May 3, 2026

Canada Watch

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Canadian political pundits and right-of-center media were quick to blast what they called “onerous” house arrest conditions placed on Freedom Convoy leaders Tamara Lich and Chris Barber, who were sentenced yesterday by an Ontario judge after earlier being found guilty of mischief.

Rebel News head Ezra Levant, who has been covering the trial extensively, gave his assessment of the verdict, saying there was “good” and “bad” news.

“Good news: no additional jail time for Tamara Lich or Chris Barber,” he wrote on X.

“Bad news: onerous house arrest provisions. The real punishment was the longest mischief trial in Canadian history. Total political vendetta by Doug Ford’s prosecutors.”

On October 7, Ontario Court Justice Heather Perkins-McVey sentenced Lich and Chris Barber to 18 months’ house arrest after being convicted earlier in the year convicted of “mischief.”

As reported by LifeSiteNews, the Canadian government was hoping to put Lich in jail for no less than seven years and Barber for eight years for their roles in the 2022 protests against COVID mandates.

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Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe is again facing calls to stand up for farmers after new figures shows exports from the province to China have drastically fallen.

The Statistics Canada data released this week comes amid a trade dispute where Beijing has slapped tariffs on Canadian canola products, widely seen in response to Canada’s 100 per cent tariff on Chinese electric vehicles.

The data shows Saskatchewan exported $96 million in goods to China in August, a 76 per cent drop when compared with the same month last year.

About 60 per cent of the province’s exports to China are farming and food products, and the data shows they’ve been declining since June.

Opposition NDP trade critic Aleana Young says the drop could hit the province’s economy and job market.

She says Moe needs to take a stronger position by advocating to have the electric vehicle tariffs removed.

White people charged TWICE as much by woke Canadian gym as ‘BIPOC’ members | The Post Millennial– thepostmillennial.com
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“Offering me a pity discount doesn’t solve whatever internal issues your owners are going through.”

Despite some left-wing thought pieces as of late declaring lifting and fitness a “right-wing” phenomenon, a gym in Canada is apparently looking to buck that trend, charging white gymgoers more than those of color.

R studios, a “yoga and Pilates studio” that the owner has billed as a place that was “created for the misfits, the non-conformists, [and] the everyday person,” announced that it would be charging CA$30 for a studio drop in, but that those who are “BIPOC” (black, indigenous, and people of color), would be able to drop in for a class for CA$15.

The discrimination was reported by Jeff Evely, a retired Canadian veteran who posted the charge rates on X. He wrote, “R studios in Nova Scotia charges double for white people, in violation of Sections 5(1) of the Nova Scotia Human Rights Act. The Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission disgracefully made our human rights a fraud during COVID.”

“CEO Joseph Fraser even made up his own extrajudicial provisions in order to avoid doing his job, in response to the complaints I personally submitted. (I’ll be in the NS Court of Appeals on Wednesday, seeking remedy.) Don’t let the NSHRC, Joseph Fraser, continue to defraud tax-payers of his big, fat salary, like every other senior bureaucrat in Nova Scotia. Like the rest of them, he’s not going to grow a spine anytime soon. Build a bandwagon for him to climb onto. Pressure works on cowards, like Joey. Get into Joey’s system, and beat this coward at his own game,” Evely added.

Liberals admit spending $3.6 million to defend use of Emergencies Act during Freedom Convoy– www.lifesitenews.com
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Liberals have admitted to spending over $3 million to defend their use of the Emergencies Act to end the 2022 Freedom Convoy.

During a September 15 session in the House of Commons, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Justice and Attorney General Patricia Lattanzio revealed that the Liberal government has spent a total of $3,645,000 on various legal battles related to the Liberals’ use of the Emergencies Act (EA) to end the 2022 Freedom Convoy.

“With regard to legal services and the Department of Justice: what are the total legal costs incurred by the government?” Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) Andrew Lawton had questioned.

Legal cases funded by Canadian taxpayers to defend the Emergencies Act included Canadian Frontline Nurses and Kristen Nagle v. Attorney General of Canada, Canadian Civil Liberties Association v. Attorney General of Canada, Canadian Constitution Foundation v. Attorney General of Canada, and Jeremiah Jost, Edward Cornell, Vincent Gircys and Harold Ristau v. Governor in Council, Attorney General of Canada, and Minister of Public Safety.

The total amount was based on information from the Department of Justice systems as of June 6.

In February 2022, thousands of Canadians gathered in snowy downtown Ottawa to demand the return of freedoms lost through COVID mandates, including an end to vaccine requirements.

UK, Canada and Australia formally recognise Palestine, backing two-state solution– www.arabianbusiness.com
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The UK, Canada and Australia have formally recognised the State of Palestine, moves framed by all three governments as essential to preserving the prospect of a two-state solution and lasting peace in the Middle East.

UK recognition

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer confirmed that the UK has officially recognised Palestine, calling the decision a historic one grounded in the Palestinian people’s right to self-determination.

Carney says Mexican gangs operating in Canada ‘and vice versa,’ vows action – National– globalnews.ca
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Prime Minister Mark Carney on Thursday acknowledged the issue of Mexican drug cartels operating in Canada, but also that “there are Canadian gangs that operate in Mexico” and that more cooperation is needed to combat them.

Carney made the comments while speaking alongside Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum in Mexico City, where the two leaders signed a new comprehensive strategic partnership aimed at strengthening trade and security ties, including tackling transnational organized crime.

“The unfortunate fact is that yes, there are cartels or gangs from one country in another country, but also vice versa,” he told reporters. “I’m going to acknowledge that there are Canadian gangs that operate in Mexico. We cooperate with the Mexican authorities. We share information. We’re deepening that cooperation.

“Surveillance, heightened police cooperation is appropriate in order to ensure that these criminals are brought to justice, and not wavering in the efforts to bring them to justice, whether the activities are in Canada, Mexico or the United States.”

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Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced that Canada will keep troops in Latvia through to 2029, as part of a mission to deter Russian aggression in Europe that has given Ottawa an outsized role in the transatlantic alliance.

“We must deter and fortify. And that is the way that we can provide true reassurance,” Carney said at a Tuesday news conference in Riga, flanked by Latvian Prime Minister Evika Silina.

Carney’s office says there are now 2,000 Canadian Armed Forces troops in Latvia as part of Operation Reassurance, which is Canada’s largest overseas mission. Canadian troops have been there since 2017 to strengthen the defence of Europe’s eastern flank and to deter Russian from invading Baltic countries, through what many call a “trip wire.”

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According to a survey conducted by National Public Research Canada for Campaign Life Coalition (CLC), Battle River–Crowfoot voters are staunchly pro-life, at the same time as pro-abortion Poilievre attempts to win a seat in the Alberta riding.

“Pierre is out-of-step with the voters on abortion”, said Jeff Gunnarson, National President of Campaign Life Coalition. “The survey results place Poilievre’s stance within the small minority of just under 12% of Battle River-Crowfoot voters who support abortion-on-demand throughout all nine months of pregnancy, for any reason or no reason at all.”

 

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In an August 11 decision, the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal ruled 4-1 to allow an appeal by LGBT activists against Saskatchewan’s “Parents’ Bill of Rights” to proceed through the court system but it has not blocked the law from taking effect.

“It is the government’s position that parents do have a right to be involved in their children’s education, the classes they choose, the decisions that they’re making,” Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe told reporters after the decision was announced.

Freedom Convoy sentencing straight from anarcho-tyranny playbook– www.theblaze.com
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You may not have heard the term “anarcho-tyranny” in a while — maybe never. But it’s the only phrase that fits what’s unfolding in Canada right now: a system that punishes peaceful political dissent while letting real criminals off easy. It’s lawfare in service of regime security.

That was true under Justin Trudeau, and it’s even more apparent under his successor, Prime Minister Mark Carney — a globalist banker who cashed in on political connections and now presides over a government determined to crush dissent.

Even if Barber and Lich are granted the absolute discharge that their lawyers are requesting, the Liberal government has proven its point: Defy us, and we will … ruin your life.

Drawn-out sentencing

Just look at the ongoing prosecution of Chris Barber and Tamara Lich, two of the main organizers of the 2022 Freedom Convoy — the trucker-led protest that captured global attention when thousands of Canadians rolled into Ottawa to peacefully demand an end to COVID-19 mandates and lockdowns.

The trial began shortly after Labor Day 2023. On April 3, 2024, the pair were found guilty of mischief, but nearly six months later, they still haven’t been sentenced. Their next court date isn’t until October 7.

That makes this the longest mischief trial in Canadian history.

Let’s be clear: Barber and Lich face up to eight and seven years in prison, respectively. For mischief. For organizing a protest. The Crown — Canada’s prosecution — has also filed a request to seize Barber’s truck, known as “Big Red,” an icon of the convoy.

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A Canadian trucker who took part in the 2022 Freedom Convoy in protest against COVID mandates and who was zip-tied and denied access to legal counsel has been spared jail time after a court instead gave him probation.

In a court update, the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF) said that Guy Meister, who was a peaceful trucker, was “denied access to legal counsel and held for hours in a freezing police van” after his arrest during the 2022 Freedom Convoy protest and is now free.

The JCCF noted that Meister, who had no previous criminal record but a long history of volunteerism, received a conditional discharge and six months’ probation — avoiding jail time.”

Meister was arrested by police on February 18, 2022, after the large-scale police takedown of the Freedom Convoy protesters when then-Prime Minister Justin Trudeau authorized never-before-used emergency powers.

He was convicted of mischief and obstructing police after he parked his truck in downtown Ottawa in protest.

Canada Gets Rid of Disabilities Minister as it Euthanizes More People– www.lifenews.com
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The decision of the Canadian government to abolish a government ministry for people with disabilities has been blasted as “a real slap in the face”, coming at the same time as the country’s euthanasia and assisted suicide programme continues to expand.

When Prime Minister Mark Carney announced his new cabinet, it was noted that no minister with responsibility for people with disabilities had been appointed. The post, which had previously been held by Kamal Khera, was abolished, and people with disabilities have shared their dismay and disappointment about the decision, as plans to expand Canada’s euthanasia and assisted suicide programme continue.

Decision blasted as “a real slap in the face to eight million people with disabilities in Canada”

Disability rights professor David Lepofsky, who is blind, said “For the prime minister to do this is a real slap in the face to eight million people with disabilities in Canada”. Lepofsky also said the decision is a sign to people with disabilities that they are not a priority.

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The defense is calling for an absolute discharge for Freedom Convoy leaders Tamara Lich and Chris Barber as their trial continues.

During a July 24 court session, defense lawyers argued that Lich and Barber should not serve additional jail time for their role in organizing and leading the 2022 Freedom Convoy which protested COVID mandates.

“This is an individual who came to this city with the best of intentions, as recognized by the judge. She has been under strict bail conditions for three-and-a-half years. She spent 49 days in jail for the offence of mischief,” Lich’s lawyer Lawrence Greenspon said.

“And if one looks at the positive impact that she’s had on the lives of many Canadians and the community service that she has continued to do, there’s absolutely no reason for her to not receive an absolute discharge,” he continued.

Currently, the Crown is seeking seven years for Lich on a single mischief conviction, and eight years for Barber and the forfeiture of Barber’s truck.

This sentencing, to be determined on October 7, has been roundly condemned by Canadians, including many prominent politicians.

Poilievre, Conservative MPs publicly support ‘Freedom Convoy’ organizers ahead of sentencing – Canada’s National Observer
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Several Conservative MPs are criticizing the Crown’s approach to prosecuting two key organizers of the “Freedom Convoy” protests, with the party’s deputy leader calling it an act of “political vengeance.”

Tamara Lich and Chris Barber were convicted of mischief in April for their roles in organizing the demonstration, which blockaded streets around Parliament Hill for more than three weeks in early 2022. Barber was also convicted of counselling others to disobey a court order.

 

A Canadian resident from India was found guilty of attempting to have sex with someone who was a minor, but since he is applying for Canadian citizenship, the Judge decided to give him a “conditional discharge” so his citizenship application isn’t ruined. The pedo-supporting judge is liberal Justice Paul Thomas O’Marra, who declared, “A conviction would lead to severe collateral consequences, such as jeopardizing his immigration status, delaying his citizenship, and preventing him from sponsoring his wife, which would likely result in separation…”

Akashkumar Khant, 30, will now be let loose on the Canadian public as a fellow voter, assuring the pedophilic death cult that is Canada’s far left “Liberal” Party will stay in power for decades to come, making itself increasingly at odds with America’s values, and thus, making itself a security risk for future American generations (should we survive our own internal crisis). The pedo enabling judge is willing to sacrifice your child for his smug sense of self-righteousness.

Indian Migrant Gets “Conditional Discharge” For Sex Crimes Because It Would “Delay His Citizenship”– www.louderwithcrowder.com
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In the political pursuit to make Canada India and ensure no human is illegal, our northern neighbors have truly lost their minds.

A Canadian resident has been given a “conditional discharge” after trying to have sex with someone he believed was a minor. However, given the fact that he wants to be a citizen, the judge believes that the morally permissible thing to do is to let him off the hook, as the more evil thing would be to disrupt his immigration hearing.

It’s unclear why this judge wants predators in his country so badly, but that is up for you to decide.

According to the National Review:

In December 2023, Akashkumar Khant, 30 (plus or minus some months), made the mistake of arranging to have sex with a 15-year-old at a Mississauga Holiday Inn for $140.

Only, when he got there, that 15-year-old turned out to be a cop. He was arrested at the hotel (with $140 in cash on hand) and subsequently ended up in court — but he won’t receive a criminal record for his actions, in part because of his immigration status.

On June 25, Khant was sentenced to a conditional discharge for committing an indecent act. For three months, he will be under house arrest — during which time he can go shopping for three hours every Sunday, attend religious services, medical appointments and travel to and from work. Twelve months of probation will follow afterward. Whether Ontario will appeal remains an open question, as the province won’t reveal its plan until after July 25.

New Bill Would Stop Canada From Euthanizing Mentally Disabled People– www.lifenews.com
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On June 20, 2025, Tamara Jansen (MP – Cloverdale – Langley City) introduced private members Bill C-218 in the House of Commons to prevent (MAiD) euthanasia for mental illness by excluding mental disorders from being considered a “grievous and irremediable medical condition” for the purposes of MAiD. If passed no one would be eligible for MAID for mental illness alone.

Bill C-218 will likely receive it’s first hour of debate in November 2025.

When Canada expanded the euthanasia law in March 2021 by passing Bill C-7, one of the expansions in the law permitted euthanasia for a mental illness alone. At that time the government approved euthanasia for mental illness alone with a two-year moratorium to give them to prepare.

After two previous delays, last year the government delayed the implementation of euthanasia for mental illness alone until March 17, 2024.

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In the aftermath of the U.S. airstrikes on Iran Saturday, Prime Minister Mark Carney has called for a de-escalation of hostilities in the Middle East and for parties to “return immediately to the negotiating table.”

“Iran’s nuclear programme is a grave threat to international security, and Canada has been consistently clear that Iran can never be allowed to develop a nuclear weapon,” he wrote in a statement shared to X Sunday morning. “While U.S. military action taken last night was designed to alleviate that threat, the situation in the Middle East remains highly volatile. Stability in the region is a priority.

“As G7 leaders agreed in Kananaskis, the resolution of the Iranian crisis should lead to a broader de-escalation of hostilities in the Middle East, including a ceasefire in Gaza,” he continued, adding, “Canada calls on parties to return immediately to the negotiating table and reach a diplomatic solution to end this crisis.”

Hundreds of protesters rally in downtown Calgary ahead of G7 summit– globalnews.ca
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They marched, chanted, waved flags and signs, and handed out pamphlets on the issues dear to their hearts, in hopes the G7 leaders would take notice.

Hundreds of protesters rallied in downtown Calgary on Sunday as leaders from around the world began arriving for the start of the G7 summit in the Rocky Mountain resort of Kananaskis, Alta., about an hour west of the city.

With the site of the summit closed to the public, organizers have set up three “designated demonstration zones” in Calgary and one in Banff and have promised that live video feeds of the protests will be broadcast on big screens in Kananaskis to the leaders in attendance.

Aside from some traffic disruptions, Sunday’s protests were largely peaceful.

Carol and Mike Schmidt held a small Canadian flag as they stood in front of Calgary city hall — one of the protest zones in Calgary — to denounce Donald Trump’s desire to make Canada the 51st state.

Trump meets with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney at G7 summit– www.washingtonexaminer.com
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President Donald Trump will meet with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney at the G7 summit at 11 a.m. ET.

The G7 summit will be Carney’s first international gathering since being elected as prime minister in March.

Trump and Carney’s meeting comes amid a trade war between the United States and Canada. World leaders are also expected to discuss the recent exchange of missiles between Iran and Israel.

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European Union officials say Canada is likely to sign a defence procurement agreement with the continent when Prime Minister Mark Carney goes to Brussels later this month.

Carney is set to visit Brussels on June 23 for the Canada-EU summit, where he will meet with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President António Costa.

Attending the G7 summit in Alberta today, both EU leaders say Canada’s involvement in what they call Europe’s “rapidly evolving defence architecture” is set to deepen.

Canada Admits Deaths Are Surging Among ‘Fully Vaccinated’– slaynews.com
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The Canadian government has made the disturbing admission that deaths are skyrocketing among people who received multiple doses of Covid mRNA “vaccines.”

A government report shows a major death surge caused by the so-called “booster” shots.

The alarming admission was revealed in a report from the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC).

In a parliamentary response, the PHAC’s report reveals that deaths spike dramatically in individuals who were “boosted” with third and fourth Covid mRNA injections.

The PHAC response reveals that citizens who were “boosted” suffered far higher mortality compared to the unvaccinated.

A parliamentary inquiry by Conservative MP Cathay Wagantall posed several questions to the PHAC.

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Ottawa is reviewing its defence spending plans “from top to bottom,” Defence Minister David McGuinty said Thursday, as Canada comes under pressure from allies to ramp up spending to levels not seen since the height of the Cold War.

McGuinty said the federal government will have more to say “very soon” about its alliance spending commitments and will be “making announcements in this regard.”

“Canada is revisiting all of its expenditures presently, from top to bottom,” he told reporters at NATO headquarters in Brussels.

“Just recently, our prime minister announced a $6 billion new effort to secure our Arctic, Canada’s Arctic. So we’re working very hard now with colleagues to implement a series of changes. We’ll have much more to say about that financially in very short order.”

McGuinty is in Belgium taking part in the NATO defence ministers’ meeting, the last major NATO meeting ahead of the leaders’ summit later this month — where members are expected to agree to increase their defence spending targets.

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At least one person died and five others were injured on Tuesday night following a shooting in Lawrence Heights, Toronto.Toronto police and paramedics responded to reports of gunfire just after 8.30 pm (local time) near Flemington and Zachary Roads, in the area of Ranee Avenue and Allen Road. Police said one man was pronounced dead at the scene, while the other five were taken to hospital with gunshot wounds. Their injuries are unknown at the time.A command post has been set up in the Ranee Avenue and Flemington Road area as the investigation continues. Police have not released any information about possible suspects.Toronto mayor Olivia Chow said she is “disturbed” by the incident and confirmed her office is in contact with police. “I want to thank the first responders—Toronto police, fire, and paramedic services—for your work on a very busy and challenging scene,” she said.The area remains under a heavy police presence as officers work to gather more information.