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ANALYSIS: To Reverse Canada’s Declining Birth Rate, Cultural Changes May Be More Important Than Economic Ones

Tesla CEO and X owner Elon Musk says the “biggest problem that humanity faces is population collapse.” The business magnate isn’t the only one to point out the severity of the declining birth rates situation that many countries face.

A Lancet study published in March warned that by the end of the century, fertility rates in 198 out of 204 countries will be too low to sustain their populations, with Sub-Saharan Africa accounting for one in every two children born.

While many governments, such as Sweden, Norway, and Taiwan, have attempted pro-natalist economic policies to encourage their citizens to have more children, they have ultimately been largely ineffective in reversing the decline.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, Demography

Trudeau government rejects warnings of ‘diplomatic isolation’ over defence spending

OTTAWA — The federal government is pushing back against criticism that Canada is becoming a laggard on military spending within the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), with Treasury Board President Anita Anand stating Tuesday that it is “superficial” to focus on the alliance’s spending target without broader context.

The comments came after NATO published new estimates for how much its 32 member countries are spending on defence. The list placed Canada near the bottom — fifth last — in defence spending in proportion to the size of its economy, with an estimated share of 1.37 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) for 2024.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"CAF - Canadian Armed Forces", "Canada - Security Risk Under Liberal Party Regime", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, NATO

Tasha Kheiriddin: High immigration could see Quebec emigrate from Canada

If times are good, immigration does not drive politics. If times are bad, immigrants fast become a lightening rod — and a political football. This predictable pattern played out in recent European Parliament elections, where the economy, migration and war were the top issues. Nationalist right-wing parties promising to crack down on immigration, including that of Marine Le Pen in France and Georgia Meloni in Italy, won the day.

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

John Robson: There’s Hope of Saving Western Civilization, Which Is Declining by Choice, Not Fate

It would be hard to find a civilization anywhere that has delivered more to its inhabitants than the modern West, from freedom of choice to prosperity to security to dazzling cultural opportunities, with Bach, hip-hop, and “Ghost Chickens in the Sky” all just a click away. But also hard to find one less self-assured and resolute mentally, morally, or militarily. What on Earth, or some other locale, has happened to us and what can we do about it?

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada

Trudeau’s lunatic EV strategy will cost $6B more than announced, PBO watchdog says

OTTAWA—Canada’s EV-building strategy will cost Ottawa and provinces about $6 billion more than announced, the federal parliamentary budget watchdog says.

A new report released by Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux says a total of $46.1 billion in government spending across the nascent EV supply chain has been announced. But the PBO estimates the total government support for capital and operating expenses to be up to $52.5 billion, which is $6.3 billion or 14 per cent higher than announced.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"EV's - Electric Vehicles", "Net-Zero Tyranny", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, WTF?

Shattered by Montreal Mind-Control Experiments, but Undeterred in a Suit

Families of patients in a Cold War-era mind-control experiment in Montreal are pressing forward after a recent setback in their class-action lawsuit.

Every weekend was an adventure for Julie Tanny when she was a young girl.

Her father, Charles, made sure of it, surprising his three children with trips and visits to the amusement park. His warmth radiated physically, too, when he would rub his children’s ice-cold feet back to life after a skate at their backyard rink in Montreal.

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

Trudeau’s Canada: New report suggests 6M more people living in poverty than what StatsCan data shows

Food Banks Canada has released a new report that highlights hidden poverty levels and food insecurity.

The report published Tuesday says that millions more Canadians are struggling to make ends meet when it comes to basic household items compared to what the numbers are currently showing.

The data reveals that 25 per cent of Canadians are living at a poverty level living standard, meaning they can’t afford two or more household essentials.

More … New report says 1 in 4 Canadians may be living in poverty

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

PBO says he is not ‘muzzled’ by Liberal government as MPs question carbon tax analysis

OTTAWA — Canada’s budget watchdog said he is not “muzzled” by the federal government and that prior comments suggesting that was the case were limited to the economic analysis of the carbon tax that his office was forbidden to disclose.

Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) Yves Giroux has been in the spotlight once again since he all but admitted that he was under a gag order to not talk about the government’s internal data on the carbon tax. Those numbers were finally publicly released last week.

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

STIRLING: Recalling when freedoms were decided by what’s in your blood

There is an upcoming town hall in Calgary on June 17, 2024, called “An Injection of Truth,” organized by the constituency association of Calgary-Lougheed MLA Eric Bouchard. Premier Danielle Smith has spoken in support of hearing dissenting voices related to the discrimination against the unvaccinated during COVID mandates.

But, recent media reports like that of Global News of May 19, 2023, cite various legal and health professionals who see this town hall as a dangerous platform because there is an alleged consensus on the safety and efficacy of the COVID-19 vaccines.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"China eats weird animals disease", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Manitoba Muslim group blames Winnipeg youth’s suicide on Israel-Hamas War

The Manitoba Islamic Association (MIA) said a Winnipeg resident who committed suicide by lighting himself on fire at the Waverley Grand Mosque was influenced to do it by the Israel-Hamas War.

When people die through their own choice, MIA Board members said it is easy for many to attribute causes to mental health.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Islamophobia", Canada, Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West, WTF?

Trudeau says other may have experienced collusion report differently

Trudeau Says Concerns About Collusion Report Relate to Interpretation, Cites Singh and May Disagreement

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government’s concerns with some conclusions of a recent intelligence watchdog report on foreign collusion by parliamentarians are related to interpretation of the information, pointing to differing opinions among other party leaders who have read it in full.

“The government has already highlighted that there are a number of conclusions in the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians [NSICOP] report that we don’t entirely align with,” Mr. Trudeau told reporters in a June 16 press conference in Switzerland where he was attending the Summit on Peace in Ukraine.

Gaslighting little twerp.

Trudeau says Canadians should be ‘wary’ of leaders who say foreign interference hasn’t touched their teams

In an apparent jab at NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canadians should be wary of political leaders who say their parties haven’t been compromised by foreign interference.

Last week — after reading the classified, unredacted version of the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians (NSICOP) report — Singh suggested to reporters that he didn’t have to worry about members of his caucus.

In an interview with CBC’s Power & Politics on Monday, Trudeau questioned that assertion.

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

Ottawa, Saskatchewan step in to prevent sale of Canadian rare earth metals to Chinese buyer

The federal and Saskatchewan governments are stepping in to prevent Canadian rare earth metals from falling into the hands of a Chinese buyer after facing backlash from critics who alleged that allowing the transaction to proceed was anathema to Canada’s critical minerals policy.

Australia-based Vital Metals Ltd. in December announced it was selling its stockpile of rare earths that were mined at the Nechalacho Project in the Northwest Territories to China’s Shenghe Resources Holding Co.,Ltd.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"China - Communist Slave State", Canada

Green Party leader calls on colleagues to discuss contentious NSICOP report over a few drinks in private

Green Party Leader Elizabeth May says it’s time for her fellow party leaders to sit down for “an adult conversation” about the foreign interference report released earlier this month that’s been dominating debate in Ottawa for the past two weeks.

“I think that conversation has to happen in a secure location where we all have top secret security clearance and can discuss things with each other without a media lens,” she said.

“I think when we do that, we will be able to continue the work that actually puts in place the kinds of protections we need.”

I’m starting to suspect she’s hiding something.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Foreign Interference", Canada, WTF?