Canada’s Corrupt Liberal Government – Page 134

Canadian companies gear up for a big boost in defence spending

A sight not seen since the Oklahoma Land Rush

On a Tuesday morning in late June, a crowd of investors, government officials, entrepreneurs and bankers huddle in a small conference room on the 53rd floor of the TD Bank Tower in downtown Toronto to mull over the possibility of imminent conflict.

Kevin Reed, president of the European Defence, Security, and Resilience Bank, asks the attentive crowd before him how many of them think Canada will be at war in five years. Nearly half of them raise their hands. Next, he asks how many think Canada will be at war in two years. A few put down their hands, but many remain. Then, he asks, “How many think we’re at war now?” Some hands are still raised.

by Blazingcatfur•July 18, 2025July 18, 2025•0•"CAF - Canadian Armed Forces", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Eric Lombardi: Our politicians want you to forget about Canada’s biggest socioeconomic challenge. Yes, it’s still housing

Canada’s politicians are quietly relieved the headlines have moved on from housing. It was never an easy problem to solve—doing so would mean confronting municipal obstruction, reforming provincial systems, and holding governments, including their own, to account. Today, with public concerns shifting towards international trade wars and big-ticket national energy projects, housing—the issue that dominated the national conversation just months ago—is being carefully, silently deprioritized. Our leaders are thrilled.

by Blazingcatfur•July 18, 2025July 18, 2025•0•"Homelessness & Affordability Crisis", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Indian refugee claimant’s story ‘strikingly similar’ to nearly 200 others who used same consultant

A young Indian man, denied refugee status in Canada because his story of being framed for his friend’s murder was “strikingly similar” to five people who travelled here with him and nearly 200 others who employed the same immigration consultant, has won another chance at staying in Canada.

The Liberal government is our Joe Biden. h/t DS

by Blazingcatfur•July 18, 2025July 18, 2025•0•"Societally Destructive Immigration Policy", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Contractors stiffed for millions in completed work by NextStar EV battery plant that Ontario & Federal governments propped up with $15B in tax breaks

Multiple Canadian contractors that have helped build a sprawling, taxpayer-supported electric vehicle (EV) battery plant in southwestern Ontario allege they haven’t been paid for millions of dollars worth of work, court records show.

Lawsuits between companies on complex projects like the NextStar Energy plant in Windsor aren’t abnormal, according to a veteran construction lawyer.

… But Sylvan Canada, one of the firms that has now resorted to legal action, says its experience on the $5-billion project was far from business as usual.

by Blazingcatfur•July 18, 2025July 18, 2025•0•"EV's - Electric Vehicles", "Net-Zero Tyranny", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Ottawa’s Cost-Cutting Drive: What Could Be on the Chopping Block?

Ottawa is embarking on a cost-cutting exercise amid ramped-up defence spending and mounting debt, and the talk of town is which sectors could potentially be trimmed down.

The Liberals won the election on a pledge to rebuild the armed forces while at the same time not cutting social programs, and they are now trying to find efficiencies along those lines.

Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne recently sent letters to cabinet members requesting they put forth “ambitious savings proposals” that would lead to operational spending falling by 7.5 percent for the 2026–27 fiscal year. That would be followed by 10 percent cuts in the following year and 15 percent in 2028–29.

by Blazingcatfur•July 18, 2025July 17, 2025•0•Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Canada’s immigration system, once admired for its fairness and balance, has drifted into crisis

Seventeen thousand. That’s the approximate number of individuals with criminal convictions who were admitted to Canada over the past decade.The government has not disclosed how many of those convictions were for serious offences that could have otherwise barred entry.

This number, recently revealed by the CTV news and the lack of transparency, raises concerns of the integrity of our immigration system.

by Blazingcatfur•July 17, 2025July 17, 2025•0•"Societally Destructive Immigration Policy", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Liberal Party Sends Out Call For More Non-contributing Elderly Foreign Invaders To Strain Our Already Overstretched Resources To The Breaking Point!

Thousands of Canadians to start receiving invitations to apply to sponsor parents and grandparents

Thousands of Canadians will soon receive invitations to apply to sponsor their parents and grandparents as permanent residents.

The 2025 intake will open for a few weeks starting July 28 for 17,860 potential sponsors who submitted an interest-to-sponsor form in 2020, according to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) in a notice published online Wednesday.

IRCC said its goal is to accept up to 10,000 complete applications under the federal Parents and Grandparents Program.

H/T Auntie Polly

by Blazingcatfur•July 17, 2025July 17, 2025•0•"Societally Destructive Immigration Policy", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, WTF?

Carney Bets Bigly On Trump’s Administration: Blind Trust comprised of 91.6 per cent of U.S.-based companies.

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s investment portfolio includes three Canadian firms out of 567 entities, according to an analysis conducted by the Investigative Journalism Foundation.

Carney’s assets were released July 11th to comply with the Conflict of Interest Act, which requires public disclosure within 120 days of his appointment as prime minister in March.

Among the 567 funds held in an investment account managed by a third party, over which Carney had no control or influence, about 91.6 per cent are U.S.-based companies.

by Blazingcatfur•July 17, 2025July 17, 2025•0•Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, USA

Suggest your own spending cuts, Carney government tells CBC, Via Rail and other Crown corporations

OTTAWA — Federally funded institutions and Crown corporations like the CBC and Via Rail are expected to propose their own cuts under the Liberal government’s sweeping efforts to find $25 billion in annual savings from the federal budget in the next three years, the Star has confirmed.

That means very little appears to be off the table under Prime Minister Mark Carney’s plan, and it’s not just the civil service facing potential service cuts and job losses as a result of the spending review.

Gee Prime Minister we looked and we looked but no luck!

by Blazingcatfur•July 17, 2025July 17, 2025•0•Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, CBC

Canada’s income gap reaches record high, Statistics Canada finds

Statistics Canada says the income gap between the country’s highest and lowest income households reached a record high in the first quarter of 2025.

The agency says the difference in the share of disposable income between households in the top 40 per cent of the income distribution and the bottom 40 per cent grew to 49 percentage points in the first three months of the year.

Statistics Canada says the measure has increased each year following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

This is why it was so important to import unskilled labour from incompatible cultures by the millions.

‘Youth-cession’ sees young Canadians struggling most, poll data shows

by Blazingcatfur•July 17, 2025July 16, 2025•0•Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Michael A. Sachs: Why I’m moving my family to the United States

After 30 years as a proud Canadian citizen, a die-hard Canucks fan and someone who has deeply loved this country, I’ve made the hardest decision of my life: I have moved my family of four to the United States.

I want to be clear that this decision wasn’t made lightly and I never imagined leaving our community, our family and our friends. And yet, here we are. The decision comes after years of watching the country I love erode into something unrecognizable.

by Blazingcatfur•July 17, 2025July 16, 2025•0•Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, USA

John Robson: Carney’s conflict-of-interest falsehoods part of a long history of mistruths

He lied. Right in our faces. A brazen, self-serving, manipulative, obvious lie that was bound to get found out. Have we lost the capacity to care?

No, I’m not talking about U.S. President Donald Trump. I’m speaking of Prime Minister Mark Carney. When accused during the election campaign of a conflict of interest over his extensive holdings, he declared indignantly: “I own nothing but cash and personal real estate.” But he lied.

by Blazingcatfur•July 16, 2025July 16, 2025•0•Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

GUNTER: Blame Liberals’ lax bail system for daylight fatal stabbing at Edmonton LRT station

Seven years in prison. That’s all. With time served while awaiting trial and sentencing, Jamal Wheeler will likely be out in just four-and-a-half.

by Blazingcatfur•July 16, 2025July 16, 2025•0•Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Canada’s PM wants to fast-track ‘nation building’ – but can he convince indigenous First Nations?

Jeronimo Kataquapit, a member of Ontario’s Attawapiskat First Nation, is camped outside The Ring of Fire, a mineral-rich region located in remote northern Ontario. With just a canoe and a tent, the 20-year-old and his family have travelled more than 400 kilometres to protest a provincial law that designated the area a “special economic zone” for mining.

Now, Prime Minister Mark Carney’s “nation-building” law – his first major piece of legislation – is poised to put even more of a spotlight on the region. Dubbed the One Canadian Economy Act, the law was passed at a time when the country is involved in a costly trade war with the United States.

A billion or so oughta do it.

by Blazingcatfur•July 16, 2025July 16, 2025•0•Aboriginal Issues, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

John Ivison: Carney will have to cut the uncuttable — if he has the guts

Budgets in government tend to creep like mould, not ebb like the tide.

Take the example of Indigenous occupational skills training. The Department of Employment and Social Development spends hundreds of millions of dollars a year funding Indigenous third parties who deliver the training. In 2017, the department was hauled over the coals by the auditor general because it did not collect data on performance indicators to demonstrate whether it was getting Indigenous people into stable employment.

Prepare for the usual sleight of hand that places the “needs” of the usual grifters above taxpayers.

"The Carney government’s proposed federal spending cuts sound impressive – until you run the numbers. Even with a 15% cut, spending would still be 22% higher than pre-pandemic. The fiscal fire’s still raging. Time to stop pretending that tinkering will fix it." https://t.co/M5wFQgfzGc

— cbcwatcher (@cbcwatcher) July 16, 2025

h/t Mauser

by Blazingcatfur•July 16, 2025July 16, 2025•0•Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government