Ontario Shifts Strategy as It Scrambles to Combat Worsening Covid Outbreak

THE GUARDIAN: Province announces plans to make coronavirus vaccines more accessible in response to public pressure

Canada’s most populous province has announced plans to make coronavirus vaccines more accessible and the federal government pledged emergency aid as authorities scramble to combat a worsening outbreak in Ontario.

The shift in strategy comes after the premier, Doug Ford, was forced into a U-turn over deeply unpopular new restrictions announced on Friday.

In response to mounting public pressure, Ontario announced late on Sunday that it would lower the age threshold to receive the AstraZeneca vaccine from 55 to 40.

Earlier on Sunday, the federal government promised it would help send nurses and doctors from other provinces to help in Ontario hospitals, where the ICU admissions continue to grow and doctors fear the province may soon begin triaging care. » | Leyland Cecco in Toronto | Monday, April 19, 2021

Anti-Islamophobia Motion Passes Unanimously in Ontario

BREITBART.COM: As debate rages at the national level over a proposed anti-Islamophobia motion, the Ontario legislature has passed its own motion condemning “all forms of Islamophobia” and rebuking “the notable growing tide of anti-Muslim rhetoric and sentiments” in the Canadian province.

Riding the wave of pro-Muslim sentiment following the attack on a Quebec mosque in late January, the Ontario legislature passed the motion unanimously, by a vote of 81-0.

While undoubtedly motivated by good will, the unfortunately worded motion raises a series of concerns that are currently roiling discussions taking place in the Canadian Parliament over a similar measure. Read on and comment » | Thomas D. Williams Ph.D | Monday, February 27, 2017

Canadian School Board Submits to Sharia Law – Special Guest Speaker: Raheel Raza (August 2011)

Islam in Canada: Islamic Converts Add to Muslim Community in Windsor
CBC NEWS | WINDSOR: Number of Muslims in Canada is set to triple by the year 2030


While many religions are dealing with flat or shrinking memberships in Windsor, the local Muslim community is growing . Numbers are up due in part to converts.

According to Mohamed Mohamed, the Imam at Windsor Mosque, approximately three people come to the mosque every month looking to convert.

"When anyone comes to us, he will be one of us. It's as simple as that," he said.

According to the Pew Research Center Forum on Religion and Public Life, the number of Muslims in Canada is set to triple by the year 2030.

It is projected that there will be 2.7 million Muslims in Canada by then, up roughly 940,000 from 2011. » | CBC News | Tuesday, May 07, 2013

Canada: Homegrown Terrorism

Read the Sun News article here | Wednesday, April 03, 2013

Ontario Liberals Pick Province's First Woman Premier
REUTERS CANADA: TORONTO (Reuters) - Ontario's Liberals on Saturday chose a former Cabinet minister to become the province's first female premier and first openly gay leader of a Canadian province.

In her acceptance speech as the new provincial Liberal Party leader, Kathleen Wynne, 59, a former Ontario education minister, thanked her partner, Jane, for her support during a three-month campaign. Ontario was one of the first Canadian provinces to allow same-sex marriage.

Wynne's victory means Canada's four most powerful provinces will all be led by women. British Columbia, Alberta and Quebec already have female premiers. Women are also at the helm in the Atlantic province of Newfoundland and Labrador and in the thinly populated Arctic territory of Nunavut. » | Claire Sibonney and Janet Guttsman | Saturday, January 26, 2013

Sandy Leaves 145,000 Canadians Without Power, One Dead
REUTERS CANADA: (Reuters) - Sandy toppled trees and power lines in the Canadian province of Ontario, leaving at least 145,000 people without power on Tuesday, including 55,000 in Toronto, the country's financial center.

Strong winds whipped up debris, killing a Toronto woman on Monday.

The Toronto Stock Exchange was set to remain open, making it a North American island of equity trading for the second successive day, with U.S. stock markets closed.

Numerous flights on Air Canada, WestJet Airlines, Porter Airlines and other carriers between the U.S. Northeast and Toronto's Pearson International Airport and Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport were canceled. » | Reporting by Rod Nickel in Winnipeg, Manitoba; Editing by Janet Guttsman | Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Suspected 'Honor Murders' Shock Canada

Muslim Canadians must abide by Canada's laws: OUR OPINION
THE BARRIE EXAMINER – EDITORIAL: Canadians should be concerned about a recent survey that found 62% of Muslims living in this country want some form of Shariah law here.

And that 15% of Muslims say Shariah law should be mandatory.

The study was conducted by the MacDonald Laurier Institute and involved phone interviews with 455 Muslims in Ottawa, between May and July 2008, with a margin of error of five percentage points.
A small sample, done more than three years ago, but of concern nonetheless.

Shariah means an Islamic way of life, not just a system of criminal justice. It is a code of living that most Muslims adopt as part of their faith. Some countries formally institute it as the law of the land, enforced by the courts.

Because many Muslims believe Canada is a secular country, they feel our secular legal system makes it difficult for them to govern themselves by the personal rules of their own religion. Canada's marriage and divorce laws differ from Muslim law, for example.

But there is considerable opposition to Shariah law in Canada, as there should be.

The National Association of Women and the Law, the Canadian Council of Muslim Women and the National Organization of Immigrant and Visible Minority Women of Canada have all argued that under Shariah law, men and women are not treated equally.

These groups argue that women fare much worse in divorce, child custody and inheritance matters under Shariah law.

This flies in the face of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, our Constitution, which guarantees that women and men are treated equally under Canadian law.

Two of Canada's largest provinces have already rejected Shariah law. » | The Barrie Examiner | Thursday, November 03, 2011

Geert Wilders on Islam – London, Ontario

Peace Village, enclave islamique au Canada
Peace Village, une petite ville de 3 000 habitants, d'origine pakistanaise pour la plupart d'entre eux. Photo : Le Figaro
LE FIGARO: À une cinquantaine de kilomètres au nord de Toronto, des musulmans ahmadis bâtissent leur ville depuis dix ans, à l'écart des banlieues traditionnelles.

L'appel à la prière tombe sur Peace Village, terre d'islam en plein Canada. Les 3 000 habitants y sont tous musulmans. Des Pakistanais pour la plupart, mais aussi des Bengalis ou des Nigériens. Comme tous les vendredis, à 13h30 tapantes, la foi transporte ce petit peuple voilé ou moustachu de l'avenue Abdus Salam vers une immense mosquée blanche. Les dômes d'acier de Bait'ul Al Islam dominent l'horizon. Des croyantes, vêtues du niqab noir ou de voiles aux couleurs chatoyantes, se pressent vers la mosquée. Journaux en ourdou sous le bras, les hommes vêtus du ­salwar kameez, longue chemise traditionnelle pakistanaise, entrent par une porte séparée. La mosquée fait salle comble. Un millier de fidèles se tourne vers La Mecque.

Tous sont des ahmadis, pratiquant une version eschatologique de l'islam. Le secrétaire de l'association ahmadie du Canada, Ahmed Dildar, est un ancien colonel de l'armée pakistanaise. Le vieillard à la peau parcheminée s'enflamme : «Nous ne pouvions pas pratiquer notre religion au Pakistan. Certains d'entre nous ont été tués par les autorités. Ici, nous sommes libres.» À deux pas de la station de télévision musulmane locale et de la mosquée, une gigantesque inscription : «Ahmadiya, le vrai islam.» Face à la salle de prière, un libraire vend Le Djihad des Britanniques ou La Place de la femme dans l'islam, en version arabe, ourdoue et anglaise.

Cette vague coranique au pays des caribous a commencé il y a vingt-cinq ans par la croisade d'un immigré pakistanais, Naseer Ahmad, devenu à 56 ans un homme d'affaires prospère. «En 1985, il n'y avait que de la friche à des kilomètres à la ronde. Notre communauté a acheté de grands terrains et fait transformer cela en zone constructible. Sept ans plus tard, nous avons construit - pour 4,5 millions de dollars cash - ce qui était alors la plus grosse mosquée d'Amérique. C'est cher, mais c'est le rêve de toute une communauté.» Le fondateur de Peace Village vante aussi sa cité islamique de 330 pavillons, construite entre 1998 et 2008 et dont toutes les rues mènent à la mosquée. Des cloisons pour séparer hommes et femmes >>> Par Ludovic Hirtzmann | Jeudi 18 Mars 2010

Al Islam: The Official Website of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community >>>

Harems Pay Off for Muslims in Toronto
Islamic leaders: Hundreds in GTA get extra welfare for polygamous unions

TORONTO SUN: Hundreds of GTA Muslim men in polygamous marriages -- some with a harem of wives -- are receiving welfare and social benefits for each of their spouses, thanks to the city and province, Muslim leaders say.

Mumtaz Ali, president of the Canadian Society of Muslims, said wives in polygamous marriages are recognized as spouses under the Ontario Family Law Act, providing they were legally married under Muslim laws abroad.

"Polygamy is a regular part of life for many Muslims," Ali said yesterday. "Ontario recognizes religious marriages for Muslims and others."

He estimates "several hundred" GTA husbands in polygamous marriages are receiving benefits. Under Islamic law, a Muslim man is permitted to have up to four spouses. Harems pay off for Muslims >>> By Tom Godfrey, Sun Media

Hat tip: Robert Spencer

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