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Canada is sovereign, says Starmer in rebuke to Trump

Sir Keir Starmer has described Canada as an “independent, sovereign nation” ahead of his trip there in a clear rebuke of Donald Trump.

Sir Keir will become the first British prime minister to visit Canada in eight years as he travels first to Ottawa and then to Kananaskis for the summit of the G7 group of nations.

Mr Trump, the US president, has repeatedly talked about making Canada the 51st state of America, insisting his interest is not a joke. It has forced Mark Carney, Canada’s new prime minister, to hit back, leading to a deterioration in relations.

I bet Trump is just shakin!

by Blazingcatfur•June 15, 2025June 15, 2025•0•Canada, USA, WTF?

“F–k Gaza”

Montreal police investigating after a mosque was defaced with hateful graffiti

The Montreal police hate crimes unit is investigating after a mosque in the city’s downtown was defaced with anti-Palestinian graffiti earlier this week.

The words “F–k Gaza” were painted multiple times on the exterior walls of The Canadian Institute of Islamic Civilization, at the intersection of Belmont Street and Union Avenue, Tuesday evening.

I suggest the police make better use of their time and listen to what is said in mosques.

by Blazingcatfur•June 15, 2025June 15, 2025•0•"Islamophobia", Canada, WTF?

Ottawa’s foreign ministry says it erred in issuing statement advising Canadians to leave the Middle East

Ottawa’s foreign ministry said it erred when it issued a public statement Friday advising all Canadians in the Middle East to leave if possible as a conflict between Israel and Iran escalates.

Instead, it told Canadians to consult its travel advisories for individual countries in the region.

The Department of Global Affairs in a Saturday statement advised Canadians to keep abreast of its official travel advisories for specific countries and other areas in the region, which currently warn Canadians to “avoid all travel” to Israel, the West Bank, Gaza Strip, as well as Iran, Iraq, Syria and Yemen.

by Blazingcatfur•June 15, 2025June 15, 2025•0•"Oct 7 2023", Canada

Former MP Han Dong settles defamation lawsuit with Global News

Former MP Han Dong has settled his defamation lawsuit against Global News, according to a statement posted to the news organization’s website, closing a two-year legal battle that came after the outlet published an article alleging he advised a Chinese diplomat to hold off on freeing two Canadians who were detained in China at the time.

On Sunday morning, Global published a statement on its website that said it and “former MP Han Dong have settled Mr. Dong’s lawsuit concerning Global News stories that reported on allegations about Mr. Dong.”

by Blazingcatfur•June 15, 2025June 15, 2025•0•"China - Communist Slave State", Canada

Trump is ‘a showman before he’s a statesman’: former PM Joe Clark on annexation threats

Amid the ongoing trade war between the U.S. and Canada, Canadians should bear in mind that U.S. President Donald Trump is “a showman before he’s a statesman,” former prime minister Joe Clark says.

The leaders of the world’s most advanced economies are descending on Kananaskis, Alta. for the G7 summit this week, with Trump expected to attend.

Ahead of the gathering in Alberta, CTV Question Period host Vassy Kapelos asked Clark what’s been going through his mind in recent months as Trump has levied sweeping tariffs and frequently threatened to annex Canada.

Joe Who? Oh yea I remember that guy.

by Blazingcatfur•June 15, 2025June 15, 2025•0•Canada, USA

Liberals’ clean energy crusade has been a super disaster

Before Prime Minister Mark Carney attempts to turn Canada into a clean energy superpower he needs to explain why a decade of Liberal government policies intended to achieve this have been a massive failure on every front.

According to the Liberal government’s own estimate, as of April 2023 it had spent or committed over $200 billion of taxpayers’ money to 149 government programs addressing climate change.

by Blazingcatfur•June 14, 2025June 14, 2025•0•Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Carney’s industrial carbon tax will make tariff pain worse

Self-inflicted wounds can be the most painful and we can’t ignore those injuries during a trade war.

United States President Donald Trump is making good on his threat to double his tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum producers.

“A 50 per cent tariff would completely shut us out of the U.S. market,” said Marty Warren, United Steelworkers national director for Canada.

by Blazingcatfur•June 14, 2025June 14, 2025•0•Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, USA

Can the G7 leaders still find anything to agree about?

Fifty years ago this fall the leaders of France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States met in a castle outside Paris for three days of meetings, at the conclusion of which they issued the Declaration of Rambouillet, a 15-point statement of principles and commitments.

Noting that they were “each responsible for the government of an open, democratic society, dedicated to individual liberty and social advancement,” the Group of Six said they had come together because of “shared beliefs and shared responsibilities.”

The leaders pledged to “strengthen our efforts for closer international co-operation and constructive dialogue among all countries,” “restore growth in the volume of world trade” and “restore greater stability in underlying economic and financial conditions in the world economy.”

by Blazingcatfur•June 14, 2025June 14, 2025•0•Canada

WARMINGTON: PM took all day before finally saying Israel can defend itself from Iran

The silence in not immediately offering unwavering support for Canada’s once treasured friend Israel from the Prime Minister was deafening.

And it was heard by Canadian Jews who felt all day Canada no longer had their back.

There is no going back for the Liberal Party.

They have for the last decade remade Canada’s demography through the mass influx of peoples that have no knowledge and no care for our heritage and culture.

by Blazingcatfur•June 14, 2025June 14, 2025•0•Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Criminal Home Builders Who Flout Canadian Law Need More Illegal Alien Labour To Fix Housing Crisis Caused By Mass Immigration Says Star

Canada is making it harder for immigrants to help build much-needed homes — despite the construction industry’s growing reliance on them

Arjan has wired electricity for some of the GTA’s biggest construction projects, including condo towers and office buildings, doing work that lights up homes across the city while he remains in the shadows as an undocumented worker.

Despite more than a decade in Canada, a diploma in electrical engineering from Sheridan College and years of experience in a sector facing severe labour shortages, he has no status.

The no longer licensed electrician came to Canada in 2014 as an international student and worked legally for a construction company for several years.

The industry figures quoted display a real fondness for cheap foreign labour.

by Blazingcatfur•June 14, 2025June 15, 2025•0•"Immigration from incompatible cultures", "Mass Immigration - Follow the money", "Societally Destructive Immigration Policy", Canada, Canada's Corporate Welfare Class, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, WTF?

Canada to join major European rearmament deal as early as June 23: sources

Prime Minister Mark Carney plans on joining a sweeping European plan in Belgium this month to rearm the continent and provide more military aid to Ukraine, CBC News has learned.

Last month, Carney signalled to CBC’s Power & Politics that he hopes to sign on to the new defence initiative by Canada Day as he tries to move away from relying on the United States for weapons and munitions.

Now sources with knowledge of the matter say Carney is expected to join the rearmament deal as early as June 23, when he meets with European leaders in Brussels at the EU-Canada summit.

I guess this will grant all the NATO deadbeats a new forum in which to make grandiose defence promises that will never be kept. Medals for everyone!

by Blazingcatfur•June 14, 2025June 14, 2025•0•"CAF - Canadian Armed Forces", Canada, Europe, USA

Trump Leaves European Leaders Praying for a Low-Drama Summit

The last time European leaders came together for a diplomatic gathering in Canada, it didn’t go so well.

At the Group of 7 meeting in 2018, a photo of a glowering President Trump, arms crossed as he was lectured by the German chancellor, went viral. At the end of the summit, in a tweet, Mr. Trump accused the Canadian prime minister of being “dishonest & weak” for vowing to retaliate against U.S. steel and aluminum tariffs. Then he ripped up the agreement the leaders had just signed.

This year, as the European leaders head to Canada again, with Mr. Trump back in office, they are hoping to avoid something even worse.

by Blazingcatfur•June 14, 2025June 13, 2025•0•Canada, USA

Will Tam Make A Beeline To Communist China?

Canada’s top doctor Theresa Tam leaving position when term ends June 20

TORONTO — Canada’s Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Theresa Tam is leaving her position at the end of next week.

Tam has been in the role since June 2017, but became a household name in the last five years as she led the country’s public health response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Tam says her term ends on Friday, June 20 and she doesn’t have another job lined up.

by Blazingcatfur•June 14, 2025June 13, 2025•0•"Canada's China Class", "China - Communist Slave State", Canada

U.S. border officials say additional checks of Canada-bound vehicles are here to stay

U.S. border officials told Global News that outbound searches of vehicles heading north into Canada are now the norm and will be happening indefinitely.

Global News was given a behind-the-scenes tour of operations at the Blaine border crossing on Thursday and attended more than five hours of presentations from the port director, agriculture specialist and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services.

by Blazingcatfur•June 13, 2025June 13, 2025•0•Canada, USA

As it hosts G7, Canada under pressure to further boost military spending by tens of billions

Canada is facing hard budget choices as it plays host to the Group of Seven summit starting Sunday and prepares for a looming NATO meeting where Western allies will be asked to commit to further defence spending hikes in the face of rising threats from Russia and other rivals.

Defence and security will be an underlying theme at the G7 forum in Kananaskis, Alta., where all but one of the member countries also belong to the NATO military alliance, which is poised to cement a new defence spending pact at The Hague one week later.

History tells us not to believe any of Carney’s promises.

by Blazingcatfur•June 13, 2025June 13, 2025•0•"CAF - Canadian Armed Forces", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government