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Toronto Sun
13 minutes ago
- Toronto Sun
Mark Carney mocked for hugging man in thong at Vancouver Pride Parade
Prime Minister Mark Carney greets people while he marches in the Vancouver Pride Parade in Vancouver, Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025. Photo by Ethan Cairns / THE CANADIAN PRESS Prime Minister Mark Carney surprised revellers at Vancouver's Pride Parade over the weekend. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account While his attendance wasn't announced, Carney was in the city to meet with Vancouver Fraser Port Authority president and CEO Peter Xotta and DP World Canada chief operating officer Joel Werner in the morning for a photo op after visiting the port facility. The prime minister followed that with a meeting with B.C. Premier David Eby as the U.S. hit Canada with a 35% tariff on goods not compliant with CUSMA on trade, as well as renewed animosity in the long-running softwood lumber dispute. But he wrapped his visit on the parade route, marching for about a kilometre. While Carney kept his outfit business-casual — navy suit, blue dress shirt and burgundy sneakers — he did have an orange-pink lesbian flag tucked into his pocket like a makeshift pocket square that served as a symbolic sign of support for the LGBTQ community. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Carney was greeted by loud cheers from parade-goers lining the sidewalks along the route, as he shook hands with the crowd and posed for photos with participants. But it was one photo of the PM hugging a nearly naked man who had nothing but a pink thong separating him from Canada's normally buttoned-up leader that caught people's attention. The internet went wild for the embrace, with many on social media taking jabs at Carney. Prime Minister Mark Carney greets people while he marches in the Vancouver Pride Parade in Vancouver, Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025. (Ethan Cairns/The Canadian Press) Photo by Ethan Cairns / THE CANADIAN PRESS 'Elbows down, asses up…. in front of kids. Nice flex,' one person sneered. Another noted: 'Canada has fallen into a sad state,' while another agreed asking, 'Wait aren't we in a trade CRISIS??' RECOMMENDED VIDEO They continued: 'Isn't Carney the expert in dealing with a crisis? Don't we need a trade deal? Shouldn't Carney be in DC — negotiating a trade deal??' At one point, the PM was handed a microphone by a drag queen who thanked him for coming, to which Carney replied saying the parade was 'the best of Canada.' He noted that Pride celebrates diversity in a 'very positive way' and represents the 'essence of Canada.' Read More Columnists Other Sports Opinion Relationships Canada
National Post
13 minutes ago
- National Post
Adam Zivo: Montreal Pride reverses shameful decision to ban Jewish groups
Article content Given that 2024 survey found that 91 per cent of Canadian Jews may be Zionists — meaning they believe that Israel has the right to exist as a Jewish state — implementing these demands would have amounted to a de facto ban of most of Canada's Jewish community. Article content This year, Helem launched its own alternative festival, ' Wild Pride,' which took place last week and featured a party called ' Intifada on the Dance Floor.' Notably, 'intifada' (which translates into 'uprising') is often seen as a pro-terrorism term, as Palestinian militants widely used it to describe their suicide bombing campaign against Israeli civilians in the early 2000s. Article content And this isn't the only thing that's happened behind closed doors at Montreal Pride. Article content Further behind-the-scenes context was provided by Artur Wilczynski, a Jewish LGBTQ activist and retired bureaucrat who was recruited by Montreal Pride in 2023 to help assess the applications of new board members. Article content In an interview this Saturday, Wilczynski explained that Montreal Pride's current troubles could be traced back to a 'really serious kind of institutional meltdown' that occurred in 2022. That year, the festival was abruptly canceled just hours before it was supposed to begin, as it was discovered that organizers had recruited only half of the 200 volunteers needed to provide event security. Article content Article content According to Wilczynski, the scandal pushed Montreal Pride to strictly focus on its core mandate and avoid embroilment in unrelated international conflicts. He said that the festival's leadership told him this spring that they wanted to take a cautious approach, to avoid alienating corporate and government funders. Article content From Wilczynski's understanding, the decision to ban Ga'ava and CIJA was not unanimous and 'caused a schism on the board.' The day following our interview, he publicly announced his resignation from Montreal Pride due to the 'discriminatory and indefensible' exclusion of Ga'ava, and, the day after that, the chair of Montreal Pride's board of directors, Bernard Truong, also resigned, citing 'personal reasons.' Article content The ban caused strife with some of Montreal Pride's external partners and community supporters as well. Several days ago, for example, five Liberal MPs published a joint letter urging Montreal Pride to reverse its 'profoundly hurtful' ban of Ga'ava, as it 'sends a message that Jewish identity is not welcome in LGBTQ+ spaces.' Article content Both Wilczynski and Godoy alleged that Montreal Pride's executive director, Simon Gamache, has been on sick leave since last Monday. 'Pride is rudderless and without a captain on board right now,' exclaimed Godoy. Article content However, I was unable to corroborate these claims or others about Montreal Pride's internal dynamics, as the festival did not respond to a detailed list of emailed questions. Their presenting sponsor, TD Bank, also did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Article content On Tuesday, it was announced that Ga'ava and CIJA would be re-invited back to the parade following discussions with the new chair of Montreal Pride. In a press release, CIJA stated that Montreal Pride 'opposes antisemitism and had no intention of excluding the Jewish community' and that 'following constructive dialogue, we accepted their apology.' Article content 'This incident — so out of step with Fierté Montréal's (Montreal Pride's) values of inclusion and respect, values that must be upheld in the broader struggle for Quebec's shared values — should never have happened,' stated the press release, which went on to acknowledge the 'thousands' of citizens, including politicians and influences, who condemned the exclusion. 'Quebec's Jewish community is glad to move forward.' Article content
CTV News
13 minutes ago
- CTV News
U.S. to initially impose ‘small tariff' on pharma imports, Trump says
President Donald Trump talks to reporters on the South Lawn of the White House before he boards Marine One en route to Joint Base Andrews, Md., Friday, Aug. 1, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that the United States would initially place a 'small tariff' on pharmaceutical imports before hiking it to 150 per cent within 18 months and eventually to 250 per cent in an effort to boost domestic production. 'In one year, one and a half years maximum, it's going to go to 150 per cent and then it's going to go to 250 per cent because we want pharmaceuticals made in our country,' Trump told CNBC in an interview. He did not specify the initial tariff rate on pharmaceuticals. Trump said last month that pharmaceutical tariffs could reach as high as 200 per cent. He said in February that sectoral tariffs on pharmaceuticals and semiconductor chips would start at '25 per cent or higher,' rising substantially over the course of a year. Trump said on Tuesday that he plans to announce tariffs on semiconductors and chips in the 'next week or so,' but gave no further details. The United States has been conducting a national security review of the pharmaceutical sector, and the industry has been preparing for possible sector-specific tariffs. The administration has not announced when the results of that probe will be released. Several drugmakers have pledged multibillion-dollar investments in U.S. manufacturing as Trump threatens import tariffs, with AstraZeneca recently committing US$50 billion to expand its American operations. PhRMA, the main lobbying group for the industry, did not immediately respond to a request for comment. A framework agreement between the United States and the EU sets out that tariffs on pharmaceuticals and semiconductors are currently zero, but if the United States raises tariffs following its import investigation, they will be capped at 15 per cent. --- Reporting by Patrick Wingrove in New York, Andrea Shalal in Washington and Bhargav Acharya in Toronto; Editing by Doina Chiacu and Mark Porter
