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Gad Saad says he is leaving Canada due to rising antisemitism, and the tax bill on his way out has left him numb. Saad, a professor of marketing at Concordia University and author of the best-selling book Suicidal Empathy, posted Thursday night about what an “exit tax” would cost him to leave Quebec and Canada. “Following a very difficult meeting with my accountant, I just found out how much it is going to cost me,” Saad said in a post on X. “No human being in a free society should have their hard-earned money stolen in this manner. I’m genuinely numb. I’m speechless.” Saad says two...

The Canadian men’s national soccer team won the biggest game in the program’s history on Thursday night, and in so doing welcomed countless Canadians on to the bandwagon. The smashing 6-0 win over Qatar, which sets up another biggest-ever game against Switzerland next week, was a relief to long-time fans, but probably a curiosity to everyone else, which would include the bulk of the television audience. Here’s what they need to know to get up to speed. How big a deal was Canada’s World Cup win? It was huge. The Canadian men had qualified for the World Cup twice before, in 1986 and 2022...