Canada

With his immigration bill, Canada’s prime minister is bowing to Trump

There are many stereotypes about Canada – that we are a nation of extremely polite people, a welcoming melting pot, and that we’re the US’s laid-back cousin who lives next door.

But right now, Canadian prime minister, Mark Carney, is bucking all of that lore after pressure from the US in the form of Donald Trump’s “concerns” about undocumented migrants and fentanyl moving across the US-Canada border. In response, the recently elected Liberal PM put forward a 127-page bill that includes, among other worrying provisions, sweeping changes to immigration policy that would make the process much more precarious for refugees and could pave the way for mass deportations.

Oh please. Just another Guardianista lamenting Trump’s success.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCamp Of The Saints, Canada, USA

Canada set up a $50M vaccine injury program. Those harmed say it’s failing them

Kimberly MacDougall lay in a hospital bed beside her injured husband, Stephen, as his final moments came. She and their two kids held him as he took his last breath.

Stephen, 45, a service manager for a luxury automobile dealership, had been fighting to live for weeks in May 2021, but stopped struggling. She informed friends on social media that the man she loved, incredibly fit and with no prior health issues, wouldn’t make it.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"China eats weird animals disease", Canada

I can’t forget Canada froze bank accounts of protesters. Now, singing O Canada feels hollow

I’ve never felt more patriotic pride than when singing O Canada with a crowd of hundreds at a protest shutting down the Coutts border crossing.

It was February 2022. My wife had just lost her job after refusing to get vaccinated against COVID-19. I worried I might be next, but took heart as the trucker convoy headed to Ottawa. We couldn’t join them, so instead we drove south from Calgary to Coutts, Alta., for two days to show our support.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Western Alienation Separation", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

17,500 criminal foreigners allowed into Canada in past 11 years

More than 17,500 foreigners have had their criminal convictions forgiven by the Immigration Department over the past 11 years, removing a bar to coming to Canada, federal government figures show. The disclosure has raised transparency concerns about the type of offences they committed.

Foreigners are, in general, inadmissible to Canada if they have been convicted of an act that is considered a criminal offence in this country. But Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has the power to grant an exception if five years have elapsed since a person was convicted or finished a sentence.

I bet a lot of Liberal palms were generously greased.

h/t Mauser

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Societally Destructive Immigration Policy", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Peter Menzies: It’s no wonder Canadians are tuning out the legacy media

There are some topics that Canada’s media are clearly very afraid to touch, leaving the public that funds them through federal subsidies not fully informed.

This, for reasons suspected but unexplained, is not good if we are to rely upon the Fourth Estate to ensure the nation’s population is equipped with the information citizens need to form perspectives and organize their lives. That, after all, is the alleged purpose of the government’s subsidization of the media in the first place.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, The Media

U.S. Supreme Court to hear Line 5 pipeline case between Michigan, Enbridge

The U.S. Supreme Court announced Monday it will review whether Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel’s lawsuit seeking to shut down a section of an aging pipeline beneath a Great Lakes channel belongs in state court.

Nessel sued in state court in June 2019 seeking to void the easement that allows the Enbridge energy company to operate a 4.5-mile (6.4-kilometer) section of pipeline under the Straits of Mackinac, which link Lake Michigan and Lake Huron.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, USA

Howard Anglin: Lament for a Lament

This year marks the 60th anniversary of Canadian philosopher George Grant’s Lament for a Nation: The Defeat of Canadian Nationalism, a seminal work that reshaped Canadian political discourse. Published in 1965, Grant’s critique of American cultural dominance and technological modernity challenged Canadians to reconsider their national sovereignty and identity. To mark the occasion, this summer, The Hub will feature a series of essays from big thinkers exploring the book’s enduring legacy and how its insights remain vital to understanding Canada and its relationship with the United States today.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada

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The digital services tax was bad policy, but killing it now makes us look terribly weak

Maybe Prime Minister Mark Carney’s elbows were getting tired. He kept them up the entire campaign, and well, that was enough to get the job done (the job, notably, being winning the election – not standing up to U.S. President Donald Trump). And now that the election is over, Mr. Carney has allowed himself some moments of rest.

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

HUNTER: Drug cartel civil war has deadly implications for Canada

Four decapitated corpses hanging from a bridge are the latest symbol of a civil war tearing apart the violent global drug powerhouse, the Sinaloa Cartel.

And the bloodshed has dire implications for Canada, where the cartel has been allowed to fester and grow in a twisted branch plant endeavour to fuel the world with fentanyl.

20 bodies found in Mexico after horrific cartel violence — including 4 headless corpses hanging from bridge

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Mexican drug cartels, Mexico, Mexico - Failed State

Ottawa avoided a trade setback. But Trump could come for supply management next

Dreams do come true. U.S. President Donald Trump wished for Canada’s tax on U.S. tech companies to disappear on Friday, and by Sunday, it had.

Mostly, there was a sense of surprise that the federal government would play such a valuable card this soon. The digital services tax (DST), which Ottawa was supposed to start collecting on Monday, was unpopular with the U.S. government and the tech giants it targeted — Meta and Amazon, for example — and, conveniently, was not especially liked by business groups at home.

… “If the current government looks like it’s going to introduce a bill threatening supply management, this could create a lot of political headaches.”

Bill C-202 was sponsored by Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet as a nod to the party’s base in Quebec, where the dairy farming industry is heavily concentrated. The Conservatives are also looking to expand in the province while maintaining their rural base in Ontario.

“This is where the issue becomes existential for the political fortunes of Carney’s Liberal government,” said Hampson.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, USA

‘Every year is worse’: Housing crisis reaches boiling point ahead of Quebec’s moving day

As Montreal prepares for its traditional moving day, the housing crunch reached alarming new heights — with hundreds of households still searching for a roof over their heads and advocates calling for urgent action.

“We see a lot of people who are low income and very vulnerable tenants struggling to figure out how to pay rents,” said Gary Saxe, executive director of Project Genesis, a housing rights organization based in Côte-des-Neiges. “And every year is getting worse as rents go higher and higher.”

Saxe said rents have gone up “astronomically” over the last few years — and it’s not just a problem on July 1, but all year round.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Homelessness & Affordability Crisis", Canada

Would you die for Canada? Polling suggests Canadians are more willing to fight for their country

We asked, first, “What actions would you take, if any, to fight to defend Canada against a military attack and invasion or occupation by a hostile foreign power?” More than 72 per cent of respondents said they’d take at least some action given a list of alternatives, with about 26 per cent willing to volunteer for civil defence and 13 per cent willing to volunteer for military service.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada

There’s no one way to be a Canadian: Commie Culture Minister Steven Guilbeault

OTTAWA — Steven Guilbeault, federal minister of identity and culture, came to his new job just as the whole country was looking at itself in the mirror.

Guilbeault took on the new ministry — which replaces the old heritage ministry and takes up responsibility for Parks Canada — as U.S. President Donald Trump was ramping up a ruinous trade war and talking about annexing his country’s neighbour to the north.

Perhaps the very last person I want to hear from on Canada Day.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, WTF?