Canada

Shutting Canadian Pipeline Would Cost US Consumers $23.7 Billion More In Fuel Costs: Report

A recently published analysis by a consumer advocacy nonprofit maintains that shutting a 4.5-mile section of a nearly 70-year-old pipeline that spans the Great Lakes from Wisconsin to Ontario would impose $23.7 billion in higher fuel costs on families and businesses in Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.

Consumer Energy Alliance’s (CEA) 14-page report estimates that closing Canada-based Enbridge’s Line 5 pipeline in the Straits of Mackinac, which connect Lake Michigan to Lake Huron, would spur regional fuel price spikes of 9.47 to 11.66 percent “independent of any other market conditions, such as the surge in fuel prices observed over the past 12 months that are tied to international oil markets and logistical challenges caused by the pandemic.”

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Energy Matters", Canada, USA

35% of government-sponsored refugees still on welfare after 10 years

The report comes as the Trudeau government plans to bring in record-setting numbers of immigrants and refugees in the coming years. The federal Liberals have overseen the acceptance of over 25,000 Syrian refugees, primarily government-sponsored, and plans on accepting 40,000 refugees from Afghanistan.

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by Sarcasticat••0•Posted inCanada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Immigrants - unskilled and unemployed, Population replacement

Postponing the federal carbon tax hike is an inflation break that Ottawa could and should deliver

Recent calls for Ottawa to scrap its planned April 1 carbon price hike could easily be viewed as opportunistic attempts from opponents to turn back the clock on government fossil-fuel measures. Or cynical appeals to segments of the electorate who question the value of carbon taxation. Or self-serving lobbying from business interests who have a knee-jerk objection to any tax increase.

Which all could be true. But delaying the increase could also be a very good, very practical idea – one that even the supporters of the federal carbon tax should embrace.

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by Sarcasticat••0•Posted inCanada, Canada's incompetent Liberal Government, Carbon Tax, Economy

Anti-Israel CBC Culinary Radio Show Violated Journalistic Standards

HonestReporting Canada is pleased to share that, subsequent to a complaint we lodged with CBC last year regarding an anti-Israel segment that their radio program “Unforked” broadcast, Ombudsman Jack Nagler upheld our complaint and recognized that the episode violated their Journalistic Standards and Practices.

In a report dated March 23, 2022, Ombudsman Nagler responded to our complaint about a July 5 episode of “Unforked,” a show which describes itself as “Picking apart the food that we eat to reveal the culture and politics baked into it,” which covered the topic of “gastronationalism” and hummus, the beloved chickpea dish enjoyed by peoples throughout the Middle East and around the world.

Do we really need to be funding the CBC’s diversity?

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Islamophobia", Canada, CBC, CBC Dhimmis, CBC Scandals, Islam, Islam and hatred of Israel, Islam and hatred of Jews, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West, Israeli - Islam Conflict, WTF?

Liberals expected to launch negotiations to buy F-35 fighter jets: CP sources

The Liberal government is expected to announce today that it will enter into final negotiations on purchasing the F-35 fighter jet.

Government and industry sources have told The Canadian Press the negotiations with manufacturer Lockheed Martin will be announced at a news conference this afternoon.

The sources spoke on the condition they not be named because they were not authorized to comment publicly.

We’ll see. It’s not yet a commitment and they can easily stretch this out a few years more.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada

Canada’s “banned” target rifles not a boon for Ukraine

Mackay suggested Justin Trudeau gather up all the “‘military-style assault rifles’ banned by our government in May 2020” and send them to Ukraine. He goes on to suggest a tax credit scheme as incentive for law-abiding Canadian sport and recreational shooters to hand over their legally-owned property, worth thousands of dollars. I’m not going to write about the wrong-headedness and fundamental injustice of this “ban,” which hasn’t actually happened, hasn’t prevented a single shooting, or saved a single life. Instead, I want to focus on the futility of the gesture as an attempt to help Ukraine.

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by Sarcasticat••0•Posted in"Ukraine - Russia", Canada, Gun Control, Guns and Ammo, idiot politician

Trudeau needs to halt these harmful carbon tax increases

The price of everything is rising. Canadians are feeling the pressure. For low-income Canadians, things are getting more difficult than ever. Food bank usage, to offer just one example, is sadly on the rise.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is scandalously planning to making this worse. Let us explain.

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by Sarcasticat••0•Posted inCanada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Carbon Tax, Justin Trudeau - Pissant

Pioneer or squatter? YouTuber’s cabin sparks fight over Canada’s wilderness

As much of North America was locked down during the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, Matty Clarke was in a boat full of supplies, motoring up the Yukon River. He was searching for wild lands where he could strike it rich.

“Getting myself a goldmine,” he told viewers on his YouTube channel. “Everyone’s heard about all this gold up there. You must be curious yourself – what’s actually going on up there? Can I just show up with all this stuff and end up having a goldmine? I think so.”

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, WTF?

Deadbeat Jagmeet says Canada should not meet NATO spending commitment

NATO’s military spending target ‘arbitrary,’ but some boosts warranted: Singh

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says the military spending targets agreed to among NATO countries are “arbitrary” goals and says he told Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Canada should not aim to meet them.

However, some areas of additional support for the Canadian Forces, such as boosting recruitment and improving search-and-rescue times are warranted, he told The West Block‘s guest host Eric Sorenson.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, WTF?

Canada to try and help countries stop using Russian oil but Golly our pipeline capacity is limited for some reason!

Canada pledges to help countries stop using Russian oil

Minister Of Being A Dick Head

Canada says it can provide more oil, gas and uranium to help solve the global energy crisis.

… Canada is limited in how much oil it can export because its pipelines are running near full capacity, but Mr Wilkinson says sending it via the United States is an option.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada

Alberta’s Kenney defends calling party opponents ‘lunatics,’ comparing them to bugs

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says he won’t apologize for comments he is heard making in recordings in which he compares political opponents in his party to insects and calls them lunatics.

Kenney says the United Conservative Party is under siege from extremist elements, including homophobes and religious bigots, seeking a hostile takeover by toppling him in an upcoming leadership review.

“I am determined to ensure that such hateful, extreme and divisive voices do not find a home in this mainstream broad conservative party,” Kenney told reporters in Calgary on Friday.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, WTF?