U.S. envoy warns Canada to ‘seriously consider’ avoiding anti-tariff ads

The U.S. ambassador to Canada on Wednesday warned federal and provincial governments to “seriously consider” whether anti-tariff advertising in the United States will help achieve Canada’s goals, adding he thinks the ads amounted to trying to “participate in our electoral politics.”

Speaking at the Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters’ national conference in Ottawa, Ambassador Pete Hoekstra took aim at an Ontario government-funded ad campaign that aired in the U.S. last month and quoted former U.S. President Ronald Reagan criticizing tariffs.

The ad prompted U.S. President Donald Trump to suspend trade negotiations with Canada.

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

What Works?: America’s New No-Nonsense Realism

When US President Ronald Reagan revived the phrase “shining city on a hill,” he did so not as a marketing flourish but as a governing ethic: the United States would deter evil by projecting confidence, prosperity and moral clarity.

His message blended optimism with hard power — lower taxes and deregulation to spur growth, rebuilding the military to restore deterrence, and an unapologetic defense of Western civilization. The mix resonated because it tied virtue to results: fewer hostages, a stronger dollar, and an adversary in Moscow forced onto its back foot. This fusion of ideals and outcomes gave the GOP a compass that pointed true north.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inUSA

WARMINGTON: Dark day as patriot told to stop playing O Canada at City Hall

If Scott Youmans had been hitting a rock of crack cocaine or mainlining fentanyl or heroin, not only would Toronto City Hall security guards have allowed it, but someone would ensure he had a clean pipe or needle to do it.

But they wouldn’t let him play O Canada over his portable sound system Monday in Nathan Phillips Square.

Toronto elected an idiot for Mayor whose handlers hate Canada and hate White people. Everything they do is a calculated insult. It’s hard wired into their ideological DNA.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Peak F*cked Up", "Toronto - Canada's version of a Democrat run city"

Some Celebrities Are Finally Getting That We Don’t Care What They Think

The Democrats have a long history of being in bed with entertainment industry elites. I don’t like to use the word “Hollywood” when writing about the lefties in showbiz, because there are a lot of conservatives working behind the cameras there. Most of the stars, as we are painfully aware, are enthusiastic socialists, mostly because they can afford to be.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inHollywood

The woman who Jacob Hoggard was convicted of sexually assaulting is revealing her identity

For years, those who accused former Hedley frontman Jacob Hoggard of sexual assault remained nameless. But now, one of them is speaking out in a new documentary.

Previously referred to as J.B. or the “Ottawa woman,” Jessica Baker is now revealing her identity as the survivor of a 2016 assault by Hoggard in a Toronto hotel room.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in#MeToo

Loose wire on ship may have led to Baltimore bridge collapse, report says

A loose wire on a cargo ship caused a power outage that may have led to the 2024 deadly collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, US investigators have said.

The Dali container ship, which crashed into the bridge and left six workers dead, was “preventable”, National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigators said during a hearing on Tuesday.

Police stationed at the bridge’s ends were notified that the ship had veered off course but did not call the construction team’s inspector to warn them.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inWTF?

Tom Flanagan: Louis Riel’s leadership was ruinous for the Métis

And yet, Prime Minister Mark Carney celebrates him

Métis leader Louis Riel was hanged 140 years ago on Nov. 16, 1885. Prime Minister Mark Carney took time out of being booed at the Grey Cup for a nation-to-nation hug with David Chartrand, president of the Manitoba Métis Federation. Relying on Liberal talking points, Carney said that Riel wanted a “more inclusive Canada.” Now that the festivities are over, let’s think about Riel’s true impact upon the Métis and upon Canada.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inUncategorized

U.S., Canadian authorities announce new arrests in efforts to prosecute fugitive Ryan Wedding

U.S. and Canadian authorities announced new arrests, indictments and sanctions on Wednesday in their continuing efforts to locate, arrest and prosecute Canadian ex-Olympic snowboarder turned fugitive Ryan Wedding, who allegedly leads a transnational crime network.

Appearing at a joint news conference in Washington, D.C., with Canadian authorities, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said authorities have worked closely with international partners. Ms. Bondi unsealed a new indictment outlining new charges, including murder and witness tampering, against more of Mr. Wedding’s alleged associates and increased the reward for information leading to Mr. Wedding’s arrest from $10-million to $15-million.

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

Think you can get Pierre Poilievre to say the name Helen Grus? Here’s your shot at $500 bucks!

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"All The News That Fits"

Say he’s ‘in trouble’ till you’re blue in the face, but Poilievre is staying put as leader

It seems like not an hour goes by without some political observer advancing their particular version of the thesis that Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is “in trouble.”

I understand why there’s been a temptation to start writing political obituaries following the departure of two Conservative MPs, obvious though it is that each made the life choice that was ultimately best for them. Pollster David Colleto summed up the situation perfectly with this conundrum: “Poilievre’s popularity is unprecedented. But is his future safe as Conservative leader?”

The short answer is yes.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inConservative Party

States Illegally Issued 194K Commercial Driver‘s Licenses to Foreigners

States across the country have potentially illegally issued about 194,000 Commercial Driver’s Licenses (CDLs) to foreign truck drivers who would not meet English language standards set by the Department of Transportation (DOT), Secretary Sean Duffy reveals.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inWTF?

How the Conservatives helped pass Carney’s budget, avoiding an election

Minutes before time ran out on Monday’s budget vote, two senior Conservatives swooped into the chamber claiming their electronic voting app wasn’t working and declared they wanted to vote against Prime Minister Mark Carney’s first budget.

MPs Andrew Scheer and Scott Reid, the party’s House leader and caucus chair respectively, could have voted “nay” in the chamber just moments before. But they didn’t cast their votes until all of their colleagues had finished.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Canadian Politics", WTF?

Bodies Keep Turning Up in Syria, Haunting New Leaders

IZRAA, Syria—Early one morning last December, Dr. Mamdouh Zoubi drove to a farm on the edge of this small town in southern Syria to collect the bodies in a newly found mass grave, one of more than 100 turned up across the country.

The new owners of the farm, which had been sold days earlier, shortly after the fall of President Bashar al-Assad’s regime, had stumbled across the bodies that morning and alerted Dr. Zoubi, who is one of the only forensic specialists in the area. The burial site, now used as a tomato farm, was next to a military checkpoint that served for years as a base for Assad’s soldiers.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Islamophobia", Islam, Islam and violence, Syria