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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau returned to power in the polls but failed to win a majority
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau returned to power in the polls but failed to win a majority
Article content The incident in question, captured on video and spread widely online, underscored what appeared to be mounting tensions within the Indo-Canadian community stemming from unrest in India. A group of mostly Hindu supporters of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a car rally through the Toronto-area city of Brampton on Feb. 28. It was met by Sikh-Canadian counter-demonstrators and came to a halt when Dhaliwal “parked his car on the roadway and got out of his vehicle and began antagonizing the rally participants,” Crown prosecutor Nazampal Jaswal told court Wednesday. “M...
Members of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development speak with reporters about the findings from their interim report [...]
Article content A counter-protester can be seen on video shoving a rally participant who had exited his vehicle, sending him toppling backward onto the pavement. Jodhveer Dhaliwal, 30, of Caledon, Ont., was charged with assault causing bodily harm, Peel Regional Police said in a news release. Another man, Jaskaran Singh, 27 of Toronto, was charged earlier with assault related to an encounter with a 40-year-old female participant in the same rally. Dhaliwal is married to the sister of New Democratic Party Leader Jagmeet Singh’s wife. He is also related to Liberal MP Ruby Sahota, who represen...
A cross-partisan effort by MPs to be united in a call for the Liberal government to increase foreign aid spending on the humanitarian crisis created by the global pandemic devolved quickly into partisan bickering Thursday.