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Jun 19 2025

The Roundup: Singh's life. CSIS warning. Communist FOB.

THU JUN 19 2024
David Akin's Roundup
Singh's life. CSIS warning. Communist FOB.
Canada
Armed guards, no biking and exit strategies: Jagmeet Singh’s life under RCMP protection
The Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) said Wednesday countries, including India, "leverage" criminal gangs to allegedly conduct "threat activity" on Canadians soil. [Global]
Foreign regimes are hiring underworld syndicates to carry out for 'transnational repression,' Canada's intelligence service said in its annual report to Parliament. [Global]

Sikh organizations call for transparency from Mr. Carney, while experts say he made the right decision for diplomatic relations. [Globe and Mail]

The two Prairie premiers were speaking at a press conference in Lloydminister, Sask., after a joint caucus meeting. Moe praised Wall for building inroads to India and other emerging markets during his tenure as Saskatchewan’s premier, between 2007 and 2018. [National Post]

Carney's office had said members wanted 'strong language' supporting Ukraine and the Americans balked, but the PMO later said that wasn't so. [National Post]
Jody Wilson-Raybould says First Nations must draw a 'line in the sand' to get Ottawa to back away from passing project legislation. [APTN]
Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux has requested details about the massive funding increase but has so far received little data [Ottawa Citizen]

Canada's population saw a small increase in the first quarter of 2025, with Statistics Canada calling it the smallest quarterly growth since 2020. [Global]
The NDP interim leader notes two things here: First: His caucus, small as it is, has endorsed his interim leadership. Second: The tiny NDP caucus has endorsed some aspects of Michael Chong's Reform Act -- a first for any NDP caucus - DA
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The Provinces
Former MP, RCMP, CSIS agents call for inquiry into PEI Buddhist groups
Former solicitor general Wayne Easter, along with a former RCMP officer and a former CSIS investigator, all say a public inquiry should look into the landholdings and foreign ties of several Buddhist groups established in P.E.I. Speaking before a crowd of about 240 people at the Charlottetown launch of a new book, “Canada Under Siege: How P.E.I. Became a Forward Operating Base for the Chinese Communist Party,” Easter said via Zoom, the two main Taiwanese Buddhist groups in P.E.I., known as GEBIS and GWBI, have been a source of controversy for years. [The Guardian]

During a question-and-answer session with reporters following a major transit announcement in Toronto, June 17, Ford mentioned he’ll be consulting with 40 chiefs this week on how to collectively advance the new law that creates special economic zones designed to fast-track natural resource projects into production. [SNNewsWatch.com]
Alberta's finance ministry provided the results to Postmedia this week after a 21-month wait and the involvement of the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner. [Edmonton Journal]
The auto board has been mired in a scandal for nearly two years over the botched rollout of its new online platform which cost $500 million more than expected. [Global]

A new study suggests Newfoundland and Labrador's tax on sugar-sweetened drinks may have dissuaded people from buying and drinking the beverages. [Global]

Yukon Liberals will pick the party's next leader at a convention in Whitehorse to replaced outgoing premier Ranj Pillai, who announced in May that he would be stepping aside once a successor is chosen. An election must be held on or before Nov. 3 in the territory that has been governed by the Liberals since 2016. [CP]
Aurora
Elsewhere
Israel vows retribution after Iranian missile hits hospital
Officials said they were still assessing "extensive damage" at a major hospital in southern Israel after it was struck by an Iranian missile early Thursday. [NPR]

Uncertainty caused by policy shifts and arrests is taking a toll on America’s workplaces, making many immigrants – with and without legal status – hesitant to go to work. [Christian Science Monitor]
Science and Technology
Honda’s hopper suddenly makes the Japanese carmaker a serious player in rocketry
Honda's hopper is the first prototype rocket outside of the United States and China to complete a flight of this kind, demonstrating vertical takeoff and vertical landing technology that could underpin development of a reusable launch vehicle. [Ars Technica]
The Calendar
  • 0630 : Ottawa - Secretary of State (Sport) Adam van Koeverden and LPC MP Eric St-Pierre participate in the Maple Leaf Run.
  • 930 : Montreal - FEDDEV Min Evan Solomon speaks to members of the quantum community.
  • 930 : 135B West Block -  The Canadian Steel Producers Association and the United Steel Workers speak to reporters.
  • 1030 : 025B West Block - Public Accounts (PACP) | Meeting No. 2: 2025 Reports 1 to 4 of the Auditor General of Canada and 2025 Reports 1 to 4 of the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development
  • 1100 : 425 Wellington - Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics (ETHI) | Meeting No. 1: Election of Chair
  • 1100 : 035-B West Block - Government Operations and Estimates (OGGO ) | Meeting No. 1: Election of Chair
  • 1100 : 430 Wellington - Natural Resources (RNNR) | Meeting No. 1: Election of Chair
  • 1100 : 410 Wellington - Public Safety and National Security (SECU) | Meeting No. 1: Election of Chair
  • 1100 : West Block - PM Carney meets with his cabinet.
  • 1515 : West Block - PM Carney meets with with the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Deputy Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates, His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan
Issued this day ...
… in 2014. Sc 2755. Ottawa Redblacks: Russ Jackson. Design: Filip Mroz, David Rosenberg | Bensimon Byrne.
Issued to mark the return of professional football to the national capital. The RedBlacks succeeded the old Ottawa Rough Ridders and this stamps features Russ Jackson, who during my lifetime at least, was the best and best-known Ottawa Rough Rider quarterback. He spent his whole 12-year career with the Black Riders. (Yes, Virginia, the CFL once had two teams with the same name: The Rough Riders were the “Eastern Riders” and the Roughriders were (and still are) the Green Riders) He’s also the best Canadian-born quarterback to play in the CFL, if you ask me. He helmed the Rough Riders to three Grey Cups. 

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