“Canada in decline” – Blazingcatfur

Donald Trump’s latest egregious example of putting the screws to Canada

The Trump administration’s decision this week to “suspend” the 86-year-old Permanent Joint Board on Defence sent some of us scurrying back to our well-thumbed copies of “The Good Allies,” the late Tim Cook’s study of the wartime alliance between Canada and the United States.

The joint board on defence, which the Americans clearly no longer regard as “permanent,” has (or had) its origins in that alliance. It was a forum for Canadians and Americans, mostly senior military leaders, to hash out common defence issues a couple of times a year.

Wait till the CUSMA review.

by Blazingcatfur•May 24, 2026May 23, 2026•0•"Canada - USA Tariff Wars", "Canada in decline"

CRTC looks set to kill off trade talks with U.S.

On Thursday, Canada’s broadcast regulator appears ready to throw a grenade into the already fraught world of Canada-US trade talks. The CRTC is set to unveil new rules on Canadian content and discoverability for streaming platforms.

That would include everything from Canadian-based Crave or CBC’s Gem, but also American services from Apple Music to Netflix, Prime to Disney+.

by Blazingcatfur•May 20, 2026May 19, 2026•0•"Canada - China's 24th Province", "Canada - USA Tariff Wars", "Canada in decline", "Canada's China Class", "China - Communist Slave State", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Military reprimanded soldiers who raised concerns about spying on Canadians online during COVID-19

The military reprimanded soldiers after they raised concerns about an order to monitor Canadians’ online activity during the COVID-19 pandemic, CBC News has learned.

But the military’s top lawyer later warned of risks associated with this kind of monitoring, and a review found it violated the rules, according to internal documents viewed by CBC News.

In March 2020, the Canadian Armed Forces tasked a team with creating anonymous social media accounts to comb the internet and produce daily reports for military leaders that included the status of COVID-19 in Canada, as well as the political discourse and any misinformation surrounding the pandemic.

I hope the officers who authorized this travesty have been rooted out but you just know they’re the DEI NAZIS.

Under the Liberals every Canadian institution is being weaponized against citizens, from CBC, the CAF and the legal system.

We are not a free country.

by Blazingcatfur•May 16, 2026May 16, 2026•0•"CAF - Canadian Armed Forces", "Canada in decline", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, WTF?

Canada’s auto industry at ‘inflection point’ dependant on U.S. free trade: report

Canada’s auto industry is at an “inflection point” and a new report suggests its future success hinges on restoring free trade with the U.S.

The report by RBC, released Tuesday, looked at four paths to determine options the industry could take, but also the trade-offs that would come with them.

“Canada is at a strategic crossroads when it comes to the future of its auto industry and essential to that future is securing free trade with the United States,” said Jordan Brennan, managing director at RBC Thought Leadership and author of the report, in an interview.

If Trump accomplishes his promise and reshores assembly then Canada can look forward to cleaning up Chinese EV fires.

by Blazingcatfur•May 14, 2026May 14, 2026•0•"Canada - USA Tariff Wars", "Canada in decline"

The Enemy Is Already Inside the Gates. Mark Carney Just Opened Them Wider.

OTTAWA — When the Chinese consulate in Houston was ordered closed in July 2020, it did not go quietly. Within an hour of being told they had 72 hours to vacate, the staff set the building on fire.

What followed was, in the account of the man who ordered it done, a revelation. “Within two days,” former CIA Director and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told the Canada Strong and Free conference in Ottawa, “we had identified hundreds of Chinese agents operating in the United States, most of which we were unaware of. They started getting tickets to fly out. You could just see the network light up.”

by Blazingcatfur•May 13, 2026May 12, 2026•0•"Canada - China's 24th Province", "Canada in decline", "Canada's China Class", "China - Communist Slave State", "Foreign Interference", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Uniparty politics FAILS in UK… still working in Canada though

Ever since the electoral reforms of the mid-19th century, the Mother of All Parliaments — the Westminster Parliament of the so-called United Kingdom — has been dominated by a party of the left(ish) and one of the right(ish). The latter calls itself “Conservative”. The “Liberal” party, as the former was known when W.S. Gilbert wrote those lyrics was supplanted in 1924 by the Labour Party, which, under Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, is now having its turn at bat.

by Blazingcatfur•May 11, 2026May 11, 2026•0•"Canada in decline", "Canadian Politics"

This Researcher Thinks Canada Is an Easy Target for the CCP

As a NATO member and U.S. ally, Canada is a natural target for Beijing’s overseas influence operations, according to Peter Mattis, China expert and president of the U.S.-based think tank The Jamestown Foundation.

However, Canada is particularly vulnerable, Matti says, as the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) views it as an easy target for several reasons.

One factor is a lack of strong controls against CCP interference in Canada, Mattis said in an interview with Jan Jekielek, senior editor and host of The Epoch Times’ “American Thought Leaders.”

by Blazingcatfur•May 2, 2026May 2, 2026•0•"Canada - China's 24th Province", "Canada in decline", "Canada's China Class", "China - Communist Slave State", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Carney’s ‘sovereign wealth fund’ proves Poilievre was right about one thing all along

The grandpas underpinning the “Elbows Up” movement have washed their hands of Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre for the moment, but it’s their grandchildren who may ultimately decide his political future — and that of his party.

The Conservatives’ weak byelection performance was billed as a defeat, but that was the best possible outcome for Poilievre, at least personally. Dodging a second defeat in a general election denied Poilievre’s increasingly noisy Tory detractors a legitimate reason to bring the knives out despite the absence of a saviour waiting in the wings. Even if they had their golden child lined up, these non-believers must know future Liberal victories are all but guaranteed so long as the NDP wallows in the single digits.

by Blazingcatfur•May 1, 2026May 1, 2026•0•"Canada in decline", "Canadian Politics"

This ‘New Government’ has no interest in arresting our economic decline

If you have been wondering what meaning to attach to that irritating phrase the Carney Liberals use to describe themselves, “Canada’s New Government” – which was irritating enough when it was first employed, under Stephen Harper, when it was actually a new government – wonder no longer. As this Spring Economic Update makes abundantly clear, it means nothing whatever. Or next to nothing.

Coyne sounds near sane!

Pic from reader DA

by Blazingcatfur•April 30, 2026April 30, 2026•0•"Canada in decline", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Howard Lutnick’s right. Canada needs to limit EV trade with China

Was Prime Minister Mark Carney “nuts” to make a deal to import electric vehicles from China? That’s what Howard Lutnick says. “Carney has a problem with us,” the U.S. Commerce Secretary told a conference audience April 17. “He gets on a plane and he goes to China. Does he think the Chinese economy’s gonna buy his stuff? China is entirely an export-driven economy!”

Lutnick’s style was crude, his attitude abrasive. The deal he trashed was arguably a rational tactic to buy Canada’s canola sector some short-term breathing space. But on the challenges of trading with China, he wasn’t wrong.

by Blazingcatfur•April 27, 2026April 27, 2026•0•"Canada - China's 24th Province", "Canada - USA Tariff Wars", "Canada in decline", "China - Communist Slave State", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

The 13 charts that prove the lost Liberal decade

For years, people throughout the land have had a sense that something is amiss. But the governing Liberals carried on as though then-prime minister Justin Trudeau’s “sunny ways” were still a defining feature of our body politic. When Prime Minister Mark Carney came along, he all but admitted that his predecessor had been gaslighting Canadians, and claimed that only he could clean up the mess. But the hole is deep and the first year of Carney’s premiership did not yield the fast-paced results he promised. Just how much worse have things got? Join us as we explore Canada’s lost decade, in charts.

by Blazingcatfur•April 27, 2026April 27, 2026•0•"Canada in decline", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Auto industry warns China EV tariff concession risks Canadian jobs and investment

Canada’s auto sector is warning that a federal decision to ease tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles could undermine domestic manufacturing and weaken North American supply chains, as executives say the policy puts Canadian jobs at risk.

The concerns were raised at a Commons science committee hearing after cabinet approved a quota allowing up to 49,000 Chinese-made battery electric vehicles into the Canadian market this year at reduced tariff levels, with the cap set to increase by 6.5% annually.

With thanks to whoever retweeted this story from 2024. Seems relevant. @MarkJCarney @cafreeland @ISED_CA @environmentca #ElectricVehicles https://t.co/Flir0E3081

— Holly Doan (@hollyanndoan) April 25, 2026

by Blazingcatfur•April 27, 2026April 26, 2026•0•"Canada - China's 24th Province", "Canada in decline", "China - Communist Slave State", "EV's - Electric Vehicles", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

J.D. Tuccille: U.S. getting richer while Britain, Europe and Canada are falling behind

We sometimes forget that the bad economic policy choices of U.S. politicians often pale in comparison to those of their counterparts in other countries. The result is that, despite the government’s best efforts, Americans are growing more prosperous at a faster rate than their peers elsewhere. The divergence is happening so rapidly, the U.K.’s Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) recently pointed out, that Britons (among others) lose track of how quickly they’re falling behind Americans’ wealth and living standards. A return to free-market principles could help to once again even the score.

You have to wonder what the Elbow people were voting for.

by Blazingcatfur•April 26, 2026April 26, 2026•0•"Canada - USA Tariff Wars", "Canada in decline", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, USA

Celebrity tag-a-long Justin Trudeau says U.S. economic coercion risks pushing Canada closer to China

Former prime minister Justin Trudeau is warning that U.S. tariffs threaten to drive Canada closer to China in the auto sector.

Speaking at a CNBC event in Singapore on Thursday, Trudeau said “economic pressures and coercion” nearly drove Canadian aerospace company Bombardier “into China’s arms” almost a decade ago.

‼️NEW: Trudeau goes on American TV and says that Canadian aluminum WON'T be available

"when the US finally wakes up" ….. "its not your aluminum anymore"

and that Trump drove Canada to China. pic.twitter.com/Loe7aeYXEr

— Tablesalt 🇨🇦🇺🇸 (@Tablesalt13) April 23, 2026

Canada’s Kamala Harris.

by Blazingcatfur•April 26, 2026April 26, 2026•0•"Canada - China's 24th Province", "Canada in decline", "China - Communist Slave State", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Expect Trump to try to punish Canada for not bending the knee

We’ve been warned for months that Canada faces exceedingly tough talks on renewing the CUSMA/USMCA trade deal. With Donald Trump blowing off the importance of Canada (“we don’t need anything they have”), it was shaping up as a cage match at the negotiating table.

As of this week, though, we face the very real possibility of an even more ominous prospect as the July 1 date for agreement or not-agreement on re-upping CUSMA approaches: no talks at all.

by Blazingcatfur•April 25, 2026April 25, 2026•0•"Canada - China's 24th Province", "Canada - USA Tariff Wars", "Canada in decline", "China - Communist Slave State", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government