overton window: Mainstream, supposedly respectable, publications in Canada are taking advantage of this shift as well, according to National Observer. On Aug. 12, Canadaland published an investigation by Sean Craig exposing Postmedia's plan to shape their newspapers' coverage in an unprecedented, centralized fashion in the leadup to the federal election. The Overton window has also shifted considerably rightward, and publications eager to tap into that audience Rebel Media, Quillette, Breitbart, etc. have been rewarded. Craig writes that in October 2018, Postmedia's then-president and now CEO, Andrew Mac Leod, called a meeting and told National Post editors the publication was insufficiently conservative. Two days later, the editor-in-chief of the Edmonton Sun and Edmonton Journal, Mark Iype, was removed from his position and reassigned to a new role. In June, then-National Post and Financial Post comment editor Kevin Libin, who played an active role in defeating a union drive at the paper earlier that year, was appointed to take charge of all political reporting and analysis in Postmedia newspapers to ensure the newspapers became more reliably conservative. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

ban: A portion of the first-year medical curriculum is now being dedicated to discussing the ban and its long-lasting effects, according to National Observer. For the family of Ethelbert Bartholomew, a black medical student who was expelled from Queen's when the ban came into effect, the move is being seen as a way to make up for past wrongs. The university in Kingston, Ont., apologized earlier this year for the ban which was established in 1918 and enforced until 1965 and vowed to take further steps to address past discrimination. It starts with recognizing the history, atonement, said his great-niece, Maria Bartholomew. Ethelbert Bartholomew was in his fourth year when he was made to leave the university, his family said. I think the most important thing is to start the conversation. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

space research: On Saturday, she pointed to what looked like an island on the opposite side of the scenic bay that hugs this sprawling city, where, over 400 years ago, the Portuguese founded the first European colony in the Amazon, according to National Observer. See there asked Figueiredo, 40. From the open-air kiosk where Figueiredo has been selling fried fish with a a for two decades, she watched Friday as black smoke billowed over Guajar Bay. Darker smoke started to come out, like an erupting volcano. Brazil's National Institute for Space Research released new satellite data showing an 82% increase in fires over the same period a year earlier. But as fires raged across Par the second-largest state in Brazil's densely forested north, a haze of distrust set in, fueled by President Jair Bolsonaro's bombastic effort to deflect attention from his far-right administration's role in a crisis gripping the world. ; Apocalyptic images of S o Paulo, the Western Hemisphere's largest metropolis, enshrouded in black smoke last week prompted global outcry over deforestation amid mounting fears over the rapidly worsening climate crisis. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

digitally-integrated campaign: The party says the ads, which begin airing on television this week, will be part of a comprehensive and digitally-integrated campaign that also includes featured stories from Canadians, according to CTV. One shows a smiling Trudeau engaging with constituents in his working class Montreal riding of Papineau and delivering his campaign message while riding a transit bus. Sign up for our Election Dispatch newsletter for a daily update on the campaign, once the federal election is underway A release from the party says Choose Forward is the official campaign theme that will be stamped on a series of national ads featuring Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. He talks about things he says the Liberals have done to help average Canadians, such as cutting taxes for the middle class, creating the Canada Child Benefit and their climate change plan -- and he fires a broadside at Andrew Sheer's Conservatives, whom he accuses of trying to block such initiatives. That's become the main theme of the Liberal camp, and it's a refrain Canadians will no doubt hear repeated countless times during the coming campaign. The Conservatives like to say they're for the people but then they cut taxes for the wealthy and cut services for everybody else, Trudeau says. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

election: Sign up for our Election Dispatch newsletter for a daily update on the campaign, once the federal election is underway The billboards, which feature pre-election advertising with Bernier's face, the logo of his People's Party of Canada and a slogan advocating against mass immigration, started appearing in different spots across the country late last week, according to CTV. They quickly sparked an outpouring of criticism, including from Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil and federal Tourism Minister Melanie Joly, for promoting anti-immigrant rhetoric. We completely disavow any sympathy with or support for the views expressed by donors who paid for and selected the content of their advertising, which we were mistakenly not afforded an opportunity to first approve, Frank Smeenk, the head of True North Strong & Free Advertising Corp., wrote in an email to The Canadian Press on Monday. On Sunday, Pattison Outdoor Advertising, which owns the billboards, said the ads would come down in response to the criticism. Earlier that day, the company had said that if anyone took issue with the content, they should contact the third-party group running them. It was never my or Pattison Outdoor's intention to offend, alienate or in any way insult the public by allowing this ad to run, president Randy Otto wrote, adding the company would review its advocacy guidelines. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

pan-canadian strategy: At the moment, the aerospace ecosystem in Quebec seems in perfect health, reads the 130-page document, according to CTV. Activity is abundant, demand for workers is high and the outlook is encouraging. In a new report released Monday, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers IAMAW warns about the absence of a long-term vision that could cause problems down the line despite the industry's healthy employment and output. However when we take a closer look, we find that an unprecedented storm could hit the industry very soon. In short, it is time we take the destiny of our aerospace industry in hand, the study states. The report recommends implementing a pan-Canadian strategy to better co-ordinate industry efforts. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

intelligence community: Wark began work in the late 1990s on the government-commissioned study of how Canada's intelligence community evolved in the years following the Second World War, according to National Observer. Much of the book-length manuscript, based on classified files, was released under the Access to Information Act in 2005, but considerable portions were considered too sensitive to disclose. Officials became sufficiently nervous about the tasking of Canadians and the prospect of being caught snooping overseas that they had John Diefenbaker, prime minister at the time, give his blessing, reveals a study by intelligence expert Wesley Wark. Additional details of the intelligence effort to conscript travellers were released to The Canadian Press following a complaint to the information commissioner. But officials were conscious of the value of trying to provide some Canadian intelligence from human sources, especially to ensure favour with Canada's more powerful partners, such as the U.S. and Britain, notes Wark, who teaches at the University of Ottawa. Canada decided against creating a secret intelligence service to spy abroad in the early phase of the Cold War. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

calif .,: Meanwhile, the gunman who killed three people and injured 13 others at a festival in Gilroy, Calif., a week earlier was found to have posted messages online referring to a misogynist, white supremacist manifesto, according to National Observer. Recent acts of mass violence in the U.S. have shone a spotlight on the link between misogyny and extremism across the world. According to Vice News, he was also deeply involved in a disturbing part of the extreme metal music scene known as pornogrind, which is characterized by sexually violent lyrics and albums featuring dehumanizing images of women and women's body parts. And Canada has its own unique problems with misogyny and extremism that have surfaced in recent years in a bout of attacks. At least in some of those cases, it's pretty apparent from the evidence available so far that there were strains of right-wing extremism and violent extremism that laid the foundation and contributed to that behaviour, Goodale told reporters. Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale commented on this link pertaining to events in the U.S. and Canada on Aug. 6 in a press conference, when asked about whether the spate of mass shootings made him concerned about white nationalism in Canada. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

mass immigration: Though it has been around since 2016, it has no known social media accounts an anomaly for modern advertising firms and was not even registered under its current name until July 2019, according to National Observer. According to government records, a third-party advertiser registered as a federal corporation in June 2016 under the name eExc Corporation. True North Strong & Free Advertising is a mysterious company with very little public record until now. It underwent a name change to become True North Strong & Free Advertising on July 4 of this year. The billboards, which appeared in numerous Canadian cities, featured a photo of PPC Leader Maxime Bernier alongside the word VOTE and a message telling voters to Say NO to mass immigration. The company funded a series of anti-immigrant billboards promoting the People's Party of Canada PPC . The billboards have been taken down following intense public criticism. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

advertising corp: They were criticized nearly immediately as promoting anti-immigrant rhetoric, according to CTV. Petitions have since sprung up calling on billboard owners Pattison Outdoor Advertising to take the ads down, arguing that they violate the company's own code of conduct. The ads, featuring a photo of party leader Maxime Bernier, the slogan Say NO to mass immigration and a call to vote for his party, started popping up across the country late last week. The company released two statements on Sunday, the first of which said that people who have a problem with the ads should take it up with the advertiser, True North Strong & Free Advertising Corp. We take a neutral position on ads that comply with the ASC code as we believe Canadians do not want us to be the judge or arbiter of what the public can or cannot see, the company said in a statement circulated on their social media accounts. The statement suggested they reviewed the ad content and it did not violate the Ad Standards of Canada ASC code or their own policies. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

intelligence community: Wark began work in the late 1990s on the government-commissioned study of how Canada's intelligence community evolved in the years following the Second World War, according to CTV. Much of the book-length manuscript, based on classified files, was released under the Access to Information Act in 2005, but considerable portions were considered too sensitive to disclose. Officials became sufficiently nervous about the tasking of Canadians -- and the prospect of being caught snooping overseas -- that they had John Diefenbaker, prime minister at the time, give his blessing, reveals a study by intelligence expert Wesley Wark. Additional details of the intelligence effort to conscript travellers were released to The Canadian Press following a complaint to the information commissioner. But officials were conscious of the value of trying to provide some Canadian intelligence from human sources, especially to ensure favour with Canada's more powerful partners, such as the U.S. and Britain, notes Wark, who teaches at the University of Ottawa. Canada decided against creating a secret intelligence service to spy abroad in the early phase of the Cold War. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

privacy act: In a statement to CTV News, Global Affairs Canada confirmed the death of a Canadian in Cancun but did not confirm the person's identity due to the provisions under the Privacy Act, according to CTV. We offer our deepest condolences to the family and friends of the Canadian citizen who has been murdered in Cancun, Mexico, the statement reads. The attorney general's office for the Mexican state of Quintana Roo said Sunday that Daniel Lavoie, 62, has been killed with violence. Consular services are being provided to the victim's family. The attorney general's office declined to discuss a possible motive with The Associated Press. Consular officials are in contact with local authorities to gather additional information. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

katie broderick: Caughron has already become the Waterloo record-holder in the butterfly, and Frericks owns Cedar Falls' top time in the backstroke, according to The Waterloo Record. Frericks' freshman state debut included a narrow runner-up finish in the backstroke, 55.77-55.87, against West Des Moines Dowling's Katie Broderick. All three were underclassmen when they climbed onto the podium at last year's state meet. She added a fourth-place finish in the 50 freestyle and was part of two relays that placed among the top six. Frericks' offseason included a taste of competition against some of the best collegiate prospects across the nation. She really wanted to win the 100 backstroke at state, and coming in second kind of upped the ante and boosted her drive coming into this year, Cedar Falls coach Scott Pinter said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

job-losing b.c: There, there, dry those tears, according to Hamilton Spectator. Two years ago I planned this exit before being ushered out or carried out, fingers stiffly on keyboard but on with business If only the ruling Ottawa-Toronto-Montreal triangle had a tenth as much concern for job-losing B.C. forestry workers as it has for Quebec-based, scandal-wracked SNC-Lavalin's employees well, it wouldn't be the Canada we know and love, right What WV councillors more favourable than municipal staff toward Park Royal's tacking on more storeys to a development bitterly opposed barely a year earlier PR shows contempt for council and residents, trumpeting its goal of a virtually autonomous live-work-play enclave in a town it doesn't respect. A last column without tears let's get on with important business Oh, dry those tears isn't 29 years at this stand long enough article continues below Trending Stories West Van homeowner forced to sell, conspiracy claims dismissed North Van tax educator' loses appeal First fish clear Seymour River rock slide North Vancouver man charged in mystery tree cutting case This is my last column. Sproing, sproing! The Kangaroo Court of the BC Human Rights Commission is back in session, revived by John Horgan 16 years after Premier Gordon Campbell properly abolished it. This freak show, first reported by the incomparable Christie Blatchford, drew international headlines and jeering of Canada. The case that discredits the B.C. human wrongs apparatchiks beyond all previous crank causes Sending to its Star Chamber-style tribunal the 29 complaints of one Yaniv, putting through the wringer frightened, mostly immigrant female estheticians who don't wax male genitals and wouldn't make an exception for a self-defined transwoman still equipped with a penis. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

rights committee: However, he never became a permanent resident, according to CTV. In June, the Canada Border Services Agency determined that Elmi should be deported because of a criminal record that includes assault charges. Abdilahi Elmi, 34, arrived in Canada as a child and eventually ended up in a foster home. He was due to be deported back to Kismayo, Somalia on Monday. By the mid-afternoon, the CBSA sent an email to Elmi's lawyer, Idowu Ohioze, informing him that his client's deportation on Monday had been cancelled. But on Friday, the United Nations called for a delay so that the UN human rights committee could review the case. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

ratification vote: This is what the journey and the pathway to self-determination looks like, she said, according to National Observer. The agreement is an example of the recognition of rights, respect, co-operation and partnership sought by the Liberal government in forging a new relationship with Indigenous Peoples, she added. The milestone shows groundwork has been laid for First Nations in Ontario to move beyond the Indian Act, Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett said Friday. Parliament passed the Indian Act in 1876, giving the federal government enormous power over the control of registered First Nations people, bands and the reserve system. Anishinabek First Nations are set to hold a ratification vote in February 2020. The federal government said four parts of the act that deal with governance will no longer apply to Anishinabek First Nations who ratify the proposed agreement. ; The changes would mean that First Nations could make decisions about leadership, citizenship, government operations and how to best protect and promote their language and culture. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

cent: Within that category, the province has so far accepted 41 per cent fewer skilled workers than it did in the first six months of last year, according to CTV. The numbers were compiled by Jack Jedwab, president of the Canadian Institute for Identities and Migration, using data from the federal Immigration Department. In the first six months of 2019, the number of immigrants to Quebec in the economic category fell by 32 per cent compared with the same period in 2018. Premier Francois Legault was elected last October on a promise to cut immigration by 20 per cent in 2019 compared with 2018 levels. But Legault and his immigration minister, Simon Jolin-Barrette, have repeatedly stated that while Quebec would receive fewer newcomers overall in 2019 and in the three subsequent years, those accepted would be better suited to meet the province's economic needs. Too many newcomers weren't finding work within the first five years of arriving and too few spoke French, he said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

bassett walker: A third-party advertising group, True North Strong & Free Advertising Corp., paid for the billboard, according to CTV. The organization is run by Frank Smeenk, the chief executive of a mining exploration company based in Toronto. The ad prompts people to vote for the People's Party of Canada and reads Say NO to Mass Immigration. The group filed interim financial returns with Elections Canada that show it spent 59,890 on billboards in select cities in Canada and received 60,000 from Bassett & Walker International Inc., a company that specializes in the international trade of protein products. Earlier this week, Smeenk declined to comment on the billboard beyond what appeared in the Elections Canada filing. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

david koch: At 6 feet, 5 inches tall, the professional contrarian and ideological warrior had little interest in blending in, according to Rabble. Even as Democrats made him and his deep political giving a symbol of the corrupting influence of money on politics, he remained defiant and doubled-down. He liked it that way. Koch could not be kowtowed into a crouch. No cause was given, although his brother Charles noted in a statement that David had previously fought prostate cancer. David Koch's death was announced Friday. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

media outlets: And it is also becoming more politically engaged The voting rate of immigrant from West Central Asia and the Middle East increased to 73 per cent in the 2015 election from the 57 per cent recorded four years earlier, the largest increase among the 10 immigrant regions studied by Statistics Canada, according to CTV. Sign up for our Election Dispatch newsletter for a daily update on the campaign, once the federal election is underway For Alshaer, and other ethnic media outlets, all his efforts are aimed at helping Arabic-speaking new Canadians kick isolation and get involved in politics. The community Alshaer's paper serves is growing -- more immigrants are arriving in Canada from Africa, Asia and the Middle East than ever before, surpassing Europe that was once the dominant source. We're trying to encourage our audience to integrate, he said. Research published by Statistics Canada in 2016 highlighted that new Canadians made up about one-fifth of the voting population. We show them how important is to participate in politics. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

rosemary barton: They are three news anchors Lisa LaFlamme, Rosemary Barton and Dawna Friesen and two columnists, Susan Delacourt and Althia Raj, according to CBC. There is no way of precisely knowing this, but I am confident that choosing all five exclusively from the XX chromosome class was a matter of some exultation, perhaps reaching to self-congratulation. Eric Baradat/AFP/Getty Images Rex Murphy August 23, 20195 02 PM EDTFiled under Full Share this story Rex Murphy Who else would have the empathy to interrogate our feminist PM Tumblr Pinterest Google Linked InA stellar cast of central Canadian journalists, all of them eminently female, has been selected to moderate the first federal election leaders' debate. Somewhere, in whatever closet these mysterious deliberations were conducted, surely at their conclusion there was a whoop of You go girls!, and surely, too, much high-fiving over the shards of another broken glass ceiling. Surely there was a whoop of 'You go girls!'So the declaration of a No Males Zone around the moderation of the first debate has to be a good thing, achieving heights of fashionable correctness that would stir a gulp of envy even in the puritan confessionals sound booths of the third-wave sisterhood down south at National Public Radio home of the hushed voice, where even the news is organic and shade-grown. In the higher regions of Canadian journalism, soft L liberalism predominates, and a progressive attitude toward upper-middle-class feminism, the feminism of professionals, is as much standard equipment for both males and females as a laptop, an iPhone, and an envious glare to aim at Robert Fife a male as he goes off to bury another politician. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

scheer: Along with the video came a challenge to march in Sunday's Ottawa Pride parade, with Goodale noting that Scheer has never yet participated in any Pride parade, according to Vancouver Courier. SCHEER IS PASSING THE BUCK, LETTS' PARENTS SAYThe parents of Jack Letts, a British-Canadian man imprisoned in northern Syria, are chastising Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer for saying he wouldn't lift a finger to help their son. Singh's statement came several hours after Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale tweeted a short, edited video of an April 2005 speech Scheer gave in the House of Commons explaining his opposition to the Civil Marriage Act, which legalized same-sex marriage in Canada later that year. Scheer might react differently if his own child was locked in a foreign dungeon without access to a lawyer or contact with his family, John Letts and Sally Lane said in a statement distributed Thursday. Questions about the fate of Jack Letts, who is being held in a Kurdish jail in Syria, recently resurfaced following word that Britain had revoked his citizenship. The couple, who live in Oxford, England, said it is time for Canadian politicians to show leadership and demonstrate that Ottawa is able to protect the rights and freedoms of all citizens. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

cent: Within that category, the province has so far accepted 41 per cent fewer skilled workers than it did in the first six months of last year, according to National Observer. The numbers were compiled by Jack Jedwab, president of the Canadian Institute for Identities and Migration, using data from the federal Immigration Department. In the first six months of 2019, the number of immigrants to Quebec in the economic category fell by 32 per cent compared with the same period in 2018. Premier Francois Legault was elected last October on a promise to cut immigration by 20 per cent in 2019 compared with 2018 levels. But Legault and his immigration minister, Simon Jolin-Barrette, have repeatedly stated that while Quebec would receive fewer newcomers overall in 2019 and in the three subsequent years, those accepted would be better suited to meet the province's economic needs. Too many newcomers weren't finding work within the first five years of arriving and too few spoke French, he said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

islamic state: The couple, who live in Oxford, England, said it is time for Canadian politicians to show leadership and demonstrate that Ottawa is able to protect the rights and freedoms of all citizens, according to National Observer. Questions about the fate of Jack Letts, who is being held in a Kurdish jail in Syria, recently resurfaced following word that Britain had revoked his citizenship. Scheer might react differently if his own child was locked in a foreign dungeon without access to a lawyer or contact with his family, John Letts and Sally Lane said in a statement distributed Thursday. Letts' parents said their son, who still holds Canadian citizenship, went to Syria for religious and humanitarian reasons, not to fight for the extremist Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. Mr. It is irresponsible of Scheer, and the U.K. government, to pass the buck and let other countries deal with the westerners being held in Syria following the demise of ISIL, they said. ; Last year, John Letts accused Scheer and his colleagues of falsely stating Jack was a terrorist who had gone abroad to fight with the terrorist organization. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

statistics canada: And it is also becoming more politically engaged The voting rate of immigrant from West Central Asia and the Middle East increased to 73 per cent in the 2015 election from the 57 per cent recorded four years earlier, the largest increase among the 10 immigrant regions studied by Statistics Canada, according to National Observer. For Alshaer, and other ethnic media outlets, all his efforts are aimed at helping Arabic-speaking new Canadians kick isolation and get involved in politics. The community Alshaer's paper serves is growing more immigrants are arriving in Canada from Africa, Asia and the Middle East than ever before, surpassing Europe that was once the dominant source. We're trying to encourage our audience to integrate, he said. Research published by Statistics Canada in 2016 highlighted that new Canadians made up about one-fifth of the voting population. We show them how important is to participate in politics. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

a-list clout: He placed second in both of the last two years, according to CTV. The prolific actor, 47, scored a major hit with family-friendly reboot Jumanji Welcome to the Jungle -- a sequel is on the way -- and has starred in multiple Fast and Furious films including this month's Hobbs & Shaw. Former professional wrestler Johnson raked in US 89.4 million over 12 months, rising back to the number-one spot he last held in 2016. He has just become the go-to bankable star, said Comscore analyst Paul Dergarabedian. Using his A-list clout to secure lucrative profit-sharing movie deals on top of eight-figure fees, Johnson also appears on HBO television show Ballers, hosts NBC game show Titan Games and has his own lucrative line of fitness clothing, among other endorsements. And he's always working -- he's relentless. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.