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Ford to maintain U.S. booze ban in Ontario until tariffs removed or new trade deal reached

Doug Ford’s Basement

Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he will maintain his ban on American booze despite Canada dropping some retaliatory tariffs in the ongoing trade war with the United States.

Ford says he will drop the ban on selling U.S. alcohol at the Liquor Control Board of Ontario when U.S. President Donald Trump removes tariffs placed on Canadian goods or when the two countries strike a new free trade deal.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, USA

Kneecap keeps Canadian tour dates, cancels U.S. shows due to court hearing

The Irish hip-hop group Kneecap, whose performance at Coachella earlier this year sparked controversy for projected messages against the Israeli government’s war in Gaza, is cancelling 15 of its shows in the United States but says four scheduled shows in Vancouver and Toronto will go on.

In an Instagram post this week, the group announced it was cancelling the U.S. shows due to Liam Óg Ó Hannaidh’s upcoming court hearing in London scheduled for Sept. 26.

Ó Hannaidh is a rapper and group co-founder who performs under the name Mo Chara. He faces terrorism charges in the United Kingdom after videos emerged appearing to show him wearing a Hezbollah flag over his head. Both Hezbollah and Hamas are designated terror groups in Britain and Canada.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Oct 7 2023", Canada, WTF?

Canada Post lost $407M in 2nd quarter, says customers seeking out other parcel carriers

Canada Post continues to hemorrhage money, losing $407 million in the second quarter of 2025, the beleaguered Crown corporation announced Tuesday.

It’s the largest quarterly loss as parcel revenue plummets, the postal service said.

Canada Post attributed the before-tax loss to uncertainty stemming from lengthy contract negotiations between it and its union.

Put it out of its misery.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada

‘Who let her in??!’ Minister’s staff accidentally text deliberations about 15 per cent spending cut to reporter

OTTAWA — With ministers due to present their proposals for a 15 per cent spending review, deciding where to cut carries inescapable “political consequences,” according to the staff of Environment Minister Julie Dabrusin.

A rare glimpse into the internal deliberations was offered to National Post — when one of her staff accidentally added a reporter to a group chat.

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

Kelly McParland: Carney’s agenda stopped dead by industries addicted to Ottawa’s largess

Prime Minister Mark Carney spent part of this month on a less-hectic work schedule. He was even spotted walking along a street in Ottawa with his wife, just like a normal human being. After months of intense activity he presumably saw a need to pause, assess progress and reflect on the past year. His conclusion may well have been: what was I thinking?

The message of his new non-Trudeau government was one of action: it was time to move fast, do big things and revitalize the country. Six months in, he’s already being criticized for failing to deliver. We still have tariffs! U.S. President Donald Trump’s still harassing us! Houses still cost too much! Where’s the new pipeline and all those big projects?

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

Ontario has no plans to sell U.S. booze amid call from group to return American liquor to Canadian store shelves

The Ontario government has no plans to put U.S. booze back on LCBO shelves amid calls from a group representing U.S. distillers to return American spirits back to Canadian liquor stores.

In a statement released on Monday, Distilled Spirits Council President and CEO Chris Swonger called Canada’s decision to remove a 25 per cent tariff on American spirits a “very positive sign,” but noted it will not have much of an impact as long as provinces refuse to sell U.S. liquor.

“The unfortunate decision to remove American spirits from Canadian retail shelves is not only harming U.S. distillers, but it’s also needlessly reducing revenues for the provinces, and placing unnecessary burdens on Canadian consumers and hospitality businesses,” the statement read.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, USA

Mark Carney had no choice but to go ‘elbows down’ – all our allies already have

Prime Minister Mark Carney loves to reach for hockey metaphors. He doesn’t always catch the right one.

Explaining why he was ditching most of the retaliatory tariffs against the United States, the PM said on Friday that “there is a time in the game when you drop the gloves,” to “send a message,” and a time when you “want to put the puck in the net.”

Elbows Up was just an empty slogan all along.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, USA

WARMINGTON: With ‘elbows up’ era over, it’s wonderful time for another election

We’re just four months removed from a federal election and Kevin O’Leary thinks it’s a wonderful time to call another one.

“Now everybody realizes that ‘elbows up’ is stupid,” said the Shark Tank star in an interview. “It’s stupid. We want trade, not ‘elbows up’ with Americans. Americans don’t hate Canadians and Canadians don’t hate Americans. That’s all BS.”

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

Carney’s conundrum: Will he abandon some 40,000 farmers to save Canada’s auto industry?

You might have seen those bright yellow fields reaching toward the horizon under a clear blue sky — fields of canola spread across Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, bringing in billions of dollars each year for farmers and their families.

Now the annual harvest is in danger: one of Canada’s biggest customers, China, has slapped a 76 per cent tariff on canola seed, as well as a 100 per cent tariff on canola oil and meal. Why has it done this? In retaliation for the 100 per cent tariff Canada applied to Chinese electric vehicles starting last October. We were copying the United States at the time, back when relations between our two countries were more cordial, to protect the American and Canadian auto industries. But the Canadian sector, which operates mostly in Ontario, has yet to produce a single EV.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Canada's China Class", "China - Communist Slave State", "EV's - Electric Vehicles", "Net-Zero Tyranny", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Canada narrows choices for new submarines to German and South Korean bidders

As he delivered the hard sell pitch last spring for Canada to buy his submarines, Oliver Burkhard, the CEO of Germany’s ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS), used the phrase “strategic partnership” half a dozen times.

Canada would be part of “a family,” he said.

We will — perhaps — soon get a better sense whether that approach is music to the ears of Prime Minister Mark Carney and key members of his cabinet.

Gotta admit the Germans have practical experience.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"CAF - Canadian Armed Forces", "RCN", Canada

U.S. visa suspensions a warning Canadian trucking must heed: CTA

The Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) is warning that while the U.S. suspension on new visas for foreign truck drivers won’t have much, if any, impact on Canadian drivers, it should be seen as a warning to industry to clean up its act.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio posted on X last week that the U.S. is immediately pausing the issuance of all visas to truck drivers which require them to operate in the U.S.

On occasion the CBC does good work. I expect those responsible for the trucker expose were executed however.

h/t NL

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

Vast Majority of Youth Exceed Daily ‘Screen Time’ Recommendations: Government Report

The amount of time the vast majority of youth are spending on the internet far exceeds the daily recommended “screen time,” according to a new federal report.

The vast majority (89 to 96 percent) of youth in grades 6 to 10 exceed the recommended daily screen time of two hours, according to a report published by the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) on July 23, which was first reported by Blacklock’s Reporter.

Mom kicked us out of the house by 8 or 9 so that limited our screen time.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, WTF?