Juno News - Carney FLIP-FLOPS on Iran + Islamic Centre deletes posts after Juno News reports

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00:00:14.300 The United States and Israel have acted without engaging the United Nations or consulting allies, including Canada.

00:00:20.940 We implore all parties, including the United States and Israel, to respect the rules of international engagement.

00:00:26.840 So yes, that is our prime minister, Mark Carney, taking a totally different tune than what he has been saying over the last few days. So let me just take you back to Saturday. So Saturday was the day that the news broke of Operation Epic Fury. We heard that a joint U.S.-Israeli strike took out the top leadership, top brass of the evil Islamic Republic in Iran. 0.94

00:00:47.680 on. And to my surprise, the prime minister actually came out in support of it. I know that in Canada

00:00:52.760 right now, everything that the political class does has to be anti-American. Orange, mad, bad.

00:00:58.020 Trump is the worst person on planet Earth. And that is like the theme of all of our politics. 1.00

00:01:02.180 And so it was a little surprising to see Mark Carney actually come out in favor and seemingly

00:01:06.660 supportive of what had been done. So here was Prime Minister Mark Carney speaking at a Canada

00:01:12.560 India Forum in Mumbai on Saturday, February 28th. And he said in his own voice, in his own words,

00:01:19.460 that he supported the U.S.-Israel action against Iran. Let's play that clip.

00:01:24.780 Canada supports the United States acting to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon

00:01:30.020 and to prevent its regime from further threatening international peace and security.

00:01:35.480 And he didn't just say it. As I mentioned on my show on Monday, he also put it out

00:01:39.540 in a statement. Let me just read the important paragraph, right? He talks about how the Canadian

00:01:44.440 government is closely following the Iran-related hostilities throughout the Middle East, urges

00:01:48.780 all Canadians in Iran to shelter in place. He goes on to say, Canada's position remains clear,

00:01:52.900 the Islamic Republic of Iran is the principal source of instability and terror throughout the 1.00

00:01:57.520 Middle East. It has one of the worst human rights records and must never be allowed to obtain or 1.00

00:02:02.680 develop nuclear weapons. Canada's international partners have consistently called upon the

00:02:07.100 Iranian regime to end its nuclear program, including at the recent G7 summit, as well

00:02:12.060 as the United Nations in September. He goes on saying, despite diplomatic efforts, Iran has

00:02:16.800 neither fully dismantled its nuclear program, halted all enrichment activities, nor ended its

00:02:21.260 support for regional terror proxy groups. Canada stands with the Iranian people in their long and

00:02:25.940 courageous struggle against Iran's oppressive regime. I could have written this myself. This is

00:02:30.780 spot on. He goes on to say that Canada has listed Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist

00:02:36.520 entity sanctioned 256 running entities, 222 individuals in response to the regime's repression

00:02:43.620 and its violence against both its own people and persistently beyond its border. Canada reaffirms

00:02:49.000 Israel's right to defend itself and ensure its security of its people. Canada supports the United

00:02:54.120 States acting to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon and to prevent its regime from 0.98

00:02:58.560 further threatening international peace and security. So there it is. It's all there in black

00:03:03.240 and white. Now, as my colleague Mark Petroni pointed out on his show yesterday, that was what

00:03:08.900 Mark Carney was saying. But interestingly, we heard an evolving sort of stance and position

00:03:13.880 from his own cabinet. So here is his foreign affairs minister on the same day, on Saturday,

00:03:19.680 February 28th, foreign affairs minister Anita Nan was also speaking to reporters in Mumbai,

00:03:24.380 and she said that she would have preferred a diplomatic solution. So kind of like casting a

00:03:30.700 little bit of doubt here saying that actually no we don't really support it we would have preferred

00:03:34.380 a diplomatic solution. I think we all would have preferred a diplomatic solution. The problem is

00:03:38.940 that that hasn't worked with Iran. It hasn't worked for decades because they lie and they 1.00

00:03:43.060 continue to develop their program. If a diplomatic solution would have worked it would have worked

00:03:46.900 already. Anyways here is Anita Nand, Foreign Affairs Minister for Canada, saying that she

00:03:51.920 would prefer a diplomatic solution. We prefer a diplomatic solution. This is why I have spent the

00:03:57.720 last two days speaking with my counterparts across the Middle East and in the Gulf states

00:04:04.220 from Jordan to Qatar to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to UAE and all of my G7 counterparts

00:04:14.800 stressing that Canada believes in a diplomatic and peaceful solution and as soon as possible

00:04:23.640 we would like parties to get to the table. And then another evolution comes. Now speaking in

00:04:31.160 Sydney, Australia, defense minister David McKinty in the Mark Carney government calls for a cease

00:04:37.740 fire. Says enough is enough. You know, two days ago we supported this measure. Now we want a

00:04:42.440 cease fire. Let's play that clip. And the prime minister and the government decided

00:04:46.300 from the beginning of this that we would support this incursion. But we're also calling

00:04:53.460 for a diplomatic end to it we very much would prefer to see peace at a ceasefire that's what

00:05:01.620 my colleague minister anand is driving forward now with her colleagues around the world and so

00:05:07.060 we'll see where this takes us that was tuesday march 3rd so two days after the attack and

00:05:12.020 happening yesterday and then what do we see mark carney comes out and changes his tune and condemns

00:05:18.980 the action says it breaks international law actually sounding a lot like the ndp that's

00:05:22.980 Remember, this is what Heather McPherson, NDP candidate for leadership, she came out saying,

00:05:28.260 this is breaking international law and saying that it was not a just act, right? And now Mark

00:05:36.000 Carney is echoing the NDP's position and saying that it's a failure of international order and

00:05:42.860 that Canada was not consulted. I'm going to play this clip again for you because it was just

00:05:47.760 really unbelievable. Look at how weak he looks. Look at how unsure of himself he looks. Look at

00:05:51.900 how pathetic he looks. Really, really unbelievable stuff from our prime minister down in Sydney. 0.99

00:05:57.100 Let's play that clip one more time. We support efforts to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear 0.97

00:06:01.860 weapon and to prevent its regime from further threatening international peace and security.

00:06:08.280 Because Canada is taking the world as it is, not passively waiting for a world we wish to be.

00:06:15.680 we do however take this position with regret because the current conflict is another example

00:06:23.520 of the failure of the international order despite decades of un security council resolutions the

00:06:30.560 tireless work of the international atomic energy agency in the succession of sanctions and

00:06:36.700 diplomatic frameworks iran's nuclear threat remains and now the united states and israel

00:06:43.480 have acted without engaging the united nations or consulting allies including canada so where to

00:06:50.880 from here with a rapidly spreading conflict and growing threats to civilian life canada reaffirms

00:06:58.860 that international law binds all belligerents we condemn the strikes carried out by iran on

00:07:05.160 civilians and civilian infrastructure across the middle east and we implore all parties including

00:07:10.960 the United States and Israel to respect the rules of international engagement.

00:07:16.420 Canada calls for a rapid de-escalation of hostilities and is prepared to assist in

00:07:20.800 achieving this goal. Okay, so I want you to just take a look at that weakness. He was getting

00:07:24.820 absolutely shredded on social media from people all over Canada, all over the world, like what is 0.99

00:07:30.080 this flip-flop, weakness, pathetic, you know, whining and complaining that we weren't included 0.94

00:07:35.760 in this. Not a good look from our prime minister. Juxtapose that with conservative leader Pierre 1.00

00:07:40.580 Polyev, who was actually looking quite confident and hitting his stride. So he was speaking

00:07:45.940 in London, England at the annual event held by the Centre for Policy Studies,

00:07:52.420 the Margaret Thatcher lecture. And I will say, Pierre Polyev is looking very strong and very

00:07:58.580 sure of himself. So this is the first clip from Polyev calling for a modern KANZUC, like a Canada, 0.95

00:08:04.020 New Zealand, Australia, UK alliance and partnership to deepen trade, reduce policy,

00:08:09.860 regulatory barriers and expand mobility so here is poly of calling for a new sort of

00:08:16.740 free trade agreement between these western countries warm words about old alliances are

00:08:23.220 not enough when the treaties and agreements that allow us to trade freely face upheaval we need to

00:08:28.180 double down and deepen our ties with our older and most trusted friends instead of shrinking

00:08:33.220 markets behind tariffs we should expand opportunities among friends that is why i

00:08:38.500 I believe the time has come for a partnership between Canada, the United Kingdom, and Australia,

00:08:44.360 and New Zealand.

00:08:45.360 A modern KANZUK, a pact that opens our economies, removes barriers, recognizes credentials,

00:08:52.460 expands skilled labour mobility, and deepens capital markets.

00:08:56.620 Cooperation that helps us build stronger militaries and keep our countries safe from shared threats

00:09:02.540 like China, Russia, and others.

00:09:05.600 Our four countries have the free trade agreement and arrangement that is already in place through

00:09:11.460 the Trans-Pacific Partnership.

00:09:13.140 But we must go further because tariffs are not the only or even the biggest barrier to

00:09:17.180 our trade.

00:09:18.180 More often, trade is slowed by regulations, standards, product approvals, licensing and

00:09:22.800 rules of procurement, etc.

00:09:25.140 For example, Canadian beef is not able to make it into as many marketplaces of this

00:09:30.240 country as it should because of regulatory obstacles.

00:09:33.600 must remove these types of obstacles. Next, Polyev also talks about Canada's rich history connected

00:09:39.840 to our British political roots as well as our ethnic roots from the original settlers of Canada

00:09:46.560 built this country, connecting us back to English liberty, the traditions of freedom that date back

00:09:51.840 to the Magna Carta. Let's play that clip. As the centuries progressed, what started as rights and

00:09:58.480 freedoms for the few gradually grew and grew to the many and now today for all i can stand here

00:10:06.320 and connect this ancient charter to our own laws more than 800 years later in a land unknown to

00:10:12.880 the men who signed it that shows the enduring power of the ideas and principles but only if

00:10:19.360 we protect them these principles are our inheritance as canadians they are the core of our conservative

00:10:24.960 philosophy conserving ancient liberties as burke said there is a contract between the dead the

00:10:30.960 living and the yet to be born that contract requires we pass what we inherited from our

00:10:36.320 forebears onto our children freedom is hundreds of years old but only one generation deep

00:10:42.720 we must do our job in our living time to pay it forward to those who will come after us

00:10:48.880 because what started here by the muddy banks of the thames is now our duty to continue an ocean

00:10:55.920 away in canada and then this is the clip that pierre polyev posted on his own social media

00:11:02.000 strong free unbreakable that's exactly how he looked let's play that clip from stephen harper

00:11:06.640 and john mcdonald in canada from thatcher and churchill here conservatives have always known

00:11:10.960 the greatness of the nation lies in its working people we will champion them by again restoring

00:11:15.840 meritocratic, bottom-up, competitive economy, an economy where businesses

00:11:20.500 compete through paying more wages to attract workers and lowering prices to

00:11:24.440 attract customers, where business is disciplined by competition, not propped

00:11:28.800 up by handouts, carve-outs and bailouts. Economies that are stronger at home so

00:11:33.920 that they can have unbreakable leverage abroad." So interesting time in Canadian

00:11:39.060 politics. You can see the shifts starting to happen and really just

00:11:43.340 unbelievable to see our government and the prime minister of the liberal government just flip

00:11:47.600 flopping and changing their position on a dime. Maybe they saw public opinion bullying and realize

00:11:51.920 that they actually shouldn't support the war. I'm not exactly sure, but really, really unbelievable.

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00:12:59.420 Okay, I want to give an update on the terrorist attacks we have been seeing in Toronto.

00:13:03.660 There's been other terrorist attacks in the wake of this Operation Epic Fury in Iran,

00:13:08.840 an unbelievable, horrific attack in Austin, Texas at a nightclub with a person who is

00:13:13.720 apparently a supporter of the Ayatollah and picked up arms against innocent people in

00:13:18.640 response to what happened, taking out the leadership of the Islamic Republic.

00:13:23.140 And then there's also some attacks in Toronto, no casualties, thankfully, but obviously shooting

00:13:28.500 up a synagogue in Toronto is totally, totally unacceptable. So the police commented on this

00:13:34.400 yesterday. Here is Toronto Police Chief Rob Johnson updating the media on the shooting that

00:13:41.320 happened at the Temple Iman Ilu in North York last night. Let's play that clip. A shooting targeting

00:13:46.760 a place of worship is totally unacceptable. It is alarming. It is something we treat with the

00:13:52.680 highest priority. I know that incidents like this create fear and anger within the Jewish community.

00:13:59.640 We recognize that this does not occur in isolation. And at the outset of the military actions in Iran

00:14:06.760 on Saturday we further increased our visibility and patrols knowing this geopolitical event would

00:14:13.400 have local impacts. Our intelligence teams are continuously monitoring global events and

00:14:18.840 assessing any impact they may have locally. And our public safety minister, Gary Anisangari,

00:14:25.840 also posted about this. He said, I am deeply concerned by reports of gunfire damaging a

00:14:30.020 synagogue in North York. Last night, violence has no place in our communities. We must stand

00:14:33.260 together against antisemitism and hate. My thoughts are with the Jewish community in Canada

00:14:37.040 as police continue to investigate. Our friend Ezra Levant commented on this tweet and said,

00:14:42.840 hey guys, great news. The public safety minister has his thoughts to the Jews whose synagogue was

00:14:47.840 shot up last night. This public safety minister who was the lawyer for a terrorist group must

00:14:53.100 recuse himself from any terror files. A very good point, Ezra. And I want to provide a little bit

00:14:58.180 of an update and some more information that we're going to break on the show today about this Islamic

00:15:02.860 center that Juno News was reporting had a celebration of life for the dead Ayatollah

00:15:08.640 Khamenei. And they had it on their website, right? It's right there in black and white. Melanie

00:15:13.700 Bennett broke the story on Juno News. I'm going to read a little bit from her news story. GTA

00:15:17.840 Islamic Center advertises memorial for dead terrorist mastermind Khamenei. Prominent Islamic 1.00

00:15:22.680 Center in Brampton, Ontario advertised memorial service to celebrate the life and death of Ayatollah

00:15:27.480 Ali Khamenei, referring to the Islamic theocratic dictator. Prominent Islamic Center in Brampton,

00:15:33.520 Ontario advertised memorial service to celebrate the life and death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei,

00:15:37.820 referring to the Islamic theocratic dictator and supporter of international terrorism as a

00:15:43.460 martyr so she basically goes on to describe how this is islamic center posted the event and what

00:15:49.300 it said on their website in arabic basically saying that it was like a celebration of life

00:15:54.100 and calling him a martyr and basically just praising him in their uh post melanie bennett

00:16:00.820 has the receipt she took a screenshot of it and she also uh posted this on social media

00:16:06.260 dear patrick brown why is the islamic shia uh jamaat of toronto hosting celebration of life

00:16:11.140 for designated terror leader company. And then she posts the screenshot plus the public safety

00:16:18.980 reference that this is a terrorist entity. And so basically, she goes on to do the digging and

00:16:26.640 the research and shows that according to federal grant database, this mosque, this Islamic center

00:16:31.460 has actually received $373,000 in funding from public safety and employment and social development

00:16:38.920 Revenue Canada filings show that the organization reports millions in charitable donation revenues

00:16:44.220 and has transferred funds to other notable charities like the National Council of Canadian

00:16:50.660 Muslims and Islamic Relief Canada. She shares Andy Lee's ex-post showing some of these grants

00:16:56.960 that they receive, like hundreds of thousands of dollars. This one here is for $50,000.

00:17:01.380 And then she has a couple of other ones. Now, interestingly, when this tweet of Melanie

00:17:07.680 Bennett's and this news story came out, they kind of went viral. And all of a sudden, the link to

00:17:13.100 that event was gone, right? They wiped it. They took it off their website. They had also posted

00:17:18.080 a live stream of the actual event itself. And they pulled that down. Melanie Bennett watched it.

00:17:22.620 She has screenshots of it, but they've deleted it. They've wiped it off. And so they're basically

00:17:27.960 pretending that this didn't happen and that it's not true. I want to read you an email

00:17:32.340 that they sent to Melanie Bennett, basically threatening her, accusing her of lying and

00:17:39.140 saying that they're going to take appropriate action, that measures are being taken. Measures

00:17:44.540 are being taken against Juno News for the crime of reporting the truth. So this is what they did

00:17:49.440 in responding. Melanie reached out to them as a journalist does say, hey, can you comment on this

00:17:53.980 event that you're hosting for the Ayatollah here in Toronto? They say, hi, Melanie, thank you for

00:17:58.720 your email. Please find our formal written response below. And that's a statement from

00:18:02.580 the ISIJ of Toronto, March 2nd. It has come to our attention that a post in relation to a vigil for

00:18:08.960 Ayatollah Khamenei is now circulating on social media. We have received a number of inquiries

00:18:13.520 about this content. We want to be clear that this post was made without authorization or approval.

00:18:20.000 This event, as described in the post, did not take place. Rather, we held and continue to hold

00:18:25.560 regular programming during the blessed month of Ramadan, when our congregation comes together

00:18:30.260 to break our fast and pray together as a community. Appropriate measures have been taken

00:18:35.440 in regards to this unauthorized post. So it's unclear whether they're saying that Juno News

00:18:41.020 sharing the screenshot and sharing this news story is unauthorized. And so measures are going to be

00:18:46.240 taken against us. Is that what he means? Or is he saying that someone in his own organization

00:18:51.080 posted it and was not authorized by like the higher up and that that person is having appropriate

00:18:57.480 measures being taken against and really not clear by his email. It kind of reads a little bit like

00:19:02.420 a threat to me, but it could just mean that they're taking measures against the employee

00:19:07.460 who maybe acted rogue. I don't know if that's what they're saying. It says, ISIJ is a faith-based

00:19:11.980 organization dedicated to spiritual guidance, community support, charitable service, remain

00:19:15.820 committed to serving our diverse membership with compassion, inclusivity, and respect for all

00:19:21.000 peoples affected by the current crises thanks is ij so i don't know how do you read that one i i

00:19:26.360 kind of read it like they're saying you have unauthorized poster pretending that it didn't

00:19:30.280 exist and again the fact that they took down the original post and they took down the live stream

00:19:35.240 which already happened the event already happened and they did have a vigil for the ayatollah but

00:19:40.840 it's they've taken it down now um so possibly trying to cover your tracks this is obviously

00:19:45.080 a developing story and we will continue uh to bring you the latest as it happens all right

00:19:49.960 It focuses all the time we have for today.

00:19:51.620 Thank you so much for tuning in.

00:19:52.520 I'm Candice Malcolm.

00:19:53.120 This is Candice Malcolm Show News Update.

00:19:54.660 Thank you and God bless.

Juno News - March 04, 2026

Carney FLIP-FLOPS on Iran + Islamic Centre deletes posts after Juno News reports

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