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Poilievre is Canadian’s top pick - polls show Muslim group led by Canadian condemns Hamas & bans members from rallies An international Muslim group with a Canadian as its current president has issued a full-throated condemnation of Hamas’ Oct. 7 attacks against Israel, and barred members from attending the myriad of pro-Hamas rallies breaking out in cities across the West. In addition to condemning Hamas’s “genocidal antisemitism and annihilationist ideology,” the statement “condemns the extremist and violent rhetoric displayed at rallies taking place in Europe, Canada, USA, Continued on page 6
Canada’s average rent rates spike to 9-month high
Pierre Poilievre is the first Conservative Leader since Stephen Harper to be Canada’s preferred candidate for Prime Minister, according to a new poll. According to the latest Nanos Research survey, Poilievre is polling at 32.9 per cent, well ahead of his main rival, Prime Minister
Justin Trudeau, who polled at 23.3 per cent. “Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre continues to track positively opening up a significant advantage over Trudeau and hitting a level not since Conservative Stephen Harper was PM,” Nik Nanos said .
BC introduces law forcing Surrey to move ahead with policing transition British Columbia Solicitor General Mike Farnworth has introduced legislation that will require the City of Surrey to provide policing with a municipal force in the latest jurisdictional salvo over the RCMP and the Surrey Police Service. The update in the Police Act also gives the province the authority to cancel the RCMP contract it has with Surrey, B.C.’s second most populous city behind Vancouver. Farnworth introduced the Police Amendment Act Monday in the legislature, where he said the change would provide Surrey residents with “clarity and finality” on the future of the city’s police services. “What I want to ensure is that this transition moves forward,” Farnworth said after introducing the changes.
South Asian teacher who killed his pregnant wife in 2006 granted full parole The Parole Board of Canada has granted full parole to Mukhtiar Singh Panghali, a former B.C. high school teacher who strangled his pregnant wife and burned her body in 2006. Panghali was initially sentenced to life in prison in 2011, without the possibility of parole for 15 years, for the killing of his wife Manjit at their Surrey, B.C., home. Manjit was initially reported
missing by her husband while she was four months pregnant in October 2006. Five days later, police found her badly-burned body on a beach near Roberts Bank in Delta, B.C. Mukhtiar was first arrested for the crime in 2007, and lost an appeal regarding his life sentence for seconddegree murder in 2012. He was granted day parole last year, and allowed unescorted temporary Continued on page 3
Jagmeet Singh survives leadership review, but support from party declining Yes, your rent is expensive in Canada. The nation’s monthly rental pricing is increasing, according to a new report from Rentals.ca. Asking rents across the country continued to hit new highs in September, increasing by 1.5% from August and 11.1% from a year ago. Continued on page 7
Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh has survived his leadership review, but support from his party is declining. During the second day of the NDP convention in Ottawa, 81 per
cent of delegates voted in favour of Singh following his keynote speech. It’s the lowest confidence vote for an NDP leader since Tom Mulclair, who was
rejected by more than half of delegates at the party’s 2016 convention in Edmonton. In 2021, Singh received support from 87 per cent of delegates and in 2018 he received nearly 91 per cent support.
Loan disbursement for Indian students to study in Canada increased by 500% past three years The demand among Indian students to study in Canada has increased over the past three years, with 40% of all international students in Canada hailing from India, a
report from CareEdge Ratings has said. According to the report, it is expected that political tensions between the two
countries “will be resolved” as Indian students contribute Canadian Dollars 10 billion annually to the country’s economy.