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Trump’s National Security Strategy is hostile to Canada – and the democratic world

Without much fanfare, the U.S. government has launched what could be a seismic shift in American foreign policy with its new National Security Strategy. And for Canada, the impact of the NSS could be profound.

We already know Donald Trump’s approach to relations with Canada has complicated our economic and security environment. But the NSS tries make coherent a foreign policy that, so far, has appeared to centre on the changing whims of the President – a vision that is inherently hostile to Canada and other allies in alarming ways.

I am beginning to wonder just who exactly feels threatened.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, USA

Donald Trump’s latest anti-immigration policies may drive migrants to Canada. But are they welcome here?

Since late last month, Toronto resident Hazat Wahriz has been approached by Afghan friends and acquaintances in the U.S. desperately asking about refuge in Canada.

With Washington pausing and reviewing the entire asylum system and immigration processing of applicants from certain countries including Afghanistan, he said his compatriots south of the border are fearful of losing their already precarious status and being deported to the embrace of the Taliban.

No nation needs “more Islam”.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Immigration from incompatible cultures", Camp Of The Saints, Canada, USA

More Canadians, including children, detained in U.S. for immigration violations, new data show

A sweeping immigration crackdown in the United States is increasingly ensnaring Canadians who don’t have criminal records – including at least six children – new U.S. government data show.

An estimated 207 Canadians have now been held in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody at some point since January, when President Donald Trump took office. The total number of Canadians held in 2024 was 130.

OMG! Oh wait … they’re in the US illegally but in the Globe’s eye have committed no crime.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Canada - USA Tariff Wars", Canada, USA

Canada may approve a new oil pipeline. First Nations fear ̷a̷n̷o̷t̷h̷e̷r̷ ̷‘̷w̷o̷r̷s̷t̷-̷c̷a̷s̷e̷ ̷s̷c̷e̷n̷a̷r̷i̷o̷’̷ usual shakedown may not work

The distress call went out to the Canadian coast guard station after midnight on an October night. The Nathan E Stewart, an American-flagged tugboat, sailing through the light winds and rain of the central British Columbia coast, had grounded on a reef.

The captain tried to reverse, moving the rudder from hard over port to hard over starboard. The boat pivoted but did not move, and the tug repeatedly struck the sea bed.

Four hours later, the ship began taking on water, and leaking diesel into the sea. That evening, a coast guard helicopter confirmed the “worst-case scenario”: a large sheen of diesel oil on the water was visible outside of a containment boom. In total, 110,000 litres spilled near the entrance to Seaforth Channel.

Carney won’t disappoint the natives, they’ll be allowed to wreck any and all pipeline projects to fit his eco- scam plans.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Aboriginal Fatigue", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

More than half of Canadians support new pipeline from Alberta to B.C., Nanos poll finds

A slim majority of Canadians and British Columbians would support building a new oil pipeline from Alberta to the West Coast, even if the B.C. government opposes it, according to a new poll.

The Nanos Research poll, which was commissioned by The Globe and Mail, shows 56 per cent of Canadians support or somewhat support building a new oil pipeline and 55 per cent are in favour of lifting the ban on tanker traffic to make it happen. Roughly 37 per cent oppose or somewhat oppose each.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada

BARCLAY: The Liberal attack on democracy in Canada

Over the past decade, left-wing pundits and politicians have attempted to misconstrue all fascism and undemocratic politics as the unique property of conservatives and right-wing ideologies, such as populism.

Even the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) has become an instrument for the ‘Other’-ing of conservatives in Canada under the auspices of the Liberal government and recently regurgitated the tired leftist trope that any right-wing or “traditional values” are “…a sign that [a person is] becoming more extremist.”

And yet, undemocratic politics and human rights violations are by no means the exclusive purview or property of the Right.

(Incognito)

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

MORGAN: Quit pretending we need indigenous consent!

Albertans are rightly skeptical of the memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed between Premier Danielle Smith and Prime Minister Mark Carney to build a new pipeline to the Pacific coast. That skepticism morphed into hostile cynicism last weekend as Smith found herself booed at her own AGM in Edmonton at the very mention of the agreement.

Considering the messaging from Ottawa on the issue, though, why on earth should Albertans believe for a second that Carney genuinely wants a pipeline developed?

(Incognito)

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Aboriginal Fatigue", Canada

Trump forced Canada to scrap its digital services tax — but did he save Carney from bad policy?

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Prime Minister Mark Carney rescinded Canada’s digital services tax (DST), a three per cent levy on digital services revenue from large domestic and foreign businesses, in June after President Donald Trump threatened to halt trade talks if the tax took effect. The repeal was a strategic move to restart stalled negotiations with the United States, which soon resumed after Carney’s announcement but were again disrupted later … by a Ronald Reagan ad. Despite removing the DST to ease tensions, Carney has little to show for it.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Canada - USA Tariff Wars", Canada, USA

Like Trump, Benjamin Franklin Sought to Annex Canada

After Madelaine Drohan left a long and distinguished career in journalism for graduate studies in history, she took on a largely forgotten aspect of the relationship between Canada and the United States. The result was her recently published book, “He Did Not Conquer: Benjamin Franklin’s Failure to Annex Canada.”

My conversation with Madelaine, who is now a senior fellow at the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Ottawa, has been edited for length and clarity.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, USA

No One Want’s Your Stupid “National Immigration Month” How About “Remigration Month” Instead?

Senators say immigration bill meant to push back against rising ‘xenophobic rhetoric’

A Liberal-appointed group of senators says a seemingly harmless bill to mark Canada’s history of immigration is actually aimed at countering what they describe as growing “xenophobic rhetoric” in the national debate.

Blacklock’s Reporter says senators told the social affairs committee the proposal was timed to influence public discussion around annual immigration targets.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Immigration from incompatible cultures", "Mass Immigration - Follow the money", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Canadians say selecting the best fighter jet for the job matters more than jobs: Nanos

As the Canadian government reviews its commitment to purchase American-made Lockheed Martin F-35 fighter jets, a new poll shows what Canadians think should be prioritized in procuring replacements to the aging CF-18s.

The CTV News and Nanos Research survey gauged Canadian’s views on what matters the most to them in terms of defence cooperation, in light of ongoing trade tensions with the U.S. and a pitch from Swedish manufacturer of the Gripen fighter jet, SAAB, to bring up to 10,000 manufacturing and research jobs to Canada if Ottawa adds the aircraft to its military fleet.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"CAF - Canadian Armed Forces", "RCAF", Canada, Sweden, USA

Denmark posts its last letters as hallowed national mail ends

Four centuries ago, King Christian IV of Denmark issued a decree establishing one of Europe’s first modern postal services, following the examples of Poland and Portugal.

The routes, run by the guilds and the mayor of Copenhagen, stretched from Hamburg to Norway and were plied by the Amazon delivery drivers of their day, riders who were allowed a maximum of 45 minutes to cover each 10km stretch of the journey.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, Denmark

Canada removes Syria from list of terror-sponsoring states … OK send the refugees home

The federal government has removed Syria from its list of states that sponsor terrorism, almost a year after the fall of former president Bashar al-Assad’s regime.

Syria had been put on the list in 2012 while Assad was still in power. The country was in the midst of a conflict that began in March 2011, killing nearly half a million people and displacing half the country’s pre-war population of 23 million.

Syria’s new government — headed by former Islamist insurgent leader and now interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa — has been putting effort into reintegrating the country into the international fold.

They’re all terrorists.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Islamophobia", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Syria

Critics question Saab’s offer to bring 10,000 aerospace jobs to Canada

OTTAWA – Critics are questioning the solidity of Saab’s pitch to deliver 10,000 jobs in Canada if it decides to set up shop here to assemble Gripen fighter jets.

The Swedish company has said little about how it came to that number, making it hard to evaluate the offer.

Saab spokesperson Jenny Gerdes said the estimate reflects the “scale of work” the company anticipates bringing to the country, “should the Gripen be selected.”

“The figure is based on projected global demand for Gripen and the corresponding production, sustainment and R&D activities Canada would undertake,” Gerdes said in an email.

Lots of If’s.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"CAF - Canadian Armed Forces", "RCAF", Canada, Sweden, USA