Western Standard - March 17, 2026


Western Standard News Update ｜ Poll shows Canadians opposing involvement on Iran war ｜ 17 Mar 2026


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Length

2 minutes

Words per minute

92.56866

Word count

191

Sentence count

19

Harmful content

Hate speech

2

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Summary

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Israel's ambassador to Canada says anti-semitism has become so bad, Canadians should be willing to give up some their rights to fight it. A new poll by the Angus Reid Institute shows Canadians are overwhelmingly against the country getting involved in the US-Israel-Iran war. A top Trump counter-terrorism chief has resigned, stating, the U.S. started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American lobby. The Canadian Human Rights Commission says the country s worsening economic conditions now mean it s a human rights crisis. Bill has announced a $1.7 billion investment into an AI data center near Regina.

Transcript

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00:00:00.000 from the Western Standard here's your news update I'm your host Western
00:00:09.620 Standard chief editor Dave Naylor and here's what you need to know Israel's
00:00:15.540 ambassador to Canada says anti-semitism has become so bad here Canadians should 0.99
00:00:20.700 be willing to give up some of their rights to fight it the new poll by the
00:00:26.280 Angus Reid Institute shows Canadians are overwhelmingly against the country getting
00:00:31.000 involved in the U.S.-Israel-Iran war. A top Trump counter-terrorism chief has resigned,
00:00:40.200 stating, quote, the U.S. started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American 0.66
00:00:46.040 lobby. The Canadian Human Rights Commission says the country's worsening economic conditions
00:00:53.480 now mean it's a, quote, human rights crisis.
00:00:57.940 And Bill has announced a $1.7 billion investment
00:01:02.060 into an AI data center near Regina.
00:01:07.440 And that's it for now.
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