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In a recently made available closed-door interview with staff members of the Public Order Emergency Commission, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Freedom Convoy participants and Fox News are the leading culprits in online discourse that is “destabilizing our democracy.” Plus, public health officials are warning about an “uptick in Covid-19 cases” – once again suggesting Canadians “stay home” duri...

Responding to a social media post by True North’s Andrew Lawton, Twitter owner Elon Musk waded into the discussion over Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s plans to further regulate online conduct and speech, calling it an attempt to “muzzle” Canadians. Plus, yet another Liberal MP is caught red handed as the federal ethics commissioner concluded on Tuesday that International Trade Minister Mary Ng br...

The Liberals held onto the GTA riding of Mississauga—Lakeshore on Friday as Liberal candidate and former Ontario Liberal finance minister Charles Sousa won Monday’s byelection. While many are declaring the byelection result as a failure for Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre – is this actually the case? Plus, ahead of a provincial general election in Alberta this spring, Calgary's city council w...

A federal byelection is taking place in the GTA riding of Mississauga—Lakeshore as Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre faces his first electoral test since being elected leader earlier this year. As a result of activists hoping to disrupt the byelection, 40 candidates are on the ballot. Plus, federal prosecutors have dropped all charges against a Freedom Convoy protester accused of interfering wi...

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s Sovereignty Act is now officially passed in the Alberta legislature. The law that is designed to give the province the ability to ignore federal laws that it deems harmful to its interests garnered a lot of discussion around the country, including hints that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau may soon fight it. Plus, a new public opinion survey on Canada’s Premiers show...

The federal government has awarded an RCMP contract to a Chinese company facing espionage charges in the U.S. – and Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre is demanding the Liberals cancel it. And another rate hike from the Bank of Canada – this one sending interest rates to the highest they’ve been since 2008. What does this mean for regular Canadians? Plus, one violence plagued Toronto high school...

The federal Auditor General has found that billions of dollars in covid relief funding was sent out to “ineligible recipients.” The report goes on to explain that some of this money went to people in prisons and to people who were deceased. Meanwhile, an independent media outlet has been evicted from the National Press Building on Parliament – what’s really going on in this Ottawa media dispute? A...

The average Canadian family is now spending over $15,000 per year on groceries. As if that isn't high enough, according to leading researchers that amount is going to grow by another $1,000 in the year ahead. The Vancouver School Board recently voted to bring police officers back into schools, right as the Toronto District School Board debates the same -- all at a time of rising violence in Canadi...

Google is now ramping up its campaign against Bill C-11 with pop-up ads all over the Internet. The bill, known as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s internet censorship bill, will see the government manipulating online algorithms, the tech giant warns. Meanwhile, people want answers as to how a notorious alleged anti-Semite was able to attend an event on Parliament Hill with MPs – but so far no one w...

China’s vice premier Sun Chunlan has come out to say that the omicron virus is “less pathogenic” and is indicating that the Beijing Communist government may be somewhat loosening its covid zero grip. An exclusive True North report has discovered that the Canadian government says it’s completely prepared to pay the US Navy double the amount originally agreed upon in 2014 to acquire torpedo upgrade...

It appears Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is angling to challenge Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s Sovereignty Act. Smith introduced the Sovereignty Within a United Canada Act on Tuesday with the goal of empowering Alberta to mix federal legislation that is harmful to their province, but the following day Trudeau said he’s taking nothing off the table when it comes to potentially confronting the is...

Pierre Poilievre sits down for an exclusive interview with True North, where he highlights what he describes as the problems with the Liberal government amendments to its firearms legislation. Meanwhile, Western University has quietly reversed its controversial vaccine mandate for students, although its mask mandate remains in place. And Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has ended his silence on the o...

Protests show no signs of slowing down in China, even as observers fear how the authoritarian government of Xi Jinping may start to crack down on them. Meanwhile, the Ottawa school board is back in the news – not for pushing mandates this time, but for hiring a staff member tasked with dealing exclusively with transgender students. And a constitutional rights group is sounding the alarm over Bramp...

The Trudeau government has unveiled its long-waited Indo-Pacific Strategy – and Xi Jinping is not going to be happy with it. The 26-page document outlines the government’s plan to boost military and cyber security, protect Canadian critical minerals from Chinese state-owned enterprises and discusses enhanced relations with Taiwan. But that’s the least of China’s problems right now, as protesters t...

Chrystia Freeland took the stand at the Emergencies Act hearings Thursday and it was disclosed that at least one bank executive tried to caution Freeland against using the country’s banking system as a “political weapon.” Plus, Freeland described Freedom Convoy protesters as people who were trying to change policy at “gunpoint” and that she refused to negotiate with people who hold democracy “host...

On Day 29 of the Public Order Emergency Commission hearings, Justice Minister David Lametti refused to answer questions about the Trudeau government’s decision to invoke the Emergencies Act by routinely citing solicitor-client privilege throughout his testimony. Plus, Lametti and Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino joked about bringing in tanks to break up the Convoy protests. Also, Canadian He...

On Day 28 of the Emergencies Act hearings, Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino testified that he was aware that the Freedom Convoy did not pose a threat to national security as is required in the Act. Plus, Convoy lawyer Brendan Miller was ejected from the building by Commissioner Paul Rouleau – a first at the Emergencies Act hearings. Also, an Ottawa school board meeting turned into a giant go...

On Day 27 of the Emergencies Act hearings, Emergency Preparedness Bill Blair was the first cabinet minister to testify and it was revealed he urged the government to “keep the language down” prior to the prime minister calling the Freedom Convoy a fringe minority with unacceptable views. Also, CSIS director David Vigneault confirmed that he advised Trudeau to invoke the never-before-used Act despi...

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and several of his cabinet ministers will appear before the Public Order Emergency Commission this week to justify the government’s use of the Emergencies Act to quash the Freedom Convoy. Plus, after weeks of empty shelves, over one million bottles of children’s pain medication will arrive in Canada starting this week. And the Green Party of Canada has elected a new l...

Government officials took the stand on Day 25 of the Emergencies Act hearings and it was revealed Prime Minister Trudeau's national security advisor Jody Thomas held a very negative view of the Convoy and referred to them in one email as people who “do not care about or understand democracy. Plus, one of Canada’s most prominent banks is funding child gender transitions after donating $500,000 to t...

The waters have been further muddied when it comes to what the government’s controversial Bill C-11, dubbed Trudeau’s online censorship bill, will actually be doing. The Chair of the CRTC Ian Scott is now walking back comments he made about the bill and what powers CRTC will have as a result. Plus, research from Leger found that half of Canadians believe Ottawa plans on admitting too many immigran...

On Wednesday, Chinese leader Xi Jinping gave Prime Minister Justin Trudeau a public dressing down at the G20 summit in Bali, Indonesia over apparent leaks to the press. But Trudeau held firm and told Xi that, “In Canada, We believe in free and open and frank dialogue and that is what we will continue to have.” Meanwhile here in Canada, a Conservative MP says the Liberals are benefitting from the C...

On Day 22 of the Emergencies Act hearings, it was revealed that just a day prior to the Trudeau government invoking the Emergencies Act to quash the Freedom Convoy, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service told cabinet that the Convoy did not constitute a threat to national security. Plus, Danielle Smith has made good on her promise to fire Dr. Deena Hinshaw as Alberta’s chief medical health off...

While Ontario has stopped short of bringing back a mask mandate, a couple Ontario universities have reintroduced the controversial measure and require masks be worn at all-times while indoors. However, non-compliance appears to be a huge problem. Plus, the shortage of children’s pain and fever medication appears to be getting worse. Health Canada announced an emergency supply from the US and Austr...

It’s Thursday November 10, 2022 and we’ve got you covered with all the news you need to know. During a press conference in Vancouver on Wednesday, Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre reiterated his support for peaceful Freedom Convoy protestors as the inquiry into Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s use of the Emergencies Act continues to unfold. And while the University of Waterloo rushed to reinsta...