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Anthony Furey: A Sober, Non-Partisan Look at the Canadian Economy Says We’re Stuck in ‘Neutral’

It’s always been the case that partisan voices are willing to slam the state of the Canadian economy if it means they can score a dig against one of their political opponents. Politicians and pundits will lob accusations at the other side of the aisle until the cows come home.

A large percentage of the general public then no doubt ignores what sometimes sounds like political noise on these matters. But in recent months one thing we’ve seen more of are completely non-partisan voices stepping forward to sound the alarm on the direction of the Canadian economy. These are voices worth listening to.

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

Liberals expecting to win Toronto-St. Paul’s byelection despite poor polling for Trudeau

Liberals have held the riding of Toronto-St. Paul’s for three decades, but heading into Monday’s federal by-election, people in the party say that while they expect to win, it will be a closer race than it should be.

With national polls showing the governing Liberals badly trailing the Conservatives and issues such as affordability, Israel’s war with Hamas, and the recent capital-gains tax hike having a pronounced impact on the riding, the race has turned from a typical Liberal cakewalk to an all-hands-on-deck push to the finish.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada

Canada Day parade in Montreal cancelled, ‘political divide’ to blame

The annual Canada Day parade in Montreal has been cancelled less than two weeks before the event, due to alleged bureaucratic issues between the organizer and the city.

The event’s organizer, Nicholas Cowen, claims “difficulties with local government leaders” were to blame when trying to coordinate the July 1 parade that’s been held since 1977.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, WTF?

Justin Trudeau, Pierre Poilievre and Jagmeet Singh are their own worst enemies. Here’s how they can use the summer to turn things around

As MPs scurried out of Ottawa’s oppressive heat this week for what is likely the last summer break before the next federal election — the fixed election is set for October 2025, but it’s difficult to see NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh supporting the Liberals’ next budget — many were looking forward to hitting the barbecue circuit and taking time to recharge. But for the parties, the reprieve from the daily to and fro on Parliament Hill is a crucial time for a reset. And they badly need it.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada

Report: Doormat Canada preparing to evacuate 45,000 citizens from Lebanon again

Canada is preparing to evacuate 45,000 of its citizens from Lebanon should a full-scale war break out between Israel and Hezbollah, Hebrew media reported on Friday.

The Channel 12 report quoted what it said was a tense conversation held earlier in the day between Foreign Minister Israel Katz and his Canadian counterpart Mélanie Joly. The latter was said to have told Katz that Ottawa had already sent military forces to the region in preparation for “the largest evacuation we have ever undertaken,” amid fears of an escalation in violence between Israel and Hezbollah along the border with Lebanon.

h/t Mauser and Neocon

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, WTF?

There’s an old problem Canada’s new foreign-interference law won’t fix

When it comes to using intelligence to prosecute crimes, U.S. and Canada are a world apart

To understand Canada’s failure to criminally prosecute foreign collusion, an old news report from Washington offers a useful starting point.

In 1981, a Canadian correspondent made an observation: when it came to using security intelligence in policing, Canada and the U.S. were diverging onto opposite paths.

The Americans were ramping up, while Canadians were dialling down. The legacy of that era lingers to this day in an ongoing Ottawa scandal. And it’s unclear how much will change under a soon-to-be-enacted law.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, Espionage, USA

Ontario judge finds no documentation to support Global News reporting on Han Dong allegations

An Ontario Superior Court judge has found no documented evidence to support allegations made against former Liberal MP Han Dong in a series of Global News stories last year.

The judge made the comments as he rejected an application from Corus Entertainment to throw out Dong’s lawsuit against the news agency, saying it is in the public interest to hear the case.

“The matter of Mr. Dong’s communications with the Chinese are worthy of the freedom of expression of an open court system,” Justice Paul Perell said in his judgment Wednesday.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Canada's China Class", "China - Communist Slave State", "Foreign Interference", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

The Rise and Fall of Canada’s Temperance Movement

This was a US Poster with the shield altered to erase the US Flag.

Temperance activists from Victorian times to the interwar years strove to reduce or ban drinking in Canada, with mixed success.

Any reader who follows the news will see reports from time to time of some new study about drinking less alcohol to reduce the risk to health and long life. The official guidance in Canada is to limit daily intake to one pint of beer, one glass of wine, or a gin and tonic—provided you sometimes skip a day. Of course, this is simply “advice” Canadians are free to ignore—and many do.

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The ghosts of Canada’s 1993 Conservative wipeout hang over Britain’s election campaign

Rural Alberta may be a continent away from the faded British seaside town of Clacton-on-Sea, but Nigel Farage believes both places will be remembered for starting political revolutions.

Already a familiar face to Britons, Farage has injected some drama into an otherwise staid British general election that the Labour Party under leader Keir Starmer appears well on its way to winning.

Farage, instead, has set his sights on the Conservatives, transforming his political party, Reform UK, into a rising political force that appears to be siphoning off their votes.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, UK

Official bilingualism in Canada a ‘myth,’ says new poll

MONTREAL – A new poll reveals a stark divide between Quebec and the rest of Canada about whether the country should be bilingual.

In a Leger poll conducted for The Canadian Press, only 43 per cent of respondents across Canada said they held a positive view of federal bilingualism — which was enshrined into law in 1969, making English and French Canada’s official languages. Eighteen per cent of respondents held a negative view.

However, in Quebec, 70 per cent of respondents said they view bilingualism positively; 11 per cent held the opposite opinion. Outside Quebec, the percentage of respondents who view official bilingualism positively was 35 per cent — and 23 per cent in Alberta, with Manitoba and Saskatchewan close behind.

Official bilingualism is just discrimination against the English majority.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada

Skyrocketing rent: Some Canadians saying goodbye to half their paycheque

A significant number of Canadian renters are spending more than half their paycheque putting a roof over their head, according to a new Royal LePage report.

In Vancouver, 27 per cent of renters are spending more than half their net income on paying the rent. In Toronto, 19 per cent are forking over more than half of their paycheque and one in 10 Montrealers are in the same position. The national average is 16 per cent.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Homelessness & Affordability Crisis", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Trudeau’s security adviser plays down concealing documents from foreign interference inquiry

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s national security adviser is playing down concerns over the government concealing cabinet documents from the commissioner looking into foreign interference, saying the government has chosen to provide the cabinet confidences it considers “most relevant” to the inquiry.

“So, we shared with the commission, in a very transparent way, things that were relevant, to the point, with them,” she said.

Conservative MP Eric Duncan compared the situation to “a courtroom trial where the accused that’s on the stand gets to choose what evidence the judge gets to see.”

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Canada's China Class", "China - Communist Slave State", "Foreign Interference", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Trudeau hopes expected byelection victory will quell rising desire to see him resign

Trudeau searching for his Mojo

Toronto byelection mirrors choice for voters in next federal vote: Trudeau

… Trudeau was asked Thursday whether he considers the byelection a test of his leadership.

“There’s a real choice that people will make in St. Paul’s, which will mirror the choice people will have to make next year in the federal election,” he said, speaking in French.

He is in denial.

St Paul’s is a suicidally progressive safe seat in a suicidally progressive city and a win won’t prevent next year’s national wipe out.

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

4 people found dead in southwestern Ontario town of Harrow

Update: Mom, dad, 2 kids were the four people found dead in rural Ontario home, mayor says

Ontario Provincial Police are investigating after four people were found dead in the town of Harrow, just south of Windsor.

Essex OPP officers were called to a residence on County Road 13 at approximately 1:30 p.m. on June 20, where they located four deceased individuals.

Vaughan shooting: Four people injured in daylight shooting

Four people have been taken to hospital after a daylight shooting in Vaughan Friday morning, York police said.

Officers were called to the Woodbridge area of Davos Road and Fossil Hill Drive just before 9 a.m. for a shooting.

Two people reportedly have life-threatening injuries while the extent of the injuries of the other two is unknown.

Update – One dead, 3 others injured in ‘targeted’ shooting at Vaughan home

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