Author: Blazingcatfur

More families will be allowed to apply to come to Canada from Gaza, Immigration Minister says

Immigration Minister Marc Miller says Canada will allow more people trapped in Gaza who have extended family members in Canada to apply for temporary refuge – but he admits the move is “cold comfort.”

The government launched a family reunification program in January that offers temporary refuge to parents, grandparents, siblings and grandchildren of Canadian citizens and permanent residents.

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada initially said it would only consider 1,000 applications for the program.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Islamophobia", "Oct 7 2023", Canada, WTF?

John Ivison: Liberals dodge a Palestinian bullet, but the NDP’s bill is yet to come

The vote on the NDP motion to unilaterally recognize a Palestinian state gave every indication that the House of Commons is now governed by its nursery.

Except the motion was watered down to nothing.

Sore losers!

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Oct 7 2023", Canada, WTF?

Polls show ‘across-the-board, generalized retreat’ from Liberals, says Coletto

As the Liberals consider their best way forward from the Durham byelection—which was widely seen as confirming many of the recent in trends in national polling—the party will need a “fundamentally different” approach if it is to be in a position to retain government, says pollster David Coletto.

Coletto, CEO of Abacus Data, told The Hill Times that drilling down beyond the top line numbers in his polling shows the Liberals are struggling “across the board”—through nearly all regions, issues, and demographics—and there is “no evidence” right now that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (Papineau, Que.) can be the one to turn it around.

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

Life in Canada is ‘more expensive’ than most immigrants expected, new poll finds

The overwhelming majority of immigrants who arrived in Canada within the last decade say that life is “more expensive” than they anticipated, according to a new national poll.

The Leger survey found that 84 per cent of recent arrivals to Canada agreed that life is either “significantly” or “somewhat” pricier than they originally envisioned prior to immigrating. Meanwhile, just two per cent of respondents felt that the cost of living was “less expensive” than initially thought.

This is unwelcome news for Canadian newcomers, given that seven in ten cited economic concerns as a primary reason for coming to the Great White North. This was followed by almost half (45 per cent) of respondents citing educational opportunities and 18 per cent were aimed at family reunification.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Mass Immigration - Follow the money"

Toronto Hate Crime Derby: Jews No. 1, Hamas Supporters A Poor 4th Behind Blacks And Alphabet People

Hamas support rally Toronto

Majority of surging hate crimes in Toronto are antisemitic: Police Chief

Citing the crisis in the Middle East as an ongoing factor, Toronto Police Chief Myron Demkiw said the city continues to see disturbing surges in hate crime calls, with the majority being antisemitic in nature.

Chief Demkiw provided an update Monday on hate crime and vehicle theft statistics – saying both are on the rise and remain a focus for Toronto Police.

“It has been 163 days since the Middle East crisis began, and the impact of the geopolitical unrest abroad continues to affect people worldwide, including in Canada and right here in Toronto,” Demkiw said in a release. “We are laser focused on the task at hand: keeping the city safe.”

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

Justin Trudeau’s caucus divided over vote to recognize Palestinian statehood

OTTAWA—Political tensions were high on Parliament Hill Monday as weekend talks to adapt a controversial NDP resolution to recognize Palestinian statehood carried on in the final hours before a key vote Monday evening.

Despite proposed changes to the resolution, it was unclear at midday whether the Liberal government — or a big chunk of its backbench MPs — would back the NDP motion that, among other demands, calls on Ottawa to recognize Palestine as a state.

The motion would be non-binding on the government, but it has nevertheless exposed deep divides in Justin Trudeau’s caucus, with some suggesting over the weekend that up to 50 Liberal MPs could vote in favour of it.

I do not think it will pass, this time.

NB – Vote is scheduled for 7:30 PM

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

‘Holy grail of shipwrecks’: recovery of 18th-century Spanish ship could begin in April

Since the Colombian navy discovered the final resting place of the Spanish galleon San José in 2015, its location has remained a state secret, the wreck – and its precious cargo – left deep under the waters of the Caribbean.

Efforts to conserve the ship and recover its precious cargo have been caught up in a complicated string of international legal disputes, with Colombia, Spain, Bolivian indigenous groups and a US salvage company laying claim to the wreck, and the gold, silver and emeralds onboard thought to be worth as much as $17bn.

When Colombia tried to auction off part of the bounty to fund the colossal costs of recovering the ship, Unesco and the country’s high courts intervened.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inhistory

Biden’s ‘Trojan Pier’ For Gaza

Five Americans are still being held hostage by Hamas, and Biden has sent no troops to help them, but at the State of the Union address, he promised to send troops to build a pier for Gaza.

The estimated over 1,000 troops will spend as long as 2 months laboring to build a floating pier in a war zone under potential attack to help transfer aid to the Hamas supporters living in Gaza.

Nothing about this plan makes sense.

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

NY reparations panel members blame whites for climate change and wants to defund cops

Two representatives appointed to a committee considering paying reparations claimed whites were responsible for climate change, slammed Israel and pushed to defund the police.

Ron Daniels and Lurie Daniel Favors — both appointed to New York’s commission on Reparations and Racial Justice by state Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie — made several fiery statements including Daniels slamming black US Sen. Tim Scott as “Uncle Tim,” according to a review of their public statements.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inReparations

Canadian Banks Directed to Prepare for Mortgage Default Risks and ‘Credit Losses’

The chief bank inspector has directed financial institutions to start assessing mortgages that could be at risk for default.

Superintendent of Financial Institutions Peter Routledge made the comments in a regulatory notice on March 11, saying bankers should focus on risky products, like variable rate mortgages with fixed payments, as first reported by Blacklock’s Reporter.

The notice says that mortgage holders are already facing higher payments, and others will soon face “payment shock” when they renew this year.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada

Greenpeace could be thrown out of UN deep-sea mining body

Miners and environmentalists are locked in a battle over a multi-billion dollar treasure trove of metals at the bottom of our deepest oceans.

Now drama on the high seas miles above is heating up the fight.

One mining company claims Greenpeace activists disrupted a research expedition when they boarded its vessel in the remote Pacific.

As a result the campaign group could be thrown out of the UN body overseeing controversial plans to begin deep-sea mining.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Environmentalists"