Author: Blazingcatfur

‘It is shameful’: City staff slammed for leaving Toronto rooming-house tenants in ‘inhuman conditions’

Mayor Olivia Chow is criticizing the “uncaring” culture of Toronto’s public service, after an accountability watchdog found the city failed to act while tenants in a rooming house went without basic utilities for six months.

At a council meeting on Wednesday, the mayor and other members grilled city officials over the investigation ombudsman Kwame Addo released last week, which found bylaw officers failed to enforce rules that are supposed to protect tenants after a minor fire in a rooming house in 2023 led to an extended shut-off of its heat, water and power.

As the residents resorted to sleeping in coats and boiling water in order to bathe, bylaw officers didn’t visit the property until more than two weeks after tenants submitted a request, according to the report. When they did arrive, they failed to collect evidence or use their authority to restore the utilities.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Toronto - Canada's version of a Democrat run city"

Fury as Republicans go ‘nuclear’ in fight over California car emissions

California has long been one of the nation’s pre-eminent eco-warriors, enacting landmark environmental standards for cars and trucks that go much further than those mandated by the federal government. Vehicles across the country are cleaner, more efficient and electric in greater numbers because of it.

But that could all change if Donald Trump and his Republican allies manage to revoke the state’s ability to set its own, stricter emissions standards amid a White House crusade to combat climate-friendly policies.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) sets and updates its own federal standards for all states on smog and emissions from cars and trucks, which the Biden administration made even stricter last year, saying they will save American drivers thousands in fuel costs and maintenance over the life of a vehicle.

GM Is Pushing Hard to Tank California’s EV Mandate

General Motors went all in on electric cars. Now it is racing to reverse the nation’s most aggressive EV mandate.

“We need your help!” GM said in an email it sent this past week to thousands of its white-collar employees. “Emissions standards that are not aligned with market realities pose a serious threat to our business by undermining consumer choice and vehicle affordability.”

h/t DS

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"EV's - Electric Vehicles", "Net-Zero Tyranny"

Pressure mounting on Poilievre to fire Jenni Byrne: sources

Pressure is mounting on Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre to fire Jenni Byrne, his national campaign manager, whom critics hold responsible for the party’s election defeat last month, sources told Radio-Canada.

“After a loss, heads have to roll,” said one Conservative.

“If Jenni Byrne stays, we won’t be able to support Pierre,” a second added.

Sounds like Doug Ford again.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inConservative Party

French report warns of Islamist ‘entryism’ as risk to national cohesion

Islamists are infiltrating France’s republican institutions and are a threat to national cohesion, according to a report presented to President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday.

The report, drawn up by two senior civil servants, claims to find evidence for a policy of “entryism” by the Muslim Brotherhood into public bodies like schools and local government.

After a meeting of his security cabinet, Macron asked the government to come up with “new proposals” by early next month in light of the seriousness of the report’s conclusions.

The same is happening in Canada and our elites don’t seem to mind in the least. Just ask PM Carney.

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

Bernier to Undergo PPC Leadership Review

People’s Party of Canada Leader Maxime Bernier is facing a leadership review following a poor performance in the 2025 federal election.

The PPC garnered less than 1 percent of the national vote with just 141,212 ballots cast. The Conservatives achieved victory in Bernier’s Quebec constituency of Beauce, where the PPC leader secured fourth place with 3,626 votes, representing 5.8 percent of the total support.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inPPC - People's Party of Canada

Toronto may have to scale back on FIFA World Cup budget after provincial ‘crawback’: Chow

Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow says the city is facing a nearly $40 million shortfall in money needed to host six FIFA World Cup matches next year, after a new report revealed that a substantial amount of funding pledged by the province will be used up for various services.

Chow said the city did not anticipate service costs — including “beautification” of transit stations and security — to absorb nearly one-third of the $97 million contribution pledged by the Ontario government.

“The city cannot afford to pay more than what it can pay now. We can’t go and find any more cash, we just don’t have it,” Chow told reporters at a news conference ahead of the city council meeting Wednesday.

What a scam.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Toronto - Canada's version of a Democrat run city"

EU Spends €650 Million of Taxpayer Money on Policing ‘Hate Speech’

A new report reveals how the EU is spending more on censoring speech than curing cancer—using taxpayer money to crush dissent.

Ever since the withdrawal of USAID, people have started looking at how the EU spends their money—and each week seems to bring new shocking revelations of the absurd waste, corruption, and socio-political engineering that Brussels has been financing.

Now, a new report from the conservative think tank MCC Brussels, released today, sheds light on yet another troubling trend—taxpayer-funded “research” on so-called “hate speech” and “disinformation,” described by the author as a key part of the EU’s efforts to control the narrative of public discourse and crack down on dissenting voices.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Criminalizing Dissent"

‘Totally unacceptable’ that IDF fired shots near Canadians, Carney says

Prime Minister Mark Carney says it’s “totally unacceptable” that members of the Israeli army fired shots near a diplomatic delegation, which included Canadians, in the West Bank on Wednesday.

The federal government confirmed Wednesday that four members of a Canadian delegation were part of a tour in the city of Jenin when members of the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) fired in their vicinity. Two were Canadians and two were local staff, Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand’s office said.

Carney picked a side. And now this. The future looks ugly.

Israeli Embassy staffers Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim ID’d as couple fatally shot by terrorist who yelled ‘Free, free Palestine’ near DC’s Capital Jewish Museum

Shooter was once linked to the Party for Socialism and Liberation — a far-left group that regularly posts anti-Israel rhetoric on social media.

When Hamas applauds you, it’s time to rethink your stance

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Oct 7 2023", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Keep the Dog …

Asylum seeker brings dog to Britain by small boat

A German shepherd has become the first dog to make the perilous journey across the Channel in a dinghy after landing with its owner on the south coast.

The animal’s owner is believed to have been housed in a hotel for asylum seekers for the past four months since arriving from France, while the dog has been held in quarantine.

Discussions are believed to be under way about officers adopting the dog, whose breed can be easily trained, as an official Border Force dog, according to The Sun.

They should have tossed the illegal alien back into the channel.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inWTF?

McLELAN: Liberal pipeline policy needs a driver, not a backseat full of activists

Brian Burke, the famously blunt former NHL general manager, once told team ownership in a job interview, “There will be only two hands on the steering wheel, and they’ll both be mine.” It was his way of telling the billionaire owners that he would be calling the shots and taking full responsibility for them.

That quote is starting to feel more and more relevant to national pipeline policy under the Carney Liberals. Except in Ottawa, it’s not about one person with two hands. It’s more like a guessing game of whose hands are even on the wheel — and whether anyone in the vehicle has a valid license.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Net-Zero Tyranny", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Conrad Black: Spain’s Massive Blackouts a Cautionary Tale for Canada

Three weeks ago, all of Spain was startled by a complete electricity blackout without warning. Air traffic control could not contact airplanes, trains stalled in stations or stopped on their tracks mid-journey, telecommunications were knocked out, and a national emergency was declared. These blackouts spread into southern France and Portugal, conveying the regrettable and apparently unsuspected message that if one nation mismanages its grid, it takes its neighbours down with it.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Energy Matters"