Mulroney also works for Aurora Strategy Global, a firm registered to lobby the federal government When not hosting West Block, Mulroney offers clients “behind-the-scenes strategic advice” to “get your message in front of the right audience whether it is to government, the media or stakeholders”

I did a deep-dive into Ben Mulroney's extracurricular activities: At the same time as Mulroney is filling-in as host of The West Block, he is also working for two registered lobby groups and as an adviser to several companies – some of whose CEOs he's interviewed on Global News 640 Toronto radio

Israel's Supreme Court on Sunday ruled that the government has failed to provide Palestinian security prisoners with adequate food for basic subsistence and ordered authorities to improve their nutrition. www.cbc.ca/news/world/i...

In the last two weeks since the world's foremost authority on food insecurity declared a famine in Gaza City, 70 people have died of hunger, according to local health authorities. One of them was 17-year-old Ahmed Ali Al-Batniji. www.cbc.ca/news/world/g...

Strikes across Gaza kill at least 31 as international scholars accuse Israel of genocide www.thestar.com/news/world/m...

Leading genocide scholars organization says Israel is committing genocide in Gaza apnews.com/article/geno...

The deadly toll on journalists in the Gaza war. The total number of journalists and media workers killed in this conflict since October 2023 is at least 189, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists www.theguardian.com/global-devel... @theguardian.com @pressfreedom.bsky.social #journalism

“She’s packed up and she’s gone. I’m here, and that’s the only thing that matters,” Townsend said. www.nytimes.com/athletic/658...

BREAKING: Israeli strikes on Nasser Hospital in Gaza killed at least 15 people, including three journalists, one of whom worked for Reuters, Palestinian health officials said reut.rs/45OFPfr

BREAKING: Four journalists, including a freelancer who worked with AP, are among eight killed by an Israeli strike on southern Gaza's Nasser Hospital.

Palestinian authorities say the conflict has claimed the lives of more than 60,000 people in Gaza, while humanitarian organisations say a shortage of food is leading to widespread starvation. www.reuters.com/world/asia-p...

Gaza City and Surrounding Areas Are Officially Under Famine, Monitors Say www.nytimes.com/2025/08/22/w...

He Was the Face and Voice of Gaza. Israel Assassinated Him. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/o...

Struck, in @polgreen.bsky.social's piece on Anas al-Sharif's killing, by Israel's evidence—"screenshots of spreadsheets, purported service numbers and old payments"—tying him to Hamas. That's the case against him? And most US outlets didn't even bother to share it www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/o...

So proud that Stolen: Survivng St. Michael’s AND Finding Cleo made this list of 100 Greatest Podcasts of All Time! www.leftofdialmedia.com/essential-li... 🧡🧡

It remains absolutely bewildering to me that an incumbent premier took out newspaper ads proudly declaring she *refuses* to attempt to recover the remains of murder victims And equally bewildering @winnipegfreepress.com agreed to take her money and run these ads pressprogress.ca/heather-stef...

The federal government said Saturday that it was ordering the airline and its flight attendants back to work, ending a strike and lockout after less than 12 hours. www.thestar.com/business/uni...

The aid groups stressed that most of them haven't been able to deliver "a single truck" of life-saving assistance since Israel implemented a blockade in March, calling on the international community to press Israel to end the "weaponization of aid..." www.cbc.ca/news/world/i...

In a final message, al-Sharif said, “I never hesitated to convey the truth as it is, without distortion or misrepresentation, hoping that God would witness those who remained silent, those who accepted our killing, and those who suffocated our very breaths.” www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/...

Aid workers caring for the hungry in Gaza are themselves going without food. Claire Porter Robbins on a starvation crisis that has not spared the helpers:

"We’re seeing a purely manmade famine."

Former Shin Bet head Ami Ayalon among 550 security officials to sign letter calling for end to war www.cbc.ca/radio/asitha...

Exclusive: The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History removed references to President Trump’s two impeachments from an exhibit — an apparent change to its plans to update its collection of artifacts about the historic U.S. proceedings.

French President Emmanuel Macron had been pushing for France and its G7 allies, the UK and Canada, to recognise Palestinian statehood. But London and Ottawa “did not want to face the wrath of the United States”, reports Reuters. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/qep46z

Macron came up with a plan to have France plus G7 allies Britain & Canada recognise Palestinian statehood... But despite weeks of talks he failed... Three diplomats said London did not want to face the wrath of the US, and Ottawa took a similar stance... www.reuters.com/world/americ...

The government of Canada is adamant — with certain, shifting caveats — that it has not allowed arms shipments to Israel since January 2024, and yet Israeli import data and publicly available shipping records appear to contradict that claim. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Starmer says UK will recognize Palestinian state unless Israel agrees ceasefire, ends Gaza suffering www.thestar.com/news/world/e...

No Meals, Fainting Nurses, Dwindling Baby Formula: Starvation Haunts Gaza Hospitals www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/w...

"It is a real famine.... This is now normal in the streets of Gaza. Pale faces, sunken eyes, and thin bodies searching for something to eat. Many don’t know if they will find food today or not." The latest from my dear friend and colleague Hasan Jaber, who is living through what he's reporting on.

Health workers and aid groups fear hunger that has been building in Gaza for months under Israel's blockade is now reaching a tipping point into accelerating death.

“There is no one in Gaza now outside the scope of famine, not even myself,” said Dr. Ahmed al-Farra, who leads the pediatric ward at Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza. “I am speaking to you as a health official, but I, too, am searching for flour to feed my family.”

Hunger and disease continue to stalk Palestinians in Gaza, and aid organizations are warning that children are at greatest risk of starvation. A U.N. worker has described people as "walking corpses."

The prime minister’s statement is the latest sign of rising international alarm over the starvation and deaths of civilians www.thestar.com/politics/car...

As Palestinians continue to die of hunger, a former Israeli official speaks out about the government’s “total failure” to deliver aid in Gaza.

Breaking News: President Emmanuel Macron said France would recognize the state of Palestine, making it the first of the G7 nations to do so.

Gaza is suffering man-made mass starvation caused by a blockade on aid into the Palestinian enclave, World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday. www.reuters.com/business/hea...

“What we’re doing has actually been unbelievably effective,” said the chair of the Israeli-backed and U.S.-run aid group.

Gazans Are Dying of Starvation www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/w...

This is who Trump shipped to a Salvadoran dungeon: An event planner A coal miner An Uber driver Tortilla maker Barber DoorDashers Soccer coaches Furniture-maker Car washers Taxi drivers HVAC techs Auto parts worker Tire plant worker and 240 more... projects.propublica.org/venezuelan-i...

Israel controls all aid supplies into the war-ravaged enclave, where most of the population has been displaced multiple times and faces acute shortages of basic necessities. www.cbc.ca/news/world/i...

Dr. Nick Maynard tells NPR he's treating children shot at food distribution sites and witnessing what he believes is the systematic destruction of Gaza's civilian infrastructure.

Children Are Starving in Gaza, as Soldiers Kill People Looking for Food theintercept.com/2025/06/19/g...

Doug Ford says he treats First Nations 'like gold' but they 'keep coming hat in hand' Premier's remarks 'deeply offensive' and 'deeply racist,' NDP MPP Sol Mamakwa says www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

"To imply that what [Yao] said was harmful is itself a form of anti-Palestinian erasure and anti-Palestinian racism, which the school board has a specific policy against," she said. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

National Parks Are Told to Delete Content That ‘Disparages Americans’ www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/c...

Hospital officials have said more than 80 people were shot dead & hundreds wounded near distribution points in a 3-day period from Sunday, including at least 27 killed on Tuesday. Locals say Israeli soldiers opened fire on the crowds, who gather before dawn to seek food. www.cbc.ca/news/world/g...

Israeli soldiers opened fire Tuesday morning near crowds of Palestinians walking toward a new food distribution site in southern Gaza, the Israeli military said. The Red Cross and Gaza health ministry said at least 27 people had been killed. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/w...

RCMP says it’s probing potential war crimes related to Israel-Hamas conflict www.thestar.com/news/canada/...