Author: Blazingcatfur

GOLDSTEIN: The laughable claims of Justin Trudeau’s climate warriors

GOLDSTEIN: The laughable claims of Justin Trudeau’s climate warriors

Old myths die hard in Ottawa and one of the hardest to kill is that the government of Justin Trudeau was on track to meet Canada’s climate change targets under his failed $200-billion-plus strategy, before Prime Minister Mark Carney blew them up.

The myth was on display at a social gathering last week of Trudeau’s now-departed environment ministers/climate change warriors – Steven Guilbeault, Catherine McKenna and Jonathan Wilkinson, along with the former PM himself – at the private Rideau Club near Parliament Hill, reported by CBC.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Environmentalists", "extremists", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Hundreds arrested in France after wild Champions League celebrations

Clashes between football fans and police across France have led to more than 400 arrests following the victory of Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) in the Champions League final against Arsenal.

Thousands of officers were deployed to curb unrest that disrupted bus, train and rail services in the capital Paris.

Fireworks and flares were set off, while several police officers were injured in the fray. Police fired tear gas to disperse crowds in the city centre.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inFrance

Conrad Black: Liberals unfairly target religious expression

Conrad Black: Liberals unfairly target religious expression

Bill C-9, the Combating Hate Act, which passed the House of Commons this spring has been controversial because of widespread fears that its broad definitions of hate speech and intimidation threatened fundamental democratic rights. Almost everybody opposes incitement to group hatred but almost everybody also supports the widest definition of freedom of human conduct that does not lead to chaos or promote or defend sociopathic behaviour. Opponents of C-9 are particularly concerned at the removal from the Criminal Code’s protection of people acting in good faith in reciting religious texts that could be construed as incitements to hate, even if unintentionally.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada's Corrupt Liberal Government, freedom of religious expression

The West is ignoring the dangerous new partnership reshaping Iran from within

The West is ignoring the dangerous new partnership reshaping Iran from within

A shadowy new partnership appears to have formed between two of the most powerful figures in Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). Yet in the West it has been almost entirely overlooked.

It is no secret that the mainstream coverage of the Iran war has lacked nuance. But nowhere has this been clearer than in efforts to understand the regime’s internal power structure following the elimination of supreme leader Ali Khamenei.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"US Israel Iran War"

ANALYSIS: Is Toronto worse off after Chow’s mayoral stint

ANALYSIS: Is Toronto worse off after Chow’s mayoral stint

TORONTO — As Toronto voters prepare to head to the polls in October, they will do so against the backdrop of a city grappling with persistent affordability pressures, strained public services and aging infrastructure.

While Mayor Olivia Chow can point to improvements in some areas, including reductions in homicides and increased housing approvals, many residents continue to confront a city that feels increasingly expensive, congested and difficult to navigate.

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

US, UK and Australia to develop underwater drone technology

The US, UK and Australia say they will develop underwater drone technology to protect undersea cables and boost defence, under their military alliance known as Aukus.

The uncrewed undersea vehicle (UUV) technology is expected to be ready by next year. While the project’s total cost was not stated, UK Defence Secretary John Healey said his nation would contribute £150m ($201m).

The announcement, made by the countries’ defence ministers at a security summit in Singapore, follows claims of slow progress in Aukus’s projects.

I bet Carney has something cooking with China!

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inAUKUS, USA

Morgan: Carney’s Caucus Challenge

Morgan: Carney’s Caucus Challenge

While Alberta Premier Danielle Smith tries to maintain a balancing act between sovereigntists in Alberta and federalists, Prime Minister Mark Carney is walking a tightrope between factions within his own party that is no less precarious. The risk in trying to placate disparate views for too long is having a faction break away in discontent. Carney can only maintain equilibrium for so long before he finds himself forced to stand solidly on one side of his party or the other.

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

Champagne mocked after comparing EV subsidies to Ford Model T

Champagne mocked after comparing EV subsidies to Ford Model T

Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne is facing criticism after incorrectly claiming the Ford Model T was not a success, while defending Ottawa’s $52 billion electric vehicle subsidy strategy.

Blacklock’s Reporter says Champagne made the remarks during heated Commons committee questioning over the federal government’s massive spending on electric vehicle projects, many of which have faced delays, layoffs or uncertainty.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"EV's - Electric Vehicles", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

All for one: Norway, Germany sell Canada on shared submarine fleet

Both Norway and Germany invoked an all-for-one, one-for-all approach as they this week sharpened their public and private pitches for Canada to select the Type 212CD as the navy’s next submarine.

Both long-standing NATO allies, the two European powers are now putting more emphasis on what it means for Arctic and North Atlantic security for three nations to operate the same boat.

“We are thinking of the submarine fleet not as a Norwegian fleet and a German fleet and a Canadian fleet, we were thinking of a common fleet,” Marte Gerhardsen, the state secretary to Norway’s minister of defence, told CBC News in an interview this week.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"CAF - Canadian Armed Forces", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Germany

The Cyber Apocalypse Nobody’s Ready For: Why Q-Day Changes Everything

or years, “cyber apocalypse” talk sounded like the tech version of a guy on a street corner holding a cardboard sign predicting the end times. Y2K came and went with barely a flicker. The Mayan calendar became a punchline. Even most ransomware attacks, destructive as they’ve been, still operated within recognizable rules. Servers go down. Companies panic. Bitcoin wallets light up. Insurance adjusters start chain-smoking.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Oh Oh!"