The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board holds shares in a Chinese social media company used by Communist Party agents to intimidate Conservatives in the last election, records show. The Board had no comment on millions invested in operators of WeChat, a platform used to distribute wanted posters of one candidate who was forced to suspend his campaign: 'The RCMP intercepted a credible threat to harm me during the election.' READ MORE
Attorney General Sean Fraser yesterday said he feared some future justice minister will use federal hate crimes legislation to settle scores with environmental groups or political opponents. Fraser did not identify any person by name: "Those are dangerous conversations." READ MORE
Parliament should criminalize Indian Residential School denialism just as it outlawed wilful downplaying of the Holocaust, First Nations leaders yesterday told the Senate human rights committee. Indigenous witnesses condemned skeptics who state “no children actually died or are buried at these sites.” READ MORE
A federal Taxpayer Bill Of Rights is “non-binding,” says the Canada Revenue Agency. The admission followed repeated Court rulings that the measure was neither a bill nor any guarantee of rights for taxpayers: "It would probably be better if the document were given a different name." READ MORE
A failed experiment with decriminalization left British Columbia with the lowest public support of any province for a “public health” approach to drug addiction, says in-house Department of Health research. New findings followed admissions the “safe supply” policy led to public disorder: 'Support is only 15 percent in B.C.' READ MORE
Nearly half of Canadians surveyed distrust the federal government to “make good decisions in the public interest,” according to in-house Privy Council research. The study documented growing public skepticism: "On the whole, how satisfied or dissatisfied are you with the way democracy works in Canada?" READ MORE
Federal agencies have warned a mass attack targeting Canadian Jews may occur in coming months, the Senate human rights committee was told yesterday. Senators did not question the testimony: "This is not theoretical." READ MORE
Martial arts have been part of my life since I was a schoolboy, and it’s made me a better MP. It taught me patience and discipline. I closed my studio on winning election to Parliament in 2011, but the discipline is with me every day: Focus, try to avoid inflammatory language, step back when angry, and always maintain a posture that is fair and open. While I may fail — and I often do — I remember that success in martial arts, like life, is more about being willing to try again, no matter how many times it takes.
