J.D. Tuccille: Trump’s trade war merely weakened

U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war against American consumers (and Canada and the rest of the world) isn’t over, but it just suffered a major setback. In a 6-3 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the law on which the president relied to unilaterally impose high tariffs without seeking congressional approval awards him no such authority. With two of the three justices Trump appointed to the high court joining the decision, it’s a decisive blow against the Trump administration’s neo-mercantilist trade policies and also against the growth of executive power, which has been stretched beyond constitutional bounds by presidents from both major political parties.

What does the U.S. court ruling on Trump’s tariffs mean for Canada?

U.S. President Donald Trump vowed to use alternative ways to carry out his economic agenda on Friday after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down his use of global tariffs, and experts say Canada will likely continue to experience trade uncertainty with its southern neighbour.

Trump used the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to justify imposing sweeping tariffs on several countries, including Canada and Mexico. On Friday, the top U.S. court ruled 6-3 that this emergency powers act does not give the president the power to impose what Trump called “reciprocal” tariffs.

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LILLEY: Trump’s court loss on tariffs doesn’t mean much for Canada

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

Government considers removing Andrew from royal line of succession

The government is considering introducing legislation to remove Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor from the line of royal succession, the BBC understands.

The move, which would prevent Mountbatten-Windsor from ever becoming King, would come after the police investigation has concluded.

The King’s brother remains eighth in line to the throne despite being stripped of his titles, including “prince”, last October amid pressure over his ties to paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein.

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

8 Provinces Have No Requirement to Inform Patients of Expected and Recommended Surgery Wait Times: Report

Eight out of 10 provinces do not require health-care providers to inform patients about expected or maximum recommended wait times for surgery, a new report says, noting Canadians continue to face long wait times.

“Every year, thousands of patients die while waiting for treatment in Canada,” said the report, titled “All Provinces Need Greater Transparency Around Life-Saving Surgery,” published on Feb. 19 by think tank SecondStreet.org.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Healthcare Crisis", "Healthcare"

WTF?

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inWTF?

When will the US Navy strike Iran? Watch the aircraft carrier

There is a lot of media reporting right now on potential timelines for US strikes on Iran, including suggestions of action this weekend. The markets are already getting jittery: some commentators think that a weekend start is likely so as to let people calm down a bit before trading resumes on Monday.

The position of the USS Gerald R Ford, the most powerful aircraft carrier in the world, is of interest here. Her arrival in the Eastern Med is seen by many as an essential precursor to action. This is not correct, but it is an indicator. Having the Ford in position to strike Iran, and potentially to defend Israel, would significantly add to the firepower provided by the USS Abraham Lincoln in the Gulf of Oman and the many other US assets in the region.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inIran, USA

Stephen Maher: Rumours are swirling over Ottawa floor-crossers. They might be a sign of things to come

When Mark Carney announced Wednesday that Edmonton Conservative MP Matt Jeneroux would cross the floor to join his government, I thought of two recent rumours from the backrooms of Ottawa.

The first rumour spread in November, when Nova Scotia MP Chris d’Entremont let slip that he was thinking about crossing the floor to the Liberals. When Conservative Deputy Leader Andrew Scheer and Deputy Whip Chris Warkentin heard the news, they barged into his office to berate him, only to discover Jeneroux sitting there having a chat with the turncoat red Tory.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Canadian Politics"

Governor General travel spending jumps 21% despite prior scandal and committee scrutiny

Travel costs for Governor General Mary Simon climbed again last year, even after MPs publicly rebuked what they called “absurd” expenses and demanded tighter oversight of Rideau Hall’s spending.

Records obtained by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation show the Department of National Defence increased its travel spending on the governor general by 21% in 2024-25.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inWTF?

Cartel and Chinese Drones Demand Immediate FAA Action

Drones are increasingly violating American airspace. We know that tens of thousands of drone sightings on our southern border are connected with the Mexican drug and human trafficking cartels. But dozens of other drone sightings at sensitive military installations suggest hostile nation-state actors, most likely China.

As drone operations in Russia’s war on Ukraine show, the threat is no longer hypothetical — it is active and escalating. Unfortunately, a dangerous combination of bureaucratic inertia and misplaced priorities has left our borders and military installations vulnerable.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inUSA

The Road From Vancouver To The World’s Largest Fentanyl Superlab

A truck fire near Merritt. Seventeen tonnes of chemicals in a Maple Ridge mansion. The first Canadian document to name the Chinese syndicate supplying BC’s superlabs — and American streets.

VANCOUVER — In November 2023, a 26-foot rental truck caught fire on Highway 97C in British Columbia’s remote Nicola Valley, roughly midway between Merritt and West Kelowna. The truck was carrying a large cargo of hazardous chemicals — ethanol, formamide, lead acetate, mercuric acetate — which ignited, sending towers of black smoke over a stretch of open grassland and folded blue hills, on a road that runs northeast to Falkland.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Canada - China's 24th Province", "Canada's China Class", "China - Communist Slave State", Canada

RentAHuman: are we really descending into AI dystopia?

Here is how it works. A human sets up an AI agent (ie, an autonomous chatbot), funds it with a cryptocurrency wallet and gives it a goal. Manage my social media. Research this market. Grow my business. The agent runs unsupervised, deciding for itself what steps to take and how to spend the budget. But sooner or later it hits a wall. It needs someone to collect a parcel, attend a meeting, take a photograph – something that requires a body. So it goes to RentAHuman.ai, a website that launched earlier this month. The AI browses a catalogue of available humans, picks one, and pays them in cryptocurrency. The human who funded the agent never speaks to the human who carries out the task. The machine is the employer. It feels scary.

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

Look how much Canadians hate the United States now

OTTAWA — It’s the world’s most awkward breakup.

More than a year after U.S. President Donald Trump casually joked about absorbing Canada and repeatedly threatened debilitating tariffs on its goods, many Canadians are convinced their former pals to the south have lost the plot.

New results from The POLITICO Poll suggest a lasting chill has settled over the world’s former bosom buddies. Americans are rosy as ever about their northern neighbors, but Canadians don’t share the love.

Their message to America: It’s not us, it’s you.

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

Church lefties play the race card in £100m slavery reparation battle

AS THE row over the Church of England’s push to pay out £100million in slavery reparations flared up at last week’s General Synod, leftist members tried to suppress dissent by branding opponents a risk to the wellbeing of black people.

The Church Commissioners, the body which manages the C of E’s £11billion investments, is having to set up a separate charity for the reparations scheme, named Project Spire, and then get permission from the Charity Commission to pay in the £100million for disbursal to beneficiaries in the Caribbean.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inSlavery and Reparations