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Ottawa tells CRA to fix its call centre problem so more Canadians can reach an agent

The federal government has instructed the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) to devise a 100-day plan to improve service at its call centres so more Canadians can get through by phone.

The demand follows a CBC News story last month about mounting frustration by Canadians to reach a CRA agent to deal with pressing tax matters. Several told CBC News they had been trying for weeks or months to get through but instead were greeted with an automated message, and no opportunity to wait on hold or leave a callback number.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada

Trump is bending over backwards to protect American steel — and Canada is paying the price

WASHINGTON, D.C. — At a steel plant in Pennsylvania in May, U.S. President Donald Trump promised workers a new era of domestic steel production.

“We are once again going to put Pennsylvania steel into the backbone of America like never before,” Trump said, reflecting how he sees steel as the centrepiece of a revitalized American industrial capacity.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, USA

Ten years after Alan Kurdi’s photo prompted an outpouring, experts fear a loss of empathy for refugees

The photo of the body of a two-year-old Syrian boy, who drowned during his family’s tragic quest for a new life, led to an outpouring of grief around the world when it was published 10 years ago on Tuesday.

The image of Alan Kurdi lying face down on a beach near the fashionable Turkish resort of Bodrum became a shocking symbol of the plight of refugees, awakening the world to the dangers desperate people were willing to confront to find sanctuary.

Garbage by anti-western propagandists. Only western states are asked to commit suicide via a flood of 3rd World benefit seekers.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Societally Destructive Immigration Policy", Canada

’Mercy of politics’: Canadian farmers weigh plans as Chinese tariff hits canola price

As Chinese tariffs on Canadian canola products continue to hamper the cash price of one of the country’s most valuable crops, farming experts say producers have big decisions ahead of them.

Market analyst Chuck Penner with LeftField Commodity Research said while future prices are down slightly, the cash price farmers receive for their canola, also known as the basis, is much lower.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"China - Communist Slave State", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Toronto air show accused of inflicting ‘deep trauma’ on Palestinians in Canada

A Toronto air show has been accused of inflicting “deep trauma” on Palestinians in Canada.

Critics argued that the presence of F-35 fighter jets at the Canadian International Air Show triggered the families of those living in Gaza.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Immigration from incompatible cultures", "Islamophobia", Canada, Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West

NDP can no longer count on support of union workers as labour vote splits

A year ago, then-NDP leader Jagmeet Singh’s Labour Day message to workers insisted that his party alone would stand shoulder-to-shoulder with working Canadians and the unions that work to protect their rights.

Six months later, Singh stood outside of an auto plant in Windsor, Ont. during the federal election, hoping to offer support and comfort to workers reeling from news of new auto tariffs from U.S. President Donald Trump. But Singh was not greeted with warmth – most of them ignored him entirely, rushing past with their heads down as they came off shift, while some others indicated a preference for the Conservatives and Leader Pierre Poilievre.

The NDP hasn’t represented working class people unionized or not for years.

They have done well with the predatory public service and teachers unions (Being steeped in DEI both unions despise working class white people).

But Singh worked his magic and may have lost even these fellow ideologues forever.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, NDP, WTF?

Trevor Neiman: Canada must treat fighting espionage as a national priority

In August, Australia’s chief spy-catcher, Mike Burgess, revealed a startling figure: foreign espionage drained the country of an astounding $12.5 billion in the past year.

These weren’t hypothetical estimates. They were tied to real espionage operations uncovered by Australia’s intelligence community, including 24 major incidents.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Foreign Interference", Canada, Espionage

Most of Canada’s retaliatory tariffs are gone. Now what?

Party Time!

Most of the counter-tariffs Ottawa slapped on U.S. goods earlier this year have now been removed, with a few exceptions.

Canada placed duties on $60 billion worth of U.S. goods in response to American tariffs on various Canadian goods. Those tariffs are gone as of Monday, though some levies remain on non-CUSMA-compliant goods — such as tariffs on steel and aluminum products to counter U.S. tariffs targeting those industries.

Much of the media but especially the CBC is making out that removal of the counter tariffs was some kind of Master Stroke by Carney when in fact it was just the reversal of a stupid mistake.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, USA

MORGAN: Canada must close the immigration floodgates now!

We must stop this mass-influx of bodies — and it doesn’t really matter who gets it done.

Controlled immigration is beneficial for both an economy and a society. Mass immigration leads to socioeconomic disaster.

Canada has been suffering the effects of mass immigration for years. The Trudeau government opened the floodgates and used mass immigration to shield the results of its economic incompetence. Pouring people into the country offers a meager and short-term economic boost. It keeps the national GDP growing so they could point to one positive economic indicator.

(Incognito)

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Mass Immigration - Follow the money", "Societally Destructive Immigration Policy", Canada, Canada's Corporate Welfare Class, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Elbows down? Carney ends Canada’s self-inflicted grocery tax

Based on what we know, most counter-tariffs affecting food, food manufacturing, and retail will be rolled back Sept. 1. This is welcome news.

It will provide relief for Canadian consumers, greater choice for grocers, and — most importantly — help keep food inflation in check. Even if counter-tariffs did not directly apply to a wide range of products, they acted like the tide with boats: price increases in certain aisles created pressure across the grocery store. In food retail, all categories compete with one another for share of wallet. When orange juice, peanut butter, or coffee prices rise due to tariffs, it indirectly pushes prices elsewhere upward as grocers rebalance their pricing strategies.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, USA

Margaret Atwood takes aim at Alberta’s school library books ban with satirical story

EDMONTON – Margaret Atwood is taking aim at Alberta’s controversial ban on school library books containing sexual content with a new, satirical short story after the famed author’s novel “The Handmaid’s Tale” was yanked from some shelves due to the province’s sweeping new rules.

In a social media post on Sunday, Atwood said since the literary classic is no longer suitable in Alberta’s schools, she has written a short story for 17-year olds about two “very, very good children” named John and Mary.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada

LPC Rump releases feeble call to action on antisemitism that majority of Liberal MP’s can’t be bothered to endorse

Carney speaks at a Muslim Brotherhood function

Housefather, 31 other Liberal MPs release call to action on rising antisemitism in Canada

Liberal MP Anthony Housefather and 31 of his caucus colleagues have issued a statement condemning a “deplorable rise of antisemitism in Canada” and calling on Canadians to stand up against hatred toward Jewish communities.

Housefather wants protection from the Muslims his government let in to Canada, protection from the anti-Zionists that are the majority of the LPC?

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Islamophobia", "Oct 7 2023", Canada, Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West

FLETCHER: Cars cancel canola in Carney’s Canada

It looks as if Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe will be off to experience China’s famous smog on his own, without a federal representative who has authority to make international trade deals.

Moe has set a date of Sept. 6 for his mission to Beijing support Western Canada’s canola industry against the latest and largest Chinese tariff – a preliminary 75.8% levy on canola seed. That joins earlier tariffs on processed meal and oil, imposed in response to Canada’s 100% tariff wall against Chinese electric vehicles.

(Incognito)

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

As Ottawa drops elbows, most provinces stand firm against selling U.S. alcohol

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s recent decision to lift countertariffs on U.S. goods has renewed questions about whether more Canadian provinces will allow liquor retailers to put U.S. alcohol back on their shelves.

U.S. industry associations have been calling for an end to U.S. booze bans, arguing that they harm Canadian consumers and businesses.

But outside of Alberta and Saskatchewan, which lifted moratoriums on buying and selling U.S. liquor in June, governments across Canada are showing no sign of budging.

No Bending of the Elbows Up?

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, USA

How, and at what cost, could Canada catch up to Poland’s defence spending?

There was a particularly striking moment last week in Warsaw as Prime Minister Mark Carney renewed his friendship with Poland’s Donald Tusk, a flash that subtly captured the stark choices Canada will likely face in the not-too-distant future.

Carney was genuine in his praise of the eastern European country’s wholehearted, enthusiastic embrace of NATO and the Western alliance’s defence spending targets.

“We learn much from the prime minister, from his government, including the importance of pulling our full weight in NATO,” Carney said.

How to catch up? We can ask Poland to annex us!

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"CAF - Canadian Armed Forces", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Poland