Author: Blazingcatfur

Majority of MPs think it’s fine if Indians steal your property but not theirs

Majority of MPs think it’s fine if Indians steal your property but not theirs

OTTAWA — A majority of the House of Commons voted against a non-binding motion on Monday that called on the federal government to protect private property from First Nations land claims — a political issue the Crown-Indigenous Relations minister has said is rife with partisan rhetoric.

The motion stems from a 2025 B.C. Supreme Court ruling that confirmed the Cowichan Tribes hold Aboriginal title over about 300 hectares of land in Richmond, B.C.

The ruling led to questions about how Aboriginal title and private property rights can coexist.

Another “Conservatives seized”

Remember when the chief of police said “leave your car keys by the front door..”
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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Aboriginal Fatigue"

Truck drivers say ‘racism’ behind Trump administration’s license restrictions on immigrants

Truck drivers say ‘racism’ behind Trump administration’s license restrictions on immigrants

Nearly 200,000 US truck drivers are at risk of losing their commercial driver’s licenses after the US Department of Transportation (DOT) issued a new rule that disqualifies many foreign-born truck drivers from getting or renewing their licenses.

Tens of thousands of immigrant drivers are stuck in a limbo after the rule took effect in March, and lawsuits challenging the rule are still being reviewed by federal courts.

The rule restricts licenses to immigrants who have specific employment authorization statuses, disqualifying those with other authorizations, including asylum seekers, refugees and those with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (Daca) status.

The horror! It’s racist to demand that drivers can actually drive or need to speak English or not be an illegal alien invader!

The trucking companies and of course politicians share the blame for this mess which is why new legislation holds the brokers responsible for the accidents caused by their dangerous foreign labour drivers.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCamp Of The Saints, USA

Majority of Albertans would vote to stay in Canada, find Smith’s handling poor says government polling company and CBC

Majority of Albertans would vote to stay in Canada, find Smith’s handling poor says government polling company and CBC

As an October referendum on the future of Alberta separation looms, new polling finds three in five Albertans say they would vote to stay in Canada, while more than half of Albertans feel Premier Danielle Smith has handled the issue “poorly.”

On Thursday, Smith announced she is planning to put a question on the fall referendum ballot that will ask Albertans if they want the province to remain in Canada or if they want a future binding referendum on separation.

According to a poll from the Angus Reid Institute released Monday, 60 per cent of respondents would vote no to the official referendum question, compared to 35 per cent who would vote yes.

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

Deporting Illegal alien invaders increases harmful carbon emissions say experts

Deporting Illegal alien invaders increases harmful carbon emissions say experts

US immigration enforcement flights are producing hundreds of thousands of metric tonnes of climate-damaging carbon emissions as officials shuttle unprecedented numbers of people to detention centers far from home and deport them to countries across the world.

Donald Trump’s mass deportation campaign has spurred at least an 80% increase in such flights year over year, accelerating the climate crisis by emitting massive amounts of carbon dioxide, according to data analysis shared exclusively with the Guardian.

“We’ve seen a staggering increase of all US immigration [enforcement] flights,” including “the number of flights as well as the locations that the flights are going to,” said Savitri Arvey, director of research and analysis for refugee and immigrant rights at Human Rights First (HRF), the US advocacy group.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Environmentalists", WTF?

Canadians face food insecurity as 120% of income for some goes to food, rent

Canadians face food insecurity as 120% of income for some goes to food, rent

Canadians from coast to coast to coast are continuing to face food insecurity as income fails to keep pace with food price increases and advocates say the country is “failing” to meet some people’s human right to food.

Data from Statistics Canada showed about one in four Canadians was living in a food-insecure household last year.

The numbers were released the same month data showed food prices had increased 3.5 per cent year-over-year.

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

US launches new strikes on Iran, targeting missile sites and boats

US launches new strikes on Iran, targeting missile sites and boats

The US said it launched new strikes on southern Iran on Monday, targeting Iranian missile sites and boats attempting to place mines.

The strikes were in “self-defence” and designed “to protect our troops from threats posed by Iranian forces”, US Central Command (Centcom) said in a statement.

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said on Tuesday it had downed a US drone and fired at a fighter jet and another drone that entered Iranian airspace, state media reported. It did not specify when this happened.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"US Israel Iran War"

RCMP commissioner ‘deeply concerned’ after CBC-backed prank show targets Mounties

RCMP commissioner ‘deeply concerned’ after CBC-backed prank show targets Mounties

OTTAWA — The head of the RCMP says the force raised concerns directly to the CBC over a joint production that targeted RCMP veterans, saying he is “deeply concerned” for the mental health of those involved.

Mike Duheme, who has served as commissioner since 2023, says he was informed that a female member of the RCMP Veterans’ Association had volunteered to take part in a CBC documentary about life after policing only to later report that she was “subjected to a prank” during filming that took place in Vancouver back in March.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCBC, CBC Scandals

Canadians are folding on Vegas. Democrats see a royal flush.

Canadians are folding on Vegas. Democrats see a royal flush.

President Donald Trump’s trade war has driven Canadians from Las Vegas. Democrats think it will help them protect their Nevada battleground seats in November.

Last year, as Trump levied tariffs on Canada, visits from Canadians — who account for up to half of Las Vegas’ foreign tourism — dropped off by 17 percent. That played a large role in a 7.5 percent year-over-year decline in total tourist visits, making 2025 the worst non-pandemic year for Las Vegas since the city started tracking data in 1970. Now, as peak tourism season arrives in a battleground state where Republicans’ control of the House could be won or lost, Democrats are pushing voters to see the tourism slump as a direct impact of Trump’s levies.

h/t WR

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, USA

CRTC’s new rules are one small step for Canadian content, one big blow for Canadian trade

CRTC’s new rules are one small step for Canadian content, one big blow for Canadian trade

When I visited the Vancouver office of OUTtv, an LGBTQ+ specialty network, in 2020, I found it across the street from a flooring company with a big, serious sign reading “BC Hardwood.” It was an unintentional reminder of the network’s less glamorous channel.

“HARDtv was a porn service,” said Brad Danks, OUTtv’s chief executive. “I couldn’t wait to get rid of it.”

Porn had been a bit of a problem. HARDtv was formed in 2005 after OUTtv, then called PrideVision, spun off its porn content in part to placate cable companies. But the main, porn-less channel still suffered in visibility, grouped with adult channels nonetheless. That exposed the real problem, that content must bow to distribution. OUTtv fought Shaw (now part of Rogers Communications Inc.) all the way to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Canada - USA Tariff Wars"

Baroness Casey: I’ve failed grooming gang victims

Baroness Casey: I’ve failed grooming gang victims

Baroness Casey of Blackstock has said she feels personally responsible for failing grooming-gang victims.

The crossbench peer, who first investigated allegations of child sexual abuse in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, a decade ago, said she had grown increasingly frustrated at the pace of change.

Speaking at the Hay Festival on Sunday, she said: “When last year, grooming gangs hit national headlines again… I was very disappointed.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Islamophobia", Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West, Muslim Rape Gangs

Canada’s Silent Brain Drain’: Young Professionals Fleeing to the US for More Opportunities, Report Finds

Canada’s Silent Brain Drain’: Young Professionals Fleeing to the US for More Opportunities, Report Finds

Canada is quietly falling victim to “brain drain,” a trend marked by the ever-increasing exodus of well-educated young professionals to other countries, particularly the United States, a new report suggests.

Canada has a strong record of educating and training globally competitive workers and entrepreneurs, but struggles to retain them because of higher personal and business taxes as well as a lack of venture capital for startups compared to the United States, according to a new report by TD Economics titled, “Canada’s Silent Brain Drain.”

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, USA

Paraglider escapes death after mid-air collision with plane over Alps

Paraglider escapes death after mid-air collision with plane over Alps

An Austrian woman emerged unscathed after an aircraft crashed into her paragliding chute as she soared above an Alpine valley at the weekend.

A user called Sabrina posted footage of the incident on Instagram, showing how the propeller of a light aircraft tore through her paragliding chute. The video showed the moment the aircraft passed just metres above her in a collision that sent her spinning.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inWTF?