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Canadian army needs dedicated climate disaster force, says former lieutenant-general

A former army commander says Canada is behind its allies in not having a dedicated agency that can deploy personnel to disasters nationwide.

Retired Lt.-Gen. Andrew Leslie told CBC News the lack of a national rapid response force to help with wildfires, floods, evacuations and other emergencies is putting citizens’ lives at risk.

In an exclusive interview with CBC News on Thursday, he said a dedicated national force is needed urgently, and could be “built into” or “adjunct to” the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) — but only if it comes with increased funding and doesn’t further strain the country’s already-stretched troops.

But will it be Transphobic?

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada

CHARLEBOIS: The bitter truth of a sugar tax

In today’s world, there is an undeniable push for the imposition of sugar taxes.

A study published in June by the Journal of the American Medical Association has shed light on this issue, revealing the existence of 118 sugar taxes worldwide, including 105 national taxes and 13 subnational taxes, impacting 51% of the global population. It’s worth noting that this approach receives substantial support from the World Health Organization (WHO).

Taxes in Canada have long passed the “for the public good” threshold.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, WTF?

Household debt rises to $2.34 trillion in Canada as average credit card balance jumps to $4,000: TransUnion report

With the cost of living consistently on the rise, more Canadians are continually turning to credit, with the average credit card balance now standing at $4,000, according to a new report from TransUnion.

Data that came from the TransUnion’s Q2 2023 Credit Industry Insights Report shows a 4.2 per cent increase, or $94.8 billion, in Canadian household debt compared to the previous year, with a total debt of $2.34 trillion for Canadians.

 

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada

MPs say democracy is fraying in Canada — but there’s hope

A number of MPs say Canada’s democracy is under pressure on a number of fronts, thanks in part to the impacts of social media and extreme partisanship.

But the eight MPs who took part in a series of one-on-one interviews with CBC’s The House over the summer also expressed a hope that changes to the Canadian system, and a deeper understanding of one another, could lead to better politics.

They hope we’ll stop noticing their greed and incompetence. People are tired of being f&cked over by the political class. Get used to it.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada

How Tamara Lich transformed from spokeswoman to symbol of ‘Freedom Convoy’ movement

OTTAWA – It’s a sunny July day at an outdoor hockey rink outside North Bay, Ont. An acoustic guitar player belts out a ballad about freedom. An adoring crowd sings along.

Tamara Lich, mounted on the back of a brown and white horse and waving a large Canadian flag, enters the arena.

“Love a grand entrance,” the 50-year-old says enthusiastically with a wide smile and a laugh, getting hoots and whistles from supporters gathered to hear her speak, as seen in a video posted on social media.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Criminalizing Dissent", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

London braces for a mass murder trial with a rare twist

Within a week of one of London’s darkest days, accused murderer Nathaniel Veltman was told during an early court appearance that the case against him would be pursued as a terrorist offence.

In the chaos and sadness of those days in June 2021, after four members of a Pakistani Muslim family were killed and one badly injured in a hit-and-run collision, federal and provincial prosecutors announced the terrorism charges as the justice system began to process the case.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, Terrorism - Domestic

Freeland imposes extraordinary measures to force out founding investors of Wealth One Bank with alleged ties to China

Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland has instructed three of the founding investors of Wealth One Bank of Canada to divest their shares, and has also ordered the financial institution to comply with extraordinary national-security conditions intended to firewall its operations against the trio, who have faced federal scrutiny over alleged links to the Chinese government.


The three men, Toronto insurance executive Shenglin Xian, Vancouver property developer Morris Chen and Toronto grocery tycoon Yuangsheng Ou Yang, were told in April to sell their shares in the bank. Wealth One has also been ordered to sever all ties with the three, and to put in place stringent security measures to guard against money laundering and unauthorized sharing of sensitive information.

Laurentian elite firewall?

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Bad Optics", "Canada's China Class", "China - Communist Slave State", Canada, Canada's Corporate Welfare Class, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Canada's Corrupt Political Class, WTF?

David Krayden: LGBTQ Travel Advisory for US a Sick Joke When ‘Pride’ Fests Display Lewdness in Front of Kids

The federal government issued a, shall we say, unusual new travel advisory this week. It warned against members of “‘2SLGBTQI+” from going to the United States because some states are not promoting the gay and trans agenda with sufficient enthusiasm.

On Aug. 28, Global Affairs Canada amended its travel advisories website for Canadian travellers visiting the United States, saying, “Some states have enacted laws and policies that may affect 2SLGBTQI+ persons. Check relevant state and local laws.”

 

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inBig Gay, Canada, USA

NATO’s laggards should take notice of a world grown more treacherous

… The laggards include several of NATO’s, and the world’s, wealthiest nations — among them Canada, Italy and Spain. The economic output of those three countries alone is nearly triple that of Russia. Yet each remains far from meeting NATO’s target of spending 2 percent of gross domestic product annually on defense — a goal all member countries agreed nearly a decade ago to reach by next year. What’s more, the alliance now regards that spending level as a minimum to address the mounting perils it faces.

 

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, NATO

A new CSIS ad campaign is using Soviet-style imagery to warn Canadians about disinformation

Canada’s spy agency is leaning on Soviet imagery to help prime the public against disinformation, but experts say Moscow is more likely to use images that make readers think the messaging is coming from North American sources.

Last month, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) started posting on social media about its efforts to counteract deliberately misleading information online.

The posts feature a font that resembles the Cyrillic alphabet, featuring stars instead of dots and the letter N appearing backwards.

 

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

Rishi Sunak can learn from Canadian Conservatives on housing

In Canada, something that would be unthinkable in UK politics is occurring. Young people are voting centre-right, with Pierre Poilievre’s Conservative Party (CPC) enjoying a seven-point lead among 18-29 year-olds, rising to 19 points among 30-44 year-olds. By contrast, in the UK the Tories trail Labour by 44 points among 18-24 year-olds, and by 43 points among 25-49 year-olds. 

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, UK

Glavin: Muslim conference pulls a controversial speaker amid antisemitism accusations

Another year, another conference, another tableau of speakers, some associated with antisemitism, homophobia, misogyny and hatred.

The convening organization is not the grotesque Goyim Defense League, a Hitler-admiring American neo-fascist groupuscule linked to a spate of graffiti, leaflets and posters the RCMP has begun investigating in the Toronto area. It’s the federally funded Muslim Association of Canada (MAC).

Federally funded? Of course it is, has been for years. 

I used to monitor conferences like this but came to the conclusion it wasn’t worth my time.

A speaker may be pulled once in awhile but those responsible will cry innocence til next time and there is always a next time.

Federal funding by our vote whoring UNIPARTY was one reason I left it behind but the Kumbaya crowd was the last straw.

They have convinced themselves that their moderate crocodile friends will eat them last.

The effort wasn’t worth the static from these appeasers.

And the conferences go on and on and on because diversity!

Soon we will be as sophisticated and multicultural as London, Paris, Brussels or Berlin and soon we will have our own Leicster’s.

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

2nd Afghan Canadian sues feds, claiming fleeing Ukrainians treated better

The federal government is asking a judge to combine two separate lawsuits, after another Afghan Canadian alleged Canada discriminated against Afghan refugees by treating them differently than they did Ukrainians fleeing the Russian invasion.

A former Canadian language and culture adviser who served NATO in Afghanistan filed a lawsuit at the end of July alleging the government has not allowed his family in Afghanistan to seek refuge in Canada.

How many thousands of interpreters or other local staff did the CAF and other Canadian organizations really employ or actually need in Afghanistan?

It seems every single soldier must have had at least a half dozen of them and we left in 2014.

This is beginning to look like post WW II France when suddenly even the collaboraters were all secret resistance fighters.

Did someone have a “School for Interpreters” scam going?

It must still be in operation.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Bad Optics", "CAF - Canadian Armed Forces", Afghanistan, Canada, WTF?