Author: Blazingcatfur

Three Burlington rainbow crosswalks recommended for removal due to high maintenance costs … Burnout fans hardest hit

After approximately $27,000 was initially spent and more for subsequent repairs of three rainbow crosswalks installed in 2021, City of Burlington staff have recommended they be removed due to “persistent quality issues” with the materials used.

If the crosswalks are returned to the less-colourful “ladder” style, staff propose wrapping two traffic poles at each intersection with rainbow colours, using graffiti- and sticker-resistant wrap, to recognize the 2SLGBTQIA+ community.

In a report recommending removal of three-year-old Pride crosswalks — at Plains Road West and Botanical Drive, Upper Middle Road in front of M.M. Robinson High School and Fairview Street at Drury Lane — staff also cited cases of vandalism.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inWTF?

About That Inevitable Transition to Electric Vehicles…

A funny thing happened on the way to our all-electric future: reality.

I’ve written at length in recent weeks about Presidentish Joe Biden’s hamfisted and wrongheaded EPA rules meant to force everybody into electric vehicles, whether EVs suit their needs or not. But maybe nothing compares to Oliver Price’s headline on Wednesday, asking, “Is this the end of the EV?”

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"EV's - Electric Vehicles"

Michael Higgins: Trudeau isn’t the solution, he’s the problem

… The prime minister seemed appalled at the situation as if the explosion of temporary foreign workers and international students in Canada wasn’t his fault.

But it is entirely the Liberals fault. The issue of temporary foreign workers was an issue Trudeau was aware of even before he became prime minister.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Homelessness & Affordability Crisis", "Societally Destructive Immigration Policy", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Diversity Alert: Playing the Race Card For Real Estate Gain

Couple fights to rid Toronto home of heritage status

A couple in an affluent midtown Toronto neighbourhood is asking the city to remove the heritage designation from their century home because they say the original owner was racist.

The two-and-a-half storey, 9,000-square foot house in the Yonge and St. Clair area, was built in 1906 for Stapleton Pitt Caldecott, a former Toronto Board of Trade president who was opposed to immigration, a University of Toronto historian says.

… This $5-million house on Woodlawn Avenue West, in the Yonge and St. Clair area, was commissioned by Stapleton Caldecott in 1906, a man who some believe held anti-immigrant views. He died there the following year.

OMG he was opposed to immigration… “Some believe”. Next.

The couple says they were unaware of the home’s heritage designation. That seems highly unlikely.

No connection to Canada obviously. Ungrateful or what?

h/t Patti Jo

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Anti-White Racism", "Diversity - Code for anti-White racism", WTF?

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ former bodyguard claims music mogul had tapes of politicians and princes

The former bodyguard of Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ claims the music mogul had blackmail tapes of politicians, princes and other prominent individuals who were involved in his sex parties.

Combs, who has been hit with a barrage of physical abuse, rape and sexual trafficking allegations, had his homes in Miami and Los Angeles raided by the Department of Homeland Security last month, during which federal agents seized computers and other electronic devices.

Diddy didn’t kill himself.

h/t XC

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China paid approximately $250,000 to ‘threat actors’ working in Canada, inquiry told

A document presented to the Foreign Interference Commission says Canadian intelligence suggests Chinese officials may have transferred around $250,000 to “threat actors” in Canada in late 2018 or early 2019.

On Thursday, the commission discussed an unclassified summary of intelligence held by security and intelligence departments and agencies – primarily the Canadian Security Intelligence Service.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Canada's China Class", "China - Communist Slave State", "Foreign Interference", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, WTF?

Ottawa is being sued for restoring UNRWA funding by survivors of terror victims

Canadian relatives of victims of the October 7 Hamas terror attacks are suing the Canadian government over its decision last month to resume funding the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), given the controversial agency’s ” history and participation with Hamas,” listed as a terrorist group under Canadian criminal law.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Islamophobia", "Oct 7 2023", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West

Decision to push back EV production means Ford won’t build a single vehicle in Canada ‘for years,’ union says

The EV future is getting pushed down the road a bit — at least at Ford.

Ford Canada announced Thursday that it’s delaying electric vehicle production at its Oakville assembly plant until 2027, pushing it back by two years.

“As the No. 2 EV brand in the U.S. for the past two years, we are committed to scaling a profitable EV business, using capital wisely and bringing to market the right gas, hybrid and fully electric vehicles at the right time,” Jim Farley, Ford president and CEO, said in a press release.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"EV's - Electric Vehicles"