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Sajjan was involved in Vance pay raise, top civil servant says

A top civil servant contradicted Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan’s denial of any role in awarding former chief of defence staff Jonathan Vance a pay raise after the Prime Minister’s Office and Mr. Sajjan were made aware of sexual misconduct allegations against him.

Janine Sherman, who as a deputy secretary to the cabinet is one of the most senior civil servants in the federal government, appeared at the House of Commons defence committee Friday. Citing privacy rules, she declined to answer many questions about the allegations and the government’s response, prompting an NDP MP to compare her responses to a “culture of denial and deflection” within the public service.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, WTF?

Jason Kenney says Alberta didn’t prep carbon tax fallback plan, was hoping to win in court

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says his government didn’t prepare a fallback plan on implementing a consumer carbon tax because they were hoping to win in the country’s top court.

Kenney said the province was buoyed by a lower court win in Alberta, and noted that three of the nine Supreme Court justices had concerns with Thursday’s majority decision that the tax is onside with the Constitution.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, Green-Scam

It’s ‘absolutely essential’ Canada repatriate traitorous scum who joined ISIS from Syrian camps: Says Top UN Kleptocrat Antonio Guterres

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres says it’s “absolutely essential” countries such as Canada repatriate Canadian women and children currently being held in Syrian prison camps.

Guterres made the remarks to chief political correspondent Rosemary Barton when asked if the Liberal government’s lack of diplomatic staff on the ground and fears over possible links with ISIS are sufficient reasons not to bring them home.

Screw the UN. Screw the traitor Islamists. Rot in Hell all of them.

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

‘It’s going to get worse’: Former ambassador predicts more strain in Canada-China relationship

TORONTO — The relationship between Canada and China continues to deteriorate following the trials of Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig, which were conducted under a shroud of secrecy in Beijing last week.

Now Paul Heinbecker, a former Canadian ambassador to Germany and representative to the United Nations, says things could get worse for Canada-China relations.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"China - Communist Slave State", Canada

Canada expelled eight foreigners for terrorism or spying in 2020

Eight foreigners suspected of espionage, subversion or terrorism were removed from Canada last year, according to the federal government.

The department of Public Safety would not reveal the countries that the individuals were acting on behalf of, citing privacy laws, nor the specific nature of their activities in Canada.

“However, we can tell you that in 2020, the CBSA [Canada Border Services Agency] removed eight individuals deemed inadmissible on security grounds,” Public Safety spokesman Tim Warmington said in a statement. “Removal on security grounds may include persons who are found inadmissible for espionage, subversion, terrorism and/or for membership in groups involved in such activities.”

Only 8?

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, Espionage

BONOKOSKI: Time to have Meng Wanzhou try on an orange jumpsuit

BONOKOSKI: Time to have Meng Wanzhou try on an orange jumpsuit

The Two Michaels — Canadian political pawns Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig — have had their sham trials in communist China and are now waiting for the Godot of their sentencings.

The time is long overdue, therefore, to play hardball with Meng Wanzhou, the Chinese hi-tech scion arrested by Canadian authorities at the behest of the United States for extradition on alleged serious fraud charges.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"China - Communist Slave State", Canada

The Price China Never Paid for its ‘Hostage Diplomacy’

The Price China Never Paid for its ‘Hostage Diplomacy’

After Canada arrested Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou on a U.S. extradition request on Dec. 1, 2018, Beijing warned Canada of “serious consequences” if she wasn’t freed. It carried through with its threat a few days later, when it detained Canadians Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor. After that, the regime blocked Canadian agricultural imports to China.

Ottawa has adopted stronger language of late over the arrest of the two Canadians, in contrast to its earlier, noticeably softer tone, which typically praised China for the economic benefit it presents before calling out the regime’s hostilities.

Canada’s China class is well looked after by PM Blackie McBlackface

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Canada's China Class", "China - Communist Slave State", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Canada's Corrupt Political Class

Canadians’ assessments of social media in their lives

Six outcomes attributed to social media use are examined: lost sleep, trouble concentrating on tasks or activities, less physical activity, feeling anxious or depressed, feeling envious of the lives of others, and feeling frustrated or angry. Among all social media users aged 15 to 64, around one-fifth reported that in the previous 12 months, they had lost sleep (19%), gotten less physical activity (22%), or had trouble concentrating on tasks or activities (18%) as a result of their social media use. Around one in eight users (12% to 14%) reported feeling anxious or depressed, frustrated or angry, or envious of the lives of others.

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by Sarcasticat••0•Posted inCanada, Internet, Mental Health, social media

The climate change gap between O’Toole and his party may be too much to overcome

It might seem so obvious a point that one might overlook it when evaluating what we already know about the climate change plan the Conservatives will campaign on in the next general election but here it is anyway: Conservatives must win votes from people who did not vote for them in 2019 or in 2015.

And poll after poll after poll has indicated that one of the primary reasons voters chose another party over the Conservatives was climate change. Non-Conservative voters do not believe Conservatives are serious about climate change or, only slightly less worse, that the party’s plans to do anything about it were or are credible.

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by Sarcasticat••0•Posted inCanada, Climate Change, Conservative Party, election, Global Warming Hoax

John Ivison: Majority of Canadians are feeling politically homeless, poll finds

One of P. G. Wodehouse’s best quips concerned the “confusion of ideas” between A.B. Spottsworth and one of the lions he was hunting, which resulted in him making the obituary column. “He thought the lion was dead and the lion thought it wasn’t.”

A confusion of ideas explains Erin O’Toole’s problems with his party membership: He thought him saying “the climate change debate is over” made it so, and the grassroots thought it didn’t.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada

Health Canada says AstraZeneca vaccine safe, effective but will add warning on clots

Health Canada is in the process of adding a warning about a rare possible side-effect of blood clots from the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine but is still certain the vaccine is safe and effective against COVID-19.

The department’s chief medical adviser Dr. Supriya Sharma says the warning comes on the heels of a similar warning in Europe last week but doesn’t change Health Canada’s analysis that the vaccine’s benefits outweigh its risks.

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by Sarcasticat••0•Posted in"China eats weird animals disease", Canada, Canada's incompetent Liberal Government, vaccine controversy

Protection Against Online Hate Speech: Time for Federal Action

During Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Week at the University of Calgary in February 2021, the Faculty of Law’s EDI Committee held a research-a-thon where students undertook research on the law’s treatment of equity, diversity and inclusion issues. Over the next few weeks, we will be publishing a series of ABlawg posts that are the product of this initiative. This post is the first in the series, which also closely coincides with the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination next week on March 21. The theme this year is “Youth Standing Up Against Racism”, which fits well with this initiative.

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by Sarcasticat••0•Posted inCanada, Hate Speech, Whiners, Whining leftists