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Blair Says China a Main Source of Fentanyl Fuelling Opioid Crisis Killing Canadians … Doesn’t say he’s gonna do anything about it

China is one of the main manufacturers of fentanyl and plays a key role in the current overdose crisis in Canada, Public Safety Minister Bill Blair told a parliamentary committee on Feb. 25.

“It’s no secret that China is one of the main source countries of fentanyl, as well as the precursor chemicals used to make this highly potent and deadly synthetic opioids,” Blair said.

“Illegal fentanyl and fentanyl-like drugs are being mixed in with and contaminating other drugs. This continues to be a major driving factor in the overdose crisis that has tragically cut so many lives short in Canada.”

by Blazingcatfur•February 27, 2021February 27, 2021•0•"China eats weird animals disease", Canada

Trudeau government backpedals on investigating human rights complaints against mining companies

In 2018, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government announced it would create a new watchdog that would have powers to investigate the overseas activities of Canadian companies, including the ability to force them to respond to questions and turn over evidence.

But it later scaled back those plans following an “onslaught of mining industry lobbying that got them to change their minds,” said Emily Dwyer, the coordinator of the Canadian Network on Corporate Accountability (the CNCA), which represents a group of non-governmental organizations (NGOs), churches, trade unions and other civil society organizations.

“It has been gutted,” Dwyer said.

by Sarcasticat•February 27, 2021February 26, 2021•0•Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Small businesses took on $135 billion in new debt since pandemic began

Small businesses in Canada had to take on extreme levels of debt in order to sustain themselves since the beginning of the pandemic.

by Sarcasticat•February 27, 2021February 26, 2021•0•"China eats weird animals disease", Canada, Economy

Ford government warns of potential counterfeit N95 masks in provincial stockpile

“The Ministry of Health is urgently reviewing all inventory in its warehouses to identify any affected product. We have also alerted our federal partners at Health Canada of the situation by 3M and have been working with them to address the issue,” a spokesperson for the Ministry of Health said in a statement.

by Sarcasticat•February 27, 2021February 26, 2021•0•"China eats weird animals disease", Canada, Ontario

The CBC is Pushing Third Wave Fears to Justify Ongoing Restrictions

In a recent article from the CBC written by Adam Miller, it seems that Canada’s publicly funded media is slowly starting to push the idea that Canadians must stay in some form of a lockdown or the third wave of COVID-19, and new coronavirus variants will sweep through the country.

by Sarcasticat•February 26, 2021February 25, 2021•0•"China eats weird animals disease", Canada, CBC, police state

Trudeau’s hired security allegedly sexually assaulted woman, more assaults in COVID hotel

Startling reports of multiple sexual assault allegations within Justin Trudeau’s travel quarantine system surfaced on Wednesday. Two women reported sexual assaults, both in the prime minister’s COVID jail system and in mandatory home isolation. One assault was allegedly at the hands of a hired security officer doing isolation-at-home checkups, and another was within a COVID hotel.

by Sarcasticat•February 26, 2021February 25, 2021•0•"China eats weird animals disease", Canada, sex crime

Queen’s statue beheaded

Police were called to Beacon Hill Park just after noon Wednesday after receiving a report that the statue had been vandalized.

by Sarcasticat•February 26, 2021February 25, 2021•0•BC, Canada, Royals, Vandalism

Feds never on track to fix First Nations drinking water says auditor general

“Although Indigenous Services Canada made progress in eliminating long-term drinking water advisories, the department was not on track to meet its 2015 commitment,” Karen Hogan wrote.

by Sarcasticat•February 26, 2021February 25, 2021•0•Aboriginal Issues, Canada, Canada's incompetent Liberal Government, Indigenous

Canadian military facing ‘crisis’ amid probes into top leaders: experts

The Canadian military is facing down what experts call an institutional “crisis” amid twin military police probes into both the current and former chiefs of defence staff.

In what appears to be an unprecedented situation, the Canadian Forces National Investigation Service (CFNIS) is investigating both Chief of Defence Staff Adm. Art McDonald, who stepped aside late Wednesday night, and former chief of defence staff Gen. Jonathan Vance, who is facing allegations of inappropriate behaviour with two female subordinates.

Justin should order them all to pick their preferred pronouns!

by Blazingcatfur•February 25, 2021February 25, 2021•0•Canada

Canada’s cyber spies at the CSE vote to strike

Hundreds of workers at Canada’s foreign signals intelligence agency have voted to strike — a move that comes as the threat of state-sponsored cyber attacks related to the pandemic appears to be rising.

The Public Service Alliance of Canada represents 2,400 employees working in cryptography, applied mathematics, advanced language analysis and cybersecurity at the Communications Security Establishment (CSE). PSAC announced the results of the vote Wednesday.

by Blazingcatfur•February 25, 2021February 25, 2021•0•Canada, Canada's Public Service Union Predator Class, WTF?

Irrational lawmaking

The government has failed to make the case that banning legal handguns is a solution to tackling violent crime.

by Sarcasticat•February 25, 2021February 24, 2021•0•Canada, Gun Control

US Congresswoman cites Canada as an example of dangerous gender ideology

US Republican Congresswoman Lauren Boebert cited Canada as an example of the dangers gender ideology poses when written into law.

Boebert’s comments come as the House of Representatives debates the Equality Act which was proposed by the Democrats as a part of a campaign promise by newly elected US President Joe Biden.

by Sarcasticat•February 25, 2021February 25, 2021•0•Canada, Gender, police state

FERNANDO: A Cowardly Approach, Rejected

It has become popular among some people to claim that there is no such thing as ‘Canadian values,’ or that the only thing we have in common as Canadians is having nothing in common.

It’s an idea that has been pushed by Justin Trudeau, with his claim of wanting to make Canada the world’s first ‘post-national state.’

The idea of a country having values is seen by some as a relic of the past, as something to be rejected, mocked, and dismissed.

by Sarcasticat•February 25, 2021February 24, 2021•0•Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Canada's incompetent Liberal Government, Justin Trudeau - Pissant, Justin Trudeau Mocked On World Stage

Neither CRTC Nor CBC Following The Law By Allowing Dismantling Radio Canada International

If neither the government nor the CRTC is willing to enforce the laws that govern the CBC, it will continue to self-define as a publicly funded commercial broadcaster with increasing disinterest in adherence to its public-service mandate.

by Sarcasticat•February 25, 2021February 24, 2021•0•Canada, Canada's Government Owned News Media, CBC

Bill Bewick: Robbing the West to pay for the rest — exposing the unfairness of equalization

The provinces are more equal than ever before, but the equalization disparity keeps increasing in Alberta, B.C. and Ontario

Equalization is a controversial topic whenever it bubbles to the surface, and with the Alberta government promising a referendum in October on launching a constitutional challenge to equalization, the topic is already simmering.

Fairness Alberta was created in 2019 (before the Fair Deal Panel was struck), in part to ensure informed attention was given to this flawed program, but also to make Canadians aware that the wealth that’s transferred out of more productive provinces like Alberta and Ontario goes far beyond the equalization program.

by Blazingcatfur•February 24, 2021February 24, 2021•0•Canada