kind of his university of toronto citizen lab found this out the image of an empty chair commemorating a dead human rights activist simply doesn't go through to chat partners in china. so if upload a picture to share with a friend it's immediately compared to a database if it raises concern there the picture is simply not sent the whole process is completely automated with image recognition software while it's technically fascinating the socio political consequences are terrifying she has young says online censorship has massively increased under general secretary xi jinping now the chinese internet it's much more a politically quiet place. it's still commercially very vibrant culturally still full of activities innovations. in the last of its political action intense of a lens has all but politically silenced china's internet but the government is not satisfied with just blocking and filtering out on one of the pinions it also keeps looking for new ways to use technology to its advantage the communist party of china has its own app and it's been especially successful. digital politics

meanwhile eventual is being held in toronto for the many canadian victims of the downing off that ukrainian aircraft in iran daniel lakas joining us from the university of toronto where that villa vigil is being held daniel what can you tell us about what's going on there. well darien people are gathering for this vigil it's in the university's convocation hall which is an old building where the university has its graduation ceremonies holds over a 1000 people i'm pretty sure it'll be full to bursting when it starts shortly they're expecting the mayor of toronto canada's deputy prime minister and important local politicians as well as many many members of this area is a rainy and canadian community more than 100000 iranian canadians live in and around the toronto area and it's no exaggeration to say that almost everyone knew someone who was impacted by the tragedy in tehran many of the people who died in the crash were students university professors teachers or staff members that educational institutions and that is why the university is at the center of mourning today in toronto they're going to have a multimedia presentation they're going to read o

well thousands of attended a vigil at kind of its largest college the university of toronto to mourn the victims of the downed ukrainian airlines jet of the $176.00 who died $57.00 were canadian citizens and many either worked or attended universities there. was at the vigil. those reading out victims' names from the ukrainian airlines crash were choked with emotion so were many who watched among the victims were dozens of university professors students staff and their families including young children this tragedy has hit one particular community hard but political leaders say the entire country is united in mourning and now it's time for a reigning canadian. and all of their canadians to come together as canadians we remember together we mourn together. and we will seek answers together so hundreds of people are waiting outside as the ceremony goes on in a hall that seats $1500.00 already full to capacity this is a community that's determined to come together both to grieve and to press for answers from the regime in tehran canadian officials have begun arriving in tehran to take pa

around conflict i'm joined by my guest mohammad marandi and put on he's a professor at the university of toronto in washington we have christopher and i when he is for. under of american veterans policy network and in iraq war veteran and in sydney we cross the alley risk he is a middle east expert as well as contributor with a monitor all right crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate when home and let me go to you 1st here if you were to believe the media things are settling down a little bit after this tumultuous week involving the united states iran and the entire region and we're going to talk a lot about iraq here where things stand right now because if we look at it from tweets and what not you know our iran has decided to stand down how do you feel about that being interim go ahead. i think iran feels that trump stood down because when the iranians. launch the missiles all of them passed through the air defenses and hit their targets so they were both accurate and the americans were unable to intercept them so that was a major success

importantly it's an act of war against 2 nations 5 mohammad marandi politics professor at the university of toronto if you have time. now several countries have condemned the turkish parliament decision to send troops to libya there's deep concern from israel greece and cyprus over a possible escalation of the conflict in the region they're calling turkey's move reckless turkey's decision to deploy troops in libya presents a dangerous threat to regional stability the repercussions of such reckless move will be dire for the stability and peace of the entire region and a phone call with the turkish leader the us president raised concerns that foreign interference could further complicate the situation in libya but both agreed to maintain their diplomatic cooperation libya is currently in a dual power regime there's a un banks government of national accord that's headquartered in the capital tripoli and there's the alternative so-called eastern cabinet headed by general holy for half the 3rd region is controlled by local tribes and militias libya has been in a state of war since an uprising in 20 elev

killing of terrans top general political science professor at the university of toronto 100 must solve a believes where the u.s. withdrew from the deal the e.u. abandoned iran it's very hypocritical for the europeans to trigger the dispute resolution mechanism now i mean if they were sincerely and truly committed to the deal they should've triggered this dispute resolution mechanism a year and a half ago when the trumpet ministration decided to leave the deal when the us left the deal it was actually the europeans that convinced you want to stay in the deal with the promise that they would shield your own from american sanctions and all those promises turned out to be empty and right now when iran is for its share of the deal it's backing away from the deal now they are trying the this so-called dispute resolution mechanism and this has actually brought a lot of anger in a lot of brigit or in this in tehran regarding the europeans meanwhile the u.s. secretary of state has doubled down on washington's assassination of iran's top general early this month my pompei i did this is just the

door of negotiations is still open how met mazhar via a professor of political science at the university of toronto sais the e.u.'s actions are hypocritical. so one and a half year ago when the trumpet ministration decided to leave the nuclear accord it was the europeans that convinced iran to stay in the deal with the promise that they were going to shield iran from american sanctions in reality they did nothing in during that year where you were on fulfilled all of its obligations essentially u.s. sanctions kept increasing and when that had been iran essentially came to the conclusion that was it was also going to reduce its compliance under the deal mind you're on his not withdrawn completely from the deal now when you wanted that it was the europeans they came in triggered to dispute resolution mechanism but from iran's point of view this has been very hypocritical actions by the europeans if the europeans were truly committed to the deal they should have triggered this dispute resolution mechanism in a year and a half ago when the trumpet ministration essentially try to kill did not now. a pro

around conflict i'm joined by my guest mohammad marandi in foreign he's a professor at the university of toronto.

around conflict i'm joined by my guest mohammad marandi until around he's a professor at the university of toronto in washington we have chris for now when he is founder of american veterans policy network and in iraq war veteran and in sydney we cross the alley risk he is a middle east expert as well as contributor with monitor all right crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate well let me go to you 1st here if you were to believe the media things are settling down a little bit after this tumultuous week involving the united states iran and the entire region and we're going to talk a lot about iraq here where do things stand right now because if we look at it from tweets and what not you know a ran his decided to stand down how do you feel about that being interim go ahead. i think iran feels that trump stood down because when the iranians. launch the missiles all of them passed through the the air defenses and hit their targets so they were both accurate and the americans were unable to intercept them. so that was a major success and i think t

said how to run the a professor at the university of toronto joining us good to have you on the program today do you think this action of taking down the fost news agency website was a specific punishment against the role or attempt in general to stifle iranian media given the patterns we've seen over the last few months. i think it's obviously a sign that the us empire is crumbling. that the americans assassinate senior government officials in iraq and iran carry out acts of war against iranians and iranians this is unprecedented in contemporary human history yet the western media is not outraged at all because they consider themselves to be supreme to be exceptional it is very racist to be frank and it's very 19th century mentality the political correctness of the past is now all gone and the gloves are off so when they block farce news they will say it's a link to a terrorist organization or or they will say it's a mouthpiece of whoever but it really doesn't make a difference this is their way of silencing critique silencing the opposition they murder they silence yet they consider t

but when you spoke privately to people after the vigil outside the convocation hall at the university of toronto they told you that this was a regime that they had all led that many people had actually fled from the night late 1970 s. onwards their islamic revolution in iran people had left because they could not get along with that they had religious differences other types of differences with it and over the years students have come here business people have come here looking for opportunities yes but also because they found the situation in their homeland too oppressive and they become canadians and quite successful here they really did not see any of this coming people were visiting families and died on the way home and now they want their government the canadian government to keep up the pressure that so far seems to a born results on tehran on the regime in tehran we're seeing some canadian officials head to iran a couple of arrived more are expected in the next day or so they'll be scrutinizing the accident investigation and also doing consular duties helping with the remains helping fami

this is just one of six students, this man, at the university of toronto who died. meet the musavi family. the mother, father and two daughters all of them died in the plane crash. they leave behind a grandmother to those little girls in iran. a doctor in iran on the flight with her two daughters. they all died in the crash. a close friend said in canada that she, quote, did her best to take appointments with new imgrants who were overwhelmed and unable to find immediate medical help. this is evan and her baby girl and both on the plane with the baby's father. that family also perished in the crash. sahar and 8-year-old daughter jelsi on the daughter. she sent a selfie of them to her father on the tarmac awaiting departure. minutes latter she texted him. taking off now. that's the last he heard from his daughter. these are just a few of the 176 people who died. remember them today and remember them this weekend. thousands of women with metastatic breast cancer, which is breast cancer that has spread to other parts of the body, are living in the moment and taking ibra

i spoke with a professor at the university of toronto yesterday who had some students on that plane crash and their campus is dealing with that. it just goes to show there really is a huge human cost here at stake. >> thank you so much. >>> also breaking news in the war in afghanistan to share with you this hour. two u.s. soldiers are dead, another two are injured in afghanistan today. this after their vehicle struck a roadside bomb in t. the taliban immediately claimed responsibility for this attack. the names of those two u.s. service members have not been released at this time. >>> speaker pelosi prepares to send articles of impeachment to the senate as some republican senators are saying they're willing to hear witness testimony. the latest ahead. testimony. the latest ahead about dry mouth. they feel that they have to drink a lot of water. medications seem to be the number one cause for dry mouth. i like to recommend biotene. it replenishes the moisture in your mouth. biotene definitely works. [heartbeat] iand i don't add up the years. but what i do count on is boost high protein. an

i spoke with a professor at the university of toronto yesterday who had some students that were on that plane crash and their campus is dealing with that so it just goes to show that there really is a huge human cost here that is at stake. >> all right. thank you so much. thank you so much. >>> also breaking news in the war in afghanistan to share with you this hour. two u.s. soldiers are dead, another two injured in afghanistan today. this after the vehicle struck a roadside bomb in the kandahar providence according to a statement by the u.s. military. the taliban claimed responsibility for the attack. the nameses of two u.s. service members not released at this time but we'll keep on watching that for you. >>> speaker pelosi prepares to send articles of impeachment to the senate and some senators saying they're willing to hear witness testimony. the latest ahead. to avoid screening for colon cancer. i'm not worried. it doesn't run in my family. i can do it next year. no rush. cologuard is the noninvasive option that finds 92% of colon cancers. you just get the kit in the mail, go to t

ok my kind of thank you meanwhile a vigil is being held in toronto for the many canadian victims of the downing of the ukrainian aircraft in iran daniel black is joining us from the university of toronto daniel where that vigil is being held tell us what you're seeing. well there in it's even more than a vigil it's it's a commemoration ceremony to those who lost their lives it's a gathering of the iranian community and many others besides the university community we'll get a few more details from one of the organizers of that the c.e.o. of teargas and the organization that to organize that this is harry ana judd listen to this crowd must be something people must take something something some support something positive at a terrible time absolutely be have to deal with our grief and we have to mourn and this is the way that we mourn. so we are doing this because we would like to pay respect to all the lost lives lost at the same time to would like to sympathize with the victims' families and also we would like to tell the stories of those people who perished they were not just names on papers so you want to tell the stories of those people it must have been difficult and emo

this is just one of the six students at the university of toronto who lost his life. this family, the mother, father, both daughters, they all died in the plane crash. they leave behind a grandmother to those little girls back in iran. >>> a mother and her two daughters also died in the crash. the mother was a doctor in iran, a close friend told news in canada she did her best to help take appointments with new immigrants who were overwhelmed and unable to find immediate medical help. she leaves behind her husband and her son who remain in iran. and this is evelyn and her baby girl kurdia. they were both on the plane with the baby's father. all three died in the crash. >>> and these are just a few, a hand full of the 176 innocent people who died. please remember them today. remember them this weekend when you're fortunate enough to hug your own family. we made usaa insurance for members like kate. a former army medic, made of the flexibility to handle whatever monday has in store and tackle four things at once. so when her car got hit, she didn't worry. she simply fil

right i think they just jumped to the conclusion it would be jim marcus shoki all right the university of toronto based citizen law has published research also suggesting that an actor in saudi arabia used this model where also to to surveil omar abdel aziz was a close associate of the shoji i just want to ask you how you know how often do do the sides of actions happen from from whether it's. the government's. well it happens all the time we know the malware is out there and it's used by different bad actors for different purposes remember the united states was spying on angela merkel and had access to her cell phone and it caused to create a lot of problems between the u.s. and germany so certainly what this case highlights is the ability of nation states not only to conduct cyber attacks but to conduct surveillance or cyber attacks on the leaders of the country as well as its economic leaders and certainly mr bizos as a global economic leader with the valuation of amazon and how much it contributes to global economies right the f.b.i. saying it's continuing to investigate this phone hacking i

tim sale from the university of toronto, who was here as a postdoc, he is going to chair the panel and lead the discussion about this. he worked on among other things nato. i think nato has been in the news quite a bit, so make a note about that. meghan o'sullivan, the kirkpatrick professor at the kennedy school at harvard, an expert on north america, among other things, and one of the officials of the trilateral commission. and also former member of the bush national security council. and finally, of course, peter feaver, welcome back to the hilltop. he is a professor at duke and director of the grant staff -- the grand strategy program and former white house official in the bush administration. if you all would not mind joining me and giving a big round of welcome for our panelists. tim? [applause] tim: thank you. it is a pleasure to be back here and it is a pleasure to be on stage with one of the interviewed teams and some of the policymakers from the surge decision. the three of us spent a lot of time asking questions of others , and so it is my pleasure to ask you some questions t

emotional as they read out the names of the victims many of them children people from the university of toronto where the event was being held as well as across the country the people doing the reading there they often just choked up they couldn't get their words out and all around us the audience of some 2000 people people were weeping openly it was a very very emotional time it was about a 2 hour ceremony there were speeches from political leaders at every level of government here including the deputy prime minister the deputy to justin trudeau and she said this was a moment when the entire country was mourning not just iranian canadians who were the victims of this the largest number of people on the plane but the entire canadian community no matter what someone's background they were in mourning outside the hall people that were talking about political activity they were talking about you know just coming to terms with their loss and it's no exaggeration this is a large community here but it's tight knit and everybody knew somebody who somehow was impacted by this tragedy and as you say the

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he holds a bachelor of arts in electrical engineering from the university of toronto as well as a masters of business administration from ncad france. julie mathis joined hart in 2014 but became its ceo just nine days ago, so congratulations. she has previously served as president and cfo of the company and prior to joining hart, she served as vice president of finance at dell. miss mathis holds a bachelor of business administration degree in accounting from the university of texas at austin and is a certified public accountant. i would at this point ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and their written statements be made part of the record. and without objection, that is so ordered. i'd also like to remind witnesses their entire statements will be made part of the record and the record will remain open at least five days for additional materials to be submitted. at this point, i would ask each of the witnesses to rise and hold up their right hand. so that you may answer this question. do you swear or affirm under penalty of

university of denver. hejoins me now from toronto. thank you forjoining us. first of all let me ask you. about the ways the situation could escalate quite a lot over the last 24 escalate quite a lot over the last 2a hours. what about the ways in which it can de—escalate, what are the options for calming things down and taking a step back? there are not a lot of good options available. what has to happen is we need high—level international figures with gravitas, people such as the us secretary general perhaps, the president of france who has in the past tried to broker some sort of dialogue between iran and the united states but they are going to have to travel to tehran and to washington, dc to try to talk both sides back from the precipice. the big question is, what is iran going to do in response to the assassination of qasem soleimani and which arguments will be persuasive that roughly within the next year there will be a new president in the us possibly that might improve iran's position and you know iran has to be convinced that they have to respond proportionately, not to escalate

and thabit abdullah, a professor of middle east history at york university in toronto, canada. e both of you to the "newshour." let me start wh you, thabit abdullah. the iraqi prime minister says that he wants u.s. forces out. the majority of parliament says that they does that mean the iraqi government and the iraqi people actually want u.s. forces out of iraq? thabit: in the long run, 1, for the past 100 days, has raised the issue of sovereignty asof being onhe most important that it fights for. no iraqi once complete isolation from eitherts neighbors or ternationally. but there is widespread indignationth thaamerican strike and american practices in general and throughout the long history, really, of modern iraq has been one in which seems to indicate that the united states doesn't respect threignty of the country' so there'quite a bit of indignation about it. nick: so, mark kimmitt, there is certainly indignation in iraq, but, at the same time, the president told us today that iraqi leaders are saying one thinin public, one thing in private. there were no sunni votes in the

and, thabit abdullah, a ofessor of middle east history at york university in toronto, canada. k you very much, welcome both of you to the " swshour". let rt with you, thabit and larks the iraqi prime minister says he wants u.s. forces out. thejority of parliament says that they want u.s. forces out. does t it mean theraqi government and the iraqi people want u.s. portions out of iraq? >> in the long run, for sure, the freedom movement in iraq, the one that has been ongoing since october 1, for the past 100 days, has raised the issue of sovereignty as being one of the most important that it fights for. no iraqi wantsomplete isolation from either its neighbors or internationally, but there is widespread indignat strike and american practices in general and throughout the long history, really, of modern iraq has been one in which seems tino cate that the united states does not respect the sovereignty of the country.he so's quite a bit of ardignation about it. >> reporter: so, mk kimmitt, there is cerinly indignation in iraq, but at the same time president trump told us tode ay aqi

hunch emmy's the director of the center for middle east studies at the university of denver he's joining us now on skype from toronto thank you very much indeed for being with us we've heard the threats of course from the hezbollah leaders saying that the u.s. forces will pay the price we've also seen in the last few hours rocket attacks on targets in baghdad how concerned would you be that iran may not have the level of control over its vapor various proxy groups to avoid an accidental escalation of this crisis i'm not very concerned if you know anything about iran's regional policy in iraq and in lebanon in particular there is a very tight control over or over its its allies and its militia forces there's always the problem of you know some rogue elements taking. their own initiatives that could trigger a much wider conflict but you know we're talking about a country a regional power that has invested quite heavily in its its allies in its military reach throughout the middle east so if anything happens militarily in terms of that tacking american targets most likely it has some approval from the senior leadership

this vigil in toronto was $1.00 of dozens across the country that paid tribute to the $57.00 canadian citizens many of them university students and researchers who were among the dead. people that were on the plane they were young they were academics they were engineers as his compatriots mourned canadian prime minister justin trudeau called for justice for the families of the victims and said he expects the full cooperation of iran. let's cross now to tehran and speak to journalists there good to see you are iran's revolutionary guards have now taken responsibility for this crash is there going to be any fallout over these. well it was a very strong or the 1st conference the interview says are. there it was really all christendom to the extent of all the responsibility for the tragic incident he apologize to the i r g c would obey all the decisions made by the coffers of the scheldt over the incident there already been reports of resignation but i heard that they have declined are ready to resign. or now it is rejected by higher ranking officials as i understand and you've also tweeted supreme leader ronnie wasn't m

this vigil in toronto was $1.00 of dozens across the country that paid tribute to the $57.00 canadian citizens many of them university students and researchers who were among the dead. these people that were on the plane they were young they were academics they were engineers this is compulsory it's more canadian prime minister just and she called for justice for the families of the victims and said he expects the full cooperation of iran. and they have been protests in the last few hours outside the i'm a cupboard university in tech wrong students were initially holding a vigil for the victims of the crash but what started as morning turned into anger with the crowd chanting quote death to lives in protest over the government's handling of the plane crash now riot police quickly responded with tear gas in an attempt to break up the protest. we're here to talk more about this now is iran expert to face atop a hit in the studio with me good to see you and it washington all correspondent that fully las welcome to you both i want to begin with you today said because this admission of culpability now from iran's revoluti