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Carney says Canada supports U.S. Iran attacks, but doesn’t envision combat role

MUMBAI, INDIA AND OTTAWA — As the United States and Israel launched a major assault on Iran, Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Saturday that Canada supports the attempt to stop Iran obtaining a nuclear weapon and urged Canadians in the country to shelter in place.

“Canada supports the United States acting to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon and to prevent its regime from further threatening international peace and security, and the Canadian government urges the protection of all civilians in this conflict,” said Carney, before a scheduled speech on Saturday in Mumbai, India.

Hey Grok – What is the size of the Iranian diaspora in Canada and how many of those are Shia Muslims?

The size of the Iranian diaspora in Canada (often referred to as Iranian Canadians or people of Iranian origin/ethnicity) is approximately 280,805 according to the 2021 Canadian Census data cited in sources like Wikipedia’s Iranian Canadians page and cross-referenced in Iranian diaspora overviews. This figure represents those reporting Iranian ethnic origin (including single and multiple responses).

Regarding Shia Muslims among them:There is no precise official census breakdown specifically for Shia Muslims within the Iranian Canadian community, as Canada’s census reports religion broadly (e.g., “Muslim”) rather than sects like Shia or Sunni.Among all Iranian Canadians (per 2021 data), about 43.8–49% identified as Muslim overall (around 103,560–123,045 people reporting as Muslim).

The community is described as predominantly Shia Islam (where religious affiliation exists), alongside a large portion of irreligion (around 42–43%, or 120,250 people reporting no religion). Minorities include Baha’i, Christian, Zoroastrian, Jewish, and others.

Oh my god.

The regime’s Chief Justice—who executed thousands of protesters by hanging during the Woman Life Freedom uprisings and recent protests—has been eliminated.

I swear on everything, his elimination is the greatest justice of all.

I cannot believe this is real. https://t.co/WIs8obU2ax

— Elica Le Bon الیکا‌ ل بن (@elicalebon) February 28, 2026

by Blazingcatfur•February 28, 2026February 28, 2026•0•Uncategorized

Lionel Shriver’s Splendidly Paced Immigration Satire

A Better Life dramatizes the consequences of “suicidal empathy.”

No one reads a Lionel Shriver novel expecting a cheerful ending, and her latest, A Better Life, will not disillusion readers in this respect. An expert in the depiction and skewering of middle-class vanity, Shriver is merciless in examining dainty liberal principles, then shredding them and the people who hold them.

by Blazingcatfur•February 28, 2026February 28, 2026•0•"Immigration from incompatible cultures"

Drug use and overdoses run rampant in Canada’s public libraries

The Central Library at Hamilton, Ont., is home to six sprawling floors of literature and learning, with a mission statement that includes innovation, respect and inclusion. Though delivering on those values is becoming increasingly more challenging according to the library’s CEO.

“Ultimately, it’s been the drug consumption that has been really problematic and really disrupting our ability to be a public library,” says Hamilton Public Library CEO Paul Takala.

Since December, paramedics have been called to the Hamilton Central Library 105 times. Security have administered life saving naloxone to individuals who’ve been overdosing on 44 separate occasions.

by Blazingcatfur•February 28, 2026February 28, 2026•0•"Canada in decline", Canada

American Muslims Must Acknowledge the Supremacy of the Constitution Over Sharia Law

What started as a debate over dogs begs a vital question.

Florida Congressman Randy Fine got into a fight with New York Palestinian activist and Mamdami advisor Nerdeen Kiswani over dog poop in the NYC snow emergency. This culminated in Fine saying words to the effect that, given the choice between Muslims and dogs, he’d choose dogs, igniting a political firestorm that has some in Congress calling for Fine’s resignation or expulsion. This is one of those seemingly frivolous things that seem to break out in the slow news days of August and February, when weather extremes make tempers short. However, it brings to the surface once again the clash of cultures between the Muslim world and the West, and raises the specific question of how much loyalty devout Muslims can give to the U.S. Constitution when they are seeking citizenship.

by Blazingcatfur•February 28, 2026February 28, 2026•0•"Islamophobia", Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West, USA

How the Liberals broke Canada’s asylum system

Now that the immigration system — in particular, as it relates to refugees — has come under the harsh light of public scrutiny, Justice Minister Sean Fraser is lashing out at its critics: “We are dealing with, in some instances, some of the most vulnerable people in the world,” he said Wednesday, implying that anyone who touches the issue is a bully.

But the Liberal handling of the immigration file — including Fraser’s personal handling of it from 2021 to 2023 — gives Canadians plenty of reason to question the asylum system. Immigration officials for years have been mass-approving refugee applications from some of the most dangerous countries in the world by simply rubber-stamping paperwork without an in-person hearing. Untold numbers of fraudsters, terrorists and criminals now have protected person status in Canada, giving them access to generous state benefits and a much higher bar to deportation if convicted of a crime.

by Blazingcatfur•February 28, 2026February 28, 2026•0•"Societally Destructive Immigration Policy", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Border Patrol Union Chief Upsets PBS: ‘Media’s Misleading the Public’ on Deportations

On Wednesday, the PBS News Hour brought on union chief Paul Perez of the National Border Patrol Council (who represents 18,000 Border Patrol agents), and anchor Amna Nawaz pressed him on why 6 in 10 Americans think immigration enforcement has “gone too far.” Perez argued “the media’s misleading the public,” and Nawaz wasn’t going to accept that argument!

by Blazingcatfur•February 28, 2026February 28, 2026•0•Camp Of The Saints, USA

RUBENSTEIN: Will Bill C-9, the Combatting Hate Act, ever be enacted?

Bill C-9, the Combatting Hate Act, first introduced in the House of Commons on September 19, 2025, was paused at the Consideration in Committee stage in the House on January 26, 2026, when the Justice Committee voted to suspend the bill’s clause-by-clause study.

The bill aims to create a standalone hate crime offence, criminalizing intimidation, regulating hate symbols, and removing Attorney General consent for hate propaganda charges, all contentious issues.

Some local hate …

U of T’s Dean of Dentistry on leave pending investigation into racist images used in lecture

Ajax councillor alleges suspended Durham deputy police chief used N-word during meeting

by Blazingcatfur•February 28, 2026February 28, 2026•0•hate crimes

Netanyahu, Trump said shown picture of Khamenei’s body retrieved from compound

Channel 12 news reports that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump were shown an image of the body of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, after it was recovered by Iranian authorities from his compound in Tehran.

Israel carried out a massive strike on Khamenei’s compound in the opening salvo of attacks on Iran this morning.

Not so fast… https://t.co/H3fLk6jUTR

— Blazingcatfur (@fancypants_s) February 28, 2026

h/t XC

by Blazingcatfur•February 28, 2026February 28, 2026•0•USA

Mark Carney’s trip to India was unimaginable more than a year ago. Now it’s his Davos speech in action

MUMBAI—In Prime Minister Mark Carney‘s world of trade crisis and American disruption, Canada’s road for middle power survival now leads to India.

Carney’s vision of a “pragmatic” foreign policy landed him in this country’s financial epicentre on Friday, where he is set to court closer trade and deeper relations with a government Ottawa has accused of links to murder and other violent crimes on Canadian soil.

Anywhere Brookfield can make a buck.

by Blazingcatfur•February 28, 2026February 28, 2026•0•Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, India

Germany is aging and shrinking much faster than expected

The latest forecasts predict a sharp decline in the population. One reason is that too few children are being born. Immigration, even in greater numbers, will not offset the trend.

The figure 1.35 should set off alarm bells for policymakers: on average, each woman in Germany now has just 1.35 children — a record low, and far below the 2.1 needed to keep the population stable. These latest calculations from the Federal Statistical Office underscore the scale of the demographic challenge.

In 2025, about 650,000 children were born in Germany, down from around 677,000 the year before. In both years, around one million people died. By December 31, 2025, the population stood at approximately 83.5 million — 100,000 fewer than at the end of 2024.

by Blazingcatfur•February 28, 2026February 28, 2026•0•Demography, Germany

The U.S. no longer believes that trade can be a win-win. Buckle up, Canada

Trade negotiations used to be underpinned by an unspoken assumption: that trade barriers were lose-lose propositions. All sides could gain something if they mutually disarmed.

Each country would agree to lower its tariffs, a little or a lot, in return for others doing likewise. Trade negotiations were always about how much tariffs and other walls would go down, not how much they would go up.

Trade deals hollowed out manufacturing in Canada and the US, no one but the connected made money.

by Blazingcatfur•February 28, 2026February 27, 2026•0•"Canada - USA Tariff Wars"

How Hollywood and Maga aligned over Warner Bros deal

How fast things change in Trump’s America.

It wasn’t long ago that the Netflix takeover of Warner Bros looked a done deal, bar regulatory approval, after its board accepted an $82.7bn offer in December.

Now Netflix has walked away, declining to match Paramount Skydance’s new $111bn offer because the price has got too high.

“The deal is no longer financially attractive,” it said in a statement – so what happened?

It’s kind of a big deal.

‘David Ellison Scares the S— Out of Me’: How Paramount Beat Out Netflix, Won Warner Bros. and Will Change Hollywood Forever

Ted Sarandos had just wrapped up a White House meeting with Attorney General Pam Bondi on Thursday when Warner Bros. Discovery released a statement announcing that Paramount’s latest bid for the media company was a “superior proposal” to the one that Netflix had offered. With his deal to buy the 100-year-old film and television giant hanging in the balance, Sarandos quickly consulted with a key team of executives, which included CFO Spencer Neumann and his co-CEO Greg Peters, who had been overseeing Netflix’s bid for Warners, sources say.

by Blazingcatfur•February 28, 2026February 28, 2026•0•Hollywood

Canada’s LGBT revolution has been funded with millions of taxpayers dollars

Taxes in Canada are exceptionally high – in provinces like British Columbia, leftist governments are wringing even more cash from the pockets of beleaguered taxpayers. But the federal government continues to spend millions of dollars on LGBT activism.

I’m often asked how things in Canada got so bad, so quickly. There are many answers, but one is that in Canada, the revolution was funded by the taxpayers. While organizations that attempted to defend Canada’s moral foundation fundraised from fellow Christians, radical LGBT organizations and abortion groups were funded by the government.

by Blazingcatfur•February 28, 2026February 27, 2026•0•Big Gay

This Is Not a Drill: China Is Building a Base in Canada (and Possibly the Catskills)

As we are distracted, fecklessly try to convince the liberal mental bellyflops on Facebook that, anyway they slice it, Trump wasn’t one of Jeffrey Epstein’s pedos, the Chinese are taking advantage of our botheration and have been creating, quite successfully, a forward operating base (FOB) in Canada, and it’s less than 500 miles from the United States. Even worse, I have a sneaking suspicion that the Canadian government is in on the commie caper to hand Prince Edward Island (P.E.I.) over to the filthy Chinese communists who seek to, with Islam, take over the world.

by Blazingcatfur•February 28, 2026February 28, 2026•0•"China - Communist Slave State", Canada, USA

Ontario Privacy Commissioner opens investigation into Project South allegations

The office of Ontario’s Information and Privacy Commissioner is the latest agency to launch an investigation related to the sprawling allegations in the Project South police corruption probe.

In an e-mail on Friday, Privacy Commissioner Patricia Kosseim said her office hasn’t been officially asked by the government to consult on any matters related to Project South, nor has it been notified of any privacy breaches by police.

by Blazingcatfur•February 28, 2026February 27, 2026•0•Crime