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Toronto Sun
25-06-2025
- Politics
- Toronto Sun
Another group adds to call for Canada to take Iranian threat seriously
Open letter expresses concern over increasing efforts by Iran's regime to destabilize both the Middle East and Canada Prime Minister Mark Carney (R) and his wife Diana Fox Carney arrive for a social dinner at the 'Huis ten Bosch' Royal Palace during a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Heads of State and Government summit in The Hague, on June 24, 2025. (Photo by JOHN THYS/AFP via Getty Images) OTTAWA — Another group has added its voice to calls for the Canadian government to take seriously the threat posed by the Iranian regime. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account In an open letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney from the non-partisan Allies for a Strong Canada, the group expresses its concern over increasing efforts by Iran's theocratic regime to destabilize both the Middle East and the greater world — specifically here in Canada. 'Canada needs to do a better job, both in terms of the things we say out loud and the actions that we take,' Allies CEO Michael Westcott told the Toronto Sun. 'We know that the Ayatollah and his regime have taken action in Canada — we know they threatened the life of (former Justice minister) Irwin Cotler, they were responsible for the downing of the Ukraine Airlines flight with 55 Canadians on it, it's long-been suspected they're indirectly involved through a proxy in things like campus protests, and obviously the global network of terrorists they support, whether it's the Houthis or Hezbollah or Hamas as well as some of the actors on the ground in places like Syria right now.' Your noon-hour look at what's happening in Toronto and beyond. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Please try again This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. The letter's message, Westcott said, is simple. 'The Iranian regime is a threat to global stability, and it's also a threat to Canada,' he said. As Iran creeps closer to becoming a nuclear state, Israel continued its long-running efforts to squelch that threat with a series of strikes against Iranian nuclear sites this week — aided by strikes last weekend by the U.S. Air Force that crippled Iran's uranium enrichment efforts. Read More The letter lists five asks of Carney: Publicly supporting Israel's right to self-defence, strengthening Canada's sanctions against the Iranian regime to control their dangerous nuclear ambitions, enhancing security measures to counter Iranian agents operating on Canadian soil, lead international efforts to hold the Iranian government accountable for its human rights abuses, and ensuring fleeting members of the Iranian terror state don't find safe refuge in Canada. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. High-profile Canadians have lent their names to the letter — including former PM Stephen Harper, former MP Kevin Vuong, Toronto Councillor Brad Bradford, former federal cabinet ministers Rona Ambrose, Tony Clement and John Baird, former B.C. premier Gordon Campbell, and a host of business, academic and political leaders. Whether it's far-left, anti-Israel activists cosplaying as terrorists on city streets, agitators adoringly holding photos of Ayatollah Khamenei, or Iranian agents working behind-the-scenes right here in Canada, Westcott said action needs to be taken. 'The first and most severe victims of the Ayatollah and his regime are the Iranian people, who since 1979 have been subject to some of the worst, most degrading and most violent human rights abuses anywhere in the world,' he said. 'There needs to be consequences for that.' Anybody wishing to read the letter, or add their name to it, can visit the Allies for a Strong Canada website. bpassifiume@ X: @bryanpassifiume Toronto Blue Jays Relationships Sunshine Girls Canada Toronto Maple Leafs
CTV News
23-06-2025
- Business
- CTV News
Prime Minister Carney in Brussels today for EU-Canada summit
Prime Minister Mark Carney and wife Diana Fox Carney arrive in Brussels, Belgium on Sunday, June 22, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick BRUSSELS — Prime Minister Mark Carney is in Belgium today, where he visited a military cemetery before meeting with European Union leaders at an EU-Canada summit. Carney said on social media Sunday that he was in Brussels to launch 'a new era of partnership' between Canada and the European Union for the benefit of workers, businesses and security 'on both sides of the Atlantic.' Carney started the day with a visit to the Antwerp Schoonselhof Military Cemetery where 348 Canadian soldiers are buried. Carney toured the cemetery alongside his wife, Diana Fox Carney, and Belgian prime minister Bart De Wever. Carney also took part in a wreath-laying ceremony. Foreign affairs minister Anita Anand, national defence minister David McGuinty and Special Envoy to the European Union and Europe Stéphane Dion were also at the event. Later, he is expected to meet with De Wever, European Council President António Costa and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. Carney posted on social media early on Monday that he spoke with U.S. President Donald Trump overnight, noting the conversation addressed the need to de-escalate the conflict in the Middle East, their shared commitment of a stronger NATO and progress in ongoing trade talks between Canada and the United States. At the EU-Canada summit, Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand and Defence Minister David McGuinty are expected to sign a security and defence agreement with the European bloc in what one European official described last week as one of the most ambitious deals the continent's powers have ever signed with a third country. The security and defence agreement aims to open the door to Canada's participation in the joint purchase of weapons with European countries. It will also lead to Canada's participation in the ReArm Europe initiative, allowing Canada to access a 150-billion-euro program for defence procurement, called Security Action for Europe. Canada will need to sign a second agreement with the European Commission before it can take part in the program. A government official briefing reporters on the trip said the partnership is expected to make procurement easier and more affordable, while also allowing Canada to diversify the sources of equipment. At the EU-Canada summit, leaders are also expected to issue a joint statement to underscore a willingness for continued pressure on Russia to end its war on Ukraine, including through further sanctions, and call for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza. The joint statement is also expected to touch on climate change, trade and digital and tech policy. Speaking to reporters Monday, De Wever said Canada's partnership with the EU is important because 'we've woken up in a world that doesn't look that friendly anymore.' 'We're living in a world where we have an imperialist power in the east who uses military force, we have a peculiar figure in the White House who is choosing the road of protectionism and even isolationism, so those who like a rules-based world, a multilateral world, should find each other's company now,' the Belgian prime minister said. De Wever said countries will need to spend more on defense and should do so wisely by developing their industrial defense base together. 'Those countries who still like multilateralism are the countries that have to look up each other's company and make good agreements,' he said. Leaders at the EU-Canada summit are also slated to discuss global trade and commit to working toward full ratification and implementation of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, the Canada-Europe free trade deal known as CETA. The pact took effect provisionally in 2017, and most of its contents now apply. But all EU countries need to approve CETA before it can take full effect, with 10 members still left to ratify the deal. Carney, Costa and von der Leyen are scheduled to hold a joint press conference in the evening. On Tuesday, Carney travels to The Hague for the NATO summit. The international meetings come as Canada looks to reduce its defence procurement reliance on the United States due to strained relations over tariffs and U.S. President Donald Trump's repeated talk about Canada becoming a U.S. state. This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 23, 2025. Catherine Morrison, The Canadian Press
Toronto Star
21-06-2025
- Business
- Toronto Star
Canada-Europe security and defence pact to be signed Monday in Brussels
KANANASKIS, ALBERTA - JUNE 16: (L-R) Heiko von der Leyen, Diana Fox Carney, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney pose for a photo at the official welcome ceremony during the G7 Leaders' Summit on June 16, 2025 in Kananaskis, Alberta. Canada is hosting this year's meeting of the world's seven largest economies. (Photo by) Chip Somodevilla Getty Images flag wire: true flag sponsored: false article_type: : sWebsitePrimaryPublication : publications/toronto_star bHasMigratedAvatar : false :
Yahoo
09-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Diana Carney biography likely written by AI sparks conspiracy claims
"How did they know that she would be the first Lady of Canada at the beginning of April??" asks a May 3, 2025 X post. The post includes an apparent screenshot of a product page for a book about Diana Fox Carney on the commerce website Amazon. "Notice she is called First Lady of Canada. How the hell 26 days before the election, obviously the fix was in," text reshared in a similar May 5 Facebook post said. Different users across X, Instagram and TikTok shared images of the same supposed biography with claims that its April 2 publication date, three weeks after Mark Carney took office on March 14, was evidence the couple had prior knowledge he would win his bid to become prime minister. Both husband and wife have been targets of misinformation claims since Mark Carney entered the race to lead the ruling Liberals following the resignation of former prime minister Justin Trudeau in January. After winning the leadership contest and taking office as head of government, Mark Carney called a snap election for April 28 which precipitated multiple claims of fraud despite all parties accepting the results which show the Liberal Party winning the most seats and no evidence of widespread issues impacting the vote (archived here). With some alleging the Diana Fox Carney book shows "the globalist narrative playbook in action," the recent claims appear to build off conspiracy theories which point to Mark Carney's ties (archived here) to the World Economic Forum as evidence the couple is connected to a supposed circle of nefarious elites. However, the text, which is no longer available on Amazon, has a very high likelihood of being generated by artificial intelligence, experts say. The Ontario-based AI-detection firm, shared its analysis of excerpts from the book and its summary with AFP. All of the samples scored 100 percent on the scale the company uses to quantify confidence that content is AI-generated (archived here, here and here). "This incident is a perfect example of how quickly generative tools can fabricate convincing‑looking 'biographies' around public figures," said Jon Gillham, the CEO and founder of in an email May 6. Furthermore, samples of the book do not indicate any participation by Diana Fox Carney in its publication. Some posts claim Diana Fox Carney was attempting to grab titles that do not exist by styling herself as the "First Lady of Canada" in the biography's title. The role of the Canadian head of government's spouse is less formalized than in countries such as the United States, with Trudeau's ex-wife, Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, previously referred to as the "unofficial first lady of Canada" (archived here). Gillham said that such a misnomer was further proof the text was invented by artificial intelligence, which can generate inaccuracies in its answers to a prompt. Jane Friedman, a writer covering the publishing industry (archived here), said another clue was the sheer number of books the biography's author, "Victor C. Hopkins," shared in such a short time period. Currently, the author page lists 14 texts about different political figures, all published since the beginning of April (archived here). "It's laughable," Friedman said. AFP was not able to locate a website or contact a page for "Victor C. Hopkins" to find more information about the supposed writer. The Diana Fox Carney biography does not appear to be a unique case, with Friedman saying there are "vast numbers of such books published every day." "It was absolutely dropped onto Amazon to capitalize off current interest in the PM and news headlines," she said. During Canada's federal election campaign, Bloomberg covered a deluge of "strange" AI-generated books on Canadian politics flooding Amazon. Additional social media posts shared conspiratorial claims about the Carneys featuring books with different titles and author names, such as "Victor P. Johnston." Friedman said it falls to Amazon to act as AI-generated content spreads on its platform. Amazon spokesman Tim Gillman told AFP in a May 7 email content guidelines exist "governing which books can be listed for sale, and we have proactive and reactive methods that help us detect content that violates our guidelines, whether AI-generated or not." Kindle Direct Publishing, Amazon's e-book platform, requires authors verify their identity (archived here). Publishers must also disclose when content is AI-generated but this information is not currently available to customers (archived here). Keyword searches reveal several other Diana Fox Carney biographies with similar titles were also removed from Amazon (archived here and here), but at least one is still available at the time of publication (archived here). Read more of AFP's reporting on misinformation in Canada here.
AFP
09-05-2025
- Business
- AFP
Diana Carney biography likely written by AI sparks conspiracy claims
"How did they know that she would be the first Lady of Canada at the beginning of April??" asks a May 3, 2025 X post. includes an apparent screenshot of a product page for a book about Diana Fox Carney on the commerce website Amazon. is called First Lady of Canada. How the hell 26 days before the election, obviously the fix was in," text reshared in a similar May 5 Facebook post said. Image Screenshot of an X post taken May 8, 2025 Image Screenshot of a Facebook post taken May 9, 2025 Different users across X, Instagram and TikTok shared images of the same supposed biography with claims that its April 2 publication date, three weeks after Mark Carney took office on March 14, was evidence the couple had prior knowledge he would win his bid to become prime minister. Both husband and wife have been targets of misinformation claims since Mark Carney entered the race to lead the ruling Liberals following the resignation of former prime minister Justin Trudeau in January. After winning the leadership contest and taking office as head of government, Mark Carney called a snap election for April 28 which precipitated multiple claims of fraud despite all parties accepting the results which show the Liberal Party winning the most seats and no evidence of widespread issues impacting the vote (archived here). With some alleging the Diana Fox Carney book shows "the globalist narrative playbook in action," the recent claims appear to build off conspiracy theories which point to Mark Carney's ties (archived here) to the World Economic Forum as evidence the couple is connected to a supposed circle of nefarious However, the text, which is no longer available on Amazon, has a very high likelihood of being generated by artificial intelligence, experts say. The Ontario-based AI-detection firm, shared its analysis of excerpts from the book and its summary with AFP. All of the samples scored 100 percent on the scale the company uses to quantify confidence that content is AI-generated (archived here, here and here). "This incident is a perfect example of how quickly generative tools can fabricate convincing‑looking 'biographies' around public figures," said Jon Gillham, the CEO and founder of in an email May 6. Furthermore, samples of the book do not indicate any participation by Diana Fox Carney in its publication. Generated book content Some posts claim Diana Fox Carney was attempting to grab titles that do not exist by styling herself as the "First Lady of Canada" in the biography's title. The role of the Canadian head of government's spouse is less formalized than in countries such as the United States, with Trudeau's ex-wife, Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, previously referred to as the "unofficial first lady of Canada" (archived here). Gillham said that such a misnomer was further proof the text was invented by artificial intelligence, which can generate inaccuracies in its answers to a prompt. Jane Friedman, a writer covering the publishing industry (archived here), said another clue was the sheer number of books the biography's author, "Victor C. Hopkins," shared in such a short time period. Currently, the author page lists 14 texts about different political figures, all published since the beginning of April (archived here). "It's laughable," Friedman said. AFP was not able to locate a website or contact a page for "Victor C. Hopkins" to find more information about the supposed writer. A larger trend The Diana Fox Carney biography does not appear to be a unique case, with Friedman saying there are "vast numbers of such books published every day." "It was absolutely dropped onto Amazon to capitalize off current interest in the PM and news headlines," she said. During Canada's federal election campaign, Bloomberg covered a deluge of "strange" AI-generated books on Canadian politics flooding Amazon. Additional social media ed conspiratorial claims about the Carneys featuring books with different titles and author names, such as "Victor P. Johnston." Image Screenshot of a Facebook post taken May 8, 2025 Friedman said it falls to Amazon to act as AI-generated content spreads on its platform. Read more of AFP's reporting on misinformation in Canada here.
