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends First,” Clinton County, NY Sheriff David Favro (D) discussed the issues with migrants crossing the northern border and stated that “from a law enforcement perspective, we know that if Congress

Is That Polar Bear Getting Enough to Eat? Try a Collar With a Camera.

Scientists collected video from 20 bears during ice-free months to understand whether the animals can survive longer periods on land in a warming world.

A female polar bear and her cub on Hudson Bay, near Churchill, Manitoba, in 2022.

Canada Prepares for Soccer’s 2026 World Cup

Par : Ian Austen
While no new stadiums will be built in Vancouver or Toronto, multimillion-dollar renovations must be finished on a tight deadline.

BMO Field in Toronto will get additional seats.

Canadian Is Sentenced to 14 Years for Passing Along State Secrets

Par : Ian Austen
Cameron Ortis was convicted of passing state secrets to men under police investigation, but his motives remain unknown. He said it was all part of an international mission he could not disclose.

Cameron Ortis, sentenced to 14 years in prison for violating Canada’s Security of Information Act, said his actions were all part of an international mission.

5 Transgender Players Dominate Toronto Women's Collegiate Volleyball Competition

A women's collegiate volleyball game in Toronto, Canada became a "sausage fest" when press covering the match revealed that five players were actually biological males who identify as transgender.
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