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Wildlife Photographer Of Year Show At ROM, page 9 7th Annual Teddy Bear Toss In Mississauga, page 12 A Flurry Of Winter Fun In Brampton, page 15 GTA Mayors Brown,Tory & Crombie Sworn In

BRAMPTON/TORONO/MISSISSAUGA: The three the new council and the team made for a fascinating start. councillors Pat Fortini in Wards 7 and 8, and Gurpreet new GTA mayors, Patrick Brown of Brampton, John Tory Brampton voters elected ive new members of council Dhillon in Wards 9 and 10. of Toronto and Bonnie Crombie of Mississauga were in the Oct. 22 election, including Mayor Patrick Brown, Dhillon and Fortini have moved to regional council af- sworn in by the respective city clerks in colourful cer- Wards 1 and 5 city Coun. Rowena Santos and regional ter serving earlier as city councillors. Brown was sworn in emonies in their cities. Coun. Paul Vicente; Wards 7 and 8 city Coun. Charmaine earlier on Saturday, December 1 by former Ontario pre- Hundreds of Bramptonians gathered at the Rose Theatre Williams; and Wards 9 and 10 city Coun. Harkirat Singh. mier Bill Davis,. A video of the informal ceremony was on the night of December 3 to witness Brown’s swearing- They will join returning Wards 2 and 6 councillors shown after each of the 10 councillors took their oaths of in by city clerk Peter Fay. Doug Whillans (city) and Michael Palleschi (region), ofice during the ceremony. “I am very excited to work A smudging ceremony, which was about an hour-long, Wards 3 and 4 incumbents Jeff Bowman (city) and Mar- with this team. We have six returning members in for their by Anishinaabe community leader Kim Wheatley to bless tin Medeiros (region), as well as newly elected regional Continued on page 6 Scheer Flays PM’s Nod Security Review Finds ‘Vetting’ Gaps On Migration Pact In PM’s Trip Trudeau Backs UN Document Rejected By Many Countries OTTAWA: The RCMP should Trudeau’s wife and at least one OTTAWA: As prepares have alerted ’s pro- cabinet minister during a Feb. 20 to sign on to a United Nations tective detail that Jaspal Atwal event in Mumbai, and an invita- agreement on migration, Con- _ a man with a serious criminal tion to a second event, in New servative politicians are pushing record and a history of violence Delhi, was rescinded after the back, saying signing it would be _ might turn up during the prime news broke. tantamount to erasing Canada’s minister’s February trip to India, The committee report says borders. says a review of the turbulent the Mounties had information But the Liberals say Conserva- visit. on Feb. 13 about Atwal’s pos- tives are simply trying to court The newly released report from sible presence in India during voters being fed conspiracy theo- the national-security commit- Trudeau’s visit. ries about the UN agreement fu- tee of parliamentarians says the “That information caused elled by the controversial online RCMP “recognizes that it erred’’ RCMP personnel to search crimi- news outlet Rebel Media. in not passing along the informa- nal databases, revealing informa- The Global Compact on Mi- tion about Atwal, who had been tion that should have triggered gration is set to become the irst, convicted of attempted murder the notiication of the Prime Min- inter-governmentally negoti- years earlier. ister’s Protective Detail and the ated agreement under the UN to The heavily censored report, ta- Continued on page 2 cover all dimensions of interna- bled Monday in Parliament, says tional migration. It is aimed at government agencies do not have improving co-operation between a comprehensive system for vet- countries and will be signed by ting guest lists for foreign events involving the prime minister and multiple countries next week in Leader of the Opposition rises during question have not conducted a “lessons Morocco. Canada’s Immigration period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa learned’’ exercise to determine Minister Ahmed Hussen is to sign on Tuesday, Dec.4, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld on Canada’s behalf. what they could do better. Conservative Leader Andrew our borders, the prime minister in Charlottesville, Va., until it Trudeau was embarrassed dur- Scheer strongly opposes the should focus on restoring order at changed editorial direction. His ing the overseas trip when it was agreement, arguing it would give home.’’ criticism of the UN pact migra- revealed that Atwal, a B.C. Sikh foreign entities inluence over But Prime Minister Justin tion pact is similar to that es- convicted of trying to assassinate Canada’s immigration system Trudeau accused Scheer of using poused by Rebel Media, which an Indian minister in 1986, had and would inluence media- “Rebel cov Media talking points’’ _ has called the compact a means been invited to two events with erage of immigration issues. a reference to the controversial to normalize mass migration and the prime minister. “Canadians and Canadians news website, which has been silence media critics. Atwal was also charged, but BROKER alone should make decisions linked to the alt-right. Concerns about the UN agree- not convicted, in connection with on who comes into our country In August 2017, Scheer an- ment have been raised several a 1985 attack on , and under what circumstances,’’ nounced he would no longer give times in the House of Commons a staunch opponent of the Sikh Scheer said Tuesday. interviews to Rebel Media, which this week, with Conservative im- separatist movement, who later “Instead of signing interna- had been heavily criticized for migration critic Michelle Rempel became B.C. premier and then a tional agreements that erode sympathetic coverage of white calling it a “border-erasing poli federal Liberal cabinet minister. our sovereign right to manage supremacists at a deadly protest Continued on page 2 Atwal was photographed with Pramod Goyal Elected As 31st President Of ICCC TORONTO: Mr. Pramod Goyal was unani- ing irm. In the past, he has held senior roles mously elected the 31st President of the Indo- at Investco, Royal Bank, Scotiabank and Acer Canada Chamber of Commerce (ICCC) on Telecom. Monday, December 03, 2018, by board mem- He holds a Bachelor of Science degree, bers. and Post-Graduate Diploma in Internal Au- Mr. Pramod Goyal is a business strategist dit from University of Delhi, and a Master of and a highly experienced management con- Business Administration from Northwestern sultant with over 30 years of experience in and York University. He is an Associate of the founding, managing, and advising growth Institute of Canadian Bankers and a member companies, including strategy consulting, of the Institute of Corporate Directors. He has corporate inance, audit, and governance;- pri served on several professional, private and vate equity transactions and venture capital; non-proit boards, and committees of various commercial due-diligence and strategic busi- organizations. ness relationships. The Indo-Canada Chamber of Commerce He is currently the President and CEO of (ICCC), founded in 1977, is a premier, not- Canadawide Financial Corporation Limited, a for-proit, member and sponsor funded busi- business advisory, and management consult- ness and diaspora organization.