Author: Blazingcatfur

‘Barely holding on’: More than 1M Ontarians visited a food bank in last year

Ontarians continue to be using food banks at a record-breaking rate, with a new report warning the number of users grew for the ninth straight year as some families are “barely holding on.”

“What we’re seeing is really a greater depth of need in with the affordability crisis,” said Carolyn Stewart, CEO of Feed Ontario which released the report. “It’s really pushing more families from really that just getting-by area to barely holding on.”

We are being asked to support our replacement. Much pushback in the comments here.

What is rarely revealed is the number of “migrants” , “foreign students”,  “TFW’s” etc… who use the foodbanks.

From Google AI …

h/t Patti Jo

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Homelessness & Affordability Crisis", Canada

US Homeland Security secretary calls for “a full travel ban on every damn country that’s been flooding our nation with killers, leeches, and entitlement junkies”.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has said she will recommend a travel ban on several countries which she claims are “flooding” the US with criminal activity.

Writing on social media on Monday, Noem said she had met President Donald Trump and decided to suggest “a full travel ban on every damn country that’s been flooding our nation with killers, leeches, and entitlement junkies”.

Trump and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) then shared Noem’s post on their respective official social media accounts.

We need a Kristi.

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

Governor General’s pricey Rideau Hall ice rink project raises fresh scrutiny

Indian name means “Put it on the tab”

A new batch of Access To Information records shows Rideau Hall quietly pushing ahead with a multimillion-dollar skating pavilion, even as Ottawa warns Canadians to prepare for leaner days.

Blacklock’s Reporter says Governor General Mary Simon approved plans for a permanent open-air rink complete with artificial ice and a decorative roof, but staff refused to say how much taxpayers will ultimately spend.

(Incognito)

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inWTF?

Conservatives say removal of religious exemption in hate-speech laws an assault on freedom of speech

OTTAWA — Conservatives say a deal between Liberals and the Bloc Québécois to remove a religious exemption from hate-speech laws in exchange for passing a bill targeting hate and terror symbols is an “assault” on freedom of speech and religion.

But the Bloc Québécois said the change was necessary to help prosecute rising hateful and antisemitic rhetoric, often made under the guise of exempted religious speech.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted infreedom of religious expression, Freedom of speech

Germany on high alert to protect Christmas markets from terrorism

Under a rainbow-lit dome, hundreds of people gathered to drink pink glühwein and watch Jacky-Oh Weinhaus, a celebrity drag queen, at the opening week of Berlin’s LGBT Christmas market.

“This is an adult market,” said one of the security guards at the entrance, solemnly. “I have a duty to tell you your children may see pictures of penises and things of that nature.”

Until three years ago, the Christmas Avenue festival was held out in the open on Nollendorfplatz, the heart of the gay district, immortalised nearly a century ago by the Berlin novels of Christopher Isherwood.

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

Poilievre’s Support Among Tories at Level Seen When He Became Leader

Tory Leader Pierre Poilievre has the support of the majority of Conservative voters, a new poll suggests, as he approaches a leadership review in early 2026.

According to Nov. 30 polling from Abacus Data, 66 percent of Conservative voters say they would vote to keep Poilievre as leader, while 22 percent would vote to replace him, and the remainder were unsure. Among decided Conservative voters, 75 percent would vote to keep Poilievre at the helm.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inConservative Party

Police arrest ‘Father Christmas’ during Palestine Action protest

A man dressed as Father Christmas was carried away by police after being arrested at a protest in support of Palestine Action.

The man, who has not been named, was detained in Norwich, Norfolk, on Saturday for holding a placard supporting the proscribed terror group.

Footage showed him shouting: “These guys are going on the naughty list” as four policemen carried him away.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inWTF?

Alberta energy deal was ‘the last straw,’ says Guilbeault after cabinet resignation

Canada will not be able to achieve the climate change targets it has set given recent decisions by Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government, warns former Liberal minister Steven Guilbeault.

Speaking on Radio-Canada’s Tout le monde en parle, Guilbeault said recent decisions by Carney’s government, such as last week’s memorandum of understanding with Alberta, will make reaching the targets impossible.

“Prime Minister Carney has a different view from mine on this,” he said during the show which aired Sunday evening.

So long eco-wanker!

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