Here’s what the federal election results mean for Doug Ford and Ontario

If you’re a backer of either the Liberals or the Conservatives, you can read the Ontario results in the federal election in both optimistic and pessimistic ways.

For Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberals, the pessimistic view is that a poorer-than-expected showing in Ontario is precisely what kept him from forming a majority government.

The Liberals lost a string of ridings in the Greater Toronto Area that they had held for the past three straight elections, and Liberal incumbents also went down to defeat in places with notable working class populations such as Hamilton, Windsor and Sudbury.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Ontario's Corrupt Liberal Government, Ontario's Corrupt Political Class

The NATO Country With No Military Gets Serious About Defense

REYKJAVIK, Iceland—North America and Europe meet beneath this island, where continental plates diverge. Icelanders are trying to balance interests on both sides.

The country of fewer than 400,000 people is an anomaly. A founding member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, it has no standing military. Though rooted in Europe, it isn’t part of the European Union. Traditionally a fishing island, it has become a tech hub thanks to bountiful geothermal and hydroelectric power.

For decades, Icelanders lived austerely in peaceful remoteness. Their location in the icy waters between Greenland and Norway offered NATO a base during the Cold War from which to monitor Soviet naval traffic, but residents worried little about dangers from warships.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inNATO

In keeping with current standards the robots will be programmed to spit in your food for a small additional fee!

Driverless delivery vehicles set to hit Toronto streets this spring

Driverless delivery vehicles are set to hit Toronto streets this spring as part of a provincial pilot program.

In a report to the city’s infrastructure and environment committee, Barbara Gray, general manager of transportation services, said the program, run by Magna International Inc., will begin at some point in the second quarter of 2025.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"AI - Artificial Intelligence"

Terry Newman: On election night, CBC shamelessly cheered on Mark Carney

During election night coverage, some CBC pundits dropped much of the pretense of impartiality as soon as an “at least Liberal minority” was predicted shortly after 10 p.m. ET. At this point, the national broadcaster’s hosts and commentators could breathe a sigh of relief that they wouldn’t be delivering their own eulogy.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Canada's Government Owned News Media, CBC, CBC Scandals

GOLDSTEIN: Carney’s claim he wants to make Canada energy superpower is suspect

The problem with Prime Minister Mark Carney saying he wants to make Canada an “energy superpower” in both conventional and clean energy is that Canada is already a superpower in conventional energy.

We’re the world’s four largest producer of oil and fifth largest producer of natural gas.

The problem is that when it comes to exporting our oil and natural gas to anywhere but the U.S., we’re a 10-pound weakling.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Trump to Oust National Security Adviser Mike Waltz

President Trump is replacing national security adviser Mike Waltz roughly a month after he put a journalist on a group text chat in which advisers discussed a sensitive military operation, according to people familiar with the matter, making him the first top official to lose his job in Trump’s second term.

Waltz lost favor with the president and his senior advisers after The Atlantic revealed that he added a journalist to a chat on the nongovernment messaging app Signal, a crisis that dominated headlines and became one of the first major embarrassments for the administration. Trump declined to fire Waltz immediately, but privately expressed his frustration with Waltz.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inTrump World

Liberals pushed Trump as key election issue, but lost seats on front lines of the trade war

As Mark Carney closed out his victory speech on election night, he reminded Canadians — as he did through much of the campaign — of the challenges posed by the ongoing tensions with the U.S. administration.

“We will build an independent future for our great country,” he said to the crowd. “Vive le Canada.”

But after touting himself as the best candidate to handle U.S. President Donald Trump, Carney’s Liberals lost key seats on the front lines of the trade war — seats that, had they won, could have pushed the party into majority territory.

People know Carney is a carpetbagger.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, USA

Muslim Association of Britain director called October 7 a lie

The Muslim Association of Britain (MAB) has always denied being an extremist organisation, yet there can be little dispute as to the extremist views of its most “significant” director.

Anas Altikriti, who was president of the MAB from 2004 to 2005, has described the mass slaughter and rape of Israeli citizens on Oct 7 2023 as “a lie” and called the taking of hostages “a very important part” of any “act of resistance”.

The MAB has tried to distance itself from Mr Altikriti, saying he “does not speak for, nor represent the views of the MAB”.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Islamophobia", "Oct 7 2023", Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West

Why young voters flocked to Canada’s Conservatives

As Mark Carney settles into the role of Canada’s prime minister, he will not only have to take on US President Donald Trump, but also wider divisions within his own country.

Among those is a generational divide, with young voters who are concerned about housing unaffordability, crime and the cost of living coalescing around the Conservatives.

It’s a reversal from 2015, when youth voted in record numbers, helping sweep Carney’s predecessor Justin Trudeau to power.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inConservative Party

‘Not concerned’: Republicans dismiss Canada’s rejection of Trump

It was a wholesale rebuke of Donald Trump. But Republicans are shrugging off the Canadian election results — a race that favored conservatives until it became a referendum on the president — as a warning sign for their party.

The cementing of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberal Party into power on Monday served as an expression of Canadians’ deeply felt anger about the president’s tariffs and annexation taunts. It was evidence of an electorate turning against conservatives in a neighboring country — one Trump has suggested should be the 51st state — when Trump became involved. But on this side of the border, GOP strategists, pollsters and party leaders said they were unbothered by the outcome and dismissed any trouble that may lie ahead for Republicans in the midterms.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, USA

‘Trump for pope’ gains support from Republican senator

A Republican senator has backed Donald Trump to become the next pope.

Lindsey Graham, the South Carolina senator, urged the papal conclave to “keep an open mind” about Mr Trump when it gathers to select the next head of the Roman Catholic Church next month.

Mr Graham, a frequent golf partner of the US president, said in a tongue-in-cheek X post that he was “excited” about the idea but conceded Mr Trump would be a “dark horse candidate”.

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