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U.K.’s defence review has lessons for Canada, says former NATO chief

Britain intends to expand its submarine fleet and refresh its nuclear deterrent capability as part of a wide-ranging defence review that one of its authors says Canada should read and take to heart.

U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who ordered the review, unveiled the plan, saying it is meant to prepare the country to fight a modern war and counter the threat from Russia.

“We face war in Europe, new nuclear risks, daily cyberattacks, growing Russian aggression in our waters, menacing our skies,” Starmer said during a media availability at the Govan Shipbuilders Ltd. yard in Scotland.

Starmer, as part of his statement Monday, pledged a hefty increase to U.K. defence spending, bringing it to 2.5 per cent of the gross domestic product by 2027, with “the ambition to hit three per cent in the next Parliament.” He added, however, the goals are subject to economic and fiscal conditions.

They aren’t ready for war … neither are we.

Nato will force Britain to spend 3.5pc on defence

Nato will force Britain to spend 3.5 per cent of GDP on defence by 2032, The Telegraph understands.

On Monday, Sir Keir Starmer said he had an “ambition” to reach 3 per cent by the end of the next Parliament, but stopped short of a firm commitment.

However, at a summit in The Hague later this month, Nato countries will commit to a new target of 3.5 per cent, plus an additional 1.5 per cent on defence-related infrastructure by 2032.

Funny. I haven’t heard Carney mention the increase to 3.5%

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, NATO

Carney Liberals unveil new slate of measures to secure Canada’s borders

OTTAWA — New powers to Canada’s coast guard, immigration and postal officials are among a slate of new measures being introduced by the Mark Carney Liberals.

Bill C2 — the Strong Borders Act — involves continued steps by the Liberal government to shore up Canada’s borders, and directly respond to demands made by U.S. President Donald Trump, Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree said Tuesday.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, USA

First Nations don’t have a veto over nation-building projects, Mark Carney’s justice minister says

OTTAWA—Justice Minister Sean Fraser says the federal duty to consult and engage Indigenous people on major nation-building projects does not amount to granting those communities a veto.

After the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) warned Prime Minister Mark Carney he must secure Indigenous Peoples’ consent to his plans to expedite massive infrastructure projects, citing the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People, Fraser said the legal duty under that declaration is viewed by international experts and the current government as limited.

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

Mexican Cartels Expanding Operations in Canada, Using Indigenous Reserves as Factory Hubs

With Factories on Six Nations Land, Mexican Cartels Are Using Canada to Smuggle Counterfeit Goods Into the U.S. and Mexico

OTTAWA — “Project Panda,” a major Ontario gang taskforce takedown in May targeting a counterfeit tobacco factory on the Six Nations Reserve near Hamilton and Buffalo, exposes a long-ignored reality: Mexican cartel networks have deeply embedded themselves in Canadian territory near the U.S. border—and are expanding in tandem with Chinese state-linked crime partners, using Indigenous land for counterfeit production and cross-border smuggling.

This is no longer just a policing matter. It is a national security crisis—one that exploits Indigenous communities, land, and jurisdictional protections that have inadvertently shielded criminal networks now designated as terrorist threats. Worse still, the threat has long been known to Canadian, American, and Mexican authorities. Yet Ottawa has failed to act.

h/t handy n handsome

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Canada's China Class", "China - Communist Slave State", Canada, Mexican drug cartels

‘We will onshore every single widget we can’: Ford says in response to 50 per cent tariffs on steel and aluminum

Ontario Premier Doug Ford is vowing to “onshore every single widget we can” after U.S. President Donald Trump announced that he would double tariffs on steel and aluminum.

Ford made the comment during a media availability in Saskatoon on Monday, where he was scheduled to participate in a first minister’s meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney and his provincial and territorial counterparts.

h/t Mauser

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, USA

Is your favourite show CanCon enough? Here’s why the definition of Canadian content may get a reboot

Maybe Schitt’s Creek, which aired on CBC but also streamed on Netflix, comes to mind. Perhaps some iteration of Anne of Green Gables. Or maybe a classic David Cronenberg flick like Dead Ringers? These are all considered to be CanCon — shorthand for Canadian content, it refers to film and television productions made in Canada by Canadians.

But maybe you have a favourite show like CBS’s Tracker, which airs on Global TV in Canada. It’s one of the most watched shows on broadcast and streaming according to the Nielsen ratings, a U.S.-based audience measurement system. It’s filmed in British Columbia and employs Canadians, but it’s not considered CanCon.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada

Smith says push for oil pipeline not just an ‘ideological argument,’ as premiers, Carney meet

SASKATOON, Sask. — Pushing for an oil pipeline to be on the first list of major projects to be fast-tracked by the federal government is about more than mounting “just an ideological argument,” Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said at the opening of a meeting between premiers and the prime minister on Monday.

Speaking to reporters on her way into the First Ministers’ Meeting in Saskatoon, Smith expressed hope other premiers would rally around her desire to see a pipeline built carrying Alberta bitumen to the coast of British Columbia.

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

COVID Shifted Parents’ Views on Vaccines for Kids, Half Concerned With Side Effects: Public Health Report

The COVID-19 pandemic led to a significant shift in parental views on vaccination, with approximately half of parents surveyed citing concerns about vaccine side effects, a government report suggests.

The report from the Public Health Agency of Canada on vaccine uptake said the pandemic “yielded a large shift in Canadians’ knowledge, attitudes and beliefs towards vaccinations.”

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

HUNTER: U.S. DOJ cleans house, booting killers and a ‘Canadian’ terrorist

The press release from the U.S. Department of Justice was terse. It was not self-congratulatory.

For a Canadian bombarded with daily examples of the insanity of our own justice and immigration systems, it was refreshing, even inspiring.

On second thought, it was depressing to think how staggeringly high the threshold is in Canada to boot arch-criminals, terrorists and their sympathizers.

h/t Mauser

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Islamophobia", "Societally Destructive Immigration Policy", Canada, Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West, USA

CHARLEBOIS: Why Canada’s drinking age patchwork is holding us back

The 60’s were a great time to be a kid.

As the federal government deals with yet another round of meetings with Canada’s premiers, discussions will rightfully focus on big-picture economic priorities: Productivity, interprovincial trade, and making our federation work better. But there’s one small, nagging issue that’s long overdue for a grown-up conversation — our patchwork of legal drinking ages.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada

Just before the election, Liberals handed out 411 cheques worth $3.86B

In the week before the 45th general election got underway on March 23, Liberal MPs engaged in a pre-election spending blitz, announcing $3.86 billion in funding commitments for 411 different projects across the country, a Global News analysis shows.

Press releases and announcements about those funding commitments were made by 38 different Liberal MPs in that final week, who handed out cheques in 37 different communities across the country, from Yellowknife to Winnipeg to St. John’s.

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

THOMAS: Hopes of solving housing crisis fade as 817,000 immigrants arrive in Canada

It’s obvious the federal Liberals are not serious about solving Canada’s housing crisis.

Liberals embrace ‘governing-by-crisis’.

A crisis is a great way to get Canadians to pay attention to the Liberals’ policies and platforms. Once they have the attention of the electorate, they make massive promises to attack the ‘crisis’ with every weapon they can find, which usually is pissing away taxpayers’ dollars on ineffective programs.

The only thing Carney and his crony Mark Wiseman are interested in is turning Canada into a 3rd World Shithole state from which they will both profit handsomely.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Homelessness & Affordability Crisis", "Immigration from incompatible cultures", "Mass Immigration - Follow the money", "Societally Destructive Immigration Policy", Canada, Canada's Corporate Welfare Class, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Canadian diplomat says West Africa terror threat has grown since his capture

A Canadian diplomat who was held captive by al-Qaida terrorists in the Sahara Desert for 130 days says Canada’s promised boost to defence should include commitments to combatting the growing Islamic terrorism threat in Africa — a threat he says isn’t getting the attention it deserves.

Robert Fowler says it would take “a very large and serious effort to eradicate” the groups that have taken root in West Africa’s Sahel region — particularly Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali — and that U.S. military officials say are fighting to gain access to the western coast, which would increase their ability to attack North America.

“Canada” will not do anything to offend the LPC’s Muslim vote bloc. It’s a waste of time to even have this sort of conversation given Canada is not a serious nation.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Islamophobia", Africa, Al Qaeda, Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West

Volkswagen to make ‘massive’ investment in US in bid to avoid tariffs

Volkswagen, Europe’s largest industrial group, has said it will make a “massive” investment in the US. The group, which includes Porsche, revealed it has been in direct talks with Donald Trump’s administration as it faces damaging tariffs.

Oliver Blume, who heads the group, said the talks were “constructive” and “fair”, in an interview that suggests the company, whose market capital is £44bn, is not willing to leave tariff negotiations to Brussels alone.

Speaking to Süddeutsche Zeitung, Blume said he had been to Washington himself and had a direct line to the US commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick, but had agreed to keep details of the talks confidential.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Liberation Day", Canada, USA