PINDER: Danielle Smith’s Alberta referendum is a strategic masterstroke and Ottawa should be worried

The focus in Alberta, less so in the country, has been on the forthcoming referendum regarding independence. But Premier Smith recently called for a different referendum, one that follows the Alberta Next Review Panel. Led by Smith, it toured the province, eliciting views about the role of the province and how to strengthen autonomy within the federation.

Eleven panellists were plucked from the UCP, business, academia, the judiciary (retired), and others from the community with experience regarding a range of social issues.

At many levels, this is brilliant.

(Incognito)

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

President Trump’s State Of The Union Address 2026

President Trump’s State Of The Union Address 2026

Starts at 9PM

Trump hit by sinister sabotage plot ahead of highly-anticipated State of the Union address

Donald Trump’s highly-anticipated State of the Union address is facing a sinister sabotage plot from top Democrats.

Dozens of lawmakers are set to boycott the speech at the Capitol with counter events, including parading Jeffrey Epstein victims on the National Mall.

David Kusnet: What Canadians should watch for in the state of the union

Since Donald Trump first ran for president in 2016, Americans have been told to “take him seriously, but not literally” — to focus less on his policy pronouncements and more on the feelings behind them. Canadians should do the same when they watch his state of the union address, as they assess what the speech could mean for the already tense U.S.-Canada relationship.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inPresident Trump

Identitarian Activists Cover Freiburg’s Ramadan Lights with “Blessed Lent” Banner

The city of Freiburg’s recent decision to prioritize Islamic visibility has ignited a sharp debate over cultural identity and the use of public funds. In a direct response to the city’s inaugural Ramadan lighting installation at Seepark, members of the Identitarian Movement (Identitäre Bewegung) covered the displays with a banner proclaiming “Blessed Lent,” pointingly reclaiming the space for the traditional Christian season.

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

I know things about you’: Just weeks before an attempted hit on Ontario jail official, an inmate allegedly threatened his life

“I know you. I know things about you.”

The warning, directed at a jail manager, came from an inmate as he was being shuffled toward a body scanner used to find contraband inside Toronto South Detention Centre. The inmate knew what kind of vehicle the manager drove. He said he knew what neighbourhood the manager lived in.

The inmate had shared this information “and more” to others on the range, according to an internal jail report obtained by the Star.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Toronto - Canada's version of a Democrat run city"

The German army’s drones disaster

German politicians like to talk about Zeitenwende – the country’s great turning point in its defence policy since the invasion of Ukraine. And it has certainly turned: towards spending billions of taxpayer euros on drones that cannot fly in frontline situations, seemingly cannot hit their targets, and whose largest investors sit not in Berlin or Brussels, but in Silicon Valley boardrooms with direct lines to the White House and CIA. If this is European defence sovereignty, one could wonder what this dependency actually looks like. And if Europe really is serious about this change.

Seems there’s a lesson for Carney in this. But I’m sure his China pivot will smooth things out.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada's Corrupt Liberal Government, Germany, WTF?

Immigration Department helping Canadian military recruit foreign mercenaries who will have no qualms shooting old stock Canadians

HALIFAX — The head of Canadian Armed Forces says a policy aimed at attracting highly skilled foreign military members is getting a boost from the federal Immigration Department as the military scrambles to fill jobs amid a protracted personnel shortage.

Gen. Jenni Carignan, chief of defence staff, said Monday the military already has a program in place to attract military members with specialized skills, including pilots who already know how to fly F-35 fighter jets, which Canada is in the process of buying from the United States.

Carignan gave the example of a fighter pilot from the Netherlands who wants to move to Canada, saying the federal Immigration Department would now offer some help

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Affirmative Action", "CAF - Canadian Armed Forces", WTF?

‘It’s just insane.’ New Trump tariff confusion sparks border mayhem for Canadian businesses

It’s another day of chaos thanks to Donald Trump’s trade war.

Confusion and frustration reigned for Canadian businesses Tuesday as the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol started charging a new global tariff on imports Tuesday at 10 per cent, rather than the

15 per cent threatened by the U.S. president on Saturday.

That bump to 15 per cent, in turn, came just a day after an angry Trump lashed out at a U.S. Supreme Court ruling against some of his other tariffs, and vowed a new global tariff — at 10 per cent.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Canada - USA Tariff Wars"

This Group Thinks the Answer to Anti-Semitism Is More DEI

During the Super Bowl, New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft took heat on two fronts: one, for owning the team that lost, and two, for airing an ad that quietly infuriated a large portion of the Jewish community. The commercial depicted a scrawny Jewish teen being bullied at school and finding a “Dirty Jew” sticker on his knapsack, before a tall, black classmate steps in to save him.

The backlash from Jews was sharp and immediate. We don’t need to be cast as victims waiting for a savior, many critics offered. We need to project strength.

He speaks too kindly of the ADL. There has been no change in their efforts.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"DEI - Diversity Equity Inclusion"

Good news: Canada will slash millions in spending on immigrants

The federal government is going to slash its immigrant settlement funding by $98.1 million this year, including a 17.3 per cent reduction for organizations that support newcomers in Ontario, the Star has learned.

The across-the-board funding reductions outside Quebec are expected to affect all services, including employment counselling, information and orientation, translation help for appointments and other supports to assist newcomer integration. Newcomer women and caregivers, survivors of trauma, people with disabilities and others who are likely to delay language and other programs are feared to be disproportionately affected, though refugee services won’t be affected by the cuts.

We should be demanding a higher standard of resourcefulness from those accepted into Canada or better yet close the border. 

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Societally Destructive Immigration Policy", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

China’s Biological Weapons Labs in America

China has been maintaining at least two facilities — one in California and the other in Nevada — that are part of a biological weapons program.

A Declaration of Arrest Report, issued by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department in connection with the detention of Ori Solomon on January 31, states that there is a “deeper conspiracy” between an illegal biological lab in Reedley, California and a residence containing apparently dangerous substances in Nevada.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"China - Communist Slave State", USA

Pre-construction condo buyers face steep losses as Toronto prices slide

Homebuyers who gambled that buying a home before it was built could get them an early foothold in an expensive market are discovering what happens when values drop.

A growing number of Canadians — especially in condominium markets such as Toronto’s — are learning the hard way that when property values fall, developers and lenders aren’t willing to absorb the loss without a fight.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Toronto - Canada's version of a Democrat run city", "Train Wreck"

The End of Artificial Employment

The real scandal of our time is not that artificial intelligence is replacing human labor. The scandal is that so much of that labor was misallocated to begin with. AI is not the killer—it is the coroner.

For decades, vast portions of the workforce have been diverted away from productive enterprise into roles sustained not by consumer demand, but by the state: artificial credit, regulatory protection, state contracts, and legal coercion. Entire departments and job functions endured not because they created value, but because they were politically entrenched and institutionally shielded from market forces.

Hmmm … More than 1 in 5 Canadians now works for government—and the share is rising

h/t handy n handsome

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

Poilievre Labels $750K Fine for Former BC Trustee’s Gender Ideology Comments ‘Insane’

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling a recent ruling by a B.C. tribunal “insane and Orwellian” after a former school board trustee was ordered to pay $750,000 for speaking out against sexual orientation and gender identity curriculum.

The B.C. Human Rights Tribunal ordered former Chilliwack school trustee Barry Neufeld to pay $750,000 to the Chilliwack Teachers’ Association after ruling last week that he had violated the Human Rights Code by publishing content that it deemed “discriminatory” and exposed LGBT people “to hatred or contempt.”

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Cancel Culture", Big Tranny