Blog Archives
https://thedailykenn.blogspot.com/2023/05/one-year-after-buffalo-grocery-massacre.html On May 14, 2022, an unhinged white teen barged into a Buffalo, NY grocery store and opened fire. His stated goal was to kill as many blacks as possible. 18-year-old Payton S. Gendron was convicted of killing ten. Nine were black. In the subsequent year, we documented about 450 white victims of black crime. That’s about nine white victims each week. Think of it as a slow-burn massacre or consider it a weekly replay of the Buffalo massacre.
Wdio.com published an article titled, ‘A year after Buffalo supermarket massacre, city’s Black youth still shaken’. Attributed to Carolyn Thompson and The Associated Press, the tear-jerking prose relays the story of a 16-year-old boy who fears a stroll in the park. What the woke media overlooks is the number of black-on-black homicides that have been committed in Buffalo.
“In 2022, there were 70 homicides in the City of Buffalo,” according to the Buffalo police department. That is far and above the annual average of 54 homicides. If you care to view the faces of Buffalo’s homicide victims, go to gunmemorial.com and enter the search term ‘Buffalo NY’. The results will render this heart-wrenching revelation: Nearly all homicide victims were black.
So what is happening in Buffalo? Are there unhinged white supremacists running amok? Or is the city a typical American urban jungle where violent black crime is as common as decaying houses and street economies built almost exclusively on drug trafficking? The national media is largely ignoring black-on-white homicides and black-on-black homicides. It appears the only lives that matter to the media are those who’s deaths can be exploited to advance a far-left agenda.
https://www.wdio.com/front-page/world-national/a-year-after-buffalo-supermarket-massacre-citys-black-youth-still-shaken/https://data.buffalony.gov/stories/s/CitiStat-Buffalo-Buffalo-Police-Department/hugq-2uun/https://gunmemorial.org/search_results.jsp?q=Buffalo+ny
to  |
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2023/05/10/mass-immigration-is-fuelling-the-housing-crisis/?li_source=LI&li_medium=liftigniter-rhr
Nobody wants to admit the truth: Mass immigration is fuelling the housing crisis Liberal immigration rules are hurting wages while house building is miles off the paceJEREMY WARNER10 May 2023 • 1:00pm
It’s the reason that dares not speak its name, the elephant in the room, as it were – burgeoning net immigration. Britain’s insanely high, and increasingly unaffordable, house prices have many causes, yet it is remarkable how little mention this particular one ever gets.If we’re adding to the population through migration at the rate of a small sized city every year, it is scarcely surprising that there should be an acute shortage of housing.House prices were off a tad last month, according to the latest Halifax survey, but perhaps rather more remarkable is quite how little they’ve fallen since the peak in August last year.Given the surge in interest rates, making housing even less affordable and mortgage servicing costs far more expensive, a significantly bigger correction might by now have been expected. That there hasn’t been one is in part about a continued dearth of supply.In the year to last June – the latest official data – net migration in the UK surged to 504,000, a new record. Yet just 252,540 new dwellings were added last calendar year, a shortfall of almost exactly 50pc, or even higher taking account of the additional impact of natural population growth. Even acknowledging that each new unit is likely to house two or more people, there is simply not enough housing to go around, a phenomenon reflected not just in very high prices but also in surging rents.These costs are absorbing near record levels of disposable income, eating deep into other forms of consumption which have already been badly damaged by the cost of living crisis.Net immigration in the UK is admittedly at exceptional levels right now, with large numbers of Ukrainians and Hong Kongers added to the usual flow. This is generally not expected to last.We’ve also seen the number of overseas students come surging back after the hiatus of the pandemic. Though students count as migrants, the great bulk of them are unlikely to settle in Britain as full time residents.Even so, the idea that Brexit would stem the flow of new arrivals, or that net migration might be reduced to the “tens of thousands”, as once promised by David Cameron, is plainly for the birds.“I don’t think that’s unrealistic; that’s the sort of figure there was in the 1990s and I think we should see that again,” the one time prime minister said in the runup to the 2010 election. He never came anywhere close.Pretend asylum seekers in small boats, though politically very high profile, have little to do with the underlying problem; most of the migration is entirely legal.True, the numbers coming in from Europe are much lower than they were now that Britain has left the EU. Many have also gone back, with little intention of returning.Yet their numbers have been more than made up for by new arrivals from elsewhere in the world, particularly the sub-Continent and Africa.I’ll come to some of the reasons for this surge later, but if you are going to have such high levels of immigration it is incumbent on the Government to ensure sufficient supply in housing, social services and basic infrastructure to meet the extra demand. It has not.On housing, there is barely enough in the way of additional development to meet even new household formation from the existing population, never mind the new arrivals.Successive housing ministers have promised that they are going to nail the shortfall with planning reform. Virtually all of them have had to admit defeat. Under Michael Gove, the Government has pretty much given up on the chase altogether.The Levelling Up Secretary has both in effect abandoned local authority housing targets, and axed the mooted Oxford Cambridge Arc development, which would supposedly have delivered a million new homes.Not that it seems to have done him any good. Last week’s Tory party drubbing in local elections can be partly attributed to over-development fears. Please don’t call it Nimbyism, but opposition to further house-building proved fertile ground for the Lib Dems and the Greens.After becoming prime minister, Boris Johnson pledged to transform the UK into a “high-wage, high-skill, high-productivity economy” partly driven by limiting the influx of cheap migrant labour. Initially, there were a few signs of success. Wages surged in road haulage because of a shortage of lorry drivers, and coming out of the pandemic there was a significant rise in real wages in general, even if this was mainly about base and compositional effects.Soaring inflation since then has put an end to that. But the Government’s new immigration policy has scarcely helped, either. It has continued to be relatively easy for employers to bring in migrant labour.The median salary for men between 22 and 29 was £26,856 in 2021, and for women £25,115. Yet under the Government’s points-based system for “skilled workers”, companies can still hire from overseas for as little as £20,480 per annum.Employers complain bitterly about labour shortages, but there are five million UK residents of working age on out-of-work benefits. Bringing in labour from outside is still preferred to the hard yards of getting the unemployed back into work.Policy is at sixes and sevens; the problem of undersupply in the housing market is made worse by still relatively liberal immigration rules, which in turn act as a brake on wages.The economically inactive then have less incentive to go back to work; employers likewise have fewer reasons to invest in training and productivity. Meanwhile, expenditure on out-of-work benefits just keeps on growing.But don’t look to Labour for better alternatives when it comes to Britain’s chronic housing problem. If a report in the Financial Times is to be believed, the party would only make a bad situation worse by significantly increasing the costs to overseas buyers and limiting all new developments to first-time buyers for the first six months.Nothing would be more guaranteed to further reduce the supply of new homes. Who is going to build in the first place if an incoming Labour government attempts to confine demand in this way?There is an old truism about immigration and welfare; you can either have free movement or high welfare, but not both, or you will soon find yourself overwhelmed.Similarly with housing. You can either have lots of immigration or highly restrictive planning laws, but not both, or you’ll break the system. It is just such a destructive combination that we have today. Safety fears over 500 migrants ‘cooped’ up on first bargeBarge that will be home for 500 asylum seekers arrives in CornwallThe Bibby Stockholm will be refitted and refurbished in Falmouth before being sent to Dorset ready to take migrants on board by JulyByCharles Hymas, HOME AFFAIRS EDITOR9 May 2023 • 12:07pm
The Bibby Stockholm accommodation barge is tugged into Falmouth, Cornwall, CREDIT: Matt Keeble/PA WireA barge to house 500 asylum seekers has arrived in the UK as part of the Government’s efforts to move migrants out of hotels.The Bibby Stockholm, a barge that has been used to house oil and construction workers, is to be refitted and refurbished in Falmouth before being towed to Portland Port, near Weymouth in Dorset ready to take on board the asylum seekers in June.It currently has 222 rooms with en suite bathrooms, and leisure facilities such as pool tables and a gym and catering but it will be converted to take up to 506 asylum seekers who are expected to be required to share rooms in bunk beds with en suite washing facilities.The scheme is, however, facing opposition from local Tory MP Richard Drax, and Dorset council who are considering legal action to block the “inappropriate” plan. David Sidwick, Dorset’s police and crime commissioner, is demanding extra funding from the Home Office to pay for the additional costs of policing the site.Mr Drax told The Telegraph: “It is a barge for 220 that is going to take 506. Even if you double up the rooms that still leaves 60 without a room. Some will have to be three or four beds.“What are the conditions going to be like in a barge with 506 young men from all over the world – some possibly disturbed mentally – couped up in a quasi-prison?”
A communal living area inside the 222-bedroom barge CREDIT: Bibby Marine LtdeCouncillors from Portland town council and Dorset council were told last week that the barge will be fenced off within the harbour to stop migrants wandering around. Portland is a secure busy port area that hosts commercial ships and cruise liners, which are expected to bring some 130,000 passengers this year.Councillors were also told that there would be hourly bus services to take migrants out of the port and on trips to Weymouth with an 11pm voluntary curfew to return.Under current asylum rules, migrants are free to come and go but those who stay out overnight are called by phone to establish why they have not come back. Any who remain out for more than seven days, or 14 calendar days and nights within any six-month period, face removal from the site.Pete Roper, the mayor of Portland, said that in meetings with Home Office and port officials the councils had called for additional exercise and leisure facilities on the portside because of the limits within the barge for only a small gym and entertainment such as pool. It will also have prayer rooms.“I get a sense that the personal safety of the women on the island is rising to the top of the list. There is a lot of hearsay floating around at the moment regarding the behaviour of asylum seekers at hotels in other parts of the country,” said Mr Roper.“That just appears to be hearsay. It is difficult to get any concrete confirmation that this is in fact happening. But it is now getting to be a major concern because of the fact that it’s on our doorstep down the road in Falmouth.”Dorset Council said it still had “serious reservations about the appropriateness of Portland Port in this scenario and remains opposed to the proposals”.Mr Sidwick said: “I have been and remain in regular contact with the Home Secretary and policing minister, with regard to the funding required to meet the extra policing needs that this project will entail. I am determined that the funding should not come from the current police budget or from the people of Dorset.”Bill Reeves, the chief executive of Portland Port, has sought to reassure local residents about the plans. He claimed that housing migrants at the port would create new jobs and attempted to dispel fears that asylum seekers would cause trouble to local residents, saying they would be given advice about “cultural sensitivities and behaviour”.Reeves also claimed that the migrants accommodated on the barge would have been in the UK for “some time staying at hotels, so they will have an understanding of UK culture and expectations”.The Home Office said the accommodation will be “basic” with healthcare provision, catering facilities and 24/7 security. The vessel, chartered from Bibby Marine, a company that specialises in accommodation and transportation for offshore workers, will cost around £50 a day per migrant once berthed in Portland, around a third the price of hotels.Rishi Sunak previously said the barge would save taxpayers’ money, because the Government is currently spending so much housing asylum seekers in hotels.
Migrants being housed in almost 400 hotels across UKThe government is paying millions of pounds a day to put up asylum seekers in hotels
Robert Jenrick, the Immigration minister, said: “This Government has been clear that the use of expensive hotels to house the unprecedented number of asylum seekers crossing the Channel is unacceptable and must end – there are currently more than 51,000 asylum seekers in hotels costing the UK taxpayer £6 million a day. “This is why we will be using alternative accommodation options which are more manageable for communities, as our European neighbours are doing – including the use of barges to save the British taxpayer money.“We are continuing to work closely with the councils and key partners to manage any impact in Falmouth and Portland and that appropriate arrangements are in place.”
Safety fears over 500 migrants ‘cooped’ up on
Red Chinese Diplomat in Canada Threatens Tory MP’s Relatives in China — Trudeau Does Nothing
Conservative MP Michael Chong says feds did not brief him on alleged threats to his family in China China sanctioned Chong in 2021, barring him from entering the county and prohibiting Chinese citizens from conducting business with him Author of the article: The Canadian Press Published May 01, 2023 • Last updated 1 day ago • 1 minute read 102 Comments 
FILE: Conservative foreign-affairs critic Michael Chong rises during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Monday, Feb. 13, 2023. Photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Patrick Doyle
Conservative member of Parliament Michael Chong says Ottawa should have informed him about potential threats to his family made by China’s government.
Chong released a statement after the Globe and Mail reported, citing a top-secret document and an anonymous national security source, that China’s intelligence service sought to target the MP and his family. The former cabinet minister currently serves as the Tories’ foreign-affairs critic and routinely criticizes the regime in Beijing for its human-rights record and its alleged attempts to meddle in Canada’s affairs. Chong says in a statement today that like other Canadians, he has family overseas — and any attempts to threaten them in an attempt to intimidate or coerce people in Canada constitutes a national threat. Chong says the Canadian Security Intelligence Service never briefed him about any threats made against him or his family, adding he believes that is because Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s office did not authorize such a warning.
[ Sources told the Globe that the MP is Conservative Michael Chong and that the diplomat in Canada handling the file, Zhao Wei, is still accredited to work in this country.] (National Post, May 2, 2023)
Trudeau’s office and the security agency did not immediately respond to requests for comment and The Canadian Press has not independently verified the allegations published in the Globe and Mail. China sanctioned Chong in 2021, barring him from entering the county and prohibiting Chinese citizens from conducting business with him. — This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 1, 2
CRT is part of a dangerous and harmful Marxist agenda intended to destroy the foundation of our nation which is built on Judeo-Christian principles. We must protect our children so that they too will embrace our rich inheritance. Learn more about our guest and share the Empower Hour invite HERE.
The Major Battle is in our Schools and Universities
The biggest battle regarding CRT is on the frontline in our schools. Christopher Rufo wrote the following Parent Guidebook on how to fight Critical Race Theory in the schools. Read HERE.
Example of CRT propaganda in Ontario: The Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) has unveiled white privilege lesson plans for students.
Visit Action4Canada’s Critical Race Theory page for more resources and information about CRT HERE. https://www.youtube.com/embed/cfmpnGV0IGc
Christopher Rufo is an amazing individual on the front line of the Anti-CRT movement bringing awareness and solutions. This video-essay explores the intellectual history of Critical Race Theory, how it’s devouring America’s public institutions, and what you can do to fight back. Since the video was created, seven States have banned CRT, and sixteen more States have bans in progress.
Rufo says, “In simple terms, critical race theory reformulates the old Marxist dichotomy of oppressor and oppressed, replacing the class categories of bourgeoisie and proletariat with the identity categories of White and Black. But the basic conclusion is the same: in order to liberate man, society must be fundamentally transformed through moral, economic, and political revolution”.
Key terms: Whiteness, white privilege, white fragility, oppressor/oppressed, intersectionality, systemic racism, spirit murder, equity, antiracism, collective guilt, affinity spaces.
Protecting Faith, Family and Freedom View Email in Browser  |
| D Critical Race Theory (CRT) is an existential threat to our freedom and democracy as its ultimate goal is to eliminate the white race. CRT is being pushed in academia and throughout society and is a sinister agenda intended to twist and distort facts and reality in order to divide and conquer. CRT was created by racists who claim to be anti-racists fighting a noble cause against racism. They purport to support freedom and equality while at the same time make accusations that Canada is a nation founded on white supremacy and oppression, and that these forces are still at the root of our society today and need to be plucked out. White, Christian males are, in their opinion, the most detestable of all. Is it of any consequence that the racist bigots pushing this agenda, happen to be predominantly white? Here are some questions to consider: What is Justin Trudeau and the global cabal up to? Is mass immigration a part of the plan to destroy the west? Will they succeed in convincing Canadians that we need to be eternally repentant for developing a nation in which others have been able to richly enjoy the benefits? they succeed in demonizing our forefathers or will Canadians realize we should be forever grateful for our rich inheritance? Are we going to succumb to this attack and willingly step aside and allow our country to be taken over by people who have not invested in it, based on the insidious lie of white privilege? Those who built this country came here risking all, often with nothing but the shirts on their backs. The Natives had not developed a commonwealth. In fact there were many tribes that were infighting and it is reported that they continue to do so to this day. This country was built by hardworking Europeans who sacrificially gave so much for us and we should be damned if a corrupt global cabal are going to waltz in and allow foreign entities to take it over. Canadians are, and have been, exceedingly generous in providing funding to the Natives and to anyone coming to Canada seeking refuge from totalitarian regimes. Here are some other questions to ponder: Are the UN and globalist cabal demanding that Islamists, who invaded many Christian nations by murdering, raping and pillaging prior to the Crusades, apologize and pay retribution for what they did? Europeans were civil and signed treaties with the natives and were not brutal invaders taking Canada by storm. So why are Canadians expected to continue to sacrifice their hard earned dollars to indefinitely fund the Natives Isn’t it time that ALL Canadians be treated equally and do their part? Canadians need to realize that our freedom came at a cost and we therefore have a duty to vigilantly defend it. As Ronald Reagan so accurately said: “Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same.” The following indepth report provides evidence into just one faction of immigration wherein the government is using CRT to silence Canadians. A minority of the population, committing the majority of the crime. But don’t acknowledge these facts, or you will be called a racist. Do not allow the CRT propaganda to cause you to put down your weapons (values, principles and patriotism) and shame you into walking away from defending this great nation.  |
When: Wednesday, April 26th, 2023 4:30pm PST/7:30pm EST Register in Advance. The zoom doors open at 4:30pm PST and the Empower Hour begins at 5pm PST/8pm EST.
On the next Empower Hour, professor David Millard Haskell joins Tanya to discuss the damage Critical Race Theory and “Anti-Racism Education” is doing in our public education system. CRT is an ideology rooted in Marxist notions and teaches that whites are perpetual oppressors and people of colour are perpetual victims. “Anti-racism Education” takes the ideas of CRT and packages them into classroom curriculum and diversity training instruction.
CRT is part of a dangerous and harmful Marxist agenda intended to destroy the foundation of our nation which is built on Judeo-Christian principles. We must protect our children so that they too will embrace our rich inheritance. Learn more about our guest and share the Empower Hour invite HERE.
The Major Battle is in our Schools and Universities
The biggest battle regarding CRT is on the frontline in our schools. Christopher Rufo wrote the following Parent Guidebook on how to fight Critical Race Theory in the schools. Read HERE.
Example of CRT propaganda in Ontario: The Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) has unveiled white privilege lesson plans for students.
Visit Action4Canada’s Critical Race Theory page for more resources and information about CRT HERE.
Christopher Rufo is an amazing individual on the front line of the Anti-CRT movement bringing awareness and solutions. This video-essay explores the intellectual history of Critical Race Theory, how it’s devouring America’s public institutions, and what you can do to fight back. Since the video was created, seven States have banned CRT, and sixteen more States have bans in progress.
Rufo says, “In simple terms, critical race theory reformulates the old Marxist dichotomy of oppressor and oppressed, replacing the class categories of bourgeoisie and proletariat with the identity categories of White and Black. But the basic conclusion is the same: in order to liberate man, society must be fundamentally transformed through moral, economic, and political revolution”.
Key terms: Whiteness, white privilege, white fragility, oppressor/oppressed, intersectionality, systemic racism, spirit murder, equity, antiracism, collective guilt, affinity spaces.
Talk Truth: Without Apology
Corri and Allan Hunsperger from Talk Truth engage in conversation with Tanya Gaw, founder of Action4Canada, about the underlying agenda of Critical Race Theory and the threat it poses to the security and sovereignty of our nation.
Maxime Bernier will STOP Mass Migration in Canada. A powerful discussion of mass immigration, the Truckers’ Freedom Convoy and the Rouleau whitewashing of Trudeau’s invocation of the Emergencies Act.
Chrystia Freeland’s Anti-White & Anti-White Male Budget
Chrystia Freeland’s budget is woke by stealth
[The Liberals and, to a lesser extent, the Conservatives are committed to the replacement and displacement of the European founding/settler people of Canada via mass immigration — the Liberals are now aiming for 500,000 immigrants a year, over 85% from the Third World. Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s recent budget escalates the anti-White campaign. Her budget includes many measures to dispossess Whites, using our money to actively discriminate against Whites, especially White males. — Paul Fromm]
The words ‘diversity,’ ‘equity’ and ‘inclusion,’ do not appear in the budget but they are very much apart of it Author of the article: Jamie Sarkonak Published Apr 03, 2023 • Last updated Apr 03, 2023 • 5 minute read 416 Comments 
Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland speaks during a news conference before delivering the federal budget, Tuesday, March 28, 2023 in Ottawa. Photo by Adrian Wyld /The Canadian Press
Identity-based hiring for the coast guard, tens of millions for Black employees in the public service and mandatory diversity reporting at Canadian banks were some of this year’s identity-politics-infused budget measures.
Instead of diversity, marketing for this year’s budget has focused on infrastructure, jobs and the idea of “balance” — despite the whopping $493 billion in total spending, $59.5 billion in new spending, a $43 billion deficit, and $34.5 billion to be spent on interest (rising to $50.3 billion in 2027).
The words “diversity,” “equity” and “inclusion,” do not appear at all in Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s budget speech; feminism was mentioned, but only in the context of Canada’s record-high labour force participation for women. It was an interesting retreat for a party that regularly champions diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI).
Perhaps it’s a sign that some communications strategists in Ottawa are starting to realize that DEI doesn’t have universal appeal. DEI is unavoidable though, since identity-based spending has been enshrined in Canadian law with the Canadian Gender Budgeting Act.
Another $55 million for housing was added to the National Housing Strategy. On top of housing need, the program prioritizes projects by identity.
The federal Student Work Placement program was given $197.7 million for 2024-25. The feds noted that the program will be aimed specifically at “students with disabilities, Black and racialized students, Indigenous people, and/or women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.” This isn’t surprising — the program already discriminates by providing greater wage subsidies for students who check off the diversity box, so we’re getting more of the same.
The Canadian Coast Guard is getting $120 million over the next five years to reinforce the fleet and hire more personnel. It’s a great initiative, considering the job implications for Atlantic Canada and the assistance it will give to the defence against illegal fishing. However, hiring will have “distinct considerations for Black and racialized people” — an unnecessary consideration that undercuts merit.
A grant program for Canadian colleges was expanded with $108 million over the next three years. Another important investment, but the grant program has a DEI component which asks applicants to demonstrate how projects will affect various identity groups.
The Canadian Media Fund received $40 million over two years “to make funding more open to traditionally underrepresented voices” by supporting the creation of jobs and content for “equity-deserving” communities. The Canadian Media Fund already offers numerous programs with preferential treatment to women, disabled persons, Indigenous people, visible minorities and sexual minorities.
Similarly, $160 million was allocated to “organizations in Canada that serve women.” It looks like another boost to non-profits and charities to balance out the budget measures that the government deems to benefit primarily men.
The budget also created a new Anti-Racism, Equity and Inclusion Secretariat, which is getting $1.5 million over the next two years. The role is that of an ideological commissar, ensuring that DEI is taken into account when crafting federal policy. It appears to be similar in size and scope to two identity positions created in last year’s budget: the Special Envoy on Combatting Antisemitism and the Special Representative on Combatting Islamophobia.
What makes these positions objectionable is that representation of citizens should happen on the floor House of Commons. The people should choose who represents them in government, not the Liberal Party of Canada.
Spending on a planned Action Plan to Combat Hate, as well as continuing Canadian Heritage’s Anti-Racism Strategy, was $75 million (interestingly, less than the $85 million allocated last year). The trouble with these plans is that they tend to use very expansive definitions of “racism” and “hate” that aren’t shared by the general public.
This year, the feds are spending the anti-hate money on things like security upgrades for places of worship, which isn’t objectionable if all religions get equal treatment. However, the development of an Action Plan to Combat Hate has been troubled: the Department of Canadian Heritage was caught biasing the results of feedback surveys to favour voices that agreed with Liberal policy goals. Meanwhile, the department’s Anti-Racism Action Program (one of the “arms” of the larger Anti-Racism Strategy) has funded an anti-racism tool kit that labelled Canada’s old flag, the Red Ensign, a hate symbol. It also funded a series of consultations carried out by Laith Marouf, an anti-racism activist known for his antisemitism.
The budget has some race-specific lines as well. One initiative set aside $25 million specifically for “Black-led and Black-serving” community organizations. Another initiative set aside $45.9 million for Black federal public servants to have a dedicated mental health fund and career development program — last year, $3.7 million was set aside to make a mental health fund for Black federal public servants, so the program has increased more than 10 times in size.
Regarding government procurement, $80 million has been dedicated to “social procurement.” The Liberals are increasingly tying federal contracts to diversity; this latest batch of funding will go towards the collection of demographic data of potential contractors to assist with the project.
Finally, the budget will also expand requirements for corporations to disclose the diversity of governance boards. In 2020, amendments to the Canada Business Corporations Act from Bill C-25 took effect, requiring federally-incorporated distributing corporations to disclose the demographic composition of governing boards and senior management. The 2023 budget requires federally regulated financial institutions to make the same disclosures. Amendments will be made to the Bank Act, Insurance Companies Act, and Trust and Loan Companies Act accordingly.
Diversity disclosures are quick to come with strings attached. In 2020, Navdeep Bains (then-Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry) told tech news website BetaKit that companies that achieved greater diversity would have preferential access to government contracts and programming.
Canadians should be skeptical of the feds picking and choosing favourites based on identity, like they’ve done with this budget. It distracts from what the real goal should be: improving the quality of life for all Canadians, no matter who they are.
National Post
Chrystia Freeland’s Anti-White & Anti-White Male Budget
Chrystia Freeland’s budget is woke by stealth
[The Liberals and, to a lesser extent, the Conservatives are committed to the replacement and displacement of the European founding/settler people of Canada via mass immigration — the Liberals are now aiming for 500,000 immigrants a year, over 85% from the Third World. Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s recent budget escalates the anti-White campaign. Her budget includes many measures to dispossess Whites, using our money to actively discriminate against Whites, especially White males. — Paul Fromm]
The words ‘diversity,’ ‘equity’ and ‘inclusion,’ do not appear in the budget but they are very much apart of it Author of the article: Jamie Sarkonak Published Apr 03, 2023 • Last updated Apr 03, 2023 • 5 minute read 416 Comments Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland speaks during a news conference before delivering the federal budget, Tuesday, March 28, 2023 in Ottawa. Photo by Adrian Wyld /The Canadian Press
Identity-based hiring for the coast guard, tens of millions for Black employees in the public service and mandatory diversity reporting at Canadian banks were some of this year’s identity-politics-infused budget measures.
Instead of diversity, marketing for this year’s budget has focused on infrastructure, jobs and the idea of “balance” — despite the whopping $493 billion in total spending, $59.5 billion in new spending, a $43 billion deficit, and $34.5 billion to be spent on interest (rising to $50.3 billion in 2027).
The words “diversity,” “equity” and “inclusion,” do not appear at all in Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s budget speech; feminism was mentioned, but only in the context of Canada’s record-high labour force participation for women. It was an interesting retreat for a party that regularly champions diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI).
Perhaps it’s a sign that some communications strategists in Ottawa are starting to realize that DEI doesn’t have universal appeal. DEI is unavoidable though, since identity-based spending has been enshrined in Canadian law with the Canadian Gender Budgeting Act.
Another $55 million for housing was added to the National Housing Strategy. On top of housing need, the program prioritizes projects by identity.
The federal Student Work Placement program was given $197.7 million for 2024-25. The feds noted that the program will be aimed specifically at “students with disabilities, Black and racialized students, Indigenous people, and/or women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.” This isn’t surprising — the program already discriminates by providing greater wage subsidies for students who check off the diversity box, so we’re getting more of the same.
The Canadian Coast Guard is getting $120 million over the next five years to reinforce the fleet and hire more personnel. It’s a great initiative, considering the job implications for Atlantic Canada and the assistance it will give to the defence against illegal fishing. However, hiring will have “distinct considerations for Black and racialized people” — an unnecessary consideration that undercuts merit.
A grant program for Canadian colleges was expanded with $108 million over the next three years. Another important investment, but the grant program has a DEI component which asks applicants to demonstrate how projects will affect various identity groups.
The Canadian Media Fund received $40 million over two years “to make funding more open to traditionally underrepresented voices” by supporting the creation of jobs and content for “equity-deserving” communities. The Canadian Media Fund already offers numerous programs with preferential treatment to women, disabled persons, Indigenous people, visible minorities and sexual minorities.
Similarly, $160 million was allocated to “organizations in Canada that serve women.” It looks like another boost to non-profits and charities to balance out the budget measures that the government deems to benefit primarily men.
The budget also created a new Anti-Racism, Equity and Inclusion Secretariat, which is getting $1.5 million over the next two years. The role is that of an ideological commissar, ensuring that DEI is taken into account when crafting federal policy. It appears to be similar in size and scope to two identity positions created in last year’s budget: the Special Envoy on Combatting Antisemitism and the Special Representative on Combatting Islamophobia.
What makes these positions objectionable is that representation of citizens should happen on the floor House of Commons. The people should choose who represents them in government, not the Liberal Party of Canada.
Spending on a planned Action Plan to Combat Hate, as well as continuing Canadian Heritage’s Anti-Racism Strategy, was $75 million (interestingly, less than the $85 million allocated last year). The trouble with these plans is that they tend to use very expansive definitions of “racism” and “hate” that aren’t shared by the general public.
This year, the feds are spending the anti-hate money on things like security upgrades for places of worship, which isn’t objectionable if all religions get equal treatment. However, the development of an Action Plan to Combat Hate has been troubled: the Department of Canadian Heritage was caught biasing the results of feedback surveys to favour voices that agreed with Liberal policy goals. Meanwhile, the department’s Anti-Racism Action Program (one of the “arms” of the larger Anti-Racism Strategy) has funded an anti-racism tool kit that labelled Canada’s old flag, the Red Ensign, a hate symbol. It also funded a series of consultations carried out by Laith Marouf, an anti-racism activist known for his antisemitism.
The budget has some race-specific lines as well. One initiative set aside $25 million specifically for “Black-led and Black-serving” community organizations. Another initiative set aside $45.9 million for Black federal public servants to have a dedicated mental health fund and career development program — last year, $3.7 million was set aside to make a mental health fund for Black federal public servants, so the program has increased more than 10 times in size.
Regarding government procurement, $80 million has been dedicated to “social procurement.” The Liberals are increasingly tying federal contracts to diversity; this latest batch of funding will go towards the collection of demographic data of potential contractors to assist with the project.
Finally, the budget will also expand requirements for corporations to disclose the diversity of governance boards. In 2020, amendments to the Canada Business Corporations Act from Bill C-25 took effect, requiring federally-incorporated distributing corporations to disclose the demographic composition of governing boards and senior management. The 2023 budget requires federally regulated financial institutions to make the same disclosures. Amendments will be made to the Bank Act, Insurance Companies Act, and Trust and Loan Companies Act accordingly.
Diversity disclosures are quick to come with strings attached. In 2020, Navdeep Bains (then-Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry) told tech news website BetaKit that companies that achieved greater diversity would have preferential access to government contracts and programming.
Canadians should be skeptical of the feds picking and choosing favourites based on identity, like they’ve done with this budget. It distracts from what the real goal should be: improving the quality of life for all Canadians, no matter who they are.
National Post
Trudeau Foundation president, board resign, citing ‘politicization’ of China-linked donation
Social Sharing
Charity’s leadership cites controversy over Beijing-linked donor to explain the move
Richard Raycraft · CBC News · Posted: Apr 11, 2023 6:51 AM PDT | Last Updated: 5 hours ago
The Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation’s president and board of directors have resigned en masse, citing the charity’s entanglement in the ongoing foreign interference controversy.
In a statement, the foundation said that a $200,000 donation in 2016 from a businessman linked to the Chinese government “has put a great deal of pressure on the foundation’s management and volunteer board of directors, as well as on our staff and our community.”
The charity announced last month that it would return the donation. The Conservatives criticized the government over the matter, saying the donation compromised a government report on the integrity of the 2021 federal election.
“The circumstances created by the politicization of the foundation have made it impossible to continue with the status quo, and the volunteer board of directors has resigned, as has the president and CEO,” the statement said.
WATCH | Trudeau reacts to CEO, board resignations at Trudeau Foundation
Trudeau reacts to CEO, board resignations at Trudeau Foundation
7 hours agoDuration 0:55Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the foundation will continue to make a positive impact on academic institutions across the country.
The foundation is independent and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has no involvement with it.
“The Trudeau Foundation is a foundation with which I have absolutely no intersection,” Trudeau told a news conference Tuesday.
“It is a shame to see the level of toxicity and political polarization that is going on in our country these days, but I am certain that the Trudeau Foundation will be able to continue to ensure that research into the social studies and humanities at the highest levels across Canadian academic institutions continues for many years to come.”
The charity, established in 2001 to honour former prime minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau, funds scholarships, mentorships and fellowships.
Last month, Prime Minister Trudeau appointed former governor general David Johnston as a special rapporteur to investigate foreign interference in Canadian elections and institutions, including alleged meddling by the Chinese government.
The Conservatives have questioned Johnston’s impartiality, in part by pointing to Johnston’s former role as a member of the Trudeau Foundation. Foundation members are responsible for appointing the board of directors.
Johnston resigned from the foundation following his appointment as special rapporteur. Trudeau has defended the choice, citing Johnston’s long career in public service.
The statement said three directors will remain on an interim basis to continue the charity’s work while a new board is appointed. The foundation’s website currently lists six members of the board of directors.
Its president and CEO, Pascale Fournier, had been in the position for almost five years.
Poilievre calls for investigation
Reacting to news of the resignations Tuesday morning, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre called for an investigation into the charity.
“We need to investigate the Beijing-funded Trudeau Foundation,” Poilievre tweeted.
“We need to know who got rich, who got paid and who got privilege and power from Justin Trudeau as a result of funding to the Trudeau Foundation.”https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=false&embedId=twitter-widget-1
Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet said the resignations make the 2016 donation look more suspicious. He called on Johnston to step down as special rapporteur and for the government to call a public inquiry into foreign interference.
“Nothing else will do,” Blanchet said in a French statement.
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said he won’t comment on the Trudeau Foundation specifically. He repeated his calls for a public inquiry.
WATCH | Singh repeats call for public inquiry after Trudeau Foundation president, board resign
Singh repeats call for public inquiry after Trudeau Foundation president, board resign
6 hours agoDuration 0:57During a press conference at St. Clair College in Windsor, Ont., NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is asked about the resignation of the president and board of directors of the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation. A statement from the foundation said ‘the circumstances created by the politicization of the foundation have made it impossible to continue with the status quo.’
“What we’ve seen from both the Liberals and the Conservatives, they’re more interested in scoring political points, pointing fingers at each other,” Singh told a news conference.
“When it comes to something as serious as our democracy, the goal shouldn’t be to score points … We’ve been saying we need a public inquiry to get to the truth, to give Canadians confidence.”
Canadian Politicians Sign Letter to CCP Official Pledging to Promote Beijing’s Image in Fighting COVID-19: Report
Conservative Sen. Victor Oh in a file photo. (Becky Zhou/The Epoch Times)
By Andrew ChenApril 8, 2023Updated: April 9, 2023 biggersmallerPrint 0:006:49
Senator Victor Oh and former Ontario cabinet minister Michael Chan were signatories among those who signed a 2020 letter from an Ontario-based Chinese-Canadian business association to a Chinese Communist Party (CCP) official saying the association has been promoting China’s image in fighting COVID-19 and pledges continuing support of the “great motherland.”
Oh signed as the association’s honorary president as well as a Canadian senator and “chair” of the Canada-China Legislative Association (CACN). Oh’s biography on the Senate of Canada website indicates he is the “Vice-Chair” of CACN, though his name currently is not on the members page of the association.
Chan, for his part, signed as CACN’s honorary president as well as a former minister of international trade of Ontario and an honorary citizen of Jiangsu Province. https://fb9aa48ced4f4ea33ff145de51fa2d12.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-40/html/container.html
The correspondence was in response to a letter issued by the CCP official to Jiang Rui, president of Richmond Hill-based Jiangsu Commerce Council of Canada (JCCC), as reported in April 2020 by the Chinese-language media ccmedia.news, and first reported in English by the Found in Translation newsletter on Substack. The ccmedia.news website includes copies of the two letters.
The March 27, 2020, letter by the CCP official, Lou Qinjian, former secretary of the Jiangsu provincial committee, bears the letterhead of the Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the CCP. It is addressed directly to Jiang as well as all overseas Chinese from Jiangsu in Canada. It is co-signed by another CCP official, Wu Zhenglong, then-governor of Jiangsu. Jiangsu is a province on China’s east coast, north of Shanghai.
Neither Oh nor Chan responded to requests for comment from The Epoch Times.
‘Telling China’s Story Well’
In what Jiang described as a “letter from home,” CCP official Lou’s letter expressed care and concern toward the overseas Chinese in Canada amid the COVID-19 pandemic and said they will “resolutely implement [Chinese] President Xi Jinping’s instructions and requirements, and make the utmost effort to provide help and support for the health and safety of all overseas compatriots.”
Meanwhile, the letter also urged the JCCC to take advantage of its connections as a Chinese diaspora association to promote to Canadians a positive image of Beijing’s pandemic response.
“[We] hope that you will make use of overseas Chinese as a bridge to convey confidence, actively tell well the story of the fight against the pandemic at home [in China], promote the image of the motherland as a responsible major country, and demonstrate the good citizenship of overseas Jiangsu people,” the letter said.
“Telling China’s story well” is a phrase introduced by Chinese leader Xi in 2013, encapsulating his approach of messaging on the world stage to promote the image of the communist regime.
Response Letter
The ccmedia.news article included images of the three pages of Jiang’s response letter, dated April 10, 2020, addressed only to Lou and bearing Jiang’s signature on the second page and the signatures of Oh, Chan, and over a dozen other senior JCCC members on the third page.
In the response letter, Jiang expressed gratitude for the “special letter from home,” saying that following that lead, other Jiangsu government departments have also reached out to show their care and concern, including the Jiangsu Provincial United Front Work Department (UFWD). The UFWD functions as the CCP’s “primary foreign interference tool” working to co-opt international politicians and facilitate espionage, among other activities that endanger national security, says a 2020 report by Public Safety Canada citing research by think tanks.
Jiang also said his group has been committed to the cause of promoting China’s image in Canada since early in the pandemic.
“Since the early days of China’s fight against the pandemic, we’ve made use of the special resources and channels of many JCCC members to tell the story of China’s fight against the pandemic to the Canadian government and people,” Jiang wrote.
“Through extensive and in-depth publicity, China’s demeanour [image] as a responsible, courageous, competent, and cooperative great power … is receiving more and more understanding, support, and appreciation from the Canadian government, people, and overseas Chinese!”
The ccmedia.news article included photos of Oh and Chan signing the letter.
Oh, a Conservative senator representing Ontario, was appointed to the Senate in 2013.
Chan, who was a cabinet member in the previous Liberal government in Ontario, is now deputy mayor of Markham, Ont., a city that is part of the Greater Toronto Area. At the time of the signing of the letter, he was not a public office holder.
The Ontario provincial government was reportedly warned by CSIS in 2010 about its fear that Chan was under the influence of China, according to the Globe and Mail. Chan has said he is taking legal action against the Globe for its reporting.
As reported previously by The Epoch Times, Chan has spoken against anti-Beijing protests in Hong Kong, and supported the regime’s national security law for the region. Canada and other democratic countries have condemned the new law as suppressing freedoms.
Affiliation
The JCCC, established in 2002, says its goal is to promote trade and business collaboration between Ontario and Jiangsu. It has over 1,000 members, including elites in the business, government, and academic communities, according to its website.
Jiang Rui, who began serving as JCCC president in 2018, has also held positions in organizations associated with the CCP, according to reports in local Jiangsu media and state media in China.
Apart from being JCCC president, Jiang is also an overseas representative of the provincial-level Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, a political advisory body in the People’s Republic of China, and also a key body of the CCP’s UFWD, according to ourjiangsu.com, a Chinese website directly owned by the Jiangsu provincial branch of the UFWD.
The Epoch Times reached out to Jiang for comment via the JCCC but didn’t hear back.
According to a January 2021 JCCC report, Jiang was also elected vice-president of the Jiangsu branch of the China Council for the Promotion of Peaceful National Reunification (CCPPNR), a China-based organization directly supervised by officials in the Politburo, the CCP’s highest decision-making body.
The report included photos taken at a conference on the establishment of the Jiangsu CCPPNR, held on Jan. 9, 2020, in Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province. A number of senior CCP officials, including the vice governor of the province, members of the Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the CCP, and the head of the UFWD, attended the conference, according to an article posted on the Jiangsu provincial government website.
The CCPPNR has branches in many countries, including two in Canada and at least 20 in the United States. In October 2020, the U.S. State Department designated a CCPPNR branch, the Washington, D.C.-based National Association for China’s Peaceful Unification, as a foreign mission of the Chinese regime, describing it as a front organization of the UFWD.