Author: Blazingcatfur

Brookfield’s Deep Ties to Chinese Land, Loans, and Green Deals—And a Real Estate Tycoon With CCP Links—Raise Questions as Carney Takes Over from Trudeau

OTTAWA, Canada — A review of corporate documents reveals that Brookfield—the influential $900 billion Canadian investment fund from which Liberal Prime Minister-to-be Mark Carney stepped away from in order to replace Justin Trudeau as Canada’s leader—maintains over $3 billion in politically sensitive investments with Chinese state-linked real estate and energy companies, along with a substantial offshore banking presence. One of its major real estate ventures, a $750 million entry into high-end Shanghai commercial property in 2013, involved a Hong Kong tycoon affiliated with the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC)—which the CIA labels a central “united front” entity of Beijing.

Carney will ensure Canada remains a CCP branch plant.

h/t DM

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Canada - Security Risk Under Liberal Party Regime", "Canada's China Class", "China - Communist Slave State", Canada, USA

Trump White House has asked U.S. military to develop options for the Panama Canal, officials say

WASHINGTON — The White House has directed the U.S. military to draw up options for increasing the American troop presence in Panama to achieve President Trump’s goal of “reclaiming” the Panama Canal, according to two U.S. officials familiar with the planning.

During a joint address to Congress last week, Trump said, “to further enhance our national security, my administration will be reclaiming the Panama Canal.” Since then, administration officials have not said what “reclaiming” means.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inPanama, USA

John Ivison: An allegedly secret foreign deal limiting Canadian propane exports could leave us all poorer

As part of his economic plan for change, Mark Carney said his government will develop “ports, supply chains and new trade corridors” to help diversify Canada’s export markets.

The port of Prince Rupert on the northern coast of British Columbia claims to be doing just that, in the form of a $1.35-billion project called the Ridley Island Energy Export Facility (REEF) that is expected to be completed next year.

The Prince Rupert Port Authority (PRPA) boasts that it has provided “time-limited exclusive rights” for the export of LPG (liquid petroleum gases that include propane and butane) to REEF, a joint venture between Royal Vopak of the Netherlands and Calgary-based AltaGas .

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Energy Matters", Canada, WTF?

Carneycon Live Swearing: Mark Carney and new cabinet to be sworn in today

Liberal Leader Mark Carney will officially become Canada’s next prime minister within a few hours, taking the reins as the country barrels toward a general election and continues to fend off verbal and economic attacks from U.S. President Donald Trump.

The former central banker will become Canada’s 24th prime minister after Governor General Mary Simon swears him in at Rideau Hall in Ottawa.

Carney Cabinet: Freeland in Transport, Joly Stays and Guilbeault Loses Environment

In an effort to differentiate himself from Justin Trudeau, Canada’s next prime minister, Mark Carney, will exclude the current Minister of Public Services and Procurement, Jean-Yves Duclos, from his Cabinet, remove the Environment Minister from Steven Guilbeault but keep Mélanie Joly at Foreign Affairs and give Transport Minister Chrystia Freeland, Radio-Canada has learned.

There is no way Carney can differentiate he and his motley crew from Justin’s. They are the same nation destroying cranks.

Freeland’s transport post seems like insult to injury, a keep your enemies closer move by Carney.

Carneycon shares the same WEF Climate Carpetbagger views as Guilbeault so his move makes little difference.

Joly? Carney must have owed Junior a favour. A big one.

Mendocino? A sop to the Jewish community but Carney wants the Islamist vote.

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

Nolte: Marvel/Disney Brand So Damaged ‘Daredevil’ Series Flopped

The failure of Marvel’s Disney+ streaming series Daredevil: Born Again should have the Disney Grooming Syndicate quaking in whatever shoes it wears while circling elementary schools in a van with “free candy” spray-painted on its side.

“According to the Mouse House, the Marvel Television series drew 7.5 million views in its first five days of availability on Disney+,” gushed the far-left Variety, but not before opening the article with this bald-faced lie: “Daredevil: Born Again enjoyed a strong launch on Disney+.”

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inHollywood

Justin Trudeau’s ‘feminist‘ hellscape

Aroused by men dressed in women’s clothing Justin Trudeau abandons decorum while prancing about at a Gay Pride event.

He failed to protect women from abuse

In Downtown Eastside, also known as Canada’s Skid Row, people are dying on the street. One woman, slumped across soiled blankets, is being injected into a vein in her neck by a man with blackened, filthy hands. Her eyes bulge wide, then close.

Another, younger woman, is being dragged along by a man who is clearly a pimp. She sways as he shouts that she is “Only $20!” No one responds apart from a dealer who asks if he wants “Apache” (fentanyl).

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

Prince William wants Prince Andrew to ‘vanish’ after nude massage accusations in new memoir: report

Prince William is fed up with his scandal-scarred uncle Prince Andrew, and wants him to “vanish from public view” after new allegations about him emerged in a new memoir.

This week, the disgraced Duke of York, 65, was accused of behaving “inappropriately” toward a female masseuse back in 2000 when she was summoned to Buckingham Palace by Ghislaine Maxwell.

As Andrew’s name continues to make headlines, the Prince of Wales is getting increasingly fed up with the negative attention the royal family is getting as a result.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Woke Royals"

Joly’s annexation hyperbole deservedly treated as a joke by G7 counterparts

Some European counterparts thought U.S. annexation threats are a ‘joke’ during G7 meeting, Joly says

Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says some of her G7 counterparts from Europe thought the United States is joking about annexing Canada.

Ms. Joly’s comments come after symbolic gestures and tepid comments on Canadian sovereignty at this week’s G7 meeting, which took place in the region of Charlevoix in Quebec.

“I think many of my colleagues coming here thought this issue was still a joke and that this had to be taken in a humorous way,” Ms. Joly said in a news conference concluding the G7 foreign ministers’ meeting.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, USA

Putin: Peace deal will be on my terms

Vladimir Putin has told Donald Trump he backs the “idea” of a ceasefire in Ukraine, but he would only agree to one on his own terms.

The Russian president knocked back the US proposal for an immediate 30-day pause in the fighting on Thursday, saying he had “serious questions” about how it would be implemented that he needed to discuss with Mr Trump.

Speaking at a press conference in Moscow, Putin said he wanted any deal to “lead to long-term peace” and “eliminate the original causes of this crisis”, suggesting he was unwilling to relent on his evisceration of the Ukrainian state.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Ukraine - Russia"

“Disastrous”: Report Gives Damning Verdict On German Army

It is “premature” for Germany to consider sending its soldiers to Ukraine, warns the Armed Forces Commissioner.

A new report released this week gives a damning assessment of the capabilities of the German army, highlighting its “disastrous” infrastructure, and calling it “premature” for its soldiers to be sent on a peacekeeping mission to Ukraine.

Presenting the report on Tuesday, March 11th, Eva Högl, the Armed Forces Commissioner of the Bundestag, said the Bundeswehr (armed forces) “still has too little of everything” despite a €100-billion special fund, established in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which was supposed to improve recruitment, develop infrastructure, and speed up new weapons procurement.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Ukraine - Russia", Germany, NATO

U.S. gender backlash hitting UN agencies, says useless Bob Rae

UNITED NATIONS — Canada is mobilizing to advance gender equity and feminism in global forums as the Trump administration attempts to roll back diversity programming at the United Nations.

“We’re in a major fight at the moment about equity, about diversity, about LGBTQ+ rights — generally, about even the concept of gender,” Bob Rae, Canada’s ambassador to the UN, said in an interview.

“Absolutely, it’s a struggle. We’re up against a number of countries that are simply not willing to accept these concepts as being valid and important.”

I think Bobby needs a new posting to some place like Pakistan or Afghanistan so he can take the fight directly to those chauvinists!

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inWTF?

US Conservatives Should Want No Part of Canadian Statehood

Most people assumed President Trump was joking when he first brought up the idea of Canada joining the United States as a 51st state. But now the idea is becoming a serious part of the trade war that has been launched against our northern neighbor, and administration officials are regularly touting the supposed benefits of the union.

Before we start taking this too seriously, can we just stop for a moment to acknowledge that apart from everything else, the idea of Canadian statehood would be an absolute disaster for American conservatism and confine the Republican Party to the ash heap of history.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, USA

Trump’s Crackdown on Mexican Cartels Finds a Partner in President Sheinbaum

MEXICO CITY — President Sheinbaum led a mass gathering of jubilation on Sunday, days after the United States postponed for a second month 25 percent tariffs on Mexican imports, citing progress on drug smuggling and illegal immigration. Crowds waved Mexican flags as Ms. Sheinbaum praised the decision, saying, “Dialogue and respect have prevailed.”

How long Mexico can stave off President Trump’s wrath, though, is uncertain. United States 25 percent tariffs on steel and aluminum imports are at the moment set to take hold on Wednesday as planned, while the tariff pause on other Mexican goods is scheduled to expire on April 2.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, Mexican drug cartels, Mexico, USA

As a Michigander, I saw this trade chaos coming. That doesn’t lessen the threat it now poses to both our countries

Most of us take for granted the ease of filling up a gas tank or flipping a light switch — whether in Michigan or Ontario. But in the tumultuous day-to-day relationship between the United States and Canada, energy has become the latest bone of contention.

The reality right now is that this trade means that the tone and tenor of a phone call between Doug Ford and Howard Lutnick could mean a lot for my state, Michigan, and your province — positive or negative — when it comes to the cost of a gallon or kilowatt.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, USA