Juno News - Carney questioned on France's vow to support Palestinian statehood

00:00:00.000 when questioned about france's decision to support palestinian statehood prime minister

00:00:10.080 mark carney said canada remains firm in advocating for a two-state solution canadians online are

00:00:16.720 expressing outrage after the eu and the u.s signed a trade deal leaving canada with some of the

00:00:22.000 highest global tariff rates with its closest neighbor a whistleblower from the longest ballot

00:00:27.460 committee claims he was allegedly duped by the group hello canada it's tuesday july 29th and this

00:00:33.860 is the true north daily brief i'm cosmon georgia and i'm jeff knight we've got you covered with all

00:00:39.300 the news you need to know let's discuss the top stories of the day and the true north exclusives

00:00:44.820 you won't hear anywhere else prime minister mark carney said his government is committed to a two

00:00:51.780 state solution in gaza and the west bank that quote does not include hamas speaking to reporters monday

00:00:59.220 in prince county pei carney responded to france's bid to recognize palestinian statehood by saying

00:01:06.020 canada would back a two-state solution carney said quote we've always supported it and we continue to

00:01:13.540 support a two-state solution with a free and viable palestine living in peace and security alongside israel

00:01:21.300 we will work with the international community towards a ceasefire and a two-state solution that

00:01:26.420 meets those criteria carney said those criteria do not include any future role for hamas we will

00:01:34.500 work with the international community work with others to move towards a situation of a ceasefire

00:01:42.340 a two-state solution a two-state solution that meets those criteria that i just mentioned

00:01:47.300 uh that does not include hamas in any role uh in uh in a future palestinian state as recently as may

00:01:56.100 hamas has put out official statements thanking the carney government for condemning israel

00:02:01.140 in his statement mark carney added quote we will take steps that advance those fundamental principles

00:02:07.220 at the appropriate time so just to elaborate on that one point from the article

00:02:11.940 hamas and hamas leadership have actually extended quite a few courtesies and sympathies to not only

00:02:20.420 the carney government but former prime minister justin trudeau as well the most recent of which was in may

00:02:27.860 when uh the hamas leadership put out a message thanking canada specifically the united kingdom

00:02:35.860 and france for putting out a statement on the conflict which it viewed as a favorable statement

00:02:43.300 towards their cause but with regard to carney's latest statements on the middle eastern conflict

00:02:49.460 jeff how are canadians reacting to this yeah cosmon reactions from canadians are mixed with some

00:02:55.780 expressing support for carney's stance on a two-state solution while others criticize it as insufficient or

00:03:01.860 biased jewish canadian agencies including benai bryth canada are largely unhappy arguing carney's focus

00:03:09.220 on israel's role in gaza overlooks hamas's obstruction of aid and commitment to extremism

00:03:14.580 they've called carney's comments dangerous suggesting they fuel anti-semitism by ignoring

00:03:19.060 hamas's actions as seen in their recent statements france's recent recognition of palestinian statehood

00:03:24.420 at the un has intensified global pressure influencing carney's remarks during his prince edward island press

00:03:29.940 conference some canadians on x have accused carney of anti-semitism linking his position to a perceived

00:03:35.540 lack of defense for jewish communities facing pro-hamas sentiment others defend carney pointing

00:03:40.980 to his call for a ceasefire and hostage release as a balanced approach though this has not swayed

00:03:46.100 critics the hamas statement thanking carney's government for condemning israel has fueled debates

00:03:51.220 about his administration's consistency adding tension to canadian public discourse

00:03:59.220 canadians are frustrated after the united states and the european union signed a major trade deal

00:04:04.100 leaving canada with some of the highest tariffs in the world all this while other countries are

00:04:08.340 securing favorable agreements with the us the deal has struck a particular nerve across social media

00:04:13.540 with reactions ranging from disbelief to outrage political commentary youtuber mr sunshine baby said

00:04:20.260 quote it's almost as if the attempt to stand up to trump doesn't actually work imagine if canada

00:04:25.860 actually tried to work with trump on a deal that's more beneficial to them but gets our foot in the door

00:04:30.260 better than we have now former independent mp kevin wong highlighted that both japan and the european

00:04:35.780 union have negotiated down to 15 percent tariffs with the united states conversely canada has 25

00:04:42.100 tariffs on all non-cusma compliant goods which is set to increase to 35 on august 1st and 50 on aluminum

00:04:50.740 and steel canada and the u.s are currently undergoing negotiations and a trade deal has yet to be

00:04:56.340 finalized the european union negotiated a tariff agreement with the u.s on sunday every country

00:05:01.940 in the eu agreed to zero tariffs on u.s goods while the u.s will tax eu products at 15 percent

00:05:08.420 political commentator mark nixon said quote europe bent the knee canada didn't even get a seat at the

00:05:14.340 table canada just got embarrassed so cosmon it's almost like we can do a weekly check-in on how elbows

00:05:20.340 up is going in canada uh what message are canadians getting from this new deal between the eu and the

00:05:26.260 u.s well look jeff i suspect a lot of canadians even those who voted for mark carney and the liberals

00:05:33.860 are watching this play out and wondering what exactly this elbows up plan was supposed to achieve

00:05:42.660 the whole idea carney pitch from the get-go and it's a bad idea was to lean more on the eu so we

00:05:51.780 wouldn't have to rely so much on the united states we all know carney is super sympathetic to europe he

00:05:59.460 calls himself a european but now we have the eu who just landed a better deal with the u.s

00:06:07.140 they understand that the way forward is impossible without a positive trade relationship with the

00:06:15.860 united states i mean it's the biggest economy in the world while we're stuck with skyrocketing

00:06:22.420 tariffs here in canada and instead of fixing that relationship carney's going around signing security

00:06:30.580 deals with europe making signals about you know a eu-canada relationship he had the eu-canada

00:06:38.500 summit all at the same time that europe is moving closer to the united states how does that make sense

00:06:48.180 when even europe knows we can't go anywhere and we can't compete globally without staying on good terms

00:06:57.380 with the u.s a whistleblower allegedly involved with the longest ballot committee has come forward

00:07:07.220 saying he now feels quote duped and misled by the organization after he had agreed to run as a candidate

00:07:14.100 in the 2024 toronto saint paul's by-election the longest ballot group is known for nominating as many

00:07:20.420 candidates as possible in writings as a form of protest the alleged anonymous whistleblower told

00:07:26.420 independent media outlet northern perspective that he initially joined the longest ballot cause

00:07:32.180 because he took issue with canada's first past the post electoral system the man was informed that

00:07:38.260 all he was obligated to do to participate was provide his name as a candidate and that the longest ballot

00:07:44.260 committee would do the rest including quote appointing a cfo collecting the required nomination

00:07:50.420 signatures and filing the paperwork the whistleblower submitted his candidate information for the

00:07:57.060 toronto saint paul's riding only three days before the election deadline ryan davies the founder of

00:08:03.140 northern perspective told true north quote northern perspective has obtained internal emails text

00:08:09.060 messages and first-hand testimony from a whistleblower who ran on the longest ballot the evidence we've

00:08:15.780 reviewed raises serious concerns including what appeared to be blank candidate fields on nomination

00:08:22.180 forms coordinated activity resembling an unregistered political party and practices that could potentially

00:08:30.020 constitute forgery or misrepresentations class impersonation under the canada elections act furthermore the

00:08:37.700 whistleblower confirmed to northern perspective that he did not personally sign or review his final

00:08:43.140 nomination paperwork before it was submitted while he offered to participate as a candidate in the

00:08:48.980 riding of toronto saint paul's during the last election he was not a resident of the area he said

00:08:55.300 quote let's face it i'm not from saint paul's i'm hundreds of miles away i don't know anything about

00:09:01.860 saint paul's candidates are not legally required to live in a riding in order to run for election the whistleblower

00:09:09.300 went on to say that he regretted his involvement with the organization he said quote i think i was duped

00:09:16.260 noting that the committee attempted to recruit him again in 2025 on the pretense that they were

00:09:22.420 going to run a number of candidates in liberal leader mark carney's riding he said quote then they wanted me

00:09:29.140 to go against they said mark carney then they tried to trick me basically it was actually pierre

00:09:35.060 poliev's riding they never did mark carney's riding this past election jeff the battle river crowfoot

00:09:43.060 by-election is coming up it's just around the corner in august and pierre poliev is running in that

00:09:48.900 by-election with the hopes that he regains his seat in the house of commons so a lot of attention has been

00:09:55.540 paid to these longest ballot committee and right now as the numbers say that they're running over 200

00:10:03.060 candidates in that by-election now this story came out recently just in the past few days what does

00:10:10.020 this reveal about the group to canadians and their methods yeah cosmon this whistleblower's account

00:10:16.660 reveals to canadians that the longest ballot committee may have engaged in some pretty deceptive practices

00:10:22.180 which raises questions about the legitimacy of its so-called protest methods their claim of being

00:10:27.700 duped and misled coupled with the blank nomination forms you mentioned suggests that the group

00:10:32.420 prioritizes disruption over genuine electoral reform advocacy the revelation that the whistleblower who

00:10:39.700 is a non-resident of toronto saint paul's was recruited without even reviewing paperwork

00:10:44.180 highlights a lack of transparency and accountability within the organization the attempt to redirect the

00:10:50.100 whistleblower to target pierre poliev's riding instead of mark carney's indicates a possible

00:10:55.380 strategic focus on conservative candidates undermining the group's stated goal of protesting the first past the

00:11:01.700 post system so canadians may interpret this as evidence that the group's actions are more about

00:11:06.100 political snubbing you know obviously against conservatives than a principled stand for electoral

00:11:11.060 reform especially given the coordinated activity resembling an unregistered party public reaction as

00:11:17.060 seen in media like northern perspective and on true north leans closer to skepticism with some viewing

00:11:22.580 this as a scandal that exposes the group's methods as potentially illegal under the canada elections act

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Juno News - July 29, 2025

Carney questioned on France's vow to support Palestinian statehood

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