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CBC
15 hours ago
- Politics
- CBC
P.E.I.'s 4 major political parties have candidates in place for Aug. 12 byelections
Social Sharing There's now a full slate of candidates from P.E.I.'s four major parties for two provincial byelections being held this summer. Voters in District 9 and District 15 will go to the polls on Tuesday, Aug. 12. Brackley–Hunter River is former premier Dennis King's old district. The Progressive Conservative leader resigned in February after having served as the district's MLA since 2019. In alphabetical order, the District 9 candidates are: Kent Dollar for the Progressive Conservatives. Nicole Ford for the Liberals. Philip Hamming for the Green Party. Michelle Neill for the New Democratic Party. Charlottetown–Hillsborough Park was left vacant by the resignation of MLA Natalie Jameson, the district's MLA since 2019, who later ran federally for the Conservatives. In alphabetical order, the District 15 candidates are: Dennis Jameson for the Progressive Conservatives Dr. Janine Karpakis for the Green Party Carolyn Simpson for the Liberals Simone Webster for the New Democratic Party No Independent candidates are listed on the Elections P.E.I. site so far. The deadline for candidate nominations is Friday, July 25 at 2 p.m. Elections P.E.I. says advance polls will take place in both districts from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 2; Monday, Aug. 4; and Friday, Aug. 8. The byelection results cannot change the balance of power in the province. Premier Rob Lantz's Progressive Conservatives have a comfortable majority in the 27-seat P.E.I. Legislative Assembly, with 19 seats compared to three each for the Liberals and the Green Party.
ABC News
a day ago
- Politics
- ABC News
Federal politics live: Parliament returns for first sitting day of new term
Politicians new and old have returned to Canberra for the first sitting day of the new term of parliament. Follow all the updates in our live blog.
CTV News
5 days ago
- Politics
- CTV News
Sudbury contributes land to federally protected areas database
Politicians, environmentalists and Indigenous representatives gathered Thursday to announce Sudbury's contribution to Canada's 30 by 30 goal.
Telegraph
12-07-2025
- Politics
- Telegraph
Evidence of UK anti-Semitism stunned us – this issue is urgent for the whole country
We are hard-nosed politicians. We are not shrinking violets who run around being easily offended and we are used to dealing with the extremes of human emotions and catastrophe through our parliamentary case work in the past. Even with decades of these experiences, we were still stunned into silence by the evidence that we received as independent chairs of the Board of Deputies Commission on Anti-Semitism, particularly from young people in the Jewish community. We spent months hearing evidence from the community, professionals and students about their experiences of anti-Semitism and were alarmed by the combination of the rawness of the impact of people's everyday experiences intertwined with the extraordinary routines and normality within which this is occurring. We are two non-Jews from opposite sides of the political spectrum and we have both come to realise that if our Jewish community is facing discrimination, this is a failure of our society. We must ensure that everyone enjoys the rights and protections that we have worked so hard to develop over many years. What are we meant to say as hardened politicians to a young Jewish female performer who told us that following October 7 venues and promoters, who the artist had worked with for years, no longer wanted to engage with her? Or to students who saw their research staff members coming from an encampment with a megaphone, and disabilities liaison staff members who Jewish student's trust with their health records shouting for an Intifada? We were told about the experience of a Jewish member of a professional body describe that body as taking years to investigate incidents of anti-Semitism, and heavily editing articles about anti-Semitism and the Jewish experience so as not to cause 'offence' to its to broader membership. We heard about the noisy demonstrations and how intimidating people find the current environment, but as we dug deeper what really scared us was the increasing normalisation of far more extreme, personalised and sometimes life changing impact directed at individuals purely and simply because they are Jewish. Worrying dilemmas of where Jewish professionals believed that their professional body was actively discriminating against them but where they required membership from this body to be able to work and acquire the necessary protections. One of our 10 recommendations is that anti-Semitism cannot simply be sidelined as an issue of religious difference, allowing organisations to pretend to themselves that they don't have to deal with the thornier issue of racism directed against individual human beings. This is an urgent issue not just for the Jewish community but for the United Kingdom as a whole. Jews have lived in this country for centuries and they have contributed greatly to our country. Any attempt to marginalise British Jews in our professions, cultural life, public services or any other arena harm us all. We are all harmed if we tolerate the abuse of some of our fellow citizens by those who hold warped or extreme views. All we are trying is achieve is to add value to what others are already doing. Typically with reports, we send a list of recommendations to government and this report certainly will be placed on the table of the Prime Minister and his Ministers and that of every political party leader. But there is a wider responsibility that we are concerned about. All our institutions, public sector and private sector have a responsibility to their Jewish employees, customers, neighbours and partners, to ensure that they are treated with equal respect and are able to get on with their lives with no negatives. Our recommendations are intended to help everybody to step up to the mark and play their small role in ensuring that we can each say to our Jewish friends, whoever they are and wherever they are, that you are not alone in our country. Lord Mann is the Government's independent adviser on anti-Semitism. Dame Penny Mordaunt is the former defence secretary
Washington Post
11-07-2025
- Politics
- Washington Post
Burning of migrant boat effigy in Northern Ireland triggers police investigation
LONDON — Authorities in Northern Ireland are investigating a bonfire that featured effigies of migrants in a boat and a banner reading 'stop the boats'' to determine whether it was a hate incident. Church leaders and politicians complained about the display in Moygashel, a village in County Tyrone about 40 miles (65 miles) west of Belfast, before it was lit Thursday night. Parts of Northern Ireland were gripped by anti-immigrant rioting last month amid tensions surrounding a recent influx of people from Eastern Europe.
