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Yes, Canada Day Is Worth Celebrating…

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Submitted by the Macdonald-Laurier Institute

Canada Day commemorates an event that produced one of the most successful and enduring liberal democracies in human history.

And at 156 years old, there is still much to celebrate.

Canada remains a nation where the circumstances of birth do not determine one’s life outcomes. Long before freedom of religion, thought and expression were enshrined in our Charter, they were embedded in our national DNA. Canada was founded on notions of individual liberty that, while rooted in the British liberal tradition, are bequeathed to every Canadian, regardless of origin.

Today, that inheritance is undercut by an activist class that seeks to delegitimize Canada’s political traditions and vilify its history.

MLI defends Canada’s political tradition. 

As the City of Montreal debated what to do with Sir John A. Macdonald’s statue after a mob attacked it, MLI reminded Canadians that our first Prime Minister was a progressive for his time. While local governments caved to the madness of crowds, preemptively removing Macdonald statues and renaming schools bearing his name, we highlighted Macdonald’s outsized contribution to our nation.

When Egerton Ryerson’s statue was toppled by protestors, MLI Senior Fellow, Patrice Dutilwork, defended Ryerson’s record as a friend of the Indigenous people and an advocate for minority rights.

When the City of Toronto claimed Henry Dundas delayed abolition, MLI corrected the record, noting Dundas was a leading abolitionist whose amendment to the 1792 resolution led to the very first statement against slavery.

Sadly, Canadians can no longer rely on their media, academics, or even elected representatives to demand a fair hearing when Canada’s history, founding figures and fundamental values come under attack. Whether captured by progressive orthodoxy, or simply cowardly in the face of controversy, most sacrifice truth to political ends.

MLI speaks out with courage and credibility when others are silent.

The truth is that Canada is well worth celebrating. No nation is without historical wrongdoing, but few have done more than Canada to reconcile with the past and build a better future. Toppling statues, spending millions to rename public infrastructure, and cultivating collective shame is not the path to meaningful reconciliation. Indigenous communities deserve our attention focused on clean water and prosperity building instead.

As MLI Fellow Melissa Mbarki noted when the City of Calgary cancelled Canada Day fireworks in the name of reconciliation, such symbolic declarations are often made without the consent of, or even consultation with, Indigenous people. Shortly after Mbarki’s piece was published, Calgary City Council reversed its decision.

When Canadians stand up together, activist policymakers back down. Watch a video of Melissa’s story below!

As proud Canadians, MLI will always stand on guard for our legacy and defend the traditions that keep us strong and free.

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Laura Ingraham’s Viral Clash With Trump Prompts Her To Tell Real Reasons China Sends Students To US

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From the Daily Caller News Foundation

By Mariane Angela

Fox News’ Laura Ingraham used a viral clash with President Donald Trump to lay out, in stark terms, why she believes Beijing pours hundreds of thousands of students into American universities.

On Monday, Ingraham pressed Trump on why a plan to admit 600,000 Chinese nationals into U.S. universities qualifies as a “pro-MAGA” move, challenging him directly after he defended the influx as vital to maintaining Washington’s relationship with Beijing. During a Wednesday broadcast, Ingraham said no modern president has fought harder for American workers than Trump and predicted he will “honor that distinction for the next three years.”

“There was also more consternation over the approach to allowing Chinese and other foreign students to take spots at U.S. universities. A lot of MAGA folks didn’t like that at all. And it’s not, by the way, as some Chinese influencers today said on X, I love this, it’s not that the MAGA folks, certainly not myself, dislike the Chinese people. It’s ridiculous,” Ingraham said.

“What they dislike is the Chinese system that represses Chinese people and uses them as human spies and saboteurs. Remember, when the CCP greenlights hundreds of thousands of their people to come study here, they’re not sending them so they can learn about the wonders of Western civilization, Plato and Socrates, Greek history, become champions of individual freedom and take that message back home. They’re sent here to do whatever is necessary to learn how to push the People’s Republic closer to crushing America, to stealing from us, and for spying on us,” Ingraham added.

Ingraham said that people “understandably perplexed by some of the president’s comments, we cannot forget, what American president has ever been tougher on China than Donald Trump? None.”

Ingraham told viewers that Beijing does not send its students to America to study the Western canon or return home as advocates of individual liberty.

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Ingraham warned that China’s rise didn’t happen overnight, saying that decades of inattentive presidents allowed Beijing to gain the strength Trump now must confront.

“Given China’s growing strength that’s been amassed over decades of presidents who were out to lunch, President Trump inherited the most challenging situation,” Ingraham said. “I don’t think it’s an exaggeration to say this, that any president has faced in the last 50 years. He and his entire team are dedicated to countering the Chinese aggression that’s building.”

Washington and Beijing struck a deal in June clearing the way for Chinese nationals to enroll in American universities, a shift that followed the administration’s June 5 move blocking Harvard from bringing in additional international students. Officials justified the restriction by pointing to security vulnerabilities and rising campus turmoil, including allegations of antisemitic activity, as reasons to tighten the flow of foreign applicants.

Trump acknowledged at the time that admitting large numbers of students from a country controlled by the Chinese Communist Party carries real intelligence concerns, saying in June that the government “must be vigilant” about who enters U.S. classrooms. National security experts told the Daily Caller News Foundation that the policy could create openings for the CCP to exploit America’s higher-education system and potentially endanger U.S. interests.

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Canadian veteran says she knows at least 20 service members who were offered euthanasia

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By Anthony Murdoch

Canadian Armed Forces veteran Kelsi Sheren told members of the House of Commons that he has proof of veterans being offered assisted suicide.

Canada’s liberal euthanasia laws have made the practice so commonplace that a Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) veteran has said she knows and has “proof” that no less than 20 of her colleagues were offered unsolicited state-sponsored euthanasia.

Kelsi Sheren, who is a CAF veteran, recently told MPs in the House of Commons veterans affairs committee that “over 20 veterans have confirmed being offered MAID.”

“I have the proof, and I have proof of more,” Sheren told the committee during an October 28 meeting.

Conservative MP Blake Richards asked Sheren if she was willing to provide them with evidence to affirm her allegations.

Sheren noted how the 20 veterans have given written testimonies, or actual audio recordings, of when they were offered what in Canada is known as Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD).

“We also have other individuals who are too afraid to come forward because Veterans Affairs has threatened their benefits,” she told MPs, adding that some other veterans were even offered non-disclosure agreements along with “payouts if they were to take it.”

Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC) has told the media its “employees have no role or mandate to recommend or raise (MAid). ”

As reported by LifeSiteNews, this is not the first time reports of CAF veterans saying they were offered MAiD.

Indeed, as reported by LifeSiteNews, it was revealed last year that the federal department in charge of helping Canadian veterans appears to have purposefully prevented the existence of a paper after scandalous reports surfaced alleging that caseworkers had recommended euthanasia to suffering service members.

A new EPC report has revealed that Canada has euthanized 90,000 people since 2016.

As reported by LifeSiteNews last week, a Conservative MP’s private member’s bill that, if passed, would ban euthanasia for people with mental illness received the full support of the Euthanasia Prevention Coalition (EPC).

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