Author: Blazingcatfur

Electric snowmobile maker Taiga suspends production, lays off 70 workers

Montreal-based electric snowmobile manufacturer Taiga Motors Corp. says it is pausing production and temporarily laying off around 70 workers.

The company, which also makes electric watercraft, says its decision is in response to a challenging economy and an exceptionally mild winter.

Taiga released quarterly and annual results Tuesday but did not hold a conference call with investors, and a spokesperson said managers would not be available for interviews.

Who is going to rely on an EV Ski Doo in freezing temps?

Him.

h/t Mauser

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

UK arms sales to Israel should end, say legal experts

Three former Supreme Court justices have joined more than 600 legal experts in calling for the UK government to end weapons sales to Israel.

In a letter to the prime minister, they said exports must end because the UK risks breaking international law over a “plausible risk of genocide” in Gaza.

Rishi Sunak is already facing growing cross-party pressure after seven aid workers were killed in an air strike.

On Tuesday, he said the UK has a “very careful” arms licensing regime.

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

Government of Canada to lead a delegation of 2SLGBTQI+ Veterans to commemorate the First World War in Europe

Oh Lord please don’t let them hang a tranny flag from me.

OTTAWA, ON, April 3, 2024 /CNW/ – The Government of Canada is leading an overseas commemorative program for 2SLGBTQI+ Veterans to commemorate the First World War, as we approach the 107th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge. Starting April 6 in Belgium, a delegation composed of representatives from Rainbow Veterans of Canada and the LGBT Purge – the first Veteran delegation of this kind – will follow in the footsteps of Frederick Hardy, who was sentenced to hard labour in 1916 for charges relating to his sexuality and later died in battle, across the battlefields of Europe. This important historical moment for Veterans from the 2SLGBTQI+ community will culminate on April 9 where they will see Frederick Hardy’s name on the Canadian National Vimy Memorial and participate in the annual ceremony.

h/t Mauser

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inWTF?

Buying A House In Canada Has Never Been Harder, Years To Correct: RBC

Canada’s largest bank is warning that housing has never been less affordable. New data from RBC shows housing affordability is now the worst it has ever been as of Q4 2023. Income failed to keep up with mortgage payments, resulting in affordability erosion in every market they track. Forecast interest rate cuts are expected to make a slight improvement, but not much.

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

‘A significant overreach’: Canada housing plan draws provincial pushback

Jurisdictional jousting has begun over federal funding for housing projects as provincial leaders tell the Trudeau government to stay in its lane.

Over the last week, the Trudeau Liberals have announced billions in funding to kick-start home building in the country. Much of that money comes with conditions that the provinces meet certain criteria and a number of benchmarks.

“This is a significant overreach by the federal government to come in and attempt to nationalize housing,” said Jason Nixon, Alberta’s Minister of Seniors, Community and Social Services.

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

Unemployed Hollywood Writers Resorting to Bartending, Doordash Gigs as Studios Slash Spending

Unemployed Hollywood writers are reportedly resorting to gig work as bartenders and Doordash drivers as studios continue to slash spending across the board, resulting in a dramatic reduction in the number of TV pilots and shows receiving the green light.

“As a showrunner who is a queer woman of color and I can’t get work? That’s saying a lot. It’s very frustrating.” one industry veteran told The Hollywood Reporter.

Advertising all the woke check boxes you tick is no way to win hearts and minds. Try not making crap for a change.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inHollywood

Trudeau Dodges Questions on Han Dong’s Call with Chinese Official, Eligibility to Rejoin Liberals

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau dodged questions about MP Han Dong after an intelligence report presented at the foreign interference inquiry said Mr. Dong advised a Chinese official on the two Michaels’ detention in China.

“Foreign interference is a real challenge,” responded Mr. Trudeau when asked by reporters about the information and whether it changes his opinion of Mr. Dong’s fitness for caucus.

When pressed by reporters about not having answered the question, Mr. Trudeau said “obviously, these are ongoing conversations that need to be taken very seriously.”

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

Slavery tribunal? Africa and Caribbean unite on reparations

April 4 (Reuters) – Support is building among Africa and Caribbean nations for the creation of an international tribunal on atrocities dating to the transatlantic trade of enslaved people, with the United States backing a U.N. panel at the heart of the effort.

A tribunal, modelled on other ad-hoc courts such as the Nuremberg trials of Nazi war criminals after World War Two, was proposed last year. It has now gained traction within a broader slavery reparations movement, Reuters reporting based on interviews with a dozen people reveals.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inSlavery and Reparations

NATO at 75: Is Canada losing its grip on the world’s greatest military alliance?

Inarguably bigger and more seasoned than it was when it was born from the ashes of the Second World War, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization — the West’s great military alliance — celebrated a milestone Thursday: three-quarters of a century of keeping the peace in Europe.

NATO formally came into being with the signing of the Washington Treaty in the U.S. capital 75 years ago, when 12 western democracies — including Canada — banded together against what they saw as Soviet Russia’s expansionism in Europe.

Its creation helped to inaugurate the Cold War and, six years later, brought about the creation of the rival Warsaw Pact of communist countries, led by the Soviet Union.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, NATO, WTF?

Israeli minister ‘yelled at US Secretary of State’ over Rafah invasion, reports say

A top Israeli official shouted at American officials in frustration after the Biden administration pushed back on Israel’s plans to invade Rafah, according to reports.

A source familiar with the meeting told The Telegraph that “it wasn’t an easy conversation” and that the US asked Israel to provide a more detailed plan for the evacuation of civilians from the southern city, where up to 1.5 million people are now living.

Ron Dermer, Israel’s minister of strategic affairs, “began yelling and waving his arms” while defending plans to launch a ground invasion of the city, according to NBC, which cited US officials.

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

Germany probes over 400 police due to far-right views

There are more than 400 investigations into far-right extremist attitudes or beliefs in conspiracy theories among officers in German state police forces, according to a report published on Thursday.

The real number is expected to be significantly higher, with four of Germany’s 16 states not providing current figures, the report by German news magazine Stern said.

They speak of the Reichsbürger movement but I suspect they are really hoping to weed out AfD supporters.

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

Gen. Wayne Eyre’s X account no longer allows comments after he faced criticism for ‘woke’ agenda

“We observed a concerning increase in malicious and misinformative engagements that proved detrimental to the Canadian Armed Forces’ ethics, values, and communication objectives,” said a DND spokesperson.

Public comments on the official social media account of Canada’s top soldier have been blocked by the military because of the nasty remarks being made about the general as well as government policies.

The move was made in January after Chief of the Defence Staff Gen. Wayne Eyre faced an increase in negative comments about his alleged poor leadership and his decision to bring in what some describe as the Liberal government’s “woke” agenda.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"CAF - Canadian Armed Forces"