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Reading Between the Lines on the State of the Canada-US Trade Deal

There’s been very little publicly shared about the progress of Ottawa-Washington trade talks, but what little has been revealed in recent weeks hasn’t been very positive.

Publicly, the cabinet has said the trade talks with the Trump administration are moving along positively, while at the same time stressing that they need to keep the discussions to the negotiating table and that they can’t disclose much more.

But from what can be gathered from public records, whether it’s the state of communication between the two leaders or messaging around the need to accelerate internal efforts to build resilience, it appears Canada isn’t on the verge of a breakthrough.

by Blazingcatfur•August 11, 2025August 11, 2025•0•Canada, USA

A skeptic’s take on the housing crisis: ‘The developer is the good guy’

If housing costs too much, there must not be enough supply. That’s Ottawa’s simple take on the affordable housing crisis in Canada. And their simple solution? Impose policy, including the housing accelerator fund, to get rid of zoning prohibitions and accelerate the building of new homes within existing urban footprints.

But, asks Patrick Condon, professor of urban design at the University of British Columbia: What if the feds are wrong?

by Blazingcatfur•August 11, 2025August 11, 2025•0•"Homelessness & Affordability Crisis", Canada

Canadian Road Trips to US Plunge for Seventh Month

Road trips to the US decreased for a seventh straight month as Canadians ramped up their American boycott.

Canadian-resident return trips by automobile from the neighboring US slumped 36.9% in July from a year ago, Statistics Canada data showed Monday.

Return trips by air from the US also slid 25.8%, while those from other countries grew 5.9% as Canadians traveled elsewhere.

by Blazingcatfur•August 11, 2025August 11, 2025•0•Canada, USA

Corporate Welfare Class Hardest Hit: Ottawa yet to launch program announced last year that would grant permanent residency to low-wage workers

More than a year after announcing a new immigration stream that would have granted permanent residency to low-wage workers already in Canada, the federal government has yet to move ahead on formally launching the program – suggesting that Ottawa could be backing away from the plan altogether.

The plan targeting low-wage workers was informally announced in April 2024, through the Canada Gazette. Consultations were set to begin last year on amending immigration laws to admit a “new permanent economic class of workers in TEER 4 and TEER 5 jobs.”

Mass immigration from incompatible cultures is a feature not a bug. Yes they are out to get you.

by Blazingcatfur•August 11, 2025August 11, 2025•0•"Immigration from incompatible cultures", "Mass Immigration - Follow the money", Canada, Canada's Corporate Welfare Class, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Ford government fails to hit housing target, even after adding LTC beds, student dorms

Despite adding long-term care beds, retirement homes and student dormitories to its housing statistics, the Ford government fell tens of thousands of units short of its goal last year.

New data released by the province this month confirms that even with its modified definitions of new housing, Ontario achieved less than 80 per cent of its self-imposed 125,000-unit target for 2024.

Why is that idiot at Queen’s Park still wanting to import the 3rd world? Oh right his cronies love their slaves.

by Blazingcatfur•August 11, 2025August 11, 2025•0•"Homelessness & Affordability Crisis", "Societally Destructive Immigration Policy", Canada

Economic case for Alberta-Saskatchewan independence

Western Canada sits on extraordinary economic potential that remains artificially constrained by federal policies designed to redistribute wealth eastward. Recent polling suggests Saskatchewan has overtaken Alberta in its appetite for independence — a shift that highlights growing frustration with a system that penalizes success. The economic fundamentals show that Alberta and Saskatchewan together would create one of the world’s most economically self-sufficient nations.

by Blazingcatfur•August 11, 2025August 10, 2025•0•"Western Alienation Separation", "Western Independence", Canada

David Emerson: Canada’s Five Frontiers: Time for a Change

Canada, a country with a smaller population than California, features the second-largest land mass in the world, thousands of kilometres of coastal shoreline, water, and natural resources in abundance, and a huge arctic geography where, for over a century, there was minimal predatory interest from other countries. But most Canadians live and earn a living within a few hundred kilometres of the U.S. border. We’ve enjoyed easy prosperity doing business directly or indirectly with Americans, to whom we’ve defaulted to do the heavy lifting on defence and security.

by Blazingcatfur•August 11, 2025August 10, 2025•0•Canada, USA

John Weissenberger: Canada fought for Quebec. Would it do the same for Alberta?

Will an Alberta separation referendum spark a massive unity rally, or a mighty pan-Canadian caravan converging on Calgary or Edmonton? After all, that’s what happened in 1995, when Quebecers looked like they were voting to leave Canada and thousands flocked to Montreal’s Place du Canada for a “Great Love-in.”

Albertans aren’t holding their breath. Clearly Central Canada views Quebec’s possible separation as an existential threat, while the West’s concerns are mere “grievances.” Those of us born and raised “back east,” but transplanted West, who’ve lived both sides of the divide, experiencing firsthand the disparate treatment of the two regions, can perhaps help explain it.

by Blazingcatfur•August 11, 2025August 10, 2025•0•Alberta, Canada

Poll shows Canadians want Governor General’s budget slashed

Nearly half of Canadians want the federal government to cut the governor general’s budget, according to new polling released by Leger and highlighted by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF).

The poll found that 49% of respondents support reducing spending on the ceremonial office, while only 13% want it increased. When excluding those unsure, nearly 60% favour a cut.

by Blazingcatfur•August 10, 2025August 10, 2025•0•Canada

Cutting 64,000 Public Service Jobs Could Save Ottawa $10 Billion: Think Tank

A Montreal think tank says the federal government could save $10 billion by reducing 64,000 public service jobs.

The Montreal Economic Institute (MEI) made the recommendation in a pre-budget brief released on Aug. 7. It urges the government to follow the approach of former Liberal Prime Minister Jean Chrétien, saying his government reduced the civil service by 17 percent over five years.

I don’t see Carney alienating the public service unions, they are too significant a vote bloc.

Canada has 4.5 million public servants

whose wages are being paid by only 13.7 million private sector workers

3 taxpayers for every 1 public servant making 80-120k

HOW is this country still standing?

— Tablesalt (@Tablesalt13) August 8, 2025

by Blazingcatfur•August 10, 2025August 10, 2025•0•Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

As Canada’s income gap widens in the 10th Year of Liberal Party governance, some of those who are struggling sort trash to survive

As Canada’s income gap widens, some of those who are struggling sort trash to survive

Grant Kilian likes to move fast between the tall blue recycling bins he sorts through, in Vancouver’s West End alleys.

Time, but more accurately, cans are money here. The faster you can fill a bag, the faster you can get paid at the return depot. A big garbage bag full of beer cans, some of which he says he crushes, at 10 cents a pop, could earn Kilian about $30 in tax-free cash.

As he puts it, it’s just a bit of extra money for food, bills or cigarettes when everything feels tight.

It’s an economic miracle if you consider turning a wealthy nation into a 3rd World Dumpster Fire a miracle.

by Blazingcatfur•August 10, 2025August 10, 2025•0•Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Carney government condemns Israel’s plan to take over Gaza City

Canada is joining international partners Saturday in panning Israel’s plan to take control of Gaza City approved this week.

In a joint statement, foreign ministers from several countries including Canada, Australia, France, Germany and the United Kingdom said they reject a decision taken by the Israeli security cabinet on Friday to launch an additional large-scale military operation in Gaza.

by Blazingcatfur•August 10, 2025August 10, 2025•0•"Oct 7 2023", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

GUNTER: Canada still hasn’t seen Carney’s promised leadership

The chances of Canada convincing Donald Trump’s White House to reverse his tariffs on a wide range of Canadian goods seems remote. There’s a possibility cases working their way through the U.S. courts will — maybe within the next six to 12 months — find Trump has overstepped his authority to impose tariffs and reverse them.

by Blazingcatfur•August 10, 2025August 10, 2025•0•Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Carney says Canada’s trade with U.S. is mostly tariff-free. But that’s not the whole story

It’s become a common refrain when Canadian politicians are asked about retaliatory measures or negotiations in the ongoing trade war: 85 per cent of Canada’s trade with the U.S. is “tariff-free.”

Prime Minister Mark Carney said as much on Tuesday and again on Friday, when pressed for information about his next salvo in the dispute with the U.S. after President Donald Trump imposed 35 per cent tariffs on Canadian goods that aren’t compliant with the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA).

“We’re in a situation right now where 85 per cent of our trade with the United States is tariff-free,” Carney told reporters at a news conference in Trenton, Ont., on Friday.

So no “Elbows” required?

by Blazingcatfur•August 10, 2025August 10, 2025•0•Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, USA

GOLDSTEIN: Report finds antisemitism new normal in many Ontario schools

A federal government report suggests it’s open season on Jewish students in Ontario schools when it comes to being targets of antisemitism.

Equally alarming, it concludes schools and school boards are reluctant to address reports of antisemitism and are simply ignoring many of the complaints – or blaming the victims.

by Blazingcatfur•August 10, 2025August 10, 2025•0•"Islamophobia", "Oct 7 2023", Canada, Islam, Islam and the Left, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West