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Canadian officials have met with Taliban more than a dozen times to discuss women’s rights: documents

Ottawa has been pressing the Taliban for months on women’s rights, fighting terrorism

Canadian government officials have met with representatives of the Taliban on at least 13 occasions in Qatar since it swept to power in Afghanistan in August 2021, documents obtained by CBC News reveal.

The documents, obtained through access to information law, show David Sproule, Canada’s senior official for Afghanistan, has been — along with various Global Affairs Canada (GAC) officials and representatives of allied countries — pressing the Taliban for commitments on extending the right to an education to women, fighting terrorism and granting safe passage to Afghans who want to leave the country.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inAfghanistan, Canada, WTF?

U.K. company denies cutting Canadian forests to fuel ‘sustainable’ power plant

Wood from primary forests in British Columbia has been used to fuel the U.K.’s largest power plant, according to a BBC investigation. The company that runs it, which denies the allegations, has received over $9 billion in green energy subsidies from the British government.

Those allegations are troubling for Mike Morris, the provincial representative for Prince George-Mackenzie in central B.C., near where the company operates.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inGreen-Scam, WTF?

Oxford University students fear freshers’ fair stalls may be too triggering for some

Student union to place warnings on stalls which students could find distressing, as well as setting up a wellbeing zone

Oxford University’s student union has said it will place “trigger warnings” on freshers’ fair stalls which students could find distressing.

The union said it will also install a wellbeing zone for anyone who feels “uncomfortable” at the event this week.

More than 400 clubs and societies related to areas including music, sports, literature, politics, faith and cultural groups, at the university are eligible to have a stall at the freshers’ fair on Thursday and Friday.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inWTF?

Canadian naval officer relieved of her duties after allegations of inappropriate conduct on NATO mission

A Canadian naval officer has been relieved of her duties aboard a coastal defence vessel deployed on a NATO operation in Europe over allegations of inappropriate sexual conduct.

The Department of National Defence says Vice-Admiral Bob Auchterlonie, the commander of Canadian Joint Operations Command, relieved the executive officer of HMCS Kingston of her role “as a result of an alleged incident of inappropriate conduct of a sexualized nature” during a port visit in Lisbon, Portugal.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, WTF?

Barbie Doll creator’s daughter fights for dad’s legacy after Mattel cuts all mention of him to protect the brand’s wholesome image from his life of drugs, orgies and suicide

The daughter of the man who claimed he invented Barbie is speaking out for the first time about how her father’s role in creating the world’s most famous doll has been excised by toy giant Mattel.

After years of being dissed by the company Ann Ryan said it is time to set the record straight about Barbie’s birth in an exclusive interview with DailyMail.com

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inWTF?

‘Straight people’ to blame for LGBT film Bros’s dismal box-office debut says so called “Star”

Actor and screenwriter Billy Eichner is upset after Bros underperformed in its opening box-office weekend, saying, “Straight people, especially in certain parts of the country, just didn’t show up.”

In its debut weekend, Bros came in at No. 4, grossing $4.8 million despite opening on 3,350 screens — three spots behind Paramount’s Smile, which also debuted and grossed $22 million.

Same crap was thrown when Brokeback molehill was released. They keep telling us that Gays etc are 10% of the population. If that were true and even half attended then Brokeback 2.0 would be a huge success.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inBig Gay, Hollywood, WTF?

Hockey Canada used player fees to build a second fund for sexual assault claims

Several years after Hockey Canada began using player registration fees to build a large financial reserve known as the National Equity Fund to cover sexual assault claims and other lawsuits, it channelled a significant portion of that money into a second multimillion-dollar fund for similar purposes.

Known as the Participants Legacy Trust Fund, the reserve was created by the organization and its members with more than $7.1-million from the National Equity Fund. The money was earmarked “for matters including but not limited to sexual abuse,” according to Hockey Canada documents obtained by The Globe and Mail.

They needed a 2nd fund???

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, WTF?

Nolte: Woke ‘Bros‘ Delivers Another Weekend Box Office Bust

For those wondering how the box office could get any worse than September, which was the worst September in 25 years, I have an answer for you: how about the first weekend of October?

The woketards at TheWrap assured us Bros, an R-rated, homosexual romantic comedy released in 3,350 theaters, would — and I quote — “Kick Off Box Office Revival.”

Why would anyone think that?

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inHollywood, WTF?