Afternoon front page: Law Society accuses ex-MP of trying to cover up fraud; NDP leader says Carney vulnerable in Quebec; and more

Raj Grewal in November 2017. Photo by NurPhoto via Getty Images

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It’s Thursday, July 30. Here are the top stories we’re following today.

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Ex-Liberal MP allegedly promised to pay back millions only if lenders didn’t complain to Law Society of Ontario

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The accusation is contained in written legal arguments the Law Society filed in a bid to have Raj Grewal’s licence suspended over allegedly fraudulent actions, and to prevent “a significant risk of harm to the public.”

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NDP Leader Avi Lewis speaks to reporters in foyer of the House of Commons in June 2026. Photo by Blair Gable/Postmedia

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‘Cracks beginning to appear’ for Liberals in Quebec, Avi Lewis says

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The federal NDP leader has his eye on two Quebec ridings where byelections are widely expected to be called later this year. “I do believe there are early signs of buyer’s remorse for Mr. Carney because of things that he has done and not done,” Lewis says, specifically pointing to the prime minister’s plan to build a new pipeline in Alberta.

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No opposing voices were included in the CBC’s story, aside from a perfunctory quote from the provincial government, nor was there any mention of high-quality Canadian studies suggesting that consumption sites are ineffective. Pictured, the CBC logo on a building in Vancouver in 2013. Photo by Gerry Kahrmann/Postmedia

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Adam Zivo: CBC ‘investigation’ misleads public on consumption sites

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Zivo suggests that by using cherry-picked figures, omitting opposing research and failing to provide context, “the CBC has repeatedly demonstrated that it cannot be trusted to produce balanced journalism on the national addiction crisis. Its ‘investigative’ work amounts to little more than politicized cheer-leading for radical harm-reduction activists.”

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Segregated seating at the LIT Convention, Laval, QC, July 26, 2026. Photo by Postmedia/Used with permission

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Terry Newman: Integration or Islamicization?

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The messages at a recent Islamic convention in Montreal, aimed at youth aged 15 to 30, raise “serious concerns about how some Muslim communities integrate into Canadian society,” Newman writes. Attendees were “advised that western man-made laws are immoral and were encouraged to operate in economic and social spheres that would seem to me to minimize their interactions with the rest of Canadian society.”

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Any good cocktail menu should have some non-alcohol offerings, too, says Ryan Ringer, co-owner and bartender at Grey Tige in Toronto. Photo by Michelle Siu for National Post

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Canadians aren’t quitting alcohol. They’re ‘zebra striping’ to pace themselves

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Alternating alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks during a night out has grown into a $223-million business in Canada, and the people driving it are mostly still drinkers. “I think it’s less about people drinking less. It’s more about moderation,” says one bartender.

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