Canada

Why Quebec’s proposed constitution has legal experts, civil rights groups sounding the alarm

Quebec Premier François Legault took many by surprise when, last month, his government introduced a proposed constitution for the province aiming to reflect its “distinct national character.”

The constitution, he said, would protect the common values of the province, including the French language, secularism, the right to an abortion and equality between men and women.

But in the weeks since, the legislation has been the subject of growing consternation among legal experts and civil liberties groups, who warn it would centralize power, weaken judicial oversight and infringe on individual freedoms.

Share
by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, Quebec, WTF?

An unhappy booze industry asks why alcohol was left out of interprovincial trade agreement

After alcohol was excluded from a deal this week to drop interprovincial trade barriers, some in the booze industry say they’re perplexed and disappointed — and that they’ve waited long enough for provinces to make the change.

Signed on Wednesday by the provinces, territories and federal government, the agreement promises to remove restrictions on the free movement of some goods across Canada.

However, food and alcohol were conspicuously left off the list — the latter industry having long advocated for the removal of the barriers, well before U.S. tariffs spurred a national campaign to make free trade between the provinces easier.

Canada is a Banana Republic ruled by petty oligarchs.

Share
by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, WTF?

Report reveals how much Canadians paying for groceries thanks to food inflation

Food inflation continues to top Canadians’ financial concerns, according to the fall 2025 edition of the Canadian Food Sentiment Index by Dalhousie University’s Agri-Food Analytics Lab (AAL), and they’re adapting their diets and shopping behaviours as a result.

The AAL based the bi-annual report on Purdue University’s Consumer Food Insights survey of Americans. The Canadian Food Sentiment Index measures the perceptions and views of roughly 3,000 respondents across the country on issues ranging from food affordability and spending to consumer beliefs and trust.

Share
by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada

From Caledon to Mecca and Medellín: U.S. Says Toronto ‘Cocaine Lawyer’ Used Encrypted Chats Inside Wedding’s Murder Conspiracies

TORONTO — On the path to becoming the first Canadian of genuine Latin American cartel stature — a man the FBI has likened to a “modern-day iteration of Pablo Escobar” — Ryan Wedding did not simply exploit Canada’s borders, ports and highways to move cocaine, methamphetamine and fentanyl.

Prosecutors say he became the single largest cocaine importer into Canada, building a billion-dollar enterprise by mastering cryptocurrency money-laundering, legal strategy, paramilitary training and the kind of hardened operational security usually associated with state intelligence agencies.

A Liberal declares Cooper’s research in an earlier piece unfounded…

Share
by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, Crime, USA

Police Found $1 Million in a Tub Under a Garage. The Government Gets to Keep It.

On Dec. 1, 2009, the police searched a house on the outskirts of Thunder Bay, Ontario, looking for an illegal .22-caliber handgun.

Instead, they found cash — lots of it — hidden around the property, including 15,000 Canadian dollars stuffed in a heating vent in the living room floor, $9,750 in a suitcase in the garage and $1.2 million in a Rubbermaid tub that was buried under the dirt floor of the garage.

Share
by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, Crime, WTF?

Canadians distrust refugees more than other new arrivals, poll shows

More Canadian residents distrust refugees than trust them, with the lowest levels of trust in refugees expressed by immigrants and non-whites, according to a new national public opinion poll.

The polling data comes as recent changes in the federal government’s immigration policies designed to reduce new arrivals in Canada seems to be hitting refugee claimants the hardest.

Understandable. Rumour has it the war in upstate New York is not nearly as bad as described.

Share
by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCamp Of The Saints, Canada

Alaska tribal nations demand a say on Canadian resource projects

A group of Alaska tribal nations is going to the B.C. Supreme Court to demand a seat at the table in Canadian resource development – including a mine expansion that is among the nation-building projects Ottawa has selected as pivotal to economic development.

The Alaska groups argue that their historical use of what is now northwestern B.C. makes them Aboriginal peoples of Canada under the Constitution Act, saying that status should guarantee them the same rights to consultation as Canadian Indigenous groups.

NB: It’s not the first time US Tribes have demanded a say, The Columbia River Treaty now involves Tribes from both the US and Canada.

“The United States’ Columbia River Treaty with Canada governs hydropower and flood control on the 1,200-mile Columbia River. The current treaty, implemented in 1964, does not consider the needs of fish, a healthy river, or the treaty fishing rights and cultural resources that are now fully protected under modern laws.”

Intertribal Cooperation – Thirty-two tribes (fifteen in the US and seventeen in Canada) have come together to assist in the treaty review and participate in creating the next treaty that will incorporate ecosystem requirements.

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

The Canadians in Hamas: The operative, leader and financier

Usama Ali is an alleged Hamas operative, leader and financier.

He is also Canadian.

And so are others in the Palestinian terrorist group that killed 1,200 and took more than 200 hostages on Oct. 7, 2023, Global News has learned.

About 450 people with assorted roles in Hamas have ties to Canada, according to a source familiar with the intelligence on the matter.

h/t XC

Share
by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Islamophobia", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Hamas, Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West

U.S., Canadian authorities announce new arrests in efforts to prosecute fugitive Ryan Wedding

U.S. and Canadian authorities announced new arrests, indictments and sanctions on Wednesday in their continuing efforts to locate, arrest and prosecute Canadian ex-Olympic snowboarder turned fugitive Ryan Wedding, who allegedly leads a transnational crime network.

Appearing at a joint news conference in Washington, D.C., with Canadian authorities, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said authorities have worked closely with international partners. Ms. Bondi unsealed a new indictment outlining new charges, including murder and witness tampering, against more of Mr. Wedding’s alleged associates and increased the reward for information leading to Mr. Wedding’s arrest from $10-million to $15-million.

Share
by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, Crime, USA

Islamism — the threat to Canada you won’t hear uttered by the Liberals

Since the October 7 pogrom by Hamas in southern Israel, Canada has seen a staggering surge in antisemitism, up 670 per cent in 2024, and in terrorism charges, up 488 per cent from April 2023 to March 2024. In both cases, the salient factor is Islamism.

Islamists, a small but influential fraction of Muslim communities, harbour the profound conviction that they “should deploy the necessary efforts not only to rule according to Sharia law but also to Islamize society, laws, governance, and all aspects of life…. across the Muslim world and beyond.”

Share
by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Islamophobia", Canada, Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West

Canadian government forcing doctors to promote euthanasia to patients: report

Canadian doctors are warning that Health Canada’s push for euthanasia is forcing doctors to suggest assisted suicide to patients.

In a November 6 video by Christian filmmaker Frank Panico, three Canadian doctors, Will Johnston of Vancouver, David D’Souza of Toronto, and Catherine Ferrier of Montreal, revealed that physicians are forced to discuss euthanasia or so-called “medical assistance in dying” (MAID) with vulnerable patients according to Health Canada protocol.

Share
by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, MAiD Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide, WTF?

Joe Adam George: Canada must be more vigilant, not less, about would-be immigrants with terror links

In a development that went largely unnoticed, Liberal MP Salma Zahid recently tabled a petition in the House of Commons urging the federal government to admit members of Jamaat-e-Islami — Bangladesh’s largest Islamist party. The petition noted that in the past, some members of Jamaat-e-Islami had been deemed inadmissible to Canada on security grounds. However, it argued that the group “has engaged in democratic processes and governance in Bangladesh” and that members seeking asylum in Canada are “law-abiding citizens who uphold democratic values.” It urged the government to ensure they receive “fair and just treatment.”

Better yet ban Muslims.

Share
by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Islamophobia", Bangladesh, Canada, Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West, Jamaat-i-Islami