This October, cities in British Columbia, Ontario, and Manitoba are holding elections for the positions of mayor, city councillors, and school board trustees.

In May 2018, a part in South Pointe, Winnipeg, was named after the founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah. 

Conservative Member of Parliament Maxime Bernier has recently stirred up controversy on Twitter by stating that the naming of a park in Winnipeg after one of Pakistan's founding leaders, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, was an example of "extreme Liberal multiculuralism."

Mississauga, Aug. 3, 2018 — Along with the global Rohingya communities, the Burma Task Force (BTF)  and Canadian Rohingya Development Initiative (CRDI) have officially recognized August 25 as the date for the annual “Rohingya Genocide Remembrance Day.”