Author: Blazingcatfur

Trudeau goes Lyle Lanley announces $3.9B and counting high-speed rail between Quebec City and Toronto

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday revealed his government’s $3.9 billion, six-year plan to connect Quebec City and Toronto with a high-speed rail line.

“Today I’m announcing the launch of Alto, the largest infrastructure project in Canadian history,” Trudeau said in Montréal. “A reliable, efficient, high-speed rail network will be a game-changer for Canadians.”

Trudeau said the new rail network will run all-electric trains along 1,000 kilometres of track, reaching speeds of up to 300 km/hour, with stops in Toronto, Peterborough, Ottawa, Montréal, Laval, Trois-Rivières and Quebec City.

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

Trump would boost ‘proud’ US ice hockey team at Canada game, says GM

The general manager of the US men’s ice hockey team said he would welcome a visit from Donald Trump to the 4 Nations Face-Off final between the United States and Canada on Thursday night.

Bill Guerin, who played 18 years in the NHL, said on Fox News that Trump’s presence would give a boost to the rivalry between the North American hockey powers. He credited Trump’s tariff threats and talk of making Canada the 51st US state for raising the intensity in their fight-filled matchup in the preliminary round.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, USA

Randall Denley: An election about tariffs ignores Ontario’s deeper economic decline

Campaigning party leaders have talked about a lot of things during Ontario’s snap election, but somehow, even as they focus on the American tariff threat, they’ve come up short on the province’s longer-term economic problem, the most important issue of all.

All three parties are fixated on government spending plans, not the broader economy. Even PC leader Doug Ford, who is running to protect Ontario from tariffs, has little to offer but a weak and temporary economic fix.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inOntario

Defense Department layoffs expected to start soon, officials say

The Trump administration has directed defense agencies to turn over a list of their probationary employees by the end of Tuesday, with the expectation that many could be laid off as soon as this week, according to five people familiar with the matter.

The directive coincides with the arrival at the Pentagon of personnel from Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service, which has overseen the firing of thousands of probationary employees in other federal agencies and coordinated the dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Deep State"

Liberal MP fears Ottawa will soon release a cash-poor Africa strategy

OTTAWA – A Liberal MP who has long advocated for closer ties with Africa fears her government is on the verge of releasing an Africa strategy with no significant spending attached, years after the government promised a plan.

Ontario MP Arielle Kayabaga has helped the government craft its Africa strategy since it announced a plan was in the works in early 2022.

4 Billion wasn’t enough???

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

WTF?

Update – Delta upside-down plane crash allegedly involved all-female crew

h/t Mauser & BobSmith101

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inWTF?

Zelensky will be forced to hold elections under US and Russia plan

Volodymyr Zelensky will be forced to hold elections which could oust him from office as the price of peace, under a provisional agreement reached by the US and Russia.

Sergei Lavrov, the Russian foreign minister, and Marco Rubio, the US secretary of state, met in Saudi Arabia for the first time on Tuesday to discuss terms to bring an end to the war in Ukraine.

After more than four hours of talks, it emerged that both sides had agreed elections should be held in Ukraine before a final peace settlement is reached.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Ukraine - Russia"

Singh Makes Stupid Remarks About Pipelines

Singh Says Pipelines Would Not Be First Priority for NDP Energy Policy

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says he sees an east-west clean electricity corridor as his first priority for expanding the Canadian energy market—not new pipelines.

While Singh isn’t shutting the door entirely to pipelines, he says pipeline projects must be accepted by the communities through which they’re routed, must not hurt the environment, must provide good jobs and must meet indigenous consultation requirements.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inNDP

First Cows, Now Cats. Is Bird Flu Coming for Humans Next?

Bird flu is here to stay. The H5N1 avian influenza is proliferating among U.S. cows and there are now two strains circulating among mammals and birds.

Though there are only 68 confirmed cases in people—largely dairy workers—public-health officials think bird flu is likely more widespread. Last week, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report documented three asymptomatic cases in veterinarians who took care of cattle they didn’t know had H5N1.

What’s clear is that people working on farms are sporadically contracting the virus. What hasn’t yet happened—and scientists believe has yet to happen in the history of the virus—is sustained human-to-human transmission.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Mother Nature Hates You"

Trump plans 25% auto tariffs to reshape US trade policy

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday auto tariffs will be around 25% and he will have more to share on the topic on April 2.

On Friday, Trump said levies on automobiles would come as soon as April 2, the day after members of his cabinet are due to deliver reports to him outlining options for a range of import duties as he seeks to reshape global trade.

Trump has long pointed to what he calls unfair treatment of U.S. automotive exports in foreign markets.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, USA

Trudeau: What Went Wrong, And What Lies Ahead For Canada?

When Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took office in 2015, he ushered in a wave of optimism, diversity and inclusivity. His charisma and vision propelled the Liberal Party from third place to a majority government. Trudeau promised a progressive agenda centered on climate action, gender equality and reconciliation with indigenous peoples — a stark departure from the policies of his Conservative predecessor, Stephen Harper.

Nearly a decade later, Trudeau’s popularity has steadily declined. While he did fulfill some campaign promises, he fell short on others, and some backfired, leading to a gradual decline in public trust. Economic challenges, internal party divisions and a series of controversies gradually destabilized both Trudeau and the Liberal Party. His resignation announcement on January 6 marked the culmination of years of dissatisfaction.

Where to begin?

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Europe Deserves Its Humiliation

It must spend more for its own defense, as American leaders have warned for years.

Europe has been warned, and warned again.

Still, it has been reduced to a near-fainting fit — and, in the case of one German official, actual tears — over the Trump administration’s tough words about its deficient military spending and its moves to begin negotiating on its own with Russia over the Ukraine war.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inEurope, USA

Cops for Kash

680,000 law enforcement officers can’t be wrong.

As the Senate crawls toward a final showdown on confirming ​Kash Patel, 44, as President Donald J. Trump’s new FBI director, it would be wise to ignore Democrat handwringing and, instead, focus on Patel’s widespread support among those in blue uniforms.

“We are inviting a political disaster if we put Kash Patel into this job,” Sen. Dick Durbin (D–Ill.) trembled.

“This is a guy whose judgment is beyond questionable. It’s appallingly bad,” Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D–R.I.) ​shivered. “Mark my words: this Patel guy will come back to haunt you.”

Nearly three-quarters of a million law enforcement personnel beg to differ.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inTrump World