Ford pledges strong action on homeless encampments, notwithstanding clause in play
In response to growing concerns from municipalities, Ontario Premier Doug Ford has outlined a new legislative framework aimed at clearing homeless encampments.
Asylum seekers now taking up more than half of Ottawa’s shelters
Disgruntled Ottawa residents expressing concerns about refugees straining city resources are being criticized by city councillors for allowing “fear (to) get in the way of compassion.”
Ontario doctor ordered to pay back $600,000 claimed from issuing COVID shots
Turns out, Ontario doctors were financially incentivised to administer COVID shots.
One doctor has just been ordered to pay back over $600,000 she claimed because she recruited undergraduate students to voluntarily administer them.
36% of new Toronto food bank clients are not Canadian citizens
Among new clients visiting the Toronto food banks, 80% have been in Canada less than five years, and more than one-third are either temporary residents, refugee claimants, or undocumented individuals whose asylum applications have been denied but who refuse to leave the country.
Growing calls for high school principal to be fired after playing Arabic song on Remembrance Day
Ontario principal plays Arabic-language Palestinian protest song during Remembrance Day, says it’s more inclusive given that most fallen Canadian soldiers were white.
No charges announced yet for Indian protesters carrying swords and machetes
Peel Police have asked for the public’s help but have not announced any charges related to Indian protesters openly carrying swords and machetes.
Ford demands Med School abolish DEI policy
Ford goes after racist DEI policy that discriminates against qualified medical school applicants based on their skin tone.
Ford bans foreign medical students
Premier Ford to ban foreign medical students in effort to increase the number of doctors who stay in Ontario.
Toronto med school reserving majority of spots for Black, Indigenous, and LGBT-identifying
A new medical school in Toronto has promised to accept a majority of students who are either Black, Indigenous, or “Equity-Deserving.”
The school is also abolishing MCAT, the standardized test that determines academic readiness.
Jewish family moves out of Ottawa after red triangle spray painted onto child’s daycare
Jewish family moves out of Ottawa after the latest scare targets child’s preschool.