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Conservative Party leader Erin O’Toole condemned violence targeting Asian-Canadians across the country, adding that Chinese Canadians have faced a “double threat” by hate groups and foreign influence operations from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) taking place within Canada. O’Toole, in a video message on Tuesday, urged Canadians and Conservatives to “defend our Asian neighbours against

Two U.S. Capitol Police officers on March 30 sued former President Donald Trump, asserting that he caused physical and emotional injuries suffered during the Jan. 6 breach of the Capitol building. James Blassingame and Sidney Hemby, both of Maryland, were on duty that day. People in the mob “were spurred on by Trump’s conduct over

Democrat Rita Hart dropped her election challenge over the Iowa House district that was contested by only six votes, giving Republicans and Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-Iowa) a final win. Hart on Wednesday announced she is withdrawing her challenge with the House Administration Committee over her loss in Iowa’s Second Congressional District. A number of Democratic

OTTAWA—Opposition members shut down a parliamentary committee hearing Wednesday after the Liberal government once again refused to let a political aide appear to answer questions about the now-dead deal with WE Charity. Members of the House of Commons’ ethics committee had asked Amitpal Singh, a senior adviser to Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, to testify after

News Analysis The April 1 increase in the federal carbon tax to $40 per tonne highlights the high cost of the federal pricing scheme compared with the cost to Quebecers under their provincial cap-and-trade policy, whose current carbon price is roughly half that amount. Trevor Tombe, an economics professor at the University of Calgary, said

Youtube, the video hosting platform owned by Google, announced on March 29 that they are going to test making the “dislike” count on videos invisible. The tech giant says that it’s being done in response to “targeted dislike campaigns” and “creator feedback around well-being.” “In response to creator feedback around well-being and targeted dislike campaigns,

News Analysis The foreign ministers of Iran and China signed a 25-year Strategic Comprehensive Partnership Agreement on March 27 that will cover economic, political, and military cooperation between the two countries and bring $400 billion of Chinese investment into Iran. The deal, signed in Tehran by Mohammad Javad Zarif and Wang Yi, would ensure that

More than 100 people in Washington state have tested positive for COVID-19 after being fully vaccinated, authorities said March 30. Epidemiologists have found evidence of 102 so-called breakthrough cases since Feb. 1. That number represents 0.01 percent of people in the state who have been fully vaccinated against the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, which causes COVID-19.

Before a skeptical Supreme Court March 31, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) defended its rules that preclude paying student-athletes. The Biden administration sided with the student-athletes during telephonic oral arguments that ran 94 minutes instead of the allotted 60. The case is actually two cases heard together: National Collegiate Athletic Association v. Alston, court