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- September 09, 2025
Ontario MP Jamil Jivani takes shots at Premier Doug Ford
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12 minutes
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Word Count
1,891
Sentence Count
79
Misogynist Sentences
1
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A mother in Nanaimo, BC has been banned from her child's school after refusing to delete
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a social media post criticizing a teacher's Progress Pride flag shirt on the first day
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back.
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Conservative MP Jamil Javani criticized Ontario Premier Doug Ford, accusing him of lacking
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principles and creating cynicism among Conservative Ontarians.
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Conservative leader Pierre Polyev has sent an open letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney
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laying out four priorities the official opposition wants to see the government focus on when Parliament
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resumes next week.
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Hello Canada, it's Tuesday, September 9th, and this is the True North Daily Brief.
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I'm Cosmin Jirja.
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And I'm Jeff Knight.
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We've got you covered with all the news you need to know.
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Let's discuss the top stories of the day and the True North exclusives you won't hear anywhere
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else.
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A Nanaimo mother has been banned from her child's school after refusing to delete a social media
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post criticizing a teacher's Progress Pride flag shirt.
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On the first day of school, Bryony Dixon posted on Facebook objecting to a teacher wearing a
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Progress Pride flag t-shirt.
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While the original Pride flag was a symbol of gay rights, the Progress Pride flag is a symbol of
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intersectional social justice.
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Dixon made the post just days after a mass shooting at Annunciation Catholic Church and
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school in Minneapolis, where the 23-year-old trans-identified gunman opened fire, killing two children and
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injuring dozens before taking their own life.
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Dixon's post said in part, quote,
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An ideologue teacher at my son's school has chosen to rock the extremist, misogynist, and
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homophobic flag of their shared secular religion on the first day back, a sex-denying transhumanist
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propaganda shirt made by the Nanaimo District Teachers Association.
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The post also discussed, quote, denying girls the right to safety, privacy, dignity, fairness
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in sports, and even their own sex-based language upon fear of severe retribution.
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The next day, Nanaimo Ladysmith School District 68 sent Dixon a letter ordering her to remove
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the Facebook post.
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The district wrote that it considered her post, quote, disrespectful to the staff member who
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was photographed, adding that, quote, bullying and harassment, including sexual harassment
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in any form, is totally unacceptable and will not be tolerated.
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The letter concluded reading, quote, on behalf of the district, I am directing you to remove
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the offensive post.
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I also direct you to cease inappropriate posting of the images or comments with respect to the
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gender identity of our staff in the future.
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Dixon declined to remove it.
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Instead, she shot back in an email posted to X saying, quote, you must cease and desist
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indoctrinating students with quasi-religious belief systems and listen to the valid concerns
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of your district's well-informed parents.
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We've covered a lot of instances on this show, Jeff, where regulatory bodies have gone after
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professionals for things they've said on their own personal social media.
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But how could a school board ban a parent for expressing their own views on a topic, a topic
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that's quite controversial and up for public debate, and extend that to essentially removing
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their ability to attend the school where their children go?
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Yeah, Cosmin.
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A school board like Nanaimo Ladysmith School District 68 can ban a parent under its authority
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to maintain a safe and respectful environment, as outlined in its policies on bullying and harassment.
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Which extend to interactions involving staff, according to Juneau News coverage of the Byron
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Dixon case.
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The district's letter to Dixon invoked its right to protect staff from perceived harassment,
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such as her social media post criticizing a teacher's Progress Pride flag shirt, allowing
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it to impose restrictions like barring her from school premises if she refuses to comply
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with directives to remove offensive content.
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This action aligns with broader legal precedents where school boards, as public entities, can limit
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parental access to protect operational integrity, similar to how regulatory bodies suspend
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professionals for social media breaches, though this parental ban hinges on the district's
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interpretation of disrespectful speech rather than a formal legal charge.
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The decision also reflects the district's discretion under British Columbia's School Act,
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which empowers boards to regulate conduct on school property, potentially extending to off-site
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behaviour impacting staff, though it lacks a clear public appeals process, raising questions
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about fairness in Dixon's case.
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Conservative MP Jameel Javani criticized Ontario Premier Doug Ford, accusing the progressive
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Conservative Premier of lacking principles and creating cynicism among Conservative Ontarians,
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potentially disengaging them politically.
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On Saturday, during an interview at the Canada Strong and Free Network's annual convention,
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Javani criticized Ford, stating that he lacks ideology and values and instead governs based
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on popularity.
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But I would say this is less of an ideological problem and more of a what is the point of
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politics problem, okay? So let me explain what I mean. I don't think Doug Ford or the people
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in his administration believe they have an ideology. I don't believe they have come to a rational
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conclusion that there's a better way to be a Conservative than what I or you would say. In fact,
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I'm not even sure they would be capable of having a conversation about Conservative ideas or principles.
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Javani suggested Ford's main objective differed from the Federal Conservatives, saying Ford's goal
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was to, quote, have and maintain power for as long as possible at whatever cost. He said he and the CPC,
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on the other hand, want to do politics because they believe in certain values, ideas, and changes
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that they would like to create. In late April, on the night of the last Federal election,
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Javani targeted Ford, criticizing him for allegedly being a Federal Liberal hype man,
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having hollow politics, and sabotaging the Federal Conservative campaign.
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Ford and campaign manager Corey Tenaik claimed Conservative leader Pierre Polyev's campaign was
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mismanaged and had blown a 20-point lead over the Liberals.
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Conservatives still won over 40% of the popular vote in that election,
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which was their best showing since 1988 under Brian Mulroney's PCs.
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For weeks and weeks, I had been seeing volunteers putting their effort in
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to trying to help win this Federal election. Kids who've never voted before,
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you know, single moms making time after her shift to come and knock on doors,
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people who were giving everything they had. And when they would open up their phones and see stories
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of the so-called conservative Premier of Ontario, trashing what we were doing, they felt discouraged.
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And they deserve someone to speak up for them and tell this guy, I don't care about how, you know,
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about your theatrics and your stunts. I don't respect you. And I'm going to point it out
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because I don't like what you're doing to the people who are trying to fight for a better country.
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So, Cosmin, what is the reception to Giovanni's comments online?
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Are people agreeing with Giovanni or has he drawn some criticism online?
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Yeah, Jeff, I think if you look at the online reaction,
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the responses are overwhelmingly in favor of Giovanni. And that's just a representation of the fact that
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way more people supported the Federal Conservatives than, you know, the subset of Conservatives who
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support Ontario Doug Ford and as well as those, you know, middle centrist voters who Doug Ford seems
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to have a handle on. But this is just a continuation of a difference of opinion, to put it lightly,
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between the Federal Conservatives and the Doug Ford Progressive Conservatives. This has been playing out
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since the election where Giovanni essentially blasted Ontario Premier Doug Ford and the Ontario PCs
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for what he said was sabotaging the Conservative campaign. Now, the lead up to the election,
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several Progressive Conservative strategists from Ontario were going on air discussing
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Pauliev's polling, you know, casting shade on the direction and leadership of the Conservative campaign.
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And that has created this rift and this back and forth, which seems to be continuing to this day. We even saw
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one pollster that the Ontario PCs rely on going online blasting Jamil Giovanni for his acquaintance
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with US Vice President JD Vance.
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In an open letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney, Conservative leader Pierre Pauliev has laid out
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four priorities the official opposition wants to see the government focus on when Parliament resumes on
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September 15th. Pauliev said the opposition will press the government to tackle the cost of living
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crisis, the job loss crisis, the crime crisis and the immigration crisis. Pauliev said, quote,
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you promised you would change but everything is worse. We will simply hold you to your lofty promises on these
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liberal crises. Pauliev accused Carney of breaking commitments made during the recent election, including pledges to
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reign in spending and deliver the fastest growing economy in the G7. He said, quote, you promise to
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spend less yet even without introducing a budget, you're already spending 8% more and you have doubled
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the deficit Trudeau left behind, said Pauliev. The Conservative leader also added that the cost of living crisis
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created by the Liberals has resulted in Canadians having the worst household debt, the highest housing costs and
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the second highest unemployment in the G7. I mean, Pauliev is right. Carney did make a lot of lofty promises.
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And we all know that's part of election campaigns. You don't necessarily deliver on these promises. But
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Carney was essentially sold to Canadians as an economic genius, somebody with a lot of experience working with global
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economies. And the reality we are facing several months in about five months into this government
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isn't necessarily the reality Canadians were sold who voted for him. So has anything really improved on the
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economic front? Or are we the same or perhaps even worse off than we were before?
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Yeah, Cosman. I mean, we're five months after Mark Carney took office in April,
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and his promise to change from Trudeau's Liberal Party has shown at best limited progress,
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with several indicators that things are actually getting worse. Juno News reports that unemployment
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rose to 7.1% in August 2025, up from 6.9% in July, marking the second highest in the G7,
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aligning with Pauliev's critique of a job loss crisis. Housing costs have continued to climb,
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with average home prices in Hamilton reaching $850,000 in August 2025, a 12% increase since April,
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exacerbating the cost of living crisis and householding debt, which now averages $1.85
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per dollar of disposable income. Government spending has indeed risen by 8% without a new budget,
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doubling the deficit left by Trudeau to $60 billion, contradicting Carney's pledge to rein in
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expenditures, as noted in Pauliev's letter. On the immigration front, net migration remains high
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at $817,000 in the first four months of 2025, showing no significant shift from Trudeau's levels,
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while crime rates, including a 15% uptick in violent incidents in major cities like Toronto since June,
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suggest no improvement in public safety. No major economic growth to rank Canada as the fastest-growing
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G7 economy has materialized, with GDP growth stalling at 0.2% in Q2 2025, indicating that little has
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improved under Carney's leadership. That's it for today, folks. Thanks for tuning in. You can stay
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