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Canada’s Massive ‘Voluntary’ Gun Buyback Program Comes With Prison Time

The Gun Buyback was made to order for Mark Carney’s China Pivot.

Hundreds of thousands of Canadians could face prison time if they do not turn in their newly prohibited guns under a supposedly “voluntary” gun buyback program that is testing the strength of Canada’s bureaucratic regime.

Since May 2020, the Canadian government has attempted to institute a massive “assault-style firearms compensation program” that will purportedly trade cash for prohibited guns. If Canadians do not turn in a prohibited gun by October 2026, they could face up to five years in prison. The program has faced massive pushback from provincial leaders and gun rights organizations who say it will only disarm law-abiding Canadians.

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

Quebec’s demographic decline looms large in sovereignty debate

The first time the Parti Québécois came to power promising to hold a referendum on sovereignty, in 1976, Quebec accounted for 27.2 per cent of Canada’s population. More than 100,000 anglophones left the province during the PQ’s first term in office alone. The exodus continued after the 1980 referendum that saw Quebeckers vote to stay in Canada.

By the time of the second referendum – in 1995, following the PQ’s return to power the previous year – Quebec’s share of the Canadian population had declined to 24.7 per cent. While fewer anglophones left the province in the wake of that plebiscite, lower immigration levels than in the rest of Canada meant that Quebec’s population grew much more slowly than the populations of Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia during the subsequent three decades.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, Quebec

3 accused in Ontario explosives investigation were developing anti-drone weapons system

The three Ontario men accused of storing materials that could be made into explosives had been looking for money to back the production of a military system designed to prevent drone attacks.

The accused, Jerry Tong, Zekun Wang, and Fei (Frank) Han, had created videos to pitch the project, which include footage of a device that could be transported in the back of a pickup truck. The most recent video, viewed by CBC News, was uploaded on Oct. 25, 2025.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, WTF?

73 Percent of Millennials Say Retirement Will Be Harder for Them Than for Their Parents

More than two-thirds of young Canadians are worried they will face greater challenges than their parents in accumulating savings for their retirement years, a new survey suggests.

But the survey also found more and more parents plan to help their adult children, even to the detriment of their own finances.

A report published this week by the Bank of Montreal (BMO) found that 73 percent of Millennials surveyed say retirement planning will be more difficult than it was for their parents, followed by Generation X at 67 percent, Generation Z at 61 percent and Boomers at 60 percent.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada

Stephen Harper says Canada must urgently reduce its dependence on the U.S.

Former prime minister Stephen Harper said late Wednesday that Canada must urgently pivot in the face of an erratic U.S. president and reduce its dependence on the American market to protect its sovereignty and the continued functioning of the economy.

Speaking at a gala in Ottawa to mark the 20 years since he formed a Conservative government, Harper said while he has “largely stayed silent” on U.S. aggression up until now, he feels compelled to speak out about what he described as an existential threat.

He said the U.S. has become “hostile” and its leader, President Donald Trump, is openly questioning Canadian sovereignty, launching threats and betraying trade deals, which poses a “serious challenge” that demands a muscular response.

I don’t know the Canada he’s asking us to defend and frankly we have much bigger problems than Trump.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada

‘Tell the Canadians I love them’: Jivani conveys message from Trump after meeting with JD Vance

OTTAWA — After meeting with U.S. Vice President JD Vance on Wednesday, Conservative MP Jamil Jivani said he has a message to Canadians from U.S. President Donald Trump: “Tell the Canadians I love them.”

Jivani announced on Wednesday that he was in Washington, D.C. to meet representatives from General Motors and to attend Thursday’s National Prayer Breakfast in the U.S. capital.

Smile ...

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, USA

The 51st state bait and switch that rattled Canadian voters

It was the rhetoric no one saw coming from a President supposedly dedicated to law and order: threats not just to limit or alter trade with Canada, but “absorb” the country altogether as the 51st State. Falsely labeled as a solution to fentanyl abuse and alleged subsidies, coupled with “liberating” Canada from its far-left leader and lowering taxes, the 51st state narrative sprung to life from nowhere, dispersed like wildfire, and directly influenced an election handily going to Pierre Poilievre straight into Mark Carney’s hands.

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

Why a Growing Number of Canadians Are Leaving the Country for Good—and What’s Driving Them Away

Lauren Chervinski left Canada two years ago and says she has no regrets. The 34-year-old Winnipeg native, who lived in Vancouver for her last seven years in Canada, moved to West Palm Beach, Florida, with her husband in August 2024. She says her new home offers increased financial opportunity, cheaper real estate prices, and safer streets.

Running a small yacht repair company with her husband, Chervinski said they saw their revenue grow by 50 percent in the first year.

“The most common theme I hear among people who want to leave Canada is that they’re not confident in the direction that the country is headed,” she said in an interview, noting that she’s heard this feedback from Canadians she’s helped move as part of her consulting business, as well as the expats she’s met in Florida.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada

Canada shouldn’t rule out acquiring nuclear weapons, former top soldier says

Canada’s former top soldier says this country should keep its options open on the question of acquiring nuclear weapons, broaching a subject that has largely been closed to debate for decades.

Retired general Wayne Eyre was speaking Monday at a forum in Ottawa. The event’s topic was national sovereignty and Canadian military capability in an age of geopolitical turmoil and shifting alliances.

All we need is a crazy leader like Kim and we can be NOKO North!

Party Poopers … McGuinty: Ottawa remains opposed to acquiring nuclear weapons

OTTAWA – Defence Minister David McGuinty says Canada remains opposed to acquiring nuclear weapons, despite a suggestion from a former head of the military that Ottawa should not rule it out.

McGuinty says Canada signed international treaties explicitly opposed to the proliferation of nuclear weapons.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"CAF - Canadian Armed Forces", Canada

In the Trump era, the F-35 is no longer the right plane for Canada

For the first time in generations, Canada’s only neighbour is a threat.

The threat exists on two levels.

There are barriers to Canadian exports to the United States, and the possibility of more to come. That economic threat is reversing decades of continental trade and integration.

I bet Carney will announce a China bid.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Canada - USA Tariff Wars", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

For Canada, death penalty question risks complicating Ryan Wedding case

American prosecutors are not saying whether they will seek the death penalty for Ryan Wedding, the former Canadian Olympic snowboarder accused of being a cocaine kingpin, if he is convicted of drug trafficking and murder conspiracy.

That uncertainty could stoke tensions between the U.S. and Canada, which outlawed capital punishment in 1976. Since 1999, the last time a Canadian citizen was executed in the United States, Canadian courts have directed cabinet ministers, diplomats and law-enforcement officials to take steps to try to prevent the execution of Canadians on death row.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, Crime, Death penalty, USA

Activists Urge RCMP to Solicit Evidence of Canadians Involved in Iran Atrocities

Human rights activists say the RCMP should collect reports from members of the public on possible major crimes committed by Canadians on behalf of the Iranian regime.

The Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights wants a “structural investigation” which would see the RCMP assemble evidence of Canadian residents taking part in war crimes and atrocities, or being victims of them, to prepare for future prosecutions.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Islamophobia", Canada, Iran

Psychosis Diagnoses Have Risen Among Young Canadians, Data Shows

Researchers believe increasing use of cannabis may be contributing to a rise in new cases of schizophrenia and related disorders at younger ages.

A new analysis of birth cohorts in the Canadian province of Ontario has found a striking rise in the incidence of psychotic disorders among young people, a finding that its authors said could reflect teens’ increasing use of substances like cannabis, stimulants and hallucinogens.

The study, published on Monday in The Canadian Medical Association Journal, found that the rate of new diagnoses of psychotic disorders among people ages 14 to 20 increased by 60 percent between 1997 and 2023, while new diagnoses at older ages plateaued or declined.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, Marijuana

As Military Powers Jostle for the Arctic, How Far Behind Is Canada?

The Arctic’s growing importance has reached the point that acquiring Greenland has become a key demand for the second Trump administration amid concerns about Russian and Chinese ambitions in the region, drawing protestations from other allies who urge continued Danish sovereignty over the autonomous territory.

When it comes to Canada’s defence of the Arctic, its capabilities for the roughly 4-million-square-kilometre expanse of Arctic territory falls far short when compared to both adversarial countries and its ally the United States. However, some analysts warn that Canada may be falling behind even middle-power Arctic nations, if the sheer size of its Arctic territory is taken into account.

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