Canada’s most iconic Zionist charity has days to disband
The Jewish National Fund of Canada had its bid to overturn the Canada Revenue Agency’s revocation of its charitable status dismissed by the Federal Court of Canada. The decision bolsters the CRA’s authority to revoke other Israel focused charities violating Canada’s Income Tax Act.
Stripped of context, visiting soccer fans getting drunk and causing havoc ahead of a big continental match in Europe would be so routine as to be almost unworthy of mention. But the hooligans in this instance were supporters of the Israeli soccer club Maccabi Tel Aviv, and the residents of Amsterdam weren't keen to their disruptive behavior, which meant that outlets like the New York Times and politicians like Joe Biden trained their focus on what happened and characterized it with their warped clarity.
One of the lawyers in this case is Dimitri Lascaris, a securities lawyer who ran for leadership of the Canadian Green Party in 2020.
Nov. 6, 2024
In Ottawa, the Coalition for Canadian Accountability in Gaza discusses a recent court filing against Justice Minister Arif Virani. This action, led by the Legal Centre for Palestine and others, seeks to hold the Canadian government account for allegedly failing to uphold its international legal obligations as they relate to the ongoing violence in Gaza.
Canada committed to ending thermal coal exports by 2030, but a massive mine expansion proposed in Alberta’s Rocky Mountains will keep exports trending in the wrong direction.
“Exports of Canadian mined thermal coal have more than tripled and overall thermal coal exports through Canada have almost doubled since 2015,” reads a letter sent to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Oct. 22. It was signed by 36 organizations, including Environmental Defence, Ecojustice and Greenpeace Canada.
The number of dead and missing in massive flooding and landslides wrought by tropical storm Trami in the Philippines has reached nearly 130, and the president said Saturday that many areas remained isolated with people in need of rescue.
Climate Scientists and Environmental Groups Alarmed Over New UN Climate Report
Experts say the report confirms that nations’ efforts to cut emissions have been grossly insufficient to date.
The world’s nations must commit to dramatically slashing greenhouse gas emissions in the near future or risk a “catastrophic” rise in global average temperatures, a key United Nations climate report published Thursday warned.
