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A Very Unhappy Anniversary – A rally in Toronto for the hostages held by Hamas reflects political shifts for Canada’s Jews.

April 7 was the sixth month anniversary of the October 7 Hamas pogrom and the beginning of the war between Israel and Hamas. For those who have been watching this war closely it was particularly disconcerting. It was on that day that the Netanyahu government announced that it was pulling most of its troops out of southern Gaza, a move that left a number of questions unanswered. Was this a harbinger of Bibi’s coalition succumbing to pressure from the Biden administration to end the war giving Hamas a victory? Was it a response to the recent violent demonstrations by the Israeli left in the guise of a demand to bring the hostages home but, like the prewar demonstrations against judicial reform, was actually meant to bring down the government?

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Oct 7 2023", Canada

Most Canadians don’t feel like the economy is doing better, poll finds

Despite forecasts for stronger-than-expected growth in early 2024, a majority of Canadians just don’t like where the economy is headed , according to the latest results of a long-running survey of households’ financial outlook.

Two-thirds of Canadians believe the economy is on the wrong track, Maru Public Opinion found in its March survey, with the negative view widely held across most regions of the country.

Albertans were most concerned about the economy’s trajectory. Almost three-quarters said they viewed the economy negatively, a seven percentage point increase from February, followed closely by Ontarians at 70 per cent, a six-percentage-point jump. Just over two-thirds of Quebecers thought the economy was headed in the wrong direction as did 55 per cent of British Columbians.

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

Joanna Baron: Canadian politicians have suddenly forgotten how to denounce protestors

This past weekend, downtown Ottawa was occupied by a huge crowd of protestors. They danced, shouted angry slogans, banged on drums and created a noisy, inconvenient disruption for local residents and businesses. They even set off smoke bombs, creating hazardous air quality for bystanders and law enforcement.

Sound a bit familiar? Yes, there were some obvious parallels with the Freedom Convoy. But there were also a couple of very big differences. There were many more frightening messages directed at fellow Canadians this time, including “All Zionists are racists” and “All Zionists are degenerates.”

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Oct 7 2023", Canada

Experts predict tax hikes in budget as Trudeau government stretches to pay for its promises

Economists and experts say they’re expecting the federal government to raise taxes in Tuesday’s budget to help offset billions of dollars in new spending already promised in the pre-budget announcements that have been landing almost daily since the end of March.

Those announcements add up to more than $38 billion in commitments over a number of years. Because $17 billion of those commitments involve loan-based programs, about $21 billion could hit the government’s bottom line directly.

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

Canada Has All the Symptoms of an Economy in Decline

Unemployment figures are considered by serious economists and market watchers to be a lagging indicator. But all too many of us make the mistake of believing that the unemployment rate is a leading indicator despite empirical evidence and objective reason. The lagging indicator argument makes sense, as employers do not usually lay off people until there is confirmation that their revenues and profitability are falling. This is confirmed by historical data.

Consequently, it should be of little surprise that Canadian unemployment rose to 6.1 percent in March from 5.8 percent in February, according to Statistics Canada. In July of 2022, the unemployment rate hit a cycle low of 4.9 percent, while in March 2023, the rate was 5.0 percent. A rise of 22 percent in the unemployment rate in one year is consistent with the start of a classic recession.

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

Why a Liberal Premier Wants to Pause a Carbon Tax Increase

When Canadians debate the place of the country’s oil industry in a carbon-constrained future, the conversation usually focuses on Alberta and, to a lesser extent, Saskatchewan. Often overlooked is Newfoundland and Labrador, where offshore drilling accounts for 5 percent of all of Canada’s oil production and just under a quarter of its light oil.

Oil also contributes indirectly to the province’s economy. While statistics are fuzzy, a large percentage of the fly-in, fly-out workers in Alberta’s oil sands are Newfoundlanders.

I met this week with Andrew Furey, the premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, in his office at the legislature that has a commanding view of St. John’s. Mr. Furey, who became premier in 2020, has a number of distinctions. He is the only Liberal premier in the country at the moment, he is an orthopedic surgeon who still practices the minimum number of days necessary to maintain his medical license, and he is a founder of a group that provides medical aid to Haiti.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Net-Zero Tyranny", Canada

Spy Agency Says Red China Interfered In Canada’s Elections To Help Justin Trudeau

When Russian President Vladimir Putin was reelected in 2018, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau rushed to the nearest microphone to express his worry that foreign actors might disrupt his nation’s future elections.

“We have been very much focused over the past years on strengthening our democratic institutions,” Trudeau said. “We need to make sure that they are kept up to date in holding off foreign meddling and interference.”

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

BC to Create Designated Spaces for Illicit Drug Use at Hospitals

British Columbia is planning to designate spaces for illicit drug use at hospitals in response to concerns from unions and opposition politicians about patient consumption of illegal drugs and nurses being exposed to drug-related risks.

The province will convene a task force to standardize provincial policies across health authorities, Health Minister Adrian Dix said at a press conference this week.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, Drug Legalization, Drugs, WTF?

Ontario polls finds majority think affordability more important than Trudeau’s lunatic economy crushing climate action scam

A majority of Ontarians rank the cost of living as a more pressing concern higher than protecting the environment, according to a new poll. It also suggests that a plurality of residents are willing to dump the Trudeau government’s carbon emission pricing regime even if it means giving up the carbon rebate.

The poll comes amid renewed calls for an emergency televised meeting between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the country’s premiers over an annual increase to the federal carbon price.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Net-Zero Tyranny", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

The foreign interference inquiry has concluded. Here’s what we learned

If one thing from the public inquiry into foreign interference is clear, it’s that China attempted to meddle in the 2019 and 2021 elections.

But the evidence is hazy on whether or not it succeeded. Here’s what we learned over the past 10 days of fact-finding hearings, which ended Friday and included testimony from politicians, bureaucrats and representatives from several intelligence and security agencies …

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

Young Canadians Squeezed by Housing Turn Away From Trudeau

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau swept to power in 2015 with the help of younger Canadians captivated by his positive messaging and socially progressive views. That same group of voters may eventually be his undoing.

Trudeau’s chief rival, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, has been making huge gains with younger voters since he began attacking the prime minister forcefully on the cost of housing. In public opinion polling, the Conservatives now lead Trudeau’s Liberal Party by a 2-to-1 ratio among voters 18 to 29.

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

Leave Canada? Sue automakers? Victims consider their options as auto thefts surge

As the Greater Toronto Area confronts an auto theft crisis, some residents are considering bold – or arguably radical – action.

Kamran Hussain, who moved to Canada from India on an international student visa in 2017 and has completed the arduous process of becoming a permanent resident, said he has thought about leaving the country after he woke up on the morning of Jan. 11 to find nothing but the shattered glass of his car window on his east Toronto driveway.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, Crime

CSIS director testifies Trudeau government was warned repeatedly about Chinese foreign interference

OTTAWA – CSIS director David Vigneault told an inquiry Friday that he’s been warning the Liberal government for years that Canada has been slow to respond to foreign interference and is ill-equipped to combat it.

He also confirmed that had not verbally discussed the contents of three important briefing documents directly with the prime minister and his senior staff, although he had shared similar information with them on previous occassions.

I get the feeling that Trudeau and Vigneault are scamming us.

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