Government overkill is why illegal cannabis still accounts for 30% of the market

Legalizing cannabis was supposed to spark a revolution — a bold new era of progress, opportunity and transformation. Instead, it began a complicated journey marked by significant achievements but also frustrating setbacks. Canada’s legalization has shifted both the culture and the industry, paving the way for innovative products, strict quality standards and a burgeoning community of consumers. But several remaining hurdles make it hard for the legal industry to realize its full potential and, as legalization was supposed to do, eliminate the illegal cannabis industry.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inMarijuana

Paris prosecutor seeks jail and public office ban for Marine Le Pen

A Paris prosecutor has requested a five-year prison sentence and a five-year ban from public office for the far-right leader Marine Le Pen, at a trial in which she and 24 others are accused of embezzling EU funds.

The trial, which comes almost a decade after initial investigations started, threatens to undermine her National Rally (RN) party’s efforts to polish its image before the 2027 presidential election, which many believe she could win.

On Wednesday, the Paris prosecutor requested a €300,000 (£249,439) fine, five years in prison and an ineligibility sentence against Le Pen, with provisional execution – meaning the ban on running for public office would take immediate effect.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inMarine Le Pen

Proposed class-action alleges abuse, cultural devastation at Indigenous group homes in Canada

A proposed class-action lawsuit against the Canadian government says Indigenous children removed from their communities and placed in group homes beginning in the 1950s suffered physical, sexual and psychological abuse that “was commonplace, condoned and, arguably, encouraged.”

The Federal Court lawsuit filed this month in Vancouver says children across the country were forcibly removed from their homes and taken “to live with strangers — sometimes hundreds of kilometres from their families and Indigenous communities.”

Lawyer Doug Lennox said the lawsuit seeks compensation for those harmed by the country’s historic policy of assimilation.

The Never Ending Grievance.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inAboriginal Issues

What kind of functional country lets alleged criminals, by the hundreds, walk free? Canada, apparently

In April, a Toronto man accused of sexually abusing his niece walked free. According to the Crown, the man allegedly started abusing her from the time she was four or five until she was 16, and he took pornographic photos of her that he used to extort her into performing sexual acts. The case was deemed a “priority” owing to the seriousness of the charges, but it was nevertheless subject to a series of delays which, in the end, meant that it would have been 31 months between the time that charges were first brought and the scheduled conclusion of the trial had it gone on.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Justice", "Law and Order"

But It’s OK to hold Whites collectively responsible for Slavery or anything else you’d care to name

This is Deb Lyons Canada’s Antisemitism Tsarina educating the public that “collective guilt” is wrong. I agree it is but why then is it fine to collectively blame Canadians especially White Canadians for Slavery and pretty much any other “social justice” grievance?

I posted this because I am getting more and more frustrated with people who assume thy can get away with supporting “Social Justice” and it’s racist off-shoot DEI so long as it’s only Whites who are its target.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Peak Woke"

To survive Donald Trump, Canada must do these four things. Justin Trudeau is going to hate them all

In January 2017, the day after Donald Trump signed what he called a “Muslim ban,” limiting travel from some Middle Eastern countries to the United States, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sent a signal, without mentioning Trump, that Canada was different.

“To those fleeing persecution, terror & war, Canadians will welcome you, regardless of your faith,” he tweeted. “Diversity is our strength #WelcomeToCanada”

I think Trump will simply ignore Junior.

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

Most serious case of TDS you’ll see all day … “The boys in our liberal school are different now that Trump has won”

… But now all that seemed as if it was just the beginning of a new wave of male conservatism that was infiltrating our school. Obsession with achieving a more muscular body through excessive exercise and intense dieting fueled by ridiculous social media campaigns fell far outside the realm of healthy self-care. And the desire to socialize only with other boys stood in stark contrast to the co-ed activities we were accustomed to since childhood.

From the Guardian of course.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inTrump Derangement Syndrome

RCMP videos show how extremist ideology fuelled armed Coutts protesters

Sitting in an interview room in a southern Alberta RCMP detachment, Tony Olienick looked calm.

He stretched his legs as he casually told a police investigator what he thought should happen to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

“He needs to be tried for treason,” Olienick said between bites of dinner.

“If he’s proven guilty, like we know he is, hang him – and get back to how it should be.”

I bet the majority of Canadians have fantasized in similar fashion about Trudeau or other political opponents and let’s face it Justin is an extremist, a very harmful one.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"extremists", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

I Tell My Sons to Be Kind, But Is It Enough in Trump’s America?

When my two young sons woke up the day after Trump decisively won re-election, my wife and I delivered the news: The candidate we voted for the day before— Kamala Harris—had lost.

My older son, 6, immediately asked us: “What was the final score?”—he had recently experienced the Yankees’ defeat by the Dodgers, so he was no stranger to a hard loss.

h/t XC

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inTrump Derangement Syndrome

Canada’s dirty money is funding instability in the Middle East

Hamas’ and Hezbollah’s financial tentacles span the globe and reach deep into Canada.

“War is a matter not so much of arms as of money,” according to ancient Greek historian Thucydides. Indeed, the gruelling year-long, multifront counteroffensive is costing Israel’s economy $260-million – a day.

The other side deals with a similar problem, which is compounded by the fact that Hamas has impoverished Gaza. Yet, until recently, Hamas seemingly had no shortage of cash.

h/t Patti Jo

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

Carer jailed for live-streaming Staffordshire riot on TikTok as she walked home

A care worker who joined a group of masked men and livestreamed them making racist comments on TikTok during a Staffordshire riot has been jailed for nine months.

Cameron Bell, 23, was caught on CCTV wearing her work uniform as around 20 people, many armed with planks of wood and what appeared to be lengths of metal, walked through Tamworth town centre on the night of August 4 – the day after a riot erupted in Hanley.

h/t XC

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Societally Destructive Immigration Policy"