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PM Blackie McBlackface tells hundreds of applicants they’re not Black enough for money from the Black community initiative

Ottawa tells hundreds of applicants they’re not Black enough for money from the Black community initiative

Apparently, Operation Black Vote Canada isn’t Black enough to get government money.

That’s what Velma Morgan was told in an email this week from Employment and Social Development Canada, which rejected her organization’s application for funding under a program for Black community groups. The reason: the organization either isn’t led by enough Black people or didn’t prove that it is.

Operation Black Vote was one of about 400 organizations the government says it rejected for that reason.

by Blazingcatfur•January 16, 2021January 16, 2021•0•Batshitcrazy Progressive Racists, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Resignation of Canadian Minister Navdeep Bains saves Liberal Party from embarrassment on corruption charges

New Delhi: The resignation of Navdeep Bains, Canada’s Minister of Science, Innovation, and Industry has surprised many across the world. Experts observing Canadian politics underscore the fact that the development is not as simple as it looks. Rather, it should be seen as an attempt by the ruling Liberal Party to save itself from frequent embarrassments on corruption charges and the toil to cover those cases up.

Earlier this week, Canadian Minister Navdeep Bains publicly declared to resign from his post and quit politics on personal grounds – to give more time to his family.

by Blazingcatfur•January 16, 2021January 16, 2021•0•Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Canada's Corrupt Political Class

13 Israelis suffer facial paralysis after coronavirus vaccine – report

Some 13 people have experienced mild facial paralysis as a side effect after taking the COVID-19 vaccine, the Health Ministry reported, and estimates are that the number of cases could be higher.

Health officials have raised questions about whether or not to administer the second dose to these individuals, but the Health Ministry is recommending that the second dose be given.

by Blazingcatfur•January 16, 2021January 16, 2021•0•"China eats weird animals disease"

Ontario Reports 3,056 New Covid Cases, 13 Vaccine Linked Deaths Among Elderly Recipients In Norway

Ontario is reporting 3,056 cases of #COVID19 and nearly 73,900 tests completed. Locally, there are 903 new cases in Toronto, 639 in Peel, 283 in York Region, 162 in Durham and 152 in Ottawa.

As of 8:00 p.m. yesterday, 189,090 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered.

— Christine Elliott (@celliottability) January 16, 2021

64% of Canadians in favour of mandatory coronavirus vaccines: poll

One month since the start of coronavirus vaccinations in Canada, there is growing support for COVID-19 vaccines, with a majority of Canadians in favour of making the shots mandatory.

According to a new Ipsos poll conducted exclusively for Global News, 64 per cent of Canadians think the inoculations should be made compulsory. Meanwhile, 72 per cent say they would personally take a COVID-19 vaccine as soon as they could, without hesitation – a number that has gone up 20 points since November.

Norway warns of vaccination side-effects, deaths in some patients over 80 – 13 Dead

The Norwegian Medicines Agency on Thursday reported a total of 29 people had suffered side effects, 13 of them fatal. All the deaths occurred among patients in nursing homes and all were over the age of 80.

by Blazingcatfur•January 16, 2021January 16, 2021•0•"China eats weird animals disease"

Government wants fired bureaucrat’s assets kept frozen in wake of alleged $11M COVID-19 fraud

The Ontario government opposes lifting an injunction that froze the assets of the bureaucrat fired after an alleged $11 million COVID-19 fraud because “there is a significant risk that the cash consists of proceeds of crime,” according to internal emails filed in court.

Sanjay Madan, a computer specialist terminated in November from his $176,608-a-year Ministry of Education job, has had millions of dollars in cash and real estate holdings frozen for months.

Madan has been seeking access to his assets in order to cover his legal bills, but the court injunction remains in place until Jan. 29 and could be extended.

In documents filed with the Ontario Superior Court, the province alleges last spring “some or all of” Madan, his spouse, Shalini, their adult sons, Chinmaya and Ujjawal, and Madan’s associate Vidhan Singh perpetrated “a massive fraud” to funnel $11 million in payments to hundreds of TD and Bank of Montreal accounts.

by Blazingcatfur•January 16, 2021January 16, 2021•0•"China eats weird animals disease", Crime

Danielle Smith: I’m leaving Twitter and radio because I’ve had enough of the mob

When I entered the media it was after a devastating personal failure in politics and I feared no one would ever hire me again after such a public routing.

The year was 1999 and I’d just been fired from the Calgary Board of Education when then Alberta Education Minister Lyle Oberg determined that our group of trustees had become so dysfunctional it could no longer work constructively together. So he disbanded the board.

by Blazingcatfur•January 15, 2021January 15, 2021•0•Freedom of speech

Erase and Criminalize

Welcome to America’s Cultural Revolution.

China’s Cultural Revolution (1966-76) sought to purge remnants of impure non-Maoist thoughts from Chinese society and economy. It was a radical period of persecution.

We are witnessing and experiencing a perverse and dangerous effort to purge America of all things Trumpian — but more importantly — the conservative, traditional values of millions of Americans. It is not only about erasure, but criminalization. Ordinary Americans who support President Trump — and at least 75 million that voted for him — are being targeted with a barrage of efforts to sensationalize and marginalize their beliefs. The professional political and media classes of America’s East and West Coasts are striking hard and fast to eliminate Trump. There is a concerted effort to tar every Trump supporter with the brush of Capitol mob protester. That is a lie. It is deliberate and malicious. It is a plan to intimidate and silence.

by Blazingcatfur•January 15, 2021January 15, 2021•0•Batshit Crazy Homicidal Progressives, Trump Derangement Syndrome

WTF?? MacDougall: Erin O’Toole needs to get the Trumpists out of the Canadian Conservative movement

With the federal cabinet now rebuilt and the prime minister eyeing a potential election, we can now consider what is to be done about the fanatics and racists who make up the modern Conservative Party of Canada.

Apologies, I slipped into Liberal character there for a second, previewing what will surely be Justin Trudeau’s preferred line of attack. And while I’m hopeful that an election in the midst of a global pandemic will focus on high-minded questions of public policy, the Liberal predilection for poking the alt-right and social conservative bears (and the media’s appetite to cover it) will win out, as surely as Donald Trump avoids responsibility.

Not that I care. The Conservative party was dead to me already. Liberal or Conservative? Same crap different pile.

by Blazingcatfur•January 15, 2021January 15, 2021•0•Canada's Corrupt Political Class, Conservative Party, WTF?

Canadian action on Chinese forced labour more style than substance, critics say

Trade lawyers and human-rights advocates say the actions Canada announced to combat forced labour in China this week are more style than substance.

And one of Canada’s most prominent activists on the issue is calling on Ottawa to follow the United States in a full ban of cotton and tomato products from China’s Xinjiang region.

Earlier this week, the Canadian government announced a “comprehensive approach” to “defending the rights of Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities” in China’s Xinjiang province. The area in the northwest of the country has come under increasing international scrutiny for mass detentions, forced labour and alleged genocide carried out against people who are not part of China’s dominant Han ethnic group.

Style over substance… That’s Canada’s China Class at work. They will sell you out in a Beijing minute to line their pockets.

by Blazingcatfur•January 15, 2021January 15, 2021•0•"Canada's China Class", "China - Communist Slave State", Canada's Corporate Welfare Class, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Canada's Corrupt Political Class

CBC wrong to fire reporter who made homophobic slurs & told news site he was forced to delete tweet critical of Don Cherry: arbitrator

Ahmar Khan, who worked in CBC’s Manitoba newsroom as a temporary reporter/editor for a year before his termination in December 2019, is now entitled to be reinstated for a minimum of four months or receive four months of compensation, arbitrator Lorne Slotnick wrote in his ruling.

“His chosen method of publicizing an internal CBC decision ordering him to take down a tweet was, in my view, like other public comment from CBC employees, not intended to harm the CBC or its reputation, nor is there any evidence that it did so,” Slotnick wrote.

CBC had said Khan was fired — not because of the tweet — but for both the leak and for homophobic and other disparaging remarks he was found to have made online.

by Blazingcatfur•January 15, 2021January 15, 2021•0•WTF?

GOLDSTEIN: Trudeau wants to turn back clock on free speech

Federal Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault plans to introduce legislation and regulations this year to “protect Canadians online” when using social media.

Be very afraid.

by Blazingcatfur•January 15, 2021January 15, 2021•0•Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Trump declassifying trove of FBI memos exposing Steele’s motivations, ties to impeachment witness

Delivering in his final days on one of his last unfulfilled promises, President Trump is declassifying a massive trove of FBI documents showing the Russia collusion story was leaked in the final weeks of the 2016 election in an effort to counteract Hillary Clinton’s email scandal.

The memos to be released as early as Friday include FBI interviews and human source evaluation reports for two of the main informants in the Russia case, former MI6 agent Christopher Steele and academic Stefan Halper.

by Blazingcatfur•January 15, 2021January 15, 2021•0•Trump Derangement Syndrome

Ontario reports 2998 new Covid cases. – Roman Baber is booted from the Ontario PC Caucus for heresy against Ford’s Lockdown Mania. – Feds warn all will die unless we submit

#BREAKING: Ontario is reporting 2,998 new cases of COVID-19 today. A record 100 new deaths were also reported, but the province says 46 of the deaths occurred earlier in the pandemic and were included in today’s total as part of a data cleanup.

— CityNews Toronto (@CityNews) January 15, 2021

I was removed from the @OntarioPCParty caucus. It’s a regretful decision since many colleagues agree with me, incl @fordnation in large part. I don’t regret speaking out for millions of lives & livelihoods decimated by Public Health, I serve the public. 1/2 #onpoli. pic.twitter.com/2qwJvTWHym

— Roman Baber (@Roman_Baber) January 15, 2021

Canada on track for 10K COVID-19 cases a day, measures must be ‘further intensified’: feds

Canada is on track to see more than 10,000 coronavirus cases a day by February if, “we maintain the current number of people we contact each day,” according to new modelling from the federal government.

The feds on Friday released an updated picture of the current COVID-19 pandemic facing Canada, which included new modelling and estimates on the number of cases and deaths.

Toronto police say individuals won’t be ‘compelled to explain why they are out of their residence’ amid new stay-at-home order

Residents won’t be forced to explain why they are out of their homes despite a stay-at-home order from the province, Toronto police said as it laid out its enforcement plan, which will mainly focus on restaurants, businesses and large gatherings.

The Toronto Police Service released details of how they will be enforcing the order hours after it took effect. The stay-at-home order, which was announced on Tuesday, requires residents to only go out for essential purposes as the province tries to curtail the spread of the novel coronavirus.

by Blazingcatfur•January 15, 2021January 15, 2021•0•"China eats weird animals disease"

Draidle, Dreidel, Draidlebaum

Sitting in the comfort of my “home office”, such as it is, with a small amount of sunlight coming in, I’m going to try to take a stab at writing the thing I never wanted to write – the thing I dreaded putting into words because it would make it real. Of course Mark Steyn has set the bar very high with his touching tribute, and my friend Andrew Lawton has some lovely words here as well. But I’m struggling.

How do I get my fingers to type the words that will express my grief about the death of my incredible friend Kathy Shaidle without sounding maudlin or self-serving?

by Blazingcatfur•January 14, 2021January 14, 2021•0•Kathy Shaidle

Ontario reports 3326 new Covid Cases

Ontario is reporting more than 3,300 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday as a stay-at-home order came into effect across the province to reduce transmission of the virus.

Public health officials reported 3,326 new infections and 62 additional deaths today.

Canada lags in vaccines because of Trudeau’s inaction

There are more than 400,000 Canadians vaccinated and that’s a good thing. The downside, though, is that we are only at about 1% of the population vaccinated.

According to the COVID-19 database, Our World in Data compiled by Oxford University, just over one in 100 Canadians is vaccinated against COVID-19.

by Blazingcatfur•January 14, 2021January 14, 2021•0•"China eats weird animals disease"