Border agents have intercepted tens of thousands in counterfeit currency from China
according to Jonathan McGrath, CBSA intelligence manager for Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland and Labrador.Officials have previously discovered counterfeit Canadian currency in the country with links to China.
In December 2023, RCMP seized hundreds of notes in PEI that included $100, $50 and $20 notes. The currency had Chinese symbols on it.
In 2022, RCMP charged one individual after police seized more than 10,000 counterfeit toonies in the Toronto area.
It is suspected that additional counterfeit coins made their way into the currency system.
The counterfeit coins have a “split-toe” on the right front paw of the polar bear, resembling a claw, RCMP said.Authentic Canadian bills have the following security features: the words “Bank of Canada”/“Banque du Canada” are raised and can be felt, the colour in the metallic portrait in the transparent window changes if the bill is tilted, the image in the metallic portrait in the transparent window will match the portrait on the front of the bill, and the numbers in and around the large window will match the value of the note.
CFIB also said authentic Canadian bank notes will have maple leaves around the border of the large window, and the frosted maple leaf window will have a transparent outline. The word “Canada” will also feel a little raised, according to CFIB.https://tinyurl.com/35knbs7s
Abolish the teachers' unions
Alberta strike cancelling classes across the province shows unions have far too much power
https://nationalpost.com/opinion/carson-jerema-abolish-the-teachers-unions
It is pathetic when you have 5 running for mayor and 24 for city Councillor and you can't come up with 8 you would vote for for Councillor. I pass by if they are a civil servant or don't know the responsibility of the different levels of government. This is Red Deer. I have been waffling on Mayor but have finally made up my mind. Two former city Councillors are HELL NO's and hope to see their asses in rear view mirror.
Tamara & Chris sentenced. The Message is Clear: Dissent is Now a Crime.
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Tamara Lich and Chris Barber got 12 months of house arrest today for “mischief.”
Not violence.
Not property damage.
Mischief.
Peaceful Canadians—criminalised for daring to speak out. The same justice system that drops charges for real crimes and lets violent offenders walk free spent three years trying to break two people who stood for freedom.
The Crown had outrageously demanded seven years in jail to make an example out of them.
Why?
To warn you.
To scare anyone who might ever peacefully defy the state again.
Even the judge admitted Chris Barber “came with the noblest of intent” and never called for violence.
But it didn’t matter. They needed bogeymen.
We remember all the others:
Maxime Bernier was handcuffed in Manitoba for speaking at a peaceful rally.
Mark Friesen was fined thousands for organizing gatherings.
Randy Hillier saw convoy charges stayed after years of harassment.
Todd Dube was ...
