May I ask a question please? Do we cancel the existing ones? •January – Tamil Heritage Month (House motion, 2016) •February – Black History Month (House motion 1995; Senate 2008) •March – Irish Heritage Month (House motion, 2021) •April – Sikh Heritage Month — the federal Parliament voted in November 2018 to celebrate Sikh Heritage Month nationally every April (Sikh Heritage Month Act, 2019) •May – Asian Heritage Month (Senate motion, 2001–02) •May – Canadian Jewish Heritage Month — Parliament passed legislation on March 29, 2018 designating May as Canadian Jewish Heritage Month •June – Italian Heritage Month (House motion, 2017) •June – Filipino Heritage Month — declared by Motion M-155 on October 30, 2018 •June – Portuguese Heritage Month — the House of Commons designated June as Portuguese Heritage Month on November 8, 2017 •June – National Indigenous History Month (House motion, 2009) •October – Islamic History Month (House motion, 2007) •October – Latin American Heritage Month — designated by the Parliament of Canada in 2018 via the Latin American Heritage Month Act •October – German Heritage Month (House motion, 2017) •November – Lebanese Heritage Month (House motion, 2018) •November – Hindu Heritage Month (House motion, 2022)

The average English when they're explaining to the Scots, Irish and Welsh exactly what they should love them:

BC NDP MLA & David Eby's caucus lieutenant Rohini Arora wants you to be ashamed of calling yourself a British Columbian or a Canadian and instead identify as "colonizer" BC is done with the NDP shame tactics, we have an incredible heritage to be proud of

BC NDP MLA & David Eby's caucus lieutenant Rohini Arora wants you to be ashamed of calling yourself a British Columbian or a Canadian and instead identify as "colonizer" BC is done with the NDP shame tactics, we have an incredible heritage to be proud of

It’s really not a good look that many conservatives, and even far right influencers, on this platform are fawning over one particular candidate in the @OntLiberal race. Even more problematic, many claim to be joining the party to support said candidate. Let me be clear: we will only rebuild @OntLiberal through attracting tens of thousands of new members to our party — including new members from different political parties with conflicting views because that’s how you build a big tent and genuinely rebuild a party in clear need of renewal. Yet new members to our party must endorse basic liberal/Liberal values. Unfortunately, many of these supposed new members don’t meet this basic test — and I find this deeply concerning. #cdnpoli #onpoli

Here are the heritage months designated federally by the Parliament of Canada (via legislation or House/Senate motions): •January – Tamil Heritage Month (House motion, 2016) •February – Black History Month (House motion 1995; Senate 2008) •March – Irish Heritage Month (House motion, 2021) •April – Sikh Heritage Month — the federal Parliament voted in November 2018 to celebrate Sikh Heritage Month nationally every April  (Sikh Heritage Month Act, 2019) •May – Asian Heritage Month (Senate motion, 2001–02) •May – Canadian Jewish Heritage Month — Parliament passed legislation on March 29, 2018 designating May as Canadian Jewish Heritage Month  •June – Italian Heritage Month (House motion, 2017) •June – Filipino Heritage Month — declared by Motion M-155 on October 30, 2018  •June – Portuguese Heritage Month — the House of Commons designated June as Portuguese Heritage Month on November 8, 2017  •June – National Indigenous History Month (House motion, 2009) •October – Islamic History Month (House motion, 2007) •October – Latin American Heritage Month — designated by the Parliament of Canada in 2018  via the Latin American Heritage Month Act •October – German Heritage Month (House motion, 2017) •November – Lebanese Heritage Month (House motion, 2018) •November – Hindu Heritage Month (House motion, 2022)

Supreme Court of Canada allowed the appeal in Société de l’Acadie du Nouveau-Brunswick v. Canada, 2026 SCC 22. The Court held that s. 16(2) of the Charter requires New Brunswick’s Lieutenant Governor to perform their functions in both official languages decisions.scc-csc.ca/scc-csc…

Today, we mourn the loss of Constable Marc Pinizzotto. “No words can capture the impact on Marc’s family, who expected him to come home today. We as a Service will support them and each other,” Chief Myron Demkiw said. “This loss will have a profound impact on the Toronto Police Family. Our Service, our members, and all members of the larger policing family are deeply saddened.” Read story: tps.ca/media-centre/stories/…

I’m brand new to official Ottawa, but I was fascinated to attend the installation of Louise Arbour as Governor General today. It was refreshing to hear her talk about the fact that AI "could be threatening not only the way we live and work, but also the control we exercise over our own destiny.” That is the anxiety Canadians feel, but our government has yet to get the memo. She also spoke about climate change, and even referred twice to extreme inequality - two more issues of deep concern to a vast majority of us. Two more issues Canadians elected Mark Carney to address, only to find he is taking us in the opposite direction. So I took the opportunity to thank Louise Arbour for beginning her tenure by commenting on these big issues. Later, in Rideau Hall, I came across a breathtaking @christibelcourt painting, a window into an Indigenous worldview punched into the actual edifice of the colonial state. Wow. The centre cannot hold. We need this country to work for everyone. (And everyone should be able to enjoy the kind of luxury on display in the nation’s capital.)

Globe editorial: There is no reconciliation without truth theglobeandmail.com/opinion/…