Author: Blazingcatfur

Saudi Arabia’s Mohammed bin Salman invited to G7 summit in Alberta: sources

Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has been invited to attend the upcoming Group of Seven (G7) summit in the foothills of the Canadian Rockies, two government sources told CBC News.

Bin Salman, known as MBS, is a powerful figure in the Middle East and his oil-rich country is seen as a key player in hopes of brokering peace as the deadly war in Gaza drags on.

Sources with knowledge of the invite spoke to CBC News on the condition they not be named. The Saudi embassy has not confirmed whether bin Salman will make the trip to Alberta next week.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, WTF?

Derek Finkle: Pro-drug injection site activists were dangerously wrong on closures

“A lot more people are going to die.”

This was the dire prediction oft-repeated back in March by a busload of lawyers who supported a legal challenge filed by an injection site in Toronto that claimed recent Ontario legislation forcing the closure of sites within 200 metres of schools and daycare facilities violates the Charter rights of drug users.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inDrug Legalization, Drugs

Christopher Wray Lied: The FBI Was Targeting American Catholics

A US Senate investigation reveals that anti-Catholic animus in the FBI runs deep, and several unsettling questions remain.

Over two years ago, the nation’s top law enforcement agency landed in hot water when a memo leaked detailing plans to infiltrate and illegally spy on certain Catholic parishes and classifying American Catholics devoted to the Tridentine Mass as “Radical-Traditionalist Catholics” and “Racially or Ethnically Motivated Violent Extremists.” The memo, drafted and approved by the FBI’s Richmond field office, caused outrage and initiated a series of congressional hearings, during which then-FBI director Christopher Wray attested, under oath, that the Richmond field office had acted alone in drafting the memo, which was never circulated or meant to be circulated to the FBI more broadly. Wray lied.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCatholic Church, FBI, USA

Are We in San Francisco?

Wednesday morning at the corner of Sacramento and Cherry. The three of us—me, the bus driver, and an elderly woman—peer into a parked bus with muted awe. Inside, an enormous man is shouting at a crumpled blanket. “Hey, HEY! Wake up! Get up!”

As it turns out, under the blanket lies a man wearing ripped clothing; he staggers to his feet at the third admonishment, limps out the door, and vomits. He has no idea where we are. “Are we in Sacramento?” he asks. “No,” says the enormous man, a Street Crisis Response Team “peer specialist” dispatched to respond to a report of an unresponsive adult male on the 33 bus. “We’re on Sacramento and Cherry. Presidio Heights. San Francisco. West Side.”

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Homelessness & Affordability Crisis", "Progressive Paradise"

Toronto housing among least affordable on this global index.

A new global index suggests Toronto is among the world’s worst cities when it comes to housing affordability — as experts blame decades of policy missteps, development delays, and overwhelming population demand for the problem.

The 2025 Global Cities Index from Oxford Economics finds that as a result of Toronto’s expensive real estate market, residents “spend more of their income on housing than residents of nearly every other city in the world.”

While the federal government recently promised to eliminate the GST on first-time home purchases under $1 million, critics argue that restrictive housing policies, costly development charges and sluggish approvals have created a market that’s out of reach for most buyers.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Homelessness & Affordability Crisis", "Toronto - Canada's version of a Democrat run city"

Palestinians Weigh In: The Real Reason Hamas Wants To ‘Sacrifice’ Them

On the eve of the Islamic feast of Eid al-Adha (Festival of Sacrifice), Hamas leader Khalil al-Hayya — in charge of the negotiations to release the hostages and reach a ceasefire agreement with Israel — delivered a speech in which he said: “Gaza has offered itself as a sacrifice for the Muslim ummah [nation] and deserves its full support in return.”

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Oct 7 2023"

Why some Canadians are alarmed by Mark Carney’s pledge to act with urgency

Canadians elected Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberal government based on its pledge to act with urgency and fix things — the country’s economy, its security and its standing on the world stage.

But with the unveiling of a bill to supercharge the economy and early efforts to improve the country’s adversarial relations with India and China, there’s growing concern that Carney’s plans to boost Canada could involve unsavoury trade offs.

Ask Indigenous leaders who were left out of “nation-building” meetings or were given just a week to comment on legislation that will fast track infrastructure projects reasonably expected to pass through their treaty-protected territories.

Amazing that some people believe Carney will act in anyone’s best interests other than his own.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Taxpayer-Funded NPR Makes Martyr Out Of Children’s Hamas Propagandist Ms. Rachel

The taxpayer subsidized “journalists” at NPR are propping up Rachel Accurso, a viral children’s “educator,” as the “modern-day” Mr. Rogers.

Except “Ms. Rachel,” his woke re-incarnation, is a sheltered middle aged woman who turned what seems to be a histrionic personality disorder into a $10 million internet grift.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inWTF?

‘She’s not an honest or a reliable witness’: Defence challenges complainant’s credibility as closing arguments begin at Hockey Canada trial

LONDON, Ont. — The complainant in the high-profile Hockey Canada sexual assault trial was a “fully consenting participant” who fabricated her allegations because she didn’t want to admit she chose to be “sexually adventurous” in a hotel room full of men she had just met, the defence argued Monday at the start of closing arguments.

The central issue in the case is whether the woman, whose identity is covered by a standard publication ban, consented to sexual activity with Michael McLeod, Alex Formenton, Carter Hart, Dillon Dubé and Cal Foote, all members of the 2018 Canadian world junior championship team, in a room at the Delta Armouries hotel in the early hours of June 19, 2018, when she was 20 years old.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in#MeToo

Outrage in Italy as Muslims cover statue of Jesus during prayers

A religious uproar erupted in Italy after a statue of Jesus was covered with a cloth during Eid al-Adha prayers held by local Muslims in a church in Monfalcone. Approximately 4,000 worshippers gathered for the prayer service at the Church of Marcelliana, which had been offered to the Muslim community for the holiday. The act of covering the statue sparked harsh criticism from former Monfalcone mayor and current European Parliament member for the right-wing League party, Anna Maria Cisint.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Islamophobia", Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West

Refugees in limbo as Ottawa silent on immigration jobs program due to expire within days

In the Ontario village of Schomberg, the local stone masonry shop is known for holding the Guinness world record for the tallest freestanding inukshuk sculpture.

Since last year, the company, which crafts marble columns and limestone windowsills out of stone from its quarries, has cultivated another cause for renown: rescuing Syrian refugees.
Peter Melo, general manager of Allstone Quarry Products, has helped two refugees establish new lives in Canada with their families, and he is in the process of hiring one more.

I bet he’s as Big Hearted as the wage subsidy he gets for giving jobs to foreigners. Just what we need – more Muslims.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Societally Destructive Immigration Policy"