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Trudeau government condemns US provision of Cluster Bombs to Ukraine

Canada is reiterating its stance against the use of cluster munitions following the Biden administration’s decision to send the controversial weapon to Ukraine amid Russia’s invasion.

In a statement sent to CTV News, the Government of Canada said its longstanding position on the weapon is clear in that Canada is fully against its use in accordance with Canada’s ban against landmines.

“Building on the trailblazing work of Lloyd Axworthy on the Ottawa Treaty to ban landmines, Canada championed the adoption of the Convention on Cluster Munitions, which is now ratified by more than 100 countries,” the statement said.

Cluster bombs: Biden defends decision to send Ukraine controversial weapons

US President Joe Biden has defended his “very difficult decision” to give Ukraine cluster bombs, which have a record of killing civilians.

The president said it had taken him “a while to be convinced to do it”, but he had acted because “the Ukrainians are running out of ammunition”.

Ukraine’s leader hailed the “timely” move.

But the UK’s PM suggested the country “discourages” the use of cluster bombs, while Spain criticised the decision.

by Blazingcatfur•July 8, 2023July 8, 2023•0•Canada, USA, WTF?

Nearly one in three Canadians can’t cover their bills, new survey suggests

Nearly one in three Canadians can’t cover their debt, a new survey suggests, as inflation and rising interest rates continue to be top of mind.

Credit reporting agency TransUnion, which surveyed 956 Canadian adults, found 32 per cent of respondents expected to be unable to pay off their current bills or loans in full. Of those, only 38 per cent planned to cover a partial amount.

by Blazingcatfur•July 8, 2023July 7, 2023•0•Canada

Cost of Many Basic Grocery Items Has Increased 3 to 4 Times Inflation Rate: StatCan

If it seems like every grocery trip is costing more and the quantity of food that comes home is getting smaller, that impression might be accurate. The cost of grocery staples is so high that it has increased by more than three or four times the rate of general inflation, according to new data from Statistics Canada.

by Blazingcatfur•July 8, 2023July 7, 2023•0•Canada

Trudeau blames opposition for him not being able to do his job

Justin Trudeau wants you to know that he can’t call a public inquiry into China’s interference in Canada because the mean Conservatives won’t let him. Sure, according to the law, only Trudeau can call an inquiry, but Pierre Poilievre won’t agree with him on everything, meaning there is no consensus and therefore no inquiry.

by Blazingcatfur•July 7, 2023July 7, 2023•0•Canada, WTF?

Canada’s secret service is fighting a hidden civil war

The smart money is on the spooks. They have the public on their side

The Canada of our allies’ imagination is a peaceable land of winter, hockey and exquisite politeness. The winter and the hockey haven’t changed. But peaceable and polite? Not since the civil war broke out.

This civil war doesn’t pit Quebec nationalists against English Canada, but centres instead on China. The two sides are a political elite that yearns for the days when China was an economic opportunity, and a national security community aware of Beijing’s ambition to deindustrialize the West economically and neuter it geostrategically.

by Blazingcatfur•July 7, 2023July 7, 2023•0•"Canada's China Class", "China - Communist Slave State", Canada, Canada's Corporate Welfare Class, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Canada's Corrupt Political Class, Canada's Government Owned News Media

Gap between Canada’s rich and poor increasing at record speed, new StatsCan data shows

Income and wealth inequality among Canadian households is increasing at record speed amid inflation and rising interest rates, and younger households are bearing the financial burden, a new report from Statistics Canada shows.

The wealthiest 20 per cent of households controlled more than two-thirds — nearly 68 per cent — of the total net worth in Canada in the first quarter of 2023, while the least wealthy 40 per cent accounted for 2.7 per cent, the federal agency reported on Tuesday.

by Blazingcatfur•July 6, 2023July 6, 2023•0•Canada

Canada stops advertising with Facebook and Instagram in news row

Canada’s federal government has said it will pull all its advertising from Facebook and Instagram.

It follows parent company Meta’s move to restrict news content for Canadians after parliament passed a law that will force tech firms to pay media for news.

Canadian officials said on Wednesday that they stand by the law and will not be “intimidated” by Meta.

They said they have been in contact with other countries who plan to pass similar laws.

I must be a bad person because I just can’t seem to care about this at all.

In Justin Trudeau Mark Zuckerberg fortunately found someone even more loathed than himself to have a fight with. I can’t pick a side.

“We’re not backing down on this. This goes to the core of a free and informed society that is able to take responsible decisions in a democracy,” says PM Trudeau when asked about possible next steps on C-18 following govt’s suspension of its ads on Facebook & Instagram.#cdnpoli pic.twitter.com/4fGCeCwEbP

— CPAC (@CPAC_TV) July 5, 2023

by Blazingcatfur•July 6, 2023July 6, 2023•0•Canada, facebook

Hara-Kiri Trudeau Style

Wildfires in Canada and unseasonably high temperatures in parts of Europe are being blamed on climate change, further escalating the frenzied sense of urgency propounded by governments, activist groups and the mainstream media to “do something” about carbon emissions. In Canada, it seems no volume of emissions is too small to worry about. B.C. taxpayers, for example, will be paying an estimated $25 million to connect cruise ships docking in Victoria to electric shore power so the ships’ diesel generators can be shut down. This is surely establishing a world record in the cost per unit of avoided emissions.

Speaking of world records, our country is on also on-track to establish a much larger cost record on emissions reductions – spanning the entire nation – through a combination of ever-rising carbon taxes on motor fuel and deliberate debilitation of the oil and natural gas industry, which contributes Canada’s largest share of both GDP and export revenue.

by Blazingcatfur•July 6, 2023July 5, 2023•0•Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Green-Scam

Elections Commissioner’s Office Dismissed 116 Complaints Alleging Foreign Interference Because Investigations Are Too Much Like Work

Caroline Simard Elections Canada – work shy

The Office of Elections Commissioner Caroline Simard dismissed 116 complaints of alleged foreign interference in Canada’s 2019 and 2021 general elections without initiating any relevant prosecution, according to an internal briefing note.

“Foreign components in investigations almost always give rise to delays, complexities and other challenges,” wrote the commissioner’s office in a briefing note dated Nov. 1, 2022, and obtained by Blacklock’s Reporter.

The office added that it would have to spend a “significant amount of time and resources” to obtain all the necessary evidence located outside the country to prove the interference allegations.

by Blazingcatfur•July 6, 2023July 5, 2023•0•Canada, WTF?

Quebec gets special deal on carbon tax

OTTAWA, ON: The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is highlighting a fundamental unfairness in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s carbon tax policy: Quebec is paying a lower carbon tax than the rest of Canada.

“The math is simple: Trudeau is forcing drivers in every other province and territory to pay 14 cents per litre of gas in carbon taxes, while Quebecers pay 10 cents per litre,” Franco Terrazzano, CTF Federal Director, said. “The solution is also simple: Trudeau should scrap his carbon taxes and make life more affordable for all Canadians.”

Trudeau is forcing drivers in every other province and territory to pay 14 cents per litre of gas in carbon taxes, while Quebecers pay 10 cents per litre.

Trudeau’s special deal for Quebec shows the carbon tax was always about politics, not the environment. pic.twitter.com/a3v3cEQ7Bi

— Franco Terrazzano (@franco_nomics) July 5, 2023

by Blazingcatfur•July 6, 2023July 5, 2023•0•Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Green-Scam, Quebec

Shocka! Canada’s ‘grocery rebate’ won’t ease rising use of food banks

Canadians who are eligible for the GST credit are expected to receive a one-time payment to help with the rising cost of groceries, but the head of a major food bank says it won’t address the deeper issues.

“We’re seeing unprecedented numbers,” Rachael Wilson, CEO of the Ottawa Food Bank, told CTV News Channel on Wednesday. “We’re seeing those numbers right across the country.”

by Blazingcatfur•July 5, 2023July 5, 2023•0•Canada

Poilievre stands firmly with the UNIPARTY’s destructive mass immigration policy and is likely to fuck over Canadians as thoroughly as any Liberal or Commie

John Ivison: As immigration doubts grow, Poilievre keeps the faith

In mid-May, Bloc Québecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet put his Conservative counterpart, Pierre Poilievre, in a ticklish spot.

The Bloc introduced a motion denouncing the goal of an organization called the Century Initiative — co-founded by former ambassador to China Dominic Barton — to increase Canada’s population to 100 million by 2100. It is a goal consistent with the federal government’s immigration intake targets, the motion said; a goal that would diminish the French language and Quebec’s political weight, as well as adversely impact housing and health-care availability.

by Blazingcatfur•July 5, 2023July 5, 2023•0•"Mass Immigration - Follow the money", "Uniparty of Canada", Canada

Bounty for exiled Chinese dissidents intensifies calls for McLachlin to resign from Hong Kong court

OTTAWA – A million-dollar bounty being offered by Hong Kong police for the capture of exiled democratic activists has supporters renewing calls for Canada’s former chief justice Beverley McLachlin to resign from the region’s highest court, saying her continued presence legitimizes China’s persecution of activists.

by Blazingcatfur•July 5, 2023July 5, 2023•0•"Canada's China Class", "China - Communist Slave State", Canada

Sanctions Against Naval Officer Who Refused COVID Vaccine Were ‘Unjustified,’ Grievance Committee Finds

The warning and probation measures previously levied by the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) against a military member for her refusal of the COVID-19 vaccine in 2021 were “unreasonable and unjustified,” an independent military administrative tribunal has ruled.

“The CAF vaccination policy was unreasonable because it was overly broad and disproportionate in its application,” wrote Nina Frid of the Military Grievances External Review Committee (MGERC) in a May 30 ruling.

by Blazingcatfur•July 5, 2023July 4, 2023•0•"CAF - Canadian Armed Forces", "China eats weird animals disease", Canada

‘Her fake honour’: Caroline Mulroney was called to Ontario bar three days before getting ‘King’s Counsel’ title

Caroline’s Dad ranks among the most well hated men in Canada.

Transportation Minister Caroline Mulroney was called to the Ontario bar just three days before the Ford government announced she was getting a special title for lawyers that has been widely denounced as a patronage honour, the Star has learned.

The government declared Friday afternoon that it was re-instituting the honorary title of “King’s Counsel” for “lawyers who have demonstrated a commitment to the pursuit of legal excellence in service to the Crown, the public and their communities.”

This is just sad. Can’t be happy with what she has so grasps at a silly bauble. I wonder if it came in an envelope.

by Blazingcatfur•July 5, 2023July 5, 2023•0•Canada, WTF?