PINDER: Trudeau the weak link in dealing with Trump tariff threat

Howard Lutnick is Trump’s appointment as the next Secretary of Commerce, a cabinet role to manage economic growth and trade relationships. In a recent interview on NBC’s Squawk Box, he frankly stated “the tariffs are a bargaining chip that should not be put in place across the board.” He also revealed one of Trump’s tactics by stating that “when you’re running for office, you make broad statements so that people understand you”.

As well, recently named Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent was quoted in a Financial Times interview that “my general view is that at the end of the day he [Trump] is a free trader”.

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

KOOP: Singh could lose NDP leadership with risky gambit

The world seems like a more dangerous and uncertain place for Canada. Incoming President Donald Trump’s threat of slapping a 25% tariff on Canadian goods has jangled nerves from sea to sea.

Are Justin Trudeau and his government up to meeting the challenges appearing on the horizon? Increasingly, the prime minister seems to be clinging to power, which is not a position of power.

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

Yes, Mexico Knows Exactly What It Is Doing

Mexico understands that an open border, the destruction of U.S. immigration law, illegal immigration, and emigration of millions of its own citizens to America are entirely in its own interests.

President-elect Donald Trump recently had a “talk” with newly elected Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum about the millions who have crossed through Mexico to enter the U.S. illegally.

Afterwards, Trump reported that their conversation went well, and supposedly both had agreed to secure the U.S. border.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCamp Of The Saints, Mexico, USA

Something’s Burning in Trudeau’s Canada

The 70th annual session of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, held Nov. 22-25 in Montreal, hit a snag on its first evening when violent activists tried to disrupt the event.

Metropolitan police were unprepared for the organized assault. So was Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who seems to have had no inkling of the possible security risks that a NATO summit in his country might present. No, the Canadian leader wasn’t out to lunch. He was at a Taylor Swift concert in Toronto.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Islamophobia", "Oct 7 2023", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Terror Suspect Caught at the Northern Border Indicative of a Bigger Problem

We often focus so much on the border between the United States and Mexico that it overshadows the one we share with our Canadian neighbors. The recent arrest of a suspected terrorist is a sobering reminder that it can be just as big of a national security threat. According to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), 41-year-old Mohammed Hasan Abdellatif Albana was captured in Lynden, Washington. He was identified as a “known or suspected terrorist,” according to Fox News. While it’s not clear when he was apprehended, ICE deported him back to Jordan on November 15. 

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCamp Of The Saints, Canada, USA

What to Expect From Trump Administration’s Mass Deportation Plans

EAGLE PASS, Texas—Incoming border czar Tom Homan has made it clear that states such as Texas are about to have an ally in the White House when it comes to securing the U.S. southern border.

Homan and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott promised a new era of cooperation between the federal government and states eager to secure the border as President-elect Donald Trump’s deportation plan takes shape. The two served early Thanksgiving meals to Texas Department of Public Safety law enforcement and Texas National Guard members last week.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCamp Of The Saints, President Trump, USA

What Is Freedom for the Mentally Ill?

Self-appointed advocates too often prevent the most gravely disabled from accessing care.

I’d like to put a name to why we so badly need to reform our legal approach to treating the severely mentally ill. That name is Rebecca Smith, an elderly homeless woman who lived in lower Manhattan in the 1970s and 1980s. Friendly and talkative, she developed relationships with people passing by on their way to work and was well-known in the area. Those in the neighborhood sometimes gave her food or money. She received formal public benefits from New York City for a while but, like many homeless people, struggled to clear the bureaucratic hurdles necessary to maintain that status. Smith’s daughter, having lived with her mother’s schizophrenia since childhood, worked for more than a decade to get her off the streets, to no avail. Smith spent much of her time in a cardboard box.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Bad Law"

Crime rates in Canada and the U.S. are not what you might think

The numbers often aren’t strictly comparable, given differences in definitions, but rates of growth are, and they aren’t favourable

Here in Canada, with our mantra of “peace, order and good government,” we view our country as a peaceable kingdom marked by less crime than our American cousins, with their “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” Much of our self-assurance on this point is because, as noted in a new study of mine published by the Fraser Institute, homicides rates have always been higher in the United States than in Canada.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, Crime, USA

The Gentle Art of Negotiating with Terrorists

The first rule of negotiating with Islamic terrorists is don’t. The second rule is if you do it, do it with heavy artillery.

Islamic terrorists don’t negotiate. They make demands in hopes of securing concessions without actually giving up anything. Only the most dedicated historian could find an example of a negotiation process during which the Islamic terrorists made an actual concession, followed through on it, and did not later take it back or turn right around and go back to terrorism.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Oct 7 2023"

Trudeau’s lunatic electricity regulations would burden Ontario residents with $35B in costs

Ontario says federal clean electricity regulations would add $35B in costs

TORONTO – Ontario is urging the federal government to amend proposed electricity regulations after an analysis by the province’s system operator concluded the rules would mean $35 billion in additional costs by 2050.

A new analysis by the Independent Electricity System Operator looking at upcoming regulations around restrictions on emissions from electricity generation found that Ontario would have to add twice as much new generation as it is already planning, which is “not feasible” in that time frame.

But if the province were to somehow do so, building enough new electricity generation to make up for restrictions on natural gas would add $35 billion in costs by 2050, increasing residential bills by $132 to $168 per year starting in 2033, the IESO said.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Net-Zero Tyranny", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Dem Rep On MSNBC On ‘Villains’ Like Musk: ‘You Got to Punch Him In The Mouth’

Wait! We thought that, according to Dems and the MSM, it’s Donald Trump, with his rhetoric, who is inciting violence. Okay, yeah, he’s been the target of two assassination attempts. But mean tweets!

Sunday’s episode of MSNBC’s The Weekend invited on Dem Rep. Chris Deluzio of Pennsylvania, whose Pittsburgh district isn’t far from Butler County, the site of one of those assassination attempts. Deluzio was there to attack Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy for their DOGE undertaking, particularly their proposal to abolish Elizabeth Warren’s creation, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inWTF?

U.S. Postal Service suspends accepting mail bound for Canada due to strike

TORONTO – The U.S. Postal Service has temporarily suspended accepting mail headed to Canada due to the strike by Canada Post workers.

It is asking customers to refrain from mailing items addressed to Canada, until further notice.

I realize small business hurts when CP goes on strike but I am also old enough to remember when a postal strike was a Big Deal in Canada.

Today? Not water cooler talk.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada