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Liberals to unveil 2022 federal budget, announce billions in new spending

The federal Liberals are set to unveil their latest spending plan today that aims to balance promises made to voters in last year’s election campaign, in the pact with the NDP, and recently to Canada’s global defence allies.

Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland is scheduled to table the budget in the House of Commons this afternoon.

The economy has fared better than anticipated over the past few months, which along with higher prices for oil is expected to pad the government’s bottom line and help offset any new spending to be announced.

by Blazingcatfur•April 7, 2022April 7, 2022•0•Canada

Bloodletting As a Remedy

Conventional economic wisdom says that in a time of economic stress, raising taxes is a bad idea. In that light, the recent increase in carbon tax & proposed increases in other taxes defy sense and can only be attributed to messianic zeal.

by Sarcasticat•April 7, 2022April 6, 2022•0•Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Economics, Economy, taxes

Canada has no chance matching Russia’s Arctic presence: Defence Chief

According to Defence Chief Gen. Wayne Eyre, Canada cannot hope to maintain a permanent presence in the north, but instead will only deploy troops where necessary.

Eyre appeared before a Senate committee earlier this week as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Defence Minister Anita Anand met with premiers from Canada’s territories – Nunavut, Yukon and the Northwest Territories.

by Sarcasticat•April 7, 2022April 6, 2022•0•Arctic, Canada, Russia

Ottawa’s plan to tax big bank profits will flow to consumers: Scotiabank CEO

The final message to Scotiabank shareholders from its president and CEO’s annual address: a higher tax on the country’s biggest banks is a tax on you.

Brian Porter called a tax hike that’s widely expected to be included in Thursday’s budget a “knee-jerk reaction that sends the wrong message to the global investment community.”

by Blazingcatfur•April 6, 2022April 6, 2022•0•Canada, WTF?

Calgary police to delay removal of thin blue line patches, citing internal discord

A recent decision by the Calgary Police Commission to require officers to remove a controversial thin blue line patch from their uniforms has deepened discord within the police service, according to Calgary’s police chief.

As a result, Calgary police have delayed by two weeks a requirement that officers remove the patches.

by Blazingcatfur•April 6, 2022April 6, 2022•0•Canada

Razor’s edge: Canada’s Liberals eye more spending as inflation burns

Canada’s Liberals find themselves in a bind ahead of this week’s budget: the economy has recovered from the pandemic, yet Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has pledged billions in new stimulus, a political poker chip that could further torch runaway inflation.

by Sarcasticat•April 6, 2022April 5, 2022•0•Canada, Canada's incompetent Liberal Government, Economics, Economy

Liberal government tables legislation to force online giants to compensate news outlets

The new regulatory regime would require companies like Google and the Meta Platforms-owned Facebook — and other major online platforms that reproduce or facilitate access to news content — to either pay up or go through a binding arbitration process led by an arms-length regulator, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC).

by Sarcasticat•April 6, 2022April 5, 2022•0•Big Tech, Canada, Internet

Poilievre’s Plan To Unlock The Potential Of The Port of Churchill Is The Ambitious Thinking Canada Needs

The Port of Churchill on Hudson Bay can help unite and enrich our nation, while providing the energy supplies our European Allies need.

by Sarcasticat•April 6, 2022April 5, 2022•0•Canada, Economy, Energy shortages, Europe

Canada needs to get to 100 million people by 2100: BlackRock’s Wiseman

If Canada hopes to reach that 100-million population goal, Wiseman says the nation has to immediately boost its immigration numbers.

“All we have to do if we start acting today is increase by about 20 to 30 per cent from what we are doing today and then we get what’s known in investing as the compounding effect… Those immigrants will have children, those children will have children, et cetera,” he said.

by Sarcasticat•April 6, 2022April 5, 2022•0•"Mosaic of Diversity", "Multiculturalism", Canada, Immigration, Population replacement

CRTC can regulate the internet and protect free speech, its chairman says

CRTC Chairman Ian Scott says the CRTC can handle the task of implementing the Liberal government’s controversial online streaming legislation, including safeguarding freedom of expression.

Speaking at Ryerson University in Toronto, Scott shrugged off critics’ concerns about giving the broadcast and telecom regulator the responsibility of figuring out how to put Bill C-11 into practice.

“Users of online and social media services expect freedom of expression, and they will continue to enjoy this under the new Broadcasting Act,” Scott said in the speech Friday, according to a transcript made available by the CRTC Monday.

by Blazingcatfur•April 5, 2022April 5, 2022•0•Canada, Freedom of speech

Liberal government tables legislation to force online giants to compensate news outlets

The federal Liberal government introduced legislation Tuesday to force digital giants to compensate news publishers for the use of their content.

by Blazingcatfur•April 5, 2022April 5, 2022•0•Canada

Most Canadians support Liberal-NDP deal but feel it betrayed voters: poll

Half the country feels the Liberal-NDP agreement to keep the current government in power until 2025 was a betrayal of the people who voted for those two parties.

Despite that, a majority of Canadians still support the deal, according to a new Ipsos poll.

“The big finding for me was the tepid … reaction to the Liberal-NDP agreement,” Darrell Bricker, CEO of Ipsos, said in an interview with Global News.

by Blazingcatfur•April 5, 2022April 5, 2022•0•Canada, WTF?

Toronto police’s financial crimes unit to investigate former union head Jerry Dias

Toronto police says it is investigating the former president of Canada’s largest private sector union after the union handed over money he allegedly accepted from a supplier of COVID-19 rapid test kits he promoted to members.

Police spokesperson Laura Brabant confirmed Tuesday the force’s financial crimes unit has commenced an investigation.

by Blazingcatfur•April 5, 2022April 5, 2022•0•Canada, WTF?

Report: Biden Desperate for Oil from Canada, Just Not Thru Keystone XL Pipeline

President Joe Biden is desperate to increase oil imports from Canada as the nation continues to struggle with high fuel prices — but is determined not to resurrect the Keystone XL pipeline, whose permit Biden canceled on his first day in office in 2021.

by Blazingcatfur•April 5, 2022April 5, 2022•0•"Energy Matters", Canada, USA

SIU says it can’t be bothered to investigate after police horses trampled woman cuz she was only slightly injured

“As the woman did not sustain a ‘serious injury’ within the terms of the SIU’s mandate, the SIU does not have statutory jurisdiction to investigate the matter.”

A 49-year-old woman injured when a police mounted unit moved through a crowd of demonstrators during the Ottawa occupation suffered only a shoulder strain in the encounter, Ontario’s Special Investigation Unit says.

The SIU investigated the Feb. 18 incident, but said Monday that the woman’s injuries were not serious enough to warrant its further involvement. The SIU is an independent civilian agency that investigates deaths and serious injuries involving police.

by Blazingcatfur•April 5, 2022April 5, 2022•0•Canada, WTF?