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Canadians work almost as much as Americans, yet produce far less. Why?

… It is one of the great mysteries of the Canadian economy. Given our exceptionally close business ties with the U.S., including more than three decades of free trade, it’s surprising we haven’t closed the gap. Among the most likely explanations is that Canadian businesses invest less in research and development, new equipment and new technologies – all things that boost output per worker. The Canadian market is also less competitive than in the U.S. or the European Union. This puts less pressure on businesses to invest in raising output per worker.

But Canada has somewhat reduced the output gap with the U.S., and closed most of the gap with Western Europe. How? By working more.

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by Blazingcatfur•September 2, 2023September 1, 2023•0•Canada, USA

CRA fires 120 employees for claiming CERB benefits while working

The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) says dozens of its employees have been fired after they claimed COVID-19 pandemic benefits while still working.

In a statement put out Friday, the CRA reports that 120 people are no longer employed after an internal review found they inappropriately claimed the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB).

h/t MW

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by Blazingcatfur•September 2, 2023September 1, 2023•0•Canada

Almost half of Canadians living paycheque to paycheque as Tory support grows: Poll

OTTAWA — A new poll suggests nearly half of Canadians are living paycheque to paycheque as the cost of living crisis continues to squeeze household budgets, and young people are more likely to say their finances are in poor shape.

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by Blazingcatfur•September 1, 2023September 1, 2023•0•Canada

Double standards on climate change

While Federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault was in Beijing this week, ostensibly to discuss ways China and Canada can reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, a new report warned China is massively expanding it use of coal to produce power.

by Blazingcatfur•September 1, 2023September 1, 2023•0•"Canada's China Class", "China - Communist Slave State", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Green-Scam

Secretly The Star Wishes That The White Woman Who Was Pistol Whipped Could Be Charged With A Hate Crime

‘Pistol-whipping a white woman’: Ontario judge who made ‘racist, xenophobic’ comments is reprimanded in secret

“You can’t see why people wouldn’t think you’d be a disgusting human being to be involved in a robbery that involved pistol-whipping a white woman,” the judge said in court when sentencing a 15-year-old offender, who had pleaded guilty to robbery.

“You know, this is the very thing that triggers emotions in people that see a problem with immigration. They sit there and think, ‘Wait a minute. What are we doing allowing these folks to come into our country and cause this kind of mayhem to citizens of our community?’”

The Horror!

Questioning immigrant violence!

The nerve of that woman calling police, she should be charged with a hate crime!

This is not “justice” it is the soft racism of lower expectations.

by Blazingcatfur•September 1, 2023September 1, 2023•0•"Diversity - Code for anti-White racism", "racial justice", Canada, WTF?

Alleged mass grave of indigenous children at Catholic schools across Canada contains NO BODIES, excavation shows – as experts suggest it’s proof the stories were fabricated

Doubts are growing about the scale of historic abuse at Canada’s notorious residential schools for indigenous children after a dig at one of the country’s most high-profile sites uncovered no bodies.

The country has set aside billions of dollars in compensation and declared a ‘cultural genocide’ in the treatment of indigenous children who were taken away from their families and placed at the schools for much of the 19th and 20th centuries.

Teams using ground-penetrating radar claim to have found mass graves in the last two years containing the remains of more than 1,000 children who were buried in secret.

This is the only sort of international coverage the Trudeau government can generate any longer, national embarrassment 24/7.

h/t DS

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by Blazingcatfur•September 1, 2023September 1, 2023•0•Canada, WTF?

Conservatives maintain months-long lead over Liberals, as Canadians’ economic anxiety rises: Nanos

The Conservatives are solidifying their lead over the Liberals, while Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre are neck-and-neck for preferred prime minister, according to weekly tracking from Nanos Research.

The latest Nanos numbers show the Conservatives ahead of the Liberals with 33.1 per cent and 29.7 per cent respectively. The NDP are at 21.7 per cent.

I do not trust NANOS.

by Blazingcatfur•September 1, 2023September 1, 2023•0•Canada

U.S. politicians want to hear from MP Michael Chong on threats from China

MP Michael Chong is about to appear in a unique locale for a Canadian Opposition politician: a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington.

American lawmakers studying foreign interference by China have taken an interest in Chong’s case and invited him to testify. He has agreed to appear before the congressional-executive commission on China on Sept. 12.

Members of the commission reached out to the Ontario Conservative after reading media reports about his family being targeted by Beijing.

I hope he names the LPC as an arm of the ChiComs.

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by Blazingcatfur•September 1, 2023August 31, 2023•0•"Canada's China Class", "China - Communist Slave State", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Michael Taube: The most ridiculous travel advisory in Canadian history

Canadians are clearly becoming more frustrated with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. What makes it worse is that his ineffective policies and mediocre leadership have turned Canada into an embarrassment on the international stage.

Which brings us to the most ridiculous travel advisory in Canadian history.

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by Blazingcatfur•August 31, 2023August 31, 2023•0•Canada, USA

That’s not Cricket

Canadian set to become first transgender cricketer in official international match

by Blazingcatfur•August 31, 2023August 31, 2023•0•Big Deviant, Big Tranny, Canada, WTF?

GOLDSTEIN: China says its coal emissions are no big deal — over to you, Steven Guilbeault

While Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault was in Beijing this week to discuss ways China and Canada can reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, one of China’s major state-run media organizations wrote an editorial headlined “Western concerns about China’s coal power growth unnecessary.”

by Blazingcatfur•August 31, 2023August 31, 2023•0•"Canada's China Class", "China - Communist Slave State", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Green-Scam

Mother of British-born ‘Canadian’ Jihadi Jack Letts detained in Syria says son is ‘barely holding on’

Sally Lane says she is “overjoyed” to hear news of her son Jack – even if he’s barely hanging on in a Syrian prison – after years of silence.

Lane says a civil society delegation messaged her from northeastern Syria to report that members had met with Jack after authorities managed to locate him within the prison system.

by Blazingcatfur•August 31, 2023August 31, 2023•0•"Islamophobia", Canada, Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West, WTF?

’Freedom Convoy’ leaders’ criminal trial goes beyond mischief charges

OTTAWA — The leaders of the “Freedom Convoy” are preparing to answer to criminal charges next week for their part in the massive demonstration that gridlocked Ottawa last year — but the stakes go beyond the actions of two protest organizers.

Tamara Lich and Chris Barber were among the most prominent organizers of the protest movement that rolled into Ottawa early in 2022, and they’re scheduled to be the first members of the organizing committee to stand trial on Sept. 5.

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by Blazingcatfur•August 31, 2023August 30, 2023•0•"Criminalizing Dissent", Canada

Commie Guilbeault’s Suncor criticism shows ‘utter contempt’ for Alberta, premier says

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says the federal environment minister’s criticism of a major oilsands company constitutes a “provocative” verbal attack on Alberta’s energy sector.

“Steven Guilbeault has once again shown his utter contempt for Alberta, our economy and our energy workers,” reads a statement attributed to the premier, released on Wednesday.

“Minister Guilbeault’s comments are a continuation of his provocative verbal attacks on Alberta’s energy sector, the most environmentally responsible and ethical energy-producing jurisdiction in the world.”

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by Blazingcatfur•August 31, 2023August 30, 2023•0•Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Green-Scam

Canada’s Fashionable Lie

The California man who shot and killed the owner of the Mag.Pi clothing store in Cedar Glen, Calif. , on August 18 did so after making “disparaging remarks” about the Pride flag that adorned the establishment. The suspect, who was later killed by police, is alleged to have attempted to take down Pride-related regalia outside the store and issued homophobic remarks ahead of the violence. The sequence of events suggests that anti-LGBT sentiment at least partly inspired this attack. The event made headlines across the United States, in part, because atrocities like these are so blessedly rare.

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by Blazingcatfur•August 30, 2023August 30, 2023•0•Canada, Justin Trudeau - Pissant, Justin Trudeau Mocked On World Stage, USA