Author: Blazingcatfur

Business association demands bail reform to restore public safety on urban streets

Businesses in cities and main streets across the country say a “humanitarian crisis is playing out in” Canada’s communities and they want the federal government to act swiftly to tackle the crime, addiction and social issues they say are hurting businesses and downtowns.

The issues, business groups say, have been on the rise in recent years but were made significantly worse by the pandemic.

“Repeat offenders are significant drivers of crime and the current bail system does not protect Canadians or small businesses,” Kate Fenske, chair of International Downtown Association Canada (IDA Canada), which represents urban business districts across Canada, said Tuesday.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Homelessness & Affordability Crisis"

Orbán: Everyone Will Come to the Same Conclusion on Migration

The European Union is in a much more difficult situation than it was thirteen years ago, when Hungary last held the rotating presidency of the European Council, conservative Prime Minister Viktor Orbán told a press conference in Strasbourg on Tuesday, October 8th, one day before he is due to present the programme of the current Hungarian presidency at the European Parliament’s plenary session.

While the EU had to contend with the aftermath of the financial crisis, the Arab Spring, and the Fukushima nuclear accident in 2011, it is now facing a migration crisis, a war in Europe, a severe conflict in the Middle East, hostilities in Africa, and all these conflicts are in danger of escalating.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCamp Of The Saints

Tom Mulcair: Conservatives continue to attack Trudeau’s potential successors

Commemorating the horrific terrorist attacks by Hamas on October 7th should have been an emotional moment for agreement on all sides in the House of Commons. Instead, Canadians got a front-row seat to the fear now raging in Conservative ranks as they face the possibility that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will be replaced prior to the next election.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s blistering personal attack against Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly(opens in a new tab) will continue to play out in the House even though Speaker Greg Fergus has now asked him to apologize.

Joly? Really? Mulcair is drug addled.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inConservative Party

Crews said they were spending about four hours a shift maintaining city parks. GPS tracking told a different story

City crews tasked with maintaining Toronto’s public parks spent fewer hours at job sites each week than they reported in official logs, and drove to plazas and other nonwork-related locations while on the clock. Meanwhile, the municipality doesn’t have a reliable way of determining whether the work the crews are supposed to be doing is performed to standard.

Those were among the findings of a new report from Toronto’s auditor general about the upkeep of city green spaces, which recommended the city step up oversight of its parks division.

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

School removes ‘humiliating’ gender-neutral bathroom windows

A school in Pennsylvania has removed windows from gender-neutral bathrooms after being accused of trying to “humiliate” transgender students.

Emory H. Markle Middle School in Hanover, York County, installed windows in two gender-inclusive bathrooms in August in order to prevent vaping.

While the cubicles remained private, people in the hallway were able to see into the rest of the room and therefore spot who had opted to use the inclusive restrooms.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inWTF?

Nobody Needs Kamala Harris’s Help with Storm Response, and It’s Killing Her

I am discovering that one of the dangers of writing a newsletter for NR is being constantly sandbagged by events after the fact. The Carnival of Fools gets published on Tuesday mornings but goes to the copy-editors by early Monday afternoon at the latest. This means that the majority of the drafting is done on Sunday nights, and sometimes that span of a couple of days can just kill a man, especially when he’s attempting a kindness.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Kamala Harris"

The woke dehumanisation of Jews

That there is more to identity politics than just preferred pronouns or demanding more culturally sensitive university courses has been amply demonstrated since the atrocities committed by Hamas on 7 October 2023. Woke activist groups – including LGBT activists, Black Lives Matter, feminists and eco-zealots – responded to this barbaric event by becoming Hamas cheerleaders. They had no hesitation in communicating their hatred for Israel in a language riddled with anti-Semitic tropes.

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