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A CBC News analysis shows Poilievre has headlined roughly 50 fundraisers at private venues since becoming Conservative leader in 2022. A party spokesperson says Poilievre is available at events across the country and there's no need to attend a fundraiser to get access to him. (Spencer Colby/The Canadian Press)</p><button type="button" aria-label="Load image titled: Image | Carbon-Pricing-Conservatives 20240326">Load Image</button></div></div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">As Pierre Poilievre presents himself as both a prime minister in waiting and a champion of "the working-class people," he's headlined roughly 50 fundraisers at private venues since becoming Conservative leader in 2022 — some of them in Canada's wealthiest neighbourhoods and most exclusive clubs.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">A CBC News analysis of <a href="https://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?section=fin&dir=reg&document=index&lang=e" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><u class="article_segment__aglub">fundraising reports</u><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="-125 -125 600 450" class="externallinkicon_fill__I8y_f" height="16" width="16"><title>(external link)</title><path d="M216 12.1v24c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h74L194.1 156c-2.3 2.3-3.6 5.3-3.6 8.5s1.3 6.2 3.6 8.5l16.9 16.9c2.3 2.3 5.3 3.6 8.5 3.6s6.3-1.3 8.5-3.6L335.9 82l.1 74c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h24c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12L228 .1c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12z"></path><path d="M288 192v132c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V108c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h132V48H12C5.4 48 0 53.4 0 60v312c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h312c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V192h-48z"></path></svg></a> the Conservatives submitted to Elections Canada show these fundraisers have attracted dozens of registered federal lobbyists who paid up to $1,725 each to attend events featuring Poilievre.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Business executives — including a billionaire oil tycoon, an airline executive and a vice president at AtkinsRéalis, formerly known as SNC-Lavalin — are on the lists of attendees.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">These fundraisers are legal and have a long history in Canadian politics. In a statement issued to CBC News, a Conservative Party spokesperson said Poilievre makes himself available at events across the country and there's no need to attend a fundraiser to get access to him.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr"><ul><li><a href="/lite/story/1.7100305">Conservative Party reports record-breaking fundraising haul in 2023</a></li></ul><ul><li><a href="/lite/story/1.7166294">Why the Conservatives and NDP are headed for a clash over Canada's working-class votes</a></li></ul><ul><li><a href="/lite/story/1.5056385">SNC-Lavalin approached Quebec's justice minister about DPA as part of wider effort to lobby government</a></li></ul></div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">But such fundraisers have led to media scrutiny and opposition criticism in the past — some of it coming from Poilievre.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Poilievre has criticized Prime Minister Justin Trudeau over his fundraising events in the past. He described one event in 2019 as a "$1,500 ticket fundraiser where he was speaking to a bunch of well-connected Liberal lobbyists and wealthy donors."</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Last Friday, Poilievre published an opinion piece in <a href="https://nationalpost.com/opinion/pierre-poilievre-corporate-lobbyists-keep-sucking-up-to-high-tax-anti-resource-liberals" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><u class="article_segment__aglub">the National Post</u><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="-125 -125 600 450" class="externallinkicon_fill__I8y_f" height="16" width="16"><title>(external link)</title><path d="M216 12.1v24c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h74L194.1 156c-2.3 2.3-3.6 5.3-3.6 8.5s1.3 6.2 3.6 8.5l16.9 16.9c2.3 2.3 5.3 3.6 8.5 3.6s6.3-1.3 8.5-3.6L335.9 82l.1 74c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h24c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12L228 .1c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12z"></path><path d="M288 192v132c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V108c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h132V48H12C5.4 48 0 53.4 0 60v312c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h312c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V192h-48z"></path></svg></a> calling on corporate Canada to fire its lobbyists, describing them as "useless and overpaid."</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Poilievre criticized lobbyists in the article, saying the only way "any business lobby has born fruit" has been through "undue handouts, privileges and protections" that "Justin Trudeau has been all too willing to grant." He said businesses will "get nothing from me unless they convince the people first."</div><div class="article_segment__aglub"><div class="embed_embed__gX4nW" role="figure" data-pw="imageEmbed"><div class="embed_embedTextBox__uJWse"><p class="embed_imageTitle__8UFmA">Image | Party-Fundraising 20240131</p><p class="embed_caption__4hiVl">Caption: Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre addresses the national Conservative caucus on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Sunday, Jan. 28, 2024. The Conservative Party of Canada raised more than $35 million during Pierre Poilievre's first full year as leader — and the federal Liberals brought in less than half that amount. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press)</p><button type="button" aria-label="Load image titled: Image | Party-Fundraising 20240131">Load Image</button></div></div></div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">The Liberal Party's fundraising practices came under scrutiny in 2016 when the Globe and Mail revealed Prime Minister Trudeau attended a fundraiser with a Chinese businessman who went on to donate <a href="/lite/story/1.3863266"><u class="article_segment__aglub">$200,000 to the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation.</u></a></div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">To ward off claims the Liberals were giving wealthy donors preferential access to Trudeau and his cabinet, the party changed its policy in 2017 to limit these events to publicly available spaces and to allow journalists access.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">The government also changed the law in 2018 to require that parties make these <a href="https://www.canada.ca/en/democratic-institutions/news/2017/05/making_politicalpartiesfundraisingmoretransparent.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><u class="article_segment__aglub">fundraisers more transparent</u><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="-125 -125 600 450" class="externallinkicon_fill__I8y_f" height="16" width="16"><title>(external link)</title><path d="M216 12.1v24c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h74L194.1 156c-2.3 2.3-3.6 5.3-3.6 8.5s1.3 6.2 3.6 8.5l16.9 16.9c2.3 2.3 5.3 3.6 8.5 3.6s6.3-1.3 8.5-3.6L335.9 82l.1 74c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h24c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12L228 .1c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12z"></path><path d="M288 192v132c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V108c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h132V48H12C5.4 48 0 53.4 0 60v312c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h312c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V192h-48z"></path></svg></a> by posting online notices in advance and reporting details, including lists of attendees, to Elections Canada.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">The Conservatives said they were "concerned" about <a href="https://www.ourcommons.ca/DocumentViewer/en/42-1/house/sitting-259/hansard" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><u class="article_segment__aglub">the bill earlier that year</u><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="-125 -125 600 450" class="externallinkicon_fill__I8y_f" height="16" width="16"><title>(external link)</title><path d="M216 12.1v24c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h74L194.1 156c-2.3 2.3-3.6 5.3-3.6 8.5s1.3 6.2 3.6 8.5l16.9 16.9c2.3 2.3 5.3 3.6 8.5 3.6s6.3-1.3 8.5-3.6L335.9 82l.1 74c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h24c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12L228 .1c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12z"></path><path d="M288 192v132c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V108c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h132V48H12C5.4 48 0 53.4 0 60v312c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h312c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V192h-48z"></path></svg></a> and later <a href="https://www.ourcommons.ca/Members/en/votes/42/1/449?view=party" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">voted against it<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="-125 -125 600 450" class="externallinkicon_fill__I8y_f" height="16" width="16"><title>(external link)</title><path d="M216 12.1v24c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h74L194.1 156c-2.3 2.3-3.6 5.3-3.6 8.5s1.3 6.2 3.6 8.5l16.9 16.9c2.3 2.3 5.3 3.6 8.5 3.6s6.3-1.3 8.5-3.6L335.9 82l.1 74c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h24c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12L228 .1c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12z"></path><path d="M288 192v132c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V108c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h132V48H12C5.4 48 0 53.4 0 60v312c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h312c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V192h-48z"></path></svg></a>. Then-finance critic Gérard Deltell said these fundraisers were "unethical" and would legalize what he called "cash-for-access, or paying to get access to decision-makers."</div><h2 class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Poilievre calls lobbyists 'utterly useless'</h2><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">The National Post article is not the first instance of Poilievre accusing business leaders of trying to cozy up to the governing Liberal Party.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">In December, Poilievre <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZqHMW2zbBY" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><u class="article_segment__aglub">expressed disdain for Bay Street executives</u><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="-125 -125 600 450" class="externallinkicon_fill__I8y_f" height="16" width="16"><title>(external link)</title><path d="M216 12.1v24c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h74L194.1 156c-2.3 2.3-3.6 5.3-3.6 8.5s1.3 6.2 3.6 8.5l16.9 16.9c2.3 2.3 5.3 3.6 8.5 3.6s6.3-1.3 8.5-3.6L335.9 82l.1 74c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h24c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12L228 .1c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12z"></path><path d="M288 192v132c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V108c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h132V48H12C5.4 48 0 53.4 0 60v312c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h312c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V192h-48z"></path></svg></a>, saying he "almost never" speaks to crowds in downtown Toronto or "anywhere close to Bay Street."</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Fundraising records show Poilievre has headlined three fundraisers for the Conservative Party on Bay Street and at least four others in downtown Toronto since 2023.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr"><div class="embed_embed__gX4nW" role="figure" aria-label="Embed | Fundraising events around Bay Street attended by Pierre Poilievre"><div class="embed_embedTextBox__uJWse"><p class="embed_imageTitle__8UFmA">Embed | Fundraising events around Bay Street attended by Pierre Poilievre</p><p class="embed_caption__4hiVl"></p><a class="embed_externalEmbedLink__7nmwt" aria-label="Open full embed in new tab (external link)" href="https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/dUHqa/2/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Open Full Embed in New Tab <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="-125 -125 600 450" class="externallinkicon_fill__I8y_f" height="16" width="16"><title>(external link)</title><path d="M216 12.1v24c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h74L194.1 156c-2.3 2.3-3.6 5.3-3.6 8.5s1.3 6.2 3.6 8.5l16.9 16.9c2.3 2.3 5.3 3.6 8.5 3.6s6.3-1.3 8.5-3.6L335.9 82l.1 74c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h24c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12L228 .1c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12z"></path><path d="M288 192v132c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V108c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h132V48H12C5.4 48 0 53.4 0 60v312c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h312c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V192h-48z"></path></svg></a><span class="embed_externalEmbedDisclaimer__x4NGI">Loading external pages may require significantly more data usage.</span></div></div></div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">In March, Poilievre told the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade that, rather than speaking to business associations like it, he's appeared at "110 shop floors and five union local facilities." He said his experience with corporate lobbyists in Ottawa has "been that they have been utterly useless in advancing any common sense interests for the people on the ground."</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Poilievre said these lobbyists are focused on getting lunches with ministers at the elite Rideau Club atop a downtown Ottawa office tower.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">"When I'm prime minister, my obsession — my daily obsession — will be about what is good for the working class people of this country," Polievre said during his speech on March 8.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">CBC News examined the lists of attendees on the <a href="https://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?section=fin&dir=reg&document=index&lang=e" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><u class="article_segment__aglub">Conservatives' fundraising reports</u><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="-125 -125 600 450" class="externallinkicon_fill__I8y_f" height="16" width="16"><title>(external link)</title><path d="M216 12.1v24c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h74L194.1 156c-2.3 2.3-3.6 5.3-3.6 8.5s1.3 6.2 3.6 8.5l16.9 16.9c2.3 2.3 5.3 3.6 8.5 3.6s6.3-1.3 8.5-3.6L335.9 82l.1 74c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h24c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12L228 .1c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12z"></path><path d="M288 192v132c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V108c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h132V48H12C5.4 48 0 53.4 0 60v312c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h312c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V192h-48z"></path></svg></a> filed with Elections Canada since Poilievre became leader in September 2022. CBC cross-referenced those lists with names in the <a href="https://lobbycanada.gc.ca/app/secure/ocl/lrs/do/guest" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><u class="article_segment__aglub">federal lobbyist registry</u><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="-125 -125 600 450" class="externallinkicon_fill__I8y_f" height="16" width="16"><title>(external link)</title><path d="M216 12.1v24c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h74L194.1 156c-2.3 2.3-3.6 5.3-3.6 8.5s1.3 6.2 3.6 8.5l16.9 16.9c2.3 2.3 5.3 3.6 8.5 3.6s6.3-1.3 8.5-3.6L335.9 82l.1 74c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h24c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12L228 .1c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12z"></path><path d="M288 192v132c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V108c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h132V48H12C5.4 48 0 53.4 0 60v312c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h312c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V192h-48z"></path></svg></a>, then verified the names of lobbyists directly or through cross-referencing publicly available information.</div><ul class="article_segment__aglub"> <li class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr"> <div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.elections.ca/fin/reg/pdfs/295-report.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><u class="article_segment__aglub">Example of fundraising report from 'An Evening with Pierre Poilievre' in Banff</u><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="-125 -125 600 450" class="externallinkicon_fill__I8y_f" height="16" width="16"><title>(external link)</title><path d="M216 12.1v24c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h74L194.1 156c-2.3 2.3-3.6 5.3-3.6 8.5s1.3 6.2 3.6 8.5l16.9 16.9c2.3 2.3 5.3 3.6 8.5 3.6s6.3-1.3 8.5-3.6L335.9 82l.1 74c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h24c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12L228 .1c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12z"></path><path d="M288 192v132c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V108c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h132V48H12C5.4 48 0 53.4 0 60v312c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h312c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V192h-48z"></path></svg></a></div> </li> <li class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr"> <div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?section=res&dir=gui/app/2023-01&document=index&lang=e" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><u class="article_segment__aglub">What are regulated fundraising events</u><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="-125 -125 600 450" class="externallinkicon_fill__I8y_f" height="16" width="16"><title>(external link)</title><path d="M216 12.1v24c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h74L194.1 156c-2.3 2.3-3.6 5.3-3.6 8.5s1.3 6.2 3.6 8.5l16.9 16.9c2.3 2.3 5.3 3.6 8.5 3.6s6.3-1.3 8.5-3.6L335.9 82l.1 74c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h24c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12L228 .1c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12z"></path><path d="M288 192v132c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V108c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h132V48H12C5.4 48 0 53.4 0 60v312c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h312c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V192h-48z"></path></svg></a>?</div> </li> </ul><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">CBC News found that more than 25 active federal lobbyists have attended these fundraisers since Poilievre became leader in 2022. The names of more than 100 inactive (but still registered) federal lobbyists matched those of listed attendees at these fundraisers during that time frame.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">The Breach <a href="https://breachmedia.ca/poilievre-fundraiser-lobbyist-conservatives/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><u class="article_segment__aglub">conducted an analysis</u><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="-125 -125 600 450" class="externallinkicon_fill__I8y_f" height="16" width="16"><title>(external link)</title><path d="M216 12.1v24c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h74L194.1 156c-2.3 2.3-3.6 5.3-3.6 8.5s1.3 6.2 3.6 8.5l16.9 16.9c2.3 2.3 5.3 3.6 8.5 3.6s6.3-1.3 8.5-3.6L335.9 82l.1 74c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h24c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12L228 .1c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12z"></path><path d="M288 192v132c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V108c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h132V48H12C5.4 48 0 53.4 0 60v312c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h312c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V192h-48z"></path></svg></a> in March and reported that out of the 35 Poilievre fundraising events it examined, 29 were attended by at least one lobbyist active in the past several years.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">NDP ethics critic Matthew Green said his problem is with the "hypocrisy of Pierre Poilievre." Green accused Poilievre of "cosplaying as a working class guy" while privately attending fundraisers in exclusive clubs "most Canadians would have never heard of."</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">"This is a guy who is not who he says he is," Green told CBC News. "This is somebody who is the 'elites' that he rails against."</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">CBC News contacted the Conservative Party and Poilievre's office with questions about the fundraisers.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">In an email, the Conservatives accused CBC News of "exposing its bias by investigating Canadians, who are supporting common sense Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and his promise to defund the CBC."</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Sarah Fischer, a spokesperson for the Conservative Party, told CBC News in an email that Poilievre makes "himself available across the country at rallies, visiting small businesses, lumber yards and factory floors.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">"There's no need to attend a fundraiser to get access to Pierre Poilievre."</div><h2 class="article_segment__aglub">Big pharma, an oil 'tycoon' and top Canadian executives </h2><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Active lobbyists representing the oil and natural gas company Cenovus, Pharmascience Inc. and the Pembina Pipeline Corporation are among those listed as having attended Poilievre fundraisers.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Other lobbyists from the shipbuilding, energy and pharmaceutical industries confirmed their attendance to CBC News.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Adam Waterous, <a href="https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/investment-banker-turned-oil-tycoon-takes-canada-energy-patch-by-storm-1.2022426" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><u class="article_segment__aglub">recently described in a media report as an "investment banker turned oil tycoon</u><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="-125 -125 600 450" class="externallinkicon_fill__I8y_f" height="16" width="16"><title>(external link)</title><path d="M216 12.1v24c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h74L194.1 156c-2.3 2.3-3.6 5.3-3.6 8.5s1.3 6.2 3.6 8.5l16.9 16.9c2.3 2.3 5.3 3.6 8.5 3.6s6.3-1.3 8.5-3.6L335.9 82l.1 74c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h24c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12L228 .1c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12z"></path><path d="M288 192v132c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V108c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h132V48H12C5.4 48 0 53.4 0 60v312c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h312c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V192h-48z"></path></svg></a>," is listed as having attended a Poilievre event with his wife Jan and son Connor, who lobbies, in April 2023 in Banff, Alta., where he owns a ski resort.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Waterous has not yet responded to CBC's request for comment.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Robert Deluce, the founding president and former CEO of Porter Airlines, attended a fundraiser in January 2023, co-organized by Mark Mulroney, the son of former prime minister Brian Mulroney. Deluce now serves as the company's executive chairman.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">A spokesperson for the airline told CBC News Deluce contributed to the fundraiser "in a personal capacity" and spoke briefly to Poilievre but not about Porter.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Poilievre supports <a href="/lite/story/1.6527975"><u class="article_segment__aglub">a runway expansion to bring jets to the Billy Bishop airport </u></a>in Toronto — something Porter has long sought.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Erik Ryan, a vice president at AtkinsRéalis, formerly known as SNC-Lavalin, attended a reception in January with Poilievre and told CBC News he gave a personal contribution. <a href="/lite/story/1.5056385"><u class="article_segment__aglub">Ryan was involved in a lobbying effort to get a deferred prosecution agreement for SNC-Lavalin from the federal government.</u></a></div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Ian Stedman, an associate professor of public law and governance at York University, said the "public should care about these events and who's there."</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">"It tells you something about who has privileged access to a politician who might have the ability to affect change or advance policy initiatives," Stedman said. </div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr"><div class="embed_embed__gX4nW" role="figure" data-pw="imageEmbed"><div class="embed_embedTextBox__uJWse"><p class="embed_imageTitle__8UFmA">Image | Ian Stedman</p><p class="embed_caption__4hiVl">Caption: York University professor Ian Stedman said lobbying is not inherently bad, but exclusive fundraisers create a mechanism for people with more money to get "preferential" access to politicians. (Hugo Levesque/CBC)</p><button type="button" aria-label="Load image titled: Image | Ian Stedman">Load Image</button></div></div></div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Stedman said "lobbying is not bad" but "the problem here is that some people get better access and more preferential access than others, and it seems to be because of the money they have." </div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">But Fred DeLorey, the national Conservative campaign manager during the 2021 election, said lobbying at these fundraisers is "unheard of."</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">DeLorey, who is a lobbyist himself, said it "would be very poor form to try to bend the ear of a leader at a place like that."</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Asked whether those attending these fundraisers would get increased access to political leaders, Delorey said no.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">There's a strict limit on how much individual Canadians are allowed to give to a federal political party each year. In 2024, the limit is $1,725. </div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">"There's no political influence on cutting a check at that amount to a leader that's trying to govern a G7 country," said DeLorey, who is a partner at NorthStar Public Relations and Government Relations. "It's just not a thing."</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Riding high in the polls, the Conservative Party of Canada continues to out-fundraise other parties and broke its own record in the most recent quarter. The party raised more than $10.6 million from more than 51,000 donors between January and March.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">About 700 of those donors attended fundraising events with Poilievre — fundraisers which could have collected up to $1 million during that time period. Fischer did not answer when asked how much money the party collected in 2023 and over the first quarter of this year at fundraisers Poilievre headlined.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">She said that out of 200,000 contributions, the average donation to the Conservatives was $175.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">"Hundreds of thousands of Canadians are choosing to put their hard-earned dollars behind Pierre Poilievre and his mission to axe the tax, build the homes, fix the budget and stop the crime," she said in an email.</div><h2 class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Private clubs</h2><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Poilievre has headlined fundraisers at Canada's oldest private club — the Toronto Club — at the members-only Terminal City Club in Vancouver and at the Royal Glenora Club in Edmonton, where the fee for a <a href="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/61bb9eb3742d2a5ee5277855/t/633e08a3b992b75d44bddb95/1665009827773/2022+RGC+Information+-+10.5.22-compressed.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><u class="article_segment__aglub">membership is more than $20,000.</u><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="-125 -125 600 450" class="externallinkicon_fill__I8y_f" height="16" width="16"><title>(external link)</title><path d="M216 12.1v24c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h74L194.1 156c-2.3 2.3-3.6 5.3-3.6 8.5s1.3 6.2 3.6 8.5l16.9 16.9c2.3 2.3 5.3 3.6 8.5 3.6s6.3-1.3 8.5-3.6L335.9 82l.1 74c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h24c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12L228 .1c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12z"></path><path d="M288 192v132c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V108c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h132V48H12C5.4 48 0 53.4 0 60v312c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h312c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V192h-48z"></path></svg></a></div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Poilievre has headlined more than 16 fundraisers in private homes since becoming leader, including in one of Montreal's wealthiest neighbourhood — Westmount — and affluent neighbourhoods in the greater Toronto area. Another one is booked for later this week in North York.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr"><div class="embed_embed__gX4nW" role="figure" aria-label="Embed | Where the Conservatives held fundraisers headlined by Pierre Poilievre"><div class="embed_embedTextBox__uJWse"><p class="embed_imageTitle__8UFmA">Embed | Where the Conservatives held fundraisers headlined by Pierre Poilievre</p><p class="embed_caption__4hiVl"></p><a class="embed_externalEmbedLink__7nmwt" aria-label="Open full embed in new tab (external link)" href="https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/vI8is/4/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Open Full Embed in New Tab <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="-125 -125 600 450" class="externallinkicon_fill__I8y_f" height="16" width="16"><title>(external link)</title><path d="M216 12.1v24c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h74L194.1 156c-2.3 2.3-3.6 5.3-3.6 8.5s1.3 6.2 3.6 8.5l16.9 16.9c2.3 2.3 5.3 3.6 8.5 3.6s6.3-1.3 8.5-3.6L335.9 82l.1 74c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h24c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12L228 .1c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12z"></path><path d="M288 192v132c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V108c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h132V48H12C5.4 48 0 53.4 0 60v312c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h312c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V192h-48z"></path></svg></a><span class="embed_externalEmbedDisclaimer__x4NGI">Loading external pages may require significantly more data usage.</span></div></div></div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">One of these "Evenings with Pierre Poilievre in support of the Conservative Party'' took place at a home in Forest Hill South in Toronto, the records show. Two homes are for sale in the same postal code with asking prices of $7.5 million and $16.9 million. </div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Poilievre also has been touring the country holding public events and fundraisers in local businesses and restaurants.</div><h2 class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">'Like a town hall meeting' </h2><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Yaroslav Baran, co-founder of Pendulum Group and former Conservative director of war room communications under prime minister Stephen Harper, said there's a "mythology" around these fundraisers that doesn't reflect reality. </div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">"People picture cigars, brandy snifters and mahogany furniture," said Baran who ran communications for the Conservative Party during the 2022 leadership race.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">"It's really a lot like a town hall meeting … except it's a closed event. You need to buy a ticket to get in. It usually consists of a mini speech, a stump speech by the featured speaker."</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Baran said what follows after that is "an endless stream of grip-and-grin" photos, where the headlining politician shakes hands, smiles for the camera and then moves on to the next person with about two or three seconds to exchange a few words.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">"The idea of being able to have any kind of a prolonged, deep policy conversation to, you know, sway somebody, it's just laughable," he said.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr"><div class="embed_embed__gX4nW" role="figure" data-pw="imageEmbed"><div class="embed_embedTextBox__uJWse"><p class="embed_imageTitle__8UFmA">Image | Yaroslav Baran</p><p class="embed_caption__4hiVl">Caption: Yaroslav Baran, a former director of war room communications under Prime Minister Stephen Harper, said there's an inaccurate "mythology" to private fundraising events, but that they typically involve shaking hands with the guest of honour and listening to a stump speech. (Pierre-Paul Couture/CBC)</p><button type="button" aria-label="Load image titled: Image | Yaroslav Baran">Load Image</button></div></div></div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Lobbyists go to these events to build relationships and be seen, Baran said. But he cautions that if they're looking to lobby someone directly, they shouldn't go to their party fundraisers.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Trudeau attended 14 of these events to raise money for the Liberal Party in 2023 and one so far in 2024, held at convention centres, hotels and the Canadian War Museum. 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The party also posts its <a href="https://liberal.ca/fundraising-events/'" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><u class="article_segment__aglub">fundraising reports on its website.</u><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="-125 -125 600 450" class="externallinkicon_fill__I8y_f" height="16" width="16"><title>(external link)</title><path d="M216 12.1v24c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h74L194.1 156c-2.3 2.3-3.6 5.3-3.6 8.5s1.3 6.2 3.6 8.5l16.9 16.9c2.3 2.3 5.3 3.6 8.5 3.6s6.3-1.3 8.5-3.6L335.9 82l.1 74c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h24c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12L228 .1c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12z"></path><path d="M288 192v132c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V108c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h132V48H12C5.4 48 0 53.4 0 60v312c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h312c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V192h-48z"></path></svg></a></div><div class="article_segment__aglub">In 2021, Lobbying Commissioner Nancy Bélanger made preliminary recommendations to strengthen the lobbying regime, calling for expanding the amount of contextual information required in communication reports to include things like political donations.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Ethics Commissioner Konrad von Finckenstein has described the current reporting requirements for these fundraisers as "perfectly good." 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Premier David Eby asked for an adjustment to the province's decriminalization program late last month</p><div class="embed_embed__gX4nW" role="figure" data-pw="imageEmbed"><div class="embed_embedTextBox__uJWse"><p class="embed_imageTitle__8UFmA">Image | Overdose-Crisis 20240507</p><p class="embed_caption__4hiVl">Caption: Ya'ara Saks, minister of mental health and addictions and associate minister of health, speaks in the foyer of the House of Commons in Ottawa on Tuesday. Saks said she approved B.C.'s request to recriminalize the open use of illegal drugs and that the new policy will take effect immediately. (Spencer Colby/The Canadian Press)</p><button type="button" aria-label="Load image titled: Image | Overdose-Crisis 20240507">Load Image</button></div></div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Minister of Addictions and Mental Health Ya'ara Saks said Tuesday the federal government has approved the B.C. government's request to recriminalize the use of illicit drugs in public spaces.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">The province is just over a year into a pilot program that allows adults to carry up to 2.5 grams of drugs for personal use without facing criminal charges. The program was made possible through an exemption granted by Health Canada under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">B.C. Premier David Eby asked nearly two weeks ago for an adjustment to the exemption order to recriminalize the use of those drugs in public spaces, such as hospitals and restaurants.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr"><ul><li><a href="/lite/story/1.7191010">Despite all the shouting, the opioid crisis continues to defy simple answers</a></li></ul><ul><li><a href="/lite/story/1.7186245">British Columbia to recriminalize use of drugs in public spaces</a></li></ul><ul><li><a href="/lite/story/1.7194694">Political fireworks about drug decriminalization leave Toronto request in limbo</a></li></ul></div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Saks told reporters outside the House of Commons that she has approved the request and it will take effect "immediately."</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">"We've moved forward with B.C. on this with a clear lens on public health and public safety, because we know that we need to address the opioid crisis and the overdose deaths that we're seeing as a public health issue," she said.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">"That being said, communities need to be safe."</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">While adults would still be allowed to carry small amounts of illicit drugs and use them in private, they could be arrested for using them in public.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr"><div class="embed_embed__gX4nW" role="figure" data-pw="imageEmbed"><div class="embed_embedTextBox__uJWse"><p class="embed_imageTitle__8UFmA">Image | Surrey-Police 20230428 Farnworth</p><p class="embed_caption__4hiVl">Caption: Treating drug addiction as a mental health issue shouldn't mean that 'anything goes,' said Mike Farnworth, B.C.'s minister of public safety and solicitor general, seen at a press conference in Victoria in April 2023. (Chad Hipolito/The Canadian Press)</p><button type="button" aria-label="Load image titled: Image | Surrey-Police 20230428 Farnworth">Load Image</button></div></div></div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">B.C.'s Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth welcomed Ottawa's decision.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">"Addiction is a health matter, not a criminal justice one, but that doesn't mean that anything goes," he told reporters in Victoria.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">The pilot, which began in January of last year, is part of B.C.'s response to the public health emergency declared eight years ago in response to a rise in deaths from toxic, illicit drugs.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">More than 14,000 people have died in B.C. since the emergency was declared in 2016, largely due to the opioid fentanyl. At least 42,000 people have died of opioid overdoses right across the country in that same time period.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">By reducing the stigma associated with drug use, officials say they hope to provide better access to lifesaving care along with a less deadly safe supply.</div><h2 class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Concerns about public safety</h2><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">But this approach has come with criticism about a lack of guardrails.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">On April 15, Vancouver Police Deputy Chief Fiona Wilson testified at a House of Commons health committee hearing about how the pilot is limiting police response to problematic public drug use, including inside hospitals and at bus stops.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">"In the wake of decriminalization, there are many of those locations where we have absolutely no authority to address that problematic drug use, because the person appears to be in possession of less than 2.5 grams," Wilson said. </div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">"So, if you have someone who is with their family at the beach, and there's a person next to them smoking crack cocaine, it's not a police matter."</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr"><em class="article_segment__aglub"><strong class="article_segment__aglub">WATCH | Decriminalization 'not impacting drug supply': Vancouver deputy police chief </strong></em><span class="article_segment__aglub"><div class="embed_embed__gX4nW" role="figure" aria-label="Embed | YouTube"><div class="embed_embedTextBox__uJWse"><p class="embed_imageTitle__8UFmA">Embed | YouTube</p><p class="embed_caption__4hiVl"></p><a class="embed_externalEmbedLink__7nmwt" aria-label="Open full embed in new tab (external link)" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KL3uqJGWtIs" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Open Full Embed in New Tab <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="-125 -125 600 450" class="externallinkicon_fill__I8y_f" height="16" width="16"><title>(external link)</title><path d="M216 12.1v24c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h74L194.1 156c-2.3 2.3-3.6 5.3-3.6 8.5s1.3 6.2 3.6 8.5l16.9 16.9c2.3 2.3 5.3 3.6 8.5 3.6s6.3-1.3 8.5-3.6L335.9 82l.1 74c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h24c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12L228 .1c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12z"></path><path d="M288 192v132c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V108c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h132V48H12C5.4 48 0 53.4 0 60v312c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h312c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V192h-48z"></path></svg></a><span class="embed_externalEmbedDisclaimer__x4NGI">Loading external pages may require significantly more data usage.</span></div></div></span></div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Farnworth was pressed Tuesday to say whether the new policy effectively puts an end to decriminalization in the province.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">"What we've done is respond to community concerns," he said.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">"They shouldn't have to put up with open drug use. That's never what decriminalization was about and that's the changes that have been made."</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">The federal Conservatives have seized on the issue in recent weeks, arguing that B.C.'s request is a sign that drug decriminalization has failed. Leader Pierre Poilievre has called the Liberal government's approach to the opioid crisis "extremist" and "wacko."</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">When asked Tuesday if the government should consider going further and by completely scaling back the program, Saks argued that the government has not made hard drugs legal.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">"Decriminalization is about ensuring that people don't have to face stigma and actually go to get help," she said.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr"><em class="article_segment__aglub"><strong class="article_segment__aglub">WATCH | Minister accuses opposition of pursuing a dehumanizing debate on opioid crisis </strong></em><span class="article_segment__aglub"><div class="embed_embed__gX4nW" role="figure" aria-label="Media Video | CBC News : Minister accuses opposition of pursuing a dehumanizing debate on drug decriminalization"><div class="embed_embedTextBox__uJWse"><p class="embed_imageTitle__8UFmA">Media Video | CBC News : Minister accuses opposition of pursuing a dehumanizing debate on drug decriminalization</p><p class="embed_caption__4hiVl">Caption: Minister of Mental Health and Addictions Ya'ara Saks says drug decriminalization is about ending stigma and getting help for users.</p><a class="embed_externalEmbedLink__7nmwt" aria-label="Open full embed in new tab (external link)" href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/minister-accuses-opposition-of-pursuing-a-dehumanizing-debate-on-drug-decriminalization-1.7196854" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Open Full Embed in New Tab <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="-125 -125 600 450" class="externallinkicon_fill__I8y_f" height="16" width="16"><title>(external link)</title><path d="M216 12.1v24c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h74L194.1 156c-2.3 2.3-3.6 5.3-3.6 8.5s1.3 6.2 3.6 8.5l16.9 16.9c2.3 2.3 5.3 3.6 8.5 3.6s6.3-1.3 8.5-3.6L335.9 82l.1 74c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h24c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12L228 .1c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12z"></path><path d="M288 192v132c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V108c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h132V48H12C5.4 48 0 53.4 0 60v312c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h312c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V192h-48z"></path></svg></a><span class="embed_externalEmbedDisclaimer__x4NGI">Loading external pages may require significantly more data usage.</span></div></div></span></div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Saks railed against what she called the "politicization" of the opioid crisis.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">"I'm frustrated that the opposition has made this a dehumanizing debate for those who actually need our help and that they don't recognize we need a full suite of tools to actually save lives," she said.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">After Saks' announcement Tuesday, Poilievre continued to take aim at the Liberals over the decriminalization issue. 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(Ben Nelms/CBC)</p><button type="button" aria-label="Load image titled: Image | International Overdose Awareness">Load Image</button></div></div><div class="article_segment__aglub">The B.C. Coroners Service is reporting at least 192 deaths related to toxic drugs in March, bringing the total lives lost in the first three months of the year to at least 572. </div><div class="article_segment__aglub">More than 14,400 people in the province have now lost their lives to toxic drugs since a public health emergency was first declared in April 2016. </div><div class="article_segment__aglub">"These were people with hopes, dreams and stories cut tragically short by a crisis that continues to challenge us deeply," Mental Health and Addictions Minister Jennifer Whiteside said in a statement. </div><div class="article_segment__aglub">"We remember not only those we've lost, but also their families and friends left to grieve."</div><div class="article_segment__aglub"><ul><li><a href="https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/features/2023/toxic-drug-deaths/">They lived, they were loved, then suddenly they were gone: Stories of lives lost to toxic drugs<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="-125 -125 600 450" class="externallinkicon_fill__I8y_f" height="16" width="16"><title>(external link)</title><path d="M216 12.1v24c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h74L194.1 156c-2.3 2.3-3.6 5.3-3.6 8.5s1.3 6.2 3.6 8.5l16.9 16.9c2.3 2.3 5.3 3.6 8.5 3.6s6.3-1.3 8.5-3.6L335.9 82l.1 74c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h24c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12L228 .1c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12z"></path><path d="M288 192v132c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V108c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h132V48H12C5.4 48 0 53.4 0 60v312c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h312c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V192h-48z"></path></svg></a></li></ul></div><div class="article_segment__aglub">The numbers for March equate to 6.2 deaths per day. They mark an 11 per cent decrease from March 2023, when 215 people or almost seven each day died from toxic drugs.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Unregulated drug toxicity remains the leading cause of death among British Columbians aged between 10 and 59, the coroner says — more than murders, suicides, accidents and natural causes combined. </div><div class="article_segment__aglub">The service says that so far in 2024, 70 per cent of toxic drug deaths have been people between the ages of 30 and 59. Three-quarters of those lost have been men, but the coroner warns that the number of female deaths is climbing. </div><div class="article_segment__aglub">So far this year, 84 per cent of toxic drug deaths have happened indoors: 47 per cent in private homes, and 37 per cent inside places like supportive housing, SROs, shelters and hostels. </div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Vancouver, Surrey and Nanaimo have the highest numbers of toxic drug deaths in 2024. </div><div class="article_segment__aglub"><ul><li><a href="/lite/story/1.6347454">These 5 myths about B.C.'s toxic drug crisis are hurting efforts to stop the deaths, say experts</a></li></ul></div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Last month, the province announced big changes to its drug decriminalization program, which was introduced in January 2023 as a three-year pilot.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">The program allowed adult drug users in B.C. to carry up to 2.5 grams of opioids, cocaine, methamphetamine and ecstasy for personal use without facing criminal charges, with the goal of reducing stigma and helping drug users access support. </div><div class="article_segment__aglub"><ul><li><a href="/lite/story/1.7187035">Mixed reviews as B.C. significantly rolls back drug decriminalization</a></li></ul></div><div class="article_segment__aglub">The provincial government has now recriminalized the use of drugs in public places including hospitals, on transit and in parks. </div><div class="article_segment__aglub">"Our communities are facing big challenges. 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(Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press)</p><button type="button" aria-label="Load image titled: Image | Overdose Crisis 20230831">Load Image</button></div></div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">The debate in Parliament about British Columbia's experience with <a href="/lite/story/1.7186245"><u class="article_segment__aglub">drug decriminalization</u></a> was already operating at extremes before Pierre Poilievre used the term "<a href="/lite/story/1.7189600"><u class="article_segment__aglub">wacko</u></a>."</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">During question period on Monday, the Conservative leader said the Liberal government had unleashed "drugs, disorder, death and destruction." Other Conservative MPs said the Liberals were pursuing a "horrific" and "radical" experiment.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">"Will the prime minister prioritize recovery and stop killing Canadians with his radical ideology?" Conservative MP Kerry-Lynne Findlay asked.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Health Minister Mark Holland stood and suggested partisanship should be put aside in the face of an epidemic of opioid addiction and overdose deaths. When the minister sat down, Conservative MP Todd Doherty stood up to claim the prime minister's "extremist drug policies" had "turned our neighbourhoods into war zones."</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">On Tuesday — shortly before he was ejected from the House of Commons — Poilievre suggested that the increase in overdose deaths in B.C. in recent years can somehow be laid at Justin Trudeau's feet.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr"><em class="article_segment__aglub"><strong class="article_segment__aglub">WATCH | Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre was back in House of Commons on Wednesday:</strong> </em><span class="article_segment__aglub"><div class="embed_embed__gX4nW" role="figure" aria-label="Media Video | The National : Poilievre returns to House with a more subdued tone"><div class="embed_embedTextBox__uJWse"><p class="embed_imageTitle__8UFmA">Media Video | The National : Poilievre returns to House with a more subdued tone</p><p class="embed_caption__4hiVl">Caption: Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre returned to the House of Commons with a more subdued tone the day after he was tossed from the chamber for calling Prime Minister Justin Trudeau 'a wacko' during question period.</p><a class="embed_externalEmbedLink__7nmwt" aria-label="Open full embed in new tab (external link)" href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/thenational/poilievre-returns-to-house-a-day-after-being-ejected-1.7191387" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Open Full Embed in New Tab <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="-125 -125 600 450" class="externallinkicon_fill__I8y_f" height="16" width="16"><title>(external link)</title><path d="M216 12.1v24c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h74L194.1 156c-2.3 2.3-3.6 5.3-3.6 8.5s1.3 6.2 3.6 8.5l16.9 16.9c2.3 2.3 5.3 3.6 8.5 3.6s6.3-1.3 8.5-3.6L335.9 82l.1 74c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h24c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12L228 .1c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12z"></path><path d="M288 192v132c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V108c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h132V48H12C5.4 48 0 53.4 0 60v312c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h312c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V192h-48z"></path></svg></a><span class="embed_externalEmbedDisclaimer__x4NGI">Loading external pages may require significantly more data usage.</span></div></div></span></div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">"Will the prime minister reverse his extremist policies and the death they bring?" the Conservative leader asked.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">The approximate cause of this rancour is a decision the B.C. government announced five days ago.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">In November 2022, at B.C.'s request, the federal government granted the province <a href="/lite/story/1.6727814"><u class="article_segment__aglub">an exemption to the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act</u></a> to decriminalize the personal possession of some hard drugs — part of a three-year "pilot project" aimed at fighting the opioid epidemic. That change went into effect in January 2023.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr"><ul><li><a href="/lite/story/1.7174098">More than 1 in 4 deaths among young people in Canada were opioid-related in 2021, study finds</a></li></ul><ul><li><a href="/lite/story/1.7186245">British Columbia to recriminalize use of drugs in public spaces</a></li></ul></div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Last Friday, apparently in response to concerns about open drug use and public disorder, B.C. asked the federal government to amend the exemption in order to ban the consumption of drugs in public spaces and hospitals. </div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">One conclusion to be drawn from that partial recalibration might be that the scourge of opioid addiction continues to defy simple answers. But all such nuance is in danger of being drowned out by the shouting.</div><h2 class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">The competing claims on decriminalization</h2><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">The Conservatives are resolutely opposed to decriminalization — both the existing exemption for B.C. and the <a href="/lite/story/1.6790153"><u class="article_segment__aglub">pending request for an exemption from the City of Toronto</u></a>. They also oppose British Columbia's use of "<a href="/lite/story/1.7170468"><u class="article_segment__aglub">safer supply</u></a>" programs, which prescribe drugs as medication to those addicted to opioids as a safer alternative to potentially toxic drugs that might be purchased on the street.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">To support their case, the Conservatives recently <a href="https://twitter.com/PierrePoilievre/status/1785083499759665213" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><u class="article_segment__aglub">pointed</u><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="-125 -125 600 450" class="externallinkicon_fill__I8y_f" height="16" width="16"><title>(external link)</title><path d="M216 12.1v24c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h74L194.1 156c-2.3 2.3-3.6 5.3-3.6 8.5s1.3 6.2 3.6 8.5l16.9 16.9c2.3 2.3 5.3 3.6 8.5 3.6s6.3-1.3 8.5-3.6L335.9 82l.1 74c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h24c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12L228 .1c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12z"></path><path d="M288 192v132c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V108c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h132V48H12C5.4 48 0 53.4 0 60v312c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h312c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V192h-48z"></path></svg></a> to comments made by two senior law enforcement officials during a <a href="https://www.ourcommons.ca/DocumentViewer/en/44-1/HESA/meeting-110/evidence" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><u class="article_segment__aglub">meeting of the House of Commons health committee</u><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="-125 -125 600 450" class="externallinkicon_fill__I8y_f" height="16" width="16"><title>(external link)</title><path d="M216 12.1v24c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h74L194.1 156c-2.3 2.3-3.6 5.3-3.6 8.5s1.3 6.2 3.6 8.5l16.9 16.9c2.3 2.3 5.3 3.6 8.5 3.6s6.3-1.3 8.5-3.6L335.9 82l.1 74c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h24c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12L228 .1c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12z"></path><path d="M288 192v132c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V108c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h132V48H12C5.4 48 0 53.4 0 60v312c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h312c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V192h-48z"></path></svg></a>. </div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Those officers, testifying two weeks before B.C. moved to change its drug policy, did raise concerns about public drug use. Fiona Wilson, deputy chief of the Vancouver Police Department, also suggested that public consumption was a source of concern for the Vancouver Police before the exemption was sought.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr"><div class="embed_embed__gX4nW" role="figure" data-pw="imageEmbed"><div class="embed_embedTextBox__uJWse"><p class="embed_imageTitle__8UFmA">Image | Drugs-Injunction-BC 20240102</p><p class="embed_caption__4hiVl">Caption: Vancouver Police Deputy Chief Fiona Wilson: 'Police agree that people should not be criminalized as a result of their personal drug use.' (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press)</p><button type="button" aria-label="Load image titled: Image | Drugs-Injunction-BC 20240102">Load Image</button></div></div></div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">But those officials also didn't seem eager for a full return to criminalization.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">"At the heart of it, police agree that people should not be criminalized as a result of their personal drug use," said Wilson, who is also president of the British Columbia Association of Chiefs of Police.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">As the Conservatives have pointed out, Dwayne McDonald, the deputy commissioner of the RCMP, did disagree with a Bloc Quebecois MP's suggestion that the positives of decriminalization outnumbered the negatives.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">But McDonald also said that there "are positive results from decriminalization … in terms of the number of people charged with criminal offences and attempts to divert them away from the criminal justice system. However, we note challenges in public consumption and similarly criminal behaviour."</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">McDonald was then asked directly whether he thinks simple drug possession should be criminalized again.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">"No, that's not what I'm saying," he replied. "What I'm saying is decriminalization has not come without its challenges."</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr"><div class="embed_embed__gX4nW" role="figure" data-pw="imageEmbed"><div class="embed_embedTextBox__uJWse"><p class="embed_imageTitle__8UFmA">Image | Downtown Eastside Vancouver overdose</p><p class="embed_caption__4hiVl">Caption: First responders surround an overdose victim on Vancouver's Downtown Eastside in 2016. (Gian Paolo Mendoza/CBC)</p><button type="button" aria-label="Load image titled: Image | Downtown Eastside Vancouver overdose">Load Image</button></div></div></div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">On the question of safer supply, Wilson acknowledged that the diversion of legally prescribed drugs into the illicit market was a source of concern — though not a particularly new phenomenon. But she said it's the toxicity of the illicit drug supply — not safer supply — that's to blame for opioid-related deaths in British Columbia.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">"They're not dying from diverted safe supply and they're not actually dying from diverted prescription medications," she testified. "They're dying from fentanyl, coke and meth and that's where we really focus our enforcement efforts."</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">While condemning British Columbia's approach to the opioid crisis, the Conservatives have <a href="https://health-infobase.canada.ca/substance-related-harms/opioids-stimulants/maps.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><u class="article_segment__aglub">praised the approach taken by Alberta</u><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="-125 -125 600 450" class="externallinkicon_fill__I8y_f" height="16" width="16"><title>(external link)</title><path d="M216 12.1v24c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h74L194.1 156c-2.3 2.3-3.6 5.3-3.6 8.5s1.3 6.2 3.6 8.5l16.9 16.9c2.3 2.3 5.3 3.6 8.5 3.6s6.3-1.3 8.5-3.6L335.9 82l.1 74c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h24c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12L228 .1c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12z"></path><path d="M288 192v132c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V108c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h132V48H12C5.4 48 0 53.4 0 60v312c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h312c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V192h-48z"></path></svg></a>. That province has not moved to decriminalize drug possession and it has been less enthusiastic about safer supply — the "Alberta model" is said to put more emphasis on treatment and recovery.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr"><ul><li><a href="/lite/story/1.7190469">Poilievre subdued in question period the day after getting kicked out for 'wacko' comment</a></li></ul><ul><li><a href="/lite/story/1.7188534">Federal addictions minister says B.C public decriminalization reversal under review</a></li></ul></div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">But opioid-related deaths in Alberta have increased markedly over the past year. According to <a href="https://health-infobase.canada.ca/substance-related-harms/opioids-stimulants/maps.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><u class="article_segment__aglub">data published in March by Health Canada,</u><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="-125 -125 600 450" class="externallinkicon_fill__I8y_f" height="16" width="16"><title>(external link)</title><path d="M216 12.1v24c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h74L194.1 156c-2.3 2.3-3.6 5.3-3.6 8.5s1.3 6.2 3.6 8.5l16.9 16.9c2.3 2.3 5.3 3.6 8.5 3.6s6.3-1.3 8.5-3.6L335.9 82l.1 74c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h24c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12L228 .1c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12z"></path><path d="M288 192v132c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V108c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h132V48H12C5.4 48 0 53.4 0 60v312c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h312c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V192h-48z"></path></svg></a> the rate of opioid toxicity deaths per 100,000 people through the first 10 months of 2023 in Alberta (41.6) was only slightly below the rate in British Columbia (47.5).</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Those numbers should at least complicate any attempt to turn the drug policy debate into a simple choice between two different approaches.</div><h2 class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Piecing the puzzle together</h2><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">In an <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-63-the-current/clip/16059919-b.c.-rolls-back-drug-decriminalization" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><u class="article_segment__aglub">interview with CBC Radio's The Current this week</u><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="-125 -125 600 450" class="externallinkicon_fill__I8y_f" height="16" width="16"><title>(external link)</title><path d="M216 12.1v24c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h74L194.1 156c-2.3 2.3-3.6 5.3-3.6 8.5s1.3 6.2 3.6 8.5l16.9 16.9c2.3 2.3 5.3 3.6 8.5 3.6s6.3-1.3 8.5-3.6L335.9 82l.1 74c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h24c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12L228 .1c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12z"></path><path d="M288 192v132c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V108c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h132V48H12C5.4 48 0 53.4 0 60v312c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h312c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V192h-48z"></path></svg></a>, a city councillor for New Westminister, B.C. lamented the fact that the move to decriminalize possession in the province was not paired with sufficient new investments in treatment, prevention and enforcement.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">"What we saw unfold is a one-pillar approach where the main focus was on decriminalization as perhaps some sort of silver bullet," said Daniel Fontaine, referring to the "<a href="https://vancouver.ca/people-programs/four-pillars-drug-strategy.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><u class="article_segment__aglub">four pillar</u><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="-125 -125 600 450" class="externallinkicon_fill__I8y_f" height="16" width="16"><title>(external link)</title><path d="M216 12.1v24c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h74L194.1 156c-2.3 2.3-3.6 5.3-3.6 8.5s1.3 6.2 3.6 8.5l16.9 16.9c2.3 2.3 5.3 3.6 8.5 3.6s6.3-1.3 8.5-3.6L335.9 82l.1 74c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h24c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12L228 .1c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12z"></path><path d="M288 192v132c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V108c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h132V48H12C5.4 48 0 53.4 0 60v312c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h312c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V192h-48z"></path></svg></a>" approach that some jurisdictions have adopted to deal with drug problems.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Lindsey Richardson, a professor at the University of British Columbia and the Canada Research Chair in social equity and health inclusion, said it's hard to determine whether or how much decriminalization has contributed to an increase in public drug use in B.C., as opposed to broader social forces like poverty or a lack of affordable housing.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">She also said that when a jurisdiction decides to move away from a century-old policy of prohibition and criminalization, there's no guarantee it will go exactly right the first time.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr"><div class="embed_embed__gX4nW" role="figure" data-pw="imageEmbed"><div class="embed_embedTextBox__uJWse"><p class="embed_imageTitle__8UFmA">Image | Opioid Crisis March 20220414</p><p class="embed_caption__4hiVl">Caption: Moms Stop the Harm advocates and supporters march from Centennial Square to the Ministry of Health building in Victoria, B.C., past photos of loved ones lost to the opioid crisis, on Thursday, April 14, 2022. (Chad Hipolito/The Canadian Press)</p><button type="button" aria-label="Load image titled: Image | Opioid Crisis March 20220414">Load Image</button></div></div></div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">In the short term, said Richardson, the goal of decriminalization is simply to reduce the number of interactions with police and the criminal justice system — and in that respect, it seems to be working. In the medium term, researchers hope to see improved outcomes in things like housing and employment.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">But decriminalization ideally would be a part of a comprehensive response that considers everything from supply to treatment to the socioeconomic factors that drive drug use, she said. Research also suggests, she added, that no single approach will work for everyone dealing with a drug problem.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">"You can't expect decriminalization to be a silver bullet for what is a more complex problem." Richardson said in an interview this week.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">In last month's testimony before the health committee, Deputy Chief Wilson deployed a different figure of speech.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">"I always talk about decriminalization as being one tiny piece of a much, much larger puzzle," Wilson said, "and in order to put that puzzle together to see what the picture is, we need increased education and increased prevention.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">"We also need some harm reduction services, such as having our members carry naloxone kits, and we need safe injection sites. Really, it's a multi-faceted approach to this problem. 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Conservative Party Pierre Poilievre rises in response to the Speaker asking him to withdraw language during Question Period, Tuesday, April 30, 2024 in Ottawa. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press)</p><button type="button" aria-label="Load image titled: Image | Poilievre-Ejected 20240430">Load Image</button></div></div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Speaker Greg Fergus kicked Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre out of question period Tuesday after a particularly nasty exchange with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Poilievre's day-long removal from the House of Commons came after he called Trudeau a "wacko" for supporting B.C.'s past policy of decriminalizing some hard drugs in an attempt to reduce the number of overdose-related deaths.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Poilievre said it was a "wacko policy" backed by "this wacko prime minister." Fergus asked him to withdraw the "unparliamentary language."</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Poilievre refused, saying only that he agreed to replace "wacko" with "extremist" or "radical." Poilievre's refusal prompted Fergus to remove him.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">"There are a couple of things that are going on here today that are not acceptable," Fergus said.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">He later called it a "remarkable question period" after MPs from all sides yelled at one another and called each other names.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Following Poilievre's removal, the Conservative caucus left the Commons chamber en masse, following their leader.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Trudeau fielded a few more questions Tuesday from Bloc and NDP MPs and then left the chamber after the fracas.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub"><em class="article_segment__aglub"><strong class="article_segment__aglub">WATCH: Speaker tosses Poilievre from House of Commons</strong></em> <span class="article_segment__aglub"><div class="embed_embed__gX4nW" role="figure" aria-label="Media | Speaker tosses Poilievre from House of Commons"><div class="embed_embedTextBox__uJWse"><p class="embed_imageTitle__8UFmA">Media | Speaker tosses Poilievre from House of Commons</p><p class="embed_caption__4hiVl">Caption: After asking Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre several times to withdraw comments made during question period Tuesday, Speaker of the House Greg Fergus orders Poilievre to withdraw from the House of Commons.</p><a class="embed_externalEmbedLink__7nmwt" aria-label="Open full embed in new tab (external link)" href="https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.4214934" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Open Full Embed in New Tab <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="-125 -125 600 450" class="externallinkicon_fill__I8y_f" height="16" width="16"><title>(external link)</title><path d="M216 12.1v24c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h74L194.1 156c-2.3 2.3-3.6 5.3-3.6 8.5s1.3 6.2 3.6 8.5l16.9 16.9c2.3 2.3 5.3 3.6 8.5 3.6s6.3-1.3 8.5-3.6L335.9 82l.1 74c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h24c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12L228 .1c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12z"></path><path d="M288 192v132c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V108c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h132V48H12C5.4 48 0 53.4 0 60v312c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h312c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V192h-48z"></path></svg></a><span class="embed_externalEmbedDisclaimer__x4NGI">Loading external pages may require significantly more data usage.</span></div></div></span></div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Poilievre turned to social media after getting the boot. "The Liberal speaker censored me for describing Trudeau's hard drug policy as wacko," he posted.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">"Six people dying from overdoses every day in B.C. is wacko. Nurses worried about breastfeeding after breathing in toxic drug fumes is wacko. This is a wacko policy from a wacko PM that's destroying lives."</div><h2 class="article_segment__aglub">Trudeau calls Poilievre 'spineless'</h2><div class="article_segment__aglub">Trudeau also engaged in name-calling, saying at one point that Poilievre was a "spineless" leader.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">He said Poilievre is trying to "earn votes through personal attacks" after the Conservative leader raised Trudeau's past episodes of wearing blackface.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Trudeau accused Poilievre of courting "white nationalist groups" with his visit to an anti-carbon tax protest camp in the Maritimes earlier this month.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">While at the camp, Poilievre stepped into a trailer that had a symbol associated with Diagolon drawn on the door.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">That's a group the RCMP has said supports an "accelerationist" ideology — the idea that civil war or the collapse of western governments is inevitable and ought to be sped up.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub"><div class="embed_embed__gX4nW" role="figure" data-pw="imageEmbed"><div class="embed_embedTextBox__uJWse"><p class="embed_imageTitle__8UFmA">Image | Commons 20240417</p><p class="embed_caption__4hiVl">Caption: Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre was kicked out of the House of Commons Tuesday for calling Prime Minister Justin Trudeau a 'wacko.' (Adrian Wyld/Canadian Press)</p><button type="button" aria-label="Load image titled: Image | Commons 20240417">Load Image</button></div></div></div><div class="article_segment__aglub">"He will not denounce them and everything they stand for," Trudeau said of Poilievre, while also citing American conspiracy theorist <a href="/lite/story/1.7183430">Alex Jones' endorsement of Poilievre</a>.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">"This is a 19-year career politician who knows exactly what he's doing and thinks he can get away with it," Trudeau said.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">"It is a choice to pander to white nationalists. It's a choice to not condemn them and everything they stand for in his quest for votes."</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Poilievre at one point said he wouldn't take lessons on racism from a prime minister whose government gave anti-racism training money to Laith Marouf, a Montreal man who had a history of making antisemitic remarks in social media posts.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">The government <a href="/lite/story/1.6558541">cut off funding</a> to Marouf's company in 2022 after public scrutiny of his hateful <a href="/lite/story/1.6558541">tweets</a>.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub"><em class="article_segment__aglub"><strong class="article_segment__aglub">WATCH: Alberta Conservative MP kicked out of the House of Commons</strong></em> <span class="article_segment__aglub"><div class="embed_embed__gX4nW" role="figure" aria-label="Media | Alberta Conservative MP kicked out of the House of Commons"><div class="embed_embedTextBox__uJWse"><p class="embed_imageTitle__8UFmA">Media | Alberta Conservative MP kicked out of the House of Commons</p><p class="embed_caption__4hiVl">Caption: Speaker of the House Greg Fergus orders Conservative MP Rachael Thomas to withdraw from the House of Commons for ‘disregarding the authority of the chair.’ Thomas was heard saying ‘the chair is acting in a disgraceful manner.’</p><a class="embed_externalEmbedLink__7nmwt" aria-label="Open full embed in new tab (external link)" href="https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.4215029" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Open Full Embed in New Tab <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="-125 -125 600 450" class="externallinkicon_fill__I8y_f" height="16" width="16"><title>(external link)</title><path d="M216 12.1v24c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h74L194.1 156c-2.3 2.3-3.6 5.3-3.6 8.5s1.3 6.2 3.6 8.5l16.9 16.9c2.3 2.3 5.3 3.6 8.5 3.6s6.3-1.3 8.5-3.6L335.9 82l.1 74c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h24c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12L228 .1c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12z"></path><path d="M288 192v132c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V108c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h132V48H12C5.4 48 0 53.4 0 60v312c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h312c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V192h-48z"></path></svg></a><span class="embed_externalEmbedDisclaimer__x4NGI">Loading external pages may require significantly more data usage.</span></div></div></span></div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Before Poilievre's removal, Fergus had Conservative MP Rachael Thomas removed from the chamber after she shouted at him and called him "a disgrace" for not immediately demanding that Trudeau withdraw his comment about Poilievre being "spineless."</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Trudeau's "spineless" remark did result in a rebuke from Fergus. The Speaker told Trudeau not to make comments that "call into question the character of an individual member of Parliament." </div><div class="article_segment__aglub">It's highly unusual for a Speaker to remove the Official Opposition leader from the Commons during question period.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh was forced out of the chamber in 2020 after <a href="/lite/story/1.5616661">he called a Bloc Québécois MP racist</a>.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">A spokesperson for Poilievre framed his leader's removal as an attempt by Fergus to "protect the prime minister" from tough questions and silence the Conservative leader.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">"By any reasonable measure, these policies are wacko. The prime minister knows that and that's why he refuses to answer why he is keeping dangerous drugs legal in British Columbia," the spokesperson said.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Mental Health and Addictions Minister Ya'ara Saks told reporters earlier that Ottawa hasn't made a decision on what to do with B.C.'s request to make illicit drug use illegal in all public spaces after ending <a href="/lite/story/1.6727814">a federally sanctioned pilot project that decriminalized their possession</a>.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">"It's under review by Health Canada," Saks said.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">As for Conservative claims that Poilievre is somehow being silenced, Immigration Minister Marc Miller said it's nonsense.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">"That guy has never shut his mouth in his life. Who silences him? 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NDP, while Harm Reduction Nurses Association accuses of circumventing injunction</p><div class="embed_embed__gX4nW" role="figure" data-pw="imageEmbed"><div class="embed_embedTextBox__uJWse"><p class="embed_imageTitle__8UFmA">Image | BC DECRIM</p><p class="embed_caption__4hiVl">Caption: Fentanyl is pictured during the first day of decriminalization of drugs in British Columbia on Jan. 31, 2023. The B.C. government is now significantly rolling back the pilot following months of public pressure and concerns over public safety. (Ben Nelms/CBC)</p><button type="button" aria-label="Load image titled: Image | BC DECRIM">Load Image</button></div></div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Plans to significantly roll back British Columbia's controversial drug decriminalization pilot are being met with mixed reviews from municipal leaders and those working on the frontline of the province's toxic drug crisis.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">On Friday, Premier David Eby announced his NDP government will work directly with Health Canada to amend the rules of the pilot and recriminalize drug use in public spaces including parks, public transit and hospitals.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Law enforcement will be advised not to arrest people for simple possession except in "extraordinary circumstances," according to a statement from B.C.'s public safety ministry.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">The announcement comes after a B.C. Supreme Court justice blocked efforts to legislate similar provisions late last year, citing risks of "irreparable harms" to drug users. The injunction delaying the implementation of the law was upheld by the B.C. Court of Appeal.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub"><ul><li><a href="/lite/story/1.7186245">British Columbia to recriminalize use of drugs in public spaces</a></li></ul><ul><li><a href="/lite/story/1.7124864">B.C. top court upholds pause on law restricting public drug use</a></li></ul></div><div class="article_segment__aglub">The mayors of several B.C. municipalities — including Vancouver, Nanaimo, Maple Ridge and Campbell River — applauded the province's decision on Friday, which comes after months of pressure from opposition parties, local elected officials and police to revise the project over public safety and disorder concerns.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Lilia Hansen, mayor of Fort St. John, in the province's northeast, said that while there are "good intentions" behind decriminalization, it was causing concerns in the small city and RCMP officers responding to calls about public drug use had their "hands tied."</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">"Drug use, it's a complex issue. It definitely requires compassion; these are our families, our friends, our neighbours," she said in an interview Friday afternoon.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">"But we have to think about the safety of all of our residents."</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">However Hansen expressed concerns that the proper housing, health and employment supports are not present in the community to "stop this hamster wheel" of addiction.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub"><div class="embed_embed__gX4nW" role="figure" data-pw="imageEmbed"><div class="embed_embedTextBox__uJWse"><p class="embed_imageTitle__8UFmA">Image | Nanaimo Mayor Leonard Krog</p><p class="embed_caption__4hiVl">Caption: Nanaimo Mayor Leonard Krog says the situation in his city is the result of decades of failed social and health policy, and says rolling back decriminalization is the "sensible" thing to do. (Mike McArthur/CBC)</p><button type="button" aria-label="Load image titled: Image | Nanaimo Mayor Leonard Krog">Load Image</button></div></div></div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Nanaimo mayor Leonard Krog agreed the changes are the "sensible" thing to do, particularly as decriminalization has dominated provincial and municipal politics in the run-up to the next election, slated for October.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">"It's a step in the right direction and I think it indicates the government is recognizing the depth, breadth and seriousness of this problem," Krog said in an interview. </div><div class="article_segment__aglub"><ul><li><a href="/lite/story/1.6987330">B.C. introduces bill to ban illicit drug use in many public spaces</a></li></ul></div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Eby announced new funding to expand medication-assisted treatment in B.C. on Friday, and says it will increase security and add addictions physicians in hospitals to address recently raised concerns of drug use in hospitals.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">The B.C. Nurses Union and the Health Employees Union also both lauded the move on Friday, saying the safety of health care workers should be the province's first priority.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub"><em class="article_segment__aglub"><strong class="article_segment__aglub">WATCH | Eby says new rules will balance safety, risks for vulnerable people: </strong></em><span class="article_segment__aglub"><div class="embed_embed__gX4nW" role="figure" aria-label="Media Video | CBC News B.C. : 'We still have expectations around safety': B.C. bans drug use in public spaces"><div class="embed_embedTextBox__uJWse"><p class="embed_imageTitle__8UFmA">Media Video | CBC News B.C. : 'We still have expectations around safety': B.C. bans drug use in public spaces</p><p class="embed_caption__4hiVl">Caption: B.C. Premier David Eby announced Friday plans to recriminalize drug use in public spaces. 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Supreme Court.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub"><ul><li><a href="/lite/story/1.7101210">Backlash against drug decriminalization and safe supply 'terrifies' B.C.'s exiting chief coroner</a></li></ul><ul><li><a href="/lite/story/1.7173592">8 years and 14,000 deaths later, B.C.'s drug emergency rages on</a></li></ul></div><div class="article_segment__aglub">The province has not adequately increased harm reduction services like overdose prevention sites, expanded safer supply and accessible treatment options that are needed to save lives, say Mullins, Larkin and HRNA.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">"The B.C. government's actions today will put people who use drugs and people who rely on public space at further risk of harm and death," said Corey Ranger, a registered nurse and HRNA co-founder. </div><div class="article_segment__aglub">"By imposing these restrictions on the decriminalization pilot without offering real solutions like expanding overdose prevention services and access to housing, the province has declared some lives unworthy of saving."</div><div class="article_segment__aglub"><div class="embed_embed__gX4nW" role="figure" data-pw="imageEmbed"><div class="embed_embedTextBox__uJWse"><p class="embed_imageTitle__8UFmA">Image | Drug decriminalization rally, Vancouver</p><p class="embed_caption__4hiVl">Caption: Advocates for drug decriminalization at a rally in 2018. 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(Jason Franson/Bloomberg)</p><button type="button" aria-label="Load image titled: Image | CARBON CAPTURE">Load Image</button></div></div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Shell sold millions of carbon credits for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions that never happened, allowing the company to turn a profit on its fledgling carbon capture and storage project, according to a <a href="https://www.greenpeace.org/static/planet4-canada-stateless/2024/02/4b010c8b-en-selling-hot-air-report.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><u class="article_segment__aglub">new report</u><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="-125 -125 600 450" class="externallinkicon_fill__I8y_f" height="16" width="16"><title>(external link)</title><path d="M216 12.1v24c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h74L194.1 156c-2.3 2.3-3.6 5.3-3.6 8.5s1.3 6.2 3.6 8.5l16.9 16.9c2.3 2.3 5.3 3.6 8.5 3.6s6.3-1.3 8.5-3.6L335.9 82l.1 74c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h24c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12L228 .1c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12z"></path><path d="M288 192v132c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V108c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h132V48H12C5.4 48 0 53.4 0 60v312c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h312c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V192h-48z"></path></svg></a> by Greenpeace Canada.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Under an agreement with the Alberta government, Shell was awarded two tonnes' worth of emissions reduction credits for each tonne of carbon it actually captured and stored underground at its Quest plant, near Edmonton.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">This took place between 2015 and 2021 through a subsidy program for <a href="/lite/story/1.7041175"><u class="article_segment__aglub">carbon, capture, utilisation and storage projects</u></a> (CCUS), which are championed by the oil and gas sector as a way to cut its greenhouse gas emissions.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">At the time, Quest was the only operational CCUS facility in Alberta. The subsidy program ended in 2022. </div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">During this period, Shell was able to sell 5.7 million tonnes of what Greenpeace describes as "phantom" credits, making more than $200 million for the company. These credits were sold to other oilsands companies on the Alberta carbon market, Greenpeace alleged.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Such sales would not have been illegal, but amounted to a "hidden subsidy" within the program which undercut the effectiveness of industrial carbon pricing, says Keith Stewart, senior energy strategist at Greenpeace and the author of the report.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">"Carbon capture projects that have been advertised as a solution to pollution in the oilsands have been almost entirely paid for by the public," he said.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Shell has received $777 million from the federal and provincial governments and $406 million in revenue from carbon offsets, according to company records cited by Greenpeace.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">In all, taxpayer funding has covered 93 per cent of the costs of Shell's Quest project to date, Greenpeace said.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Since 2015, the Quest project has stored nine million tonnes of CO2. (By comparison, emissions from the oil and gas sector totalled just over <a href="/lite/story/1.7192042">158 million tonnes</a> in 2022, the most recent federal data available.)</div><h2 class="article_segment__aglub">'Smear job' </h2><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Carbon offsets are bought and sold under a trading system, with governments putting a price on carbon dioxide emissions to compel companies to fight climate change.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Since 2007, Alberta has run a mandatory carbon offset system for large emitters, such as oil and gas companies. If they produce more than their allotted levels of carbon dioxide, they must purchase credits to offset those emissions.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr"><div class="embed_embed__gX4nW" role="figure" data-pw="imageEmbed"><div class="embed_embedTextBox__uJWse"><p class="embed_imageTitle__8UFmA">Image | Fort Hills Suncor</p><p class="embed_caption__4hiVl">Caption: An oilsands mine in northern Alberta. A proposed carbon capture and storage facility to be built in northeastern Alberta is designed to cut emissions from the oilsands industry. (Kyle Bakx/CBC)</p><button type="button" aria-label="Load image titled: Image | Fort Hills Suncor">Load Image</button></div></div></div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Ryan Fournier, a spokesperson for Alberta's Environment Minister Rebecca Schulz, said the report is a "smear job by Greenpeace."</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Fournier acknowledged in an email that the Alberta government previously offered "important credits to help accelerate CCUS development."</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">But he described the program as a "targeted incentive to help drive CCUS investments at a time when this was still an unproven technology." </div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">The <a href="https://www.shell.ca/en_ca/about-us/projects-and-sites/quest-carbon-capture-and-storage-project.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Quest facility<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="-125 -125 600 450" class="externallinkicon_fill__I8y_f" height="16" width="16"><title>(external link)</title><path d="M216 12.1v24c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h74L194.1 156c-2.3 2.3-3.6 5.3-3.6 8.5s1.3 6.2 3.6 8.5l16.9 16.9c2.3 2.3 5.3 3.6 8.5 3.6s6.3-1.3 8.5-3.6L335.9 82l.1 74c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h24c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12L228 .1c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12z"></path><path d="M288 192v132c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V108c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h132V48H12C5.4 48 0 53.4 0 60v312c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h312c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V192h-48z"></path></svg></a> is operated by Shell Canada and owned by Canadian Natural Resources, Chevron and Shell Canada.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">In response to the report, Shell Canada spokesperson Stephen Doolan said carbon capture technology is critical to achieving international climate targets.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">He said that as "a result of innovative fiscal and regulatory frameworks, nine million tonnes of CO2 have been captured at Shell's Quest facility that would have otherwise been released into the atmosphere."</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Neither the province nor Shell denied the sale of the extra credits.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr"><em class="article_segment__aglub"><strong class="article_segment__aglub">WATCH | CO2 site worries Albertans: </strong></em><span class="article_segment__aglub"><div class="embed_embed__gX4nW" role="figure" aria-label="Media Video | The National : Massive carbon capture facility worries Alberta residents"><div class="embed_embedTextBox__uJWse"><p class="embed_imageTitle__8UFmA">Media Video | The National : Massive carbon capture facility worries Alberta residents</p><p class="embed_caption__4hiVl">Caption: Canadian oilsands companies want to build a $16.5-billion carbon capture project near Cold Lake, Alta. 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(Tsafrir Abayov/The Associated Press)</p><button type="button" aria-label="Load image titled: Image | Israeli tank driving in southern Israel, near border with Gaza Strip">Load Image</button></div></div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">After 24 hours of fast-breaking and often contradictory actions by both Hamas and Israel's government, a ceasefire in their catastrophic seven-month war still feels distant. </div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Yet a flurry of diplomatic activity could put the two sides closer to a deal than they've been in months.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">When the news broke Monday afternoon that Hamas's leadership in Qatar had agreed to the terms of an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire, Israel's government appeared caught off-guard.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">The immediate reaction from Israeli media commentators was that it was <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/hamas-claims-to-accept-truce-hostage-deal-israel-this-isnt-what-we-agreed-to/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><u class="article_segment__aglub">a "trap"</u><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="-125 -125 600 450" class="externallinkicon_fill__I8y_f" height="16" width="16"><title>(external link)</title><path d="M216 12.1v24c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h74L194.1 156c-2.3 2.3-3.6 5.3-3.6 8.5s1.3 6.2 3.6 8.5l16.9 16.9c2.3 2.3 5.3 3.6 8.5 3.6s6.3-1.3 8.5-3.6L335.9 82l.1 74c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h24c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12L228 .1c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12z"></path><path d="M288 192v132c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V108c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h132V48H12C5.4 48 0 53.4 0 60v312c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h312c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V192h-48z"></path></svg></a> — not a sincere gesture, but rather a ploy to shift the blame for the failure of a ceasefire onto Israel.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Hamas's negotiators had reportedly spent the day in Doha, Qatar, with Egyptian and Qatari mediators, and the "deal" they accepted came out of those discussions — which didn't include Israel.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr"><ul><li><a href="/lite/story/1.7196174">Israeli forces take control of vital Rafah crossing from Gaza into Egypt</a></li></ul><ul><li><a href="/lite/story/1.7195368">Hamas says it accepts Gaza ceasefire proposal, but Israel still examining deal</a></li></ul></div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Unnamed senior Israeli government officials told Reuters the conditions proposed by Hamas were unacceptable in their current form.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr"><em class="article_segment__aglub"><strong class="article_segment__aglub">WATCH | Doctor fears for Gaza's hospitals as Israel takes control of Rafah crossing:</strong></em></div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr"><div class="embed_embed__gX4nW" role="figure" aria-label="Media | Doctor fears for Gaza's hospitals as Israel takes control of Rafah crossing"><div class="embed_embedTextBox__uJWse"><p class="embed_imageTitle__8UFmA">Media | Doctor fears for Gaza's hospitals as Israel takes control of Rafah crossing</p><p class="embed_caption__4hiVl">Caption: Dr. Mohammad Abu Skhil, who works at the Kuwait Hospital in Rafah, says he's worried that critical medical supplies will be cut off after the Israel Defence Forces took control of the Palestinian side of the Rafah border crossing.</p><a class="embed_externalEmbedLink__7nmwt" aria-label="Open full embed in new tab (external link)" href="https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.4220163" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Open Full Embed in New Tab <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="-125 -125 600 450" class="externallinkicon_fill__I8y_f" height="16" width="16"><title>(external link)</title><path d="M216 12.1v24c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h74L194.1 156c-2.3 2.3-3.6 5.3-3.6 8.5s1.3 6.2 3.6 8.5l16.9 16.9c2.3 2.3 5.3 3.6 8.5 3.6s6.3-1.3 8.5-3.6L335.9 82l.1 74c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h24c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12L228 .1c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12z"></path><path d="M288 192v132c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V108c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h132V48H12C5.4 48 0 53.4 0 60v312c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h312c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V192h-48z"></path></svg></a><span class="embed_externalEmbedDisclaimer__x4NGI">Loading external pages may require significantly more data usage.</span></div></div></div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">It was unclear what the deal entailed until Tuesday morning, when several international media outlets published details of what Hamas had reportedly agreed to. The terms included Israel initially halting the war for 42 days, followed by the release of hundreds of Palestinian detainees, along with freedom for some of the hostages held in Gaza.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">The number of hostages Hamas suggested it would release — 33 — is reportedly lower than the 40 Israel had demanded. The Palestinian militant group also proposed reaching that number by including the bodies of some of the hostages who have died while in captivity.</div><h2 class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Hostages at heart of ceasefire discussion</h2><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">It's unclear how many of the estimated 134 hostages are still alive, but in February, Israel said it believed at least 31 had perished after more than seven months of harsh conditions in captivity.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Last week, Hamas released so-called proof of life videos for several hostages, including their heart-wrenching pleas for Israel's government to agree to Hamas's conditions for sending them home.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">In response to Hamas's agreement to a supposed deal on Monday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office released a statement dismissing the move and vowing that its long-anticipated invasion of the southern Gaza city of Rafah — where more than 1.3 million people have sought shelter from the war — would proceed.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">The goal, said the statement, was "to exert military pressure on Hamas to advance the release of our hostages."</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr"><div class="embed_embed__gX4nW" role="figure" data-pw="imageEmbed"><div class="embed_embedTextBox__uJWse"><p class="embed_imageTitle__8UFmA">Image | ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS/NETANYAHU-HEALTH</p><p class="embed_caption__4hiVl">Caption: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is under public pressure to reach a deal with Hamas to release at least some of the hostages held in Gaza. (Ronen Zvulun/Reuters)</p><button type="button" aria-label="Load image titled: Image | ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS/NETANYAHU-HEALTH">Load Image</button></div></div></div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">The United Nations, the European Union and a multitude of human rights groups <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/more-civilians-will-be-killed-israels-rafah-offensive-whatever-they-say-eus-2024-05-07/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><u class="article_segment__aglub">have warned</u><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="-125 -125 600 450" class="externallinkicon_fill__I8y_f" height="16" width="16"><title>(external link)</title><path d="M216 12.1v24c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h74L194.1 156c-2.3 2.3-3.6 5.3-3.6 8.5s1.3 6.2 3.6 8.5l16.9 16.9c2.3 2.3 5.3 3.6 8.5 3.6s6.3-1.3 8.5-3.6L335.9 82l.1 74c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h24c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12L228 .1c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12z"></path><path d="M288 192v132c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V108c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h132V48H12C5.4 48 0 53.4 0 60v312c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h312c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V192h-48z"></path></svg></a> that an Israeli invasion of the Rafah area will be a "bloodbath" and will tip the already dire hunger and humanitarian crisis in the territory into a catastrophic new phase.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr"><ul><li><a href="/lite/story/1.7195150">McMaster University students set up pro-Palestinian encampment 'indefinitely' as campus protests grow</a></li></ul><ul><li><a href="/lite/story/1.7195197">Number of antisemitic incidents reached record high in 2023, says B'nai Brith Canada audit</a></li></ul></div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">The United States — Israel's largest political and military benefactor — has also said it is opposed to Israel expanding the war into Rafah, and has reportedly <a href="https://www.axios.com/2024/05/05/israel-us-ammunition-shipment-hold" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><u class="article_segment__aglub">held up a recent shipment of ammunition</u><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="-125 -125 600 450" class="externallinkicon_fill__I8y_f" height="16" width="16"><title>(external link)</title><path d="M216 12.1v24c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h74L194.1 156c-2.3 2.3-3.6 5.3-3.6 8.5s1.3 6.2 3.6 8.5l16.9 16.9c2.3 2.3 5.3 3.6 8.5 3.6s6.3-1.3 8.5-3.6L335.9 82l.1 74c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h24c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12L228 .1c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12z"></path><path d="M288 192v132c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V108c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h132V48H12C5.4 48 0 53.4 0 60v312c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h312c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V192h-48z"></path></svg></a> as a warning not to proceed.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">But by Tuesday morning, video on social media showed an Israeli tank ploughing over a "Welcome to Gaza" sign at Rafah's border with Egypt, and the Israeli Defence Forces released a statement saying Israel has now taken over full control of the key border crossing.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr"><em class="article_segment__aglub"><strong class="article_segment__aglub">WATCH | Israel launches airstrikes in Rafah as Hamas accepts mediated ceasefire deal:</strong></em></div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr"><span class="article_segment__aglub"><div class="embed_embed__gX4nW" role="figure" aria-label="Media | Israel launches airstrikes in Rafah as Hamas accepts mediated ceasefire deal"><div class="embed_embedTextBox__uJWse"><p class="embed_imageTitle__8UFmA">Media | Israel launches airstrikes in Rafah as Hamas accepts mediated ceasefire deal</p><p class="embed_caption__4hiVl">Caption: Israel has launched new airstrikes in Rafah, warning 100,000 people there to flee to a designated safe area ahead of an expected ground operation. The strikes came after Hamas agreed to a mediated ceasefire proposal but Israel did not.</p><a class="embed_externalEmbedLink__7nmwt" aria-label="Open full embed in new tab (external link)" href="https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.4219911" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Open Full Embed in New Tab <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="-125 -125 600 450" class="externallinkicon_fill__I8y_f" height="16" width="16"><title>(external link)</title><path d="M216 12.1v24c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h74L194.1 156c-2.3 2.3-3.6 5.3-3.6 8.5s1.3 6.2 3.6 8.5l16.9 16.9c2.3 2.3 5.3 3.6 8.5 3.6s6.3-1.3 8.5-3.6L335.9 82l.1 74c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h24c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12L228 .1c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12z"></path><path d="M288 192v132c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V108c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h132V48H12C5.4 48 0 53.4 0 60v312c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h312c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V192h-48z"></path></svg></a><span class="embed_externalEmbedDisclaimer__x4NGI">Loading external pages may require significantly more data usage.</span></div></div></span></div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Palestinian officials in Gaza said the closure of the border crossing will cause a major disruption for food and humanitarian supplies entering the territory. Aid agencies say the northern part of the enclave is already experiencing famine.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">It's unclear, however, if the Israeli military action in Rafah represents the beginning of a large ground operation or a more limited incursion designed to put political pressure on Hamas.</div><h2 class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Protests against Netanyahu</h2><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">In a statement Tuesday, Hamas accused Israel of trying to scuttle the ceasefire talks by moving on Rafah.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">The families of the remaining hostages held by Hamas and other militant groups in Gaza desperately want their loved ones released. Their nightly protests outside Benjamin Netanyahu's residence and across Tel Aviv have grown increasingly aggressive and violent.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">In a statement addressing the Netanyahu government, the families wrote: "At this crucial moment, while a tangible opportunity for the release of the hostages is on the table, it is of the utmost importance that your government manifest its strong support for such an agreement."</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr"><div class="embed_embed__gX4nW" role="figure" data-pw="imageEmbed"><div class="embed_embedTextBox__uJWse"><p class="embed_imageTitle__8UFmA">Image | Israel protest</p><p class="embed_caption__4hiVl">Caption: A protester removes a barricade while holding an Israeli flag during a large rally in Tel Aviv held by the relatives and supporters of hostages against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government on May 7, 2024. (Itai Ron/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)</p><button type="button" aria-label="Load image titled: Image | Israel protest">Load Image</button></div></div></div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Alon Pinkas, a former senior Israeli diplomat, says Netanyahu will have to choose between his own political survival by continuing the war against Hamas at the cost of the hostages or getting at least some of them back and risking the collapse of his coalition government. </div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">"He is pressured by the public to do this deal," Pinkas told CBC News. "The counter-pressure are the extreme right-wing coalition partners who want the war to go on, who think the operation in Gaza is more important than the lives of those hostages."</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">In Gaza, initial word of a possible ceasefire deal was met with widespread jubilation in Rafah, amid hope that an Israeli attack had been averted.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">"We were wondering where we would go. We have no shelter or anywhere to go to, but thank God, I was happy to hear this news," Umm Ahmed Al-Masry told a freelance producer working for CBC News on Monday.<strong class="article_segment__aglub"> </strong>"The feeling is indescribable."</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">The celebrations were short-lived, however, as Israeli flares soon lit up the sky and signalled that its military was once again on the move and the ceasefire would not happen.</div><h2 class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">'A glimmer of hope'</h2><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Israeli aircraft struck targets in the crowded city repeatedly overnight, but it was not clear immediately how many were killed.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">More than 34,000 Palestinians, most of them civilians, have been killed in the conflict, the Gaza Health Ministry said.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">"It's been terrifying and traumatic," said Louise Wateridge, a spokesperson for the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), who is in Rafah.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">"There was an hour of celebration," she told CBC News, before it became clear a truce would not happen.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">"This trauma has sent shockwaves in the community because there was so much hope and expectations of a potential ceasefire."</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr"><div class="embed_embed__gX4nW" role="figure" data-pw="imageEmbed"><div class="embed_embedTextBox__uJWse"><p class="embed_imageTitle__8UFmA">Image | Israel Palestinians</p><p class="embed_caption__4hiVl">Caption: Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike on buildings near the separating wall between Egypt and Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on May 6. 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(Amir Levy/Getty Images)</p><button type="button" aria-label="Load image titled: Image | 2151325589">Load Image</button></div></div><div class="article_segment__aglub">The Israeli military took control of the vital Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt on Tuesday, pushing into the southern Gazan town after a night of airstrikes and as prospects for a ceasefire deal hung in the balance.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">The Palestinian militant group Hamas said late on Monday it had agreed to a ceasefire proposal from mediators seven months into the war that has pushed more than one million Gazans into the south of the enclave.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Israel said the terms did not meet its demands and launched a military operation in Rafah.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Israeli tanks and planes pounded several areas and houses in Rafah overnight, killing 20 Palestinians and wounding several others in strikes that hit at least four houses, Palestinian health officials said.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">"The Israeli occupation has sentenced the residents of the Strip to death after closure of the Rafah border crossing," said Hisham Edwan, spokesperson for the Gaza Border Crossing Authority. </div><div class="article_segment__aglub"><em class="article_segment__aglub"><strong class="article_segment__aglub">WATCH l UN Secretary General 'disturbed and distressed' by military action in Rafah:</strong></em> <span class="article_segment__aglub"><div class="embed_embed__gX4nW" role="figure" aria-label="Media | UN chief says full-scale assault on Rafah would be 'catastrophe'"><div class="embed_embedTextBox__uJWse"><p class="embed_imageTitle__8UFmA">Media | UN chief says full-scale assault on Rafah would be 'catastrophe'</p><p class="embed_caption__4hiVl">Caption: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres urged Israel and Hamas leadership to 'spare no effort' in the bid for a ceasefire that would stop the bloodshed and lead to the release of hostages.</p><a class="embed_externalEmbedLink__7nmwt" aria-label="Open full embed in new tab (external link)" href="https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.4220057" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Open Full Embed in New Tab <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="-125 -125 600 450" class="externallinkicon_fill__I8y_f" height="16" width="16"><title>(external link)</title><path d="M216 12.1v24c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h74L194.1 156c-2.3 2.3-3.6 5.3-3.6 8.5s1.3 6.2 3.6 8.5l16.9 16.9c2.3 2.3 5.3 3.6 8.5 3.6s6.3-1.3 8.5-3.6L335.9 82l.1 74c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h24c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12L228 .1c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12z"></path><path d="M288 192v132c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V108c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h132V48H12C5.4 48 0 53.4 0 60v312c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h312c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V192h-48z"></path></svg></a><span class="embed_externalEmbedDisclaimer__x4NGI">Loading external pages may require significantly more data usage.</span></div></div></span></div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Israel has been threatening to launch a major incursion in Rafah, which it says harbours thousands of Hamas fighters and potentially dozens of hostages. Victory is impossible without taking Rafah, it says.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">UN Security General Antonio Guterres warned Israel that an assault on Rafah would "be a strategic mistake, a political calamity and a humanitarian nightmare."</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">"I am disturbed and distressed by the renewed military activity in Rafah," Guterres told reporters at the UN headquarters in New York City. "The closure of both the Rafah and Karem Shalom crossings is especially damaging to an already dire humanitarian situation. They must be reopened immediately."</div><h2 class="article_segment__aglub">'God knows where we will go now'</h2><div class="article_segment__aglub">A Gaza border authority spokesperson told Reuters the Rafah crossing, a major route for aid into the devastated enclave, was closed because of the presence of Israeli tanks. Israel's Army Radio had earlier announced its forces were there.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">The United States has been pressing Israel not to launch a military campaign in Rafah until it had drawn up a humanitarian plan for the Palestinians sheltering there, which Washington says it has yet to see.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">"We continue to believe that a hostage deal is in the best interest of the Israeli and the Palestinian people; it would bring an immediate ceasefire and allow increased humanitarian assistance into Gaza," a U.S. State Department spokesperson said in an email to Reuters.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub"><div class="embed_embed__gX4nW" role="figure" data-pw="imageEmbed"><div class="embed_embedTextBox__uJWse"><p class="embed_imageTitle__8UFmA">Image | 2151314404</p><p class="embed_caption__4hiVl">Caption: Displaced Palestinians flee Rafah with their belongings to safer areas in the southern Gaza Strip on Tuesday following an evacuation order by the Israeli army the previous day, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. (AFP/Getty Images)</p><button type="button" aria-label="Load image titled: Image | 2151314404">Load Image</button></div></div></div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Israel said the vast majority of people had been evacuated from the area of military operations. Instructed by Arabic text messages, phone calls and flyers to move to what the Israeli military called an "expanded humanitarian zone" around 20 kilometres away, some Palestinian families began trundling away in chilly spring rain.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">The order was thought to pertain to an estimated 100,000 people there. Some piled children and possessions onto donkey carts, while others left by pickup truck or on foot through muddy streets.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub"><ul><li><a href="/lite/story/1.7194984">Israel going ahead with Rafah operation as hostage talks continue, Netanyahu says</a></li></ul><ul><li><a href="/lite/story/1.7194634">Al Jazeera broadcasts suspended in Israel, offices raided, after ban approved by Netanyahu cabinet</a></li></ul></div><div class="article_segment__aglub">As families dismantled tents and folded belongings, Abdullah Al-Najar said this was the fourth time he had been displaced since the fighting began seven months ago.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">"God knows where we will go now. We have not decided yet."</div><div class="article_segment__aglub"><em class="article_segment__aglub"><strong class="article_segment__aglub">WATCH l Western diplomats condemn closing of vital humanitarian access point: </strong></em><span class="article_segment__aglub"><div class="embed_embed__gX4nW" role="figure" aria-label="Media | CBC News : Israeli military claims 'operational control' of Gaza's Rafah border crossing"><div class="embed_embedTextBox__uJWse"><p class="embed_imageTitle__8UFmA">Media | CBC News : Israeli military claims 'operational control' of Gaza's Rafah border crossing</p><p class="embed_caption__4hiVl">Caption: The Israeli military has taken control of the vital Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt, pushing into the southern Gazan town after a night of air strikes.</p><a class="embed_externalEmbedLink__7nmwt" aria-label="Open full embed in new tab (external link)" href="https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.4219955" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Open Full Embed in New Tab <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="-125 -125 600 450" class="externallinkicon_fill__I8y_f" height="16" width="16"><title>(external link)</title><path d="M216 12.1v24c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h74L194.1 156c-2.3 2.3-3.6 5.3-3.6 8.5s1.3 6.2 3.6 8.5l16.9 16.9c2.3 2.3 5.3 3.6 8.5 3.6s6.3-1.3 8.5-3.6L335.9 82l.1 74c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h24c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12L228 .1c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12z"></path><path d="M288 192v132c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V108c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h132V48H12C5.4 48 0 53.4 0 60v312c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h312c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V192h-48z"></path></svg></a><span class="embed_externalEmbedDisclaimer__x4NGI">Loading external pages may require significantly more data usage.</span></div></div></span></div><h2 class="article_segment__aglub">UN concerned about aid through Rafah</h2><div class="article_segment__aglub">Hamas said in a brief statement that its chief, Ismail Haniyeh, had informed Qatari and Egyptian mediators the group accepted their proposal for a ceasefire.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said later the truce proposal fell short of Israel's demands but Israel would send a delegation to meet with negotiators to try to reach an agreement.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Qatar's Foreign Ministry said its delegation will head to Cairo on Tuesday to resume indirect negotiations between Israel and Hamas.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub"><div class="embed_embed__gX4nW" role="figure" aria-label="Embed | Percentage of buildings damaged or destroyed since Oct. 12, 2023"><div class="embed_embedTextBox__uJWse"><p class="embed_imageTitle__8UFmA">Embed | Percentage of buildings damaged or destroyed since Oct. 12, 2023</p><p class="embed_caption__4hiVl"></p><a class="embed_externalEmbedLink__7nmwt" aria-label="Open full embed in new tab (external link)" href="https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/I7AvV/4/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Open Full Embed in New Tab <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="-125 -125 600 450" class="externallinkicon_fill__I8y_f" height="16" width="16"><title>(external link)</title><path d="M216 12.1v24c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h74L194.1 156c-2.3 2.3-3.6 5.3-3.6 8.5s1.3 6.2 3.6 8.5l16.9 16.9c2.3 2.3 5.3 3.6 8.5 3.6s6.3-1.3 8.5-3.6L335.9 82l.1 74c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h24c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12L228 .1c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12z"></path><path d="M288 192v132c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V108c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h132V48H12C5.4 48 0 53.4 0 60v312c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h312c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V192h-48z"></path></svg></a><span class="embed_externalEmbedDisclaimer__x4NGI">Loading external pages may require significantly more data usage.</span></div></div></div><div class="article_segment__aglub">In a statement, Netanyahu's office said his war cabinet approved continuing an operation in Rafah. </div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Jens Laerke, a spokesperson or the UN humanitarian affairs office, warned that an assault on Rafah could break the fragile aid operation. He said all fuel entering Gaza comes through Rafah, and any disruption will halt humanitarian work.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">"It will plunge this crisis into unprecedented levels of need, including the very real possibility of a famine," said Laerke.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub"><div class="embed_embed__gX4nW" role="figure" data-pw="imageEmbed"><div class="embed_embedTextBox__uJWse"><p class="embed_imageTitle__8UFmA">Image | 2151308767</p><p class="embed_caption__4hiVl">Caption: A Palestinian boy looks at the destruction from the window of a damaged house following an Israeli strike of Rafah's Tal al-Sultan district in the southern Gaza Strip on Tuesday. (AFP/Getty Images)</p><button type="button" aria-label="Load image titled: Image | 2151308767">Load Image</button></div></div></div><div class="article_segment__aglub">For his part, Guterres said the enclave could run out of fuel in the coming hours.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Hamas said it agreed to a proposal that outlines a phased release of the hostages alongside the gradual withdrawal of Israeli troops from the entire enclave and ends with a "sustainable calm," defined as a "permanent cessation of military and hostile operations."</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">In the first, 42-day stage of the ceasefire, Hamas would release 33 hostages — including women, children, older adults and the ill — in return for the release of hundreds of Palestinians in Israeli prisons, and Israeli forces would partially withdraw from parts of Gaza. The parties would then negotiate the terms of the next stage, under which the remaining civilian men and soldiers would be released, while Israeli forces would withdraw from the rest of Gaza.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Hamas has demanded an end to the war and complete Israeli withdrawal in return for the release of all hostages. Publicly, Israeli leaders have repeatedly rejected that trade-off, vowing to keep up their campaign until Hamas is destroyed.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Any truce would be the first pause in fighting since a week-long ceasefire in November, during which Hamas freed around half of the hostages.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Since then, all efforts to reach a new truce have foundered over Hamas's refusal to free more hostages without a promise of a permanent end to the conflict, and Israel's insistence that it would discuss only a temporary pause.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub"><em class="article_segment__aglub"><strong class="article_segment__aglub">LISTEN | Why school protesters are pushing for divestment from Israel: </strong></em><span class="article_segment__aglub"><div class="embed_embed__gX4nW" role="figure" aria-label="Media | Front Burner : At the McGill encampment: Calls to divest from Israel"><div class="embed_embedTextBox__uJWse"><p class="embed_imageTitle__8UFmA">Media | Front Burner : At the McGill encampment: Calls to divest from Israel</p><p class="embed_caption__4hiVl"></p><a class="embed_externalEmbedLink__7nmwt" aria-label="Open full embed in new tab (external link)" href="https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.4219902" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Open Full Embed in New Tab <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="-125 -125 600 450" class="externallinkicon_fill__I8y_f" height="16" width="16"><title>(external link)</title><path d="M216 12.1v24c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h74L194.1 156c-2.3 2.3-3.6 5.3-3.6 8.5s1.3 6.2 3.6 8.5l16.9 16.9c2.3 2.3 5.3 3.6 8.5 3.6s6.3-1.3 8.5-3.6L335.9 82l.1 74c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h24c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12L228 .1c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12z"></path><path d="M288 192v132c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V108c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h132V48H12C5.4 48 0 53.4 0 60v312c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h312c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V192h-48z"></path></svg></a><span class="embed_externalEmbedDisclaimer__x4NGI">Loading external pages may require significantly more data usage.</span></div></div></span></div><div class="article_segment__aglub">More than 34,789 Palestinians have been killed in the conflict, according to Gaza health officials. 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(Ronen Zvulun/The Associated Press)</p><button type="button" aria-label="Load image titled: Image | Israel Politics">Load Image</button></div></div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr"><div class="embed_embed__gX4nW" role="figure" aria-label="Media | The Current : Why did Israel reject a ceasefire deal?"><div class="embed_embedTextBox__uJWse"><p class="embed_imageTitle__8UFmA">Media | The Current : Why did Israel reject a ceasefire deal?</p><p class="embed_caption__4hiVl"></p><a class="embed_externalEmbedLink__7nmwt" aria-label="Open full embed in new tab (external link)" href="https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.4220046" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Open Full Embed in New Tab <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="-125 -125 600 450" class="externallinkicon_fill__I8y_f" height="16" width="16"><title>(external link)</title><path d="M216 12.1v24c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h74L194.1 156c-2.3 2.3-3.6 5.3-3.6 8.5s1.3 6.2 3.6 8.5l16.9 16.9c2.3 2.3 5.3 3.6 8.5 3.6s6.3-1.3 8.5-3.6L335.9 82l.1 74c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h24c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12L228 .1c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12z"></path><path d="M288 192v132c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V108c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h132V48H12C5.4 48 0 53.4 0 60v312c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h312c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V192h-48z"></path></svg></a><span class="embed_externalEmbedDisclaimer__x4NGI">Loading external pages may require significantly more data usage.</span></div></div></div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">A former Israeli ambassador says Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu might have rejected a ceasefire deal this week in order to safeguard his own political future.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">"He is prolonging the war, because what awaits him after the war is a very inhospitable, to say the least, political and public environment," said Alon Pinkas, who was Israel's consul general in New York from 2000 to 2004, and a former foreign policy advisor to Israeli foreign ministers.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Reports Monday indicated <a href="/lite/story/1.7195368"><u class="article_segment__aglub">Hamas had agreed to an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire</u></a>, which would have seen the exchange of Israelis held by Hamas and Palestinians held in Israeli prisons. </div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Israel said <a href="/lite/story/1.7196267"><u class="article_segment__aglub">the deal fell short of its demands</u></a>, and negotiations continue.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">More than 34,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces, according to Gaza health officials. Israel's incursion began after roughly 1,200 people were killed in a Hamas attack on southern Israel on Oct. 7, according to Israeli tallies. Those figures also suggest that 133 <a href="/lite/story/1.7166322"><u class="article_segment__aglub">Israelis remain in captivity in Gaza</u></a>. Hundreds of <a href="/lite/story/1.7043182"><u class="article_segment__aglub">Palestians have been detained in Israel</u></a>.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr"><em class="article_segment__aglub"><strong class="article_segment__aglub">WATCH | Israel launches airstrikes in Rafah: </strong></em><span class="article_segment__aglub"><div class="embed_embed__gX4nW" role="figure" aria-label="Media | Israel launches airstrikes in Rafah as Hamas accepts mediated ceasefire deal"><div class="embed_embedTextBox__uJWse"><p class="embed_imageTitle__8UFmA">Media | Israel launches airstrikes in Rafah as Hamas accepts mediated ceasefire deal</p><p class="embed_caption__4hiVl">Caption: Israel has launched new airstrikes in Rafah, warning 100,000 people there to flee to a designated safe area ahead of an expected ground operation. The strikes came after Hamas agreed to a mediated ceasefire proposal but Israel did not.</p><a class="embed_externalEmbedLink__7nmwt" aria-label="Open full embed in new tab (external link)" href="https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.4219911" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Open Full Embed in New Tab <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="-125 -125 600 450" class="externallinkicon_fill__I8y_f" height="16" width="16"><title>(external link)</title><path d="M216 12.1v24c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h74L194.1 156c-2.3 2.3-3.6 5.3-3.6 8.5s1.3 6.2 3.6 8.5l16.9 16.9c2.3 2.3 5.3 3.6 8.5 3.6s6.3-1.3 8.5-3.6L335.9 82l.1 74c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h24c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12L228 .1c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12z"></path><path d="M288 192v132c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V108c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h132V48H12C5.4 48 0 53.4 0 60v312c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h312c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V192h-48z"></path></svg></a><span class="embed_externalEmbedDisclaimer__x4NGI">Loading external pages may require significantly more data usage.</span></div></div></span></div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">In a statement Monday, Netanyahu's office vowed that <a href="/lite/story/1.7194984"><u class="article_segment__aglub">Israel would proceed with the invasion of Rafah</u></a>, where more than a million Palestinians have taken refuge in a city initially <a href="/lite/story/1.7115880"><u class="article_segment__aglub">designated as a safe zone by the IDF</u></a>. Israeli forces launched airstrikes on the city Monday night, and took <a href="/lite/story/1.7196174"><u class="article_segment__aglub">control of the border crossing</u></a> between Gaza and Egypt Tuesday. </div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">The international community has urged Israel not to proceed with a ground invasion, warning that the consequences would be dire for <a href="/lite/story/1.7193380"><u class="article_segment__aglub">civilians already living in deteriorating conditions</u></a>.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Pinkas spoke to <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><em class="article_segment__aglub"><u class="article_segment__aglub">The Current's</u></em><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="-125 -125 600 450" class="externallinkicon_fill__I8y_f" height="16" width="16"><title>(external link)</title><path d="M216 12.1v24c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h74L194.1 156c-2.3 2.3-3.6 5.3-3.6 8.5s1.3 6.2 3.6 8.5l16.9 16.9c2.3 2.3 5.3 3.6 8.5 3.6s6.3-1.3 8.5-3.6L335.9 82l.1 74c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h24c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12L228 .1c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12z"></path><path d="M288 192v132c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V108c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h132V48H12C5.4 48 0 53.4 0 60v312c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h312c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V192h-48z"></path></svg></a> Matt Galloway about the pressure Netanyahu is facing both in Israel, and on the world stage. Here is part of their conversation.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr"><strong class="article_segment__aglub">In Israel, what is the response to Benjamin Netanyahu rejecting this latest ceasefire proposal from Hamas?</strong></div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Well, the truth is Matt, no one really knows that he's rejected it already. I mean, there's a lot of, you know, a lot of smoke and mirrors and spin and masquerading and manipulation and lies and what have you.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr"><strong class="article_segment__aglub">Is that the case? Because we're hearing from wires reporting senior Israeli officials saying the current offer from Hamas is unacceptable to Israel. </strong></div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Yeah, isn't it great that they're always anonymous, these people? They're anonymous because that way they can say the exact opposite two hours from now or two days from now. </div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">But let's get serious with this. This is bad news for Mr. Netanyahu because, by Friday, he was absolutely certain that there's no deal and that he could fulfil his pledge to attack in the southern tip of the Gaza Strip, where the city of Rafah is. Then on Saturday, came the announcement from Hamas that they're actually accepting the deal.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">And so on Saturday, Prime Minister Netanyahu puts out two statements in which he basically says no deal because he's saying we're going to operate in Rafah with or without a ceasefire. Now, that's silly, that's ludicrous, that's irreconcilable. How can you attack in Gaza with a ceasefire? And how can you have a deal without a ceasefire? </div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">And that goes to the question, is he really prolonging the war? And the answer is yes, he is prolonging the war, because what awaits him after the war is a very inhospitable, to say the least, political and public environment.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr"><em class="article_segment__aglub"><strong class="article_segment__aglub">WATCH | 'Stop the killing, save lives,' says father of Israeli hostage: </strong></em><span class="article_segment__aglub"><div class="embed_embed__gX4nW" role="figure" aria-label="Media | 'Stop the killing, save lives,' says father of Israeli hostage"><div class="embed_embedTextBox__uJWse"><p class="embed_imageTitle__8UFmA">Media | 'Stop the killing, save lives,' says father of Israeli hostage</p><p class="embed_caption__4hiVl">Caption: A group of Israeli protesters, including families of hostages, gathered in Tel Aviv to demand the Israeli government accept the tentative ceasefire proposal already agreed upon by Hamas. The protesters are calling on the government to bring their loved ones home and to put an end to the fighting.</p><a class="embed_externalEmbedLink__7nmwt" aria-label="Open full embed in new tab (external link)" href="https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.4219649" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Open Full Embed in New Tab <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="-125 -125 600 450" class="externallinkicon_fill__I8y_f" height="16" width="16"><title>(external link)</title><path d="M216 12.1v24c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h74L194.1 156c-2.3 2.3-3.6 5.3-3.6 8.5s1.3 6.2 3.6 8.5l16.9 16.9c2.3 2.3 5.3 3.6 8.5 3.6s6.3-1.3 8.5-3.6L335.9 82l.1 74c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h24c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12L228 .1c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12z"></path><path d="M288 192v132c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V108c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h132V48H12C5.4 48 0 53.4 0 60v312c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h312c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V192h-48z"></path></svg></a><span class="embed_externalEmbedDisclaimer__x4NGI">Loading external pages may require significantly more data usage.</span></div></div></span></div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr"><strong class="article_segment__aglub">How much public support does he have for the war as the fighting drags on and as hostages remain in captivity?</strong></div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">That's a great question, because there has to be a distinction. The support for the war is high. The support for Mr. Netanyahu is extraordinarily low. Over 70 per cent … of Israelis think he should resign. That's divided into those who think he should resign immediately, and those who think he should resign after the war, whatever "after the war" means. </div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">In other polls where voting intentions are being measured, he is losing, he is being trounced, in fact, in almost every poll.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">That doesn't mean much because there's no election date. But that does reflect the unpopularity of both his management of affairs before October 7th, his mismanagement of the war, the fact that he failed to take responsibility, fails to be held accountable and cannot show anything, you know, other than devastation and ruin in Gaza, which most Israelis, by the way, are indifferent and oblivious to.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Other than that, he can't show anything in terms of eradicating or obliterating or annihilating Hamas as he has pledged to do for seven months.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr"><strong class="article_segment__aglub">You wrote a month or so ago that in some ways he was spoiling for a fight with the United States. As I mentioned, there has been fierce pressure from Joe Biden. He spoke with Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday, reiterating the U.S. opposition to any military invasion, or an offensive in Rafah. What do you mean that he's spoiling for a fight with his major backer?</strong></div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Well, you know, he's an ingrate, to put it simply. He has been deliberately angling for confrontation with the U.S. since November. And it seems counterintuitive to anyone who's going to be listening to us, on this show, because why would he do that?</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">The U.S. is supplying Israel with a diplomatic umbrella, <a href="/lite/story/1.3762515">$3.8 billion in annual military grant</a> a year, and then [<a href="/lite/story/1.7180096">additonal recent funding</a>].<strong class="article_segment__aglub"> </strong>And so why would he do that?</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr"><em class="article_segment__aglub"><strong class="article_segment__aglub">WATCH | Families in parts of Rafah uprooted again: </strong></em><span class="article_segment__aglub"><div class="embed_embed__gX4nW" role="figure" aria-label="Media | 'I don't know where I will go'"><div class="embed_embedTextBox__uJWse"><p class="embed_imageTitle__8UFmA">Media | 'I don't know where I will go'</p><p class="embed_caption__4hiVl">Caption: Families in parts of Rafah are on the move, with few resources and little sense of where they will go, after being urged by Israel to relocate.</p><a class="embed_externalEmbedLink__7nmwt" aria-label="Open full embed in new tab (external link)" href="https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.4219162" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Open Full Embed in New Tab <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="-125 -125 600 450" class="externallinkicon_fill__I8y_f" height="16" width="16"><title>(external link)</title><path d="M216 12.1v24c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h74L194.1 156c-2.3 2.3-3.6 5.3-3.6 8.5s1.3 6.2 3.6 8.5l16.9 16.9c2.3 2.3 5.3 3.6 8.5 3.6s6.3-1.3 8.5-3.6L335.9 82l.1 74c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h24c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12L228 .1c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12z"></path><path d="M288 192v132c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V108c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h132V48H12C5.4 48 0 53.4 0 60v312c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h312c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V192h-48z"></path></svg></a><span class="embed_externalEmbedDisclaimer__x4NGI">Loading external pages may require significantly more data usage.</span></div></div></span></div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Well, that's because it serves his narrative. He's developing a completely alternative universe narrative in which he absolves himself of any responsibility for October 7th by presenting what transpired as some kind of a major confrontation between Israel and Iran and its proxies. And in between, the U.S. — despite their help, despite their assistance, despite their backing — is essentially trying to superimpose on Israel a Palestinian state. And only he can stand up to America. And if he convinces the Israeli public with this bogus narrative, then it's worth his while to confront Biden. </div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Now, if you look at the last five, six months, Matt, he may be proven right in terms of reading Biden, probably better than Biden has been reading him. Because he's gotten away with a lot. Now, push came to shove in the last 48 hours with this Hamas announcement that they're accepting the deal. Now he has to make a decision. I mean, he's finally reached a fork in the road. 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A decision by the Israeli government will affect the broadcaster's operations in Israel and in East Jerusalem, where it has been doing live shots since the Oct. 7 attack that sparked the war in Gaza. (Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty Images)</p><button type="button" aria-label="Load image titled: Image | 1914667715">Load Image</button></div></div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's cabinet shut down Al Jazeera's operations in Israel on Sunday for as long as the war in Gaza continues, on the grounds the Qatari television network threatens national security.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Al Jazeera called the move a "criminal action" and said its characterization as being a threat to Israeli security was a "dangerous and ridiculous lie" that puts its journalists at risk.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">It said that it reserved the right to "pursue every legal step."</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Israeli satellite and cable television providers suspended broadcasts of Al Jazeera following the government decision. The communications ministry said a police raid of the station was underway.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub"><div class="embed_embed__gX4nW" role="figure" data-pw="imageEmbed"><div class="embed_embedTextBox__uJWse"><p class="embed_imageTitle__8UFmA">Image | 2151017933</p><p class="embed_caption__4hiVl">Caption: This image taken on Sunday shows the Al Jazeera television network offices in Ramallah in the West Bank. (Zain Jaafar/AFP/Getty Images)</p><button type="button" aria-label="Load image titled: Image | 2151017933">Load Image</button></div></div></div><div class="article_segment__aglub">The network is funded by the Qatari government and has been critical of Israel's military operation in Gaza, from where it has reported around the clock throughout the war.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">"The incitement channel Al Jazeera will be closed in Israel," Netanyahu posted on social media following the unanimous cabinet vote.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub"><ul><li><a href="/lite/story/1.7180240">Israel would 'suspend' Rafah incursion plan if hostage deal made, foreign minister says</a></li></ul><ul><li><a href="/lite/story/1.6448903">Al Jazeera reporter killed during Israeli raid in West Bank</a></li></ul></div><div class="article_segment__aglub">A government statement said Israel's communications minister signed orders to "act immediately," but at least one legislator who supported the closure said Al Jazeera could still try to block it in court.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">The measure, the statement said, will include closing Al Jazeera's offices in Israel, confiscating broadcast equipment, cutting off the channel from cable and satellite companies, and blocking its websites. It did not mention Al Jazeera's Gaza operations.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">The Quds News Network, a Palestinian youth news agency, posted video on X, formerly known as Twitter, that it said shows Israeli police raiding Al Jazeera offices at the Ambassador Hotel in East Jerusalem.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">There was no official comment from the Qatari government, which deferred to Al Jazeera.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub"><ul><li><a href="/lite/story/1.7009591">Al Jazeera journalist grieves loss of 3 generations of his family in Gaza</a></li></ul></div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Al Jazeera previously called Israeli efforts to curtail its operations an "escalation" and said in a statement in early April that it "comes as part of a series of systematic Israeli attacks to silence Al Jazeera."</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">It said that Israeli authorities have deliberately targeted and killed several of its journalists, including <a href="/lite/story/1.7060825">Samer Abu Daqqa</a> and <a href="/lite/story/1.7077566">Hamza Dahdouh</a>, both killed in Gaza during the conflict. Israel has said it does not target journalists.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Qatar established Al Jazeera in 1996 and views the network as a way to bolster its global profile.</div><h2 class="article_segment__aglub">Network calls shutdown a 'criminal act'</h2><div class="article_segment__aglub">"Al Jazeera Media Network strongly condemns and denounces this criminal act that violates human rights and the basic right to access of information," the network said in a statement. "Al Jazeera affirms its right to continue to provide news and information to its global audiences."</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">The UN Human Rights Office also criticized the decision to close Al Jazeera in Israel in a <a href="https://twitter.com/UNHumanRights/status/1787108354499731572" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">post on X<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="-125 -125 600 450" class="externallinkicon_fill__I8y_f" height="16" width="16"><title>(external link)</title><path d="M216 12.1v24c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h74L194.1 156c-2.3 2.3-3.6 5.3-3.6 8.5s1.3 6.2 3.6 8.5l16.9 16.9c2.3 2.3 5.3 3.6 8.5 3.6s6.3-1.3 8.5-3.6L335.9 82l.1 74c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h24c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12L228 .1c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12z"></path><path d="M288 192v132c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V108c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h132V48H12C5.4 48 0 53.4 0 60v312c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h312c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V192h-48z"></path></svg></a>.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">"A free and independent media is essential to ensuring transparency and accountability,' it said. "Now, even more so given tight restrictions on reporting from Gaza. Freedom of expression is a key human right. We urge government to overturn [the] ban."</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Israel's parliament last month ratified a law allowing the temporary closure in Israel of foreign broadcasters considered to be a threat to national security.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub"><em class="article_segment__aglub"><strong class="article_segment__aglub">WATCH | Pressure mounts for new Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal:</strong></em> <span class="article_segment__aglub"><div class="embed_embed__gX4nW" role="figure" aria-label="Media Video | The National : Palestinians skeptical of renewed ceasefire talks"><div class="embed_embedTextBox__uJWse"><p class="embed_imageTitle__8UFmA">Media Video | The National : Palestinians skeptical of renewed ceasefire talks</p><p class="embed_caption__4hiVl">Caption: As reports of a renewed ceasefire between Israel and Hamas circulate, Palestinians in Gaza are skeptical anything will come of it as they deal with the aftermath of another attack in Rafah.</p><a class="embed_externalEmbedLink__7nmwt" aria-label="Open full embed in new tab (external link)" href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/thenational/palestinians-skeptical-of-renewed-ceasefire-talks-1.7188975" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Open Full Embed in New Tab <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="-125 -125 600 450" class="externallinkicon_fill__I8y_f" height="16" width="16"><title>(external link)</title><path d="M216 12.1v24c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h74L194.1 156c-2.3 2.3-3.6 5.3-3.6 8.5s1.3 6.2 3.6 8.5l16.9 16.9c2.3 2.3 5.3 3.6 8.5 3.6s6.3-1.3 8.5-3.6L335.9 82l.1 74c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h24c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12L228 .1c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12z"></path><path d="M288 192v132c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V108c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h132V48H12C5.4 48 0 53.4 0 60v312c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h312c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V192h-48z"></path></svg></a><span class="embed_externalEmbedDisclaimer__x4NGI">Loading external pages may require significantly more data usage.</span></div></div></span></div><div class="article_segment__aglub">The law allows Netanyahu and his security cabinet to shut the network's offices in Israel for 45 days, a period that can be renewed, so it could stay in force until the end of July or until the end of major military operations in Gaza.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Qatar, where several Hamas political leaders are based, is trying to mediate a ceasefire and hostage release deal that could halt the Gaza war.</div></article><div class="relatedlinks_relatedLinks__Lwiwf"><h2 class="relatedlinks_title__dyv0R">More Stories Like This</h2><p class="relatedlinks_description__CsX2q">The related links below are generated automatically based on the story you’ve just read.</p><p>Loading...</p></div></div></main><footer class="footer_footer-container__pnXb5"><div class="footer_disclaimer__uBzdR">CBC Lite is a low-bandwidth website. 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airstrikes in Rafah, warning 100,000 people there to flee to a designated safe area ahead of an expected ground operation. The strikes came after Hamas agreed to a mediated ceasefire proposal but Israel did not.</p><a class="embed_externalEmbedLink__7nmwt" aria-label="Open full embed in new tab (external link)" href="https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.4219911" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Open Full Embed in New Tab <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="-125 -125 600 450" class="externallinkicon_fill__I8y_f" height="16" width="16"><title>(external link)</title><path d="M216 12.1v24c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h74L194.1 156c-2.3 2.3-3.6 5.3-3.6 8.5s1.3 6.2 3.6 8.5l16.9 16.9c2.3 2.3 5.3 3.6 8.5 3.6s6.3-1.3 8.5-3.6L335.9 82l.1 74c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h24c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12L228 .1c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12z"></path><path d="M288 192v132c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V108c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h132V48H12C5.4 48 0 53.4 0 60v312c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h312c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V192h-48z"></path></svg></a><span class="embed_externalEmbedDisclaimer__x4NGI">Loading external pages may require significantly more data usage.</span></div></div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday that his war cabinet approved continuing an operation in the southern Gaza city of Rafah in order to pressure Hamas to release Israeli hostages and achieve the country's other war goals.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">"The war cabinet unanimously decided that Israel continue the operation in Rafah to exert military pressure on Hamas in order to advance the release of our hostages and the other goals of the war," Netanyahu's office said in a statement.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">"In parallel, even though the Hamas proposal is far from Israel's necessary demands, Israel will send a working delegation to the mediators in order to exhaust the possibility of reaching an agreement under conditions acceptable to Israel," it said.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Netanyahu's remarks came after Hamas said it <a href="/lite/story/1.7195368">had accepted a ceasefire proposal from mediators</a>. The Israeli military said all proposals that would release hostages held in Gaza would be considered, while for now its operations were continuing in parallel.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Earlier on Monday, Israel ordered the evacuation of parts of Rafah, the city on the Egyptian border that has served as the last sanctuary for around half of Gaza's 2.3 million residents.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub"><em class="article_segment__aglub"><strong class="article_segment__aglub">WATCH | Palestinians left scrambling in Rafah:</strong></em><span class="article_segment__aglub"><div class="embed_embed__gX4nW" role="figure" aria-label="Media | 'I don't know where I will go'"><div class="embed_embedTextBox__uJWse"><p class="embed_imageTitle__8UFmA">Media | 'I don't know where I will go'</p><p class="embed_caption__4hiVl">Caption: Families in parts of Rafah are on the move, with few resources and little sense of where they will go, after being urged by Israel to relocate.</p><a class="embed_externalEmbedLink__7nmwt" aria-label="Open full embed in new tab (external link)" href="https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.4219162" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Open Full Embed in New Tab <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="-125 -125 600 450" class="externallinkicon_fill__I8y_f" height="16" width="16"><title>(external link)</title><path d="M216 12.1v24c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h74L194.1 156c-2.3 2.3-3.6 5.3-3.6 8.5s1.3 6.2 3.6 8.5l16.9 16.9c2.3 2.3 5.3 3.6 8.5 3.6s6.3-1.3 8.5-3.6L335.9 82l.1 74c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h24c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12L228 .1c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12z"></path><path d="M288 192v132c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V108c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h132V48H12C5.4 48 0 53.4 0 60v312c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h312c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V192h-48z"></path></svg></a><span class="embed_externalEmbedDisclaimer__x4NGI">Loading external pages may require significantly more data usage.</span></div></div></span></div><div class="article_segment__aglub">An Israeli strike on a house in Rafah killed five Palestinians, including a woman and a girl, medics said.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Israel believes that a significant number of Hamas fighters, along with potentially dozens of hostages, are in Rafah and has said that victory requires taking the key city.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Israel's closest ally, the United States, has called on it not to assault Rafah, saying it must not do so without a full plan in place to protect civilians there, which has yet to be presented.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">A separate U.S. official said that Washington is concerned about Israel's latest strikes against Rafah but does not believe they represent a major military operation.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Israel said on Monday it was conducting limited operations on the eastern part of Rafah. Palestinian residents said there were massive air strikes.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">"They have been firing since last night, and today after the evacuation orders, the bombardment became more intense because they want to frighten us to leave," Jaber Abu Nazly, a 40-year-old father of two, told Reuters via a chat app.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">"Others are wondering whether there is any place safe in the whole of Gaza," he said.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub"><div class="embed_embed__gX4nW" role="figure" data-pw="imageEmbed"><div class="embed_embedTextBox__uJWse"><p class="embed_imageTitle__8UFmA">Image | Israel Palestinians</p><p class="embed_caption__4hiVl">Caption: Palestinians hold leaflets on Monday that were dropped by Israeli planes, calling on them to evacuate Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip. (Ismael Abu Dayyah/The Associated Press)</p><button type="button" aria-label="Load image titled: Image | Israel Palestinians">Load Image</button></div></div></div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Instructed by Arabic text messages, phone calls and flyers to move to what the Israeli military called an "expanded humanitarian zone" about 20 kilometres away, some Palestinian families began trundling away in chilly spring rain.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Some piled children and possessions onto donkey carts, while others left by pickup truck or on foot through muddy streets.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Abdullah Al-Najar said this was the fourth time he had been displaced since the fighting began seven months ago.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">"God knows where we will go now. We have not decided yet," he said.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub"><ul><li><a href="/lite/story/1.7195368">Hamas says it accepts Gaza ceasefire proposal, but Israel still examining deal</a></li></ul><ul><li><a href="/lite/story/1.7194775">Holocaust survivor marks Remembrance Day differently this year after escaping Oct. 7 attacks</a></li></ul></div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Dr. Nick Maynard, a British surgeon trying to leave Gaza on Monday, said in a voice message from the Gaza side of the Rafah crossing into Egypt: "Two huge bombs have just gone off immediately outside the crossing. There's a lot of gunfire as well about 100 metres from us. We are very unclear whether we will get out.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">"Driving through Rafah, the tension was palpable with people evacuating as rapidly as they could."</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">A senior official of Hamas, the militant Palestinian group that governs Gaza, told Reuters the evacuation order was a "dangerous escalation that will have consequences."</div><div class="article_segment__aglub"><em class="article_segment__aglub"><strong class="article_segment__aglub">LISTEN | Ahmed Kouta, a Palestinian-Canadian nurse on what he's seen in Gaza:</strong></em><span class="article_segment__aglub"><div class="embed_embed__gX4nW" role="figure" aria-label="Media | Day 6 : A Palestinian-Canadian nurse who chose to stay in Gaza reflects on what's been lost after seven months of war"><div class="embed_embedTextBox__uJWse"><p class="embed_imageTitle__8UFmA">Media | Day 6 : A Palestinian-Canadian nurse who chose to stay in Gaza reflects on what's been lost after seven months of war</p><p class="embed_caption__4hiVl"></p><a class="embed_externalEmbedLink__7nmwt" aria-label="Open full embed in new tab (external link)" href="https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.4218023" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Open Full Embed in New Tab <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="-125 -125 600 450" class="externallinkicon_fill__I8y_f" height="16" width="16"><title>(external link)</title><path d="M216 12.1v24c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h74L194.1 156c-2.3 2.3-3.6 5.3-3.6 8.5s1.3 6.2 3.6 8.5l16.9 16.9c2.3 2.3 5.3 3.6 8.5 3.6s6.3-1.3 8.5-3.6L335.9 82l.1 74c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h24c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12L228 .1c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12z"></path><path d="M288 192v132c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V108c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h132V48H12C5.4 48 0 53.4 0 60v312c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h312c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V192h-48z"></path></svg></a><span class="embed_externalEmbedDisclaimer__x4NGI">Loading external pages may require significantly more data usage.</span></div></div></span></div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Israel's military said it had begun encouraging residents of Rafah to evacuate in a "limited scope" operation.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Lt.-Col. Nadav Shoshani, an Israeli army spokesperson, said some 100,000 people were being ordered to move to Al Muwassi, a makeshift camp of tents along the coast where hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have fled in search of safety and live in squalid conditions. Shoshani would not say whether this was the beginning of a broader invasion of the city.</div><h2 class="article_segment__aglub">'Devastating' consequences: aid agency</h2><div class="article_segment__aglub">Witnesses said the areas in and around Rafah where Israel wants people to go is already crowded and there is almost no room for more tents to be added.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">An Israeli offensive in Rafah "would be devastating for 1.4 million people" sheltering there, the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, said on X, formerly Twitter.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub"><div class="embed_embed__gX4nW" role="figure" data-pw="imageEmbed"><div class="embed_embedTextBox__uJWse"><p class="embed_imageTitle__8UFmA">Image | ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS/GAZA-RAFAH</p><p class="embed_caption__4hiVl">Caption: A displaced Palestinian girl looks out of a tent on a rainy day in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on Monday. (Mohammed Salem/Reuters)</p><button type="button" aria-label="Load image titled: Image | ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS/GAZA-RAFAH">Load Image</button></div></div></div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Seven months into its war against Hamas, Israel has been threatening to launch incursions in Rafah. Victory is impossible without taking the city, Israel says.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">The prospect of a high-casualty operation worries Western powers and neighbouring Egypt, which is trying to mediate a new round of truce talks between Israel and Hamas under which the Palestinian Islamist group might free some hostages.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub"><ul><li><a href="/lite/story/1.7194871">McGill pro-Palestinian encampment now a 'tiny city'</a></li></ul><ul><li><a href="/lite/story/1.7192950">How realistic are campus protesters' divestment demands?</a></li></ul></div><div class="article_segment__aglub">The Rafah plan has opened an unusually public rift between Israel and Washington. Speaking to his U.S counterpart, Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant linked Monday's operation to the deadlock in indirect diplomacy, which he blamed on Hamas.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">"During their discussion, Gallant discussed the efforts undertaken to achieve the release of hostages and indicated that at this stage, Hamas refuses the frameworks at hand," the Israeli Defence Ministry said in a statement.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">"Gallant emphasized that military action is required, including in the area of Rafah, at the lack of an alternative."</div><div class="article_segment__aglub"><div class="embed_embed__gX4nW" role="figure" aria-label="Embed | Percentage of buildings damaged or destroyed since Oct. 12, 2023"><div class="embed_embedTextBox__uJWse"><p class="embed_imageTitle__8UFmA">Embed | Percentage of buildings damaged or destroyed since Oct. 12, 2023</p><p class="embed_caption__4hiVl"></p><a class="embed_externalEmbedLink__7nmwt" aria-label="Open full embed in new tab (external link)" href="https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/I7AvV/4/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Open Full Embed in New Tab <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="-125 -125 600 450" class="externallinkicon_fill__I8y_f" height="16" width="16"><title>(external link)</title><path d="M216 12.1v24c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h74L194.1 156c-2.3 2.3-3.6 5.3-3.6 8.5s1.3 6.2 3.6 8.5l16.9 16.9c2.3 2.3 5.3 3.6 8.5 3.6s6.3-1.3 8.5-3.6L335.9 82l.1 74c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h24c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12L228 .1c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12z"></path><path d="M288 192v132c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V108c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h132V48H12C5.4 48 0 53.4 0 60v312c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h312c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V192h-48z"></path></svg></a><span class="embed_externalEmbedDisclaimer__x4NGI">Loading external pages may require significantly more data usage.</span></div></div></div><h2 class="article_segment__aglub">Deadly exchange near border crossing</h2><div class="article_segment__aglub">An Israeli broadcaster, Army Radio, said evacuations were focused on a few peripheral districts of Rafah, from which evacuees would be directed to tent cities in nearby Khan Younis and Al Muwassi.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Many residents in Rafah said they had received telephone calls to evacuate their homes in the targeted area, in line with the army announcement.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">In an overnight aerial attack on Rafah, Israeli planes hit 10 houses, killing 20 people and wounding several, medical officials said.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub"><div class="embed_embed__gX4nW" role="figure" data-pw="imageEmbed"><div class="embed_embedTextBox__uJWse"><p class="embed_imageTitle__8UFmA">Image | 2151136554</p><p class="embed_caption__4hiVl">Caption: Palestinians inspect the destruction following overnight Israeli strikes on Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on Monday, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas. (AFP/Getty Images)</p><button type="button" aria-label="Load image titled: Image | 2151136554">Load Image</button></div></div></div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Four Israeli soldiers were killed on Sunday in a Hamas rocket attack near Rafah, at the Kerem Shalom crossing into Gaza, while Palestinian health officials said at least 19 people were killed by Israeli fire.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">The war began after Hamas led a cross-border raid in Israel on Oct. 7 in which about 1,200 people were killed, including <a href="/lite/story/1.6992311">several Canadian citizens</a>, and about 250 were taken hostage.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">More than 34,735 Palestinians have been killed and more than 77,000 have been wounded in Israel's assault since early October, according to Gaza's Health Ministry. The tally does not distinguish between civilians and combatants, but officials say at least two-thirds of the dead are children and women.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub"><em class="article_segment__aglub"><strong class="article_segment__aglub">WATCH | A tumultuous week on several U.S. college campuses: </strong></em><span class="article_segment__aglub"><div class="embed_embed__gX4nW" role="figure" aria-label="Media Video | The National : Pro-Palestinian protests disruptive and dismantled across U.S."><div class="embed_embedTextBox__uJWse"><p class="embed_imageTitle__8UFmA">Media Video | The National : Pro-Palestinian protests disruptive and dismantled across U.S.</p><p class="embed_caption__4hiVl">Caption: While several pro-Palestinian campus protests in the U.S. were dismantled over the weekend, others became more disruptive and interrupted at least one graduation ceremony.</p><a class="embed_externalEmbedLink__7nmwt" aria-label="Open full embed in new tab (external link)" href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/thenational/pro-palestinian-protests-disruptive-and-dismantled-across-u-s-1.7194937" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Open Full Embed in New Tab <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="-125 -125 600 450" class="externallinkicon_fill__I8y_f" height="16" width="16"><title>(external link)</title><path d="M216 12.1v24c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h74L194.1 156c-2.3 2.3-3.6 5.3-3.6 8.5s1.3 6.2 3.6 8.5l16.9 16.9c2.3 2.3 5.3 3.6 8.5 3.6s6.3-1.3 8.5-3.6L335.9 82l.1 74c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h24c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12L228 .1c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12z"></path><path d="M288 192v132c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V108c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h132V48H12C5.4 48 0 53.4 0 60v312c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h312c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V192h-48z"></path></svg></a><span class="embed_externalEmbedDisclaimer__x4NGI">Loading external pages may require significantly more data usage.</span></div></div></span></div></article><div class="relatedlinks_relatedLinks__Lwiwf"><h2 class="relatedlinks_title__dyv0R">More Stories Like This</h2><p class="relatedlinks_description__CsX2q">The related links below are generated automatically based on the story you’ve just read.</p><p>Loading...</p></div></div></main><footer class="footer_footer-container__pnXb5"><div class="footer_disclaimer__uBzdR">CBC Lite is a low-bandwidth website. 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(Ben Nelms/CBC)</p><button type="button" aria-label="Load image titled: Image | PLASTICS">Load Image</button></div></div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Across Canada, communities are trying out single-use plastic bans, fees and other policies to reduce plastic pollution. </div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Global plastic consumption has quadrupled in the past 30 years, and only nine per cent is being recycled, <a href="https://www.oecd.org/environment/plastic-pollution-is-growing-relentlessly-as-waste-management-and-recycling-fall-short.htm" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><u class="article_segment__aglub">the OECD reports</u><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="-125 -125 600 450" class="externallinkicon_fill__I8y_f" height="16" width="16"><title>(external link)</title><path d="M216 12.1v24c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h74L194.1 156c-2.3 2.3-3.6 5.3-3.6 8.5s1.3 6.2 3.6 8.5l16.9 16.9c2.3 2.3 5.3 3.6 8.5 3.6s6.3-1.3 8.5-3.6L335.9 82l.1 74c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h24c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12L228 .1c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12z"></path><path d="M288 192v132c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V108c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h132V48H12C5.4 48 0 53.4 0 60v312c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h312c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V192h-48z"></path></svg></a>. That's the case <a href="https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/managing-reducing-waste/reduce-plastic-waste.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><u class="article_segment__aglub">even in Canada</u><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="-125 -125 600 450" class="externallinkicon_fill__I8y_f" height="16" width="16"><title>(external link)</title><path d="M216 12.1v24c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h74L194.1 156c-2.3 2.3-3.6 5.3-3.6 8.5s1.3 6.2 3.6 8.5l16.9 16.9c2.3 2.3 5.3 3.6 8.5 3.6s6.3-1.3 8.5-3.6L335.9 82l.1 74c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h24c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12L228 .1c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12z"></path><path d="M288 192v132c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V108c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h132V48H12C5.4 48 0 53.4 0 60v312c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h312c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V192h-48z"></path></svg></a>. The rest is landfilled, littered or incinerated — and a federal <a href="/lite/story/1.7033929">move</a> to ban six kinds of single-use plastic items is facing a legal setback.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Emily Robinson, a researcher at the University of Guelph who studies sustainability in food service operations, says recycling isn't enough to deal with the scale of the problem, and we need to "turn off the tap."</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Among local governments that have been trying to reduce plastic use, some, such as Montreal and Banff, have been ambitious and seem successful so far. But others, like Calgary and Vancouver, have seen setbacks, even repealing some policies. Here's a closer look at the range of strategies, what's working and what's not.</div><h2 class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Municipal bans on single-use plastic</h2><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Individual cities and towns were behind the earliest efforts to tackle single-use plastics. On April 2, 2007, Leaf Rapids, Man., then a town of 540 people, <a href="/lite/story/1.6405049"><u class="article_segment__aglub">became</u></a> the first municipality in North America to ban plastic bags. Many others across the continent have since followed.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Municipal governments are typically responsible for dealing with local waste and recycling and directly feel the impact in their operations and budgets, so it's no surprise that most single-use plastics regulations in Canada are local, and many use more varied strategies than <a href="/lite/story/1.6498061"><u class="article_segment__aglub">federal</u></a> and provincial rules.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr"><strong class="article_segment__aglub"><em class="article_segment__aglub">WATCH | More on Montreal's single-use plastics ban:</em></strong><span class="article_segment__aglub"><div class="embed_embed__gX4nW" role="figure" aria-label="Media Video | CBC News Montreal : Montreal's single-use plastic ban explained"><div class="embed_embedTextBox__uJWse"><p class="embed_imageTitle__8UFmA">Media Video | CBC News Montreal : Montreal's single-use plastic ban explained</p><p class="embed_caption__4hiVl">Caption: A new Montreal bylaw banning certain single-use plastic items in food establishments comes into force on March 28.</p><a class="embed_externalEmbedLink__7nmwt" aria-label="Open full embed in new tab (external link)" href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/montreal-s-single-use-plastic-ban-explained-1.6790444" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Open Full Embed in New Tab <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="-125 -125 600 450" class="externallinkicon_fill__I8y_f" height="16" width="16"><title>(external link)</title><path d="M216 12.1v24c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h74L194.1 156c-2.3 2.3-3.6 5.3-3.6 8.5s1.3 6.2 3.6 8.5l16.9 16.9c2.3 2.3 5.3 3.6 8.5 3.6s6.3-1.3 8.5-3.6L335.9 82l.1 74c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h24c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12L228 .1c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12z"></path><path d="M288 192v132c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V108c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h132V48H12C5.4 48 0 53.4 0 60v312c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h312c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V192h-48z"></path></svg></a><span class="embed_externalEmbedDisclaimer__x4NGI">Loading external pages may require significantly more data usage.</span></div></div></span></div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Montreal<strong class="article_segment__aglub"> </strong>banned a <a href="/lite/story/1.6787710"><u class="article_segment__aglub">wide range</u></a> of single-use plastics in March 2023. The city had been providing more public trash cans than ever, but plastic use kept increasing, said Marie-Andrée Mauger, Verdun borough councillor and member of the executive committee for the ecological transition and the environment, at the time. </div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr"><ul><li><a href="/lite/story/1.7181037">Ottawa wants to find how much plastic producers are making, and where it ends up</a></li></ul></div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">The city's rules ban all plastics for cups, stir sticks, straws and on-site consumption utensils; plastic utensils on delivery and takeout; and polystyrene in plates, containers, trays and lids everywhere, with a few exceptions. A year after implementation, <a href="https://globalnews.ca/news/10368494/montreal-ban-single-use-plastics-1-year/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><u class="article_segment__aglub">the city told</u><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="-125 -125 600 450" class="externallinkicon_fill__I8y_f" height="16" width="16"><title>(external link)</title><path d="M216 12.1v24c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h74L194.1 156c-2.3 2.3-3.6 5.3-3.6 8.5s1.3 6.2 3.6 8.5l16.9 16.9c2.3 2.3 5.3 3.6 8.5 3.6s6.3-1.3 8.5-3.6L335.9 82l.1 74c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h24c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12L228 .1c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12z"></path><path d="M288 192v132c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V108c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h132V48H12C5.4 48 0 53.4 0 60v312c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h312c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V192h-48z"></path></svg></a> Global News it had a 92 per cent compliance rate, and less than 40 tickets had been issued.</div><h2 class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">By-request policies, accepting reusables</h2><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Banff, Alta., implemented some ambitious policies that go beyond just bans. Starting last July, it introduced an ask-first/by-request policy. That means restaurants will only give ketchup packages, straws and cutlery if they ask the customer first, or if they're requested. <a href="/lite/story/1.7066071"><u class="article_segment__aglub">B.C.</u></a> and <a href="/lite/story/1.7131957"><u class="article_segment__aglub">Toronto</u></a> have similar policies.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Customers can also have their takeout order served in their own reusable containers. Toronto has a similar policy for reusable cups and bags.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr"><strong class="article_segment__aglub"><em class="article_segment__aglub">WATCH | In Regina, a divide over paper or plastic straws:</em></strong><span class="article_segment__aglub"><div class="embed_embed__gX4nW" role="figure" aria-label="Media | Paper or plastic straws? Public as divided as politicians"><div class="embed_embedTextBox__uJWse"><p class="embed_imageTitle__8UFmA">Media | Paper or plastic straws? Public as divided as politicians</p><p class="embed_caption__4hiVl">Caption: People at a Regina mall food court are divided in the paper or plastic straw debate. A Saskatchewan Conservative MP is defending plastic straws, suggesting paper straws are just as bad or worse for people's health and the environment.</p><a class="embed_externalEmbedLink__7nmwt" aria-label="Open full embed in new tab (external link)" href="https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.4218140" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Open Full Embed in New Tab <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="-125 -125 600 450" class="externallinkicon_fill__I8y_f" height="16" width="16"><title>(external link)</title><path d="M216 12.1v24c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h74L194.1 156c-2.3 2.3-3.6 5.3-3.6 8.5s1.3 6.2 3.6 8.5l16.9 16.9c2.3 2.3 5.3 3.6 8.5 3.6s6.3-1.3 8.5-3.6L335.9 82l.1 74c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h24c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12L228 .1c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12z"></path><path d="M288 192v132c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V108c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h132V48H12C5.4 48 0 53.4 0 60v312c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h312c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V192h-48z"></path></svg></a><span class="embed_externalEmbedDisclaimer__x4NGI">Loading external pages may require significantly more data usage.</span></div></div></span></div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">The second phase of Banff's bylaw, which went into effect in January, requires restaurants, bars and cafés to serve dine-in customers with reusable dishware. In addition, new restaurants need to have at least 10 seats, as well as dishwashers and reusable dinnerware, to get licensed to operate.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">That comes with extra costs for businesses, acknowledges Karli Fleury, director of workforce and destination initiatives with the Banff and Lake Louise Hospitality Association — especially for those that weren't set up for dishwashing or can't easily serve their items in commonly used dishware, such as slushy drinks or popcorn. She said the town does offer some rebates for installing dishwashers, and has taken a very collaborative approach: "They've been working with businesses one-on-one [and] have given exemptions for a period of time to allow them to get to where they need to be, regardless of what their challenge is."</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr"><div class="embed_embed__gX4nW" role="figure" data-pw="imageEmbed"><div class="embed_embedTextBox__uJWse"><p class="embed_imageTitle__8UFmA">Image | Karli Fleury, Banff and Lake Louise Hospitality Association</p><p class="embed_caption__4hiVl">Caption: Karli Fleury of the Banff and Lake Louise Hospitality Association shows a reusable cup in this Zoom screenshot. (Emily Chung/CBC)</p><button type="button" aria-label="Load image titled: Image | Karli Fleury, Banff and Lake Louise Hospitality Association">Load Image</button></div></div></div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">But, like Montreal, those living in Banff were experiencing waste issues first-hand and saw the need for change. </div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">"Being in a very small area where we see a lot of people, especially in the summertime, unfortunately seeing garbage and waste is part of that," Fleury said. "I think living and operating in a national park comes with additional responsibilities.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">"We see nature all around us in every aspect of our life. And I think that inspires the values of the people who live here, but also of the businesses that operate here."</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">The next target: single-use coffee cups. A waste audit by the Recycling Council of Alberta found 1,000 such cups a day were being thrown out in two busy downtown blocks. </div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr"><div class="embed_embed__gX4nW" role="figure" data-pw="imageEmbed"><div class="embed_embedTextBox__uJWse"><p class="embed_imageTitle__8UFmA">Image | Suddenly Sally Banff AB cups</p><p class="embed_caption__4hiVl">Caption: Reusable and single-use coffee cups are shown side by side at Suddenly Sally, a restaurant in Banff, Alta. (Submitted by Banff Borrows/Banff & Lake Louise Tourism)</p><button type="button" aria-label="Load image titled: Image | Suddenly Sally Banff AB cups">Load Image</button></div></div></div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">"It's not even the whole town," Fleury said.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">This time, the approach isn't a bylaw but a new <a href="https://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/banff-borrows-how-the-town-is-combatting-single-use-waste" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><u class="article_segment__aglub">pilot program</u><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="-125 -125 600 450" class="externallinkicon_fill__I8y_f" height="16" width="16"><title>(external link)</title><path d="M216 12.1v24c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h74L194.1 156c-2.3 2.3-3.6 5.3-3.6 8.5s1.3 6.2 3.6 8.5l16.9 16.9c2.3 2.3 5.3 3.6 8.5 3.6s6.3-1.3 8.5-3.6L335.9 82l.1 74c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h24c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12L228 .1c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12z"></path><path d="M288 192v132c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V108c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h132V48H12C5.4 48 0 53.4 0 60v312c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h312c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V192h-48z"></path></svg></a>, fully launched this month, allowing tourists to borrow reusable metal cups at 15 cafés and hotels around town for free. The empty, but unwashed, cups can be returned to any participating location within 30 days, and customers are only charged a fee if they keep them longer than that.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr"><em class="article_segment__aglub"><strong class="article_segment__aglub">WATCH | This Quebec town says it's the 1st in Canada to 'eco-tax' single-use items, and it works</strong></em></div><div class="article_segment__aglub"><div class="embed_embed__gX4nW" role="figure" aria-label="Media Video | CBC News Montreal : This Quebec town says it's the 1st in Canada to 'eco-tax' single-use items and it works"><div class="embed_embedTextBox__uJWse"><p class="embed_imageTitle__8UFmA">Media Video | CBC News Montreal : This Quebec town says it's the 1st in Canada to 'eco-tax' single-use items and it works</p><p class="embed_caption__4hiVl">Caption: Since the town of Prévost, Que., began to tax the sale of single-use items like takeout cups, it says citizen complaints have been minimal, and businesses have adjusted in creative ways.</p><a class="embed_externalEmbedLink__7nmwt" aria-label="Open full embed in new tab (external link)" href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/this-quebec-town-says-it-s-the-1st-in-canada-to-eco-tax-single-use-items-and-it-works-1.6814556" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Open Full Embed in New Tab <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="-125 -125 600 450" class="externallinkicon_fill__I8y_f" height="16" width="16"><title>(external link)</title><path d="M216 12.1v24c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h74L194.1 156c-2.3 2.3-3.6 5.3-3.6 8.5s1.3 6.2 3.6 8.5l16.9 16.9c2.3 2.3 5.3 3.6 8.5 3.6s6.3-1.3 8.5-3.6L335.9 82l.1 74c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h24c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12L228 .1c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12z"></path><path d="M288 192v132c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V108c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h132V48H12C5.4 48 0 53.4 0 60v312c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h312c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V192h-48z"></path></svg></a><span class="embed_externalEmbedDisclaimer__x4NGI">Loading external pages may require significantly more data usage.</span></div></div></div><h2 class="article_segment__aglub">Single-use plastic rules repealed in Calgary, Vancouver</h2><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Not all single-use plastic policies have been successful. Calgary council voted in January to begin <a href="/lite/story/1.7099179"><u class="article_segment__aglub">repealing</u></a> its ask first/by request bylaw for single-use items and bag fees, two weeks after they went into effect. Both council and administration acknowledged that there had been significant public pushback. However, the bylaw remains in effect until a public hearing today.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Vancouver council <a href="/lite/story/1.6794259"><u class="article_segment__aglub">voted</u></a> to repeal a 25-cent single-use cup fee last year, after Coun. Rebecca Blight argued it didn't reduce their use.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr"><strong class="article_segment__aglub"><em class="article_segment__aglub">WATCH | The difficulties of ending plastic pollution:</em></strong><span class="article_segment__aglub"><div class="embed_embed__gX4nW" role="figure" aria-label="Media Video | The National : Why it’s so hard to end plastic pollution"><div class="embed_embedTextBox__uJWse"><p class="embed_imageTitle__8UFmA">Media Video | The National : Why it’s so hard to end plastic pollution</p><p class="embed_caption__4hiVl">Caption: Thousands of delegates are in Ottawa trying to hammer out an historic treaty to end plastic pollution, but the road to get there is littered with hurdles. CBC’s Susan Ormiston examines why it’s so hard to curb the problem and what it will take for the world to agree on a plan.</p><a class="embed_externalEmbedLink__7nmwt" aria-label="Open full embed in new tab (external link)" href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/thenational/why-it-s-so-hard-to-end-plastic-pollution-1.7183024" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Open Full Embed in New Tab <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="-125 -125 600 450" class="externallinkicon_fill__I8y_f" height="16" width="16"><title>(external link)</title><path d="M216 12.1v24c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h74L194.1 156c-2.3 2.3-3.6 5.3-3.6 8.5s1.3 6.2 3.6 8.5l16.9 16.9c2.3 2.3 5.3 3.6 8.5 3.6s6.3-1.3 8.5-3.6L335.9 82l.1 74c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h24c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12L228 .1c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12z"></path><path d="M288 192v132c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V108c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h132V48H12C5.4 48 0 53.4 0 60v312c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h312c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V192h-48z"></path></svg></a><span class="embed_externalEmbedDisclaimer__x4NGI">Loading external pages may require significantly more data usage.</span></div></div></span></div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Johnny Rodgers, chair of Surfrider Vancouver, a non-profit that fights plastic pollution and protects coastlines, agreed. "I think a lot of different cities and municipalities are figuring out what works," he said. "The current [Vancouver] government is willing to say, 'This isn't working as it's defined. Let's try and find some other solutions.'"</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">He added that different solutions may work in different communities. </div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr"><ul><li><a href="/lite/story/1.7185931">The world is struggling with plastic pollution — Canada is no exception</a></li></ul></div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">In Vancouver, exemptions had to be added to the cup bylaw even before it was repealed, as the fee <a href="/lite/story/1.6403358"><u class="article_segment__aglub">meant</u></a> homeless people couldn't get a free cup of water.</div><h2 class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">What works and what doesn't?</h2><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Robinson, the UGuelph researcher, said she thinks reward systems, like discounts for bringing your own mug, are better than penalty systems, such as fees on disposables, although one 2018 <a href="https://are.berkeley.edu/SGDC/07_POL20150261_104.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><u class="article_segment__aglub">study</u><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="-125 -125 600 450" class="externallinkicon_fill__I8y_f" height="16" width="16"><title>(external link)</title><path d="M216 12.1v24c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h74L194.1 156c-2.3 2.3-3.6 5.3-3.6 8.5s1.3 6.2 3.6 8.5l16.9 16.9c2.3 2.3 5.3 3.6 8.5 3.6s6.3-1.3 8.5-3.6L335.9 82l.1 74c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h24c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12L228 .1c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12z"></path><path d="M288 192v132c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V108c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h132V48H12C5.4 48 0 53.4 0 60v312c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h312c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V192h-48z"></path></svg></a> found that between the two, fees were more effective. </div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Robinson said single-use alternatives to plastic come with some of the same problems, since they require resources to make and eventually dispose of. </div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr"><div class="embed_embed__gX4nW" role="figure" data-pw="imageEmbed"><div class="embed_embedTextBox__uJWse"><p class="embed_imageTitle__8UFmA">Image | Sobeys Reusable Bag Options</p><p class="embed_caption__4hiVl">Caption: Reusable bags are seen at a Sobeys in Nova Scotia. (Sobeys Regent St/Facebook)</p><button type="button" aria-label="Load image titled: Image | Sobeys Reusable Bag Options">Load Image</button></div></div></div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">She added that phasing out single-use plastics tends to be most successful where there's support for reuse systems, such as grants for startups that build such systems — something she said Toronto is doing.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">She thinks ultimately, the solution is for everyone — businesses, governments and the public — to work together. </div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">"And, I think, stop thinking so much about, 'What's the most convenient, cheapest option for me?' And more so thinking, 'What is the best long-term option for us as a community, as a people?'"</div><b>Corrections:</b><ul><li><span>An earlier version of this story incorrectly said a deposit is required when borrowing a reusable cup in Banff. 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(Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press)</p><button type="button" aria-label="Load image titled: Image | Drake shooting mansion Bridle Path">Load Image</button></div></div><div class="article_segment__aglub">A security guard was shot and seriously injured outside Canadian rap star Drake's mega-mansion in Toronto early Tuesday, police say.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">The entrance to the sprawling property on Park Lane Circle in the ritzy Bridle Path neighbourhood was taped off by officers and there was a heavy police presence in the area throughout the morning.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">The shooting happened shortly after 2 a.m. ET, Toronto police Insp. Paul Krawczyk told media at the scene.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Krawczyk couldn't say whether Drake, whose real name is Aubrey Graham, was home at the time. But he said police are in contact with the rapper's team and they are co-operating with the investigation. </div><div class="article_segment__aglub">"Information is very limited at this time," Krawczyk said.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">A police source previously told CBC News initial reports suggest it was a drive-by shooting. The security guard suffered a gunshot wound to the upper chest and was unconscious when officers arrived, the source said. He was taken to hospital, where he underwent surgery, according to the source. </div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Krawczyk would not confirm if the shooting was a drive-by, but did say a vehicle was involved.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub"><em class="article_segment__aglub"><strong class="article_segment__aglub">WATCH | Toronto police discuss their initial investigation:</strong></em> <span class="article_segment__aglub"><div class="embed_embed__gX4nW" role="figure" aria-label="Media | CBC News Toronto : Unclear if Drake was home during shooting outside his mansion: police"><div class="embed_embedTextBox__uJWse"><p class="embed_imageTitle__8UFmA">Media | CBC News Toronto : Unclear if Drake was home during shooting outside his mansion: police</p><p class="embed_caption__4hiVl">Caption: A security guard was shot and seriously injured outside Canadian rap star Drake's mega-mansion in Toronto early Tuesday, police say. Investigators couldn't say whether Drake was home at the time, but said police are in contact with the rapper's team and they are co-operating with the investigation.</p><a class="embed_externalEmbedLink__7nmwt" aria-label="Open full embed in new tab (external link)" href="https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.4220289" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Open Full Embed in New Tab <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="-125 -125 600 450" class="externallinkicon_fill__I8y_f" height="16" width="16"><title>(external link)</title><path d="M216 12.1v24c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h74L194.1 156c-2.3 2.3-3.6 5.3-3.6 8.5s1.3 6.2 3.6 8.5l16.9 16.9c2.3 2.3 5.3 3.6 8.5 3.6s6.3-1.3 8.5-3.6L335.9 82l.1 74c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h24c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12L228 .1c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12z"></path><path d="M288 192v132c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V108c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h132V48H12C5.4 48 0 53.4 0 60v312c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h312c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V192h-48z"></path></svg></a><span class="embed_externalEmbedDisclaimer__x4NGI">Loading external pages may require significantly more data usage.</span></div></div></span></div><div class="article_segment__aglub">He could not provide a description of the vehicle nor suspects, but said investigators have recovered security camera video that captured the incident. Police will be gathering more surveillance video throughout the day, he added.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Krawczyk said it is too early in the investigation to speculate on a motive for the shooting. </div><div class="article_segment__aglub">"But as we get information, we will share it with you," he said.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub"><div class="embed_embed__gX4nW" role="figure" data-pw="imageEmbed"><div class="embed_embedTextBox__uJWse"><p class="embed_imageTitle__8UFmA">Image | Drake mansion Bridle Path</p><p class="embed_caption__4hiVl">Caption: An aerial image of Drake's sprawling 50,000-square-foot mansion and compound in the upscale Bridle Path neighbourhood of Toronto. (Patrick Morrell/CBC)</p><button type="button" aria-label="Load image titled: Image | Drake mansion Bridle Path">Load Image</button></div></div></div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Drake is currently embroiled in a number of high-profile feuds with other rappers and musical artists. The most notable is an <a href="/lite/story/1.7192419">ongoing dispute with the California rapper Kendrick Lamar</a>, which hit a fever pitch this week as both released multiple tracks that levelled unsubstantiated allegations and insults at each other.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Krawczyk said he's aware of the conflict.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">The cover of Lamar's latest diss track <em class="article_segment__aglub">Not Like Us</em> features a satellite image of Drake's house with a number of red locator markers.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Drake responded to the cover art in an Instagram post announcing the release of his most recent track in the feud, <em class="article_segment__aglub">The Heart Part 6</em>. 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He's on trial for allegedly falsifying business records to conceal money paid to silence porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016. (David Dee Delgado/Reuters)</p><button type="button" aria-label="Load image titled: Image | USA-TRUMP/NEW YORK">Load Image</button></div></div><div class="article_segment__aglub">The judge overseeing Donald Trump's criminal trial denied on Tuesday a mistrial request by Trump's lawyer, who argued the day's testimony by porn star Stormy Daniels about a 2006 encounter was irrelevant and would only inflame the jury.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">"How can we come back from this in a way that's fair to President Trump?" Blanche said.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Justice Juan Merchan said he agreed there were some elements of Daniels's testimony that would have been better left unsaid.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">"I think the witness was a little bit difficult to control," he said. "I don't think we're at the point where a mistrial is warranted."</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">The motion came after several hours of riveting testimony by Daniels, who told the jury about the alleged sexual encounter with Trump and a $130,000 hush money payment she secured when he ran for president in 2016.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Daniels testified that she was eager to collect on the deal that bought her silence because she was worried he would not pay her if he won the election.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Daniels told the New York jury she was determined to keep the incident private after being threatened in a parking lot in 2011, but changed her mind during Trump's 2016 presidential bid when he faced multiple accusations of sexual misbehaviour.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">"My motivation wasn't money, it was to get the story out," she said.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub"><ul><li><a href="/lite/story/1.7180769">Prosecutors allege Trump 'orchestrated a criminal scheme' as trial for ex-president begins</a></li></ul></div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Daniels, 45, spoke in detail about the encounter, which ultimately led to the first criminal trial of a former U.S. president. Trump has pleaded not guilty to charges of falsifying business records to cover up the hush-money payment to Daniels.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Trump, 77, did not react as he watched her testimony. His defence lawyer, Todd Blanche, moved for a mistrial on Tuesday, saying the testimony from Daniels was unduly prejudicial.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Trump has denied ever having sex with Daniels, and his legal team has suggested that Daniels made up the story, as she was angling for a spot on <em class="article_segment__aglub">The Apprentice</em>, a popular reality TV show then hosted by Trump, a New York real estate mogul at the time.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">In testimony, Daniels confirmed that she hoped he would cast her on the show following their encounter.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub"><em class="article_segment__aglub"><strong class="article_segment__aglub">WATCH | Ex-prosecutor says case against Trump no slam dunk:</strong></em> <span class="article_segment__aglub"><div class="embed_embed__gX4nW" role="figure" aria-label="Media Video | The National : Stormy Daniels's former lawyer testifies at Trump hush money trial"><div class="embed_embedTextBox__uJWse"><p class="embed_imageTitle__8UFmA">Media Video | The National : Stormy Daniels's former lawyer testifies at Trump hush money trial</p><p class="embed_caption__4hiVl">Caption: Donald Trump's criminal hush money trial resumed in New York with porn star Stormy Daniels's former lawyer testifying that he helped arrange the deal to keep her quiet about an alleged affair with Trump ahead of the 2016 election.</p><a class="embed_externalEmbedLink__7nmwt" aria-label="Open full embed in new tab (external link)" href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/thenational/stormy-daniels-s-former-lawyer-testifies-at-trump-hush-money-trial-1.7192720" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Open Full Embed in New Tab <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="-125 -125 600 450" class="externallinkicon_fill__I8y_f" height="16" width="16"><title>(external link)</title><path d="M216 12.1v24c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h74L194.1 156c-2.3 2.3-3.6 5.3-3.6 8.5s1.3 6.2 3.6 8.5l16.9 16.9c2.3 2.3 5.3 3.6 8.5 3.6s6.3-1.3 8.5-3.6L335.9 82l.1 74c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h24c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12L228 .1c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12z"></path><path d="M288 192v132c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V108c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h132V48H12C5.4 48 0 53.4 0 60v312c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h312c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V192h-48z"></path></svg></a><span class="embed_externalEmbedDisclaimer__x4NGI">Loading external pages may require significantly more data usage.</span></div></div></span></div><h2 class="article_segment__aglub">Daniels says she 'blacked out' before sex</h2><div class="article_segment__aglub">Daniels said Trump made sexual advances after inviting her to his hotel suite at a celebrity golf tournament in Lake Tahoe, Nev. She said he told her "this is the only way you're getting out of the trailer park." Daniels testified she grew up as the daughter of a low-income single mother.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Daniels said she "blacked out" despite consuming no drugs or alcohol after Trump prevented her from leaving the room by blocking the door. She said she woke up on the bed with her clothes off.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">"I was staring at the ceiling and didn't know how I got there," Daniels testified. "I was trying to think about anything other than what was happening there."</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, said she did not tell Trump to stop. "I didn't say anything at all," she said. She said she left the hotel room quickly afterward.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub"><div class="embed_embed__gX4nW" role="figure" data-pw="imageEmbed"><div class="embed_embedTextBox__uJWse"><p class="embed_imageTitle__8UFmA">Image | Trump-Hush-Money-Gag-Order</p><p class="embed_caption__4hiVl">Caption: Daniels, shown at an event in Berlin in 2018, took the stand Tuesday. Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, said she was eager to accept the alleged hush money payment before Trump became president for fear he would not pay it otherwise. (Markus Schreiber/The Associated Press)</p><button type="button" aria-label="Load image titled: Image | Trump-Hush-Money-Gag-Order">Load Image</button></div></div></div><div class="article_segment__aglub">The Republican politician, who served as president from 2017 to 2021, says the trial is an attempt to hobble his bid to win back the White House from Democratic President Joe Biden in the upcoming Nov. 5 election.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Wearing a black outfit and black glasses, Daniels testified that she worked in strip clubs and pornography after a childhood in which her mother was often gone for days at a time.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">She said Trump greeted her at his hotel suite wearing satin pyjamas. She said she grew annoyed by Trump's frequent interruptions and asked him: "Are you always this arrogant and pompous?"</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Trump then dared Daniels to spank him with a magazine, and she obliged. "He was much more polite after that," she said.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">"That's bullshit," Trump appeared to say as he watched from the defendant's desk.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub"><div class="embed_embed__gX4nW" role="figure" data-pw="imageEmbed"><div class="embed_embedTextBox__uJWse"><p class="embed_imageTitle__8UFmA">Image | USA-TRUMP/NEW YORK</p><p class="embed_caption__4hiVl">Caption: Trump speaks to his lawyer in the courtroom on Tuesday, the day Daniels testified at his hush-money trial. (David Dee Delgado/Reuters)</p><button type="button" aria-label="Load image titled: Image | USA-TRUMP/NEW YORK">Load Image</button></div></div></div><div class="article_segment__aglub">The alleged encounter took place while Trump was married to his current wife, Melania.</div><h2 class="article_segment__aglub">Warned not to speak out</h2><div class="article_segment__aglub">Daniels said she confided in only a few people about the sex. She said she saw Trump at public events on several occasions in the years that followed but then fell out of touch with him after he did not put her on his show.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">She said she was approached in a Las Vegas parking lot in 2011 by a man who warned her not to speak about the encounter.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">"I was scared, and I didn't want anything else about the story to come out," she said.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">She said she changed her mind during Trump's 2016 presidential bid and ultimately negotiated a $130,000 US payment with Trump's lawyer, Michael Cohen.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub"><ul><li><a href="/lite/story/1.7193394">Hope Hicks, once a top Trump aide, tells court Access Hollywood tape rattled the campaign</a></li></ul></div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Prosecutors say Trump falsified business records to obscure the fact that he reimbursed Cohen for the payment. They say that amounts to an illegal scheme to influence the 2016 election by buying the silence of people with potentially damaging information that might have swayed some voters.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">The case is widely seen as less consequential than three other criminal prosecutions Trump faces, but it is the only one certain to go to trial before the election.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">The other cases includes charges that Trump tried to overturn his 2020 presidential defeat and mishandled classified documents after leaving office. 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(Ousama Farag/CBC)</p><button type="button" aria-label="Load image titled: Image | Nazar Ajeely">Load Image</button></div></div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">The tenant in Nazar Ajeely's one-bedroom unit stopped paying rent, refused to take his calls and gave no explanation. </div><div class="article_segment__aglub">The tenant also refused to leave the apartment in Windsor, Ont., Ajeely said, giving him no choice but to go to the province's Landlord and Tenant Board to seek an eviction order.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">But the tribunal is mired in delays and the wait for his hearing went on for 11 months. In the meantime, Ajeely's tenant racked up more than $14,000 in unpaid rent and left the landlord questioning how this could be occurring.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">"I can't believe this is happening in Canada. There is no fairness in this system and so many people are in severe stress, both financially and mentally, because of it," Ajeely said.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">He said he needed to do something to warn others about what was happening, so he <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@nazarajeely" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><u class="article_segment__aglub">went on TikTok</u><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="-125 -125 600 450" class="externallinkicon_fill__I8y_f" height="16" width="16"><title>(external link)</title><path d="M216 12.1v24c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h74L194.1 156c-2.3 2.3-3.6 5.3-3.6 8.5s1.3 6.2 3.6 8.5l16.9 16.9c2.3 2.3 5.3 3.6 8.5 3.6s6.3-1.3 8.5-3.6L335.9 82l.1 74c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h24c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12L228 .1c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12z"></path><path d="M288 192v132c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V108c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h132V48H12C5.4 48 0 53.4 0 60v312c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h312c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V192h-48z"></path></svg></a> with a message to other landlords and a warning to his tenant.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">"Do you know there are websites these days landlords can use to report you to the credit bureau? Plus there are other websites like Openroom.ca and bad tenants list so you'll be very famous," he says in the video. </div><div class="article_segment__aglub">"Do you think anyone will rent to you after that? Your name will be all over the internet."</div><div class="article_segment__aglub"><strong class="article_segment__aglub"><em class="article_segment__aglub">WATCH | A landlord goes on TikTok with a message for others:</em> </strong><span class="article_segment__aglub"><div class="embed_embed__gX4nW" role="figure" aria-label="Media Video | CBC News : Landlord reads offers from strangers to help with his non-paying tenant"><div class="embed_embedTextBox__uJWse"><p class="embed_imageTitle__8UFmA">Media Video | CBC News : Landlord reads offers from strangers to help with his non-paying tenant</p><p class="embed_caption__4hiVl">Caption: When Ontario small landlord Nazar Ajeely posted about his tenant not paying rent, he received multiple offers from strangers to help him make the tenant leave.</p><a class="embed_externalEmbedLink__7nmwt" aria-label="Open full embed in new tab (external link)" href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/landlord-reads-offers-from-strangers-to-help-with-his-non-paying-tenant-1.7195906" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Open Full Embed in New Tab <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="-125 -125 600 450" class="externallinkicon_fill__I8y_f" height="16" width="16"><title>(external link)</title><path d="M216 12.1v24c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h74L194.1 156c-2.3 2.3-3.6 5.3-3.6 8.5s1.3 6.2 3.6 8.5l16.9 16.9c2.3 2.3 5.3 3.6 8.5 3.6s6.3-1.3 8.5-3.6L335.9 82l.1 74c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h24c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12L228 .1c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12z"></path><path d="M288 192v132c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V108c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h132V48H12C5.4 48 0 53.4 0 60v312c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h312c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V192h-48z"></path></svg></a><span class="embed_externalEmbedDisclaimer__x4NGI">Loading external pages may require significantly more data usage.</span></div></div></span></div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Some small landlords such as Ajeely say they are taking extra measures to protect themselves and other landlords. Since the start of this year, several initiatives have been launched to try to hold tenants more accountable.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">They include the launch of a website, <a href="http://openroom.ca" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><u class="article_segment__aglub">Openroom.ca</u><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="-125 -125 600 450" class="externallinkicon_fill__I8y_f" height="16" width="16"><title>(external link)</title><path d="M216 12.1v24c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h74L194.1 156c-2.3 2.3-3.6 5.3-3.6 8.5s1.3 6.2 3.6 8.5l16.9 16.9c2.3 2.3 5.3 3.6 8.5 3.6s6.3-1.3 8.5-3.6L335.9 82l.1 74c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h24c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12L228 .1c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12z"></path><path d="M288 192v132c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V108c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h132V48H12C5.4 48 0 53.4 0 60v312c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h312c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V192h-48z"></path></svg></a>, which allows landlords and tenants to report public orders from the board to flag problem tenants and landlords and a petition on Change.org calling for the return of automatic eviction for non-payment of rent that has more than 39,000 signatures. Multiple "bad tenant" Facebook pages have also been created, where users are uploading images and information on tenants.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub"><ul><li><a href="/lite/story/1.6963498">Landlords aren't being paid. Tenants are feeling squeezed. And the system that's supposed to help is broken</a></li></ul><ul><li><a href="/lite/story/1.7159022">Ottawa has proposed a renters' bill of rights. Will it help?</a></li></ul></div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Landlords say the drive behind all of this is the need for an overhaul of the province's Landlord and Tenant Board.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">It's a situation some say is worsening the housing crisis as some landlords and tenants become increasingly polarized against each other. </div><div class="article_segment__aglub">"I'm worried about the Wild West where no one has faith in the Landlord and Tenant Board," Douglas Kwan, a director at the Advocacy Centre for Tenants Ontario (ACTO), said. </div><div class="article_segment__aglub">"If we had a functioning tribunal that could regulate these issues we wouldn't be seeing all of this."</div><div class="article_segment__aglub"><div class="embed_embed__gX4nW" role="figure" data-pw="imageEmbed"><div class="embed_embedTextBox__uJWse"><p class="embed_imageTitle__8UFmA">Image | Douglas Kwan</p><p class="embed_caption__4hiVl">Caption: Douglas Kwan, a director at the Advocacy Centre for Tenants Ontario, said he's worried about a 'Wild West' where no one has faith in the province's Landlord and Tenant Board. (Ousama Farag/CBC)</p><button type="button" aria-label="Load image titled: Image | Douglas Kwan">Load Image</button></div></div></div><div class="article_segment__aglub">The most recent update from the board shows a backlog of more than 53,000 cases. Between 2022 and 2023, there were 37,690 applications to evict tenants for non-payment of rent.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">"The government of Ontario must put an end to this misery because landlords can't suffer forever. It's not just the landlords but also tenants simultaneously. Both bodies are suffering and struggling because of this delay," Ajeely said.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">"The bank will not wait for me to make my payments. This person living for free has no one who can stop him and he is living for free — why would he bother to pay?"</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Ajeely has also hosted three seminars for other small landlords to educate them on what is happening with the Landlord and Tenant Board. </div><div class="article_segment__aglub">"I want to protect others from this agony," he said.</div><h2 class="article_segment__aglub">Offers from strangers</h2><div class="article_segment__aglub">Ajeely's TikTok post received hundreds of comments, but he also received private inbox messages from people offering to help him, sometimes illegally. </div><div class="article_segment__aglub">One message read: "I would just wait for him outside until he opens the door and then I'll change the lock and beat him up and take care of this."</div><div class="article_segment__aglub"><ul><li><a href="/lite/story/1.7118845">Report on backlog at Landlord and Tenant Board says Ontario government seems willing to let situation 'fester'</a></li></ul><ul><li><a href="/lite/story/1.7151130">Some Ontario landlords are calling for 'automatic' evictions for tenants who don't pay rent</a></li></ul></div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Ajeely said he would never act illegally towards his tenant, but that the anger among people like himself is growing and the government needs to act.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">CBC News reached out to his tenant for comment, but did not hear back by the time of publication.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub"><div class="embed_embed__gX4nW" role="figure" data-pw="imageEmbed"><div class="embed_embedTextBox__uJWse"><p class="embed_imageTitle__8UFmA">Image | Cityscape</p><p class="embed_caption__4hiVl">Caption: There were 37,690 applications from landlords to the Landlord and Tenant Board between 2022 and 2023 to evict for non-payment of rent, according to LTB data. (CBC)</p><button type="button" aria-label="Load image titled: Image | Cityscape">Load Image</button></div></div></div><h2 class="article_segment__aglub">Concern for tenants</h2><div class="article_segment__aglub">Tenant advocates say they are concerned about the rise of these initiatives and the overall lack of access to justice.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">"We also have a housing crisis where it benefits landlords to illegally evict so many tenants in order to capitalize on that demand — and those tenants also aren't being protected when they have to wait up to two years for a hearing," Kwan said.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub"><em class="article_segment__aglub"><strong class="article_segment__aglub">WATCH | Calling for tribunal change:</strong></em> <span class="article_segment__aglub"><div class="embed_embed__gX4nW" role="figure" aria-label="Media Video | The National : Tenant advocate says he’s worried continued delays at Landlord and Tenant Board could make housing crisis worse"><div class="embed_embedTextBox__uJWse"><p class="embed_imageTitle__8UFmA">Media Video | The National : Tenant advocate says he’s worried continued delays at Landlord and Tenant Board could make housing crisis worse</p><p class="embed_caption__4hiVl">Caption: Douglas Kwan, a director at the Advocacy Centre for Tenants Ontario, said Ontario’s Landlord and Tenant Board needs to go back to in-person service or risk a worsening housing crisis.</p><a class="embed_externalEmbedLink__7nmwt" aria-label="Open full embed in new tab (external link)" href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/thenational/tenant-advocate-says-he-s-worried-continued-delays-at-landlord-and-tenant-board-could-make-housing-crisis-worse-1.7195915" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Open Full Embed in New Tab <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="-125 -125 600 450" class="externallinkicon_fill__I8y_f" height="16" width="16"><title>(external link)</title><path d="M216 12.1v24c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h74L194.1 156c-2.3 2.3-3.6 5.3-3.6 8.5s1.3 6.2 3.6 8.5l16.9 16.9c2.3 2.3 5.3 3.6 8.5 3.6s6.3-1.3 8.5-3.6L335.9 82l.1 74c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h24c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12L228 .1c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12z"></path><path d="M288 192v132c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V108c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h132V48H12C5.4 48 0 53.4 0 60v312c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h312c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V192h-48z"></path></svg></a><span class="embed_externalEmbedDisclaimer__x4NGI">Loading external pages may require significantly more data usage.</span></div></div></span></div><div class="article_segment__aglub">According to a report by Ontario's ombudsman released in May 2023, more than 80 per cent of complaints made to the ombudsman between January 2021 and April 2023 came from landlords. </div><div class="article_segment__aglub">However, in terms of wait times, according to the ombudsman's report, tenants waited on average <a href="https://www.ombudsman.on.ca/Media/ombudsman/ombudsman/resources/Reports-on-Investigations/LTB-Highlights-accessible.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><u class="article_segment__aglub">several more months</u><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="-125 -125 600 450" class="externallinkicon_fill__I8y_f" height="16" width="16"><title>(external link)</title><path d="M216 12.1v24c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h74L194.1 156c-2.3 2.3-3.6 5.3-3.6 8.5s1.3 6.2 3.6 8.5l16.9 16.9c2.3 2.3 5.3 3.6 8.5 3.6s6.3-1.3 8.5-3.6L335.9 82l.1 74c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h24c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12L228 .1c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12z"></path><path d="M288 192v132c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V108c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h132V48H12C5.4 48 0 53.4 0 60v312c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h312c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V192h-48z"></path></svg></a> for a hearing than landlords did.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">The ombudsman received more than 4,000 complaints between January 2020 and April 2023 from both landlords and tenants who said they felt "trapped in the queue" and accused the board of "excruciatingly long wait times" that were denying Ontarians access to "swift" justice, the report said.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub"><ul><li><a href="/lite/story/1.7181345">City targets Toronto's 'bad faith' landlords with more inspections</a></li></ul><ul><li><a href="/lite/story/1.7159916">Little recourse for parents denied rentals because of kids, says couple</a></li></ul></div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Kwan also said most tenants don't put up a fight.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">"Many tenants don't bother filing a complaint when they are being illegally evicted or their unit needs fixing. They often just move," Kwan said.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">"It's also rare where we see those horror stories of tenants.<strong class="article_segment__aglub"> </strong>The vast majority of tenants are law-abiding. They pay their rent on time. They want to make sure that their housing is secure,<strong class="article_segment__aglub"> </strong>especially at a time like we have now, which is an affordable housing crisis."</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">But for Kevin Costain, the horror story was very real.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Costain was a small landlord with one property in Oshawa, Ont. After his tenant stopped paying, he says it took him 16 months to gain control of his rental property, even after the tenant started a fire inside it.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">"It's this feeling of being held hostage and there is no one who can help." </div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr"><div class="embed_embed__gX4nW" role="figure" data-pw="imageEmbed"><div class="embed_embedTextBox__uJWse"><p class="embed_imageTitle__8UFmA">Image | Kevin Costain</p><p class="embed_caption__4hiVl">Caption: Kevin Costain is a landlord whose tenant set fire to the home. Instead of renting again, he has decided to move back in. (Ousama Farag/CBC)</p><button type="button" aria-label="Load image titled: Image | Kevin Costain">Load Image</button></div></div></div><div class="article_segment__aglub">After filing with the board and discovering the delays, he joined an organization called Small Ownership Landlords of Ontario (SOLO), a group of landlords who came together in 2020 when tribunal delays began to worsen. </div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">"SOLO is a group trying to help other landlords get help or at least be more aware of what's happening in this province and I wanted to help with that cause," Costain said. </div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Part of SOLO's efforts have included striking at the Landlord and Tenant Board and petitioning it to return to in-person hearings. It is also a point of contact for many small landlords to get a better understanding of the system.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub"><ul><li><a href="/lite/story/1.7174808">Disabled people overrepresented in study of evicted tenants</a></li></ul><ul><li><a href="/lite/story/1.7133733">London, Ont., landlord fears over $26K lost forever in long wait for tenant eviction hearing</a></li></ul></div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Representatives from SOLO say none of their members would endorse or promote illegal activities, but they are hearing about landlords outside their organization who are increasingly taking matters into their own hands, including illegally changing locks and shutting off utilities.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">"I don't agree with anything illegal. But I do think when this is happening, it's just out of total desperation," Costain said. </div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Costain said his tenant set fire to the house he was renting out in January 2023, causing more than $150,000 worth of damage. Still, it took him until August 2023 to regain possession of the home.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub"><em class="article_segment__aglub"><strong class="article_segment__aglub">WATCH | Walking though a house damaged in a fire set by a tenant:</strong></em> <span class="article_segment__aglub"><div class="embed_embed__gX4nW" role="figure" aria-label="Media Video | CBC News : Landlord walks through his fire-damaged unit"><div class="embed_embedTextBox__uJWse"><p class="embed_imageTitle__8UFmA">Media Video | CBC News : Landlord walks through his fire-damaged unit</p><p class="embed_caption__4hiVl">Caption: Kevin Costain walks through the fire damage to his home, which was caused by a tenant who had stopped paying rent.</p><a class="embed_externalEmbedLink__7nmwt" aria-label="Open full embed in new tab (external link)" href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/landlord-walks-through-his-fire-damaged-unit-1.7195914" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Open Full Embed in New Tab <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="-125 -125 600 450" class="externallinkicon_fill__I8y_f" height="16" width="16"><title>(external link)</title><path d="M216 12.1v24c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h74L194.1 156c-2.3 2.3-3.6 5.3-3.6 8.5s1.3 6.2 3.6 8.5l16.9 16.9c2.3 2.3 5.3 3.6 8.5 3.6s6.3-1.3 8.5-3.6L335.9 82l.1 74c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h24c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12L228 .1c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12z"></path><path d="M288 192v132c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V108c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h132V48H12C5.4 48 0 53.4 0 60v312c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h312c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V192h-48z"></path></svg></a><span class="embed_externalEmbedDisclaimer__x4NGI">Loading external pages may require significantly more data usage.</span></div></div></span></div><div class="article_segment__aglub">"The way things are going in this province, with these delays, tenants know they can get away with whatever they want to and there are no repercussions," Costain said. </div><div class="article_segment__aglub">CBC News reached out to Costain's tenant but did not hear back by the time of publication.</div><h2 class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Worry about 'copycat landlords' </h2><div class="article_segment__aglub">Kwan also worries about "copycat" landlords will also be increasingly breaking the rules.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">"As word travels of these delays, I'm worried about more landlords who start to think 'I'm just going to lock them out. What are you going to do? See you in two years from now.'"</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">He says the way to fix this is easy. </div><div class="article_segment__aglub"><em class="article_segment__aglub"><strong class="article_segment__aglub">WATCH | </strong><strong class="article_segment__aglub">Landlords opting out of renting properties:</strong></em> <span class="article_segment__aglub"><div class="embed_embed__gX4nW" role="figure" aria-label="Media Video | Are delays worsening the housing supply in Ontario?"><div class="embed_embedTextBox__uJWse"><p class="embed_imageTitle__8UFmA">Media Video | Are delays worsening the housing supply in Ontario?</p><p class="embed_caption__4hiVl">Caption: Kevin Costain from Small Landlords of Ontario (SOLO) said the delays at the province's Landlord and Tenant Board are causing small landlords to get out of the business.</p><a class="embed_externalEmbedLink__7nmwt" aria-label="Open full embed in new tab (external link)" href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/are-delays-worsening-the-housing-supply-in-ontario-1.7195928" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Open Full Embed in New Tab <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="-125 -125 600 450" class="externallinkicon_fill__I8y_f" height="16" width="16"><title>(external link)</title><path d="M216 12.1v24c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h74L194.1 156c-2.3 2.3-3.6 5.3-3.6 8.5s1.3 6.2 3.6 8.5l16.9 16.9c2.3 2.3 5.3 3.6 8.5 3.6s6.3-1.3 8.5-3.6L335.9 82l.1 74c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h24c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12L228 .1c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12z"></path><path d="M288 192v132c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V108c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h132V48H12C5.4 48 0 53.4 0 60v312c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h312c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V192h-48z"></path></svg></a><span class="embed_externalEmbedDisclaimer__x4NGI">Loading external pages may require significantly more data usage.</span></div></div></span></div><div class="article_segment__aglub">"There's a simple way to fix it that doesn't cost taxpayers a lot of money. Let's open up those centres across the province," Kwan said. </div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Kwan and ACTO have joined forces with SOLO in calling for reform of the LTB, starting with, resuming in-person services.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">"The access to justice challenges have really only started happening since the pandemic. For over 20 years prior to that, the [board] functioned fairly well, hearing 80,000 applications per year with up to 50 adjudicators," Kwan said.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">The board has more adjudicators than it did in 2020, but still the delays continue. </div><div class="article_segment__aglub">"It's not just delays, it's access to justice," Kwan said. </div><div class="article_segment__aglub"><div class="embed_embed__gX4nW" role="figure" data-pw="imageEmbed"><div class="embed_embedTextBox__uJWse"><p class="embed_imageTitle__8UFmA">Image | Ontario’s Landlord and Tenant Board</p><p class="embed_caption__4hiVl">Caption: Ontario's Landlord and Tenant Board is the regulatory body that handles disputes between landlords and tenants and has had long delays for several years. (Ousama Farag/CBC)</p><button type="button" aria-label="Load image titled: Image | Ontario’s Landlord and Tenant Board">Load Image</button></div></div></div><div class="article_segment__aglub">The Landlord and Tenant Board has told CBC News it will continue its digital-first approach.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Despite demand for housing, some small landlords — including Costain and Ajeely — say they will never rent again and are leaving units vacant, moving into them or selling altogether.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">"I find that very concerning. The government hasn't invested enough in purpose-built rental housing and that's why we rely so heavily on these mom-and-pop landlords," Kwan said. </div><div class="article_segment__aglub">According to Statistics Canada, there are nearly one million multiple property owners in Canada. The majority are homeowners with one investment property.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub"><ul><li><a href="/lite/story/1.7171069">Landlord in Thunder Bay, Ont., who says he's owed $11K in rent calls for LTB changes</a></li></ul><ul><li><a href="/lite/story/1.7140274">Landlord says his tenants stopped paying rent months ago. But he's in limbo until case is heard</a></li></ul></div><div class="article_segment__aglub">The board told CBC that wait times are improving while it works through the backlog, that it has recently hired 75 new staff members and that landlords who are trying to evict tenants who aren't paying rent are getting a hearing date within<strong class="article_segment__aglub"> </strong>four months.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Ajeely did get a hearing last month — an adjudicator ruled in his favour for an eviction — and on May 2 he was given an eviction order for the tenant to vacate the property.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">But still, Ajeely said this will be the last time he is a landlord.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">"I would never tell anyone in Ontario to become a landlord. It is just not worth it." </div><div class="article_segment__aglub"><strong class="article_segment__aglub"><em class="article_segment__aglub">WATCH | Small landlords say a broken tribunal is forcing them to find ways to fight back:</em> </strong><span class="article_segment__aglub"><div class="embed_embed__gX4nW" role="figure" aria-label="Media | The National : Unpaid rent, arrests, arson: Fed-up landlords fight back"><div class="embed_embedTextBox__uJWse"><p class="embed_imageTitle__8UFmA">Media | The National : Unpaid rent, arrests, arson: Fed-up landlords fight back</p><p class="embed_caption__4hiVl">Caption: Small Ontario landlords are calling out bad tenants and what they say is a system that allows them to get away with it. 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Ontario police said Monday his body had been found, and confirmed Tuesday his body had been inside his truck's trailer, where he was last seen. (Submitted by Chloe White)</p><button type="button" aria-label="Load image titled: Image | Brian Lush with daughter Chloe">Load Image</button></div></div><div class="article_segment__aglub">The remains of a Newfoundland trucker who went missing in Ontario two weeks ago were found in the back of his truck's trailer in his home province, even though his rig was a key piece of evidence in the search and the place where he was last seen.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">The Ontario Provincial Police confirmed Tuesday that Brian Lush's body was recovered inside the truck's trailer in Port aux Basques, N.L., after its return from Ontario.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">On Monday, the OPP had only said that Lush had been found dead. A press release did not disclose where. </div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Lush, who lived in the western Newfoundland town of Stephenville, had last been seen close to his truck in Summerstown, Ont., on April 24, on his way home to Newfoundland.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">The OPP refused to answer questions from CBC News about whether police thoroughly searched the truck and trailer before sending it back to the truck's owner in Newfoundland, and if so, how investigators could have missed Lush's remains inside it.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub"><em class="article_segment__aglub"><strong class="article_segment__aglub">WATCH | CBC's Colleen Connors reports on a development in the case of a missing trucker that raises more questions: </strong></em><span class="article_segment__aglub"><div class="embed_embed__gX4nW" role="figure" aria-label="Media | The remains of Brian Lush discovered in his truck’s trailer — after it got back from Ontario "><div class="embed_embedTextBox__uJWse"><p class="embed_imageTitle__8UFmA">Media | The remains of Brian Lush discovered in his truck’s trailer — after it got back from Ontario </p><p class="embed_caption__4hiVl">Caption: Questions are swirling over the discovery of the body of Brian Lush, who went missing in Ontario two weeks ago. It was only when the truck returned to Newfoundland that his remains were found in the back of the trailer. The Ontario Provincial Police had previously said Lush had been found dead but did not disclose where. The CBC’s Colleen Connors reports. </p><a class="embed_externalEmbedLink__7nmwt" aria-label="Open full embed in new tab (external link)" href="https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.4220495" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Open Full Embed in New Tab <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="-125 -125 600 450" class="externallinkicon_fill__I8y_f" height="16" width="16"><title>(external link)</title><path d="M216 12.1v24c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h74L194.1 156c-2.3 2.3-3.6 5.3-3.6 8.5s1.3 6.2 3.6 8.5l16.9 16.9c2.3 2.3 5.3 3.6 8.5 3.6s6.3-1.3 8.5-3.6L335.9 82l.1 74c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h24c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12L228 .1c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12z"></path><path d="M288 192v132c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V108c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h132V48H12C5.4 48 0 53.4 0 60v312c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h312c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V192h-48z"></path></svg></a><span class="embed_externalEmbedDisclaimer__x4NGI">Loading external pages may require significantly more data usage.</span></div></div></span></div><div class="article_segment__aglub">"We are conducting a review and those details will be shared with the family," the provincial police force said in an email.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">"As there was no foul play, this is now a coroner's investigation."</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">The OPP says it will "review the processes involved in the search" and remain in contact with Lush's family.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">The RCMP said in statement late Tuesday afternoon that its officers had found Lush's remains inside the trailer in Port aux Basques, and confirmed it did not suspect foul play.</div><h2 class="article_segment__aglub">Full-throttle probe into whereabouts: OPP</h2><div class="article_segment__aglub">The 51-year-old's truck had been found at the gas station where he was last seen, his keys and belongings still inside.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">"On surveillance video, right after 4:30 p.m., we see him get out of his truck, he walks around the front of the truck and then he walks out of camera range," Bill Dickson, media relations co-ordinator of the Ontario Provincial Police's East Region, told CBC News last week.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">"He was never seen again, as far as we know." </div><div class="article_segment__aglub"><ul><li><a href="/lite/story/1.7195802">Missing Stephenville truck driver found dead, say Ontario Provincial Police</a></li></ul><ul><li><a href="/lite/story/1.7189072">Brian Lush of Stephenville went missing in Ontario. His family and police are looking for help</a></li></ul></div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Lush's family told CBC News at the time it was "highly unusual" for Lush to walk away from his rig.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">The OPP said they had been "assigning as many resources as possible," including search and rescue, helicopters, drones and dog teams, to the investigation.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub"><em class="article_segment__aglub"><strong class="article_segment__aglub">Download our </strong></em><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/newsapp/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><em class="article_segment__aglub"><u class="article_segment__aglub"><strong class="article_segment__aglub">free CBC News app</strong></u></em><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="-125 -125 600 450" class="externallinkicon_fill__I8y_f" height="16" width="16"><title>(external link)</title><path d="M216 12.1v24c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h74L194.1 156c-2.3 2.3-3.6 5.3-3.6 8.5s1.3 6.2 3.6 8.5l16.9 16.9c2.3 2.3 5.3 3.6 8.5 3.6s6.3-1.3 8.5-3.6L335.9 82l.1 74c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h24c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12L228 .1c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12z"></path><path d="M288 192v132c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V108c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h132V48H12C5.4 48 0 53.4 0 60v312c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h312c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V192h-48z"></path></svg></a><em class="article_segment__aglub"><strong class="article_segment__aglub"> to sign up for push alerts for CBC Newfoundland and Labrador. </strong></em><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><em class="article_segment__aglub"><u class="article_segment__aglub"><strong class="article_segment__aglub">Click here to visit our landing page</strong></u></em><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="-125 -125 600 450" class="externallinkicon_fill__I8y_f" height="16" width="16"><title>(external link)</title><path d="M216 12.1v24c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h74L194.1 156c-2.3 2.3-3.6 5.3-3.6 8.5s1.3 6.2 3.6 8.5l16.9 16.9c2.3 2.3 5.3 3.6 8.5 3.6s6.3-1.3 8.5-3.6L335.9 82l.1 74c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h24c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12L228 .1c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12z"></path><path d="M288 192v132c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V108c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h132V48H12C5.4 48 0 53.4 0 60v312c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h312c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V192h-48z"></path></svg></a><em class="article_segment__aglub"><strong class="article_segment__aglub">.</strong></em></div></article><div class="relatedlinks_relatedLinks__Lwiwf"><h2 class="relatedlinks_title__dyv0R">More Stories Like This</h2><p class="relatedlinks_description__CsX2q">The related links below are generated automatically based on the story you’ve just read.</p><p>Loading...</p></div></div></main><footer class="footer_footer-container__pnXb5"><div class="footer_disclaimer__uBzdR">CBC Lite is a low-bandwidth website. 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(Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press)</p><button type="button" aria-label="Load image titled: Image | Boeing Canada 20190313">Load Image</button></div></div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Despite a decrease in the number of complaints filed against Air Canada over language-related issues, the airline still gets more language complaints nationwide than any other institution, says Commissioner of Official Languages Raymond Théberge.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">In his annual report, presented Tuesday morning, Théberge's office said it received 847 valid complaints during the 2023-2024 year — less than half the number it received the previous year. Of these, 15 per cent — 130 complaints — were related to Air Canada.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">"This year there was a decrease in the number of complaints with respect to Air Canada from 276 to 130. However, Air Canada is still the institution that receives the most complaints generally, every year," said Théberge.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">"The number received this year represents more of a historical average than in the past and I think it still indicates that there are challenges with respect to Air Canada to meet their language obligations."</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr"><ul><li><a href="/lite/story/1.7190036">Rude workers top the list of airport security complaints in Montreal</a></li></ul></div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Air Canada spokesperson Christopher Hennebelle said the company has taken note of the commissioner's report.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">"The number of complaints we received has been reduced by more than half since last year, while the number of passengers we carried has increased significantly, from 37 to 46 million. That's a significant improvement," said Hennebelle, adding that an Official Languages Action Plan is in the works and should be released later this year.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Hennebelle also noted that among the institutions that are subject to the Official Languages Act, Air Canada is the one that has the most interactions with the public.</div><h2 class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Decrease in complaints nationwide</h2><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Théberge said the number of complaints filed in 2023-2024 "are a bit of a contrast to the very high volumes of complaints" lodged in the previous years.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">He said he's unable to state whether this decrease is a result of federal institutions adhering more closely to official languages law, or whether this trend will continue.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Théberge pointed out that significant events often affect the number of complaints received in a given year. 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class="embed_caption__4hiVl">Caption: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is seen speaking during a visit to Lithuania last month. Ukraine's security service said it caught two agents for Russia allegedly plotting to assassinate Zelenskyy and other top officials as a gift for Russian President Vladimir Putin. (Petras Malukas/AFP/Getty Images)</p><button type="button" aria-label="Load image titled: Image | Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaking in Vilnius, Lithuania">Load Image</button></div></div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Ukraine's state security service said it caught two agents for Russia plotting the assassination of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other top officials as "a gift" for Russian President Vladimir Putin as he was sworn in for a new term in the Kremlin on Tuesday.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">The two men were colonels in Ukraine's state guard service recruited by Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) who leaked classified information to Moscow, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) said on the Telegram app.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">They were tasked with finding someone close to the presidential guard who would take Zelenskyy hostage and later kill him, the SBU statement said, without making clear at what point the alleged plot had been foiled.</div><h2 class="article_segment__aglub">Alleged attack was 'gift' for Putin</h2><div class="article_segment__aglub">"The terrorist attack, which was supposed to be a gift to Putin for the inauguration, was indeed a failure of the Russian special services," SBU chief Vasyl Maliuk was quoted as saying by his agency on Telegram.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">There was no immediate comment from Moscow.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">The Kremlin declined to comment last month when asked about the arrest in Poland of a man <a href="/lite/story/1.7177627">accused of working with Russian intelligence</a> to prepare a possible attempt to assassinate Zelenskyy.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub"><ul><li><a href="/lite/story/1.7195018">Russia says it plans to hold tactical nuclear weapon drills</a></li></ul><ul><li><a href="/lite/story/1.7195644">2-time European weightlifting champion Pielieshenko killed in Ukraine war</a></li></ul></div><div class="article_segment__aglub">The Ukrainian leader, who has led his country's effort to fend off Russia's more than two-year-old invasion, said last autumn that his security services had foiled at least five Russian plots to assassinate him.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">The spy group also planned to "eliminate" Maliuk and Kyrylo Budanov, the military intelligence agency's head, the SBU said, noting Budanov's assassination was supposed to happen before Orthodox Easter Sunday on May 5.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">The agents sought to inform the Russian side of the whereabouts of Budanov, the SBU said, so they could carry out missile and drone attacks at the location.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">One of the arrested men was involved in transporting and storing drones and explosives for the operation, it said.</div></article><div class="relatedlinks_relatedLinks__Lwiwf"><h2 class="relatedlinks_title__dyv0R">More Stories Like This</h2><p class="relatedlinks_description__CsX2q">The related links below are generated automatically based on the story you’ve just read.</p><p>Loading...</p></div></div></main><footer class="footer_footer-container__pnXb5"><div class="footer_disclaimer__uBzdR">CBC Lite is a low-bandwidth website. 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(Tara Walton/Canadian Press)</p><button type="button" aria-label="Load image titled: Image | CFL Argos Kelly Football">Load Image</button></div></div><div class="article_segment__aglub">The CFL suspended Toronto Argonauts quarterback Chad Kelly for at least nine regular-season games Tuesday following its investigation into a lawsuit filed by a former strength-and-conditioning coach against both the player and club.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">According to the CFL, Kelly is also suspended for Toronto's two pre-season games for violating its gender-based violence policy. Kelly must undergo confidential assessments by an independent expert and attend mandatory counselling sessions conducted by a gender-based violence expert.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Both the counselling sessions and assessments must be satisfactorily completed before the CFL will consider Kelly's reinstatement, the league added in a statement. Otherwise, it reserves the right to modify his discipline.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Kelly, 30, was the CFL's outstanding player last season after leading Toronto to a league-best and franchise-record 16-2 record. But the Argos' season ended with a 38-17 home loss to eventual Grey Cup-champion Montreal in the East Division final.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">There was no announcement regarding any penalties or sanctions against the Argos. But the league added the club's conduct in this matter, as laid out by the investigators, will be reviewed with the club.</div><h2 class="article_segment__aglub">Complainant alleges unwanted romantic advances</h2><div class="article_segment__aglub">Kelly wasn't immediately available for comment. Neither the Argos nor the CFL Players' Association offered responses either.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">The CFL's decision to launch its investigation came after the complainant filed a statement of claim with the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, alleging a pattern of harassment by Kelly, beginning with unwanted romantic advances and escalating into instances of threatening language.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">The coach said the Argos did not act when told of Kelly's behaviour and claims assistant general manager John Murphy said she "opened a can of worms that didn't need to be opened."</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie said the league's investigation revealed definite violations of its gender-based violence policy.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">"It was important that we performed our due diligence to properly review this matter from all points of view," Ambrosie said in a statement. "That in-depth investigation found that Mr. Kelly unequivocally violated the CFL's gender-based violence policy.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">"Mr. Kelly's suspension is the direct result of his behaviour. The addition of mandatory counselling focuses on his need for self-reflection and understanding of his actions. He must take full advantage of this."</div><h2 class="article_segment__aglub">Complainant's contract with team not renewed</h2><div class="article_segment__aglub">The complainant said she was informed in January her contract with the club would not be renewed. The complainant had joined the franchise in 2018 and said her contract had previously been continually renewed.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">The complainant is seeking $80,000 from Kelly and a total of $85,714 from the Argos. The Canadian Press does not publish the names of alleged victims of harassment or sexual assault unless granted permission.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">TSN also reported the complainant is also seeking $10,000 worth of punitive damages.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub"><ul><li><a href="/lite/story/1.7128700">CFL investigating allegations made against QB Chad Kelly, Argonauts</a></li></ul><ul><li><a href="/lite/story/1.7124552">Former Argos employee accuses QB Chad Kelly of harassment, sues team for wrongful dismissal</a></li></ul></div><div class="article_segment__aglub">The broadcaster also said Kelly recently filed his defence in the lawsuit and denied making "any romantic or sexual overtures" towards the plaintiff, including workplace sexual harassment.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Kelly stated the complainant "advanced these spurious claims against him purely to draw the attention of the media to what was otherwise a very routine termination situation."</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">In their defence filing, the Argos claimed they had "no knowledge" of any behaviour from Kelly that violated the CFL's gender-based violence policy or breached the Ontario Human Rights Code. The team also claimed its conduct with the plaintiff was "all times fair, reasonable, lawful and undertaken in good faith."</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Kelly, a native of Buffalo, N.Y., signed a three-year, $1.85-million extension with Toronto last season that made him the league's highest-paid player. This off-season, though, Kelly restructured his contract with the team.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">The CFLs announcement comes with CFL rookie camps slated to open Wednesday. 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Jewish people and the right of Israel to exist as an independent state is 'ironclad — even when we disagree.’ </p><a class="embed_externalEmbedLink__7nmwt" aria-label="Open full embed in new tab (external link)" href="https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.4220333" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Open Full Embed in New Tab <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="-125 -125 600 450" class="externallinkicon_fill__I8y_f" height="16" width="16"><title>(external link)</title><path d="M216 12.1v24c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h74L194.1 156c-2.3 2.3-3.6 5.3-3.6 8.5s1.3 6.2 3.6 8.5l16.9 16.9c2.3 2.3 5.3 3.6 8.5 3.6s6.3-1.3 8.5-3.6L335.9 82l.1 74c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h24c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12L228 .1c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12z"></path><path d="M288 192v132c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V108c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h132V48H12C5.4 48 0 53.4 0 60v312c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h312c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V192h-48z"></path></svg></a><span class="embed_externalEmbedDisclaimer__x4NGI">Loading external pages may require significantly more data usage.</span></div></div><div class="article_segment__aglub">U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday warned that the threat of antisemitism is growing, in remarks honouring the six million Jews killed in the Holocaust, as his support for Israel's assault on Gaza divides his Democratic Party.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">"Never again simply translated for me means: Never forget. Never forgetting means we must keep telling the story, we must keep teaching the truth," Biden said as he addressed a bipartisan memorial held at the U.S. Capitol's Emancipation Hall. "The truth is we're at risk of people not knowing the truth."</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Biden spoke in a keynote address for the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum's annual National Commemoration of the Days of Remembrance, seven months to the day after the Palestinian militant group Hamas led an attack in Israel on Oct. 7, killing 1,200 people, by Israeli tallies.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">"People are already forgetting that Hamas unleashed this terror," he said. "I have not forgotten, nor have you. And we will not forget."</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Biden's speech comes as Israel's retaliation has killed nearly 35,000 people in Gaza, which is controlled by Hamas, according to Gaza health authorities, and left many of the area's 2.3 million people on the brink of starvation.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub"><ul><li><a href="/lite/story/1.7196267">Hamas agreement, public protests put pressure on Israel to reach ceasefire deal</a></li></ul><ul><li><a href="/lite/story/1.7196174">Israeli forces take control of vital Rafah crossing from Gaza into Egypt</a></li></ul></div><div class="article_segment__aglub">On Tuesday, Israeli forces seized the main border crossing between Egypt and southern Gaza, shutting down a vital aid route for Palestinian civilians as they prepared a possible offensive aimed at eliminating Hamas fighters.</div><h2 class="article_segment__aglub">Takes aim at social media, campus conflicts</h2><div class="article_segment__aglub">Biden aimed to cool a divided and divisive U.S. debate about Jewish security, free speech and support for Israel, in the country with the largest Jewish population after Israel.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">He lamented what he called a "ferocious surge of antisemitism" and the presence of "vicious propaganda on social media" while stressing that his commitment to Israel was "ironclad" even amid disagreements with the country's government.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub"><div class="embed_embed__gX4nW" role="figure" data-pw="imageEmbed"><div class="embed_embedTextBox__uJWse"><p class="embed_imageTitle__8UFmA">Image | Congress Holocaust Ceremony</p><p class="embed_caption__4hiVl">Caption: Audience members hold up photos showing people killed in the Holocaust, during the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum's Annual Days of Remembrance ceremony at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday in Washington, D.C. (Evan Vucci/The Associated Press)</p><button type="button" aria-label="Load image titled: Image | Congress Holocaust Ceremony">Load Image</button></div></div></div><div class="article_segment__aglub">The Biden administration has expressed concerns about the potential humanitarian impact of a military campaign in Rafah, but the president said Tuesday that, "my commitment to the safety of the Jewish people and Israel is ironclad even when we disagree."</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Many Jewish Americans have been critical of Israel's Gaza attacks, leading protests against actions of right-wing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government and condemning Netanyahu in Congress.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub"><ul><li><a href="/lite/story/1.7186928">Gaza protests spread across U.S., to the doorstep of the White House</a></li></ul><ul><li><a href="/lite/story/1.7191441">Biden condemns violence as U.S. campus protests over Israel-Hamas war see widespread arrests</a></li></ul></div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Biden spoke about divisive protests at U.S. colleges and universities over the Israeli military's campaign in Gaza for the second time in five days on Tuesday, and said that while the country upholds freedom of speech and assembly, Jewish students should be free from harassment and verbal attacks on campuses.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">"We're not a lawless country, we are a civil society," he said.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">On Monday, Doug Emhoff, the husband of Vice-President Kamala Harris and the first Jewish spouse of a nationally elected American leader, met with Jewish college students at the White House about the administration's efforts to combat antisemitism. Emhoff heard students describe their own experiences with hatred, including threats of violence and hate speech, his office said.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub"><em class="article_segment__aglub"><strong class="article_segment__aglub">WATCH | Biden last week addressed protests that have roiled some U.S. campuses:</strong></em> <span class="article_segment__aglub"><div class="embed_embed__gX4nW" role="figure" aria-label="Media | 'Peaceful protest' is protected in U.S. — but intimidation and violence can't be tolerated, Biden says"><div class="embed_embedTextBox__uJWse"><p class="embed_imageTitle__8UFmA">Media | 'Peaceful protest' is protected in U.S. — but intimidation and violence can't be tolerated, Biden says</p><p class="embed_caption__4hiVl">Caption: Dissent is ‘essential’ to democracy, U.S. President Joe Biden said Thursday in remarks about growing pro-Palestinian campus encampments — but he added that protests must be peaceful, and antisemitism, Islamophobia or hate speech of any kind can’t be tolerated.</p><a class="embed_externalEmbedLink__7nmwt" aria-label="Open full embed in new tab (external link)" href="https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.4216626" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Open Full Embed in New Tab <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="-125 -125 600 450" class="externallinkicon_fill__I8y_f" height="16" width="16"><title>(external link)</title><path d="M216 12.1v24c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h74L194.1 156c-2.3 2.3-3.6 5.3-3.6 8.5s1.3 6.2 3.6 8.5l16.9 16.9c2.3 2.3 5.3 3.6 8.5 3.6s6.3-1.3 8.5-3.6L335.9 82l.1 74c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h24c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12L228 .1c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12z"></path><path d="M288 192v132c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V108c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h132V48H12C5.4 48 0 53.4 0 60v312c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h312c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V192h-48z"></path></svg></a><span class="embed_externalEmbedDisclaimer__x4NGI">Loading external pages may require significantly more data usage.</span></div></div></span></div><h2 class="article_segment__aglub">Trump leans on support for Israel</h2><div class="article_segment__aglub">Biden and Republican rival Donald Trump are expected to again be the two main party candidates for president in the Nov. 5 election.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Biden has said he was inspired to run in the 2020 election by then-president Trump's response three years earlier to the Charlottesville, Va., white nationalist rally, where marchers chanted "Jews will not replace us."</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">On Tuesday, he did not mention Trump, who has sought to exploit Democratic divisions over Israel's military campaign in Gaza and the widening college protests.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub"><ul><li><a href="/lite/story/1.7148147">Trump accused of antisemitism for saying Jewish Democrats hate their religion and Israel</a></li></ul></div><div class="article_segment__aglub">While Trump's administration offered full-throated support for Israel, including moving the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem and not disputing a previous Netanyahu government's expansion of contentious Jewish settlements on disputed territory, the candidate himself has been accused of dealing in antisemitic tropes.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">On a podcast earlier this year, Trump said that "any Jewish person that votes for Democrats hates their religion."</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">"They hate everything about Israel, and they should be ashamed of themselves because Israel will be destroyed," he told a radio show hosted by Sebastian Gorka, a former Trump administration official.</div><h2 class="article_segment__aglub">Antisemitic incidents rise in U.S., Canada</h2><div class="article_segment__aglub">About seven in 10 U.S. Jewish voters support Democrats, while three in 10 are Republican-aligned, according to the Pew Research Center. Many political analysts say that Jewish voters typically do not choose a president based on foreign policy alone.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Trump's Republican Party has argued that the campus protests are driven by antisemitism.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub"><em class="article_segment__aglub"><strong class="article_segment__aglub">WATCH | Jews feel 'ostracized and abandoned': B'nai Brith Canada spokesperson: </strong></em><span class="article_segment__aglub"><div class="embed_embed__gX4nW" role="figure" aria-label="Media | The National : Self-reported antisemitic incidents doubled last year, B'nai Brith Canada says"><div class="embed_embedTextBox__uJWse"><p class="embed_imageTitle__8UFmA">Media | The National : Self-reported antisemitic incidents doubled last year, B'nai Brith Canada says</p><p class="embed_caption__4hiVl">Caption: A new report from Jewish advocacy organization B'nai Brith Canada says self-reported antisemitic incidents doubled in 2023 compared to 2022. </p><a class="embed_externalEmbedLink__7nmwt" aria-label="Open full embed in new tab (external link)" href="https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.4219890" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Open Full Embed in New Tab <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="-125 -125 600 450" class="externallinkicon_fill__I8y_f" height="16" width="16"><title>(external link)</title><path d="M216 12.1v24c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h74L194.1 156c-2.3 2.3-3.6 5.3-3.6 8.5s1.3 6.2 3.6 8.5l16.9 16.9c2.3 2.3 5.3 3.6 8.5 3.6s6.3-1.3 8.5-3.6L335.9 82l.1 74c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h24c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12L228 .1c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12z"></path><path d="M288 192v132c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V108c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h132V48H12C5.4 48 0 53.4 0 60v312c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h312c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V192h-48z"></path></svg></a><span class="embed_externalEmbedDisclaimer__x4NGI">Loading external pages may require significantly more data usage.</span></div></div></span></div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Law enforcement and advocacy groups report a sharp rise in antisemitic attacks in the United States since Oct. 7, as well anti-Muslim attacks. 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"We weren't aware it had come from the bench. If we would have been aware it came from the bench, we could have reviewed it under the hostile act trigger. The penalty would have been a technical foul."</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Finch tried to lobby with the officials with the respect to the potential safety issue.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">"We tried to impress upon [the referees] there probably aren't many fans in the building that have a heat pack, so it probably had to come from the bench, which they found logical," Finch said. "I'm sure it was a mistake and an oversight and nothing intentional by the officiating at all, but certainlycan't allow that to happen."</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Murray, 27, made just three of 18 shots from the floor and finished with eight points, 13 rebounds and four turnovers for the defending champion Nuggets, who trail 2-0 in the best-of-seven series. 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TikTok and its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, are suing the U.S. over a law that would ban the popular video-sharing app. (Shutterstock/Postmodern Studio)</p><button type="button" aria-label="Load image titled: Image | TikTok">Load Image</button></div></div><div class="article_segment__aglub">TikTok and its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, are suing the U.S. over a law that would ban the popular video-sharing app unless it's sold to another company, arguing that it relies on vaguely painting it as a threat to national security to get around the First Amendment.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">The widely expected lawsuit filed on Tuesday may be setting up what will likely be a protracted legal fight over TikTok's future in the United States —and could end up before the Supreme Court. If TikTok loses, it says it will be forced to shut down next year. </div><div class="article_segment__aglub">The company alleged the law, which U.S. President Joe Biden signed as part of a larger $95 billion US foreign aid package, is so "obviously unconstitutional" that the sponsors of the Protecting Americans From Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act are trying to portray the law not as a ban, but as a regulation of TikTok's ownership.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">It's the first time the U.S. government has singled out a social media company with a potential ban, which free speech advocates note is more common in repressive regimes such as Iran or China. </div><div class="article_segment__aglub">"Congress has taken the unprecedented step of expressly singling out and banning TikTok: a vibrant online forum for protected speech and expression used by 170 million Americans to create, share, and view videos over the Internet," ByteDance said in its suit.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">"For the first time in history, Congress has enacted a law that subjects a single, named speech platform to a permanent, nationwide ban, and bars every American from participating in a unique online community with more than one billion people worldwide."</div><div class="article_segment__aglub"><em class="article_segment__aglub"><strong class="article_segment__aglub">WATCH | Could there be a TikTok ban in Canada?: </strong></em><span class="article_segment__aglub"><div class="embed_embed__gX4nW" role="figure" aria-label="Media Video | CBC News : Trudeau asked about potential U.S. TikTok ban"><div class="embed_embedTextBox__uJWse"><p class="embed_imageTitle__8UFmA">Media Video | CBC News : Trudeau asked about potential U.S. TikTok ban</p><p class="embed_caption__4hiVl">Caption: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is declining to comment on the U.S. closing in on a bill that could ban TikTok — but says the federal government will continue to 'look closely' at the safety of Canadians.</p><a class="embed_externalEmbedLink__7nmwt" aria-label="Open full embed in new tab (external link)" href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/trudeau-asked-about-potential-u-s-tiktok-ban-1.7184325" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Open Full Embed in New Tab <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="-125 -125 600 450" class="externallinkicon_fill__I8y_f" height="16" width="16"><title>(external link)</title><path d="M216 12.1v24c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h74L194.1 156c-2.3 2.3-3.6 5.3-3.6 8.5s1.3 6.2 3.6 8.5l16.9 16.9c2.3 2.3 5.3 3.6 8.5 3.6s6.3-1.3 8.5-3.6L335.9 82l.1 74c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h24c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12L228 .1c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12z"></path><path d="M288 192v132c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V108c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h132V48H12C5.4 48 0 53.4 0 60v312c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h312c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V192h-48z"></path></svg></a><span class="embed_externalEmbedDisclaimer__x4NGI">Loading external pages may require significantly more data usage.</span></div></div></span></div><div class="article_segment__aglub">The law requires ByteDance to sell the platform within nine months. If a sale is already in progress, the company will get another three months to complete the deal. ByteDance has said it "doesn't have any plan to sell TikTok."</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">But even it wanted to divest, the company would have to get a blessing from Beijing, which previously opposed a forced sale of the platform and has signaled its opposition this time around.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">TikTok and ByteDance argued in the lawsuit that is really isn't being given a choice. </div><div class="article_segment__aglub">"The 'qualified divestiture' demanded by the act to allow TikTok to continue operating in the United States is simply not possible: not commercially, not technologically, not legally," they said.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Under the act, TikTok will be forced to shut down by Jan. 19, 2025, according to the lawsuit. The parties argued that they should be protected by the First Amendment's guarantee of freedom of expression. </div><div class="article_segment__aglub"><em class="article_segment__aglub"><strong class="article_segment__aglub">WATCH | India is poised to ban TikTok. What can we learn? </strong></em><span class="article_segment__aglub"><div class="embed_embed__gX4nW" role="figure" aria-label="Media Video | What can the U.S. learn from India’s TikTok ban?"><div class="embed_embedTextBox__uJWse"><p class="embed_imageTitle__8UFmA">Media Video | What can the U.S. learn from India’s TikTok ban?</p><p class="embed_caption__4hiVl">Caption: The U.S. government is poised to ban TikTok for 170 million users unless the social media platform break ties with its China-based parent company. This comes after a recent bill was passed to force the sale over privacy concerns. India swiftly banned TikTok in 2020 when it had 200 million users. Here’s what can be learned from that.</p><a class="embed_externalEmbedLink__7nmwt" aria-label="Open full embed in new tab (external link)" href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/what-can-the-u-s-learn-from-india-s-tiktok-ban-1.7187267" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Open Full Embed in New Tab <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="-125 -125 600 450" class="externallinkicon_fill__I8y_f" height="16" width="16"><title>(external link)</title><path d="M216 12.1v24c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h74L194.1 156c-2.3 2.3-3.6 5.3-3.6 8.5s1.3 6.2 3.6 8.5l16.9 16.9c2.3 2.3 5.3 3.6 8.5 3.6s6.3-1.3 8.5-3.6L335.9 82l.1 74c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h24c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12L228 .1c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12z"></path><path d="M288 192v132c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V108c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h132V48H12C5.4 48 0 53.4 0 60v312c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h312c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V192h-48z"></path></svg></a><span class="embed_externalEmbedDisclaimer__x4NGI">Loading external pages may require significantly more data usage.</span></div></div></span></div><h2 class="article_segment__aglub">Shifting China-U.S. relations</h2><div class="article_segment__aglub">The U.S. Justice Department declined to comment on the suit Tuesday. And White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre declined to engage on questions about why Biden continues to use TikTok for his political activities, deferring to the campaign. </div><div class="article_segment__aglub">ByteDance will first likely ask a court to temporarily block the federal law from going into effect, says Gus Hurwitz, a senior fellow at the University of Pennsylvania's Carey Law School. And the decision whether to grant such a preliminary injunction could decide the case, he said.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">In its absence, he said, "ByteDance is going to need to sell TikTok before this case is ever decided."</div><div class="article_segment__aglub"><em class="article_segment__aglub"><strong class="article_segment__aglub">WATCH | Canadian influencers worried about ban:</strong></em> <span class="article_segment__aglub"><div class="embed_embed__gX4nW" role="figure" aria-label="Media Video | Canadian influencer describes fears of TikTok ban"><div class="embed_embedTextBox__uJWse"><p class="embed_imageTitle__8UFmA">Media Video | Canadian influencer describes fears of TikTok ban</p><p class="embed_caption__4hiVl">Caption: TikTok influencer Sarah Lauren, who recently moved to New York, speaks about the potential ban of the social media app and what it means for her career.</p><a class="embed_externalEmbedLink__7nmwt" aria-label="Open full embed in new tab (external link)" href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canadian-influencer-describes-fears-of-tiktok-ban-1.7180559" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Open Full Embed in New Tab <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="-125 -125 600 450" class="externallinkicon_fill__I8y_f" height="16" width="16"><title>(external link)</title><path d="M216 12.1v24c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h74L194.1 156c-2.3 2.3-3.6 5.3-3.6 8.5s1.3 6.2 3.6 8.5l16.9 16.9c2.3 2.3 5.3 3.6 8.5 3.6s6.3-1.3 8.5-3.6L335.9 82l.1 74c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h24c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12L228 .1c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12z"></path><path d="M288 192v132c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V108c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h132V48H12C5.4 48 0 53.4 0 60v312c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h312c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V192h-48z"></path></svg></a><span class="embed_externalEmbedDisclaimer__x4NGI">Loading external pages may require significantly more data usage.</span></div></div></span></div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Whether a court will grant such an injunction remains unclear, says Hurwitz, largely because it requires balancing freedom of speech issues against the administration's claims of a threat to national security. </div><div class="article_segment__aglub">"I think the courts will be very deferential to Congress on these issues," he said.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">The fight over TikTok takes place as U.S.-China relations have shifted to that of intense strategic rivalry, especially in areas such as advanced technologies and data security, which are seen as essential to each country's economic prowess and national security. </div><div class="article_segment__aglub">U.S. lawmakers from both parties, as well as administration and law enforcement officials, have expressed concerns that Chinese authorities could force ByteDance to hand over U.S. user data or sway public opinion by manipulating the algorithm that populates users' feeds.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub"><ul><li><a href="/lite/story/1.7190603">What does a TikTok "ban" mean, exactly?</a></li></ul><ul><li><a href="/lite/story/1.7185776">TikTok parent company says it won't sell, despite possible U.S. ban</a></li></ul></div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Some have also pointed to a Rutgers University study that maintains TikTok content was being amplified or underrepresented based on how it aligns with the interests of the Chinese government, which the company disputes. </div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Opponents of the law argue that Chinese authorities — or any nefarious parties — could easily get information on Americans in other ways, including through commercial data brokers that rent or sell personal information.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">They note the U.S. government hasn't provided public evidence that shows TikTok sharing U.S. user information with Chinese authorities, or tinkering with its algorithm for China's benefit. 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slain Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar outside provincial court in Surrey, B.C., where three men charged with his murder were due to appear on Tuesday. (Ben Nelms/CBC)</p><button type="button" aria-label="Load image titled: Image | NIJJAR COURT">Load Image</button></div></div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Three Indian nationals accused of murdering Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar have appeared by video in a British Columbia court, with scores of Sikh community members gathering inside and outside the hearing.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Protesters outside provincial court in Surrey, B.C., carried placards honouring Nijjar, a campaigner for Sikh independence, and waved the movement's blue and yellow flags.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">The three suspects — Karan Brar, Karanpreet Singh and Kamalpreet Singh — were seen wearing orange jumpsuits and briefly responded to questions.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Brar and Karanpreet Singh agreed through their lawyers to make a next appearance at the Surrey court on May 21, while the court has yet to decide on a new date for Kamalpreet Singh as he seeks legal representation.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub"><em class="article_segment__aglub"><strong class="article_segment__aglub">WATCH | Large turnout from local Sikh community for accused killers' court appearance: </strong></em><span class="article_segment__aglub"><div class="embed_embed__gX4nW" role="figure" aria-label="Media Video | Crowds gather at B.C. courthouse where Sikh activists' accused killers set to appear"><div class="embed_embedTextBox__uJWse"><p class="embed_imageTitle__8UFmA">Media Video | Crowds gather at B.C. courthouse where Sikh activists' accused killers set to appear</p><p class="embed_caption__4hiVl">Caption: CBC's Karin Larsen reports from provincial court in Surrey, B.C., where the three Indian nationals accused of killing Hardeep Singh Nijjar in June 2023 were due to appear. Scores of people from the local Sikh community gathered outside the courthouse.</p><a class="embed_externalEmbedLink__7nmwt" aria-label="Open full embed in new tab (external link)" href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/crowds-gather-at-b-c-courthouse-where-sikh-activists-accused-killers-set-to-appear-1.7196818" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Open Full Embed in New Tab <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="-125 -125 600 450" class="externallinkicon_fill__I8y_f" height="16" width="16"><title>(external link)</title><path d="M216 12.1v24c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h74L194.1 156c-2.3 2.3-3.6 5.3-3.6 8.5s1.3 6.2 3.6 8.5l16.9 16.9c2.3 2.3 5.3 3.6 8.5 3.6s6.3-1.3 8.5-3.6L335.9 82l.1 74c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h24c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12L228 .1c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12z"></path><path d="M288 192v132c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V108c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h132V48H12C5.4 48 0 53.4 0 60v312c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h312c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V192h-48z"></path></svg></a><span class="embed_externalEmbedDisclaimer__x4NGI">Loading external pages may require significantly more data usage.</span></div></div></span></div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Each of the three men, who were arrested in Edmonton on Friday, face charges of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder in last June's shooting death of Nijjar, which sent Canada's relations with India into disarray.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said there was credible intelligence that India's government was involved in the killing, a claim that India denies.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub"><ul><li><a href="/lite/story/1.7193911">What we know about the arrests and investigation into Hardeep Singh Nijjar's killing</a></li></ul><ul><li><a href="/lite/story/1.7193238">A timeline of Canada-India tensions — from 2018 to the latest arrests</a></li></ul></div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Some protesters outside court on Friday carried signs bearing the faces of the three suspects along with the slogan "Indian agents arrested."</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Police said on Friday that investigations into whether India's government was involved are continuing.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub"><div class="embed_embed__gX4nW" role="figure" data-pw="imageEmbed"><div class="embed_embedTextBox__uJWse"><p class="embed_imageTitle__8UFmA">Image | SIKH LEADERS BACK SURREY POLICE</p><p class="embed_caption__4hiVl">Caption: Hardeep Singh Nijjar at the Guru Nanak Sikh Gurdwara in Surrey, B.C., in July 2019. 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(Stephanie Jenzer/CBC)</p><button type="button" aria-label="Load image titled: Image | al-roj-detainees">Load Image</button></div></div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Six Canadian children have been repatriated from Syria according to a statement from Global Affairs Canada. </div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">"The Government of Canada has taken extraordinary measures to repatriate six Canadian children from northeastern Syria," the statement said. </div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">"The focus is now on protecting the children's privacy and ensuring they receive the support and care needed to begin a new life here in Canada."</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">A separate statement issued by U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said the children were brought back from Syria as part of an operation that saw the U.S. repatriate 11 of its citizens, as well as Canadian, Dutch and Finnish nationals. </div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Canadian lawyer Lawrence Greenspon confirmed to CBC News that Global Affairs Canada (GAC) informed him the children were transferred to Canada overnight, and that all six have now arrived in Montreal. </div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Greenspon said that a family has been identified that will care for the six children and the Clinique de Polarization was also present for their arrival.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr"><ul><li><a href="/lite/story/1.6889411">Ottawa won't repatriate Canadian mother of 6 from Syria after risk assessment, lawyer says</a></li></ul><ul><li><a href="/lite/story/1.6907524">UN official calls on Canada not to separate mother, 6 kids held in Syrian detention camp</a></li></ul><ul><li><a href="/lite/story/1.7168919">6 children of Canadian mother to be repatriated from Syrian detention camp</a></li></ul></div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Greenspon told CBC News in June that the children's mother was not being permitted to return to Canada after failing to pass a security screening assessment. </div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Greenspon <a href="/lite/story/1.6889411"><u class="article_segment__aglub">said the government told him</u></a> it decided not to repatriate the woman because she "adheres to extreme ideological beliefs" and could pose a risk to the public. He said the government provided no details on how they arrived at that decision.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">"They don't indicate the depth of their assessment or what they took into account or how they came to this conclusion," he said.</div><h2 class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Provincial authorities to help with settlement</h2><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Blinken's statement detailing the repatriation effort said there are approximately 30,000 people from more than 60 countries, mostly children, that remain in al-Hol and Roj displaced persons camps in Syria.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">"As governments undertake repatriation of their nationals, we urge thoughtfulness and flexibility to ensure that to the maximum extent possible family units remain intact," the Blinken statement said. </div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">GAC said that it is working with provincial authorities, NGOs, "child welfare services and local shelters, to facilitate reception, housing and other support services," for the children.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">"We also thank the United States for its assistance in repatriating Canadians and for its valuable support throughout this process," the GAC statement said.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Alex Neve, a Canadian human rights lawyer and former secretary general of Amnesty International Canada, responded to the news on the social media platform X, saying it is "welcome news" but is also a "glaringly missed opportunity to ensure that all Canadians and their mothers are repatriated" from northeast Syria.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr"><ul><li><a href="/lite/story/1.6926787">Canada is condemning citizens in Syrian camps to 'life sentence,' UN rapporteur says</a></li></ul><ul><li><a href="/lite/story/1.7030215">Supreme Court won't hear case of four Canadian men detained in Syria</a></li></ul></div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Alexandra Bain of the group Families Against Violent Extremism, who has been advocating for the return of the children and their mother along with all Canadians being held in northeast Syria, welcomed the news. </div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">"We are delighted that these innocent children have finally been returned to Canada, and we will continue to advocate for the immediate return of their mother," she told CBC News in an email. </div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Bain said her group will continue to advocate for the return of the "remaining Canadian children (those with non-Canadian mothers) being held in the camps, and the handful of Canadian men who remain in prisons."</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly told reporters Tuesday that because the children already suffered with the challenges of being held in a detention camp, she will not comment further on the case. </div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">"These children have gone through an extremely difficult situation," Joly said. 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Singh is embarking on a new research program to explore different ways to get the test to people. (Julia Wong/CBC)</p><button type="button" aria-label="Load image titled: Image | Dr. Ameeta Singh, nurse Noel Ives">Load Image</button></div></div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Health officials are teaming up to make syphilis testing more accessible to people living in central Alberta as the province grapples with a worsening years-long outbreak of the serious sexually transmitted infection.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Dr. Ameeta Singh, an infectious disease specialist and clinical professor of medicine at the University of Alberta, oversaw a 19-month clinical trial of a rapid test to quickly and easily test people for both syphilis and HIV.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">The test, which was 98 per cent accurate in detecting active syphilis and 100 per cent accurate in detecting HIV, was approved by Health Canada in March 2023.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Now, Singh has received $400,000 in federal funding to explore different ways of reaching — and testing — people potentially affected by syphilis and HIV. Some of the work will happen in Maskwacis, about 85 kilometres south of Edmonton, one of Alberta's largest First Nations communities.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub"><ul><li><a href="/lite/story/1.6894059">Number of Alberta babies born with syphilis rising at alarming rate, experts say</a></li></ul><ul><li><a href="/lite/story/1.6139240">'Horrifying' number of syphilis infections in Alberta reaching pre-antibiotic levels</a></li></ul></div><div class="article_segment__aglub">"This test kit that we're using provides a preliminary result for syphilis in less than a minute," Singh told CBC's <em class="article_segment__aglub">Radio Active</em>.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">"It's very exciting because it provides the opportunity to provide treatment right there and then in a single visit, instead of having to have the person come back for follow-up."</div><h2 class="article_segment__aglub">Rapid results, fast intervention</h2><div class="article_segment__aglub">Syphilis, a sexually transmitted infection (STI), can lead to significant health issues if left untreated, including brain, heart and nerve complications. Pregnant people who aren't treated can transmit the infection to their fetus — called congenital syphilis — that could lead to health issues for the child, including stillbirth.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">There have been 19 infants born with congenital syphilis in the Maskwacis region since 2018, including three stillborns, Singh noted in the <a href="https://webapps.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/decisions/p/project_details.html?applId=502571&lang=en" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">research proposal<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="-125 -125 600 450" class="externallinkicon_fill__I8y_f" height="16" width="16"><title>(external link)</title><path d="M216 12.1v24c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h74L194.1 156c-2.3 2.3-3.6 5.3-3.6 8.5s1.3 6.2 3.6 8.5l16.9 16.9c2.3 2.3 5.3 3.6 8.5 3.6s6.3-1.3 8.5-3.6L335.9 82l.1 74c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h24c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12L228 .1c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12z"></path><path d="M288 192v132c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V108c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h132V48H12C5.4 48 0 53.4 0 60v312c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h312c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V192h-48z"></path></svg></a>, approved by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) in April.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Singh said the rapid tests would help protect people's health.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Treatment can cure the STI and, in the case of pregnancy, prevent harmful outcomes for the baby. Diagnosis will also help stop the spread to other people.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub"><div class="embed_embed__gX4nW" role="figure" aria-label="Embed | Infectious syphilis cases in Alberta continued rising in 2022"><div class="embed_embedTextBox__uJWse"><p class="embed_imageTitle__8UFmA">Embed | Infectious syphilis cases in Alberta continued rising in 2022</p><p class="embed_caption__4hiVl"></p><a class="embed_externalEmbedLink__7nmwt" aria-label="Open full embed in new tab (external link)" href="https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/sBEfG/3/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Open Full Embed in New Tab <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="-125 -125 600 450" class="externallinkicon_fill__I8y_f" height="16" width="16"><title>(external link)</title><path d="M216 12.1v24c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h74L194.1 156c-2.3 2.3-3.6 5.3-3.6 8.5s1.3 6.2 3.6 8.5l16.9 16.9c2.3 2.3 5.3 3.6 8.5 3.6s6.3-1.3 8.5-3.6L335.9 82l.1 74c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h24c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12L228 .1c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12z"></path><path d="M288 192v132c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V108c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h132V48H12C5.4 48 0 53.4 0 60v312c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h312c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V192h-48z"></path></svg></a><span class="embed_externalEmbedDisclaimer__x4NGI">Loading external pages may require significantly more data usage.</span></div></div></div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Syphilis rates have been <a href="/lite/story/1.7123968">spiking</a> across Canada and internationally, recently reaching levels not seen since the 1940s. </div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Alberta, in particular, has become a hotspot. The ongoing outbreak was first declared in 2019; provincial data shows infectious syphilis cases have risen each year for nearly a decade.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">In 2021, Alberta recorded more than 3,200 cases — the most in Canada, according to <a href="https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/publications/diseases-conditions/chlamydia-gonorrhea-infectious-syphilis-2021-surveillance-data.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">federal government statistics<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="-125 -125 600 450" class="externallinkicon_fill__I8y_f" height="16" width="16"><title>(external link)</title><path d="M216 12.1v24c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h74L194.1 156c-2.3 2.3-3.6 5.3-3.6 8.5s1.3 6.2 3.6 8.5l16.9 16.9c2.3 2.3 5.3 3.6 8.5 3.6s6.3-1.3 8.5-3.6L335.9 82l.1 74c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h24c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12L228 .1c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12z"></path><path d="M288 192v132c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V108c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h132V48H12C5.4 48 0 53.4 0 60v312c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h312c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V192h-48z"></path></svg></a>. In 2022, the most recent year for which syphilis statistics are available, Alberta health officials recorded nearly 3,330 cases — second behind Ontario, which reported about 3,440 cases.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">"This infection is an old infection," Singh said.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">"It should have gone away, but it has come back with a vengeance."</div><div class="article_segment__aglub"><div class="embed_embed__gX4nW" role="figure" aria-label="Embed | Alberta reported about 1 in 4 of Canada's infectious syphilis cases in 2022"><div class="embed_embedTextBox__uJWse"><p class="embed_imageTitle__8UFmA">Embed | Alberta reported about 1 in 4 of Canada's infectious syphilis cases in 2022</p><p class="embed_caption__4hiVl"></p><a class="embed_externalEmbedLink__7nmwt" aria-label="Open full embed in new tab (external link)" href="https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/GfHqz/1/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Open Full Embed in New Tab <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="-125 -125 600 450" class="externallinkicon_fill__I8y_f" height="16" width="16"><title>(external link)</title><path d="M216 12.1v24c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h74L194.1 156c-2.3 2.3-3.6 5.3-3.6 8.5s1.3 6.2 3.6 8.5l16.9 16.9c2.3 2.3 5.3 3.6 8.5 3.6s6.3-1.3 8.5-3.6L335.9 82l.1 74c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h24c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12L228 .1c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12z"></path><path d="M288 192v132c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V108c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h132V48H12C5.4 48 0 53.4 0 60v312c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h312c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V192h-48z"></path></svg></a><span class="embed_externalEmbedDisclaimer__x4NGI">Loading external pages may require significantly more data usage.</span></div></div></div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Multiple factors are contributing to the outbreak, she said, including social determinants of health such as poverty and systemic racism in health care, dating apps that help arrange casual sexual encounters, and people having unprotected sex.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Singh's clinical trial, which ran from August 2020 to February 2022, used rapid tests from two manufacturers. The device made by Biolytical Laboratories received the green light from Health Canada.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub"><ul><li><a href="/lite/story/1.7123968">Canada almost wiped out syphilis. Now rates are skyrocketing — as more women, infants getting infected</a></li></ul><ul><li><a href="/lite/story/1.6461167">New rapid test for syphilis can give patients immediate access to treatment, Alberta doctors say</a></li></ul></div><div class="article_segment__aglub">The test checks blood droplets for antibodies of the infections with a finger stick — similar to a blood-sugar test for diabetics — and results appear within minutes, Singh said. They differ from most syphilis tests, which send blood samples to a lab and yield results within several days.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">The success of the trial led to rapid test use expanding in Alberta: 18 community sites and six acute-care hospital sites use them, she said.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">The grant from CIHR, a federal agency that funds health research, allows her to continue the work in the AHS Central Zone by collaborating with Maskwacis Health Centre to figure out non-traditional ways to offer testing. </div><div class="article_segment__aglub"><em class="article_segment__aglub"><strong class="article_segment__aglub">LISTEN | Cases of syphilis continue to rise: </strong></em><span class="article_segment__aglub"><div class="embed_embed__gX4nW" role="figure" aria-label="Media | Radio Active : Cases of syphilis continue to rise"><div class="embed_embedTextBox__uJWse"><p class="embed_imageTitle__8UFmA">Media | Radio Active : Cases of syphilis continue to rise</p><p class="embed_caption__4hiVl">Caption: \nWe hear how a rapid test here in Alberta might help slow it down from Ameeta Singh, a clinical professor with the division of infectious diseases at the University of Alberta.</p><a class="embed_externalEmbedLink__7nmwt" aria-label="Open full embed in new tab (external link)" href="https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.4218359" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Open Full Embed in New Tab <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="-125 -125 600 450" class="externallinkicon_fill__I8y_f" height="16" width="16"><title>(external link)</title><path d="M216 12.1v24c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h74L194.1 156c-2.3 2.3-3.6 5.3-3.6 8.5s1.3 6.2 3.6 8.5l16.9 16.9c2.3 2.3 5.3 3.6 8.5 3.6s6.3-1.3 8.5-3.6L335.9 82l.1 74c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h24c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12L228 .1c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12z"></path><path d="M288 192v132c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V108c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h132V48H12C5.4 48 0 53.4 0 60v312c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h312c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V192h-48z"></path></svg></a><span class="embed_externalEmbedDisclaimer__x4NGI">Loading external pages may require significantly more data usage.</span></div></div></span></div><div class="article_segment__aglub">"Instead of having people come into a health centre or hospital for testing, it would be nice if we could go out to them — perhaps using mobile vans or events — and offer this testing as part of a range or a group of other health interventions," Singh said.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">The Maskwacis Health Centre has already been doing point-of-care testing for over a year, which has allowed patients to start treatment and contact tracing sooner, said CEO Randy Littlechild.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">"They can actually start the treatment process right then and there," Littlechild said, noting that a blood sample is still sent to a lab to confirm the rapid test results.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub"><div class="embed_embed__gX4nW" role="figure" aria-label="Embed | Rate of infection greatest in northern, central Alberta"><div class="embed_embedTextBox__uJWse"><p class="embed_imageTitle__8UFmA">Embed | Rate of infection greatest in northern, central Alberta</p><p class="embed_caption__4hiVl"></p><a class="embed_externalEmbedLink__7nmwt" aria-label="Open full embed in new tab (external link)" href="https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/4YLP3/2/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Open Full Embed in New Tab <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="-125 -125 600 450" class="externallinkicon_fill__I8y_f" height="16" width="16"><title>(external link)</title><path d="M216 12.1v24c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h74L194.1 156c-2.3 2.3-3.6 5.3-3.6 8.5s1.3 6.2 3.6 8.5l16.9 16.9c2.3 2.3 5.3 3.6 8.5 3.6s6.3-1.3 8.5-3.6L335.9 82l.1 74c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h24c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12L228 .1c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12z"></path><path d="M288 192v132c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V108c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h132V48H12C5.4 48 0 53.4 0 60v312c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h312c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V192h-48z"></path></svg></a><span class="embed_externalEmbedDisclaimer__x4NGI">Loading external pages may require significantly more data usage.</span></div></div></div><div class="article_segment__aglub">"You could start the backward process of finding out who the [sexual] partner was… and, hopefully, in some of those cases, then you try to get those people to get tested as well and then they get treatment."</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Singh and her team are also partnering with an acute-care hospital in the AHS Central Zone to help provide testing to pregnant women, she said.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub">This is in response to health ministry reporting, she said, which flagged that many of the women giving birth to babies with congenital syphilis were examined in an acute-care centre, but weren't tested for the infection.</div></article><div 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(Getty Images)</p><button type="button" aria-label="Load image titled: Image | Greta Lee, Zendaya and Wisdom Kaye attend The 2024 Met Gala">Load Image</button></div></div><div class="article_segment__aglub">Often described as one of the biggest nights in fashion, the Met Gala is an annual fundraiser for The Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art that takes place — rather iconically — on the first Monday in May in New York City.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">This year's event celebrates the Costume Institute's upcoming exhibition, <a href="https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/sleeping-beauties-reawakening-fashion" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><em class="article_segment__aglub"><u class="article_segment__aglub">Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion</u></em><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="-125 -125 600 450" class="externallinkicon_fill__I8y_f" height="16" width="16"><title>(external link)</title><path d="M216 12.1v24c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h74L194.1 156c-2.3 2.3-3.6 5.3-3.6 8.5s1.3 6.2 3.6 8.5l16.9 16.9c2.3 2.3 5.3 3.6 8.5 3.6s6.3-1.3 8.5-3.6L335.9 82l.1 74c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h24c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12L228 .1c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12z"></path><path d="M288 192v132c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V108c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h132V48H12C5.4 48 0 53.4 0 60v312c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h312c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V192h-48z"></path></svg></a>.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">The exhibition, which features around 250 nature-themed garments and accessories, is an exploration of the fragility and ephemerality of fashion. It's <a href="https://www.vogue.com/article/met-gala-dress-code-2024" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><u class="article_segment__aglub">been described as</u><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="-125 -125 600 450" class="externallinkicon_fill__I8y_f" height="16" width="16"><title>(external link)</title><path d="M216 12.1v24c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h74L194.1 156c-2.3 2.3-3.6 5.3-3.6 8.5s1.3 6.2 3.6 8.5l16.9 16.9c2.3 2.3 5.3 3.6 8.5 3.6s6.3-1.3 8.5-3.6L335.9 82l.1 74c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h24c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12L228 .1c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12z"></path><path d="M288 192v132c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V108c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h132V48H12C5.4 48 0 53.4 0 60v312c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h312c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V192h-48z"></path></svg></a> a "celebration of clothing and fashion so fragile that it can't ever be worn again." </div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">The 2024 Met Gala is being co-chaired by Zendaya, Jennifer Lopez, Bad Bunny, Chris Hemsworth — and, of course, Vogue magazine editor Anna Wintour.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">The dress code is "The Garden of Time," a theme inspired by British author J.G. Ballard's 1962 short story of the same name.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr"><em class="article_segment__aglub"><strong class="article_segment__aglub">WATCH | The short story behind this year's Met Gala theme:</strong></em> <span class="article_segment__aglub"><div class="embed_embed__gX4nW" role="figure" aria-label="Media Video | CBC News : Met Gala 2024: What does ‘Garden of Time’ dress code mean?"><div class="embed_embedTextBox__uJWse"><p class="embed_imageTitle__8UFmA">Media Video | CBC News : Met Gala 2024: What does ‘Garden of Time’ dress code mean?</p><p class="embed_caption__4hiVl">Caption: The short story behind this year’s Met Gala dress code.</p><a class="embed_externalEmbedLink__7nmwt" aria-label="Open full embed in new tab (external link)" href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/met-gala-2024-what-does-garden-of-time-dress-code-mean-1.7196042" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Open Full Embed in New Tab <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="-125 -125 600 450" class="externallinkicon_fill__I8y_f" height="16" width="16"><title>(external link)</title><path d="M216 12.1v24c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h74L194.1 156c-2.3 2.3-3.6 5.3-3.6 8.5s1.3 6.2 3.6 8.5l16.9 16.9c2.3 2.3 5.3 3.6 8.5 3.6s6.3-1.3 8.5-3.6L335.9 82l.1 74c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h24c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12L228 .1c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12z"></path><path d="M288 192v132c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V108c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h132V48H12C5.4 48 0 53.4 0 60v312c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h312c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V192h-48z"></path></svg></a><span class="embed_externalEmbedDisclaimer__x4NGI">Loading external pages may require significantly more data usage.</span></div></div></span></div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Here's how celebrities like Cardi B, Ariana Grande and<strong class="article_segment__aglub"> </strong>Lana Del Rey interpreted the evening's theme on the green (!) carpet.</div><h2 class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Zendaya</h2><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr"><div class="embed_embed__gX4nW" role="figure" data-pw="imageEmbed"><div class="embed_embedTextBox__uJWse"><p class="embed_imageTitle__8UFmA">Image | Zendaya attends The 2024 Met Gala</p><p class="embed_caption__4hiVl">Caption: Zendaya, one of the Gala's co-chairs, wore Maison Margiela Artisanal by John Galliano. (John Shearer/WireImage/Getty Images)</p><button type="button" aria-label="Load image titled: Image | Zendaya attends The 2024 Met Gala">Load Image</button></div></div></div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">According to her stylist and close collaborator Law Roach, the <em class="article_segment__aglub">Challengers </em>star and Met Gala co-chair hadn't even seen her (first) dress for the evening until this past weekend. As usual, she looked amazing in a blue-and-green Maison Margiela Artisanal by John Galliano. The one-shoulder, mermaid-hem gown was paired with a dramatic headpiece and tulle veil detailing.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr"><div class="embed_embed__gX4nW" role="figure" data-pw="imageEmbed"><div class="embed_embedTextBox__uJWse"><p class="embed_imageTitle__8UFmA">Image | Zendaya attends the 2024 Met Gala</p><p class="embed_caption__4hiVl">Caption: Zendaya in her second look for the night. (Gotham/Getty Images)</p><button type="button" aria-label="Load image titled: Image | Zendaya attends the 2024 Met Gala">Load Image</button></div></div></div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Surprise: Toward the end of the red carpet arrivals, Zendaya made a <em class="article_segment__aglub">second</em> appearance, this time wearing a black vintage Givenchy dress from the '90s with a bouquet-like hat by Philip Treacy for Alexander McQueen.</div><h2 class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Emma Chamberlain</h2><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr"><span class="article_segment__aglub"><div class="embed_embed__gX4nW" role="figure" data-pw="imageEmbed"><div class="embed_embedTextBox__uJWse"><p class="embed_imageTitle__8UFmA">Image | Emma Chamberlain attends The 2024 Met Gala</p><p class="embed_caption__4hiVl">Caption: Emma Chamberlain in Jean Paul Gaultier. (Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images)</p><button type="button" aria-label="Load image titled: Image | Emma Chamberlain attends The 2024 Met Gala">Load Image</button></div></div></span></div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">The YouTuber and content creator reprised her role as <em class="article_segment__aglub">Vogue</em>'s special correspondent again this year, interviewing attendees at the gala. For her own red carpet arrival, Chamberlain made a gothic impression in a custom, lacy Jean Paul Gaultier corset dress that reportedly took four seamstresses around 600 hours to assemble. </div><h2 class="article_segment__aglub">Jennifer Lopez</h2><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr"><div class="embed_embed__gX4nW" role="figure" data-pw="imageEmbed"><div class="embed_embedTextBox__uJWse"><p class="embed_imageTitle__8UFmA">Image | Jennifer Lopez attends The 2024 Met Gala</p><p class="embed_caption__4hiVl">Caption: Co-chair Jennifer Lopez shone in Schiaparelli Haute Couture. (Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images)</p><button type="button" aria-label="Load image titled: Image | Jennifer Lopez attends The 2024 Met Gala">Load Image</button></div></div></div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">A co-chair for the evening, Lopez shone in a silver, strapless Schiaparelli Haute Couture dress. Designed by Daniel Roseberry, the very sheer, fitted gown reportedly took 2.5 million beads to make. Lopez styled the custom dress with nude accessories and a statement Tiffany & Co. necklace. </div><h2 class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Mindy Kaling</h2><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr"><div class="embed_embed__gX4nW" role="figure" data-pw="imageEmbed"><div class="embed_embedTextBox__uJWse"><p class="embed_imageTitle__8UFmA">Image | Mindy Kaling attends The 2024 Met Gala</p><p class="embed_caption__4hiVl">Caption: Mindy Kaling wore a sculptural beige dress by Indian designer Gaurav Gupta. (Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)</p><button type="button" aria-label="Load image titled: Image | Mindy Kaling attends The 2024 Met Gala">Load Image</button></div></div></div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">The Indian-American actor and producer chose a sculptural beige dress by Indian designer Gaurav Gupta. While it may not seem to fit the evening's dress code, at least at first glance, the dress does look great from all angles — and where else can one wear such a gorgeous and truly three-dimensional gown? </div><h2 class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Greta Lee</h2><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr"><div class="embed_embed__gX4nW" role="figure" data-pw="imageEmbed"><div class="embed_embedTextBox__uJWse"><p class="embed_imageTitle__8UFmA">Image | Greta Lee attends The 2024 Met Gala</p><p class="embed_caption__4hiVl">Caption: Greta Lee in Loewe, a Spanish fashion brand. (Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)</p><button type="button" aria-label="Load image titled: Image | Greta Lee attends The 2024 Met Gala">Load Image</button></div></div></div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Lee, who sported Loewe several times throughout this past awards season, went with the Spanish fashion brand again for the Met Gala. She paired her sheer white architectural gown with white slingback heels and a sleek wig hand-cut by hairstylist Jenny Cho that's sure to inspire many cuts this summer. </div><h2 class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Wisdom Kaye</h2><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr"><div class="embed_embed__gX4nW" role="figure" data-pw="imageEmbed"><div class="embed_embedTextBox__uJWse"><p class="embed_imageTitle__8UFmA">Image | Wisdom Kaye attends The 2024 Met Gala</p><p class="embed_caption__4hiVl">Caption: Wisdom Kaye, in a Robert Wun suit, was one of many attendees who wore flower details. (John Shearer/WireImage/Getty Images)</p><button type="button" aria-label="Load image titled: Image | Wisdom Kaye attends The 2024 Met Gala">Load Image</button></div></div></div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Unsurprisingly, there were many rose-inspired looks tonight, but model Wisdom Kaye's bold red outfit by London-based designer Robert Wun was particularly impactful. Plus, we love that he <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CTC68IvHH4p/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><u class="article_segment__aglub">literally manifested</u><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="-125 -125 600 450" class="externallinkicon_fill__I8y_f" height="16" width="16"><title>(external link)</title><path d="M216 12.1v24c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h74L194.1 156c-2.3 2.3-3.6 5.3-3.6 8.5s1.3 6.2 3.6 8.5l16.9 16.9c2.3 2.3 5.3 3.6 8.5 3.6s6.3-1.3 8.5-3.6L335.9 82l.1 74c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h24c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12L228 .1c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12z"></path><path d="M288 192v132c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V108c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h132V48H12C5.4 48 0 53.4 0 60v312c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h312c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V192h-48z"></path></svg></a> his Met Gala debut by posting looks on Instagram. </div><h2 class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Rebecca Hall</h2><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr"><div class="embed_embed__gX4nW" role="figure" data-pw="imageEmbed"><div class="embed_embedTextBox__uJWse"><p class="embed_imageTitle__8UFmA">Image | Rebecca Hall attends The 2024 Met Gala</p><p class="embed_caption__4hiVl">Caption: Rebecca Hall wore a Danielle Frankel gown and sheer floral gloves. (Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)</p><button type="button" aria-label="Load image titled: Image | Rebecca Hall attends The 2024 Met Gala">Load Image</button></div></div></div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Making her Met Gala debut, Hall wore a diaphanous floral dress with an extra-long train by designer Danielle Frankel. Her sheer floral gloves, which are very on-trend, virtually disappear into the beautiful flowers painted on her shoulders and arms. Finally, her slicked back hair provides some much-needed contrast, allowing the overall look to feel modern and not too saccharine. </div><h2 class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Morgan Spector</h2><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr"><div class="embed_embed__gX4nW" role="figure" data-pw="imageEmbed"><div class="embed_embedTextBox__uJWse"><p class="embed_imageTitle__8UFmA">Image | Morgan Spector attends The 2024 Met Gala</p><p class="embed_caption__4hiVl">Caption: Morgan Spector in a suit by designer Willy Chavarría. (John Shearer/WireImage/Getty Images)</p><button type="button" aria-label="Load image titled: Image | Morgan Spector attends The 2024 Met Gala">Load Image</button></div></div></div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">There were many men wearing oversized florals tonight. A highlight of this mini-trend was spotted on American actor Morgan Spector, who wore a bold red-and-black double-breasted suit by designer Willy Chavarría. The oversized poppies are stunning, and the fit is just right. </div><h2 class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Christian Cowan and Sam Smith</h2><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr"><div class="embed_embed__gX4nW" role="figure" data-pw="imageEmbed"><div class="embed_embedTextBox__uJWse"><p class="embed_imageTitle__8UFmA">Image | Christian Cowan and Sam Smith attend The 2024 Met Gala</p><p class="embed_caption__4hiVl">Caption: Christian Cowan, left, and Sam Smith wore tuxedos designed by Cowan. (Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue)</p><button type="button" aria-label="Load image titled: Image | Christian Cowan and Sam Smith attend The 2024 Met Gala">Load Image</button></div></div></div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">The stylish couple wore co-ordinating double-breasted tuxedos in cream and black that were designed by Cowan himself. The win here is in the attention to detail — the jacket closures are made with actual red roses that were dipped in gold and sterling silver. </div><h2 class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Demi Moore</h2><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr"><div class="embed_embed__gX4nW" role="figure" data-pw="imageEmbed"><div class="embed_embedTextBox__uJWse"><p class="embed_imageTitle__8UFmA">Image | Demi Moore attends The 2024 Met Gala</p><p class="embed_caption__4hiVl">Caption: Demi Moore wore a floral dress by Harris Reed with a detachable spiked cape. (Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images)</p><button type="button" aria-label="Load image titled: Image | Demi Moore attends The 2024 Met Gala">Load Image</button></div></div></div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Moore's pink-and-black strapless dress was made in part with wallpaper, according to designer Harris Reed. Sculpted hips elevate the look, and we're glad to see that the spiky, cape-like part comes off with ease. After all, there's a whole gala dinner for Moore to sit through following the red carpet! </div><h2 class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Ariana Grande</h2><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr"><div class="embed_embed__gX4nW" role="figure" data-pw="imageEmbed"><div class="embed_embedTextBox__uJWse"><p class="embed_imageTitle__8UFmA">Image | Ariana Grande attends The 2024 Met Gala</p><p class="embed_caption__4hiVl">Caption: Ariana Grande's makeup included 'custom petal wing appliqués' to go with her gown by Loewe's Jonathan Anderson. (Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)</p><button type="button" aria-label="Load image titled: Image | Ariana Grande attends The 2024 Met Gala">Load Image</button></div></div></div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Grande wore a strapless dress with a shimmery, mother-of-pearl bodice by Loewe's Jonathan Anderson and noted that pearl is her birthstone. Her <em class="article_segment__aglub">Wicked</em>-inspired beauty look is great, too — it includes what makeup artist Michael Anthony describes as "custom petal wing appliqués," and a minimalist long ponytail.</div><h2 class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Lana Del Rey</h2><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr"><div class="embed_embed__gX4nW" role="figure" data-pw="imageEmbed"><div class="embed_embedTextBox__uJWse"><p class="embed_imageTitle__8UFmA">Image | Lana Del Rey attends The 2024 Met Gala</p><p class="embed_caption__4hiVl">Caption: Lana Del Rey in a mother nature-inspired gown by designer Seán McGirr at Alexander McQueen. (Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue)</p><button type="button" aria-label="Load image titled: Image | Lana Del Rey attends The 2024 Met Gala">Load Image</button></div></div></div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Talk about a grand entrance. Del Rey posed on the arrivals carpet wearing literal<em class="article_segment__aglub"> </em>branches draped with tulle. The theatrical ensemble by designer Seán McGirr at Alexander McQueen was inspired by mother nature and pays direct tribute to an archival McQueen look from 2006. </div><h2 class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">FKA Twigs</h2><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr"><div class="embed_embed__gX4nW" role="figure" data-pw="imageEmbed"><div class="embed_embedTextBox__uJWse"><p class="embed_imageTitle__8UFmA">Image | FKA twigs attends The 2024 Met Gala</p><p class="embed_caption__4hiVl">Caption: FKA Twigs in Stella McCartney. (John Shearer/WireImage/Getty Images)</p><button type="button" aria-label="Load image titled: Image | FKA twigs attends The 2024 Met Gala">Load Image</button></div></div></div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">The British singer-songwriter wore Stella McCartney lab-grown diamonds and a fashion look inspired by the loop knits and sequined separates in the designer's Fall/Winter 2024 runway collection. It's not really on-theme, but it certainly stands out, thanks to plenty of shine — Twigs rocked sparkles all over her head, face and legs.</div><h2 class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Naomi Watts</h2><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr"><span class="article_segment__aglub"><div class="embed_embed__gX4nW" role="figure" data-pw="imageEmbed"><div class="embed_embedTextBox__uJWse"><p class="embed_imageTitle__8UFmA">Image | Naomi Watts attends The 2024 Met Gala</p><p class="embed_caption__4hiVl">Caption: Naomi Watts stuns in a black gown by Balenciaga. (Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue)</p><button type="button" aria-label="Load image titled: Image | Naomi Watts attends The 2024 Met Gala">Load Image</button></div></div></span></div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">In a sea of colourful lace and florals, Watts stood out in a high-contrast look featuring a beaded black gown, puffy cape and white gloves. Oh, and apparently, Watts dished that her Balenciaga gown was made from "an old tablecloth that was bought on eBay for €20" and repurposed for fashion's biggest night.</div><h2 class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Cardi B</h2><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr"><div class="embed_embed__gX4nW" role="figure" data-pw="imageEmbed"><div class="embed_embedTextBox__uJWse"><p class="embed_imageTitle__8UFmA">Image | Cardi B attends The 2024 Met Gala</p><p class="embed_caption__4hiVl">Caption: Rapper Cardi B in a black turban and tulle gown by Windowsen. (John Shearer/WireImage/Getty Images)</p><button type="button" aria-label="Load image titled: Image | Cardi B attends The 2024 Met Gala">Load Image</button></div></div></div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">One of the final arrivals of the evening, Cardi B did not disappoint. The American rapper wore a huge black tulle dress by by Windowsen that required a small crew to move along the carpet. She also wore dark green nails to match the oversized necklace, earrings and more from Kamyen Jewellery.</div><b>Corrections:</b><ul><li><span>A previous version of this story cited Giambattista Valli Paris as the designer of Cardi B’s dress. 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(Ryan Remiorz/Canadian Press)</p><button type="button" aria-label="Load image titled: Image | Boating Blockchain 20181025">Load Image</button></div></div><div class="article_segment__aglub">The risk assessments border officers have used for years to decide whether vessels entering Canadian waters should be searched have been based on outdated and inaccurate data, increasing the risk of high-risk goods and inadmissible people slipping into the country, a recently released audit says.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">"Due to system limitations, the [Canada Border Services Agency] may not have a complete record of all individuals entering the country via marine ports," says the audit, <a href="https://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/cnt/rsrcs/pblctns/index-en.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">posted online last week.<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="-125 -125 600 450" class="externallinkicon_fill__I8y_f" height="16" width="16"><title>(external link)</title><path d="M216 12.1v24c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h74L194.1 156c-2.3 2.3-3.6 5.3-3.6 8.5s1.3 6.2 3.6 8.5l16.9 16.9c2.3 2.3 5.3 3.6 8.5 3.6s6.3-1.3 8.5-3.6L335.9 82l.1 74c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h24c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12L228 .1c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12z"></path><path d="M288 192v132c0 6.6-5.4 12-12 12H60c-6.6 0-12-5.4-12-12V108c0-6.6 5.4-12 12-12h132V48H12C5.4 48 0 53.4 0 60v312c0 6.6 5.4 12 12 12h312c6.6 0 12-5.4 12-12V192h-48z"></path></svg></a></div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">The review examined how the CBSA's national targeting centre identified people and goods bound for Canada that might have posed a threat between April 1, 2020 and March 31, 2022.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">According to the audit, the national targeting centre relies on risk assessments to determine if vessels that could be used for illegal activities, such as smuggling or illegal migration, need to be flagged for examination.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr"><ul><li><a href="/lite/story/1.7108145">Most border agency criminal investigators lack basic training, audit says</a></li></ul><ul><li><a href="/lite/story/1.6252283">Canada halts import of goods linked to forced labour from China, Malaysia</a></li></ul></div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Daniel Anson, the director general of CBSA's intelligence and investigations directorate, said high-risk cargo could include precursor chemicals used to make synthetic opioids and other illicit drugs.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">"Precursor chemicals are obviously top of mind, given the sad and tragic death rates that we're seeing," he said in an interview.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Border officers posted to Canada's ports are also on the lookout for potential Canadian Food Inspection Agency violations, like parasitic barnacles underneath a ship, he said.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">The targeting centre is also meant to use its risk-assessment training to determine if crew members are admissible. </div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Anson said sometimes crew members lack documentation or try to use fraudulent documents. Sometimes they're inadmissible because they're from countries under sanctions and in rare cases, he said, a crew member poses a national security concern.</div><h2 class="article_segment__aglub">CBSA may fail to identify inadmissible goods: audit</h2><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">But according to the audit, the indicators and intelligence officers relied on between April 1, 2020 and March 31, 2022 to decide whether cargo and crew needed to be searched was outdated. Referrals were also hampered by "the prohibitive cost of examinations," says the audit.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">"The CBSA's marine mode targeting methodology and processes rely on legacy systems and outdated procedures to risk-assess cargo, vessels and crew," said the audit.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">"This results in sustained operational inefficiencies, performance results that fail to meet target rates, and ultimately places the agency at increased risk of allowing inadmissible people and goods into Canada."</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr"><div class="embed_embed__gX4nW" role="figure" data-pw="imageEmbed"><div class="embed_embedTextBox__uJWse"><p class="embed_imageTitle__8UFmA">Image | NS Cocaine Bust 20170908</p><p class="embed_caption__4hiVl">Caption: Canada Border Services Agency officers remove waterlogged material from the sailboat Quesera at East River Marine in Hubbards, N.S., on Friday, Sept. 8, 2017. Approximately 273 kilograms of suspected cocaine were found on the vessel and two men were arrested. (Andrew Vaughan/Canadian Press)</p><button type="button" aria-label="Load image titled: Image | NS Cocaine Bust 20170908">Load Image</button></div></div></div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">The audit warns that "high-risk shipments may be authorized to move, while lower-risk shipments may be referred for examination."</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">"As a result, the CBSA may fail to identify inadmissible commercial goods," it said.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">The audit said data from cargo shipping companies on crew members is not received in a consistent format and must be manually entered, "which increases the risk that the agency may not identify high-risk individuals and vessels."</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">The audit also looked at how CBSA intelligence, in addition to information gathered by domestic and foreign enforcement partners, is used to target suspect cargo and crew at ports.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Targeting officers told auditors they were concerned about intelligence arriving too late to be applicable, and about a lack of intelligence "on higher-level trends and threats."</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">The audit concludes that CBSA management is "aware of the challenges that exist."</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">"However, the audit has found little evidence demonstrating that coordinated leadership and prioritized actions have been taken to address and resolve them," it said.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">The audit makes four main recommendations. It says marine and cargo targeting practices should focus on the highest risk shipments and the CBSA should establish a process to update targeting risk indicators more regularly.</div><h2 class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">CBSA says it's modernizing its systems post-audit </h2><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Anson said the audit made it clear what the CBSA needs to do.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">"The audit is diligent in saying, 'You're not perfect,'" he said. "And we're focusing, we accept those and we're trying to prioritize modernization of our systems."</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr"><ul><li><a href="/lite/story/1.7111043">Total cost of ArriveCan 'impossible to determine' due to poor record-keeping, AG report finds</a></li></ul><ul><li><a href="/lite/story/1.6252283">Canada halts import of goods linked to forced labour from China, Malaysia</a></li></ul></div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Anson said the CBSA is looking into adding more data analytics and training.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">"People will always work to exploit gaps," he said.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">Rick Savage, First National vice-president for the Customs and Immigration Union, said over the years regional expertise has sometimes been overlooked by national headquarters. </div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">He was glad to see the audit recommend better integration of intelligence acquired by CBSA officers in the regions.</div><div class="article_segment__aglub" dir="ltr">"They know the area. 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