The Daily Brief

In response to the prime minister’s refusal to launch an independent inquiry into allegations of Chinese interference in Canadian elections, Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre says Trudeau is working against the interests of Canada.

And as cities across Ontario and Quebec struggle to deal with the influx of asylum seekers from Roxham Road, Alberta and British Columbia say they currently have no plans to take in any of these border crossers.

Plus Conservative MP Ed Fast plans to table legislation that would repeal a Trudeau government law that allows the mentally ill to access doctor-assisted suicide.

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced new steps to investigate claims that the Beijing Communist regime influenced Canada’s elections unfairly – but stopped short of committing to a public inquiry into the matter.

Meanwhile, the RCMP has launched an investigation into violations of national security information law in connection to media leaks from CSIS employees concerning the foreign interference allegations.

Also, Canadian public health officials are no longer advising most adults to get COVID booster doses.

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In an exclusive interview with True North’s Andrew Lawton, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says a public inquiry is needed because Canadians “need to know what Justin Trudeau and his top staff knew” about Chinese interference in the 2019 and 2021 elections.

Plus, NDP leader Jagmeet Singh says he is not “ruling out” making a public inquiry a condition for continuing its coalition with the federal Liberals.

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau slapped down questions about calling for a public inquiry, claiming public servants have already reviewed the last two campaigns and concluded China’s interference did not compromise the results.

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A British Columbia school board is apparently so troubled by parents making their voices heard about curriculum matters that they’re now collecting the ID of parents who show up at board meetings.

Meanwhile, a new report shows that 75% of Canadians say their family is paying way too much in taxes. Is there a limit to the amount of taxes Canadians will have to shell out?

And yet another climate activist has vandalized a cultural institution, this time hurling paint on a woolly mammoth statue at a Canadian museum.

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will not commit to an inquiry into China’s interference in Canada’s elections despite growing calls to do so.

Meanwhile, the Alberta budget is out and any plans for the province getting its own provincial police service are at least for now off the table.

Plus, another university has made it clear it no longer wishes to hire caucasian faculty members for many positions.

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The revelations surrounding Beijing’s interference in Canadian elections keeps on coming, this time with a report that the Chinese Communist regime funnelled money to the Trudeau Foundation.

Meanwhile, a Sport Canada report shows a whopping 90% of female athletes believe that transwomen have a competitive advantage and want to see sports categories exclusive to biological females.

Plus, a Canadian think-tank is urging governments to consider the promotion of stable family units as part of government policy.

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is denying reports that Liberal MP Han Dong is a willing benefactor of Chinese Communist influence operations, going so far as to suggest it’s racist for CSIS and others to suggest so.

Meanwhile, the Canadian federal government has banned Chinese social media app TikTok from government devices.

Plus a comedian in Quebec has had his shows cancelled for featuring a puppet that critics say is a blackface prop – but the comedian, who is Black himself, is not backing down.

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is facing a growing chorus of calls to do something about election interference from China, including from his former top advisor Gerald Butts.

Yet another public opinion survey shows that people think things are broken in Canada, echoing sentiments voiced by Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre.

And a new conservative political party is forming in Saskatchewan, determined to challenge the current governing party.

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is questioning the accuracy of leaked documents from Canada’s national intelligence agency, which detail China’s elaborate strategy to influence the 2021 federal election in favour of the Liberals.

One in two Canadians believes artificial intelligence may outsmart humans, according to a new poll. Just where is this issue headed?

Plus, a British Columbia secondary school is promoting a workshop teaching young teens how to access gender-affirming care which includes life-altering surgeries.

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As the Trudeau government’s Online News Act, Bill C-18, inches closer to becoming law, Google is blocking some users from viewing news content in what the tech giant says is a test run of a potential response to the act. Bill C-18 would require companies like Meta and Google to compensate legacy media companies for publishing content on their platforms.

Alberta Mental Health and Addiction Minister Nicholas Milliken has revealed members of the new Recovery Expert Advisory Panel who will advise the province on its recovery-oriented systems of care.

And Nearly half of young Canadians say socialism is the ideal economic system for Canada, according to a new report by the Fraser Institute.

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